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we live near the river

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1 we live near the river

Общая лексика: мы живём у реки

Универсальный англо-русский словарь > we live near the river
2 to live near the station

to live near the station (river, smb) жить около/у станции (около/у реки, недалеко от кого-либо)

English-Russian combinatory dictionary > to live near the station
3 near

near [nɪə]

1. a

1) близлежа́щий, бли́жний;

the man nearest to you ваш ближа́йший сосе́д

2) ближа́йший ( о времени);

the near future ближа́йшее бу́дущее

3) бли́зкий; те́сно свя́занный;

near relation ближа́йший ро́дственник
;

near akin (to) ро́дственный по хара́ктеру
;

one's nearest and dearest родны́е и бли́зкие
;

near to one's heart заве́тный
;

a very near concern of mine де́ло, о́чень бли́зкое моему́ се́рдцу

4) бли́зкий; схо́дный; приблизи́тельно пра́вильный;

near translation бли́зкий к оригина́лу перево́д
;

near resemblance бли́зкое схо́дство
;

near guess почти́ пра́вильная дога́дка

5) ле́вый (о ноге лошади, колесе экипажа, лошади в упряжке);

the near foreleg ле́вая пере́дняя нога́

6) доста́вшийся с трудо́м; тру́дный; кропотли́вый;

near victory побе́да, доста́вшаяся с трудо́м
;

near work кропотли́вая рабо́та

7) кратча́йший, прямо́й ( о пути)

8) скупо́й, прижи́мистый; ме́лочный

2. adv

1) по́дле; бли́зко, побли́зости, недалеко́; о́коло ( по месту или времени);

to come ( или to draw) near приближа́ться
;

to come nearer the end приближа́ться к концу́
;

who comes near him in wit? кто мо́жет сравни́ться с ним в остроу́мии?

2) почти́

3) уст. чуть не, едва́ не;

I came near forgetting я чуть не забы́л
;

he near died with fright он чуть не у́мер от стра́ха
;

that will go near to killing him э́то мо́жет уби́ть его́

near by

а) ря́дом, бли́зко;

б) вско́ре;

near upon почти́ (что) (о возрасте, времени)

◊
far and near повсю́ду
;

as near as I can guess наско́лько я могу́ догада́ться
;

near at hand

а) под руко́й; тут, бли́зко;

б) ≅ не за гора́ми; на носу́; ско́ро

3. prep

1) во́зле, у, о́коло ( о месте);

we live near the river мы живём у реки́

2) к, о́коло, почти́ (о времени, возрасте и т.п.);

it is near dinner-time ско́ро обе́д
;

the portrait does not come near the original портре́т не похо́ж на оригина́л

◊
to sail near the wind

а) мор. идти́ в круто́й бейдеви́нд;

б) поступа́ть риско́ванно

4. v приближа́ться; подходи́ть;

to near the land приближа́ться к бе́регу
;

to be nearing one's end умира́ть, конча́ться

Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > near
4 near

nɪə
1. прил.
1) а) ближний, близлежащий, близко расположенный the near fields ≈ близлежащие поля Syn: not distant б) более близкий the nearest ≈ ближайший, соседний, близлежащий
2) кратчайший, прямой (о пути) the near road ≈ прямая кратчайшая дорога Syn: short, direct
3) ближайший (о времени) the near future ≈ ближайшее будущее
4) близкий;
тесно связанный our nearest relatives ≈ наши ближайшие родственники
5) близкий, сходный;
приблизительно правильный near resemblance ≈ близкое сходство near translation ≈ наиболее точный, близкий к оригиналу перевод
6) минимальный;
доставшийся с трудом, трудный a near escape ≈ еле удавшийся побег Syn: narrow, close
7) скупой, скаредный, прижимистый Syn: thrifty, stingy
8) левый( о ноге лошади, колесе экипажа, лошади в упряжке) the near foreleg ≈ левая передняя нога
2. нареч.
1) близко, около, поблизости, недалеко to come/draw near ≈ приближаться Who comes near him in wit? ≈ Кто может сравниться с ним в остроумии?
2) близко, недалеко (близость по времени) The new year draws near. ≈ Новый год уже близко.
3) близко, тесно( о связях, родстве, схожести) a near-standing position ≈ почти схожие позиции
4) почти, чуть не, едва не a period of near 30 years ≈ промежуток почти в 30 лет Syn: almost, nearly
5) архаич. бережливо, скупо ∙
3. предл.
1) возле, у, около, рядом( указывает на нахождение вблизи чего-л.) regions near the equator ≈ районы около экватора
2) к, около, почти (близкий к какому-л. времени, возрасту) near the beginning of the year ≈ в начале года
3) почти (приближение к какому-л. состоянию) to be near death ≈ быть почти при смерти ∙ sail near the wind
4. гл. подходить, приближаться;
надвигаться to near the land ≈ приближаться к берегу Syn: approach, come near, draw near близкий;
тесно связанный - * relation ближайший родственник, член семьи (о детях и родителях) - * friends закадычные друзья - * to suicide близкий к самоубийству - * to smb.'s heart заветный, близкий сердцу - a matter of * consequence to me вопрос, в котором я тесным образом заинтересован близлежащий, близкий, находящийся рядом - * point (медицина) ближайшая точка ясного зрения - * sight близорукость - the post-office is quite * почта совсем близко этот, свой, наш, ближний - * shore( военное) берег, занимаемый своими войсками, исходный берег - on the * bank на этом /на нашем/ берегу - on the * side по сю /по эту/ сторону ближайший (о времени) - the * future ближайшее будущее короткий, прямой ( о пути) - the *est way to the station кратчайший путь к станции - to show smb. a *er cut (разговорное) показать кому-л., как пройти напрямик близкий, сходный - * resemblance близкое сходство - the *est translation of an idiom наиболее точный /близкий к оригиналу/ перевод идиомы напоминающий (по виду и т. п.) ;
имитирующий - * silk искусственный шелк - * seal кролик, выделанный под котик (мех) (американизм) почти полный - * blindness почти полная слепота - a * saint святой человек доставшийся с трудом;
трудный - * victory дорогая победа - * work кропотливая работа, особ. требующая напряжения зрения - a * escape побег, чуть не кончившийся неудачей;
еле-еле предотвращенная гибель( разговорное) скупой, прижимистый;
мелочный - he is * with his money он с трудом расстается с деньгами левый (о колесе экипажа, лошади в упряжке и т. п.) - * side левая сторона( по ходу) - * horse левая лошадь пары, подседельная лошадь ( near-) как компонент сложных слов со значением приближающийся к чему-л., полу-, около-, при- - near-nude полуголый - near-bottom придонный - the near-break of a marriage супружество на грани развода, разлад в семье > * and dear родной, любимый > my *est and dearest friend мой закадычный друг > our *est and dearest преим. наши семьи, наши жены и дети > a * go /shave, squeak, thing, touch/ опасное /рискованное/ положение, опасность, которую едва удалось избежать;
на волосок от гибели > we won the race but it was a * thing мы победили в гонке, но с большим трудом указывает на нахождение поблизости или на приближении близко, недалеко, поблизости, подле - to stand * стоять недалеко - don't go away, stay somewhere * не уходите (далеко), будьте поблизости - *er and *er ближе и ближе - to come /to draw/ * приближаться - as soon as he came *er как только он приблизился - do not approach too * не подходите слишком близко указывает на близость, приближение во времени близко, недалеко;
передается также глагольными приставками - the harvest season is drawing * приближается время уборки урожая указывает на тесное родство, непосредственную связь и т. п. близко, непосредственно - we are * related мы близкие родственники - tribes * allied родственные племена - they are * acquainted with the people of the country они хорошо знают народ этой страны - to be * akin /of a kin/ быть очень близкими родственниками - news that concerns you very * новость, которая близко касается вас указывает на приближение к какому-л. качеству, состоянию и т. п. почти, чуть не, едва не - * a century ago почти сто лет назад - you are * right вы почти правы - the results are pretty * equal результаты почти совпадают - it is done or * so это сделано или почти сделано - it is the same thing or * so это то же самое или почти то же самое - he is not * as popular as before он далеко не так популярен, как раньше бережливо, скупо - to live * жить скупо /расчетливо/ в сочетаниях - as * as почти;
чуть не - as * as a touch /as ninepence, as dammit/ (сленг) почти ничем не отличаясь от (чего-л.) - as * as no matter, as * as makes no difference практически то же самое - they're the same height or as * as make no difference они практически одного роста - he was as * as could be to being knocked down by the bus его чуть не сшиб автобус - as * as I can guess насколько я могу догадываться;
как я могу предположить - * upon почти (о времени) - * upon six o'clock почти шесть часов - he is * upon eighty years of age ему почти восемьдесят лет - nowhere *, not *, not anywhere * далеко не;
отнюдь;
нисколько - the concert hall was nowhere * full концертный зал был далеко /отнюдь/ не полон - the bus is not anywhere * as expensive as the train ехать автобусом гораздо дешевле, чем поездом > * at hand под рукой;
близко, рядом;
скоро;
на носу > the papers are all * at hand все документы под рукой > the exams are * at hand экзамены на носу > the holiday is * at hand праздник не за горами > the time is * at hand близится час > the time to act is * at hand приближается время действовать > far and * везде;
повсюду > we searched far and * for the missing child мы повсюду искали пропавшего ребенка;
в поисках пропавшего ребенка мы обшарили всю местность приближаться к (чему-л.) ;
подходить - the ship was *ing land корабль приближался к берегу - they are *ing the end of their exile их изгнание подходит к концу - the road is *ing completion строительство дороги близится к завершению - to be *ing one's end (образное) быть на краю могилы (морское) идти в крутой бейдевинд указывает на нахождение вблизи от чего-л. близ, возле, у, около - * the station близ /около/ станции - * the river у реки - regions * the equator области, расположенные у экватора - he was standing * the table он стоял у стола - we live * them мы живем близко /недалеко/ от них - * the ground (метеорология) приземный - Plessis * Tours (география) Плесси под Туром /близ Тура/ указывает на приближение к чему-л. к - bring your chair * the fire подвиньте свой стул к камину /к огню/ - don't come * me не подходи(те) ко мне( близко) - he drew /came/ * us он подошел к нам - to be * the end /the goal, the mark/ быть близким к цели указывает на приближение во времени почти - it is * midnight почти двенадцать часов ночи, скоро полночь - it is * dinner-time скоро обед - he is * fifty years of age ему скоро будет /исполнится/ пятьдесят лет указывает на приближение к какому-л. качеству, состоянию и т. п. к;
почти, чуть не - his hopes were * fulfilment его надежды были близки к осуществлению - the plan came * being realized план был почти осуществлен - I came * forgetting how to get there я чуть не забыл, как туда идти - this act came * spoiling his chances этот поступок чуть не испортил ему все /все шансы/ указывает на сходство ближе к;
почти - nobody can come anywhere * him с ним никто не может сравниться - the copy does not come * the original копия мало похожа на оригинал > to lie /to come, to go/ * smb. /smb.'s heart/ близко затрагивать /непосредственно касаться/ кого-л. > to sail * the wind (морское) идти в крутой бейдевинд;
действовать крайне рискованно ~ upon почти что;
far and near повсюду;
as near as I can guess насколько я могу догадаться ~ приближаться;
подходить;
to near the land приближаться к берегу;
to be nearing one's end умирать, кончаться ~ подле;
близко, поблизости, недалеко;
около (по месту или времени) ;
to come (или to draw) near приближаться to come nearer the end приближаться к концу;
who comes near him in wit? кто может сравниться с ним в остроумии? he ~ died with fright он чуть не умер от страха;
that will go near to killing him это может убить его ~ почти, чуть не, едва не (обыкн. nearly) ;
I came near forgetting я чуть не забыл ~ prep к, около, почти (о времени, возрасте и т. п.) ;
it is near dinnertime скоро обед;
the portrait does not come near the original портрет не похож на оригинал near ближайший (о времени) ;
the near future ближайшее будущее ~ ближний ~ близкий;
сходный;
приблизительно правильный;
near translation близкий к оригиналу перевод;
near resemblance близкое сходство;
near guess почти правильная догадка ~ близкий;
тесно связанный;
near akin (to) родственный по характеру;
near and dear близкий и дорогой ~ близкий ~ близлежащий, ближний ~ prep возле, у, около (о месте) ;
we live near the river мы живем у реки ~ доставшийся с трудом;
трудный;
кропотливый;
near victory победа, доставшаяся с трудом;
near work кропотливая работа ~ prep к, около, почти (о времени, возрасте и т. п.) ;
it is near dinnertime скоро обед;
the portrait does not come near the original портрет не похож на оригинал ~ кратчайший, прямой (о пути) ~ левый (о ноге лошади, колесе экипажа, лошади в упряжке) ;
the near foreleg левая передняя нога ~ подле;
близко, поблизости, недалеко;
около (по месту или времени) ;
to come (или to draw) near приближаться ~ почти, чуть не, едва не (обыкн. nearly) ;
I came near forgetting я чуть не забыл ~ приближаться;
подходить;
to near the land приближаться к берегу;
to be nearing one's end умирать, кончаться ~ скупой, прижимистый, мелочный ~ близкий;
тесно связанный;
near akin (to) родственный по характеру;
near and dear близкий и дорогой ~ близкий;
тесно связанный;
near akin (to) родственный по характеру;
near and dear близкий и дорогой ~ at hand = не за горами;
на носу;
скоро ~ at hand под рукой;
тут, близко ~ by вскоре ~ by рядом, близко ~ левый (о ноге лошади, колесе экипажа, лошади в упряжке) ;
the near foreleg левая передняя нога near ближайший (о времени) ;
the near future ближайшее будущее ~ близкий;
сходный;
приблизительно правильный;
near translation близкий к оригиналу перевод;
near resemblance близкое сходство;
near guess почти правильная догадка ~ близкий;
сходный;
приблизительно правильный;
near translation близкий к оригиналу перевод;
near resemblance близкое сходство;
near guess почти правильная догадка ~ приближаться;
подходить;
to near the land приближаться к берегу;
to be nearing one's end умирать, кончаться ~ to one's heart заветный;
a very near concern of mine дело, очень близкое моему сердцу ~ близкий;
сходный;
приблизительно правильный;
near translation близкий к оригиналу перевод;
near resemblance близкое сходство;
near guess почти правильная догадка ~ upon почти что;
far and near повсюду;
as near as I can guess насколько я могу догадаться ~ доставшийся с трудом;
трудный;
кропотливый;
near victory победа, доставшаяся с трудом;
near work кропотливая работа ~ доставшийся с трудом;
трудный;
кропотливый;
near victory победа, доставшаяся с трудом;
near work кропотливая работа ~ prep к, около, почти (о времени, возрасте и т. п.) ;
it is near dinnertime скоро обед;
the portrait does not come near the original портрет не похож на оригинал to sail ~ the wind мор. идти в крутой бейдевинд to sail ~ the wind поступать рискованно he ~ died with fright он чуть не умер от страха;
that will go near to killing him это может убить его ~ to one's heart заветный;
a very near concern of mine дело, очень близкое моему сердцу ~ prep возле, у, около (о месте) ;
we live near the river мы живем у реки to come nearer the end приближаться к концу;
who comes near him in wit? кто может сравниться с ним в остроумии?

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near upon почти что; far and near повсюду; as near as I can guess насколько я могу догадаться near приближаться; подходить; to near the land приближаться к берегу; to be nearing one's end умирать, кончаться near подле; близко, поблизости, недалеко; около (по месту или времени); to come (или to draw) near приближаться to come nearer the end приближаться к концу; who comes near him in wit? кто может сравниться с ним в остроумии? he near died with fright он чуть не умер от страха; that will go near to killing him это может убить его near почти, чуть не, едва не (обыкн. nearly); I came near forgetting я чуть не забыл near prep к, около, почти (о времени, возрасте и т. п.); it is near dinnertime скоро обед; the portrait does not come near the original портрет не похож на оригинал near ближайший (о времени); the near future ближайшее будущее near ближний near близкий; сходный; приблизительно правильный; near translation близкий к оригиналу перевод; near resemblance близкое сходство; near guess почти правильная догадка near близкий; тесно связанный; near akin (to) родственный по характеру; near and dear близкий и дорогой near близкий near близлежащий, ближний near prep возле, у, около (о месте); we live near the river мы живем у реки near доставшийся с трудом; трудный; кропотливый; near victory победа, доставшаяся с трудом; near work кропотливая работа near prep к, около, почти (о времени, возрасте и т. п.); it is near dinnertime скоро обед; the portrait does not come near the original портрет не похож на оригинал near кратчайший, прямой (о пути) near левый (о ноге лошади, колесе экипажа, лошади в упряжке); the near foreleg левая передняя нога near подле; близко, поблизости, недалеко; около (по месту или времени); to come (или to draw) near приближаться near почти, чуть не, едва не (обыкн. nearly); I came near forgetting я чуть не забыл near приближаться; подходить; to near the land приближаться к берегу; to be nearing one's end умирать, кончаться near скупой, прижимистый, мелочный near близкий; тесно связанный; near akin (to) родственный по характеру; near and dear близкий и дорогой near близкий; тесно связанный; near akin (to) родственный по характеру; near and dear близкий и дорогой near at hand = не за горами; на носу; скоро near at hand под рукой; тут, близко near by вскоре near by рядом, близко near левый (о ноге лошади, колесе экипажа, лошади в упряжке); the near foreleg левая передняя нога near ближайший (о времени); the near future ближайшее будущее near близкий; сходный; приблизительно правильный; near translation близкий к оригиналу перевод; near resemblance близкое сходство; near guess почти правильная догадка near близкий; сходный; приблизительно правильный; near translation близкий к оригиналу перевод; near resemblance близкое сходство; near guess почти правильная догадка near приближаться; подходить; to near the land приближаться к берегу; to be nearing one's end умирать, кончаться near to one's heart заветный; a very near concern of mine дело, очень близкое моему сердцу near близкий; сходный; приблизительно правильный; near translation близкий к оригиналу перевод; near resemblance близкое сходство; near guess почти правильная догадка near upon почти что; far and near повсюду; as near as I can guess насколько я могу догадаться near доставшийся с трудом; трудный; кропотливый; near victory победа, доставшаяся с трудом; near work кропотливая работа near доставшийся с трудом; трудный; кропотливый; near victory победа, доставшаяся с трудом; near work кропотливая работа near prep к, около, почти (о времени, возрасте и т. п.); it is near dinnertime скоро обед; the portrait does not come near the original портрет не похож на оригинал to sail near the wind мор. идти в крутой бейдевинд to sail near the wind поступать рискованно he near died with fright он чуть не умер от страха; that will go near to killing him это может убить его near to one's heart заветный; a very near concern of mine дело, очень близкое моему сердцу near prep возле, у, около (о месте); we live near the river мы живем у реки to come nearer the end приближаться к концу; who comes near him in wit? кто может сравниться с ним в остроумии?

English-Russian short dictionary > near
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1. adjective

1) близкий; тесно связанный; near akin (to) родственный по характеру; near and dear близкий и дорогой; near to one's heart заветный; a very near concern of mine дело, очень близкое моему сердцу

2) близлежащий, ближний

3) кратчайший, прямой (о пути)

4) ближайший (о времени); the near future ближайшее будущее

5) близкий; сходный; приблизительно правильный; near translation близкий к оригиналу перевод; near resemblance близкое сходство; near guess почти правильная догадка

6) доставшийся с трудом; трудный; кропотливый; near victory победа, доставшаяся с трудом; near work кропотливая работа

7) левый (о ноге лошади, колесе экипажа, лошади в упряжке); the near foreleg левая передняя нога

8) скупой, прижимистый, мелочный

2. adverb

1) подле; близко, поблизости, недалеко; около (по месту или времени); to come (или to draw) near приближаться; to come nearer the end приближаться к концу; who comes near him in wit? кто может сравниться с ним в остроумии?

2) почти, чуть не, едва не (обыкн. nearly); I came near forgetting я чуть не забыл; he near died with fright он чуть не умер от страха; that will go near to killing him это может убить его

near by

near upon

far and near повсюду

as near as I can guess насколько я могу догадаться

near at hand

а) под рукой; тут, близко;

б) = не за горами; на носу; скоро

3. preposition

1) возле, у, около (о месте); we live near the river мы живем у реки

2) к, около, почти (о времени, возрасте и т. п.); it is near dinnertime скоро обед; the portrait does not come near the original портрет не похож на оригинал

to sail near the wind

а) naut. идти в крутой бейдевинд;

б) поступать рискованно

4. verb

приближаться; подходить; to near the land приближаться к берегу; to be nearing one's end умирать, кончаться

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1 (d) вблизи; поблизости

2 (p) возле; около

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1) около 2) близко, около 3) близкий

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[nɪr /nɪə] adj. близкий, тесно связанный, ближайший; прямой, кратчайший; доставшийся с трудом, трудный; скупой, прижимистый, мелочный; левый; кропотливый; приблизительно правильный adv. близко, почти, около, поблизости, недалеко, близ, подле, чуть не, едва не v. приближаться, подходить prep. к, у, около, близ, возле
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ближайший

близ

близкий

близко

близко-близко

близок

вблизи

возле

наряду

около

поблизости

подле

при

рядом

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1. прил. 1) а) ближний, близлежащий, близко расположенный б) более близкий 2) а) скорый, ближайший (о времени) б) близкий, вероятный 3) кратчайший, прямой (о пути) 4) близкий; тесно связанный 5) близкий, сходный; приблизительно правильный 2. нареч. 1) близко, около, поблизости, недалеко 2) скоро, близко, недалеко (близость по времени) 3) близко, тесно (о связях, родстве, схожести) 3. предл. 1) возле, у, около, рядом 2) к, около, почти 3) почти 4. гл. 1) а) подходить б) перен. подходить, соответствовать (чему-л.) 2) редк. приближать

Новый англо-русский словарь > near
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1. [nıə] a
1. близкий; тесно связанный

near relation - ближайший родственник, член семьи ( о детях и родителях)

near friends - закадычные друзья

near to suicide - близкий к самоубийству

near to smb.'s heart - заветный, близкий сердцу

a matter of near consequence to me - вопрос, в котором я тесным образом заинтересован

2. 1) близлежащий, ближний, близкий, находящийся рядом

near point - мед. ближайшая точка ясного зрения

near sight = near-sightedness

the post-office is quite near - почта совсем близко

2) этот, свой, наш, ближний

near shore - воен. берег, занимаемый своими войсками, исходный берег

on the near bank - на этом /на нашем/ берегу

on the near side - по сю /по эту/ сторону

3. ближайший ( о времени)

the near future - ближайшее будущее

4. короткий, прямой ( о пути)

the nearest way to the station - кратчайший путь к станции

to show smb. a nearer cut - разг. показать кому-л., как пройти напрямик

5. близкий, сходный

near resemblance - близкое сходство

the nearest translation of an idiom - наиболее точный /близкий к оригиналу/ перевод идиомы

6. 1) напоминающий (по виду и т. п.); имитирующий

near silk - искусственный шёлк

near seal - кролик, выделанный под котик ( мех)

2) амер. почти полный

near blindness - почти полная слепота

a near saint - святой человек

7. доставшийся с трудом; трудный

near victory - дорогая победа

near work - кропотливая работа, особ. требующая напряжения зрения

a near escape - а) побег, чуть не кончившийся неудачей; б) еле-еле предотвращённая гибель

8. разг. скупой, прижимистый; мелочный

he is near with his money - он с трудом расстаётся с деньгами

9. левый (о колесе экипажа, лошади в упряжке и т. п.)

near side - левая сторона ( по ходу)

near horse - левая лошадь пары, подседельная лошадь

10. (near-) как компонент сложных слов со значением приближающийся к чему-л., полу-, около-, при-:

near-nude - полуголый

near-bottom - придонный

the near-break of a marriage - супружество на грани развода, разлад в семье

♢ near and dear - родной, любимый

my nearest and dearest friend - мой закадычный друг

our nearest and dearest - преим. шутл. наши семьи, наши жёны и дети

a near go /shave, squeak, thing, touch/ - опасное /рискованное/ положение, опасность, которую едва удалось избежать; ≅ на волосок от гибели

we won the race but it was a near thing - мы победили в гонке, но с большим трудом
2. [nıə] adv
1. указывает на

1) нахождение поблизости или на приближение близко, недалеко, поблизости, подле

to stand [to be] near - стоять [быть] недалеко

don't go away, stay somewhere near - не уходите (далеко), будьте поблизости

nearer and nearer - ближе и ближе

to come /to draw/ near - приближаться

as soon as he came near er - как только он приблизился

do not approach too near - не подходите слишком близко

2) близость, приближение во времени близко, недалеко; передаётся также глагольными приставками

the harvest season is drawing near - приближается время уборки урожая

3) тесное родство, непосредственную связь и т. п. близко, непосредственно

we are near related - мы близкие родственники

tribes near allied - родственные племена

they are near acquainted with the people of the country - они хорошо знают народ этой страны

to be near akin /of a kin/ - быть очень близкими родственниками

news that concerns you very near - новость, которая близко касается вас

2. указывает на приближение к какому-л. качеству, состоянию и т. п. почти, чуть не, едва не

near a century ago - почти сто лет назад

you are near right - вы почти правы

the results are pretty near equal - результаты почти совпадают

it is done or near so - это сделано или почти сделано

it is the same thing or near so - это то же самое или почти то же самое

he is not near as popular as before - он далеко не так популярен, как раньше

3. бережливо, скупо

to live near - жить скупо /расчётливо/

4. в сочетаниях:

as near as - почти; чуть не

as near as a touch /as ninepence, as dammit/ - сл. почти ничем не отличаясь от (чего-л.)

as near as no matter, as near as makes no difference - практически то же самое

they're the same height or as near as make no difference - они практически одного роста

he was as near as could be to being knocked down by the bus - его чуть не сшиб автобус

as near as I can guess - насколько я могу догадываться; как я могу предположить

near upon - почти ( о времени)

near upon six o'clock - почти шесть часов

he is near upon eighty years of age - ему почти восемьдесят лет

nowhere near, not near, not anywhere near - далеко не; отнюдь; нисколько

the concert hall was nowhere near full - концертный зал был далеко /отнюдь/ не полон

the bus is not anywhere near as expensive as the train - ехать автобусом гораздо дешевле чем поездом

♢ near at hand - а) под рукой; близко, рядом; the papers are all near at hand - все документы под рукой; б) скоро; на носу; the exams are near at hand - экзамены на носу

the holiday is near at hand - праздник не за горами

the time is near at hand - близится час

the time to act is near at hand - приближается время действовать

far and near - везде, повсюду

we searched far and near for the missing child - мы повсюду искали пропавшего ребёнка; в поисках пропавшего ребёнка мы обшарили всю местность
3. [nıə] v
1. приближаться к (чему-л.); подходить

the ship was nearing land - корабль приближался к берегу

they are nearing the end of their exile - их изгнание подходит к концу

the road is nearing completion - строительство дороги близится к завершению

to be nearing one's end - образн. быть на краю могилы

2. мор. идти в крутой бейдевинд
4. [nıə] prep
1. указывает на

1) нахождение вблизи от чего-л. близ, возле, у, около

near the station - близ /около/ станции

near the river - у реки

regions near the equator - области, расположенные у экватора

he was standing near the table - он стоял у стола

we live near them - мы живём близко /недалеко/ от них

near the ground - метеор. приземный

Plessis near Tours - геогр. Плесси под Туром /близ Тура/

2) приближение к чему-л. к

bring your chair near the fire - подвиньте свой стул к камину /к огню/

don't come near me - не подходи(те) ко мне (близко)

he drew /came/ near us - он подошёл к нам

to be near the end /the goal, the mark/ - быть близким к цели

3) приближение во времени почти

it is near midnight - почти двенадцать часов ночи, скоро полночь

it is near dinner-time - скоро обед

he is near fifty years of age - ему скоро будет /исполнится/ пятьдесят лет

4) приближение к какому-л. качеству, состоянию и т. п. к; почти, чуть не

his hopes were near fulfilment - его надежды были близки к осуществлению

the plan came near being realized - план был почти осуществлён

I came near forgetting how to get there - я чуть не забыл, как туда идти

this act came near spoiling his chances - этот поступок чуть не испортил ему всё /все шансы/

2. указывает на сходство ближе к; почти

nobody can come anywhere near him - с ним никто не может сравниться

the copy does not come near the original - копия мало похожа на оригинал

♢ to lie /to come, to go/ near smb. /smb.'s heart/ - близко затрагивать /непосредственно касаться/ кого-л.

to sail near the wind - а) мор. идти в крутой бейдевинд; б) действовать крайне рискованно

НБАРС > near
8 near

1. a близкий; тесно связанный

near relation — ближайший родственник, член семьи

near friends — закадычные друзья

near optimal — близкий к оптимальному

as near thereto as — максимально близко

near position — близкая срочная позиция

near equatorial — близкий к экваториальной

near heap space — пространство близкой кучи

2. a близлежащий, ближний, близкий, находящийся рядом

near point — ближайшая точка ясного зрения

near ultraviolet — ближняя ультрафиолетовая область спектра

Near Eastern architecture — архитектура Ближнего Востока

near IR-laser — работающий в ближнем ИК-диапазоне лазер

near infrared region — ближняя область ИК диапазона

near field — поле в ближайшей зоне; ближнее поле

3. a этот, свой, наш, ближний

near shore — берег, занимаемый своими войсками, исходный берег

near approach — ближнее сближение

near ir — ближняя ИК область спектра

near acquisition — ближнее обнаружение

near east — Ближний Восток; ближневосточный

near IF region — ближняя область ИК диапазона

4. a ближайший

the near future — ближайшее будущее

near future — ближайшее будущее

in the near future — в ближайшем будущем

5. a короткий, прямой

the nearest way to the station — кратчайший путь к станции

6. a близкий, сходный

near resemblance — близкое сходство

near relation — близкий родственник

near of kin — близкие родственники

7. a напоминающий; имитирующий

near silk — искусственный шёлк

8. a амер. почти полный

near blindness — почти полная слепота

near instantaneous — почти мгновенный

near real time — почти в реальном времени

keep in near balance — держаться почти в соответствии

9. a доставшийся с трудом; трудный

near victory — дорогая победа

10. a разг. скупой, прижимистый; мелочный

he is near with his money — он с трудом расстаётся с деньгами

11. a левый

near side — левая сторона

near horse — левая лошадь пары, подседельная лошадь

near-nude — полуголый

near-bottom — придонный

the near-break of a marriage — супружество на грани развода, разлад в семье

my nearest and dearest friend — мой закадычный друг

our nearest and dearest — наши семьи, наши жёны и дети

12. adv нахождение поблизости; близко; недалеко; поблизости; подле

to stand near — стоять недалеко

nearer and nearer — ближе и ближе

to come near — приближаться

nowhere near — нигде поблизости

nothing near so — далеко не так

near here — недалеко отсюда

near at hand — под рукой

near by — рядом; близко

13. adv близость; приближение во времени близко; недалеко

the harvest season is drawing near — приближается время уборки урожая

we are near related — мы близкие родственники

tribes near allied — родственные племена

they are near acquainted with the people of the country — они хорошо знают народ этой страны

to be near akin — быть очень близкими родственниками

news that concerns you very near — новость, которая близко касается вас

near a century ago — почти сто лет назад

you are near right — вы почти правы

the results are pretty near equal — результаты почти совпадают

it is done or near so — это сделано или почти сделано

near to — недалеко от

near beer — безалкогольное пиво

on drawing near the mountains — по мере приближения к горам

14. adv бережливо, скупо

to live near — жить скупо

15. v приближаться к; подходить

the ship was nearing land — корабль приближался к берегу

drawn near — приближался; приближенный

16. v мор. идти в крутой бейдевинд

near the wind — круто к ветру

17. prep на; у

near the station — близ станции

near the river — у реки

regions near the equator — области, расположенные у экватора

he was standing near the table — он стоял у стола

we live near them — мы живём близко от них

near the ground — приземный

Plessis near Tours — Плесси под Туром

bring your chair near the fire — подвиньте свой стул к камину

near zone — зона индукции

she is near her time — она скоро родит

18. prep почти

it is near midnight — почти двенадцать часов ночи, скоро полночь

it is near dinner-time — скоро обед

he is near fifty years of age — ему скоро будет пятьдесят лет

his hopes were near fulfilment — его надежды были близки к осуществлению

the plan came near being realized — план был почти осуществлён

19. prep ближе к; почти

nobody can come anywhere near him — с ним никто не может сравниться

Синонимический ряд:

1. accurate (adj.) accurate; faithful; literal

2. approaching (adj.) approaching; at hand; coming; expected; forthcoming; imminent; impending; next; threatening

3. close (adj.) abutting; adjacent; adjoining; around; aside; beside; close; immediate; near at hand; near-at-hand; nearby; neighboring; neighbouring; nigh; proximal; proximate

4. comparative (adj.) approximate; comparative; relative

5. miserly (adj.) miserly; narrow; parsimonious; stingy; tight; tightfisted

6. related (adj.) affecting; akin; allied; attached; connected; familiar; friendly; related; touching

7. advance (verb) advance; close in

8. approach (verb) approach; approximate; border; border on; close in upon; come near; converge; draw near; nigh; shave; verge on

9. a stone's throw from (other) a stone's throw from; close by; close to

10. about (other) about; near-at-hand

11. beside (other) adjacent to; alongside; beside; by; hard by; next to

12. close (other) at close hand; close; hard; nigh

13. nearby (other) close at hand; in the neighbourhood; in the vicinity; nearby; within a stone's throw; within easy reach

Антонимический ряд:

distant; expired; extravagant; far; far away; generous; gone; lavish; leave; liberal; past; postponed; prodigal; remote

English-Russian base dictionary > near
9 live

1. I
abs

1) an creatures have an equal right to live все живое имеет равные права на жизнь; life is worth living стоит жить; while my father lived когда был жив мой отец /при жизни моего отца/; she is very ill live the doctors do not think she will live она очень больна, врачи считают, что она не выживет; the doctor said the patient would live врач сказал, что больной будет жить; one lives and learns век живи, век учись; as long as I live пока я жив...; he'll be a fool as long as he lives он всю жизнь будет дураком; make a historical character live вдохнуть жизнь в историческое лицо, дать живое описание исторического лица; his name (her memory, the legend, hope, etc.) will live его имя и т. д. будет жить /не умрет/

2) I don't want to spend all my days in a small village, I want to live я не хочу /не желаю/ прозябать всю жизнь в этой деревушке, я хочу жить; at 40 she was just beginning to live в сорок лет она только начинала жить /наслаждаться жизнью/; he knows how to live он знает, как надо жить || there lived a king жил-был король
2. II
live for some time live long (forever, etc.) долго и т. д. жить; he has not long to live ему недолго остается жить; а better man never lived на свете не было человека лучше; live in same manner live honestly (simply, happily, honourably, well, comfortably, fashionably, etc.) жить честно и т. д., вести честный и т. д. образ жизни; live hard вести трудную жизнь /жизнь, полную трудностей/; live fast вести легкомысленный образ жизни; live high жить богато /на широкую ногу/; they can barely live они едва сводят концы с концами; live from hand to mouth с трудом перебиваться, влачить жалкое существование; live from day to day кое-как перебиваться; live somewhere live near (far, out west, down south, up north, abroad, etc.) жить /проживать/ близко и т. д.; live in жить по месту службы; the nurses live in медсестры живут при больнице; live out жить /иметь квартиру/ отдельно от места службы; all her servants live out у нее вся прислуга приходящая; he lives next-door он живет рядом; he is living at home at present он сейчас живет дома; I expect to live here for two months я собираюсь прожить здесь два месяца
3. III
1) live so much time live fifty years (a short life, a long life, etc.) прожить пятьдесят лет и т. д.

2) live a certain kind of life live a happy (good, bad, quiet, virtuous, etc.) life прожить счастливую и т. д. жизнь; live the life of a hermit жить отшельником; live an idle life вести праздную жизнь /праздный образ жизни/; live a double life веста двойную жизнь; жить двойной жизнью; live a saint жить как святой; live a bachelor жить холостяком, вести холостяцкую жизнь
4. IV
live one's life at some place he lived most of his life abroad (at home, here, etc.) он провел большую часть жизни за границей и т. д.
5. XI
be lived in the room doesn't seem to be lived in комната имеет нежилой вид; the house looks well lived in дом выглядит вполне обжитым
6. XIII
live to do smth. live to be eighty (to be old, to see the day, when..., to see one's grandchildren, etc.) дожить до восьмидесята лет и т. Л; he did not live to finish the work он не смог при жизни завершить эту работу; he did not live to see its success успех пришел уже после его смерти; you will live to repent it ты об этом еще пожалеешь
7. XV
|| live alone жить одиноко; he lives alone он живет один
8. XVI
1) live to a certain age live to a hundred (to a good old age, to a great ripe age, to the age of ninety-two, beyond seventy, etc.) дожить до ста лет и т. д., live through smth. live through two wars and three revolutions (through a political crisis, through financial difficulties, etc.) пережить две войны и три революции и т. д.; can he live through the night? переживет ли он эту ночь?; do you think I'll live through it, doctor? вы думаете, я выдержу /перенесу/ это, доктор?; live till some time live till May (till tomorrow, etc.) дожить до мая и т. д.; live in smth. no ship could live in such a rough sea ни один корабль не мог выдержать такого бурного моря не мог уцелеть в такой шторм/; live in smth. live in smb.'s memory жить в чьей-л. памяти, не быть забытым; the incident still lives in my memory я до сих пор ясно помню этот случай; his name (the speech, etc.) will live in history его имя и т. д. останется в истории

2) live in some state live in poverty (in luxury, in peace with all the neighbours, in close friendship with smb., in retirement, in obscurity, in solitude, in sin, in hope, etc.) жить в бедности и т. д., live in [great /grand/] style жить на широкую ногу; live in a small way жить скромно; live in the shadow держаться в тени; live in one's trunks жить на колесах, переезжать с места на место; live in the present (in the past, in the future) жить настоящим ( прошлым, будущим); live on smth. live on one's pension (on one's income, on one's wife's income, on L 5 a month, on one's savings, etc.) жить /существовать/ на пенсию и т. д., schools which live on the fees of their students школы, которые существуют на средства, получаемые от платы за обучение; he has enough to live on он зарабатывает достаточно на жизнь, ему хватает на жизнь; how does he manage to live on that salary? как он умудряется прожить на такое жалованье?; live on rice (largely on fish, on fruit, on vegetables, on tea and soup, on bread and water, on a milk diet, etc.) питаться рисом и т. д., жить на рисе и т. д.; he is in the habit of living on plain food он привык к простой пище; live on air /on nothing/ жить неизвестно чем, питаться воздухом; live on one's past reputation (on one's name, on the memory of..., etc.) жить /существовать/ за счет былей репутации и т. д., live (up)on smb. live on his father (on one's relations, on a friend, upon woman, on its visitors, etc.) жить /существовать/ на средства своего отца и т. д.; he lives on his parents он сидит на шее у родителей; live out of smth. they live out of tins они питаются одними консервами, они живут на консервах; live out of suitcases веста кочевой образ жизни; live for smb., smth. live for others (for his work, for higher' aspirations, for one's fame, for one's pleasure, etc.) жить для /ради/ других и т.д.; she lives entirely for her children вся ее жизнь в детях; he lives for ballet он живет одним балетом; they live for /to/ no purpose они живут без всякой цели; he has nothing to live for у него нет цели в жизни, ему не для чего жить; this is an aim worth living for вот это цель, ради которой стоит жить; live by smth. live by one's hands (by toil, by the sweat of one's brow, by the /one's/ pen, by one's novels, by literature, etc.) зарабатывать себе на жизнь физическим трудом и т. д., live by brainwork зарабатывать на жизнь умственным трудом; live off smth. live off the country жить за счет страны; live within (above, beyond, to) smth., smb. live within (above /beyond/) one's means /income/ жить (не) по средствам; we are discovering more and more that the world is an interdependent world and that no country can live to itself мы все больше и больше убеждаемся, что в мире все взаимосвязано, и что ни одна страна не может жить сама по себе || live by /on/ one's wits а) изворачиваться; б) жить нечестным путем; live by oneself жить самостоятельно

3) live In (on, at, etc.) some place live in France (in the capital, in London, in the country, at a small town, at a hotel, at No. 20, etc.) жить /проживать/ во Франции и т. д.; who lives in this house? кто живет в этом доме?; live at the seaside (at one's uncle, etc.) жить /проживать/ у моря и т. д., live in this street жить на этой улице; live upon a farm жить на ферме; live on the other side of the river жить по ту сторону реки; live across the street жить через улицу; live in the water (in a forest, in a cave, etc.) жить /обитать, водиться/ в воде и т.д., live near to (far from, etc.) smb., smth. who lives nearest to the school? кто живет ближе всех к школе?; live away from home жить не дома, жить отдельно; live apart from his wife жить отдельно от жены: live under the same roof жить под одной крышей (с кем-л.), live with (among, under) smb., smth. live with one's friends (with the Browns, with one's family, with relatives, etc.) жить у друзей и т.д., live among strangers жить среди чужих; live under an assumed name жить под вымышленным именем; we have to live with the situation приходится мириться с обстоятельствами; live at some time live in the
9. XVII t
th century (in the times of Queen Victoria, in our hectic age, etc.) жить в семнадцатом веке и т. д.
10. XVII
live by doing smth. live by writing (by teaching music, by swindling industry, etc.) жить /зарабатывать на жизнь/ литературным трудом и т. д.
11. XIX1
live like smb. live like a saint (like a brute, etc.) жить как святой и т. д.
12. XXV
11 you've never lived unless you've seen Paris тот ничего не видел в жизни, кто не бывал в Париже

English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > live
10 Rivers

The English word river can be either fleuve or rivière in French. Major rivers, all of which flow into the sea, are fleuves: the rest are rivières. Here are some examples of fleuves in France: la Garonne, la Loire, la Seine, le Rhin, le Rhône and la Somme: other fleuves include: le Nil, le Danube, le Gange, le Tage, l’Indus, l’Amazone, le Congo, le Mississippi, le Niger and le Saint-Laurent.

The following French rivers are rivières: la Marne, l’Oise, l’Allier, la Dordogne, la Saône.

As in English, French uses the definite article with names of rivers:

the Thames

= la Tamise

to go down the Rhine

= descendre le Rhin

to live near the Seine

= habiter près de la Seine

the course of the Danube

= le cours du Danube

In English you can say the X, the X river or the river X. In French it is always le X (or la X):

the river Thames

= la Tamise

the Potomac river

= le Potomac

When the name of the river is used as an adjective, French has de + definite article:

Seine barges

= les péniches de la Seine

a Rhine castle

= un château des bords du Rhin

the Rhine estuary

= l’estuaire du Rhin

Big English-French dictionary > Rivers
11 lie

{lai}
I. n лъжа, измама
to tell a LIE, tell LIEs лъжа
to give the LIE to someone изобличавам някого в лъжа, опровергавам някого
to give someone the LIE (in his throat/teeth) изобличавам някого в (груба) лъжа
II. v лъжа
to LIE like a gas-meter разг. лъжа като циганин
to LIE in one's teeth/throat ост. шег. лъжа нагло/безсрамно
to LIE oneself out of a scrape измъквам се от неудобно положение с лъжи
III. 1. лежа
to LIE like a log лежа неподвижно като труп/в безсъзнание
the snow LIEs deep снегът е дълбок
2. лежа, погребан съм
here LIEs... тук почива... (на надгробна плоча)
3. разположен съм, намирам се (и за абстрактни неща), простирам се, съм
the obstacles that LIE in our way пречките по пътя ни
the money LIEs in the bank парите ca в банката
my talents do not LIE in that direction нямам склонност към/не ме бива за това
he knows where Ins interest LIEs знае си интереса, знае от какво ще има полза
the real reason LIEs deep истинската причина се крие по-дълбоко
4. намирам се, съм (в някакво положение, състояние)
to LIE in ambush стоя в засада, причаквам (for)
to LIE against a wall облягам се на стена
to LIE heavy on someone's stomach/conscience тежа на стомаха/съвестта на някого
to LIE open отворен открит/разкрит/изложен съм (to на)
to LIE at someone's mercy оставен съм на милостта на някого
the blame LIEs at your door ти си виновен
as far as in me LIEs доколкото зависи от мен/е във възможностите ми
5. мой дълг/задължсние и пр. е да
it LIEs with you to (с inf) ваше задължение/право е да
the burden of proof LIEs with/upon them юр. те носят тежестта на доказателството
6. юр. допуска се, законно е
the action does not LIE не може да се предяви иск/да се възбуди следствие
7. мор. на котва съм
8. ост. престоявам, пренощувам
lie about пръснат съм, търкалям се
lie ahead предстоя
lie back облягам се назад
lie before lie ahead
lie behind крия се зад, причина съм за, отминал/в миналото съм
lie by стоя неизползван/в резерв, бездейетвувам, почивам
lie down лягам си, лежа, приемам безропотно
to LIE down under defeat, to take a defeat lying down победен/бит съм, без да се съпротивлявам, преглъщам обида
to LIE down on a job разг. не работя както трябва, работя през пръсти
lie in раждам, лежа в очакване да родя, разг. излежавам се
lie off мор. намирам се на известно разстояние от брега/от друг кораб, оставам временно безработен, сп. пестя си силите в началото на състезание
lie out of не съм още получил
lie over отлагам, бивам отложен, оставам висящ (за въпрос)
lie to мор. спрял/на котва съм, спирам, хвърлям котва
lie up пазя леглото/стаята, лежа, мор. на док съм, отивам на док, крия се, скривам се, бездействувам
IV. n (раз) положение, очертание, насока
the LIE of the land вж. land

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{lai} n лъжа, измама; to tell a lie, tell lies лъжа; to give the lie to(2) {lai} v лъжа; to lie like a gas-meter разг. лъжа като циганин; {3} {lai} v (lay {lei}; lain {lein}) 1. лежа; to lie like a log{4} {lai} n (раз)положение; очертание; насока; the lie of the land

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почивам; простирам; лежа; лъжа; намирам се; неистина;

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1. as far as in me lies доколкото зависи от мен/е във възможностите ми 2. he knows where ins interest lies знае си интереса, знае от какво ще има полза 3. here lies... тук почива... (на надгробна плоча) 4. i. n лъжа, измама 5. ii. v лъжа 6. iii. лежа 7. it lies with you to (с inf) ваше задължение/право е да 8. iv. n (раз) положение, очертание, насока 9. lie about пръснат съм, търкалям се 10. lie ahead предстоя 11. lie back облягам се назад 12. lie before lie ahead 13. lie behind крия се зад, причина съм за, отминал/в миналото съм 14. lie by стоя неизползван/в резерв, бездейетвувам, почивам 15. lie down лягам си, лежа, приемам безропотно 16. lie in раждам, лежа в очакване да родя, разг. излежавам се 17. lie off мор. намирам се на известно разстояние от брега/от друг кораб, оставам временно безработен, сп. пестя си силите в началото на състезание 18. lie out of не съм още получил 19. lie over отлагам, бивам отложен, оставам висящ (за въпрос) 20. lie to мор. спрял/на котва съм, спирам, хвърлям котва 21. lie up пазя леглото/стаята, лежа, мор. на док съм, отивам на док, крия се, скривам се, бездействувам 22. my talents do not lie in that direction нямам склонност към/не ме бива за това 23. the action does not lie не може да се предяви иск/да се възбуди следствие 24. the blame lies at your door ти си виновен 25. the burden of proof lies with/upon them юр. те носят тежестта на доказателството 26. the lie of the land вж. land 27. the money lies in the bank парите ca в банката 28. the obstacles that lie in our way пречките по пътя ни 29. the real reason lies deep истинската причина се крие по-дълбоко 30. the snow lies deep снегът е дълбок 31. to give someone the lie (in his throat/teeth) изобличавам някого в (груба) лъжа 32. to give the lie to someone изобличавам някого в лъжа, опровергавам някого 33. to lie against a wall облягам се на стена 34. to lie at someone's mercy оставен съм на милостта на някого 35. to lie down on a job разг. не работя както трябва, работя през пръсти 36. to lie down under defeat, to take a defeat lying down победен/бит съм, без да се съпротивлявам, преглъщам обида 37. to lie heavy on someone's stomach/conscience тежа на стомаха/съвестта на някого 38. to lie in ambush стоя в засада, причаквам (for) 39. to lie in one's teeth/throat ост. шег. лъжа нагло/безсрамно 40. to lie like a gas-meter разг. лъжа като циганин 41. to lie like a log лежа неподвижно като труп/в безсъзнание 42. to lie oneself out of a scrape измъквам се от неудобно положение с лъжи 43. to lie open отворен открит/разкрит/изложен съм (to на) 44. to tell a lie, tell lies лъжа 45. лежа, погребан съм 46. мой дълг/задължсние и пр. е да 47. мор. на котва съм 48. намирам се, съм (в някакво положение, състояние) 49. ост. престоявам, пренощувам 50. разположен съм, намирам се (и за абстрактни неща), простирам се, съм 51. юр. допуска се, законно е
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lie [lai] I. n лъжа́, измама; to tell a \lie, to tell \lies лъ́жа; to give (s.o.) the \lie, to nail a \lie изобличавам (някого) в лъжа, опровергавам (някого); to give s.o. the \lie in his throat изобличавам някого в груба лъжа; white \lie невинна лъжа; an eighteen-carat \lie ам. нагла лъжа; to swap \lies плещя врели-некипели; сплетнича; \lies have short legs на лъжата краката са къси; to live a \lie живея в измама; самозалъгвам се; II. v лъ́жа; to \lie like a gas-meter разг. лъжа като дърт циганин; to \lie in o.'s teeth ( throat) нагло (безсрамно) лъжа; лъжа право в очите; to \lie away o.'s reputation загубвам репутацията (реномето) си с лъжи; to \lie o.s. out of a scrape измъквам се от неудобно положение с лъжи (лъжа); III. lie v ( lay [lei]; lain [lein]) 1. лежа; to \lie like a log лежа неподвижно (като труп, без съзнание); the snow \lies deep снегът е дебел; to \lie against a wall облягам се на стената; his body \lies in state тялото му е изложено (за поклонение); here \lies... (на надгробен камък) тук почива...; 2. разположен съм, намирам се, простирам се; съм; the town \lie near the river градът е разположен край реката; the money \lies in the bank парите са в банката; my talents do not \lie in that direction нямам склонност за това, не ме бива за това; 3. намирам се, съм (в някакво състояние); to \lie idle лежа неупотребяван (неизползван); стоя празен; to \lie in ambush стоя в засада, причаквам ( for); to \lie dormant в скрито (латентно, спящо) състояние съм; прен. бездействам; to \lie open отворено (открито, разкрито) е; изложено е (to); to \lie low 1) притаявам се, чакам удобния момент; 2) унижен съм; 3) поет. лежа мъртъв; to \lie perdu(e) 1) не излизам наяве; спотайвам се; 2) притаявам се, стоя в засада; to \lie at s.o.'s mercy оставен съм на милостта на някого; the blame \lies at your door ти си виновен; 4. тежи ми (задължение и пр.);the dеcision \lies with you вие трябва да решите, решението е във ваши ръце; as far as in me \lies доколкото зависи от мен, доколкото ми е възможно; to \lie under an obligation задължен съм да направя нещо; to \lie under a charge обвинен съм в нещо; тежи ми някакво обвинение; 5. юрид. допуска се, законно е; action does not \lie не може да се предяви иск (да се повдигне, възбуди следствие); 6. мор. на котва съм; ост. престоявам, оставам, пренощувам; • the ship \lies her course корабът не се отклонява от пътя (курса) си; IV. n положение, разположение; очертание; насока; the \lie of the land конфигурацията (очертанието) на терена; прен. положението на нещата.

English-Bulgarian dictionary > lie
12 stand

I [stænd] n
1) ларёк, киоск, прилавок, палатка, стенд, отдел

- fruit stand
- hot-dog stand
- newsstand
- vegetable stand
- small wares stand
- grocery stand
- information stand
2) подставка, стойка

- towel stand
- coat-and-hat stand II [stænd] v
(stood)

1) стоять

The house stands near the river. — Дом стоит около реки.

- stand still

- stand aside

2) (обыкновенно в отрицательных предложениях) выдерживать, выносить, терпеть

I cannot stand him. — Я не терплю его.

I cannot stand the noise of the pub. — Я не выношу шума в этом пабе.

Better to die standing than to live kneeling. — ◊ Лучше умереть стоя, чем жить на коленях.

United we stand, divided we fall. — ◊ Артель воюет, а один горюет. /В единении сила

- stand the crisis

English-Russian combinatory dictionary > stand
13 by

I 1. preposition
1) (near, beside) an (+ Dat.); bei; (next to) neben

by the window/river — am Fenster/Fluss

she sat by me — sie saß neben mir

2) (to position beside) zu

3) (about, in the possession of) bei

have something by one — etwas bei sich haben

4)

north-east by east — Nordost auf Ost

5)

by herself — etc. see academic.ru/34615/herself">herself 1)

6) (along) entlang

by the river — am od. den Fluss entlang

7) (via) über (+ Akk.)

leave by the door/window — zur Tür hinausgehen/zum Fenster hinaussteigen

we came by the quickest/shortest route — wir sind die schnellste/kürzeste Strecke gefahren

8) (passing) vorbei an (+ Dat.)

run/drive by somebody/something — an jemandem/etwas vorbeilaufen/vorbeifahren

9) (during) bei

by day/night — bei Tag/Nacht; tagsüber/nachts

10) (through the agency of) von

written by... — geschrieben von...

11) (through the means of) durch

he was killed by lightning/a falling chimney — er ist vom Blitz/von einem umstürzenden Schornstein erschlagen worden

heated by gas/oil — mit Gas/Öl geheizt; gas-/ölbeheizt

by bus/ship — etc. mit dem Bus/Schiff usw.

by air/sea — mit dem Flugzeug/Schiff

have children by somebody — Kinder von jemandem haben

12) (not later than) bis

by now/this time — inzwischen

by next week she will be in China — nächste Woche ist sie schon in China

by the time this letter reaches you — bis dich dieser Brief erreicht

by the 20th — bis zum 20.

13) (indicating unit of time) pro; (indicating unit of length, weight, etc.) -weise

by the second/minute/hour — pro Sekunde/Minute/Stunde

rent a house by the year — ein Haus für jeweils ein Jahr mieten

you can hire a car by the day or by the week — man kann sich (Dat.) ein Auto tageweise oder wochenweise mieten

day by day/month by month, by the day/month — (as each day/month passes) Tag für Tag/Monat für Monat

cloth by the metre — Stoff am Meter

sell something by the packet/ton/dozen — etwas paket-/tonnenweise/im Dutzend verkaufen

10 ft. by 20 ft. — 10 [Fuß] mal 20 Fuß

14) (indicating amount)

by the thousands — zu Tausenden

one by one — einzeln

two by two/three by three/four by four — zu zweit/dritt/viert

little by little — nach und nach

15) (indicating factor) durch

8 divided by 2 is 4 — 8 geteilt durch 2 ist 4

16) (indicating extent) um

wider by a foot — um einen Fuß breiter

win by ten metres — mit zehn Metern Vorsprung gewinnen

passed by nine votes to two — mit neun zu zwei Stimmen angenommen

17) (according to) nach

by my watch — nach meiner Uhr

18) in oaths bei

by [Almighty] God — bei Gott[, dem Allmächtigen]
2. adverb
1) (past) vorbei

drive/run/flow by — vorbeifahren/-laufen/-fließen

2) (near)

close/near by — in der Nähe

3)

by and large — im großen und ganzen

by and by — nach und nach; (in past) nach einer Weile
II
see bye II

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1. preposition
1) (next to; near; at the side of: by the door; He sat by his sister.) bei

2) (past: going by the house.) vorbei

3) (through; along; across: We came by the main road.) über

4) (used (in the passive voice) to show the person or thing which performs an action: struck by a stone.) von

5) (using: He's going to contact us by letter; We travelled by train.) mit

6) (from; through the means of: I met her by chance; by post.) durch

7) ((of time) not later than: by 6 o'clock.) um

8) (during the time of.) während

9) (to the extent of: taller by ten centimetres.) um

10) (used to give measurements etc: 4 metres by 2 metres.) mal

11) (in quantities of: fruit sold by the kilo.) (kilo-, etc.)weise

12) (in respect of: a teacher by profession.) von
2. adverb
1) (near: They stood by and watched.) dabei

2) (past: A dog ran by.) vorbei

3) (aside; away: money put by for an emergency.) beiseite

•

- bygones: let bygones be bygones
- bypass 3. verb
(to avoid (a place) by taking such a road.) umgehen

- by-product
- bystander
- by and by
- by and large
- by oneself
- by the way
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by

[baɪ]

I. prep

1. (beside) bei, an

a hotel \by the river ein Hotel am Fluss

my desk is \by the window mein Schreibtisch steht am Fenster

come and sit \by me komm und setz dich zu mir [o neben mich]

\by the roadside am Straßenrand

\by sb's side an jds Seite

2. (part of sb/sth) bei

to grab sb \by the arm jdn am Arm packen

to seize sb \by their hair jdn am Schopf packen

to take sb \by the hand jdn bei der Hand nehmen

3. (past and beyond) vorbei

he drove \by our house er ist an unserem Haus vorbeigefahren

she walked \by me without speaking sie ging, ohne etwas zu sagen, an mir vorbei

\by the door durch die Tür

4. (not later than) bis

\by this time next week I'll be on holiday nächste Woche um diese Zeit bin ich in Urlaub

\by five o'clock/tomorrow [spätestens] bis fünf Uhr/morgen

\by 14 February [spätestens] bis zum 14.02.

\by now [or this time] inzwischen

she ought to have arrived \by now sie müsste inzwischen angekommen sein

\by the time... bis...

\by the time [that] this letter reaches you I will have left London wenn dieser Brief dich erreicht, werde ich schon nicht mehr in London sein

5. (during) bei

they ate \by candlelight sie aßen bei Kerzenlicht

\by day/night tagsüber [o bei Tag] /nachts [o bei Nacht

6. (happening progressively) für

the children came in two \by two die Kinder kamen in Zweiergruppen herein

the situation becomes worse \by the day die Lage verschlechtert sich von Tag zu Tag

bit \by bit nach und nach

day \by day Tag für Tag

minute \by minute Minute um Minute, im Minutenabstand

7. (agent) von, durch

the cake is made \by Anne der Kuchen ist von Anne [gebacken], den Kuchen hat Anne gebacken

an attack \by the enemy ein Angriff durch den Feind, ein Feindangriff

a book/painting \by Irene ein Buch/ein Gemälde von Irene

a decision \by his father eine Entscheidung seines Vaters

8. (cause) von, durch

the damage was caused \by fire der Schaden wurde durch einen Brand verursacht

\by chance durch Zufall, zufällig

\by contrast im Gegensatz

Richard, \by contrast, works very much Richard hingegen arbeitet sehr viel

death \by misadventure Tod durch Unfall

9. (with -ing)

you switch it on \by pressing this button man schaltet es ein, indem man auf diesen Knopf drückt

10. (method) mit

to pay \by cheque mit Scheck bezahlen

to contact sb \by letter jdn anschreiben

11. (means of transport) mit

to travel \by air fliegen

\by boat/bus/car/train mit dem Schiff/Bus/Auto/Zug

to travel \by road über Land fahren

to travel \by sea auf dem Seeweg reisen

12. (parent) von

she's his daughter \by his second wife sie ist seine Tochter mit seiner zweiten Frau [o aus zweiter Ehe]

a black filly \by Golden Summer ein schwarzes Fohlen von Golden Summer

13. (term) mit

what is meant \by ‘cool’? was bedeutet ‚cool‘?

14. (name of a person) bei

he mostly calls her \by her last name er redet sie meistens mit ihrem Nachnamen an

15. (according to) nach, von

I'm German \by birth von Geburt bin ich Deutsche

\by my watch it's six o'clock nach meiner Uhr ist es sechs

he could tell \by the look on her face that... er konnte an ihrem Gesichtsausdruck ablesen, dass...

\by law, he's still a child dem Gesetz nach [o laut Gesetz] ist er noch ein Kind

that's all right \by me ich bin damit einverstanden

to live \by the rules sich akk an die Vorschriften halten

\by trade [or profession] von Beruf

16. (quantity)

he rented the car \by the day er hat den Wagen tageweise gemietet

it's sold \by the metre es wird am Meter verkauft

to sell \by the dozen/hundred/thousand zu Dutzenden/Hunderten/Tausenden verkaufen

to get paid \by the hour stundenweise bezahlt werden

17. (margin) um

prices went up \by 20% die Preise sind um 20 % gestiegen

the bullet missed her \by two centimetres die Kugel verfehlte sie um zwei Zentimeter [o ging nur zwei Zentimeter an ihr vorbei]

it would be better \by far to... es wäre weitaus besser,...

18. (measurements) mal

the room measures 5 metres \by 8 metres das Zimmer misst 5 mal 8 Meter

19. MATH

8 multiplied \by 3 equals 24 8 mal 3 macht 24

8 divided \by 4 equals 2 8 geteilt durch 4 ist 2

he multiplied it \by 20 er hat es mit 20 multipliziert

20. (in oaths) bei

I swear \by Almighty God that... ich schwöre bei dem allmächtigen Gott, dass...

II. adv inv

1. (past) vorbei

excuse me, I can't get \by Entschuldigung, ich komme nicht vorbei

time goes \by so quickly die Zeit vergeht so schnell

to come \by vorbeikommen

I'll come \by tomorrow ich komme morgen mal vorbei

to drive \by vorbeifahren

to pass \by vorbeikommen

to speed \by sb/sth an jdm/etw vorbeisausen

2. (near) in der Nähe

close \by ganz in der Nähe, in unmittelbarer Nähe

3. (in reserve)

to put [or lay] some money \by etwas [Geld] zurücklegen [o auf die Seite legen

4.

▶ \by and \by ( dated) bald

▶ \by and large im Großen und Ganzen

▶ \by oneself (alone) allein

to live \by oneself allein leben; (unaided) selbst

he can dress \by himself er kann sich selbst [o alleine] anziehen

▶ \by the \by nebenbei bemerkt

where's Jane, \by the \by? wo ist denn eigentlich Jane?

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[baɪ]
1. prep

1) (= close to) bei, an (+dat); (with movement) an (+acc); (= next to) neben (+dat); (with movement) neben (+acc)

by the window/fire/river — am or beim Fenster/Feuer/Fluss

by the church — an or bei der Kirche

by the sea — Ferien pl an der See

come and sit by me — komm, setz dich neben mich

she sat by me — sie saß neben mir

to keep sth by one — etw bei sich haben

2) (= via) über (+acc)

3)

(= past) to go/rush etc by sb/sth — an jdm/etw vorbeigehen/-eilen etc

4)

(time = during) by day/night — bei Tag/Nacht

5) (time = not later than) bis

can you do it by tomorrow? — kannst du es bis morgen machen?

by tomorrow I'll be in France — morgen werde ich in Frankreich sein

by the time I got there, he had gone — bis ich dorthin kam, war er gegangen

but by that time or by then I had realized that... — aber bis dahin war mir klar geworden, dass...

but by that time or by then it will be too late —

but by that time or by then he will have forgotten — aber bis dann or dahin hat er es schon vergessen

by now — inzwischen

6)

(indicating amount) by the inch/kilo/hour/month — zoll-/kilo-/stunden-/monatsweise

one by one — einer nach dem anderen

they came in two by two — sie kamen paarweise herein

letters came in by the hundred — hunderte or Hunderte von Briefen kamen

7) (indicating agent, cause) von

killed by a bullet — durch eine or von einer Kugel getötet

indicated by an asterisk —

a painting by Picasso surrounded by — ein Bild von Picasso umgeben von

8)

(indicating method, means, manner: see also nouns) by bus/car/bicycle — mit dem or per Bus/Auto/Fahrrad

by land and (by) sea — zu Land und zu Wasser

or check (US) — mit Scheck bezahlen

made by hand — handgearbeitet

made by machine — maschinell hergestellt

by daylight/moonlight — bei Tag(eslicht)/im Mondschein

to know sb by name/sight — jdn dem Namen nach/vom Sehen her kennen

to be known by the name of... — unter dem Namen... bekannt sein

to lead sb by the hand — jdn an der Hand führen

to grab sb by the collar — jdn am Kragen packen

he had a daughter by his first wife — von seiner ersten Frau hatte er eine Tochter

by myself/himself etc — allein

9)

by saving hard he managed to... — durch eisernes Sparen or dadurch, dass er eisern sparte, gelang es ihm...

by turning this knob —

by saying that I didn't mean... — ich habe damit nicht gemeint...

animals which move by wriggling — Tiere, die sich schlängelnd fortbewegen

he could walk by supporting himself on... — gestützt auf... könnte er gehen

10) (according to: see also nouns) nach

to judge by appearances — nach dem Äußern urteilen

by my watch it is nine o'clock — nach meiner Uhr ist es neun

if you play by the rules (fig) — wenn du dich an die Regel hältst

by the terms of Article I — gemäß or nach (den Bestimmungen von) Artikel I

to call sb/sth by his/its proper name — jdn/etw beim richtigen Namen nennen

if it's OK by you/him etc — wenn es Ihnen/ihm etc recht ist

it's all right by me — von mir aus gern or schon

11) (measuring difference) um

broader by a foot — um einen Fuß breiter

it missed me by inches — es verfehlte mich um Zentimeter

12) (MATH, MEASURE)

to divide/multiply by — dividieren durch/multiplizieren mit

a room 20 feet by 30 — ein Zimmer 20 auf or mal 30 Fuß

13)

(points of compass) South by South West — Südsüdwest

14) (in oaths) bei

I swear by Almighty God —

by heaven, I'll get you for this — das sollst or wirst du mir, bei Gott, büßen!

15)

by the right! (Mil) — rechts, links...!

16)

by the way or by(e) — übrigens

2. adv

1)

(= past) to pass/wander/rush etc by — vorbei- or vorüberkommen/-wandern/-eilen etc

2)

(= in reserve) to put or lay by — beiseitelegen

3)

(phrases) by and by — irgendwann; (with past tense) nach einiger Zeit

by and large — im Großen und Ganzen

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by¹ [baı]

A präp

1. (örtlich) (nahe oder dicht) bei oder an (dat), neben (dat):

a house by the river ein Haus beim oder am Fluss;

side by side Seite an Seite

2. vorbei oder vorüber an (dat), an (dat) … entlang:

he went by the church

3. über (akk):

go by London

4. auf (dat), entlang (akk oder dat) (Weg etc):

come by another road eine andere Straße entlangkommen

5. per, mit, mittels, durch (ein Verkehrsmittel): → air¹ A 1, post³ A 1, etc

6. (zeitlich) bis zu, bis um, bis spätestens:

be here by 4.30 sei spätestens um 4 Uhr 30 hier;

by that time

a) bis dahin, unterdessen,

b) um diese Zeit, (ungefähr) zu diesem Zeitpunkt; → now¹ Bes Redew

7. während, bei (Tageszeit): → day Bes Redew, etc

8. nach, …weise:

be sold by the meter (bes Br metre) meterweise verkauft werden; → hour, etc

9. nach, gemäß:

it is ten by my watch nach oder auf meiner Uhr ist es zehn

10. von: → nature 2, trade A 4

11. von, durch (Urheberschaft):

she has a son by him sie hat einen Sohn von ihm;

he has a daughter by his first marriage er hat eine Tochter aus erster Ehe;

a play by Shaw ein Stück von Shaw;

it was settled by him es wurde durch ihn oder von ihm erledigt; → oneself 1

12. mittels, mit Hilfe von, mit, durch:

written by pencil mit Bleistift geschrieben;

by listening durch Zuhören;

by (his) talking rapidly dadurch, dass er schnell redet(e); → force A 1, A 3, A 4 letter¹ A 2

13. um (bei Größenverhältnissen):

be (too) short by an inch um einen Zoll zu kurz sein

14. MATH

a) mal:

3 by 4;

the size is 9 feet by 6 die Größe ist 9 auf 6 ( oder 9 × 6) Fuß; → multiply A 2

b) durch:

6 by 2; → divide A 7 a

15. an (dat), bei: → root¹ A 1, seize A 1 a

B adv

1. nahe, da(bei):

by and large im Großen und Ganzen;

by and by

a) bald, demnächst,

b) nach und nach,

c) kurze Zeit später; → close B, hard B 4

2. vorbei…, vorüber…: → go by, pass by, etc

3. beiseite: → put by etc

by² → bye-bye C

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I 1. preposition
1) (near, beside) an (+ Dat.); bei; (next to) neben

by the window/river — am Fenster/Fluss

she sat by me — sie saß neben mir

2) (to position beside) zu

3) (about, in the possession of) bei

have something by one — etwas bei sich haben

4)

north-east by east — Nordost auf Ost

5)

by herself — etc. see herself 1)

6) (along) entlang

by the river — am od. den Fluss entlang

7) (via) über (+ Akk.)

leave by the door/window — zur Tür hinausgehen/zum Fenster hinaussteigen

we came by the quickest/shortest route — wir sind die schnellste/kürzeste Strecke gefahren

8) (passing) vorbei an (+ Dat.)

run/drive by somebody/something — an jemandem/etwas vorbeilaufen/vorbeifahren

9) (during) bei

by day/night — bei Tag/Nacht; tagsüber/nachts

10) (through the agency of) von

written by... — geschrieben von...

11) (through the means of) durch

he was killed by lightning/a falling chimney — er ist vom Blitz/von einem umstürzenden Schornstein erschlagen worden

heated by gas/oil — mit Gas/Öl geheizt; gas-/ölbeheizt

by bus/ship — etc. mit dem Bus/Schiff usw.

by air/sea — mit dem Flugzeug/Schiff

have children by somebody — Kinder von jemandem haben

12) (not later than) bis

by now/this time — inzwischen

by next week she will be in China — nächste Woche ist sie schon in China

by the time this letter reaches you — bis dich dieser Brief erreicht

by the 20th — bis zum 20.

13) (indicating unit of time) pro; (indicating unit of length, weight, etc.) -weise

by the second/minute/hour — pro Sekunde/Minute/Stunde

rent a house by the year — ein Haus für jeweils ein Jahr mieten

you can hire a car by the day or by the week — man kann sich (Dat.) ein Auto tageweise oder wochenweise mieten

day by day/month by month, by the day/month — (as each day/month passes) Tag für Tag/Monat für Monat

cloth by the metre — Stoff am Meter

sell something by the packet/ton/dozen — etwas paket-/tonnenweise/im Dutzend verkaufen

10 ft. by 20 ft. — 10 [Fuß] mal 20 Fuß

14) (indicating amount)

by the thousands — zu Tausenden

one by one — einzeln

two by two/three by three/four by four — zu zweit/dritt/viert

little by little — nach und nach

15) (indicating factor) durch

8 divided by 2 is 4 — 8 geteilt durch 2 ist 4

16) (indicating extent) um

wider by a foot — um einen Fuß breiter

win by ten metres — mit zehn Metern Vorsprung gewinnen

passed by nine votes to two — mit neun zu zwei Stimmen angenommen

17) (according to) nach

by my watch — nach meiner Uhr

18) in oaths bei

by [Almighty] God — bei Gott[, dem Allmächtigen]
2. adverb
1) (past) vorbei

drive/run/flow by — vorbeifahren/-laufen/-fließen

2) (near)

close/near by — in der Nähe

3)

by and large — im großen und ganzen

by and by — nach und nach; (in past) nach einer Weile
II
see bye II

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prep.

an präp.

bei präp.

bis präp.

durch präp.

neben präp.

von präp.

über präp.

English-german dictionary > by
14 far

1. adverb,
farther, further; farthest, furthest

1) (in space) weit

far away — weit entfernt

far [away] from — weit entfernt von

see something from far away — etwas aus der Ferne sehen

I won't be far away — ich werde ganz in der Nähe sein

far above/below — hoch über/tief unter (+ Dat.); adverb hoch oben/tief unten

fly as far as Munich — bis [nach] München fliegen

far and wide — weit und breit

from far and near or wide — von fern und nah

2) (in time) weit

far into the night — bis spät od. tief in die Nacht

as far back as I can remember — soweit ich zurückdenken kann

3) (by much) weit

far too — viel zu

far longer/ better — weit[aus] länger/besser

4) (fig.)

as far as — (to whatever extent, to the extent of) so weit [wie]

I haven't got as far as phoning her — ich bin noch nicht dazu gekommen, sie anzurufen

not as far as I know — nicht, dass ich wüsste

as far as I remember/know — soweit ich mich erinnere/weiß

go so far as to do something — so weit gehen und etwas tun

in so far as — insofern od. insoweit als

so far — (until now) bisher

so far so good — so weit, so gut

by far — bei weitem

better by far — weitaus besser

far from easy/good — alles andere als leicht/gut

far from it! — ganz im Gegenteil!

go too far — zu weit gehen

carry or take something too far — etwas zu weit treiben
2. adjective,
farther, further; farthest, furthest

1) (remote) weit entfernt; (remote in time) fern

in the far distance — in weiter Ferne

2) (more remote) weiter entfernt

the far bank of the river/side of the road — das andere Flussufer/die andere Straßenseite

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1. adverb
1) (indicating distance, progress etc: How far is it from here to his house?) weit

2) (at or to a long way away: She went far away/off.) weit

3) (very much: She was a far better swimmer than her friend (was).) weit
2. adjective
1) (distant; a long way away: a far country.) fern

2) (more distant (usually of two things): He lives on the far side of the lake.) entfernter

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- farthest
- faraway
- far-fetched
- as far as
- by far
- far and away
- far from
- so far
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far

<farther or further, farthest or furthest>

[fɑ:ʳ, AM fɑ:r]

I. adv

1. (in place) weit

it's too \far to walk es ist zu weit zu Fuß

how much further is it? wie weit ist es denn noch?

he can't walk that \far er kann nicht so weit laufen

have you come very \far? kommen Sie von weit her?

do you have \far to travel to work? haben Sie es weit zu Ihrer Arbeitsstelle?

she doesn't live \far from here sie wohnt nicht weit von hier [entfernt]

his name is fairly \far down the list sein Name steht ziemlich weit unten auf der Liste

you can see how \far up the wall the water came during the flood man kann sehen, wie hoch das Wasser während der Flut an der Mauer stieg; ( liter)

a traveller from some \far distant land ein Reisender aus einem fernen Land

\far away in the distance in weiter Ferne

\far from home fern der Heimat

\far and wide weit und breit

from \far and wide [or near] aus Nah und Fern

2. (in time) weit

some time \far in the past/future irgendwann in ferner Vergangenheit/Zukunft

one day, perhaps \far in the future, you'll regret what you've done irgendwann einmal wirst du bereuen, was du getan hast

your birthday's not \far away bis zu deinem Geburtstag ist es nicht mehr lang

he's not \far off seventy er geht auf die siebzig zu

we're not \far off finishing now es dauert nicht mehr lange, und wir sind fertig

to work \far into the night bis spät in die Nacht hinein arbeiten

to plan further ahead weiter voraus planen

as \far back as:

as \far back as I can remember... so weit ich zurückdenken kann...

we warned you about this as \far back as 1977 wir haben Sie bereits 1977 davor gewarnt

it probably dates from as \far back as the end of the last century es geht wahrscheinlich sogar bis auf das Ende des letzten Jahrhunderts zurück

3. (in progress) weit

how \far have you got? — I'm on page 17 wie weit bist du? — ich bin jetzt auf Seite 17

how \far have you got with your new play? wie weit bist du mit deinem neuen Stück gekommen?

to not get very \far with [doing] sth mit etw dat nicht besonders weit kommen

to not get very \far with sb bei jdm nicht viel erreichen

she tried to talk him round, but she didn't get very \far with him sie versuchte ihn zu überreden, kam aber nicht sonderlich weit

4. inv (much) weit, viel

she was not sure how \far he was committed sie war sich nicht sicher, wie sehr er engagiert war

this is a claim too \far diese Forderung geht zu weit

\far better/nicer/warmer viel besser/netter/wärmer

\far more difficult viel schwieriger

\far too expensive viel zu teuer

by \far bei Weitem, mit Abstand

it would be better by \far to accept the offer es wäre sehr viel besser, das Angebot anzunehmen

5.

▶ as \far as (in place) bis

I can take you as \far as Bristol ich kann Sie bis Bristol mitnehmen

as \far as the eye can see so weit das Auge reicht; (in degree)

as \far as I can, I avoid using my car soweit es mir möglich ist, benutze ich mein Auto nicht

I use public transport as \far as possible ich benutze so oft wie möglich öffentliche Verkehrsmittel

as \far as I can see... so wie ich es beurteilen kann,...

he isn't coming today as \far as I know soweit ich weiß, kommt er heute nicht

as \far as I'm concerned... wenn es nach mir geht...

as \far as Bob is concerned, he's one hell of a nice fellow Bob? der ist ein wirklich netter Kerl!

he's a good mechanic, but that's as \far as it goes er ist ein guter Mechaniker, aber das ist auch alles

▶ \far and away mit Abstand, bei Weitem

your entry was \far and away the best dein Auftritt war einsame Spitze fam

▶ sb would \far do sth BRIT

I'd \far prefer to go with you ich würde viel lieber mit dir gehen

I'd \far rather stay at home ich würde viel lieber zu Hause bleiben

she'd \far sooner go on her own sie würde viel lieber allein gehen

▶ \far from sth:

we're \far from happy with the situation wir sind alles andere als zufrieden mit der Situation

\far from it! weit gefehlt

Jim selfish? \far from it! Jim egoistisch? alles nur das nicht!

▶ \far be it from [or for] me... es liegt mir fern...

\far be it from me to blame anyone, it was a total accident ich will unter keinen Umständen jemanden beschuldigen, es war ein Unfall

▶ to go too \far zu weit gehen

▶ to [not] go \far enough [nicht] weit genug gehen fig

stop it now, the joke has gone \far enough hör jetzt auf damit, man kann den Spaß auch zu weit treiben

▶ to go so \far as to do sth:

surely they wouldn't go so \far as to break in? sie würden doch sicher nicht so weit gehen und einen Einbruch wagen?

▶ sb will go \far jd wird es zu etwas bringen

▶ sth will go \far to sth etw wird entscheidend zu etw dat beitragen

▶ sth won't go very \far etw wird nicht lange vorhalten

a hundred pounds won't go very \far if you're going abroad for two weeks mit hundert Pfund kommt man nicht weit, wenn man zwei Wochen lang im Ausland ist

▶ \far gone (in a bad state) beschädigt; (advanced in time) fortgeschritten

▶ so \far so good ( saying) so weit, so gut

▶ so [or thus] \far (until now) bisher

so \far everything's been going according to plan so weit ist alles nach Plan gelaufen

any problems? — not so \far Probleme? — bis jetzt nicht; (to a limited extent)

I trust her only so \far ich traue ihr nicht so ganz

vitamins can protect you only so \far Vitamine bieten nur bedingt Schutz

▶ to not trust sb as \far as one could throw him/her jdm nicht über den Weg trauen

II. adj attr

1. (further away)

at the \far end of the room am anderen Ende des Raumes

the \far bank of the river das gegenüberliegende Ufer des Flusses

2. (extreme)

the \far left/right [of a party] die extreme Linke/Rechte [einer Partei]

3. (distant)

a \far country ( liter) ein fernes Land liter

in the \far distance in weiter Ferne

4.

▶ to be a \far cry from sth/sb mit etw/jdm nicht zu vergleichen sein

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[fAː(r)] comp further, farther, superl furthest, farthest
1. adv

1) (in distance) weit

we don't live far or we live not far from here — wir wohnen nicht weit von hier

I'll go with you as far as the gate — ich begleite dich bis zum Tor

far and wide — weit und breit

from far and near or wide — von nah und fern

far above — hoch or weit über (+dat)

far away — weit entfernt or weg

I won't be far off or away — ich bin ganz in der Nähe

far away in the distance — weit in der Ferne

I was or my thoughts were far away —

far into the jungle — weit in den Dschungel hinein

far out — weit draußen

have you come far? — kommen Sie von weit her?

2)

(in time) as far back as I can remember — so weit ich (zurück)denken or mich erinnern kann

as far back as 1945 — schon (im Jahr) 1945

far into the night — bis spät in die Nacht

far into the future — bis weit in die Zukunft

3) (in degree, extent) weit

how far have you got with your plans? — wie weit sind Sie mit Ihren Plänen (gekommen)?

far longer/better — weit länger/besser

it's far beyond what I can afford — das übersteigt meine Mittel bei Weitem

4)

(in set phrases) as or so far as I'm concerned — was mich betrifft

it's all right as far as it goes — das ist so weit ganz gut

in so far as — insofern als

far and away the best, by far the best, the best by far — bei Weitem or mit Abstand der/die/das Beste

better by far — weit besser

far from satisfactory — alles andere als befriedigend

far from liking him I find him quite unpleasant — ich mag ihn nicht, ich finde ihn (im Gegenteil) sogar ausgesprochen unsympathisch

far from it! — ganz und gar nicht, (ganz) im Gegenteil

far be it from me to... — es sei mir ferne, zu...

so far this week I've seen him once/three times —

so far this week I haven't seen him at all — diese Woche habe ich ihn noch nicht gesehen

so far so good — so weit, so gut

so far and no further — bis hierher und nicht weiter

to go far (money, supplies, measures etc) — weit reichen

these measures won't go very far toward(s) stemming rising costs — diese Maßnahmen werden nicht viel dazu beitragen, die steigenden Kosten einzudämmen

I would go so far as to say... — ich würde so weit gehen zu sagen...

that's going too far —

to carry a joke too far — einen Spaß zu weit treiben

that's carrying a joke too far — da hört der Spaß auf

not far out (in guess) — nicht schlecht

not far off (in space) — nicht weit; (in guess, aim) fast (getroffen)

the weekend isn't far off now — es ist nicht mehr lang bis zum Wochenende

far gone (inf) — schon ziemlich hinüber (inf)

2. adj

1) (= more distant of two) weiter entfernt, hintere(r, s)

the far end of the room — das andere Ende des Zimmers

the far window/door — das Fenster/die Tür am anderen Ende des Zimmers

the far wall — die Wand am anderen Ende

on the far side of — auf der anderen Seite von

when he reached the far bank —

which of these cars is yours? – the far one — welches ist dein Auto? – das, das weiter weg ist

which bed will you have? – the far one — welches Bett möchtest du? – das da drüben

2) (= far-off) country, land weit entfernt

in the far distance — in weiter Ferne

it's a far cry from... (fig) — das ist etwas ganz anderes als...

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far [fɑː(r)] komp. farther [ˈfɑː(r)ðə(r)], further [ˈfɜːðə; US ˈfɜrðər], sup farthest [ˈfɑː(r)ðıst], furthest [ˈfɜːðıst; US ˈfɜr-]

A adj

1. fern, (weit) entfernt, weit, entlegen

2. (vom Sprecher aus) entfernter, abliegend:

at the far end am anderen Ende;

the far side die andere Seite

3. weit vorgerückt, fortgeschritten ( beide:

in in dat)

B adv

1. fern, weit:

far away, far off weit weg oder entfernt;

his thoughts were far away er war mit seinen Gedanken ganz woanders

2. fig weit entfernt ( from von):

far from rich alles andere als reich;

far from completed noch lange oder längst nicht fertig;

I am far from believing it ich bin weit davon entfernt, es zu glauben;

far be it from me (to deny it) es liegt mir fern(, es zu leugnen), ich möchte (es) keineswegs (abstreiten);

far from it! ganz und gar nicht!, keineswegs!

3. weit(hin), fern(hin):

far into weit oder hoch oder tief in (akk);

far into the night bis spät oder tief in die Nacht (hinein);

it went far to convince him das hat ihn beinahe überzeugt

4. auch far and away, by far weit(aus), bei Weitem, um vieles, wesentlich (bes mit komp und sup):

far better;

(by) far the best

a) weitaus oder mit Abstand der (die, das) beste,

b) bei Weitem am bestenBesondere Redewendungen: as far as

a) so weit oder so viel (wie), insofern als,

b) bis (nach oder zu oder an akk), nicht weiter als far and near fern und nah;

far and wide weit und breit;

far back weit zurück oder hinten;

as far back as 1800 schon (im Jahre) 1800;

from far von Weitem;

go far

a) weit gehen oder reichen,

b) fig weit kommen, es weit bringen ten pounds don’t go far mit 10 Pfund kommt man nicht weit;

as far as that goes was das (an)betrifft;

it is a very good book as far as it goes es ist insgesamt ein sehr gutes Buch;

she is quite nice as far as she goes sie ist so weit ganz nett;

I’ll go so far as to say that … ich möchte oder würde sogar behaupten, dass…;

go too far zu weit gehen;

in so far (as) insofern, -weit (als);

so far bis hierher, bisher, bis jetzt;

so far so good so weit, so gut;

far out

a) weit draußen,

b) weit hinaus,

c) → far-out be far out weit daneben liegen (mit einer Vermutung etc);

far up hoch oben; → between B, cry A 1

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1. adverb,
farther, further; farthest, furthest

1) (in space) weit

far away — weit entfernt

far [away] from — weit entfernt von

see something from far away — etwas aus der Ferne sehen

I won't be far away — ich werde ganz in der Nähe sein

far above/below — hoch über/tief unter (+ Dat.); adverb hoch oben/tief unten

fly as far as Munich — bis [nach] München fliegen

far and wide — weit und breit

from far and near or wide — von fern und nah

2) (in time) weit

far into the night — bis spät od. tief in die Nacht

as far back as I can remember — soweit ich zurückdenken kann

3) (by much) weit

far too — viel zu

far longer/ better — weit[aus] länger/besser

4) (fig.)

as far as — (to whatever extent, to the extent of) so weit [wie]

I haven't got as far as phoning her — ich bin noch nicht dazu gekommen, sie anzurufen

not as far as I know — nicht, dass ich wüsste

as far as I remember/know — soweit ich mich erinnere/weiß

go so far as to do something — so weit gehen und etwas tun

in so far as — insofern od. insoweit als

so far — (until now) bisher

so far so good — so weit, so gut

by far — bei weitem

better by far — weitaus besser

far from easy/good — alles andere als leicht/gut

far from it! — ganz im Gegenteil!

go too far — zu weit gehen

carry or take something too far — etwas zu weit treiben
2. adjective,
farther, further; farthest, furthest

1) (remote) weit entfernt; (remote in time) fern

in the far distance — in weiter Ferne

2) (more remote) weiter entfernt

the far bank of the river/side of the road — das andere Flussufer/die andere Straßenseite

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adj.

fern adj.

weit adj.

English-german dictionary > far
15 edge

1. noun
1) (of knife, razor, weapon) Schneide, die

the knife has lost its edge — das Messer ist stumpf geworden od. ist nicht mehr scharf

take the edge off something — etwas stumpf machen; (fig.) etwas abschwächen

that took the edge off our hunger — das nahm uns erst einmal den Hunger

be on edge [about something] — [wegen etwas] nervös od. gereizt sein

set somebody's teeth on edge — jemandem durch Mark und Bein gehen

have the edge [on somebody/something] — (coll.) jemandem/einer Sache überlegen od. (ugs.) über sein

2) (of solid, bed, brick, record, piece of cloth) Kante, die; (of dress) Saum, der

edge of a table — Tischkante, die

roll off the edge of the table — vom Tisch hinunterrollen

3) (boundary) (of sheet of paper, road, forest, desert, cliff) Rand, der; (of sea, lake, river) Ufer, das; (of estate) Grenze, die

edge of the paper/road — Papier-/Straßenrand, der

on the edge of something — (fig.) am Rande einer Sache (Gen.)
2. intransitive verb
(move cautiously) sich schieben

edge along something — sich an etwas (Dat.) entlangschieben

edge away from somebody/something — sich allmählich von jemandem/etwas entfernen

edge out of the room — sich aus dem Zimmer stehlen
3. transitive verb
1) (furnish with border) säumen [Straße, Platz]; besetzen [Kleid, Hut]; einfassen [Garten, Straße]

2) (push gradually) [langsam] schieben

edge one's way through a crowd — sich [langsam] durch eine Menschenmenge schieben od. drängen

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[e‹] 1. noun
1) (the part farthest from the middle of something; a border: Don't put that cup so near the edge of the table - it will fall off; the edge of the lake; the water's edge.) der Rand

2) (the cutting side of something sharp, eg a knife or weapon: the edge of the sword.) die Schneide

3) (keenness; sharpness: The chocolate took the edge off his hunger.) die Schärfe
2. verb
1) (to form a border to: a handkerchief edged with lace.) umsäumen

2) (to move or push little by little: He edged his chair nearer to her; She edged her way through the crowd.) schieben

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- edgy
- edgily
- edginess
- have the edge on/over
- on edge
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edge

[eʤ]

I. n

1. (boundary) Rand m; of a lake Ufer nt, SCHWEIZ a. Bord nt

at the \edge of the road am Straßenrand [o SCHWEIZ a. Strassenbord]

the \edge of the table die Tischkante

2. ( fig: threshold) Rand m, Schwelle f

to be on the \edge of collapse/a catastrophe am Rande des Zusammenbruchs/einer Katastrophe stehen

3. (blade) Schneide f; (sharp side) Kante f, Rand m

rounded/sharp \edge abgerundete/scharfe Kante

to put an \edge on sth etw schärfen [o schleifen]

to take the \edge off sth etw stumpf machen

4. no pl (intensity) Heftigkeit f; (sharpness) Schärfe f

his apology took the \edge off her anger seine Entschuldigung besänftigte ihren Ärger

there's an \edge to her voice sie schlägt einen scharfen Ton an

to take the \edge off sb's appetite jdm den Appetit nehmen

5. (nervousness)

to be on \edge nervös [o gereizt] sein

her nerves are on \edge sie ist nervös

to set [or put] sb's teeth on \edge jdm auf die Nerven gehen fam

6. (superiority)

▪ the \edge Überlegenheit f

to have the \edge over sb jdm überlegen sein, jdm gegenüber im Vorteil sein

\edge in expertise Know-How-Vorteil m

7.

▶ to live on the \edge ein extremes [o exzentrisches] Leben führen

II. vt

to \edge one's way forward sich akk langsam vorwärtsbewegen

to \edge one's hand near to sth seine Hand einer S. dat [langsam] nähern

III. vi sich akk schieben

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[edZ]
1. n

1) (of knife, razor) Schneide f

to take the edge off sth ( fig, sensation ) — etw der Wirkung (gen) berauben; pain etw lindern

that took the edge off my appetite — das nahm mir erst einmal den Hunger

the noise sets my teeth on edge — das Geräusch geht mir durch und durch

his arrogance sets my teeth on edge — seine Arroganz bringt mich auf die Palme (inf)

to be on edge — nervös sein

my nerves are on edge — ich bin schrecklich nervös

there was an edge to his voice — seine Stimme klang ärgerlich

to have the edge on sb/sth — jdm/etw überlegen sein

but the professional had the edge — aber der Profi war eben besser

it gives her/it that extra edge — darin besteht eben der kleine Unterschied

to lose one's edge — seine Überlegenheit verlieren

2) (= outer limit) Rand m; (of brick, cube) Kante f; (of lake, river) Ufer nt, Rand m; (of sea) Ufer nt; (of estates etc) Grenze f

a book with gilt edges — ein Buch mit Goldschnitt

the trees at the edge of the road — die Bäume am Straßenrand

the film had us on the edge of our seats — der Film war unheimlich spannend

to be on the edge of disaster — am Rande des Untergangs stehen

to live life on the edge — gefährlich leben

rough edges (fig) — kleine Mängel pl

2. vt

1) (= put a border on) besetzen, einfassen

to edge a coat with fur — einen Mantel mit Pelz verbrämen

edged in black — mit einem schwarzen Rand

2) (= sharpen) tool, blade schärfen, schleifen, scharf machen

3)

to edge one's way toward(s) sth (slowly) — sich allmählich auf etw (acc) zubewegen; (carefully) sich vorsichtig auf etw (acc) zubewegen

she edged her way through the crowd — sie schlängelte sich durch die Menge

the prisoner edged his way along the wall — der Gefangene schob sich langsam an der Wand entlang

3. vi
sich schieben
to edge toward(s) the door — sich zur Tür stehlen

to edge away — sich davonstehlen

to edge away from sb/sth — sich allmählich immer weiter von jdm/etw entfernen

to edge up to sb — sich an jdn heranmachen

he edged past me — er drückte or schob sich an mir vorbei

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edge [edʒ]

A s

1. a) Schneide f

b) Schärfe f:

the knife has no edge das Messer ist stumpf oder schneidet nicht;

take ( oder blunt) the edge off eine Klinge stumpf machen, fig einer Sache die Spitze oder Schärfe oder Wirkung nehmen, etwas abschwächen oder entschärfen;

put an edge on sth etwas schärfen oder schleifen;

he had an edge to his voice, his voice had an edge to it seine Stimme klang nervös oder gereizt;

give sb the (sharp) edge of one’s tongue umg jemanden zusammenstauchen

2. fig Schärfe f, Spitze f:

give an edge to sth

a) etwas verschärfen,

b) etwas in Schwung bringen;

not put too fine an edge (up)on it kein Blatt vor den Mund nehmen

3. Ecke f, scharfe Kante, (Berg)Grat m

4. (äußerster) Rand, Saum m:

edge of the woods Waldrand;

on the edge of fig kurz vor (dat);

be on the edge of despair fig am Rande der Verzweiflung sein;

be on the edge of doing sth kurz davor stehen oder im Begriff sein, etwas zu tun

5. Grenze f, Grenzlinie f

6. Kante f, Schmalseite f:

the edge of the table die Tischkante;

set (up) on edge hochkant stellen;

on edge fig nervös; gereizt;

set sb’s teeth on edge

a) jemanden nervös oder umg kribb(e)lig machen,

b) jemandem durch Mark und Bein gehen;

catch an edge (Skilauf) verkanten

7. Schnitt m (eines Buchs): → gilt-edge(d) 1

8. umg Vorteil m:

give sb an edge jemandem einen Vorteil verschaffen;

have the edge on sb einen Vorteil gegenüber jemandem haben, jemandem über sein

9. Eiskunstlauf: (Einwärts-, Auswärts) Bogen m

B v/t

1. schärfen, schleifen

2. umsäumen, umranden, begrenzen, einfassen

3. TECH

a) beschneiden, abkanten

b) Blech bördeln

4. (langsam) schieben, rücken, drängen ( through durch):

edge o.s. ( oder one’s way) into sich (hin)eindrängen in (akk)

5. die Ski kanten

6. SPORT knapp besiegen oder schlagen:

edge sb into second place jemanden knapp auf den zweiten Platz verweisen

C v/i sich schieben oder drängen

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1. noun
1) (of knife, razor, weapon) Schneide, die

the knife has lost its edge — das Messer ist stumpf geworden od. ist nicht mehr scharf

take the edge off something — etwas stumpf machen; (fig.) etwas abschwächen

that took the edge off our hunger — das nahm uns erst einmal den Hunger

be on edge [about something] — [wegen etwas] nervös od. gereizt sein

set somebody's teeth on edge — jemandem durch Mark und Bein gehen

have the edge [on somebody/something] — (coll.) jemandem/einer Sache überlegen od. (ugs.) über sein

2) (of solid, bed, brick, record, piece of cloth) Kante, die; (of dress) Saum, der

edge of a table — Tischkante, die

roll off the edge of the table — vom Tisch hinunterrollen

3) (boundary) (of sheet of paper, road, forest, desert, cliff) Rand, der; (of sea, lake, river) Ufer, das; (of estate) Grenze, die

edge of the paper/road — Papier-/Straßenrand, der

on the edge of something — (fig.) am Rande einer Sache (Gen.)
2. intransitive verb
(move cautiously) sich schieben

edge along something — sich an etwas (Dat.) entlangschieben

edge away from somebody/something — sich allmählich von jemandem/etwas entfernen

edge out of the room — sich aus dem Zimmer stehlen
3. transitive verb
1) (furnish with border) säumen [Straße, Platz]; besetzen [Kleid, Hut]; einfassen [Garten, Straße]

2) (push gradually) [langsam] schieben

edge one's way through a crowd — sich [langsam] durch eine Menschenmenge schieben od. drängen

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n.

Ecke -n f.

Grat -e m.

Kante -n f.

Rahmen - m.

Rand ¨-er m.

Saum Säume m.

Schneide -n f.

Schärfe -n f.

Vorteil -e m.

Zacke -n f. (on) v.

antreiben v.

drängen v.

schieben v.

(§ p.,pp.: schob, geschoben) v.

einfassen v.

schärfen v.

säumen v.

umsäumen v.

English-german dictionary > edge
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1.
[ɒn]preposition

1) (position) auf (+ Dat.); (direction) auf (+ Akk.); (attached to) an (+ Dat./Akk.)

put something on the table — etwas auf den Tisch legen od. stellen

be on the table — auf dem Tisch sein

write something on the wall — etwas an die Wand schreiben

be hanging on the wall — an der Wand hängen

have something on one — etwas bei sich (Dat.) haben

on the bus/train — im Bus/Zug; (by bus/train) mit dem Bus/Zug

be on the board/committee — im Vorstand/Ausschuss sein

on Oxford 556767 — unter der Nummer Oxford 55 67 67

2) (with basis, motive, etc. of)

on the evidence — aufgrund des Beweismaterials

on the assumption/hypothesis that... — angenommen,...

3) in expressions of time an [einem Abend, Tag usw.]

on Sundays — sonntags

it's just on nine — es ist gerade neun

on [his] arrival — bei seiner Ankunft

on entering the room... — beim Betreten des Zimmers...

on time or schedule — pünktlich

4) expr. state etc

be on heroin — heroinabhängig sein

the drinks are on me — (coll.) die Getränke gehen auf mich

be on £20,000 a year — 20 000 Pfund im Jahr kriegen od. haben

5) (concerning, about) über (+ Akk.)
2. adverb
1)

with/without a hat/coat on — mit/ohne Hut/Mantel

have a hat on — einen Hut aufhaben

your hat is on crooked — dein Hut sitzt schief

boil something with/without the lid on — etwas in geschlossenem/offenem Topf kochen

the potatoes are on — die Kartoffeln sind aufgesetzt

2) (in some direction)

face on — mit dem Gesicht voran

on and on — immer weiter

3) (switched or turned on)

the light/radio etc. is on — das Licht/Radio usw. ist an

put the light on — das Licht anmachen

is there a gas tap on? — ist ein Gashahn aufgedreht?

4) (arranged)

is Sunday's picnic on? — findet das Picknick am Sonntag statt?

I have nothing of importance on — ich habe nichts Wichtiges vor

5) (being performed)

what's on at the cinema? — was gibt es od. was läuft im Kino?

his play is currently on in London — sein Stück wird zur Zeit in London aufgeführt od. gespielt

6) (on duty)

come/be on — seinen Dienst antreten/Dienst haben

7)

something is on (feasible) /not on — etwas ist möglich/ausgeschlossen

you're on! — (coll.): (I agree) abgemacht!; (making bet) die Wette gilt!

be on about somebody/something — (coll.) [dauernd] über jemanden/etwas sprechen

what is he on about? — was will er [sagen]?

be on at/keep on and on at somebody — (coll.) jemandem in den Ohren/dauernd in den Ohren liegen (ugs.)

on to, onto — auf (+ Akk.)

be on to something — (have discovered something) etwas ausfindig gemacht haben. See also academic.ru/62377/right">right 4. 4)

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[on] 1. preposition
1) (touching, fixed to, covering etc the upper or outer side of: The book was lying on the table; He was standing on the floor; She wore a hat on her head.) auf, in

2) (in or into (a vehicle, train etc): We were sitting on the bus; I got on the wrong bus.) in

3) (at or during a certain day, time etc: on Monday; On his arrival, he went straight to bed.) an, bei

4) (about: a book on the theatre.) über

5) (in the state or process of: He's on holiday.) in

6) (supported by: She was standing on one leg.) auf

7) (receiving, taking: on drugs; on a diet.) auf

8) (taking part in: He is on the committee; Which detective is working on this case?) in, an

9) (towards: They marched on the town.) zu

10) (near or beside: a shop on the main road.) an

11) (by means of: He played a tune on the violin; I spoke to him on the telephone.) auf, an

12) (being carried by: The thief had the stolen jewels on him.) mit

13) (when (something is, or has been, done): On investigation, there proved to be no need to panic.) als

14) (followed by: disaster on disaster.) auf
2. adverb
1) ((especially of something being worn) so as to be touching, fixed to, covering etc the upper or outer side of: She put her hat on.) auf

2) (used to show a continuing state etc, onwards: She kept on asking questions; They moved on.) weiter

3) (( also adjective) (of electric light, machines etc) working: The television is on; Turn/Switch the light on.) an

4) (( also adjective) (of films etc) able to be seen: There's a good film on at the cinema this week.) hinein

5) (( also adjective) in or into a vehicle, train etc: The bus stopped and we got on.) im Gange
3. adjective
1) (in progress: The game was on.) stattfinden

2) (not cancelled: Is the party on tonight?) stattfinden

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- oncoming
- ongoing
- onwards
- onward
- be on to someone
- be on to
- on and on
- on time
- on to / onto
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on

[ɒn, AM ɑ:n]

I. prep

1. (on top of) auf + dat

there are many books \on my desk auf meinem Tisch sind viele Bücher

look at that cat \on the chair! schau dir die Katze auf dem Stuhl an!

\on top of sth [ganz] oben auf etw dat

2. with verbs of motion (onto) auf + akk

put the pot \on the table! stell den Topf auf den Tisch!

he had to walk out \on the roof er musste auf das Dach hinauf

she hung their washing \on the line to dry sie hängte ihre Wäsche zum Trocknen auf die Leine

let's hang a picture \on the wall lass uns ein Bild an die Wand hängen

to get \on a horse auf ein Pferd aufsteigen, aufsitzen

3. (situated on) an + dat

, auf + dat

our house is \on Sturton Street unser Haus ist in der Sturton Street

they lay \on the beach sie lagen am Strand

the town is \on the island die Stadt ist auf der Insel

her new house is \on the river ihr neues Haus liegt am Fluss

\on the balcony/her estate auf dem Balkon/ihrem Gut

\on the border an der Grenze

the shop \on the corner der Laden an der Ecke

\on the hill/mountain auf dem Hügel/Berg

\on the left/right auf der linken/rechten Seite

\on platform three auf Bahnsteig [o SCHWEIZ Perron] drei m o nt

\on track two an Gleis zwei

4. (from) an + dat

several bird houses hung \on the branches an den Ästen hingen mehrere Nistkästen

a huge chandelier hung \on the ceiling ein großer Kronleuchter hing von der Decke herab

5. (clothing) an + dat

with shoes \on his feet mit Schuhen an den Füßen

the wedding ring \on the ring finger der Ehering am Ringfinger

6. (hurt by) an + dat

I hit my head \on the shelf ich habe mir den Kopf am Regal angestoßen

she tripped \on the wire sie blieb an dem Kabel hängen

he cut his foot \on some glass er hat sich den Fuß an einer Glasscherbe verletzt

to stumble \on sth über etw akk stolpern

7. (supported by a part of the body) auf + dat

to lie \on one's back auf dem Rücken liegen

to stand \on one's head auf dem Kopf stehen

8. (in possession of) bei + dat

to have sth \on one etw bei sich dat haben

I thought I had my driver's licence \on me ich dachte, ich hätte meinen Führerschein dabei

have you got a spare cigarette \on you? hast du eine Zigarette für mich übrig?

9. (marking surface of) auf + dat

how did you get that blood \on your shirt? wie kommt das Blut auf Ihr Hemd?

he had a scratch \on his arm er hatte einen Kratzer am Arm

there was a smile \on her face ein Lächeln lag auf ihrem Gesicht

10. (about) über + akk

a documentary \on volcanoes ein Dokumentarfilm über Vulkane

he needs some advice \on how to dress er braucht ein paar Tipps, wie er sich anziehen soll

essays \on a wide range of issues Aufsätze zu einer Vielzahl von Themen

he commented \on the allegations er nahm Stellung zu den Vorwürfen

he advised her \on her taxes er beriet sie [o gab ihr Ratschläge] in Sachen Steuern

I'll say more \on that subject later ich werde später mehr dazu sagen

they settled \on a price sie einigten sich auf einen Preis

to congratulate sb \on sth jdn zu etw dat gratulieren

to frown \on sth etw missbilligen

to have something/anything \on sb etw gegen jdn in der Hand haben

do the police have anything \on you? hat die Polizei etwas Belastendes gegen dich in der Hand?

11. (based on) auf + akk... hin

he reacted \on a hunch er reagierte auf ein Ahnung hin

he quit his job \on the principle that he did not want to work for an oil company er kündigte seine Stelle, weil er nicht für eine Ölgesellschaft arbeiten wollte

\on account of wegen + gen

they cancelled all flights \on account of the bad weather sie sagten alle Flüge wegen des schlechten Wetters ab

\on purpose mit Absicht, absichtlich

dependent/reliant \on sb/sth abhängig von jdm/etw

to be based \on sth auf etw dat basieren

to be based \on the ideas of freedom and equality auf den Ideen von Freiheit und Gleichheit basieren

to rely \on sb sich akk auf jdn verlassen

12. (as member of) in + dat

how many people are \on your staff? wie viele Mitarbeiter haben Sie?

have you ever served \on a jury? warst du schon einmal Mitglied in einer Jury?

whose side are you \on in this argument? auf welcher Seite stehst du in diesem Streit?

a writer \on a women's magazine eine Autorin bei einer Frauenzeitschrift

13. (against) auf + akk

the dog turned \on its own master der Hund ging auf seinen eigenes Herrchen los

the gangsters pulled a gun \on him die Gangster zielten mit der Pistole auf ihn

thousands were marching \on Cologne Tausenden marschierten auf Köln zu

don't be so hard \on him! sei nicht so streng mit ihm!

criticism has no effect \on him Kritik kann ihm nichts anhaben

he didn't know it but the joke was \on him er wusste nicht, dass es ein Witz über ihn war

two air raids \on Munich zwei Luftangriffe auf München

they placed certain restrictions \on large companies großen Unternehmen wurden bestimmte Beschränkungen auferlegt

there is a new ban \on the drug die Droge wurde erneut verboten

to place a limit \on sth etw begrenzen

to force one's will \on sb jdm seinen Willen aufzwingen

to cheat \on sb jdn betrügen

14. (through device of) an + dat

he's \on the phone er ist am Telefon

she weaved the cloth \on the loom sie webte das Tuch auf dem Webstuhl

Chris is \on drums Chris ist am Schlagzeug

we work \on flexitime wir arbeiten Gleitzeit

\on the piano am Klavier

15. (through medium of) auf + dat

I'd like to see that offer \on paper ich hätte dieses Angebot gerne schriftlich

I saw myself \on film ich sah mich selbst im Film

what's \on TV tonight? was kommt heute Abend im Fernsehen?

do you like the jazz \on radio? gefällt dir der Jazz im Radio?

I heard the story \on the news today ich habe die Geschichte heute in den Nachrichten gehört

a 10-part series \on Channel 3 eine zehnteilige Serie im 3. Programm

to be available \on cassette auf Kassette erhältlich sein

to store sth \on the computer etw im Computer speichern

to put sth down \on paper etw aufschreiben [o BRD, ÖSTERR zu Papier bringen]

to come out \on video als Video herauskommen

16. (in the course of) auf + dat

\on the way to town auf dem Weg in die Stadt

17. (travelling with) in + dat

, mit + dat

I love travelling \on buses/trains ich fahre gerne mit Bussen/Zügen

we went to France \on the ferry wir fuhren mit der Fähre nach Frankreich

he got some sleep \on the plane er konnte im Flugzeug ein wenig schlafen

\on foot/horseback zu Fuß/auf dem Pferd

18. (on day of) an + dat

many shops don't open \on Sundays viele Läden haben an Sonntagen geschlossen

what are you doing \on Friday? was machst du am Freitag?

we always go bowling \on Thursdays wir gehen donnerstags immer kegeln

my birthday's \on the 30th of May ich habe am 30. Mai Geburtstag

\on a very hot evening in July an einem sehr heißen Abend im Juli

\on Saturday morning/Wednesday evening am Samstagvormittag/Mittwochabend

19. (at time of) bei + dat

\on his brother's death beim Tod seines Bruders

\on the count of three, start running! bei drei lauft ihr los!

trains to London leave \on the hour every hour die Züge nach London fahren jeweils zur vollen Stunde

the professor entered the room at 1:00 \on the minute der Professor betrat den Raum auf die Minute genau um 13.00 Uhr

\on receiving her letter als ich ihren Brief erhielt

\on arriving at the station bei der Ankunft im Bahnhof

\on arrival/departure bei der Ankunft/Abreise

\on the dot [auf die Sekunde] pünktlich

to be finished \on schedule planmäßig fertig werden

20. (engaged in) bei + dat

we were \on page 42 wir waren auf Seite 42

he was out \on errands er machte ein paar Besorgungen

we made a big profit \on that deal wir haben bei diesem Geschäft gut verdient

\on business geschäftlich, beruflich

to work \on sth an etw dat arbeiten

21. (regularly taking)

▪ to be \on sth etw nehmen

my doctor put me \on antibiotics mein Arzt setzte mich auf Antibiotika

he lived \on berries and roots er lebte von Beeren und Wurzeln

Richard lives \on a diet of junk food Richard ernährt sich ausschließlich von Junkfood

to be \on drugs unter Drogen stehen, Drogen nehmen

to be \on medication Medikamente einnehmen

22. (paid by) auf + dat; BRIT

she wants it done \on the National Health Service sie möchte, dass die gesetzliche Krankenkasse die Kosten übernimmt

this meal is \on me das Essen bezahle ich

the drinks are \on me die Getränke gebe ich aus

to buy sth \on credit/hire purchase etw auf Kredit/Raten kaufen

23. (sustained by) mit + dat

, von + dat

does this radio run \on batteries? läuft dieses Radio mit Batterien?

I've only got £50 a week to live \on ich lebe von nur 50 Pfund pro Woche

they are living \on their savings sie leben von ihren Ersparnissen

to go \on the dole stempeln gehen

to live \on welfare von Sozialhilfe leben

24. (as payment for) für + akk

I've wasted a lot of money \on this car ich habe für dieses Auto eine Menge Geld ausgegeben

how much interest are you paying \on the loan? wie viel Zinsen zahlst du für diesen Kredit?

25. (added to) zusätzlich zu + dat

a few pence \on the electricity bill ein paar Pfennige mehr bei der Stromrechnung

26. (connected to) an + dat

dogs should be kept \on their leads Hunde sollten an der Leine geführt werden

to be \on the phone AUS, BRIT ans Telefonnetz angeschlossen sein, telefonisch erreichbar sein

we've just moved and we're not \on the phone yet wir sind gerade umgezogen und haben noch kein Telefon

27. (according to) auf + dat

\on the agenda/list auf der Tagesordnung/Liste

\on the whole im Ganzen, insgesamt

\on the whole, it was a good year alles in allem war es ein gutes Jahr

28. (burdening) auf + dat

it's been \on my mind ich muss immer daran denken

she had something \on her heart sie hatte etwas auf dem Herzen

that lie has been \on his conscience diese Lüge lastete auf seinem Gewissen

this is \on your shoulders das liegt in deiner Hand, die Verantwortung liegt bei dir

the future of the company is \on your shoulders du hast die Verantwortung für die Zukunft der Firma

29. (experiencing)

crime is \on the increase again die Verbrechen nehmen wieder zu

I'll be away \on a training course ich mache demnächst einen Ausbildungslehrgang

he's out \on a date with a woman er hat gerade eine Verabredung mit einer Frau

I was \on a long journey ich habe eine lange Reise gemacht

we're going \on vacation in two weeks wir fahren in zwei Wochen in Urlaub

to set sth \on fire etw anzünden

to be \on the go BRIT ( fig) auf Trab sein

did you know that she's got a new book \on the go? hast du gewusst, dass sie gerade ein neues Buch schreibt?

to be \on strike streiken

30. (compared with)

I can't improve \on my final offer dieses Angebot ist mein letztes Wort

sales are up \on last year der Umsatz ist höher als im letzten Jahr

to have nothing [or not have anything] \on sth kein Vergleich mit etw dat sein

my new bike has nothing \on the one that was stolen mein neues Fahrrad ist bei Weitem nicht so gut wie das, das mir gestohlen wurde

31. (by chance)

▪ \on sb ohne jds Verschulden

she was really worried when the phone went dead \on her sie machte sich richtig Sorgen, als das Telefon ausfiel, ohne dass sie etwas getan hatte

the fire went out \on me das Feuer ist mir einfach ausgegangen

to chance \on sb jdn [zufällig] treffen, jdm [zufällig] begegnen

32. after n (following)

the government suffered defeat \on defeat die Regierung erlitt eine Niederlage nach der anderen

wave \on wave of refugees has crossed the border immer neue Flüchtlingswellen strömten über die Grenze

33. AUS, BRIT SPORT (having points of)

Clive's team is \on five points while Joan's is \on seven das Team von Clive hat fünf Punkte, das von Joan hat sieben

34.

▶ to be \on sth BRIT, AUS etw verdienen

▶ \on the board in Planung

▶ to have time \on one's hands noch genug Zeit haben

▶ to be \on it AUS ( fam) sich akk volllaufen lassen fam, sich dat die Kanne geben BRD fam

▶ what are you \on? ( fam) bist du noch bei Sinnen? fam

II. adv inv

1. (in contact with) auf

make sure the lid's \on properly pass auf, dass der Deckel richtig zu ist

they sewed the man's ear back \on sie haben das Ohr des Mannes wieder angenäht

to screw sth \on etw anschrauben

I wish you wouldn't screw the lid \on so tightly schraube den Deckel bitte nicht immer so fest

2. (on body) an

put a jumper \on! zieh einen Pullover drüber!

get your shoes \on! zieh dir die Schuhe an!

to put clothes \on Kleider anziehen [o SCHWEIZ anlegen] fam

to have/try sth \on etw anhaben/anprobieren

with nothing \on nackt

3. (indicating continuance) weiter

to get \on with sth mit etw dat weitermachen

to keep \on doing sth etw weitermachen

if the phone's engaged, keep \on trying! wenn besetzt ist, probier es weiter!

\on and \on immer weiter

the noise just went \on and \on der Lärm hörte gar nicht mehr auf

he talked \on and \on er redete pausenlos

4. (in forward direction) vorwärts

would you pass it \on to Paul? würdest du es an Paul weitergeben?

time's getting \on die Zeit vergeht

from that day \on von diesem Tag an

they never spoke to each other from that day \on seit diesem Tag haben sie kein Wort mehr miteinander gewechselt

later \on später

what are you doing later \on? was hast du nachher vor?

to move \on (move forward) weitergehen; (transfer to another place) umziehen

to urge sb \on jdn anspornen

I'd never have managed this if my friend hadn't urged me \on ich hätte das nie geschafft, wenn mein Freund mich nicht dazu gedrängt hätte

5. (being shown)

▪ to be \on auf dem Programm stehen

are there any good films \on at the cinema this week? laufen in dieser Woche irgendwelche guten Filme im Kino?

what's \on at the festival? was ist für das Festival geplant?

there's a good film \on this afternoon heute Nachmittag kommt ein guter Film

6. (scheduled) geplant

is the party still \on for tomorrow? ist die Party noch für morgen geplant?

I've got nothing \on next week ich habe nächste Woche nichts vor

I've got a lot \on this week ich habe mir für diese Woche eine Menge vorgenommen

7. (functioning) an

the brakes are \on die Bremsen sind angezogen

is the central heating \on? ist die Zentralheizung an?

to put the kettle \on das Wasser aufsetzen

to leave the light \on das Licht anlassen

to switch/turn sth \on etw einschalten

could you switch \on the radio? könntest du das Radio anmachen?

8. (aboard)

the horse galloped off as soon as she was \on kaum war sie aufgesessen, da galoppierte das Pferd schon los

to get \on bus, train einsteigen; horse aufsitzen

9. (due to perform)

you're \on! du bist dran!

10.

▪ to be \on employee Dienst haben, im Dienst sein; actor auf der Bühne stehen, spielen

11. AM (performing well)

▪ to be \on gut drauf sein fam

12.

▶ to be \on about sth AUS, BRIT dauernd über etw akk reden

what are you \on about? wovon redest du denn nun schon wieder?

he knows what he's \on about er weiß, wovon er redet

I never understand what she's \on about ich verstehe nie, wovon sie es hat fam

▶ to be [or get] \on at sb jdm in den Ohren liegen

she's still \on at me to get my hair cut sie drängt mich dauernd, mir die Haare schneiden zu lassen

▶ to be \on AM aufpassen

▶ to hang \on warten

▶ head \on frontal

▶ that's not \on BRIT, AUS ( fam) das ist nicht in Ordnung

▶ \on and off, off and \on hin und wieder, ab und zu

▶ side [or sideways] \on AUS, BRIT seitlich

the bike hit our car side \on das Rad prallte von der Seite auf unser Auto

▶ to be \on to something ( fam) etw spitzgekriegt haben fam

▶ to be \on to sb ( fam) jds Absichten durchschauen

▶ this way \on AUS, BRIT auf diese Weise

▶ to be well \on spät sein

▶ to be well \on in years nicht mehr der Jüngste sein

▶ you're \on! einverstanden!, abgemacht! fam

III. adj inv, attr

1. AM (good) gut

this seems to be one of her \on days es scheint einer von ihren guten Tagen zu sein

2. ELEC, TECH

\on switch Einschalter m

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[ɒn]
1. PREPOSITION
When on is the second element in a phrasal verb, eg live on, lecture on, look up the verb. When it is part of a set combination, eg on the right, on request, on occasion, look up the other word.
1) indicating place, position auf (+dat); (with vb of motion) auf (+acc); (on vertical surface, part of body) an (+dat); (with vb of motion) an (+acc)

the book is on the table — das Buch ist auf dem Tisch

he put the book on the table — er legte das Buch auf den Tisch

it was on the blackboard — es stand an der Tafel

he hung it on the wall/nail — er hängte es an die Wand/den Nagel

a house on the coast/main road — ein Haus am Meer/an der Hauptstraße

on the bank of the river — am Flussufer

with a smile on her face — mit einem Lächeln auf den Lippen

a ring on his finger — ein Ring am Finger

her name is on the list — ihr Name ist auf der Liste

he hit his head on the table/on the ground — er hat sich (dat) den Kopf am Tisch/auf dem or am Boden angeschlagen

they came on(to) the stage — sie kamen auf die Bühne

they advanced on the fort — sie rückten zum Fort vor

on TV/the radio — im Fernsehen/Radio

on video — auf Video

held on computer — auf Computer (dat) gespeichert

who's on his show tonight? — wer ist heute in seiner Show?

I have no money on me — ich habe kein Geld bei mir

we had something to eat on the train — wir haben im Zug etwas gegessen

2)

= by means of, using we went on the train/bus — wir fuhren mit dem Zug/Bus

on a bicycle — mit dem ( Fahr)rad

on foot/horseback — zu Fuß/Pferd

the heating runs on oil — die Heizung wird mit Öl betrieben

to count sth on one's fingers — etw an den Fingern abzählen

3) = about, concerning über (+acc)

a book on German grammar we read Stalin on Marx — ein Buch über deutsche Grammatik wir lasen Stalins Ausführungen zu Marx

have you heard him on the subject? — haben Sie ihn zu diesem Thema gehört?

4) in expressions of time an (+dat)

on Sunday — (am) Sonntag

on Sundays — sonntags

on December the first — am ersten Dezember

stars visible on clear nights — Sterne, die in klaren Nächten sichtbar sind

on or about the twentieth — um den Zwanzigsten herum

on and after the twentieth — am Zwanzigsten und danach

5)

= earning, getting I'm on £18,000 a year — ich bekomme £ 18.000 im Jahr

how much are you on? — wie viel verdienst or bekommst du?

he retired on a good pension — er trat mit einer guten Rente in den Ruhestand

6) = at the time of bei (+dat)

on my arrival — bei meiner Ankunft

on examination — bei der Untersuchung

on hearing this he left — als er das hörte, ging er

7) = as a result of auf... (acc) hin

on receiving my letter — auf meinen Brief hin

8) indicating membership in (+dat)

he is on the committee/the board — er gehört dem Ausschuss/Vorstand an, er sitzt im Ausschuss/Vorstand

he is on the "Evening News" — er ist bei der "Evening News"

he is on the teaching staff — er gehört zum Lehrpersonal

9)

= doing to be on a course (Sch, Univ) — an einem Kurs teilnehmen

I am working on a new project — ich arbeite gerade an einem neuen Projekt

he was away on business — er war geschäftlich unterwegs

I am on overtime — ich mache Überstunden

we're on the past tense (Sch) — wir sind bei der Vergangenheit

we were on page 72 — wir waren auf Seite 72

10)

= at the expense of this round is on me — diese Runde geht auf meine Kosten

have it on me — das spendiere ich (dir), ich gebe (dir) das aus

See:

→ house

11) = compared with im Vergleich zu

prices are up on last year( 's) — im Vergleich zum letzten Jahr sind die Preise gestiegen

12)

= taking to be on drugs/the pill — Drogen/die Pille nehmen

what is he on? (inf) — er tickt wohl nicht ganz richtig! (inf)

13)

indicating repetition he made mistake on mistake — er machte einen Fehler nach dem anderen

14)

musical instrument he played (it) on the violin/trumpet — er spielte (es) auf der Geige/Trompete

on drums/piano — am Schlagzeug/Klavier

Roland Kirk on tenor sax — Roland Kirk, Tenorsaxofon

15) = according to nach (+dat)

on your theory — Ihrer Theorie nach or zufolge, nach Ihrer Theorie

2. ADVERB

1)

= in place, covering he screwed the lid on — er schraubte den Deckel drauf

she had nothing on —

what did he have on? — was hatte er an?

he had his hat on crooked — er hatte den Hut schief auf

he put his hat on — er setzte seinen Hut auf

he put his coat on — er zog seinen Mantel an

2)

indicating position put it this way on — stellen/legen Sie es so herum (darauf)

sideways on — längs

3)

indicating forward movement move on! — gehen Sie weiter!, weitergehen!

on! on! — weiter! weiter!

to pass a message on — eine Nachricht weitergeben

4)

indicating time from now on — von jetzt an

from that day on — von diesem Tag an

later on — später

it was well on in the night — es war zu vorgerückter Stunde, es war spät in der Nacht

it was well on into September — es war spät im September

early on in her career — schon früh in ihrer Karriere

5)

indicating continuation to keep on talking — immer weiterreden, in einem fort reden

they walked on in silence — sie gingen schweigend weiter

go on with your work — machen Sie Ihre Arbeit weiter

6)

set structures __diams; on and on they talked on and on — sie redeten und redeten, sie redeten unentwegt

the noise went on and on — der Lärm hörte überhaupt nicht auf

she went on and on — sie hörte gar nicht mehr auf __diams; to be on at sb

he's always on at me — er hackt dauernd auf mir herum, er meckert dauernd an mir herum (inf)

he's always on at me to get my hair cut — er liegt mir dauernd in den Ohren, dass ich mir die Haare schneiden lassen soll

he's been on at me about that several times — er ist mir ein paar Mal damit gekommen (inf) __diams; to be on about sth

she's always on about her experiences in Italy — sie kommt dauernd mit ihren Italienerfahrungen (inf)

what's he on about? —

he knows what he's on about — er weiß, wovon er redet

3. ADJECTIVE

1) = switched on, functioning lights, TV, radio an; brake angezogen; electricity, gas an(gestellt)

to leave the engine on — den Motor laufen lassen

the "on" switch — der Einschalter

in the "on" position —

it wasn't one of his on days (inf) — er war nicht gerade in Form

2) = in place lid, cover drauf

his hat/tie was on crookedly — sein Hut saß/sein Schlips hing schief

his hat/coat was already on — er hatte den Hut schon auf/den Mantel schon an

3)

= taking place there's a tennis match on at the moment — ein Tennismatch ist gerade im Gang

there's a tennis match on tomorrow — morgen findet ein Tennismatch statt

I have nothing on tonight — ich habe heute Abend nichts vor

what's on in London? —

there's never anything on in this town — in dieser Stadt ist nie was los

the search is on for a new managing director — jetzt wird nach einem neuen Geschäftsführer gesucht

4)

= being performed, performing to be on (in theatre, cinema) — gegeben or gezeigt werden; (on TV, radio) gesendet or gezeigt werden

still on? — läuft das Programm noch?

what's on tonight? — was ist or steht heute Abend auf dem Programm?

who's on tonight? (Theat, Film) — wer spielt heute Abend?, wer tritt heute Abend auf?; (TV) wer kommt heute Abend (im Fernsehen)?

you're on now (Theat, Rad, TV) — Ihr Auftritt!, Sie sind (jetzt) dran (inf)

tell me when the English team is on — sagen Sie mir, wenn die englische Mannschaft dran ist or drankommt

5)

indicating agreement, acceptability to be on (bet, agreement) — gelten

you're on! —

are you on? ( inf = are you with us ) —,, machst du mit?

are you on for dinner tonight? — sehen wir uns zum Abendessen?

you're/he's not on ( Brit inf ) — das ist nicht drin (inf)

his behaviour was really not on ( Brit inf ) — sein Benehmen war unmöglich

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on [ɒn; US auch ɑn]

A präp

1. meist auf (dat oder akk) ( siehe die mit on verbundenen Wörter)

2. (getragen von) auf (dat), an (dat), in (dat):

the scar on his face die Narbe in seinem Gesicht;

a ring on one’s finger ein Ring am Finger;

have you got a lighter on you? haben Sie ein Feuerzeug bei sich?;

find sth on sb etwas bei jemandem finden

3. (festgemacht oder sehr nahe) an (dat):

the dog is on the chain;

on the Thames

4. (Richtung, Ziel) auf (akk) … (hin), an (akk), zu:

a blow on the chin ein Schlag ans Kinn;

drop sth on the floor etwas auf den Fußboden oder zu Boden fallen lassen;

hang sth on a peg etwas an einen Haken hängen

5. fig (auf der Grundlage von) auf (akk) … (hin):

based on facts auf Tatsachen begründet;

live on air von (der) Luft leben;

this car runs on petrol dieser Wagen fährt mit Benzin;

a scholar on a foundation ein Stipendiat (einer Stiftung);

borrow on jewels sich auf Schmuck(stücke) Geld borgen;

a duty on silk (ein) Zoll auf Seide;

interest on one’s capital Zinsen auf sein Kapital

6. (aufeinanderfolgend) auf (akk), über (akk), nach:

loss on loss Verlust auf oder über Verlust, ein Verlust nach dem andern;

be on one’s second glass bei seinem zweiten Glas sein

7. (gehörig) zu, (beschäftigt) bei, in (dat), an (dat):

be on a committee (the jury, the general staff) zu einem Ausschuss (zu den Geschworenen, zum Generalstab) gehören;

be on the “Daily Mail” bei der „Daily Mail“ (beschäftigt) sein

8. (Zustand) in (dat), auf (dat):

be on sth etwas (ein Medikament etc) (ständig) nehmen;

be on pills tablettenabhängig oder -süchtig sein

9. (gerichtet) auf (akk):

an attack on sb (sth);

a joke on me ein Spaß auf meine Kosten;

shut (open) the door on sb jemandem die Tür verschließen (öffnen);

the strain tells severely on him die Anstrengung nimmt ihn sichtlich mit;

it’s on me umg das geht auf meine Rechnung, das zahle ich, (im Lokal auch) du bist eingeladen;

have nothing on sb umg

a) jemandem nichts voraus haben,

b) jemandem nichts anhaben können;

have sth on sb umg eine Handhabe gegen jemanden haben, etwas Belastendes über jemanden wissen

10. (Thema) über (akk):

an agreement (a lecture, an opinion) on sth;

talk on a subject

11. (Zeitpunkt) an (dat):

on Sunday, on the 1st of April, on April 1st;

on or after April 1st ab oder mit Wirkung vom 1. April;

on or before April 1st bis zum oder bis spätestens am 1. April;

on being asked als ich etc (danach) gefragt wurde

12. nachdem:

on leaving school, he … nachdem er die Schule verlassen hatte, …

13. gegenüber, im Vergleich zu:

losses were £100,000 down on the previous year

B adv

1. (a in Zusammensetzungen mit Verben) (dar)auf(…):

place ( screw, etc) on

2. besonders Kleidung:

a) an…:

have (put) a coat on

b) auf…:

keep one’s hat on

3. (a in Zusammensetzungen mit Verben) weiter(…):

talk ( walk, etc) on;

and so on und so weiter;

on and on immer weiter;

on and off

a) ab und zu,

b) ab und an, mit Unterbrechungen;

from that day on von dem Tage an;

on with the show! weiter im Programm!;

on to … auf (akk) … (hinauf oder hinaus)

C adj präd

1. be on

a) im Gange sein (Spiel etc), vor sich gehen:

what’s on? was ist los?;

what’s on in London? was ist in London los?, was tut sich in London?;

have you anything on tomorrow? haben Sie morgen etwas vor?;

that’s not on! das ist nicht drin! umg

b) an sein umg (Licht, Radio, Wasser etc), an-, eingeschaltet sein, laufen, auf sein umg (Hahn):

on - off TECH An - Aus;

the light is on das Licht brennt oder ist an(geschaltet);

the brakes are on die Bremsen sind angezogen;

the race is on SPORT das Rennen ist gestartet;

you are on! abgemacht!

c) THEAT gegeben werden (Stück), laufen (Film), ( RADIO, TV) gesendet werden (Programm)

d) d(a)ran (an der Reihe) sein

e) (mit) dabei sein, mitmachen

2. be on to umg etwas spitzgekriegt haben, über jemanden od etwas im Bilde sein

3. umg be a bit on einen Schwips haben;

be well on ganz schön blau sein

4. he’s always on at me umg er bearbeitet mich ständig, er liegt mir dauernd in den Ohren ( beide:

about wegen)

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1.
[ɒn]preposition

1) (position) auf (+ Dat.); (direction) auf (+ Akk.); (attached to) an (+ Dat./Akk.)

put something on the table — etwas auf den Tisch legen od. stellen

be on the table — auf dem Tisch sein

write something on the wall — etwas an die Wand schreiben

be hanging on the wall — an der Wand hängen

have something on one — etwas bei sich (Dat.) haben

on the bus/train — im Bus/Zug; (by bus/train) mit dem Bus/Zug

be on the board/committee — im Vorstand/Ausschuss sein

on Oxford 556767 — unter der Nummer Oxford 55 67 67

2) (with basis, motive, etc. of)

on the evidence — aufgrund des Beweismaterials

on the assumption/hypothesis that... — angenommen,...

3) in expressions of time an [einem Abend, Tag usw.]

on Sundays — sonntags

it's just on nine — es ist gerade neun

on [his] arrival — bei seiner Ankunft

on entering the room... — beim Betreten des Zimmers...

on time or schedule — pünktlich

4) expr. state etc

be on heroin — heroinabhängig sein

the drinks are on me — (coll.) die Getränke gehen auf mich

be on £20,000 a year — 20 000 Pfund im Jahr kriegen od. haben

5) (concerning, about) über (+ Akk.)
2. adverb
1)

with/without a hat/coat on — mit/ohne Hut/Mantel

have a hat on — einen Hut aufhaben

your hat is on crooked — dein Hut sitzt schief

boil something with/without the lid on — etwas in geschlossenem/offenem Topf kochen

the potatoes are on — die Kartoffeln sind aufgesetzt

2) (in some direction)

face on — mit dem Gesicht voran

on and on — immer weiter

3) (switched or turned on)

the light/radio etc. is on — das Licht/Radio usw. ist an

put the light on — das Licht anmachen

is there a gas tap on? — ist ein Gashahn aufgedreht?

4) (arranged)

is Sunday's picnic on? — findet das Picknick am Sonntag statt?

I have nothing of importance on — ich habe nichts Wichtiges vor

5) (being performed)

what's on at the cinema? — was gibt es od. was läuft im Kino?

his play is currently on in London — sein Stück wird zur Zeit in London aufgeführt od. gespielt

6) (on duty)

come/be on — seinen Dienst antreten/Dienst haben

7)

something is on (feasible) /not on — etwas ist möglich/ausgeschlossen

you're on! — (coll.): (I agree) abgemacht!; (making bet) die Wette gilt!

be on about somebody/something — (coll.) [dauernd] über jemanden/etwas sprechen

what is he on about? — was will er [sagen]?

be on at/keep on and on at somebody — (coll.) jemandem in den Ohren/dauernd in den Ohren liegen (ugs.)

on to, onto — auf (+ Akk.)

be on to something — (have discovered something) etwas ausfindig gemacht haben. See also right 4. 4)

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adj.

eingeschaltet adj.

in adj. prep.

an präp.

auf präp.

bei präp.

über präp.

English-german dictionary > on
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aim at the stars, but keep your feet on the ground all are not thieves that dogs bark at all cats are grey in the dark all roads lead to Rome always lend a helping hand among the blind the one-eyed man is king as the days grow longer, the storms are stronger at a round table, there is no dispute of place a bad excuse is better than none a bad vessel is seldom broken be just before you're generous be just to all, but trust not all the best things come in small packages the best way to resist temptation is to give in to it better alone than in bad company better an empty house than a bad tenant better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion better ride an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me better to beg than to steal, but better to work than to beg better a tooth out than always aching between two stools one goes to the ground a bird may be known by its flight a bird never flew on one wing a bit in the morning is better than nothing all day a bleating sheep loses a bite a blind man would be glad to see a blind man needs no looking glass bread always falls buttered side down a burden which one chooses is not felt butter to butter is no relish cast no dirt in the well that gives you water the chain is no stronger than its weakest link a change is as good as a rest Christmas comes but once a year circumstances after cases cleanliness is next to godliness the cobbler's wife is the worst shod a cold hand, a warm heart comparisons are odious consistency is a jewel consideration is half of conversation a creaking door hangs long on its hinges desperate diseases must have desperate remedies the devil looks after his own diamond cut diamond dirt shows the quickest on the cleanest cotton discontent is the first step in progress do as you would be done by dog does not eat dog a dog that will fetch a bone will carry a bone a dog will not cry if you beat him with a bone do not spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar do not throw pearls before swine do your best and leave the rest with God do your duty and be afraid of none don't be a yes-man don't cut off your nose to spite your face don't drown yourself to save a drowning man don't look a gift horse in the mouth don't spur a willing horse don't strike a man when he is down don't swap the witch for the devil eagles don't catch flies eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together the English are a nation of shopkeepers even a stopped clock is right twice a day every cock sings in his own way every fish that escapes seems greater than it is every man is a pilot in a calm sea every medal has its reverse side every thing comes to a man who does not need it every tub smells of the wine it holds evil communications corrupt good manners the exception proves the rule exchange is no robbery extremes meet facts are stubborn things familiarity breeds contempt fast bind, fast find fields have eyes, and woods have ears fight fire with fire figure on the worst but hope for the best fingers were made before forks the fire which lights us at a distance will burn us when near the first shall be last and the last, first follow your own star forbearance is no acquittance the fox knows much, but more he that catches him from the day you were born till you ride in a hearse, there's nothing so bad but it might have been worse from the sweetest wine, the tartest vinegar fruit is golden in the morning, silver at noon, and lead at night gambling is the son of avarice and the father of despair the game is not worth the candles a gentleman never makes any noise the gift bringer always finds an open door the giver makes the gift precious a good horse cannot be of a bad colour a good tale is none the worse for being twice told good riddance to bad rubbish the greatest right in the world is the right to be wrong the half is more than the whole half a loaf is better than no bread half an orange tastes as sweet as a whole one hawk will not pick out hawk's eyes the heart has arguments with which the understanding is unacquainted he may well swim that is held up by the chin he that doesn't respect, isn't respected he that lies down with dogs must rise with fleas he that would live at peace and rest must hear and see and say the best he who is absent is always in the wrong he who follows is always behind the higher the climb, the broader the view history is a fable agreed upon hitch your wagon to a star the ideal we embrace is our better self if a bee didn't have a sting, he couldn't keep his honey if a sheep loops the dyke, all the rest will follow I fear Greeks even when bringing gifts if each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city if the cap fits, wear it if the mountain will not come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain if you cannot bite, never show your teeth if you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have if you cannot speak well of a person, don't speak of him at all if you leave your umbrella at home, it is sure to rain if you wish to see the best in others, show the best of yourself ill news travels fast ill weeds grow apace an inch breaks no square it always pays to be a gentleman it costs nothing to ask it is easier to descend than ascend it is easier to pull down than to build up it is good fishing in troubled waters it is idle to swallow the cow and choke on the tail it is the last straw that breaks the camel's back it is sometimes best to burn your bridges behind you it is well to leave off playing when the game is at the best it is not clever to gamble, but to stop playing it's a small world it takes all sorts to make a world it takes a thief to catch a thief jealousy is a green-eyed monster jealousy is a proof of self-love keep a dress seven years and it will come back into style keep no more cats than will catch mice kindle not a fire that you cannot extinguish kissing goes by favor jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today a joy that's shared is a joy made double justice is blind lay not the load on the lame horse learn to creep before you leap let the cock crow or not, the day will come the longest road is sometimes the shortest way home lookers-on see most of the game man does not live by bread alone many are called but few are chosen many go out for wool and come home shorn many stumble at a straw and leap over a block men cease to interest us when we find their limitations a misty morn may have a fine day the mob has many heads but no brains the moon is not seen when the sun shines the more the merrier mountain has brought forth a mouse much water runs by the mill that the miller knows not of name not a halter in his house that hanged himself the nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat never be the first by whom the new is tried nor yet the last to lay the old aside never do anything yourself you can get somebody else to do never is a long time never let your left hand know what your right hand is doing never make a bargain with the devil on a dark day never quarrel with your bread and butter never tell tales out of school a nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse no joy without alloy no man is a hero to his valet no mud can soil us but the mud we throw no names, no pack-drill no news good news no one but the wearer knows where the shoe pinches none is so blind as they who will not see none of us is perfect nothing is certain but the unforeseen nothing is easy to the unwilling nothing is so good but it might have been better nothing is stolen without hands nothing new under the sun nothing seems quite as good as new after being broken an old poacher makes the best keeper once is no rule one dog barks at nothing, the rest bark at him one good turn deserves another one half of the world does not know how the other half lives one hand washes the other one man's meat is another man's poison one picture is worth ten thousand words one volunteer is worth two pressed men one whip is good enough for a good horse; for a bad one, not a thousand opposites attract each other the orange that is squeezed too hard yields a bitter juice other people's burdens killed the ass out of the mire into the swamp painted flowers have no scent paper is patient: you can put anything on it people condemn what they do not understand pigs might fly the pitcher goes often to the well please ever; tease never plenty is no plague the porcupine, whom one must handle gloved, may be respected but is never loved the proof of the pudding is in the eating the remedy is worse than the disease reopen not the wounds once healed a rolling stone gathers no moss the rotten apple injures its neighbors scratch my back and I shall scratch yours the sea refuses no river seize what is highest and you will possess what is in between seldom seen, soon forgotten silence scandal by scandal the sharper the storm, the sooner it's over the sheep who talks peace with a wolf will soon be mutton since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get small faults indulged in are little thieves that let in greater solitude is at times the best society some people are too mean for heaven and too good for hell the soul of a man is a garden where, as he sows, so shall he reap sour grapes can never make sweet wine sow a thought and reap an act the sow loves bran better than roses a stick is quickly found to beat a dog with still waters run deep stoop low and it will save you many a bump through life a straw shows which way the wind blows a stream cannot rise above its source the style is the man the sun loses nothing by shining into a puddle the sun shines on all the world the sun will shine down our street too sunday plans never stand suspicion may be no fault, but showing it may be a great one sweetest nuts have the hardest shells the tail cannot shake the dog take things as they are, not as you'd have them tastes differ there are more ways of killing a dog than hanging it there is always room at the top there is life in the old dog yet there is no rose without a thorn there is small choice in rotten apples there is truth in wine there's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it they need much whom nothing will content they that dance must pay the fiddler they walk with speed who walk alone those who hide can find three removals are as bad as a fire to the pure all things are pure to work hard, live hard, die hard, and go to hell after all would be hard indeed too far east is west translation is at best an echo a tree is known by its fruit a tree often transplanted neither grows nor thrives two can play at that game two dogs over one bone seldom agree venture a small fish to catch a great one the voice with a smile always wins wear my shoes and you'll know where they pitch we weep when we are born, not when we die what can you have of a cat but her skin what can't be cured must be endured what matters to a blind man that his father could see what you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail when a dog is drowning, everyone offers him drink when in doubt, do nowt when interest is lost, memory is lost when a man lays the foundation of his own ruin, others will build on it when a river does not make a noise, it is either empty or very full when the devil is dead, he never lacks a chief mourner when two ride on one horse one must sit behind where bees are, there is honey where it is weakest, there the thread breaks who seeks what he should not finds what he would not why keep a dog and bark yourself? a wonder lasts but nine days the worth of a thing is best known by its want the world is a ladder for some to go up and some down would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason you buy land, you buy stones; you buy meat, you buy bones you can take a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink you can tell the day by the morning you cannot lose what you never had you cannot touch pitch and not be defiled you can't put new wine in old bottles you can't walk and look at the stars if you have a stone in your shoe your looking glass will tell you what none of your friends will zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse

English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _різне
18 edge

e‹
1. noun
1) (the part farthest from the middle of something; a border: Don't put that cup so near the edge of the table - it will fall off; the edge of the lake; the water's edge.) borde

2) (the cutting side of something sharp, eg a knife or weapon: the edge of the sword.) filo

3) (keenness; sharpness: The chocolate took the edge off his hunger.) agudeza, intensidad

2. verb
1) (to form a border to: a handkerchief edged with lace.) ribetear, bordear

2) (to move or push little by little: He edged his chair nearer to her; She edged her way through the crowd.) moverse con cautela, moverse poco a poco

•

- edging
- edgy
- edgily
- edginess
- have the edge on/over
- on edge

edge n

1. borde / orilla

the edge of the table el borde de la mesa

the edge of the lake la orilla del lago

2. filo

"The Razor's Edge" is by Somerset Maugham "El filo de la navaja" es de Somerset Maugham

this knife has a very sharp edge este cuchillo es muy afilado

to be on edge estar con los nervios de punta

edge

tr[eʤ]

noun

1 (of cliff, wood, etc) borde nombre masculino

2 (of coin, step, etc) canto

3 (of knife) filo

4 (of water) orilla

5 (of town) afueras nombre femenino plural

■ he lives on the edge of town vive en las afueras (del pueblo)

6 (of paper) margen nombre masculino

7 (brink) borde nombre masculino

8 (to voice) tono

transitive verb

1 (supply with border) bordear

■ a garden edged with flowers un jardín bordeado de flores

2 SMALLSEWING/SMALL ribetear

intransitive verb

1 (move in small stages) moverse con cautela, moverse poco a poco

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to be on edge estar nervioso,-a, tener los nervios de punta

to be on the edge of something estar a punto de algo

to have the edge on/over somebody llevar ventaja a alguien

to take the edge off something suavizar algo

■ that'll take the edge off your hunger eso te engañará el estómago

edge ['ɛʤ] v, edged ; edging vt

1) border: bordear, ribetear, orlar

2) sharpen: afilar, aguzar

3) or to edge one's way : avanzar poco a poco

4)

to edge out : derrotar por muy poco

edge vi

advance: ir avanzando (poco a poco)

edge n

1) : filo m (de un cuchillo)

2) border: borde m, orilla f, margen m

3) advantage: ventaja f

edge

n.

• arcén s.m.

• arista s.f.

• aristón s.m.

• arriate s.m.

• boca (Ingreso) s.f.

• borde s.m.

• canto (Borde) s.m.

• ceja s.f.

• cenefa s.f.

• cerco s.m.

• extremidad s.f.

• filete s.m.

• filo s.m.

• margen s.m. (Towards sth.)

expr.

• acercarse lentamente (a algo) expr.

v.

• afilar v.

• incitar v.

• orlar v.

• ribetear v.

• trepar v.

edʒ
I

noun

1)

a) (no pl) (border, brink - of town) afueras fpl; (- of forest) lindero m, borde m; (- of river, lake) orilla f, margen m; (- of cliff) borde m

at the water's edge — a la orilla del agua

b) (of plate, table, chair) borde m; ( of coin) canto m; ( of page) margen m

frayed at the edges — deshilachado en los bordes

it kept us on the edge of our seats until the end — nos tuvo en vilo or en tensión hasta el final

2) ( cutting part) filo m

to put an edge on something — afilar algo

to be on edge — estar* nervioso, tener* los nervios de punta (fam)

this will take the edge off your appetite — esto te calmará un poco el hambre

his voice had a menacing edge to it — su voz tenía un tono amenazante

3) ( advantage) ventaja f

we have the edge over our competitors — estamos en una posición de ventaja con respecto a nuestros competidores

II
1.

transitive verb

1) ( border)

the collar was edged with fur — el cuello estaba ribeteado de piel

the paper was edged in black — el papel tenía un borde negro

2) ( move cautiously)

he edged his chair closer to hers — fue acercando su silla a la de ella

she edged her way along the ledge — fue avanzando poco a poco por la cornisa

3) (AmE) edge out

2.

vi (+ adv compl)

to edge forward/closer/away — ir* avanzando/acercándose/alejándose (poco a poco)

the child edged closer to his mother — el niño se fue arrimando a su madre

Phrasal Verbs:

- edge out

[edʒ]
1. N

1) (=border, rim) [of cliff, wood, chair, bed] borde m ; [of town] afueras fpl ; [of lake, river] orilla f ; [of cube, brick] arista f ; [of paper] borde m, margen m ; [of coin] canto m

• the fabric was fraying at the edges — la tela se estaba deshilachando por los bordes

she was standing at the water's edge — estaba de pie en la orilla del agua

the trees at the edge of the road — los árboles que bordean la carretera

• he sat down on the edge of the bed — se sentó al borde la cama

a house on the edge of town — una casa a las afueras de la ciudad

• someone pushed him over the edge of the cliff — alguien lo empujó por el borde del precipicio

- live close to the edge

- be on edge

my nerves are on edge today — hoy tengo los nervios de punta, hoy estoy de los nervios

- set sb's teeth on edge

- drive/push sb over the edge

- be on the edge of one's seat

2) (=brink) borde m

• he was on the edge of a breakthrough — estaba al borde de un gran adelanto

3) (=sharp side) [of blade] filo m

• to put an edge on sth — afilar algo

• army life will smooth the rough edges off him — la vida militar le calmará
cutting 2., leading 2.
4) (=sharpness)

there was an edge to her voice — había un tono de crispación en su voz

his performance lacked edge — a su interpretación le faltaba mordacidad

the wind had a sharp edge — hacía un viento cortante

• to take the edge off sth, talking to her took the edge off my grief — hablar con ella mitigó mi dolor

that took the edge off my appetite — con eso maté el hambre or engañé el estómago

5) (=advantage) ventaja f

• their technology gave them the competitive edge — su tecnología les dio una posición de ventaja con respecto a la competencia

• to have the or an edge on or over sb — llevar la delantera a algn, llevar ventaja a algn

2. VT

1) (=provide border for) [+ garment] ribetear; [+ path] bordear

• a top edged with lace — un top ribeteado con encaje

a mahogany tray edged with brass — una bandeja de caoba con el borde de bronce

narrow green leaves edged with red — hojas verdes delgadas con los bordes rojos

2) (=move carefully)

• he edged the car into the traffic — sacó el coche con cuidado y se unió al resto del tráfico

• she edged her way through the crowd — se abrió paso poco a poco entre la multitud

• the song edged its way up the charts — la canción fue poco a poco subiendo puestos en las listas de éxitos

3) (=sharpen)

her voice was edged with panic — había un tono de pánico en su voz

3.

VI (=move slowly)

• she edged away from him — poco a poco se alejó de él

• he edged closer to the telephone — se acercó lentamente al teléfono

• to edge forward — avanzar poco a poco

• Labour have edged into the lead — el partido laborista ha conseguido tomar la delantera por muy poco

• to edge past — pasar con dificultad

- edge out

- edge up

* * *
[edʒ]
I

noun

1)

a) (no pl) (border, brink - of town) afueras fpl; (- of forest) lindero m, borde m; (- of river, lake) orilla f, margen m; (- of cliff) borde m

at the water's edge — a la orilla del agua

b) (of plate, table, chair) borde m; ( of coin) canto m; ( of page) margen m

frayed at the edges — deshilachado en los bordes

it kept us on the edge of our seats until the end — nos tuvo en vilo or en tensión hasta el final

2) ( cutting part) filo m

to put an edge on something — afilar algo

to be on edge — estar* nervioso, tener* los nervios de punta (fam)

this will take the edge off your appetite — esto te calmará un poco el hambre

his voice had a menacing edge to it — su voz tenía un tono amenazante

3) ( advantage) ventaja f

we have the edge over our competitors — estamos en una posición de ventaja con respecto a nuestros competidores

II
1.

transitive verb

1) ( border)

the collar was edged with fur — el cuello estaba ribeteado de piel

the paper was edged in black — el papel tenía un borde negro

2) ( move cautiously)

he edged his chair closer to hers — fue acercando su silla a la de ella

she edged her way along the ledge — fue avanzando poco a poco por la cornisa

3) (AmE) edge out

2.

vi (+ adv compl)

to edge forward/closer/away — ir* avanzando/acercándose/alejándose (poco a poco)

the child edged closer to his mother — el niño se fue arrimando a su madre

Phrasal Verbs:

- edge out

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19 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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on 1. preposition
1) (touching, fixed to, covering etc the upper or outer side of: The book was lying on the table; He was standing on the floor; She wore a hat on her head.) på

2) (in or into (a vehicle, train etc): We were sitting on the bus; I got on the wrong bus.) (inn) i, på, oppå

3) (at or during a certain day, time etc: on Monday; On his arrival, he went straight to bed.) på, ved, per/pr.

4) (about: a book on the theatre.) om

5) (in the state or process of: He's on holiday.) på

6) (supported by: She was standing on one leg.) på

7) (receiving, taking: on drugs; on a diet.) på

8) (taking part in: He is on the committee; Which detective is working on this case?) på, i

9) (towards: They marched on the town.) mot, til

10) (near or beside: a shop on the main road.) ved, på

11) (by means of: He played a tune on the violin; I spoke to him on the telephone.) på, i

12) (being carried by: The thief had the stolen jewels on him.) på, med

13) (when (something is, or has been, done): On investigation, there proved to be no need to panic.) ved, etter

14) (followed by: disaster on disaster.) etter
2. adverb
1) ((especially of something being worn) so as to be touching, fixed to, covering etc the upper or outer side of: She put her hat on.) på

2) (used to show a continuing state etc, onwards: She kept on asking questions; They moved on.) (holde) på, videre, etter

3) (( also adjective) (of electric light, machines etc) working: The television is on; Turn/Switch the light on.) på, i gang

4) (( also adjective) (of films etc) able to be seen: There's a good film on at the cinema this week.) som går på teater/kino

5) (( also adjective) in or into a vehicle, train etc: The bus stopped and we got on.) på, om bord
3. adjective
1) (in progress: The game was on.) i gang

2) (not cancelled: Is the party on tonight?) på gang; på trappene

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- be on to someone
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adj. \/ɒn\/

bare i uttrykk

on side ( fotball e.l.) ikke offside ( i cricket) den del av banen som ligger bak og til venstre for en (høyrehendt) slagmann
II
adv. \/ɒn\/

1) på, på seg

• a pot with the lid on

en kasserolle med lokket på

• shall I help you on with your coat?

skal jeg hjelpe deg på med frakken?

• he drew his boots on

han trakk støvlene på seg

• keep your hat on!

behold hatten på!

• put the kettle on!

sett på kjelen!

• the coffee is on

kaffen er satt over

2) videre

• he flew on to Paris

han fløy videre til Paris

• pass it on!

send det videre!

• send on the guide

send guiden i forveien

• they spoke on

de fortsatte å snakke

• work on

jobbe videre \/ fortsette å jobbe

3) frem, fremover

• walk right on

gå rett frem

• a little further on

litt lengre frem

• it was well on in the day

det var langt utpå dagen

4) fore

• I have nothing on tonight

jeg har ingenting fore i kveld

5) igjen

• he sat on at the table

han ble sittende igjen ved bordet

• they sat on

de satt igjen

6) på (påkoblet e.l.), til (på instrumenttavle e.l.)

• the brake is on

bremsen er på

• is the gas on?

er gassen på?

• the water isn't on

vannet er avstengt \/ vannet er ikke på

• the light is on

lyset er tent

• the radio was on

radioen var på

7) av

• from that day on

fra den dagen av

be neither on nor off vite verken ut eller inn

be on være i gang, pågå

• the game is on again

spillet er i gang igjen

• there's a war on

det er krig

• is lunch still on?

serveres lunsj fremdeles?

spilles, oppføres, gis, gå

• the play was on last year

stykket ble oppført i fjor

• what's on tonight?

hvilket program går i kveld?

• Hamlet is on tonight

Hamlet går i kveld

opptre (på scenen)

• you're on in 5 minutes

du skal på scenen om fem minutter

komme med, følge med, være med

• are you on?

er du med?

• I'm on!

jeg er med!

• you are on

du får plassen

( hverdagslig) være mulig

• it's just not on

det går bare ikke \/ det er simpelthen ikke mulig

be on about something ( hverdagslig) hele tiden snakke om noe, mase med noe, bråke om

• what's he on about?

hva er det han bråker om?

on and off eller off and on av og på, opp og ned, fra og til av og til, nå og da, med avbrudd, med mellomrom

• it rained on and off all evening

det regnet med jevne mellomrom hele kvelden

on and on uten opphold, i ett, i det uendelige

• the lecture went on and on

forelesningen drog ut i det uendelige

• we walked on and on

vi bare gikk og gikk

on to (opp) på, over til, ut på, ned på

• she jumped on to the bus

hun hoppet på bussen

• he jumped on to the landing-stage

han hoppet over til landingsbroen

• he fell on to the roof below

han falt ned på taket nedenfor

be on to someone ( hverdagslig) vite hva noen pønsker på, vite hva noen har fore ( hverdagslig) ha en mistanke til noen
III
prep. \/ɒn\/

1) ( i fysisk kontakt med eller støttet av) på, opp på, oppe på, i, over

• they put a notice on the board

de satte en lapp på oppslagstavlen

• she got on the chair

hun klatret opp på stolen

• he sat on the roof

han satt oppe på taket

• she had gloves on her hands

hun hadde vanter på hendene

• there are eight flies on the ceiling

det er åtte fluer i taket

2) ( om geografisk posisjon eller plassering) på, ved, i, mot, over

• this is the largest town on the Riviera

dette er den største byen på Rivieraen

• she lives in a house on 19th Street

hun bor i et hus på 19th Street

• they live on the border of Sweden

de bor ved svenskegrensen

• the town stands on a river

byen ligger ved en elv

• the house is on the shore

huset ligger ved kysten

• Newcastle is situated on the Tyne

Newcastle ligger ved elven Tyne

• he lives on the uppermost floor

han bor i øverste etasje

• she has a room on the garden

hun har et rom mot hagen

• the storm is on us

stormen er over oss

3) ( om en markant eller karakteristisk del av noe) på

• she had a scar on her foot

hun har et arr på foten

• you should have seen the look on his face!

du skulle ha sett ansiktsuttrykket hans!

4) ( om emne eller grunnlag) på, av, om, i, ifølge, etter, ut fra

• she has written a book on ecosystems

hun har skrevet en bok om økosystemer

• the Cabinet is split on this matter

kabinettet er delt i denne saken

• she speaks on international affairs

hun snakker om internasjonale saker

• while we are on the subject

mens vi er inne på emnet

• she lives on nuts and fruits

hun lever av nøtter og frukt

• the car runs on petrol

bilen går på bensin

• on this theory the experiment will fail

ifølge denne teorien vil eksperimentet mislykkes

• they dined on salmon yesterday

de spiste laks til middag i går

• he swore on the Bible

han sverget på Bibelen

5) ( om komité eller instans) i

• she is on the board

hun sitter i styret

• are you on the jury?

sitter du i juryen?

• he's on the staff of a newspaper

han er ansatt i en avis

6) ( om mål og fokusering) mot, til, over, overfor, hos, for

• they marched on Paris

de marsjerte mot Paris

• he turned his back on me

han snudde ryggen til meg

• she smiled on him

hun smilte til ham

• he drew his knife on me

han trakk kniven mot meg

• a curse on him!

forbannelse over ham!

• it's not fair on her

det er ikke retterdig overfor henne

• she looked in on her uncle

hun stakk innom hos onkelen sin

• the fire went out on me

bålet brant ut for meg

• that's a new one on me

det var nytt for meg

7) ( om reise eller transportmåte) på, til

• I read the book on the journey here

jeg leste boken på reisen hit

• when on a visit to London you should go shopping at Harrod's

når du er i London, bør du handle på Harrod's

• she got an hour of sleep on the train

hun fikk en times søvn på toget

• they travel on foot

de reiser til fots

8) (om dag eller periode, av og til uten oversettelse på norsk) på, om, under, i, etter, ved, da

• they came on Friday

de kom på fredag

• she always swims on Fridays

hun svømmer alltid på fredager

• he died on (the morning of) May 1st

han døde (om morgenen) 1. mai

• she works on her holidays

hun arbeider i ferien

• come here on the minute!

kom hit på minuttet!

• he came home on his father's death

han kom hjem da faren døde

• on my arrival at Hull I went shopping

da jeg kom frem til Hull, drog jeg på handletur

9) (om noen som holder på med noe, av og til uten oversettelse på norsk) på, da, ved

• she was out on errands

hun var ute på ærender

• on the opening of the box he saw a lizard

da han åpnet boksen, så han en firfirsle

• on second thoughts I helped him anyway

ved nærmere ettertanke hjalp jeg ham likevel

10) ( om penger eller økonomi) på, av, mot

• he has nothing to live on

han har ikke noe å leve av

• what's the tax on income in Norway?

hvor høy er inntektsskatten i Norge?

• you will receive the book on payment of £5

du vil motta boken mot betaling av 5£

11) ( om besittelse) på

• have you got your ID card on you?

har du ID-kortet på deg?

12) ( om resultat av fysisk kontakt) på

• she had cut her hand on the glass

hun hadde skåret hånden sin på glasset

13) ( om lagring eller overføring av opplysninger) på, i

• I've stored it on my PC

jeg har lagret det på datamaskinen min

• he put his thoughts down on the paper

han satte tankene ned på papir

• she's talking to her brother on the telephone

hun snakker med broren i telefonen

14) ( om radio eller TV) på

• I heard it on the radio

jeg hørte det på radioen

• the play is on TV

skuespillet vises på TV

15) (om alkohol, narkotika eller medisin, av og til uten oversettelse på norsk) på, av

• Jim's on penicillin

Jim bruker penicillin

• she's not on the pill

hun tar ikke p-piller

• you can't get drunk on that

du blir ikke full av det der

16) (om noe som er betalt av noe\/noen, av og til uten oversettelse på norsk) på

• this is on me!

denne spanderer jeg!

• it's on the house

det er på huset

• have one on me!

ta en drink - jeg spanderer!

• he has a car on the firm

han har firmabil

17) ( om spesiell anledning) med, i anledning (av)

• she congratulated him on the scholarship

hun gratulerte ham med stipendet

• I condoled with them on their loss

jeg kondolerte dem i anledning dødsfallet

18) ( om sammenligning) i forhold til

• prices are up by 5 per cent on last year

prisene har gått opp med 5 prosent i forhold til i fjor

• this is a great improvement on the previous model

dette er en stor forbedring i forhold til den forrige modellen

19) ( ved gjentagelse) på, etter

• they faced loss on loss

de gjennomgikk tap på tap

• she wrote letter on letter

hun skrev brev etter brev

be on fire brenne, stå i brann

be on something holde på med noe

• I'm on chapter IV

jeg holder på med kapittel IV

• she's on the third problem

hun holder på med den tredje oppgaven

( hverdagslig) begynne på noe, bli med på noe

fall on somebody\/something kaste seg over noen\/noe, falle om noen\/noe

• she literally fell on him

hun kastet seg bokstavelig talt over ham

• he fell on his mother's neck

han falt om halsen på moren

on amber ( trafikk) på gult (lys)

• they crossed the street on amber

de gikk (over gaten) på gult

on and after fra og med

• this rule will apply on and after this day

denne regelen gjelder fra og med denne dagen

on or before senest

• answer on or before May 1

svar senest 1. mai

spit on one's hand spytte seg i nevene

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