Перевод: с английского на все языки

со всех языков на английский

Со всех языков на:
Английский
С английского на:
Все языки
Испанский
Немецкий
Норвежский
Французский

we'll be through at lunchtime

Толкование Перевод

1 through

Ɵru:
1. preposition
1) (into from one direction and out of in the other: The water flows through a pipe.) a través de

2) (from side to side or end to end of: He walked (right) through the town.) a través de

3) (from the beginning to the end of: She read through the magazine.) de cabo a rabo, de principio a fin, entero

4) (because of: He lost his job through his own stupidity.) por, a causa de

5) (by way of: He got the job through a friend.) a través de, gracias a

6) ((American) from... to (inclusive): I work Monday through Friday.) de... a

2. adverb
(into and out of; from one side or end to the other; from beginning to end: He went straight/right through.) de un lado a otro

3. adjective
1) ((of a bus or train) that goes all the way to one's destination, so that one doesn't have to change (buses or trains): There isn't a through train - you'll have to change.) directo

2) (finished: Are you through yet?) listo, (haber) acabado con algo

•

- throughout

4. adverb
(in every part: The house was furnished throughout.) enteramente, por completo

- all through
- soaked
- wet through
- through and through
- through with

through prep por / a través de

she walked through the wood paseó por el bosque

the prisoner escaped through a window el preso se escapó por una ventana

the bullet went through the wall la bala atravesó la pared

through

tr[ɵrʊː]

preposition

1 por, a través de

■ I climbed in through a window entré por una ventana

■ we drove right through France condujimos por toda Francia

■ you have to go through Customs hay que pasar por la aduana

2 (because of) por, a causa de

■ off work through illness de baja por enfermedad

3 (from beginning to the end) durante todo,-a, hasta el final de

■ we danced through the night bailamos durante toda la noche

■ my mother looked after me through my illness mi madre me cuidó durante toda la enfermedad

■ he read through the book leyó todo el libro

■ I'd never have got through this crisis without you nunca hubiera superado esta crisis sin ti

4 (by means of) por, a través de, mediante

■ he got the job through a friend consiguió el trabajo a través de un amigo

adverb

1 de un lado a otro

■ he let me through me dejó pasar

■ we drove through a red light pasamos un semáforo en rojo

2 (to the end) hasta el final

■ he read the book through leyó todo el libro

■ we slept right through dormimos de un tirón

3 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL (on phone) conectado,-a

■ can you put me through to Helen James? ¿me puede poner con Helen James?

■ I rang several times, but I couldn't get through llamé varias veces, pero estaba comunicando

4 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL terminado,-a, acabado,-a

■ are you through? ¿has acabado?

■ we'll be through at lunchtime terminaremos a la hora de comer

adjective

1 (train) directo,-a; (traffic) de paso

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to be through with something/somebody haber acabado con algo/alguien

through and through hasta la médula, a ultranza

no through road calle nombre femenino sin salida

through ['ɵru:] adv

1) : a través, de un lado a otro

let them through: déjenlos pasar

2) : de principio a fin

she read the book through: leyó el libro de principio a fin

3) completely: completamente

soaked through: completamente empapado

through adj

1) direct: directo

a through train: un tren directo

2) finished: terminado, acabado

we're through: hemos terminado

through prep

1) : a través de, por

through the door: por la puerta

a road through the woods: un camino que atraviesa el bosque

2) between: entre

a path through the trees: un sendero entre los árboles

3) because of: a causa de, como consecuencia de

4) (in expressions of time)

through the night: durante la noche

to go through an experience: pasar por una experiencia

5) : a, hasta

from Monday through Friday: de lunes a viernes

through (Finished)

adj.

• acabado, -a adj.

adj.

• directo, -a adj.

• sin paradas adj.

• terminado, -a adj.

adv.

• a través adv.

• de un lado a otro adv.

• por medio de adv.

prep.

• a través de prep.

• atravéz prep.

• mediante prep.

• por prep.

I θruː
preposition

1)

a) ( from one side to the other) por

it went right through the wall — atravesó la pared de lado a lado

to hear/feel something through something — oír*/sentir* algo a través de algo

he was shot through the head — le pegaron un balazo en la cabeza

the truck crashed through the barrier — el camión se llevó la barrera por delante

they struggled on through the crowd — siguieron abriéndose paso entre la multitud

he spoke through clenched teeth — habló entre dientes

we drove through Munich — atravesamos Munich ( en coche)

she glanced through the magazine — hojeó la revista

I worked my way through the textbook — me leí el texto de punta a punta

b) (past, beyond)

to be through something — haber* pasado algo

we're through the preliminary stages already — ya hemos pasado las fases iniciales

2)

a) ( in time)

we worked through the night — trabajamos durante toda la noche

half-way through his speech — en medio de su discurso, cuando iba (or vaya etc) por la mitad del discurso

after everything we've been through together — después de todo lo que hemos pasado juntos

through the centuries — a través de los siglos

b) ( until and including) (AmE)

Tuesday through Thursday — de martes a jueves

offer good through May 31 — oferta válida hasta el 31 de mayo

October through December — desde octubre hasta diciembre inclusive

3) (by)

she spoke through an interpreter — habló a través de un intérprete

I heard about it through a friend — me enteré a través de or por un amigo

through his help — gracias a su ayuda or mediante su ayuda

through no fault of her own — sin tener culpa alguna

II

adverb

1) ( from one side to the other)

the train sped through without stopping — el tren pasó a toda velocidad sin parar

he barged through — pasó dando empujones

the red paint shows through — se nota la pintura roja que hay debajo; see also get, pull, put through

2) ( in time)

all night through — durante toda la noche

we worked through without a break — trabajamos sin parar para descansar

3)

a) ( completely)

wet/soaked through — mojado/calado hasta los huesos

b)

through and through: he's a soldier through and through — es militar hasta la médula

III

adjective

1) ( Transp) (before n) <train/route> directo

through traffic — tráfico m de paso

no through road — calle sin salida

2) ( finished) (colloq) (pred)

aren't you through yet? — ¿no has terminado aún?

as a journalist, you're through — como periodista, estás acabado

to be through with somebody/something — haber* terminado con alguien/algo

to be through (with) -ing: I'm through trying to be nice to you — no pienso seguir tratando de ser amable contigo

3) (BrE Telec)

you're through! — hable!

we're through to Madrid — nos han conectado con Madrid

[θruː] When through is an element in a phrasal verb, eg break through, fall through, look up the verb.
1. PREP

1) (place) por

to look through a telescope — mirar por un telescopio

to walk through the woods — pasear por el bosque

he shot her through the head — le pegó un tiro en la cabeza

• I saw him through the crowd — lo vi entre la multitud

• to go through sth, to go through a tunnel — atravesar un túnel

the bullet went through three layers — la bala penetró tres capas

it went right through the wall — atravesó por toda la pared

to go through sb's pockets/belongings/papers — hurgar en los bolsillos/entre las cosas/entre los papeles de algn

• to post a letter through the letterbox — echar una carta al buzón

2) (time, process)

we're staying through till Tuesday — nos quedamos hasta el martes

(from) Monday through Friday — (US) de lunes a viernes

• to go through a bad/good period — pasar una mala/buena racha

we've been through a lot together — hemos pasado mucho juntos

• to be halfway through a book — ir por la mitad de un libro

halfway through the film — a la mitad de la película

• all or right through the night — durante toda la noche

• right through the year — durante el año entero or todo el año

3) (means) por

through lack of resources — por falta de recursos

through him I found out that... — por or a través de él supe que...

it was through you that we were late — fue por tu culpa que llegamos tarde

• to act through fear — obrar movido por el miedo

• he got the job through friends — consiguió el trabajo por mediación de or a través de unos amigos

4) (having completed)

he's through the exam — ha aprobado el examen

2. ADV

1) (place)

• it's frozen (right) through — está completamente helado

• does this train go through to London? — ¿este tren va directamente a Londres?

he went straight through to the dining room — pasó directamente al comedor

the nail went right through — el clavo penetró de parte a parte

• can you put me through to sales, please? — (Telec) ¿puede ponerme or pasarme con el departamento de ventas, por favor?

• the wood has rotted through — la madera se ha podrido completamente

• the window was dirty and I couldn't see through — la ventana estaba sucia y no podía ver nada

• wet through — [person] mojado hasta los huesos, empapado; [object] empapado

2) (time, process)

• I read the book right through — leí el libro entero

• to sleep the whole night through — dormir la noche entera

• did you stay right through to the end? — ¿te quedaste hasta el final?

we're staying through till Tuesday — nos quedamos hasta el martes

• he is through to the finals of the competition — pasó a la final del concurso

3)

through and through — [be something] hasta la médula, completamente; [know something] de pe a pa

3. ADJ

1) [road, train] directo; [traffic] de paso

no through road — calle sin salida

2) (=finished) terminado

we'll be through at seven — terminaremos a las siete

you're through! — ¡se acabó (para ti)!

are you through criticizing? — ¿has terminado or acabado de criticarme?

she told him they were through — ella le dijo que todo había acabado entre ellos

• I'm through with my girlfriend — he roto or terminado con mi novia

are you through with that book? — ¿has terminado de leer ese libro?

I'm through with bridge — renuncio al bridge, ya no vuelvo a jugar al bridge

I'm not through with you yet — todavía no he terminado contigo

when I'm through with him — cuando haya terminado con él

3) (Telec)

you're through! — ¡ya puede hablar!, ¡hable!

* * *

I [θruː]
preposition

1)

a) ( from one side to the other) por

it went right through the wall — atravesó la pared de lado a lado

to hear/feel something through something — oír*/sentir* algo a través de algo

he was shot through the head — le pegaron un balazo en la cabeza

the truck crashed through the barrier — el camión se llevó la barrera por delante

they struggled on through the crowd — siguieron abriéndose paso entre la multitud

he spoke through clenched teeth — habló entre dientes

we drove through Munich — atravesamos Munich ( en coche)

she glanced through the magazine — hojeó la revista

I worked my way through the textbook — me leí el texto de punta a punta

b) (past, beyond)

to be through something — haber* pasado algo

we're through the preliminary stages already — ya hemos pasado las fases iniciales

2)

a) ( in time)

we worked through the night — trabajamos durante toda la noche

half-way through his speech — en medio de su discurso, cuando iba (or vaya etc) por la mitad del discurso

after everything we've been through together — después de todo lo que hemos pasado juntos

through the centuries — a través de los siglos

b) ( until and including) (AmE)

Tuesday through Thursday — de martes a jueves

offer good through May 31 — oferta válida hasta el 31 de mayo

October through December — desde octubre hasta diciembre inclusive

3) (by)

she spoke through an interpreter — habló a través de un intérprete

I heard about it through a friend — me enteré a través de or por un amigo

through his help — gracias a su ayuda or mediante su ayuda

through no fault of her own — sin tener culpa alguna

II

adverb

1) ( from one side to the other)

the train sped through without stopping — el tren pasó a toda velocidad sin parar

he barged through — pasó dando empujones

the red paint shows through — se nota la pintura roja que hay debajo; see also get, pull, put through

2) ( in time)

all night through — durante toda la noche

we worked through without a break — trabajamos sin parar para descansar

3)

a) ( completely)

wet/soaked through — mojado/calado hasta los huesos

b)

through and through: he's a soldier through and through — es militar hasta la médula

III

adjective

1) ( Transp) (before n) <train/route> directo

through traffic — tráfico m de paso

no through road — calle sin salida

2) ( finished) (colloq) (pred)

aren't you through yet? — ¿no has terminado aún?

as a journalist, you're through — como periodista, estás acabado

to be through with somebody/something — haber* terminado con alguien/algo

to be through (with) -ing: I'm through trying to be nice to you — no pienso seguir tratando de ser amable contigo

3) (BrE Telec)

you're through! — hable!

we're through to Madrid — nos han conectado con Madrid

English-spanish dictionary > through
2 sleep

sleep [sli:p]

sommeil ⇒ 1 (a) dormir ⇒ 1 (a), 3 (a) s'endormir ⇒ 1 (a) endormir ⇒ 1 (a) faire une somme ⇒ 1 (b) coucher ⇒ 3 (b) passer la nuit ⇒ 3 (b) rêvasser ⇒ 3 (c) chassie ⇒ 1 (c)

(pt & pp slept [slept])

1 noun

(a) (rest) sommeil m;

∎ to turn over in one's sleep se retourner dans son sommeil;

∎ to talk in one's sleep parler en dormant ou dans son sommeil;

∎ to walk in one's sleep être somnambule;

∎ she walked in her sleep last night elle a fait une crise de somnambulisme ou a marché en dormant la nuit dernière;

∎ to be in a deep sleep dormir profondément;

∎ to have a good (night's) sleep bien dormir;

∎ you need (to get) a good night's sleep il te faut une bonne nuit de sommeil;

∎ I only had two hours' sleep je n'ai dormi que deux heures;

∎ I need my sleep j'ai besoin de beaucoup de sommeil;

∎ I couldn't get to sleep je n'arrivais pas à m'endormir;

∎ to go to sleep s'endormir;

∎ to go or get back to sleep se rendormir;

∎ my legs have gone to sleep (numb) j'ai les jambes engourdies; (tingling) j'ai des fourmis dans les jambes;

∎ to read oneself to sleep lire pour s'endormir;

∎ to sing a child to sleep chanter une berceuse à un enfant;

∎ you're not going to lose sleep over it! tu ne vas pas en perdre le sommeil!;

∎ I won't lose any sleep over it cela ne va pas m'empêcher de dormir;

∎ to put to sleep endormir; euphemism (horse, dog) piquer;

∎ I was put to sleep before the operation on m'a endormi avant l'opération;

∎ the horse had to be put to sleep on a dû faire piquer le cheval;

∎ to send sb to sleep endormir qn; figurative (bore) endormir qn, assommer qn

(b) (nap)

∎ to have a sleep faire un somme;

∎ the children usually have a sleep in the afternoon en général les enfants font la sieste l'après-midi;

∎ I could do with a sleep je ferais bien un petit somme

(c) (substance in eyes) chassie f;

∎ to rub the sleep out of one's eyes se frotter les yeux (au réveil)

(d) literary (death) la mort

2 transitive verb

(a) (accommodate)

∎ the sofa bed sleeps two deux personnes peuvent coucher dans le canapé-lit;

∎ the house sleeps four on peut coucher à quatre dans cette maison

(b) literary

∎ to sleep the sleep of the just dormir du sommeil du juste

3 intransitive verb

(a) (rest) dormir;

∎ sleep well or tight! bonne nuit!;

∎ did you sleep well? avez-vous bien dormi?;

∎ I'm not sleeping well at the moment je ne dors pas bien en ce moment;

∎ to sleep (for) six hours dormir six heures;

∎ he can't sleep for thinking about it il n'en dort pas;

∎ to sleep late faire la grasse matinée;

∎ to sleep soundly dormir profondément ou à poings fermés;

∎ to sleep like a log dormir comme une souche ou comme un loir, dormir à poings fermés

(b) (spend night) coucher, passer la nuit;

∎ can I sleep at your place? est-ce que je peux coucher ou dormir chez vous?;

∎ to sleep on the floor coucher ou dormir par terre;

∎ the bed had not been slept in le lit n'avait pas été défait;

∎ where did you sleep last night? où est-ce que tu as passé la nuit?;

∎ to sleep rough coucher sur la dure

(c) (daydream) rêvasser, rêver;

∎ Walsh is sleeping at the back of the class as usual Walsh rêvasse au fond de la classe, comme d'habitude

(d) euphemism or literary (be dead) dormir du dernier sommeil

(e) Computing être en veille;

∎ to put a notebook to sleep mettre un portable en veille

►► Medicine sleep apnoea or American sleep apnea apnée f du sommeil;

Medicine sleep apnoea or American apnea syndrome syndrome m d'apnée du sommeil;

Computing sleep mode veille f

➲ sleep around intransitive verb

familiar coucher à droite et à gauche

➲ sleep away separable transitive verb

∎ he slept the night away il a dormi toute la nuit;

∎ he sleeps the day away il passe toute la journée à dormir

➲ sleep in intransitive verb

(a) (lie in → voluntarily) faire la grasse matinée; (→ involuntarily) se lever en retard, ne pas se réveiller (à l'heure)

(b) (sleep at home) coucher à la maison; (staff) être logé sur place

➲ sleep off separable transitive verb

(hangover, fatigue) dormir pour faire passer ou se remettre de;

∎ he's sleeping off the effects of the journey il dort pour se remettre de la fatigue du voyage;

∎ familiar he's sleeping it off il cuve son vin

➲ sleep on

1 intransitive verb

continuer à dormir;

∎ let her sleep on a bit laisse-la dormir encore un peu;

∎ she slept on until lunchtime elle a dormi jusqu'à l'heure du déjeuner

2 inseparable transitive verb

∎ I'll sleep on it la nuit porte conseil;

∎ sleep on it la nuit porte conseil

➲ sleep out intransitive verb

(away from home) découcher; (in the open air) coucher à la belle étoile; (in tent) coucher sous la tente;

∎ some of the nurses sleep out les infirmières ne sont pas toutes logées sur place

➲ sleep over intransitive verb

American

∎ can I sleep over? est-ce que je peux rester la nuit?

➲ sleep through

1 intransitive verb

∎ he slept through till five o'clock il a dormi jusqu'à cinq heures

2 inseparable transitive verb

∎ I slept through the last act j'ai dormi pendant tout le dernier acte;

∎ she slept through her alarm elle n'a pas entendu son réveil;

∎ she slept through the storm la tempête ne l'a pas réveillée;

∎ they slept through my speech ils ont dormi pendant mon discours

➲ sleep together intransitive verb

coucher ensemble

➲ sleep with inseparable transitive verb

coucher avec

Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > sleep
3 rush

rush [rʌʃ]

précipitation ⇒ 1 (a) ruée ⇒ 1 (b), 1 (c) heure de pointe ⇒ 1 (d) attaque ⇒ 1 (e) expédier ⇒ 3 (a) faire à la hâte ⇒ 3 (a) bousculer ⇒ 3 (b) presser ⇒ 3 (b) attaquer ⇒ 3 (c) transporter d'urgence ⇒ 3 (d) se précipiter ⇒ 4 (a) se ruer ⇒ 4 (a) s'engouffrer ⇒ 4 (b)

1 noun

(a) (hurry) précipitation f, hâte f;

∎ to do sth in a rush faire qch à la hâte;

∎ to be in a rush être (très) pressé;

∎ what's the rush? pourquoi tant de précipitation?;

∎ there's no (great) rush rien ne presse;

∎ it'll be a bit of a rush, but we should make it il faudra se dépêcher mais on devrait y arriver;

∎ in the rush to finish the article, he forgot to check the spelling dans sa hâte de terminer l'article, il a oublié de vérifier l'orthographe;

∎ we left in such a rush that… nous sommes partis avec une telle précipitation que…;

∎ your essay was written in too much of a rush vous avez fait votre dissertation à la va-vite

(b) (dash, stampede) ruée f, bousculade f;

∎ there was a rush for the door tout le monde s'est rué ou précipité vers la porte;

∎ he made a rush for the exit il s'est rué ou précipité vers la sortie;

∎ I lost a shoe in the rush j'ai perdu une chaussure dans la bousculade;

∎ let's leave before the rush starts partons avant la bousculade

(c) (great demand) ruée f (on sur);

∎ there was a rush for the papers on s'arrachait les journaux;

∎ there's been a rush on or for tickets les gens se sont rués sur les billets;

∎ there's a rush on that particular model ce modèle est très demandé

(d) (busy period) heure f de pointe ou d'affluence;

∎ the six o'clock rush la foule de dix-huit heures;

∎ I try to avoid the lunchtime rush j'essaie d'éviter la foule de l'heure du déjeuner;

∎ we had a rush (of customers) in the afternoon les clients sont arrivés en masse l'après-midi;

∎ the holiday rush (leaving) les grands départs mpl en vacances; (returning) les embouteillages mpl des retours de vacances

(e) (attack) attaque f, assaut m;

∎ to make a rush at or for sb se jeter sur qn

(f) (surge → of water) jaillissement m; (→ of air) bouffée f; (→ of emotion, nausea) accès m, montée f;

∎ I could hear nothing above the rush of water le bruit de l'eau (qui bouillonnait) m'empêchait d'entendre quoi que ce soit;

∎ she had a rush of blood to the head le sang lui est monté à la tête

(g) Botany jonc m; (for chair) jonc m, paille f;

∎ the floor is covered with rush matting des nattes (de jonc) recouvrent le sol

(h) familiar drugs slang (from drugs) flash m;

∎ familiar I got a real rush from that coffee ce café m'a donné un coup de fouet;

∎ to get a head rush avoir la tête qui tourne

2 adjective

(a) (urgent) urgent;

∎ it's a rush job for Japan c'est un travail urgent pour le Japon

(b) (hurried)

∎ I'm afraid it's a bit of a rush job je suis désolé, le travail a été fait un peu vite ou a été un peu bâclé

(c) (busy → period) de pointe, d'affluence

3 transitive verb

(a) (do quickly) expédier; (do overhastily) faire à la hâte ou à la va-vite;

∎ I don't like having to rush my work je n'aime pas devoir expédier mon travail;

∎ they had obviously rushed the work à l'évidence, ils avaient travaillé trop vite;

∎ I'll rush it off on the computer l'ordinateur me fera ça en deux minutes;

∎ don't rush your food ne mange pas trop vite;

∎ a horse that rushes its fences un cheval qui se précipite sur les obstacles avec trop d'impétuosité;

∎ figurative don't rush your fences! réfléchissez donc!

(b) (cause to hurry) bousculer, presser; (pressurize) faire pression sur, forcer la main à;

∎ don't rush me! ne me bouscule pas!;

∎ to rush sb into sth or doing sth forcer qn à faire qch à la hâte;

∎ don't be rushed into signing ne signez pas sous la pression;

∎ let's not rush things ne nous précipitons pas

(c) (attack → person) attaquer, agresser; (→ place) attaquer, prendre d'assaut;

∎ a group of prisoners rushed the guards un groupe de prisonniers s'attaqua aux gardiens

(d) (transport quickly) transporter d'urgence; (send quickly) envoyer ou expédier d'urgence;

∎ the injured were rushed to hospital les blessés ont été transportés d'urgence à l'hôpital;

∎ they rushed a first aid team to the site ils ont envoyé en toute hâte une équipe de premiers secours sur les lieux;

∎ please rush me your new catalogue veuillez me faire parvenir au plus vite votre nouveau catalogue

(e) American familiar (court) courtiser^□

(f) British familiar (charge a lot)

∎ how much did they rush you for that? combien est-ce qu'ils t'ont fait cracher pour ça?

4 intransitive verb

(a) (hurry, dash → individual) se précipiter; (→ crowd) se ruer, se précipiter; (→ vehicle) foncer;

∎ I rushed home after work je me suis précipité chez moi après le travail;

∎ people rushed out of the blazing house les gens se ruèrent hors de la maison en flammes;

∎ there's no need to rush pas besoin de se presser;

∎ passers-by rushed to help the injured man des passants se sont précipités au secours du blessé;

∎ he came rushing down the stairs il a dégringolé l'escalier;

∎ I must rush il faut que je me dépêche;

∎ the dog rushed at me le chien s'est précipité ou jeté sur moi;

∎ a group of demonstrators rushed at the speaker un groupe de manifestants se rua sur l'orateur;

∎ to rush forward se précipiter (en avant);

∎ he rushed past il est passé à toute allure;

∎ proverb fools rush in (where angels fear to tread) = agir sans réfléchir peut avoir des conséquences fâcheuses

(b) (surge → air) s'engouffrer; (→ liquid) jaillir;

∎ the cold water rushed over her bare feet l'eau froide déferla sur ses pieds nus;

∎ I could hear the wind rushing through the trees j'entendais le vent s'engouffrer dans les branches;

∎ the blood rushed to her head le sang lui est monté à la tête;

∎ I felt the blood rush to my face j'ai senti le sang me monter au visage

(c) (in American football)

∎ he rushed for 137 yards il a fait une course de 137 yards avec le ballon

5 rushes plural noun

Cinema rushes mpl, épreuves fpl de tournage

►► rush candle chandelle f à mèche de jonc;

British familiar rush goalie gardien m de but volant^□ ;

rush hour heure f de pointe ou d'affluence;

∎ I never travel at rush hour je ne me déplace jamais aux heures de pointe;

rush job travail m de première urgence;

rush light chandelle f à mèche de jonc;

rush mat natte f (de jonc);

rush order commande f urgente;

American University rush week = semaine pendant laquelle les associations d'étudiants américains essaient de recruter de nouveaux membres

➲ rush about, rush around intransitive verb

courir çà et là;

∎ stop rushing about! arrête de courir dans tous les sens!

➲ rush away

1 separable transitive verb

(person) emmener d'urgence

2 intransitive verb

partir précipitamment;

∎ do you have to rush away? est-ce qu'il faut vraiment que vous partiez aussi vite?

➲ rush in intransitive verb

entrer précipitamment ou à toute allure;

∎ figurative you always rush in without thinking first tu fonces toujours tête baissée sans réfléchir

➲ rush into

1 inseparable transitive verb

∎ to rush into a room entrer précipitamment ou faire irruption dans une pièce;

∎ figurative to rush into things agir sans réfléchir;

∎ now don't rush into anything ne va pas foncer tête baissée;

∎ to rush into a decision prendre une décision à la hâte;

∎ to rush into marriage/divorce se marier/divorcer trop vite

2 separable transitive verb

∎ to rush sb into sth forcer qn à faire qch trop vite;

∎ to be rushed into doing sth être obligé ou contraint à faire qch précipitamment;

∎ to be rushed into a decision/answer être contraint à ou obligé de prendre une décision/donner une réponse à la hâte;

∎ don't let yourself be rushed into anything ne te sens pas obligé de faire quoi que ce soit à la hâte

➲ rush off intransitive verb & separable transitive verb

= rush away

➲ rush out

1 separable transitive verb

(book, new product, advertisement) sortir rapidement; (troops) envoyer d'urgence

2 intransitive verb

sortir précipitamment ou à toute allure

➲ rush through separable transitive verb

(job) expédier; (goods ordered) envoyer d'urgence; (order, application) traiter d'urgence; (bill, legislation) faire voter à la hâte

➲ rush up

1 separable transitive verb

envoyer d'urgence;

∎ troops were rushed up as reinforcements on envoya d'urgence des troupes en renfort

2 intransitive verb

accourir

Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > rush
4 at

æt
preposition

( showing)

1) (position: They are not at home; She lives at 33 Forest Road) en

2) (direction: He looked at her; She shouted at the boys.) a; hacia

3) (time: He arrived at ten o'clock; The children came at the sound of the bell.) a

4) (state or occupation: The countries are at war; She is at work.) en

5) (pace or speed: He drove at 120 kilometres per hour.) a

6) (cost: bread at $1.20 a loaf.) a

•

- at all

at prep

1. en

he's at school está en la escuela

she's at home está en casa

let's meet at the station quedemos en la estación

I'm at Dave's estoy en casa de Dave

2. a / en

at 9 o'clock a las nueve

at the moment en este momento

at night por la noche / de noche

at Christmas en Navidad

Con muchos verbos no se traduce

don't shout at me! ¡no me grites!

look at me! ¡mírame!

at

tr[æt, ʊnstressed ət]

preposition

1 (position) en, a

■ at the door en la puerta

■ at home/school/work/church en casa/el colegio/el trabajo/la iglesia

■ they're at Alyson's están en casa de Alyson

■ she's at the dentist's ha ido al dentista

■ at the foot of the stairs al pie de la escalera

■ at the top of the mountain en la cumbre de la montaña

■ at the bottom of the well en el fondo del pozo

2 (time) a

■ at two o'clock a las dos

■ at night por la noche

■ at midnight/noon a medianoche/mediodía

■ at Christmas en Navidad

■ at the age of 13 a los trece años

■ at the beginning/end al principio/final

3 (direction, violence) a, contra

■ she's always shouting at them no para de gritarles

■ they're shooting at the minister disparan contra el ministro

■ he threw a stone at me me tiró una piedra

4 (with numbers) a

■ at 50 miles an hour a 50 millas la hora

■ we buy at £400 a ton and sell at £1000 compramos a cuatrocientas libras la tonelada y vendemos a mil

■ three at a time de tres en tres

■ water boils at 100 degrees el agua hierve a los 100 grados

5 (state)

■ he's at breakfast/lunch/dinner está desayunando/comiendo/cenando

■ they were at war/peace estaban en guerra/paz

■ men at work hombres trabajando

■ they've been at it all day han estado todo el día dale que te pego

■ those kids are at it again esos críos han vuelto a empezar

6 (ability)

■ he's good at French va bien en francés

■ she's bad at painting no pinta bien

■ you're great at swimming eres un fantástico nadador

adjective

1 (reaction, result)

■ I'm surprised at you me sorprendes

■ she was horrified/astounded at the sentence quedó horrorizada/pasmada ante la sentencia

■ he blows his top at the slightest provocation salta a la mínima

■ at the flick of a switch con sólo tocar un botón

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

at first al principio

at last! ¡por fin!

at least por lo menos

at most como máximo

at the earliest lo más pronto

at the latest como tarde, a lo más tardar

at the moment ahora

at worst en el peor de los casos

at ['æt] prep

1) : en

at the top: en lo alto

at peace: en paz

at Ana's house: en casa de Ana

2) : a

at the rear: al fondo

at 10 o'clock: a las diez

3) : por

at last: por fin

to be surprised at something: sorprenderse por algo

4) : de

he's laughing at you: está riéndose de ti

5) : para

you're good at this: eres bueno para esto

at (\@) (Typography)

n.

• arroba s.f.

prep.

• a prep.

• de prep.

• en prep.

• en casa de prep.

• hacia prep.

æt, weak form ət
preposition

1) ( location) en

at Daniel's — en casa de Daniel, donde Daniel, en lo de Daniel (RPl)

don't call me at the office — no me llames a la oficina

who was at the wedding? — ¿quién estuvo en la boda?

where it's at — (colloq)

Dino's is where it's at — el lugar del momento es Dino's

2) ( direction)

to point at something/somebody — señalar algo/a alguien

she aimed the gun at him — le apuntó con la pistola

he smiled at me — me sonrió

3) ( time)

at 6 o'clock — a las seis

at Christmas — en Navidad, por Navidades (Esp)

at night — por la noche, de noche

at that very moment — en ese mismo momento

4)

a) ( indicating state)

at a disadvantage — en desventaja

at war/peace — en guerra/paz

b) ( occupied with)

people at work — gente trabajando

children at play — niños jugando

to be at it — (colloq)

she's been hard at it studying all morning — ha estado toda la mañana dale que dale estudiando (fam)

they're at it again! — han vuelto a empezar!

while you're at it you can wipe the table — ya que estás (en ello) pásale un trapo a la mesa

to be at something: she's been at my things ha estado hurgando en mis cosas; Joe's been at the brandy again Joe le ha vuelto a dar al brandy (fam); to be (on) at somebody darle* la lata a alguien (fam); she's been on at him to stop smoking — le ha estado dando la lata para que deje de fumar

5)

a) (with measurements, numbers, rates etc)

they sell them at around $80 — las venden a alrededor de $80

three at a time — de tres en tres

at 80 mph — a 80 mph

at high temperatures — a altas temperaturas

at a depth of 200m — a una profundidad de 200m

b) ( with superlative)

at the latest — a más tardar

bureaucracy at its most exasperating — la burocracia en su forma más exasperante

French cooking at its best — lo mejor de la cocina francesa

6) ( because of)

he was surprised at the decision — le sorprendió la decisión

they fled at the sound of footsteps — huyeron al oír pasos

7) ( concerning)

she's good at her job — hace bien su trabajo

I'm bad at organizing things — no sirvo para organizar cosas

[æt]
When at is an element in a phrasal verb, eg look at, look up the verb. PREP
1) (position)

a) (specifying rough location) en

there weren't many people at the party/lecture — no había mucha gente en la fiesta/conferencia

at the hairdresser's/supermarket — en la peluquería/el supermercado

at the office — en la oficina

at school — en la escuela, en el colegio

at sea — en el mar

at table — en la mesa

at John's — en casa de Juan

where it's at —

Glasgow's where it's at — en Glasgow es donde está la movida *, en Glasgow es donde está el rollo (Sp) *

where we're at —

I'll just run through where we're at — te voy a poner al tanto or al corriente de cuál es la situación

b) (specifying position)

• my room's at the back of the house — mi dormitorio está en la parte de atrás de la casa

• the dress fastens at the back — el vestido se abrocha por detrás

• at the bottom of the stairs — al pie de las escaleras

• to stand at the door — estar de pie or (LAm) parado en la puerta

• at the edge — en el borde

• my room's at the front of the house — mi dormitorio está en la parte delantera de la casa

the dress fastens at the front — el vestido se abrocha por delante

• at the top — (gen) en lo alto; (of mountain) en la cumbre

• to be at the window — estar junto a la ventana

he came in at the window — entró por la ventana

c) (esp Internet) (=name of \@ symbol) arroba f

"my email address is jones at collins dot uk" — (jones\@collins.uk) -mi dirección electrónica es jones arroba collins punto uk

2) (direction) (=towards) hacia

the car was coming straight at us — el coche venía directo hacia nosotros

to look at sth — mirar algo

3) (time, age) a

at four o'clock — a las cuatro

at midday — a mediodía

at 16 he was already a household name — a los 16 años era ya un nombre muy conocido

at lunchtime — a la hora de la comida, a la hora de almorzar

• at an early age — de pequeño/pequeña

• at Christmas — por or en Navidades

• at Easter — en Semana Santa

• at the moment — en este momento

at that moment the bomb went off — en aquel momento estalló la bomba

• at night — de noche, por la noche

• at a time like this — en un momento como este

at my time of life — con los años que tengo

4) (rate) a

at 50p a kilo — a 50 peniques el kilo

at 50p each — (a) 50 peniques cada uno

at a high price — a un precio elevado

at 4% interest — al 4% de interés

two at a time — de dos en dos

to go at 100km an hour — ir a 100km por hora

5) (activity)

he's good at games — se le dan bien los deportes

• at it, while you're at it * — (=doing it) de paso; (=by the way) a propósito

she's at it again * — otra vez con las mismas

• boys at play — muchachos que juegan, los muchachos cuando juegan

• I could tell she'd been at the whisky — se notaba que le había estado dando al whisky *

• at war — en guerra

• to be at work — (=working) estar trabajando; (=in the office) estar en la oficina

6) (manner)

• acting at its best — una actuación de antología

• at peace — en paz

• at a run — corriendo, a la carrera

• at full speed — a toda velocidad

7) (cause)

to awaken at the least sound — despertarse al menor ruido

at her cries — al escuchar sus gritos

at my request — a petición mía

at his suggestion — a sugerencia suya

• I was shocked/ surprised at the news — me escandalizó/sorprendió la noticia

* * *
[æt], weak form [ət]
preposition

1) ( location) en

at Daniel's — en casa de Daniel, donde Daniel, en lo de Daniel (RPl)

don't call me at the office — no me llames a la oficina

who was at the wedding? — ¿quién estuvo en la boda?

where it's at — (colloq)

Dino's is where it's at — el lugar del momento es Dino's

2) ( direction)

to point at something/somebody — señalar algo/a alguien

she aimed the gun at him — le apuntó con la pistola

he smiled at me — me sonrió

3) ( time)

at 6 o'clock — a las seis

at Christmas — en Navidad, por Navidades (Esp)

at night — por la noche, de noche

at that very moment — en ese mismo momento

4)

a) ( indicating state)

at a disadvantage — en desventaja

at war/peace — en guerra/paz

b) ( occupied with)

people at work — gente trabajando

children at play — niños jugando

to be at it — (colloq)

she's been hard at it studying all morning — ha estado toda la mañana dale que dale estudiando (fam)

they're at it again! — han vuelto a empezar!

while you're at it you can wipe the table — ya que estás (en ello) pásale un trapo a la mesa

to be at something: she's been at my things ha estado hurgando en mis cosas; Joe's been at the brandy again Joe le ha vuelto a dar al brandy (fam); to be (on) at somebody darle* la lata a alguien (fam); she's been on at him to stop smoking — le ha estado dando la lata para que deje de fumar

5)

a) (with measurements, numbers, rates etc)

they sell them at around $80 — las venden a alrededor de $80

three at a time — de tres en tres

at 80 mph — a 80 mph

at high temperatures — a altas temperaturas

at a depth of 200m — a una profundidad de 200m

b) ( with superlative)

at the latest — a más tardar

bureaucracy at its most exasperating — la burocracia en su forma más exasperante

French cooking at its best — lo mejor de la cocina francesa

6) ( because of)

he was surprised at the decision — le sorprendió la decisión

they fled at the sound of footsteps — huyeron al oír pasos

7) ( concerning)

she's good at her job — hace bien su trabajo

I'm bad at organizing things — no sirvo para organizar cosas

English-spanish dictionary > at
5 comer

noun late-comers will not be admitted; We welcome all comers.) participante, asistente

comer ( conjugate comer) verbo intransitivo
a) ( en general) to eat;

◊ no tengo ganas de comer I'm not hungry;
este niño no me come nada (fam) this child won't eat anything (colloq); dar(le) de comer a algn (en la boca) to spoonfeed sb; darle de comer al gato/al niño to feed the cat/the kid; salir a comer (fuera) to go out for a meal, to eat out; ¿qué hay de comer? ( a mediodía) what's for lunch?; ( por la noche) what's for dinner o supper?
b) (esp Esp, Méx) ( almorzar) to have lunch;

◊ nos invitaron a comer they asked us to lunch

c) (esp AmL) ( cenar) to have dinner
verbo transitivo
a) ‹fruta/verdura/carne› to eat;

◊ ¿puedo comer otro? can I have another one?;
no tienen qué comer they don't have anything to eat
b) (fam) ( hacer desaparecer) See Also→ comerse 3

c) (en ajedrez, damas) to take
comerse verbo pronominal 1
a) ( al escribir) ‹acento/palabra› to leave off;
‹línea/párrafo› to miss out
b) ( al hablar) ‹ letra› to leave off;
‹ palabra› to swallow 2 ( enf) ‹ comida› to eat;
◊ cómetelo todo eat it all up;
comerse las uñas to bite one's nails 3 (fam) ( hacer desaparecer)
a) [acido/óxido] to eat away (at);
[polilla/ratón] to eat away (at)
b) [inflación/alquiler] ‹sueldo/ahorros› to eat away at

comer
I verbo transitivo
1 to eat
2 (en el parchís, etc) to take
3 (estrechar) ese corte de pelo te come la cara, that haircut makes your face look thinner
ese mueble te come mucho salón, that piece of furniture makes your living room look smaller
II verbo intransitivo to eat: hay que darle de comer al perro, we have to feed the dog Locuciones: familiar comer como una lima, to eat like a horse familiar comer el coco/tarro a alguien, to brainwash somebody
sin comerlo ni beberlo, le pusieron una sanción, although he has nothing to do with it, he was disciplined ' comer' also found in these entries: Spanish: acostumbrar - aire - algo - alimentar - carrillo - cosa - dar - deshora - después - empezar - emplazar - enana - enano - estomacal - exacerbar - exigua - exiguo - gana - hambre - hasta - hincharse - jambar - le - leguminosa - menda - mierda - picar - reserva - rollo - sabañón - saciedad - saque - sopor - tarde - tarro - terminar - tragar - troglodita - tutiplén - a - acabar - ansia - apretujado - austero - barato - barbaridad - bueno - carta - chocolate - de English: any - avoid - before - bolt - brisk - buffet - company - conscious - craving - crunch - cut out - digestion - directive - eat - eat out - entertain - fancy - feed - feeding - finish - for - forage - free rein - full - go - go out - good - grab - grain - guzzle - have - hour - invite - just - leftovers - linger - lunch - lunchtime - mealtime - mop - nosh - out - overwhelming - pick at - plate - plough through - process - put away - spoon-feed - spot

comer

tr['kʌmə^SMALLr/SMALL]

noun

1 participante nombre masulino o femenino, asistente nombre masulino o femenino

■ the race is open to all comers la carrera está abierta a todo el que se presente

comer

n.

• persona que promete s.f.

• viviente s.m.

'kʌmər, 'kʌmə(r)
noun

a)

all comers: the contest is open to all comers — el certamen está abierto al público en general or a todos los que quieran participar

b) (promising person, thing) (AmE colloq)

she/he/it looks like a comer — parece que tiene posibilidades or futuro, parece prometedora/prometedor

['kʌmǝ(r)]
N
the first comer — el primero/la primera en llegar

he has defended his title against all comers — ha defendido su título contra todos los contendientes

* * *
['kʌmər, 'kʌmə(r)]
noun

a)

all comers: the contest is open to all comers — el certamen está abierto al público en general or a todos los que quieran participar

b) (promising person, thing) (AmE colloq)

she/he/it looks like a comer — parece que tiene posibilidades or futuro, parece prometedora/prometedor

English-spanish dictionary > comer
6 do

I 1. transitive verb,
neg. coll. don't, pres. t. he does, neg. (coll.) doesn't, p.t. did, neg. (coll.) didn't, pres. p. doing, p.p. done

1) (perform) machen [Hausaufgaben, Hausarbeit, Examen, Handstand]; vollbringen [Tat]; tun, erfüllen [Pflicht]; tun, verrichten [Arbeit]; ausführen [Malerarbeiten]; vorführen [Trick, Striptease, Nummer, Tanz]; durchführen [Test]; aufführen [Stück]; singen [Lied]; mitmachen [Rennen, Wettbewerb]; spielen [Musikstück, Rolle]; tun [Buße]

do the shopping/washing up/cleaning — einkaufen [gehen]/abwaschen/sauber machen

do a lot of reading/walking — etc. viel lesen/spazieren gehen usw.

do a dance/the foxtrot — tanzen/Foxtrott tanzen

have nothing to do — nichts zu tun haben

do something to something/somebody — etwas mit etwas/jemandem machen

what can I do for you? — was kann ich für Sie tun?; (in shop) was darf's sein?

do something about something/somebody — etwas gegen etwas/jemanden unternehmen

not know what to do with oneself — nicht wissen, was man machen soll

that does it — jetzt reicht's (ugs.)

that's done it — (caused a change for the worse) das hat das Fass zum Überlaufen gebracht; (caused a change for the better) das hätten wir

that will/should do it — so müsste es gehen; (is enough) das müsste genügen

do a Garbo — (coll.) es der Garbo (Dat.) gleichtun

how many miles has this car done? — wie viele Kilometer hat der Wagen gefahren?

the car does/was doing about 100 m.p.h./does 45 miles to the gallon — das Auto schafft/fuhr mit ungefähr 160 Stundenkilometer/frisst (ugs.) od. braucht sechs Liter pro 100 Kilometer

2) (spend)

do a spell in the armed forces — eine Zeit lang bei der Armee sein

how much longer have you to do at college? — wie lange musst du noch aufs College gehen?

3) (produce) machen [Übersetzung, Kopie]; anfertigen [Bild, Skulptur]; herstellen [Artikel, Produkte]; schaffen [Pensum]

4) (provide) haben [Vollpension, Mittagstisch]; (coll.): (offer for sale) führen

5) (prepare) machen [Bett, Frühstück]; (work on) machen (ugs.), fertig machen [Garten, Hecke]; (clean) sauber machen; putzen [Schuhe, Fenster]; machen (ugs.) [Treppe]; (arrange) [zurecht]machen [Haare]; fertig machen [Korrespondenz, Zimmer]; (make up) schminken [Lippen, Augen, Gesicht]; machen (ugs.) [Nägel]; (cut) schneiden [Nägel]; schneiden [Gras, Hecke]; (paint) machen (ugs.) [Zimmer]; streichen [Haus, Möbel]; (attend to) sich kümmern um [Bücher, Rechnungen, Korrespondenz]; (repair) in Ordnung bringen

6) (cook) braten

well done — durch[gebraten]

7) (solve) lösen [Problem, Rätsel]; machen [Puzzle, Kreuzworträtsel]

8) (study, work at) machen; haben [Abiturfach]

9) (sl.): (swindle) reinlegen (ugs.)

do somebody out of something — jemanden um etwas bringen

10) (sl.): (defeat, kill) fertig machen (ugs.)

11) (traverse) schaffen [Entfernung]

12) (sl.): (undergo) absitzen, (salopp) abreißen [Strafe]

13) (coll.): (visit) besuchen

do Europe in three weeks — Europa in drei Wochen absolvieren od. abhaken (ugs.)

14) (satisfy) zusagen (+ Dat.); (suffice for, last) reichen (+ Dat.)
2. intransitive verb, forms as
1.

1) (act) tun; (perform) spielen

you can do just as you like — du kannst machen, was du willst

do as they do — mach es wie sie

do or die — kämpfen oder untergehen

2) (fare)

how are you doing? — wie geht's dir?

3) (get on) vorankommen; (in exams) abschneiden

how are you doing at school? — wie geht es in der Schule?

do well/badly at school — gut/schlecht in der Schule sein

4)

how do you do? — (formal) guten Tag/Morgen/Abend!

5) (coll.): (manage)

how are we doing for time? — wie steht es mit der Zeit od. (ugs.) sieht es mit der Zeit aus?

6) (serve purpose) es tun; (suffice) [aus]reichen; (be suitable) gehen

that won't do — das geht nicht

that will do! — jetzt aber genug!

7) (be usable)

do for or as something — als etwas benutzt werden können

8) (happen)

what's doing? — was ist los?

there's nothing doing on the job market — es tut sich nichts auf dem Arbeitsmarkt (ugs.)

Nothing doing. He's not interested — Nichts zu machen (ugs.). Er ist nicht interessiert. See also academic.ru/21693/doing">doing; done
3. verb substitute, forms as
1.

1) replacing v.: usually not translated

you mustn't act as he does — du darfst nicht so wie er handeln

2) replacing v. and obj. etc

he read the Bible every day as his father did before him — er las täglich in der Bibel, wie es schon sein Vater vor ihm getan hatte od. wie schon vor ihm sein Vater

as they did in the Middle Ages — wie sie es im Mittelalter taten

3) as ellipt. aux

You went to Paris, didn't you? - Yes, I did — Du warst doch in Paris, oder od. nicht wahr? - Ja[, stimmt od. war ich]

4) with ‘so’, ‘it’, etc

I knew John Lennon. - So did I — Ich kannte John Lennon. - Ich auch

go ahead and do it — nur zu

5) in tag questions

I know you from somewhere, don't I? — wir kennen uns doch irgendwoher, nicht?
4. auxiliary verb
+ inf. as pres. or past, forms as 1.

1) for special emphasis

I do love Greece — Griechenland gefällt mir wirklich gut

I do apologize — es tut mit wirklich leid

you do look glum — du siehst ja so bedrückt aus

but I tell you, I did see him — aber ich sage dir doch, dass ich ihn gesehen habe

2) for inversion

little did he know that... — er hatte keine Ahnung, dass...

3) in questions

do you know him? — kennst du ihn?

what does he want? — was will er?

didn't they look wonderful? — haben sie nicht wunderhübsch ausgesehen?

4) in negation

I don't or do not wish to take part — ich möchte nicht teilnehmen

5) in neg. commands

don't or do not expect to find him in a good mood — erwarten Sie nicht, dass Sie ihn in guter Stimmung antreffen

children, do not forget... — Kinder, vergesst [ja] nicht...

don't be so noisy! — seid [doch] nicht so laut!

don't! — tu's/tut's/tun Sie's nicht!

6) + inf. as imper. for emphasis etc

do sit down, won't you? — bitte setzen Sie sich doch!

do be quiet, Paul! — Paul, sei doch mal ruhig!

do hurry up! — beeil dich doch!

Phrasal Verbs:

- do away with

- do by

- do down

- do for

- do in

- do out

- do up

- do with

- do without
II noun
, pl. dos or do's

1) (sl.): (swindle) Schwindel, der; krumme Sache (ugs.)

2) (Brit. coll.): (festivity) Feier, die; Fete, die (ugs.)

3) in pl.

the dos and don'ts — die Ge- und Verbote (of Gen.)

* * *
[du:] 1. 3rd person singular present tense - does; verb
1) (used with a more important verb in questions and negative statements: Do you smoke?) Hilfsverb in Fragen und bei Verneinung

2) (used with a more important verb for emphasis; ; [ðo sit down]) Hilfsverb zur Betonung

3) (used to avoid repeating a verb which comes immediately before: I thought she wouldn't come, but she did.) statt Wiederholung des Verbs

4) (used with a more important verb after seldom, rarely and little: Little did he know what was in store for him.) bei Inversion

5) (to carry out or perform: What shall I do?; That was a terrible thing to do.) tun

6) (to manage to finish or complete: When you've done that, you can start on this; We did a hundred kilometres in an hour.) schaffen

7) (to perform an activity concerning something: to do the washing; to do the garden / the windows.) machen

8) (to be enough or suitable for a purpose: Will this piece of fish do two of us?; That'll do nicely; Do you want me to look for a blue one or will a pink one do?; Will next Saturday do for our next meeting?) genügen

9) (to work at or study: She's doing sums; He's at university doing science.) sich beschäftigen mit

10) (to manage or prosper: How's your wife doing?; My son is doing well at school.) sich befinden

11) (to put in order or arrange: She's doing her hair.) herrichten

12) (to act or behave: Why don't you do as we do?)

13) (to give or show: The whole town gathered to do him honour.) erweisen

14) (to cause: What damage did the storm do?; It won't do him any harm.) zufügen

15) (to see everything and visit everything in: They tried to do London in four days.) erledigen
2. noun
(an affair or a festivity, especially a party: The school is having a do for Christmas.) das Fest

- doer
- doings
- done
- do-it-yourself
- to-do
- I
- he could be doing with / could do with
- do away with
- do for
- done for
- done in
- do out
- do out of
- do's and don'ts
- do without
- to do with
- what are you doing with
* * *

do

[du:]

I. AUXILIARY VERB

<does, did, done>

1. (forming question)

\do you like children? magst du Kinder?

did he see you? hat er dich gesehen?

what did you say? was hast du gesagt?

\do you/ \does he/she indeed [or now]? tatsächlich?

\do I like cheese? — I love cheese! ob ich Käse mag? — ich liebe Käse!

2. (negating verb)

Frida \doesn't like olives Frida mag keine Oliven

I \don't want to go yet! ich will noch nicht gehen!

I \don't smoke ich rauche nicht

it \doesn't matter das macht nichts

\don't [you] speak to me like that! sprich nicht so mit mir!

\don't be silly sei nicht albern!

\don't let's argue about it lasst uns deswegen nicht streiten

3. (for emphasis)

\do come to our party ach komm doch zu unserer Party

may I join you? — please \do! kann ich mitkommen? — aber bitte!

boy, did he yell! der hat vielleicht geschrieen! fam

so you \do like beer after all du magst also doch Bier

you \do look tired du siehst wirklich müde aus

\do shut up, Sarah halte bloß deinen Mund, Sarah

\do tell me! sag's mir doch!

\do I/ \does he/she ever! und ob!

4. (inverting verb)

not only did I speak to her, I even... ich habe nicht nur mit ihr gesprochen, sondern auch...

little \does she know sie hat echt keine Ahnung; (not yet) sie ahnt noch nichts; ( form)

never did I hear such a terrible noise noch nie habe ich so ein schreckliches Geräusch gehört

5. (replacing verb)

she runs much faster than he \does sie läuft viel schneller als er

he said he wouldn't come, but fortunately he did er meinte, dass er nicht kommen würde, aber glücklicherweise tat er es dann doch

\do you like Chopin? — yes, I \do/no, I \don't mögen Sie Chopin? — ja/nein

who ate the cake? — I did!/didn't! wer hat den Kuchen gegessen? — ich!/ich nicht!

I don't like Chinese food — nor [or neither] \do I/I \do ich esse nicht gerne Chinesisch — ich auch nicht/ich schon

... so \do I... ich auch

so you don't like her — I \do! du magst sie also nicht — doch!

6. (requesting affirmation)

you don't understand the question, \do you? Sie verstehen die Frage nicht, stimmt's?

you do understand what I mean, \don't you? du verstehst [doch], was ich meine, oder?

7. (expressing surprise)

so they really got married, did they? dann haben sie also wirklich geheiratet!

II. TRANSITIVE VERB

<does, did, done>

1. (perform)

▪ to \do sth etw tun [o machen]

what shall I \do now? was soll ich jetzt machen?

just \do it! mach's einfach!

what are you \doing over the weekend? was machst du am Wochenende?

haven't you got anything better to \do? hast du nichts Besseres zu tun?

justice must be done Gerechtigkeit muss sein

he \does nothing but complain er beklagt sich echt den ganzen Tag lang fam

what have you done to her? was hast du mit ihr gemacht?

what are these toys \doing here? was macht das [ganze] Spielzeug hier?

what's the front door \doing open? warum steht die Haustür offen?

what on earth are you \doing [there]! was um alles in der Welt machst du denn da?

I'm sorry, it simply can't be done before next weekend tut mir leid, aber vor dem nächsten Wochenende geht es einfach nicht

that was a stupid thing to \do das war dumm!

what have you done with my coat? wo hast du meinen Mantel hingetan?

to \do one's best sein Bestes tun [o geben]

to \do business with sb mit jdm Geschäfte machen fam

to \do lunch esp AM auswärts zu Mittag essen

to \do nothing of the sort nichts dergleichen tun

2. (undertake)

▪ to \do sth with sb/oneself etw mit jdm/sich anfangen

what am I going to \do with myself while you are away? was soll ich nur die ganze Zeit machen, wenn du nicht da bist

3. (help)

▪ to \do sth for sb etw für jdn tun

what can I \do for you? was kann ich für Sie tun?

you never \do anything for me! du tust nie was für mich!

can you \do anything for my bad back, doctor? können Sie was gegen meine Rückenbeschwerden tun, Herr Doktor?

these pills have done nothing for me diese Pillen haben mir überhaupt nicht geholfen

4. (use for)

▪ to \do sth with sth etw mit etw dat tun

what are you going to \do with that hammer? was hast du mit dem Hammer vor?

what should we \do with this box? was sollen wir mit dieser Kiste machen?

5. (job)

to \do sth for a living mit etw dat seinen Lebensunterhalt verdienen

what \does your mother \do? was macht deine Mutter beruflich?

6. (take action)

▪ to \do sth about sth etw gegen etw akk tun

I know I drink too much, but I can't \do anything about it ich weiß, dass ich zu viel trinke, aber ich kann nichts dagegen tun

what is to be done about that? was kann man dagegen tun?

\don't just stand there, \do something! stehen Sie doch nicht nur so rum, tun Sie was!

7. (deal with)

▪ to \do sth etw machen [o erledigen]

if you \do the washing up,... wenn du abspülst,...

let me \do the talking überlass mir das Reden

today we're going to \do Chapter 4 heute beschäftigen wir uns mit Kapitel 4

I found someone to \do the garden wall ich habe jemanden gefunden, der die Gartenmauer bauen wird

to \do one's homework [seine] Hausaufgaben machen

to \do the shopping einkaufen

8. (learn)

▪ to \do sth:

have you ever done any Chinese? hast du jemals Chinesisch gelernt?

Diane did History at London University Diane hat an der London University Geschichte [im Hauptfach] studiert

9. (solve)

▪ to \do sth riddle etw lösen

to \do a crossword ein Kreuzworträtsel lösen [o fam machen]

can you \do this sum for me? kannst du das für mich zusammenrechnen?

10. ( fam: finish)

▪ to be done:

are you done? bist du jetzt fertig? fam

11. (produce)

▪ to \do sth for sb [or sb sth] etw für jdn machen

can you \do me 20 photocopies of this report? kannst du mir diesen Bericht 20-mal abziehen?

12. (tidy)

to \do the dishes das Geschirr abspülen [o SCHWEIZ abwaschen]

to \do one's nails (varnish) sich dat die Nägel lackieren; (cut) sich dat die Nägel schneiden

to \do one's shoes seine Schuhe putzen

to \do one's teeth sich dat die Zähne putzen

13. (arrange)

to \do a bow tie eine Schleife binden

to \do flowers Blumen arrangieren

to get one's hair done zum Friseur [o SCHWEIZ Coiffeur] gehen

where \do you get your hair done? zu welchem Friseur gehst du?

14. (visit)

▪ to \do sth etw besichtigen

to \do India eine Indienreise machen

to \do Nice sich dat Nizza ansehen

15. AUTO

to \do 100 km/h 100 fahren fam

16. (travel)

to \do Paris to Bordeaux in five hours in fünf Stunden von Paris nach Bordeaux fahren

17. (suffice)

▪ to \do sb jdm genügen

that'll \do me nicely, thank you das reicht mir dicke, danke! fam

I only have diet cola — will that \do you? ich habe nur Diätcola — trinkst du die auch?

18. (provide)

▪ to \do sth:

this pub only \does food at lunchtime in diesem Pub gibt es nur zur Mittagszeit etwas zu essen

\do you \do travel insurance as well? bieten Sie auch Reiseversicherungen an?

sorry, we \don't \do hot meals tut mir leid, bei uns gibt es nur kalte Küche

19. (cook)

to \do the cooking kochen

how long should the carrots be done for? wie lange müssen die Karotten kochen?

could you \do me something without fish? könntest du mir etwas ohne Fisch kochen?

20. (cause)

▪ to \do sb sth jdm etw tun

to \do sb a favour jdm einen Gefallen tun

to \do sb good jdm gut tun

it would \do you good to get some fresh air es würde dir gut tun, etwas frische Luft zu schnappen

to \do sb harm jdm schaden; see also credit, honour, justice

21. esp BRIT (serve)

▪ to \do sb jdn drannehmen

but he said he'd \do me next aber er sagte, dass ich als Nächste drankäme!

22. (treat well)

to \do sb well jdn verwöhnen

to \do oneself well es sich dat gutgehen lassen

23. (act)

▪ to \do sth play etw aufführen

to \do a role eine Rolle spielen

who did James Bond before Roger Moore? wer hat James Bond vor Roger Moore gespielt?

24. (impersonate)

▪ to \do sb/sth jdn/etw nachmachen

he \does a brilliant Churchill er kann Churchill wunderbar nachmachen; ( fig)

I hope she won't \do a Mary and get divorced six months after her wedding ich hoffe, sie macht es nicht wie Mary und lässt sich sechs Monate nach ihrer Hochzeit wieder scheiden

25. ( fam sl: rob)

▪ to \do sth in etw dat einen Bruch machen sl

26. ( fam: cheat)

▪ to \do sb jdn übers Ohr hauen fam

he did me for a thousand quid for that car er hat mir einen Tausender für das Auto abgeknöpft

27. ( fam: be in jail)

to \do 5 years [for sth] [wegen einer S. gen] fünf Jahre sitzen

if you're not careful, you'll end up \doing time again wenn du nicht vorsichtig bist, musst du wieder sitzen

28. esp BRIT ( fam: punish)

▪ to \do sb jdn fertigmachen fam

to get done for sth (by the police) wegen einer S. gen von der Polizei angehalten werden; (by a court) für etw akk verurteilt werden

29. ( fam: take drugs)

▪ to \do sth:

how long have you been \doing heroin? wie lange nimmst du schon Heroin?

30. (translate)

to be done into French/German book ins Französische/Deutsche übersetzt worden sein

to \do a translation übersetzen

31. (exhaust)

▪ to have done sb:

this last climb has really done me diese letzte Tour hat mir wirklich den Rest gegeben

32. ( fam: impress)

sth \does nothing for sb etw reißt jdn nicht gerade vom Hocker fam

Bach has never done anything for me Bach hat mich noch nie sonderlich vom Hocker gerissen fam

that film really did something to me dieser Film hat mich wirklich beeindruckt; (excite sexually)

you really \do something to me, you know du machst mich echt an, weißt du [das] fam

33. ( euph fam: have sex)

▪ to \do it with sb mit jdm schlafen euph

how old were you when you first did it? wie alt warst du bei deinem ersten Mal?

34. (don't mention)

\don't good morning me! komm mir nicht mit guten Morgen!

35.

▶ what's done cannot be undone ( prov)

▶ what's done is done ( saying) was passiert ist, ist passiert

▶ that \does it! so, das war's jetzt!

▶ that's done it! jetzt haben wir die Bescherung! fam

III. INTRANSITIVE VERB

<does, did, done>

1. (behave)

to \do right [or the right thing] das Richtige tun

to \do well to do sth gut daran tun, etw zu tun

to \do as one pleases tun, was einem Spaß macht

\do as I \do mach's wie ich fam

\do as you're told tu, was man dir sagt

2. (fare)

sb is \doing badly/fine [or all right] [or well] jdm geht es schlecht/gut

mother and baby are \doing well Mutter und Kind sind wohlauf

how is your mother \doing? wie geht es deiner Mutter?

how is Mary \doing in her new job? wie geht es Mary in ihrem neuen Job?

you could \do better du könntest besser sein; (perform) du könntest es besser machen

George has done well for himself George hat es für seine Verhältnisse weit gebracht

our daughter is \doing well at school unsere Tochter ist gut in der Schule

to be \doing well out of sth erfolgreich mit etw dat sein

3. ( fam: finish)

have you done? bist du fertig?

have you done with those scissors yet? brauchst du die Schere noch?

I haven't done with you yet ich bin noch nicht fertig mit dir

4. (be acceptable, suffice) passen, in Ordnung sein

that'll \do das ist o.k. so

will £10 \do? reichen 10 Pfund?

this kind of behaviour just won't \do! so ein Verhalten geht einfach nicht an!

do you think this will \do for a blanket? glaubst du, das können wir als Decke nehmen?

that'll \do as a cushion das geht [erstmal] als Kissen

this will \do just fine as a table das wird einen guten Tisch abgeben

this will have to \do for a meal das muss als Essen genügen

will this room \do? ist dieses Zimmer o.k. für Sie?

it doesn't \do to criticize your parents seine Eltern kritisiert man nicht

will it \do if I get those books to you by Friday? reicht es, wenn ich dir die Bücher bis Freitag bringe?

we'll make \do with $100 100 Dollar müssen reichen

that will never \do das geht einfach nicht

▪ to \do [for sb] sich akk [für jdn] eignen

5. ( fam: happen)

this town is so boring — there's never anything \doing diese Stadt ist so langweilig — nie tut sich was

6.

▶ it isn't done BRIT es ist nicht üblich

▶ how \do you \do? ( form or dated: as introduction) angenehm

▶ \do unto others as you would they should \do unto you ( prov) was du nicht willst, das man dir tut, das füg auch keinem andern zu prov

▶ what's \doing? ( fam) was ist los?

▶ that will \do jetzt reicht's aber!

IV. NOUN

1. esp BRIT, AUS ( fam: party) Fete f fam

a big \do eine Riesenfete fam

2. BRIT (sl: swindle) Schwindel m fam

3. BRIT ( fam: treatment)

fair \dos gleiches Recht für alle

4. AM (sl)

that's some \do you've got! das ist ja eine Frisur, die du da hast!

5. no pl (droppings)

dog \do Hundehäufchen nt

6. (allowed, not allowed)

the \dos and \don'ts was man tun und was man nicht tun sollte

* * *
I [dəʊ]
n (MUS)
Do nt II [duː] vb: pret did, ptp done
1. AUXILIARY VERB
There is no equivalent in German to the use of do in questions, negative statements and negative commands.
1)

interrogative, negative do you understand? — verstehen Sie?

I don't or do not understand — ich verstehe nicht

what did he say? — was hat er gesagt?

didn't you or did you not know? — haben Sie das nicht gewusst?

don't be silly! — sei nicht albern!

2) in question tags oder

you know him, don't you? — Sie kennen ihn doch?, Sie kennen ihn (doch), oder?

you don't know him, do you? — Sie kennen ihn also nicht, oder?

so you know them, do you? (in surprise) — Sie kennen sie also wirklich or tatsächlich!

he does understand, doesn't he? —

he didn't go, did he? — er ist (doch) nicht gegangen, oder?

3)

substitute for another verb you speak better German than I do — Sie sprechen besser Deutsch als ich

he likes cheese and so do I — er isst gern Käse und ich auch

he doesn't like cheese and neither do I — er mag keinen Käse und ich auch nicht

I don't like cheese but he does — ich mag keinen Käse, aber er schon

they said he would go and he did — sie sagten, er würde gehen und das tat er (dann) auch

4)

in tag responses do you see them often? – yes, I do/no, I don't — sehen Sie sie oft? – ja/nein

do you serve food? – yes, we do — gibts bei Ihnen Essen? – ja

you didn't go, did you? – yes, I did — Sie sind nicht gegangen, oder? – doch

they speak French – oh, do they? — sie sprechen Französisch – ja?, ach, wirklich or tatsächlich?

they speak German – do they really? — sie sprechen Deutsch – wirklich?

may I come in? – do! — darf ich hereinkommen? – ja, bitte

shall I open the window? – no, don't! — soll ich das Fenster öffnen? – nein, bitte nicht!

who broke the window? – I did — wer hat das Fenster eingeschlagen? – ich

5)

for emphasis DO come! (esp Brit) — kommen Sie doch (bitte)!

DO shut up! (esp Brit) — (nun) sei doch (endlich) ruhig!

do tell him that... (esp Brit) —

well do I remember him! — und ob ich mich an ihn erinnere!

it's very expensive, but I DO like it — es ist zwar sehr teuer, aber es gefällt mir nun mal

so you DO know them! — Sie kennen sie also doch!

2. TRANSITIVE VERB

1) tun, machen

I've done a stupid thing —

to do sth again — etw noch (ein)mal tun or machen

sorry, it's impossible, it can't be done — tut mir leid, (ist) ausgeschlossen, es lässt sich nicht machen

can you do it by yourself? —

we did the journey in eight hours — wir haben die Fahrt in acht Stunden geschafft

to do the housework/one's homework —

who did the choreography/the cover design? we'll have to get someone to do the roof — wer hat die Choreografie/den Umschlagentwurf gemacht? wir müssen jemanden bestellen, der das Dach macht (inf)

could you do this letter please — tippen Sie bitte diesen Brief

you do the painting and I'll do the papering — du streichst an und ich tapeziere

he does the film crits for the magazine — er schreibt die Filmkritiken für die Zeitschrift

to do the flowers — die Blumen arrangieren

to do one's make-up — sich schminken

to do one's hair — sich frisieren, sich (dat) die Haare (zurecht)machen (inf)

to do one's nails — sich (dat) die Nägel schneiden or (varnish) lackieren

to do one's teeth (Brit) — sich (dat) die Zähne putzen

to do the dishes — spülen, den Abwasch machen

to do the washing — Wäsche waschen

to do the ironing — bügeln

he knows it's a mistake but he can't do anything about it — er weiß, dass es ein Fehler ist, aber er kann nichts dagegen machen or daran ändern

are you doing anything this evening? — haben Sie heute Abend schon etwas vor?

we'll have to do something about this/him — wir müssen da/wir müssen mit ihm etwas tun or unternehmen

do something for me, will you... shut up — tu mir bloß den (einen) Gefallen und halt den Mund

does that do anything for you? — macht dich das an? (inf)

Brecht doesn't do anything for me — Brecht lässt mich kalt (inf) or sagt mir nichts

I've done everything I can — ich habe alles getan, was ich kann

I've got nothing to do — ich habe nichts zu tun

I shall do nothing of the sort — ich werde nichts dergleichen tun

he does nothing but complain — er nörgelt immer nur, er tut nichts als nörgeln (inf)

what's to be done? — was ist da zu tun?

but what can you do? — aber was kann man da machen?

what do you want me to do (about it)? — und was soll ich da tun or machen?

well, do what you can — mach or tu (eben), was du kannst

what have you done to him? — was haben Sie mit ihm gemacht?

now what have you done! — was hast du jetzt bloß wieder angestellt or gemacht?

what are you doing on Saturday? — was machen or tun Sie am Sonnabend?

what do I have to do to get through to him? — was muss ich tun, um zu ihm durchzukommen?

what shall we do for money? — wie machen wir es mit Geld?

how do you do it? — wie macht man das?; (in amazement) wie machen Sie das bloß? __diams; that's done it (inf) so, da haben wirs!, da haben wir die Bescherung! (inf) __diams; that does it! jetzt reichts mir!

2)

as job, profession what does your father do? — was macht Ihr Vater (beruflich)?

3)

= provide service, product what can I do for you? — was kann ich für Sie tun?; (by shop assistant) was darfs sein?

sorry, we don't do lunches — wir haben leider keinen Mittagstisch

we do a wide range of herbal teas —

we only do one style of gloves (= sell) (= produce) — wir haben or führen nur eine Sorte Handschuhe wir stellen nur eine Sorte Handschuhe her

who did the food for your reception? — wer hat bei Ihrem Empfang für das Essen gesorgt?

4)

= complete, finish in pret, ptp only the work's done now — die Arbeit ist gemacht or getan or fertig

what's done cannot be undone — was geschehen ist, kann man nicht ungeschehen machen

or I'm not done telling you what I think of you — mit dir bin ich noch lange nicht fertig

are you done? (inf) — bist du endlich or schon (iro) fertig?

5) = study, cover durchnehmen, haben

we've done Milton — wir haben Milton gelesen or durchgenommen

I've never done any German — ich habe nie Deutsch gelernt or gehabt

6) COOK machen (inf)

to do the cooking — kochen

how do you like your steak done? — wie möchten Sie Ihr Steak?

well done — durch(gebraten)

is the meat done? — ist das Fleisch fertig (gebraten) or durch?

7) = solve lösen; sum, crossword, puzzle etc lösen, machen

8) = take customer drannehmen

the barber said he'd do me next — der Friseur sagte, er würde mich als Nächsten drannehmen

9) Theat, Film part spielen

to do Hamlet — den Hamlet spielen

10) = take off, mimic nachmachen

he does a brilliant Charlie Chaplin — er kann Charlie Chaplin hervorragend nachmachen

she does the worried mother very convincingly — sie spielt die besorgte Mutter sehr überzeugend

11) = visit, see sights of city, country, museum besuchen, abhaken (inf)

12) AUT ETC fahren, machen (inf)

this car does or can do or will do 100 — das Auto fährt or macht (inf) 100

13)

= treat (Brit inf) they do you very well at that hotel — in dem Hotel ist man gut untergebracht or aufgehoben

they do you very well at that restaurant — in dem Restaurant isst man sehr gut __diams; to do oneself well es sich (dat) gut gehen lassen

14) = be suitable for inf passen (sb jdm); (= be sufficient for) reichen (sb jdm)

that will do me nicely — das reicht dicke (inf) or allemal

15) = cheat inf übers Ohr hauen (inf), reinlegen (inf)

you've been done! — du bist reingelegt or übers Ohr gehauen worden

I was done for £80 — mit £ 80 hat man mich ganz schön übers Ohr gehauen (inf)

16) = burgle inf einbrechen in (+acc)

the office was done last night — im Büro ist gestern Nacht ein Bruch gemacht worden (sl)

17)

= hurt Brit inf I'll do you! — dir besorg ichs noch! (inf)

18)

= tire out (inf) I'm absolutely done (in)! — ich bin völlig geschafft or erledigt or fertig (all inf)

19) = take inf drugs nehmen

20) in prison inf 6 years etc sitzen, abreißen (inf)

21)

= translate (old, liter) done into (the) English by... — ins Englische übertragen von...

3. INTRANSITIVE VERB

1)

= act do as I do — mach es wie ich

he did well to take advice — er tat gut daran, sich beraten zu lassen

he did right — er hat richtig gehandelt, es war richtig von ihm

he did right/well to go — es war richtig/gut, dass er gegangen ist

2)

= get on, fare how are you doing? — wie gehts (Ihnen)?

I'm not doing so badly — es geht mir gar nicht so schlecht

the patient is doing very well — dem Patienten geht es recht ordentlich

he's doing well at school — er ist gut in der Schule

his business is doing well — sein Geschäft geht gut

the roses are doing well this year — die Rosen stehen dieses Jahr gut

when my uncle died I did quite well — als mein Onkel starb, bin ich ganz gut dabei weggekommen __diams; how do you do? (on introduction) guten Tag/Abend!, angenehm! (form) __diams; what's doing? (inf) was ist los?

3) = be suitable gehen

that will never do! — das geht nicht!

this room will do — das Zimmer geht (inf) or ist in Ordnung

will it do if I come back at 8? — geht es, wenn ich um 8 Uhr zurück bin?

it doesn't do to keep a lady waiting —

will she/it do? — geht sie/das?

4) = be sufficient reichen

can you lend me some money? – will £10 do? —

yes, that'll do — ja, das reicht

you'll have to make do with £10 — £ 10 müssen Ihnen reichen, Sie werden mit £ 10 auskommen müssen __diams; that'll do! jetzt reichts aber!

4. NOUN (Brit inf)

1) = event Veranstaltung f, Sache f (inf); (= party) Fete f (inf)

she had a big do for her eighteenth birthday — an ihrem achtzehnten Geburtstag stieg bei ihr eine Riesenfete (inf)

2) = swindle (Brit) Schwindel m

the whole thing was a do from start to finish — die ganze Sache war von vorne bis hinten ein Schwindel

3) = hairdo esp US Frisur f, Schnitt m

5. dosPLURAL NOUN

the dos and don'ts — was man tun und nicht tun sollte

fair dos (inf) — gleiches Recht für alle

* * *

do¹ [duː; unbetont dʊ; də] prät did [dıd], pperf done [dʌn], 3. sg präs does [dʌz; unbetont dəz]

A v/t

1. tun, machen:

what can I do (for you)? was kann ich (für Sie) tun?, womit kann ich (Ihnen) dienen?;

do sth for sb etwas für jemanden erledigen;

what does he do? was macht er beruflich?, was ist er von Beruf?;

are you doing anything tonight? hast du heute Abend (schon) etwas vor?;

do sth about etwas tun gegen;

what is to be done ( oder to do)? was ist zu tun?, was soll geschehen?;

if it were to do again wenn es noch einmal getan werden müsste;

you can’t do this to me! das kannst du nicht mit mir machen!;

you couldn’t do that to me! das kannst du mir (doch) nicht antun!;

what have you done to my suit? was haben Sie mit meinem Anzug gemacht?;

he promised to do sth er versprach, etwas zu unternehmen;

she did no more than look at him sie sah ihn nur an;

he does not know what to do with his time er weiß nicht, was er mit seiner Zeit anfangen soll;

do sth together etwas gemeinsam oder zusammen unternehmen;

don’t do anything I wouldn’t do hum bleib sauber!; → do with

2. tun, ausführen, vollbringen, Arbeiten verrichten, Verbrechen begehen:

do one’s lessons SCHULE seine (Haus)Aufgaben machen;

he did all the writing er hat alles allein geschrieben;

he did all the talking er führte die Unterhaltung ganz allein, auch ich bin überhaupt nicht zu Wort gekommen;

let me do the talking lass mich sprechen;

it can’t be done es geht nicht, es ist undurchführbar;

the machine does the rest die Maschine erledigt den Rest;

the storm did a lot of material damage der Sturm richtete großen Sachschaden an;

do you think he did it? glaubst du, dass er es getan hat oder dass er es war?; → done B 1, B 2

3. tätigen, machen: → business A 3, A 13

4. tun, leisten, vollbringen:

do one’s best sein Bestes tun, sich alle Mühe geben

5. anfertigen, herstellen, ein Kunstwerk etc auch schaffen:

do a portrait ein Porträt malen;

do a translation eine Übersetzung machen oder anfertigen

6. jemandem etwas (an)tun, zufügen, erweisen: → favor B 2, good A 1, A 2, harm A 1, honor B 1, etc

7. einbringen: → credit A 5

8. erzielen, erreichen:

I did it! ich habe es geschafft!;

now you have done it! iron nun hast du es glücklich geschafft!

9. sich beschäftigen mit, arbeiten an (dat)

10. Speisen zubereiten, besonders kochen oder braten

11. in Ordnung bringen, z. B.

a) das Geschirr abwaschen: → dish A 1 c

b) das Zimmer aufräumen, machen umg

12. herrichten, dekorieren, schmücken

13. (her)richten:

she is having her nails done sie lässt sich maniküren;

he had his teeth done er ließ sich die Zähne richten; → face A 1, hair Bes Redew

14. a) eine Fremdsprache etc lernen

b) einen Autor etc durchnehmen, behandeln

15. eine Aufgabe lösen

16. obs übersetzen, -tragen ( beide:

into German ins Deutsche)

17. a) eine Rolle etc spielen, einen Charakter darstellen:

do Othello den Othello spielen;

do the polite den höflichen Mann spielen oder markieren;

do the host den Gastgeber spielen

b) nachahmen:

he can do all his friends

18. zurücklegen, machen, schaffen umg:

they did 20 miles sie legten 20 Meilen zurück;

the car does 100 m.p.h. der Wagen fährt 160 km/h

19. umg besichtigen, die Sehenswürdigkeiten besichtigen von (oder gen):

do Rome in three days Rom in drei Tagen besichtigen oder umg machen

20. umg genügen (dat):

it will do us for the moment

21. umg erschöpfen, erledigen umg:

they were pretty well done sie waren am Ende (ihrer Kräfte)

22. umg

a) jemanden erledigen, fertigmachen:

I’ll do him in three rounds

b) drannehmen (Friseur etc):

I’ll do you next, sir

23. sl reinlegen, übers Ohr hauen, anschmieren:

do sb out of sth jemanden um etwas erleichtern oder betrügen oder bringen; → brown A

24. sl eine Strafe abbrummen:

he did two years in prison er hat zwei Jahre abgerissen;

he did three months for theft er saß drei Monate wegen Diebstahls

25. umg

a) bewirten

b) unterbringen:

they do you very well here hier werden Sie gut bewirtet; hier sind Sie gut untergebracht

26. behandeln: → well¹ A 1

27. bringen (obs außer in):

do to death töten, umbringen

28. sl einen Bruch machen in (dat), einbrechen in (akk oder dat), ein Auto etc aufbrechen

29. umg bumsen (schlafen mit)

B v/i

1. handeln, vorgehen, tun, sich verhalten:

the premier would do wisely to resign der Premier würde klug handeln oder wäre gut beraten, wenn er zurückträte; → well¹ A 1, A 2

2. (tätig) handeln, wirken:

do or die kämpfen od untergehen;

it’s do or die now! jetzt gehts ums Ganze!

3. weiter-, vorankommen:

do well

a) vorwärtskommen, Erfolge haben ( beide:

with bei, mit), gut abschneiden (in bei, in dat),

b) gut gedeihen (Getreide etc)( → B 4, B 5);

do better sich verbessern

4. Leistungen vollbringen:

do well

a) seine Sache gut machen,

b) viel Geld verdienen ( → B 3, B 5);

he did better than expected er schnitt besser als erwartet ab;

his son is doing well at school seinem Sohn geht es in der Schule gut

5. sich befinden:

do well

a) gesund sein,

b) in guten Verhältnissen leben,

c) sich gut erholen ( → B 3, B 4);

how do you do? guten Tag! (bei der Vorstellung)

6. auskommen, zurande kommen

7. genügen, (aus)reichen, passen, dem Zweck entsprechen oder dienen:

that will (not) do das genügt oder reicht (nicht);

it will do tomorrow es hat Zeit bis morgen;

we’ll make it do wir werden schon damit auskommen

8. angehen, recht sein, sich schicken, passen:

that won’t do!

a) das geht nicht (an)!,

b) das wird nicht gehen!;

it won’t do to be rude mit Grobheit kommt man nicht weit(er), man darf nicht unhöflich sein

9. (im pprerfect) aufhören:

have done! hör auf!, genug (davon)!;

let us have done with it! hören wir auf damit!; → done B 5

C Ersatzverb zur Vermeidung von Wiederholungen v/t & v/i tun (bleibt meist unübersetzt):

he treats his children as I do my dogs er behandelt seine Kinder wie ich meine Hunde;

you know it as well as I do du weißt es so gut wie ich;

he sang better than he had ever done before er sang besser, als (er) je zuvor (gesungen hatte);

she likes cats. so do I ich auch;

he does not work hard, does he? er arbeitet nicht viel, nicht wahr?;

he works hard, doesn’t he? er arbeitet viel, nicht wahr?;

did he buy it? he did ja(wohl);

do you understand? I don’t nein;

he sold his car. did he? wirklich?, so?;

I wanted to go there, and I did so ich wollte hingehen und tat es auch

D Hilfsverb

1. zur Umschreibung in Fragesätzen:

do you know him? kennen Sie ihn?

2. zur Umschreibung in mit not verneinten Sätzen:

I do not believe it ich glaube es nicht;

do not go there gehen Sie nicht hin!;

don’t tun Sie es nicht!, lassen Sie das!

3. zur Verstärkung:

I do apologize tut mir wirklich leid;

you do ask questions du stellst vielleicht Fragen;

do sit down nehmen Sie doch bitte Platz;

I do like it mir gefällt es wirklich;

but I do see it! aber ich sehe es doch!;

I did see it, but ich sah es wohl oder zwar, aber;

do try to understand it versteh das doch;

be quiet, do sei doch still!

4. iron I do enjoy a quiet evening at home es geht doch nichts über einen ruhigen Abend zu Hause

5. bei Umkehrung der normalen Wortstellung nach voranstehendem hardly, little, rarely etc:

rarely does one see such things solche Dinge sieht man (nur) selten

do² [duː] pl dos, do’s [duːz] s

1. sl Schwindel m, Gaunerei f

2. besonders Br umg Fete f, Feier f

3. fair do’s!

a) sei nicht unfair!,

b) gleiches Recht für alle!

4. pl umg Gebote pl:

do’s and don’ts Gebote und Verbote, (Spiel)Regeln

do³ [dəʊ] s MUS do n (Solmisationssilbe)

* * *
I 1. transitive verb,
neg. coll. don't, pres. t. he does, neg. (coll.) doesn't, p.t. did, neg. (coll.) didn't, pres. p. doing, p.p. done

1) (perform) machen [Hausaufgaben, Hausarbeit, Examen, Handstand]; vollbringen [Tat]; tun, erfüllen [Pflicht]; tun, verrichten [Arbeit]; ausführen [Malerarbeiten]; vorführen [Trick, Striptease, Nummer, Tanz]; durchführen [Test]; aufführen [Stück]; singen [Lied]; mitmachen [Rennen, Wettbewerb]; spielen [Musikstück, Rolle]; tun [Buße]

do the shopping/washing up/cleaning — einkaufen [gehen]/abwaschen/sauber machen

do a lot of reading/walking — etc. viel lesen/spazieren gehen usw.

do a dance/the foxtrot — tanzen/Foxtrott tanzen

have nothing to do — nichts zu tun haben

do something to something/somebody — etwas mit etwas/jemandem machen

what can I do for you? — was kann ich für Sie tun?; (in shop) was darf's sein?

do something about something/somebody — etwas gegen etwas/jemanden unternehmen

not know what to do with oneself — nicht wissen, was man machen soll

that does it — jetzt reicht's (ugs.)

that's done it — (caused a change for the worse) das hat das Fass zum Überlaufen gebracht; (caused a change for the better) das hätten wir

that will/should do it — so müsste es gehen; (is enough) das müsste genügen

do a Garbo — (coll.) es der Garbo (Dat.) gleichtun

how many miles has this car done? — wie viele Kilometer hat der Wagen gefahren?

the car does/was doing about 100 m.p.h./does 45 miles to the gallon — das Auto schafft/fuhr mit ungefähr 160 Stundenkilometer/frisst (ugs.) od. braucht sechs Liter pro 100 Kilometer

2) (spend)

do a spell in the armed forces — eine Zeit lang bei der Armee sein

how much longer have you to do at college? — wie lange musst du noch aufs College gehen?

3) (produce) machen [Übersetzung, Kopie]; anfertigen [Bild, Skulptur]; herstellen [Artikel, Produkte]; schaffen [Pensum]

4) (provide) haben [Vollpension, Mittagstisch]; (coll.): (offer for sale) führen

5) (prepare) machen [Bett, Frühstück]; (work on) machen (ugs.), fertig machen [Garten, Hecke]; (clean) sauber machen; putzen [Schuhe, Fenster]; machen (ugs.) [Treppe]; (arrange) [zurecht]machen [Haare]; fertig machen [Korrespondenz, Zimmer]; (make up) schminken [Lippen, Augen, Gesicht]; machen (ugs.) [Nägel]; (cut) schneiden [Nägel]; schneiden [Gras, Hecke]; (paint) machen (ugs.) [Zimmer]; streichen [Haus, Möbel]; (attend to) sich kümmern um [Bücher, Rechnungen, Korrespondenz]; (repair) in Ordnung bringen

6) (cook) braten

well done — durch[gebraten]

7) (solve) lösen [Problem, Rätsel]; machen [Puzzle, Kreuzworträtsel]

8) (study, work at) machen; haben [Abiturfach]

9) (sl.): (swindle) reinlegen (ugs.)

do somebody out of something — jemanden um etwas bringen

10) (sl.): (defeat, kill) fertig machen (ugs.)

11) (traverse) schaffen [Entfernung]

12) (sl.): (undergo) absitzen, (salopp) abreißen [Strafe]

13) (coll.): (visit) besuchen

do Europe in three weeks — Europa in drei Wochen absolvieren od. abhaken (ugs.)

14) (satisfy) zusagen (+ Dat.); (suffice for, last) reichen (+ Dat.)
2. intransitive verb, forms as
1.

1) (act) tun; (perform) spielen

you can do just as you like — du kannst machen, was du willst

do as they do — mach es wie sie

do or die — kämpfen oder untergehen

2) (fare)

how are you doing? — wie geht's dir?

3) (get on) vorankommen; (in exams) abschneiden

how are you doing at school? — wie geht es in der Schule?

do well/badly at school — gut/schlecht in der Schule sein

4)

how do you do? — (formal) guten Tag/Morgen/Abend!

5) (coll.): (manage)

how are we doing for time? — wie steht es mit der Zeit od. (ugs.) sieht es mit der Zeit aus?

6) (serve purpose) es tun; (suffice) [aus]reichen; (be suitable) gehen

that won't do — das geht nicht

that will do! — jetzt aber genug!

7) (be usable)

do for or as something — als etwas benutzt werden können

8) (happen)

what's doing? — was ist los?

there's nothing doing on the job market — es tut sich nichts auf dem Arbeitsmarkt (ugs.)

Nothing doing. He's not interested — Nichts zu machen (ugs.). Er ist nicht interessiert. See also doing; done
3. verb substitute, forms as
1.

1) replacing v.: usually not translated

you mustn't act as he does — du darfst nicht so wie er handeln

2) replacing v. and obj. etc

he read the Bible every day as his father did before him — er las täglich in der Bibel, wie es schon sein Vater vor ihm getan hatte od. wie schon vor ihm sein Vater

as they did in the Middle Ages — wie sie es im Mittelalter taten

3) as ellipt. aux

You went to Paris, didn't you? - Yes, I did — Du warst doch in Paris, oder od. nicht wahr? - Ja[, stimmt od. war ich]

4) with ‘so’, ‘it’, etc

I knew John Lennon. - So did I — Ich kannte John Lennon. - Ich auch

go ahead and do it — nur zu

5) in tag questions

I know you from somewhere, don't I? — wir kennen uns doch irgendwoher, nicht?
4. auxiliary verb
+ inf. as pres. or past, forms as 1.

1) for special emphasis

I do love Greece — Griechenland gefällt mir wirklich gut

I do apologize — es tut mit wirklich leid

you do look glum — du siehst ja so bedrückt aus

but I tell you, I did see him — aber ich sage dir doch, dass ich ihn gesehen habe

2) for inversion

little did he know that... — er hatte keine Ahnung, dass...

3) in questions

do you know him? — kennst du ihn?

what does he want? — was will er?

didn't they look wonderful? — haben sie nicht wunderhübsch ausgesehen?

4) in negation

I don't or do not wish to take part — ich möchte nicht teilnehmen

5) in neg. commands

don't or do not expect to find him in a good mood — erwarten Sie nicht, dass Sie ihn in guter Stimmung antreffen

children, do not forget... — Kinder, vergesst [ja] nicht...

don't be so noisy! — seid [doch] nicht so laut!

don't! — tu's/tut's/tun Sie's nicht!

6) + inf. as imper. for emphasis etc

do sit down, won't you? — bitte setzen Sie sich doch!

do be quiet, Paul! — Paul, sei doch mal ruhig!

do hurry up! — beeil dich doch!

Phrasal Verbs:

- do away with

- do by

- do down

- do for

- do in

- do out

- do up

- do with

- do without
II noun
, pl. dos or do's

1) (sl.): (swindle) Schwindel, der; krumme Sache (ugs.)

2) (Brit. coll.): (festivity) Feier, die; Fete, die (ugs.)

3) in pl.

the dos and don'ts — die Ge- und Verbote (of Gen.)

* * *

v.

(§ p.,p.p.: did, done)

= ausführen v.

tun v.

(§ p.,pp.: tat, getan)

English-german dictionary > do
7 round

1. adjective
1) (shaped like a circle or globe: a round hole; a round stone; This plate isn't quite round.) rund

2) (rather fat; plump: a round face.) lubben, rund
2. adverb
1) (in the opposite direction: He turned round.) rundt

2) (in a circle: They all stood round and listened; A wheel goes round; All (the) year round.) i ring/krets, rundt

3) (from one person to another: They passed the letter round; The news went round.) fra den ene til den andre, rundt

4) (from place to place: We drove round for a while.) omkring, rundt

5) (in circumference: The tree measured two metres round.) i omkrets

6) (to a particular place, usually a person's home: Are you coming round (to our house) tonight?) bortom, innom
3. preposition
1) (on all sides of: There was a wall round the garden; He looked round the room.) rundt, om(kring)

2) (passing all sides of (and returning to the starting-place): They ran round the tree.) omkring

3) (changing direction at: He came round the corner.) rundt

4) (in or to all parts of: The news spread all round the town.) omkring i
4. noun
1) (a complete circuit: a round of drinks (= one for everyone present); a round of golf.) runde, omgang

2) (a regular journey one takes to do one's work: a postman's round.) runde, rute

3) (a burst of cheering, shooting etc: They gave him a round of applause; The soldier fired several rounds.) klappsalve; runde, salve

4) (a single bullet, shell etc: five hundred rounds of ammunition.) skudd

5) (a stage in a competition etc: The winners of the first round will go through to the next.) omgang, runde, spill

6) (a type of song sung by several singers singing the same tune starting in succession.) kanon
5. verb
(to go round: The car rounded the corner.) runde, dreie (seg)

- rounded
- roundly
- roundness
- rounds
- all-round
- all-rounder
- roundabout 6. adjective
(not direct: a roundabout route.) indirekte, ad omveier

- round figures/numbers
- round-shouldered
- round trip
- all round
- round about
- round off
- round on
- round up

avrunde
--------
hel
--------
krets
--------
periode
--------
rund
--------
sirkelrund

I
subst. \/raʊnd\/

1) sirkel, runding, ring

2) runde, omgang, serie, inspeksjonsrunde, budrunde, tur, rekke, rode, rundtur

• they had several rounds of negotiations

de hadde flere runder med forhandlinger

• the paperboy did his round in just thirty minutes

avisbudet klarte runden sin på bare 30 minutter

3) ( kortspill) runde, kule, slag, parti

4) kretsløp

• the earth's yearly round

jordens årlige kretsløp

5) rutine, gjøremål

• the daily rounds

de daglige gjøremål

• the monotoneous round of everyday life

den grå hverdagen

6) servering, runde

• who's buying the next round?

hvem spanderer\/kjøper neste runde?

7) skudd, patron

• he had only three rounds of ammunition left

han hadde bare tre skudd igjen

8) skuddsalve

9) ( britisk) brødskive

• I only had a round of toast for breakfast

jeg spiste bare en skive ristet brød til frokost

10) ( matlaging) lårstykke

11) ( musikk) kanon

12) ( gammeldags) runddans, ringdans

do a newspaper round gå med avisen

the doctor's round of visits visittrunde

go the round (of) ( overført) sirkulere i, gå på rundgang bli viden kjent

go the rounds ta runden, gå på inspeksjonsrunde ( også overført) gå på rundgang, sirkulere bli viden kjent

• the news went the rounds

nyhetene ble viden kjent

herje

• the infection is going the rounds

det går en infeksjon

in all the round ( også overført) sett fra alle vinkler, belyst fra alle sider, helhetlig ( teater) med amfiscene

in all the round of Nature overalt i naturen

make one's rounds eller make the round of the wards gå runden (på sykehus), gå på visitt

round of ammunition ( militærvesen) skuddsalve skudd, patron

a round of applause applaus, bifall

a round of beef ( matlaging) et lårstykke av steik en brødskive med oksestek

a round of butter en smørklatt

a round of cheers hurrarop

round of negotiations\/talks forhandlingsrunde diskusjonsrunde

stipulated round ( golf) fastsatt runde

visiting rounds ( militærvesen) visittrunde
II
verb \/raʊnd\/

1) gjøre rund, avrunde

• he rounded his lips as if to say something

• they found stones rounded by the action of water

de fant steiner som var helt rundslipte av vannet

2) runde, gå rundt, svinge rundt, passere

• he rounded the street corner at a quarter to nine

han rundet gatehjørnet kvart på ni

• the boat rounded the cape

båten rundet odden

3) ( fonetikk) labialisere, runde, uttale med lepperunding

4) avrunde, avslutte, fullføre

5) bli fyldigere, legge på seg

6) dreie, snu, vende seg rundt

• he rounded on his heel

han dreide om på hælen

round down ( om penger) runde ned, avrunde nedover

round in hale inn

round off avslutte, runde av med

• they rounded off the evening by going to a night club

de avsluttet kvelden med å gå på nattklubb

• he rounded off his career by being made a minister

han fullbyrdet karrieren sin med å bli valgt til minister

( om tall) avrunde slipe, runde av, pusse av

round on\/upon someone skjelle ut noen, kaste seg over noen sladre på vende seg mot ( om dyr) overfalle

round out bli fyldigere, legge på seg, bli rund

• her figure is beginning to round out

hun begynner å bli fyldigere

utfylle, gjøre fullstendig, komplettere, utdype

• the new coin rounded out his collection

den nye mynten kompletterte samlingen hans

round up ( om penger) runde opp gjøre et sammendrag, sammenfatte samle sammen, sammenkalle, mobilisere, få tak i

• the guide rounded up the tourists

guiden samlet sammen turistene

• the priest rounded up volunteers for the church bazaar

presten fikk tak i frivillige til basaren

( om dyr) drive inn

• the cowboy rounded up the cattle

cowboyen drev inn kyrne

omringe, sirkle inn

• the police rounded up members of a gambling-ring

politiet sirklet inn medlemmene av en gambler-ring pågripe, arrestere
III
adj. \/raʊnd\/

1) ( om fasong) rund, sirkelformet, kuleformet

2) ( om kroppsfasong) rund, fyldig, trinn

3) ( også overført) avrundet, rund, omtrentlig

• the salesman made a round estimate

selgeren gjorde et omtrentlig overslag

4) hel, full

5) oppriktig, ærlig, åpen, rett frem

6) ( spesielt om penger) rikelig, rund, betydelig, stor

• he ran up the hill at a round pace

han sprang opp bakken med stor fart

• he bought a round dozen of eggs

han kjøpte et helt dusin egg

• I sold it for a round sum of money

jeg solgte det for en rund sum (penger)

7) ( om stemme) rund, klangfull, velklingende

• the soloist sang in a round voice

solisten sang med en klangfull stemme

8) ( fonetikk) rund, rundet, labialisert

• round vowel

labialisert vokal

be round with a person være oppriktig mot noen

a good round (sum) en god slump penger

in round figures eller in round numbers rundt regnet, i runde summer

round arch rundbue

round oaths en saftig ed, kraftuttrykk

round tour rundtur

scold a person in good round terms skjelle noen ut etter noter
IV
adv. \/raʊnd\/

1) i området, i nærheten, rundt omkring

• there are no cinemas round

• I can't work when he is round

jeg greier ikke å jobbe når han er i nærheten

2) rundt, i ring

• she danced round and round

• Antarctica has snow all year round

3) rundt, omkring

• Emily, would you please show Colin round?

Emily, kan ikke du være så snill å vise Colin rundt

• don't turn round!

ikke snu deg!

4) rundt, utenom

• he walked round to the other side of the building

han gikk rundt til den andre siden av bygningen

5) her, hit, innom, på besøk

• he must have left his wallet when he was round

han må ha glemt lommeboken da han var her

• he came round one evening

han kom innom en kveld

• how long are you round for?

hvor lenge blir du her?

6) ( også round about) omtrent, rundt, omkring

• ok, I'll see you round (about) lunchtime

da ser jeg deg rundt lunsj

• round (about) two o'clock

ved totiden

all round overalt, på alle steder fra alle kanter, fra alle synsvinkler

• taking it all round the issue is much more complex

sett fra flere synsvinkler blir saken mye mer kompleks

i det store og hele

ask somebody round be noen stikke innom, be noen hjem til seg

(the) clock round døgnet rundt

gather round samle seg, stimle sammen, komme nærmere, samles i en ring

go a long way round ta en lang omvei

go round by ta omveien om, legge veien om

order the car round få bilen kjørt frem

round about rundt (omkring), i nærheten, i området

• I've heard there is a lot of drugs in the towns round about

jeg har hørt at det er mye narkotika i byene rundt her

round here her omkring, i nærheten, på disse trakter, i dette området, i dette strøket

• he's not from round here

han er ikke herfra \/ han er ikke fra dette strøket

round the clock hele døgnet, døgnet rundt

turn round snu seg (rundt), endre kurs se seg til tilbake
V
prep. \/raʊnd\/

omkring, rundt, om

• he had a scarf round his neck

han hadde et skjerf rundt halsen

• the children were sitting round the table

barna satt rundt bordet

• the earth moves round the sun

jorden beveger seg rundt solen

• he has written a play round the subject

han har skrevet et skuespill rundt dette emnet

• let's go and have a look round the town

kom så går vi og ser oss rundt i byen

round the clock døgnet rundt, hele døgnet

• she works round the clock

hun jobber døgnet rundt

English-Norwegian dictionary > round
8 fine

fine [faɪn]

1. adjective

   a. ( = excellent) [performer, player, piece of work] excellent ; [place, object, example] beau ( belle f) ; [view] superbe

• the finest footballer of his generation le meilleur footballeur de sa génération

• to be in fine form être en pleine forme

• to be in fine health être en bonne santé

• it was his finest hour ce fut son heure de gloire

   b. ( = acceptable) bien inv

• you look fine tu es très bien

• your idea sounds fine votre idée semble bonne

• the coffee's just fine le café est parfait

• everything's fine tout va bien

• everything's going to be just fine tout va bien se passer

• any questions? no? fine! des questions ? non ? parfait !

• this bike is fine for me ce vélo me convient parfaitement

• that's all very fine, but... c'est bien beau mais...

   c. ( = not unwell) to be fine aller bien

• how are you? -- fine thanks comment allez-vous ? -- bien, merci

• don't worry, I'm sure he'll be fine ne t'inquiète pas, je suis sûr qu'il se remettra

• to feel fine se sentir bien

   d. ( = without problems) she'll be fine, the others will look after her il ne lui arrivera rien, les autres s'occuperont d'elle

• I'll be fine on my own je me débrouillerai très bien tout seul

   e. (expressing agreement) très bien

• I'll be back by lunchtime -- fine! je serai de retour à l'heure du déjeuner -- très bien !

• that's fine by me d'accord

• if you want to give me a hand, that's fine by me si tu veux me donner un coup de main, je veux bien

• shall we have another beer? -- fine by me! on prend encore une bière ? -- bonne idée !

   f. (ironic) a fine friend you are! c'est beau l'amitié !

• you're a fine one! t'es bon, toi ! (inf)

• you're a fine one to talk! ça te va bien de dire ça !

   g. ( = refined) [person] bien inv ; [feelings] raffiné

   h. ( = superior) [food, ingredients] raffiné ; [wine] fin ; [china, fabric] beau ( belle f), raffiné

• meat of the finest quality viande f de première qualité

   i. ( = delicate) [fabric, rain, hair, features] fin

   j. ( = subtle) [adjustment] minutieux ; [detail, distinction] subtil

• there's a fine line between genius and madness entre le génie et la folie, la marge est étroite

• not to put too fine a point on it pour parler franchement

   k. [weather, day] beau ( belle f)

• coastal areas will be fine il fera beau sur la côte

2. adverb

   a. ( = well) (inf) bien

• we get on fine nous nous entendons bien

   b. ( = not coarsely) to chop sth fine hacher qch menu

• to cut sth fine couper qch finement

• you're cutting it too fine c'est un peu juste

3. noun

( = penalty) amende f ; (for driving offence) contravention f

4. transitive verb

condamner à une amende ; (for driving offence) donner une contravention à

• they fined him heavily ils l'ont condamné à une lourde amende

• he was fined for exceeding the speed limit il a eu une contravention pour excès de vitesse

5. compounds

► fine art noun ( = subject) beaux-arts mpl ; ( = works) objets mpl d'art

• the fine arts les beaux-arts mpl ► fine-tooth comb noun

• he went through the documents with a fine-tooth comb il a passé les documents au peigne fin ► fine-tune transitive verb [+ production, the economy] régler avec précision

► fine-tuning noun réglage m minutieux

* * *
[faɪn] 1.
noun gen amende f; ( for traffic offence) contravention f ( for pour)
2.
adjective

1) ( very good) [performance, writer, example, quality] excellent

2) ( satisfactory) [holiday, meal, arrangement] bien

that's fine — très bien

‘fine, thanks’ — ‘très bien, merci’

‘we'll go now, OK?’ - ‘fine’ — ‘on y va maintenant?’ - ‘d'accord’

that's fine by ou with me — je n'y vois pas d'inconvénient

3) (colloq) iron

a fine friend you are! — en voilà un ami!

you're/she's etc a fine one to talk! — c'est bien à toi/elle etc de dire ça!

4) ( nice) [weather, morning, day] beau/belle

it's ou the weather's fine — il fait beau

5) ( delicate) [hair, thread, line, feature, fabric, mist, layer] fin; [sieve, net] à mailles fines; [china, lace, linen, wine] fin

6) ( small-grained) [powder, soil] fin

7) ( subtle) [adjustment, detail, distinction, judgment] subtil

8) ( refined) [lady, clothes, manners] beau/belle

9) ( commendable) [person] merveilleux/-euse

10) ( pure) [gold, silver] pur
3.
adverb ( well) [get along, come along, do] très bien
4.
transitive verb gen condamner [quelqu'un] à une amende [offender] ( for pour; for doing pour avoir fait); ( for traffic offence) donner une contravention à [offender]

••

not to put too fine a point on it — bref

chance would be a fine thing! — (colloq) ça serait trop beau! (colloq)

you are cutting it a bit fine — ce sera un peu juste

there is a fine line between X and Y — il y a une distinction subtile entre X et Y

English-French dictionary > fine
9 working lunch

Gen Mgt

a lunchtime meal during which business is transacted. A working lunch can occur either when an employee continues to work through their lunch hour, or when clients or colleagues are entertained and business is conducted at the same time, when it is also known as a power lunch.

The ultimate business dictionary > working lunch

См. также в других словарях:

sleep — sleep1 W2S1 [sli:p] v past tense and past participle slept [slept] 1.) to rest your mind and body, usually at night when you are lying in bed with your eyes closed →↑asleep, oversleep ↑oversleep ▪ I usually sleep on my back. ▪ Did you sleep well… … Dictionary of contemporary English
sleep — 1 /sli:p/ verb past tense and past participle slept /slept/ 1 REST (I) to rest your mind and body by being asleep: I normally sleep on my back. | You re welcome to stay if you don t mind sleeping on the floor. | sleep well/soundly: Did you sleep… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Joanna MacGregor — Infobox Musical artist Name = Joanna MacGregor Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = non vocal instrumentalist Birth name = Alias = Born = birth date and age|1959|7|16 Died = Origin = Instrument = Piano Genre = Classical, jazz,… … Wikipedia
Christmas worldwide — Christmas around the world redirects here. For other uses, see Christmas Around the World (Bradley Joseph album). The Christmas season is celebrated in different ways around the world, varying by country and region. Elements common to many areas… … Wikipedia
Melbourne Cinematheque — The Melbourne Cinémathèque is a non profit film society screening programmes year round, dedicated to presenting the history of world cinema on the big screen in carefully curated retrospectives. It started out as Melbourne University Film… … Wikipedia
Danny Baker — Born 22 June 1957 (1957 06 22) (age 54) Deptford, London, England Occupation … Wikipedia
ITV News — is the name given to news broadcasts on the British television network ITV. It has one of the largest television audiences for news in the United Kingdom. It has been produced by Independent Television News (ITN) since 1955, and ITV s news… … Wikipedia
NE1fm — City of license UK Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead … Wikipedia
2010–11 Manchester United F.C. season — Manchester United 2010–11 season Co chairmen Joel and Avram Glazer Manager Sir Alex Ferguson Stadium Old Trafford Premier League 1st … Wikipedia
List of Clannad characters — The girls of Clannad: Tomoyo (top left), Kotomi (top right), Fuko (bottom left), Nagisa (center), and Kyou (bottom right). This is a list of characters from the visual novel, manga, and anime series Clannad. The main character is Tomoya Okazaki,… … Wikipedia
Sky News — Launched 5 February 1989 Owned by British Sky Broadcasting Picture format 576i (SDTV 16:9) 1080i (HDTV) International … Wikipedia

Словари и энциклопедии на Академике

Перевод: с английского на все языки

we'll be through at lunchtime

См. также в других словарях:

Поделиться ссылкой на выделенное

Словари и энциклопедии на Академике

Перевод: с английского на все языки

we'll be through at lunchtime

См. также в других словарях:

Поделиться ссылкой на выделенное

Прямая ссылка: