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  • 21 вколачивать в голову

    • ВБИВАТЬ/ВБИТЬ <ВКОЛАЧИВАТЬ/ВКОЛОТИТЬ, ВДАЛБЛИВАТЬ/ВДОЛБИТЬ, ВТЕМЯшивать/втемяшить subsume!> В ГОЛОВУ coll <В БАШКУ substand> кому что
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. to make s.o. memorize or master sth. by using persistent repetition:
    - X вбивает Y-y в голову Z - X keeps drumming < pounding> Z into Y's head < into Y>;
    - X keeps hammering < beating> Z into Y's head < into Y>.
         ♦ Наши тюремщики: закрутить режим!.. Какие сейчас могут быть церемонии с врагами народа! Ведь война! Ведь фашисты! Тут действует, видимо, инерция клишированных формул, вбиваемых в головы с детства (Гинзбург 2). Our jailers were obsessed with tightening everything up. "What's the point of pussyfooting around with enemies of the people? There's a war on, after all, against the fascists!" This attitude was evidently the product of inertia; the inertia of set phrases, hammered into people's heads since childhood (2a).
    2. [often foll. by a что-clause]
    ⇒ to impress sth. on s.o. insistently, (to try to) convince s.o. of sth.:
    - X вбил Y-y в голову Z ≈ X got <put, drove, knocked, hammered, beat, drummed, dinned> Z into Y's head;
    - [in limited contexts] X drove Z home to Y;
    || Neg X не может вбить Z Y-y в голову≈ [usu. when said in anger about a futile attempt] X can't knock (hammer etc) Z into Y's (thick) skull.
         ♦ "...Мне, признаюсь, одно больно: я надеялся именно теперь тесно и дружески сойтись с Аркадием, а выходит, что я остался позади, он ушёл вперёд, и понять мы друг друга не можем". - "Да почему он ушёл вперёд? И чем он от нас так уж очень отличается? - с нетерпением воскликнул Павел Петрович. - Это всё ему в голову синьор этот вбил, нигилист этот" (Тургенев 2). "...I confess it's very painful to me: just as I hoped to establish a real, close friendship with Arkady it turns out that I have been left behind; he's gone on ahead and we can't understand one another." "But why do you say he's gone on ahead? And wherein is he so different from us?" exclaimed Pavel Petrovich impatiently. "It's that signor who has put all these ideas into his head, that nihilist" (2e).
         ♦ "Большевики вдалоливают им в головы, что надо войну кончать, вернее, превращать её в гражданскую" (Шолохов 3). "The Bolsheviks keep drumming it into their heads that the war must be brought to an end, or rather, turned into a civil war" (3a).
         ♦... Поди, вдолби им [семидольцам] в головы, что Семён Иваныч Голосов... в известном отношении ничем не отличён от любого семидольца, достигшего двадцати двух лет (Федин 1). Just try to din it into their [the Semidolians'] heads that Semyon Ivanich Golosov...was in certain respects not a bit different from any Semidolian who had reached the age of twenty-two (1a).
         ♦ [Кречинский:] Разве я вам в платеже отказываю? Я прошу вас... подождать два, три дня... Или вы нарочно пришли дурака разыгрывать, что я вам не могу вдолбить в голову, что теперь, сию минуту, у меня денег нет и отдать их не могу!.. (Сухово-Кобылин 2). [К.:] Am I refusing to pay you? I'm merely asking you...to wait two or three days....Or have you come here deliberately to play the fool? Can't I knock it into that thick skull of yours that now, this minute, I don't have any money and I can't pay you back! (2b).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > вколачивать в голову

  • 22 вколотить в башку

    • ВБИВАТЬ/ВБИТЬ <ВКОЛАЧИВАТЬ/ВКОЛОТИТЬ, ВДАЛБЛИВАТЬ/ВДОЛБИТЬ, ВТЕМЯшивать/втемяшить subsume!> В ГОЛОВУ coll <В БАШКУ substand> кому что
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. to make s.o. memorize or master sth. by using persistent repetition:
    - X вбивает Y-y в голову Z - X keeps drumming < pounding> Z into Y's head < into Y>;
    - X keeps hammering < beating> Z into Y's head < into Y>.
         ♦ Наши тюремщики: закрутить режим!.. Какие сейчас могут быть церемонии с врагами народа! Ведь война! Ведь фашисты! Тут действует, видимо, инерция клишированных формул, вбиваемых в головы с детства (Гинзбург 2). Our jailers were obsessed with tightening everything up. "What's the point of pussyfooting around with enemies of the people? There's a war on, after all, against the fascists!" This attitude was evidently the product of inertia; the inertia of set phrases, hammered into people's heads since childhood (2a).
    2. [often foll. by a что-clause]
    ⇒ to impress sth. on s.o. insistently, (to try to) convince s.o. of sth.:
    - X вбил Y-y в голову Z ≈ X got <put, drove, knocked, hammered, beat, drummed, dinned> Z into Y's head;
    - [in limited contexts] X drove Z home to Y;
    || Neg X не может вбить Z Y-y в голову≈ [usu. when said in anger about a futile attempt] X can't knock (hammer etc) Z into Y's (thick) skull.
         ♦ "...Мне, признаюсь, одно больно: я надеялся именно теперь тесно и дружески сойтись с Аркадием, а выходит, что я остался позади, он ушёл вперёд, и понять мы друг друга не можем". - "Да почему он ушёл вперёд? И чем он от нас так уж очень отличается? - с нетерпением воскликнул Павел Петрович. - Это всё ему в голову синьор этот вбил, нигилист этот" (Тургенев 2). "...I confess it's very painful to me: just as I hoped to establish a real, close friendship with Arkady it turns out that I have been left behind; he's gone on ahead and we can't understand one another." "But why do you say he's gone on ahead? And wherein is he so different from us?" exclaimed Pavel Petrovich impatiently. "It's that signor who has put all these ideas into his head, that nihilist" (2e).
         ♦ "Большевики вдалоливают им в головы, что надо войну кончать, вернее, превращать её в гражданскую" (Шолохов 3). "The Bolsheviks keep drumming it into their heads that the war must be brought to an end, or rather, turned into a civil war" (3a).
         ♦... Поди, вдолби им [семидольцам] в головы, что Семён Иваныч Голосов... в известном отношении ничем не отличён от любого семидольца, достигшего двадцати двух лет (Федин 1). Just try to din it into their [the Semidolians'] heads that Semyon Ivanich Golosov...was in certain respects not a bit different from any Semidolian who had reached the age of twenty-two (1a).
         ♦ [Кречинский:] Разве я вам в платеже отказываю? Я прошу вас... подождать два, три дня... Или вы нарочно пришли дурака разыгрывать, что я вам не могу вдолбить в голову, что теперь, сию минуту, у меня денег нет и отдать их не могу!.. (Сухово-Кобылин 2). [К.:] Am I refusing to pay you? I'm merely asking you...to wait two or three days....Or have you come here deliberately to play the fool? Can't I knock it into that thick skull of yours that now, this minute, I don't have any money and I can't pay you back! (2b).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > вколотить в башку

  • 23 вколотить в голову

    • ВБИВАТЬ/ВБИТЬ <ВКОЛАЧИВАТЬ/ВКОЛОТИТЬ, ВДАЛБЛИВАТЬ/ВДОЛБИТЬ, ВТЕМЯшивать/втемяшить subsume!> В ГОЛОВУ coll <В БАШКУ substand> кому что
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. to make s.o. memorize or master sth. by using persistent repetition:
    - X вбивает Y-y в голову Z - X keeps drumming < pounding> Z into Y's head < into Y>;
    - X keeps hammering < beating> Z into Y's head < into Y>.
         ♦ Наши тюремщики: закрутить режим!.. Какие сейчас могут быть церемонии с врагами народа! Ведь война! Ведь фашисты! Тут действует, видимо, инерция клишированных формул, вбиваемых в головы с детства (Гинзбург 2). Our jailers were obsessed with tightening everything up. "What's the point of pussyfooting around with enemies of the people? There's a war on, after all, against the fascists!" This attitude was evidently the product of inertia; the inertia of set phrases, hammered into people's heads since childhood (2a).
    2. [often foll. by a что-clause]
    ⇒ to impress sth. on s.o. insistently, (to try to) convince s.o. of sth.:
    - X вбил Y-y в голову Z ≈ X got <put, drove, knocked, hammered, beat, drummed, dinned> Z into Y's head;
    - [in limited contexts] X drove Z home to Y;
    || Neg X не может вбить Z Y-y в голову≈ [usu. when said in anger about a futile attempt] X can't knock (hammer etc) Z into Y's (thick) skull.
         ♦ "...Мне, признаюсь, одно больно: я надеялся именно теперь тесно и дружески сойтись с Аркадием, а выходит, что я остался позади, он ушёл вперёд, и понять мы друг друга не можем". - "Да почему он ушёл вперёд? И чем он от нас так уж очень отличается? - с нетерпением воскликнул Павел Петрович. - Это всё ему в голову синьор этот вбил, нигилист этот" (Тургенев 2). "...I confess it's very painful to me: just as I hoped to establish a real, close friendship with Arkady it turns out that I have been left behind; he's gone on ahead and we can't understand one another." "But why do you say he's gone on ahead? And wherein is he so different from us?" exclaimed Pavel Petrovich impatiently. "It's that signor who has put all these ideas into his head, that nihilist" (2e).
         ♦ "Большевики вдалоливают им в головы, что надо войну кончать, вернее, превращать её в гражданскую" (Шолохов 3). "The Bolsheviks keep drumming it into their heads that the war must be brought to an end, or rather, turned into a civil war" (3a).
         ♦... Поди, вдолби им [семидольцам] в головы, что Семён Иваныч Голосов... в известном отношении ничем не отличён от любого семидольца, достигшего двадцати двух лет (Федин 1). Just try to din it into their [the Semidolians'] heads that Semyon Ivanich Golosov...was in certain respects not a bit different from any Semidolian who had reached the age of twenty-two (1a).
         ♦ [Кречинский:] Разве я вам в платеже отказываю? Я прошу вас... подождать два, три дня... Или вы нарочно пришли дурака разыгрывать, что я вам не могу вдолбить в голову, что теперь, сию минуту, у меня денег нет и отдать их не могу!.. (Сухово-Кобылин 2). [К.:] Am I refusing to pay you? I'm merely asking you...to wait two or three days....Or have you come here deliberately to play the fool? Can't I knock it into that thick skull of yours that now, this minute, I don't have any money and I can't pay you back! (2b).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > вколотить в голову

  • 24 втемяшивать в башку

    • ВБИВАТЬ/ВБИТЬ <ВКОЛАЧИВАТЬ/ВКОЛОТИТЬ, ВДАЛБЛИВАТЬ/ВДОЛБИТЬ, ВТЕМЯшивать/втемяшить subsume!> В ГОЛОВУ coll <В БАШКУ substand> кому что
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. to make s.o. memorize or master sth. by using persistent repetition:
    - X вбивает Y-y в голову Z - X keeps drumming < pounding> Z into Y's head < into Y>;
    - X keeps hammering < beating> Z into Y's head < into Y>.
         ♦ Наши тюремщики: закрутить режим!.. Какие сейчас могут быть церемонии с врагами народа! Ведь война! Ведь фашисты! Тут действует, видимо, инерция клишированных формул, вбиваемых в головы с детства (Гинзбург 2). Our jailers were obsessed with tightening everything up. "What's the point of pussyfooting around with enemies of the people? There's a war on, after all, against the fascists!" This attitude was evidently the product of inertia; the inertia of set phrases, hammered into people's heads since childhood (2a).
    2. [often foll. by a что-clause]
    ⇒ to impress sth. on s.o. insistently, (to try to) convince s.o. of sth.:
    - X вбил Y-y в голову Z ≈ X got <put, drove, knocked, hammered, beat, drummed, dinned> Z into Y's head;
    - [in limited contexts] X drove Z home to Y;
    || Neg X не может вбить Z Y-y в голову≈ [usu. when said in anger about a futile attempt] X can't knock (hammer etc) Z into Y's (thick) skull.
         ♦ "...Мне, признаюсь, одно больно: я надеялся именно теперь тесно и дружески сойтись с Аркадием, а выходит, что я остался позади, он ушёл вперёд, и понять мы друг друга не можем". - "Да почему он ушёл вперёд? И чем он от нас так уж очень отличается? - с нетерпением воскликнул Павел Петрович. - Это всё ему в голову синьор этот вбил, нигилист этот" (Тургенев 2). "...I confess it's very painful to me: just as I hoped to establish a real, close friendship with Arkady it turns out that I have been left behind; he's gone on ahead and we can't understand one another." "But why do you say he's gone on ahead? And wherein is he so different from us?" exclaimed Pavel Petrovich impatiently. "It's that signor who has put all these ideas into his head, that nihilist" (2e).
         ♦ "Большевики вдалоливают им в головы, что надо войну кончать, вернее, превращать её в гражданскую" (Шолохов 3). "The Bolsheviks keep drumming it into their heads that the war must be brought to an end, or rather, turned into a civil war" (3a).
         ♦... Поди, вдолби им [семидольцам] в головы, что Семён Иваныч Голосов... в известном отношении ничем не отличён от любого семидольца, достигшего двадцати двух лет (Федин 1). Just try to din it into their [the Semidolians'] heads that Semyon Ivanich Golosov...was in certain respects not a bit different from any Semidolian who had reached the age of twenty-two (1a).
         ♦ [Кречинский:] Разве я вам в платеже отказываю? Я прошу вас... подождать два, три дня... Или вы нарочно пришли дурака разыгрывать, что я вам не могу вдолбить в голову, что теперь, сию минуту, у меня денег нет и отдать их не могу!.. (Сухово-Кобылин 2). [К.:] Am I refusing to pay you? I'm merely asking you...to wait two or three days....Or have you come here deliberately to play the fool? Can't I knock it into that thick skull of yours that now, this minute, I don't have any money and I can't pay you back! (2b).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > втемяшивать в башку

  • 25 втемяшивать в голову

    • ВБИВАТЬ/ВБИТЬ <ВКОЛАЧИВАТЬ/ВКОЛОТИТЬ, ВДАЛБЛИВАТЬ/ВДОЛБИТЬ, ВТЕМЯшивать/втемяшить subsume!> В ГОЛОВУ coll <В БАШКУ substand> кому что
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. to make s.o. memorize or master sth. by using persistent repetition:
    - X вбивает Y-y в голову Z - X keeps drumming < pounding> Z into Y's head < into Y>;
    - X keeps hammering < beating> Z into Y's head < into Y>.
         ♦ Наши тюремщики: закрутить режим!.. Какие сейчас могут быть церемонии с врагами народа! Ведь война! Ведь фашисты! Тут действует, видимо, инерция клишированных формул, вбиваемых в головы с детства (Гинзбург 2). Our jailers were obsessed with tightening everything up. "What's the point of pussyfooting around with enemies of the people? There's a war on, after all, against the fascists!" This attitude was evidently the product of inertia; the inertia of set phrases, hammered into people's heads since childhood (2a).
    2. [often foll. by a что-clause]
    ⇒ to impress sth. on s.o. insistently, (to try to) convince s.o. of sth.:
    - X вбил Y-y в голову Z ≈ X got <put, drove, knocked, hammered, beat, drummed, dinned> Z into Y's head;
    - [in limited contexts] X drove Z home to Y;
    || Neg X не может вбить Z Y-y в голову≈ [usu. when said in anger about a futile attempt] X can't knock (hammer etc) Z into Y's (thick) skull.
         ♦ "...Мне, признаюсь, одно больно: я надеялся именно теперь тесно и дружески сойтись с Аркадием, а выходит, что я остался позади, он ушёл вперёд, и понять мы друг друга не можем". - "Да почему он ушёл вперёд? И чем он от нас так уж очень отличается? - с нетерпением воскликнул Павел Петрович. - Это всё ему в голову синьор этот вбил, нигилист этот" (Тургенев 2). "...I confess it's very painful to me: just as I hoped to establish a real, close friendship with Arkady it turns out that I have been left behind; he's gone on ahead and we can't understand one another." "But why do you say he's gone on ahead? And wherein is he so different from us?" exclaimed Pavel Petrovich impatiently. "It's that signor who has put all these ideas into his head, that nihilist" (2e).
         ♦ "Большевики вдалоливают им в головы, что надо войну кончать, вернее, превращать её в гражданскую" (Шолохов 3). "The Bolsheviks keep drumming it into their heads that the war must be brought to an end, or rather, turned into a civil war" (3a).
         ♦... Поди, вдолби им [семидольцам] в головы, что Семён Иваныч Голосов... в известном отношении ничем не отличён от любого семидольца, достигшего двадцати двух лет (Федин 1). Just try to din it into their [the Semidolians'] heads that Semyon Ivanich Golosov...was in certain respects not a bit different from any Semidolian who had reached the age of twenty-two (1a).
         ♦ [Кречинский:] Разве я вам в платеже отказываю? Я прошу вас... подождать два, три дня... Или вы нарочно пришли дурака разыгрывать, что я вам не могу вдолбить в голову, что теперь, сию минуту, у меня денег нет и отдать их не могу!.. (Сухово-Кобылин 2). [К.:] Am I refusing to pay you? I'm merely asking you...to wait two or three days....Or have you come here deliberately to play the fool? Can't I knock it into that thick skull of yours that now, this minute, I don't have any money and I can't pay you back! (2b).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > втемяшивать в голову

  • 26 втемяшить в башку

    • ВБИВАТЬ/ВБИТЬ <ВКОЛАЧИВАТЬ/ВКОЛОТИТЬ, ВДАЛБЛИВАТЬ/ВДОЛБИТЬ, ВТЕМЯшивать/втемяшить subsume!> В ГОЛОВУ coll <В БАШКУ substand> кому что
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. to make s.o. memorize or master sth. by using persistent repetition:
    - X вбивает Y-y в голову Z - X keeps drumming < pounding> Z into Y's head < into Y>;
    - X keeps hammering < beating> Z into Y's head < into Y>.
         ♦ Наши тюремщики: закрутить режим!.. Какие сейчас могут быть церемонии с врагами народа! Ведь война! Ведь фашисты! Тут действует, видимо, инерция клишированных формул, вбиваемых в головы с детства (Гинзбург 2). Our jailers were obsessed with tightening everything up. "What's the point of pussyfooting around with enemies of the people? There's a war on, after all, against the fascists!" This attitude was evidently the product of inertia; the inertia of set phrases, hammered into people's heads since childhood (2a).
    2. [often foll. by a что-clause]
    ⇒ to impress sth. on s.o. insistently, (to try to) convince s.o. of sth.:
    - X вбил Y-y в голову Z ≈ X got <put, drove, knocked, hammered, beat, drummed, dinned> Z into Y's head;
    - [in limited contexts] X drove Z home to Y;
    || Neg X не может вбить Z Y-y в голову≈ [usu. when said in anger about a futile attempt] X can't knock (hammer etc) Z into Y's (thick) skull.
         ♦ "...Мне, признаюсь, одно больно: я надеялся именно теперь тесно и дружески сойтись с Аркадием, а выходит, что я остался позади, он ушёл вперёд, и понять мы друг друга не можем". - "Да почему он ушёл вперёд? И чем он от нас так уж очень отличается? - с нетерпением воскликнул Павел Петрович. - Это всё ему в голову синьор этот вбил, нигилист этот" (Тургенев 2). "...I confess it's very painful to me: just as I hoped to establish a real, close friendship with Arkady it turns out that I have been left behind; he's gone on ahead and we can't understand one another." "But why do you say he's gone on ahead? And wherein is he so different from us?" exclaimed Pavel Petrovich impatiently. "It's that signor who has put all these ideas into his head, that nihilist" (2e).
         ♦ "Большевики вдалоливают им в головы, что надо войну кончать, вернее, превращать её в гражданскую" (Шолохов 3). "The Bolsheviks keep drumming it into their heads that the war must be brought to an end, or rather, turned into a civil war" (3a).
         ♦... Поди, вдолби им [семидольцам] в головы, что Семён Иваныч Голосов... в известном отношении ничем не отличён от любого семидольца, достигшего двадцати двух лет (Федин 1). Just try to din it into their [the Semidolians'] heads that Semyon Ivanich Golosov...was in certain respects not a bit different from any Semidolian who had reached the age of twenty-two (1a).
         ♦ [Кречинский:] Разве я вам в платеже отказываю? Я прошу вас... подождать два, три дня... Или вы нарочно пришли дурака разыгрывать, что я вам не могу вдолбить в голову, что теперь, сию минуту, у меня денег нет и отдать их не могу!.. (Сухово-Кобылин 2). [К.:] Am I refusing to pay you? I'm merely asking you...to wait two or three days....Or have you come here deliberately to play the fool? Can't I knock it into that thick skull of yours that now, this minute, I don't have any money and I can't pay you back! (2b).

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  • 27 втемяшить в голову

    • ВБИВАТЬ/ВБИТЬ <ВКОЛАЧИВАТЬ/ВКОЛОТИТЬ, ВДАЛБЛИВАТЬ/ВДОЛБИТЬ, ВТЕМЯшивать/втемяшить subsume!> В ГОЛОВУ coll <В БАШКУ substand> кому что
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. to make s.o. memorize or master sth. by using persistent repetition:
    - X вбивает Y-y в голову Z - X keeps drumming < pounding> Z into Y's head < into Y>;
    - X keeps hammering < beating> Z into Y's head < into Y>.
         ♦ Наши тюремщики: закрутить режим!.. Какие сейчас могут быть церемонии с врагами народа! Ведь война! Ведь фашисты! Тут действует, видимо, инерция клишированных формул, вбиваемых в головы с детства (Гинзбург 2). Our jailers were obsessed with tightening everything up. "What's the point of pussyfooting around with enemies of the people? There's a war on, after all, against the fascists!" This attitude was evidently the product of inertia; the inertia of set phrases, hammered into people's heads since childhood (2a).
    2. [often foll. by a что-clause]
    ⇒ to impress sth. on s.o. insistently, (to try to) convince s.o. of sth.:
    - X вбил Y-y в голову Z ≈ X got <put, drove, knocked, hammered, beat, drummed, dinned> Z into Y's head;
    - [in limited contexts] X drove Z home to Y;
    || Neg X не может вбить Z Y-y в голову≈ [usu. when said in anger about a futile attempt] X can't knock (hammer etc) Z into Y's (thick) skull.
         ♦ "...Мне, признаюсь, одно больно: я надеялся именно теперь тесно и дружески сойтись с Аркадием, а выходит, что я остался позади, он ушёл вперёд, и понять мы друг друга не можем". - "Да почему он ушёл вперёд? И чем он от нас так уж очень отличается? - с нетерпением воскликнул Павел Петрович. - Это всё ему в голову синьор этот вбил, нигилист этот" (Тургенев 2). "...I confess it's very painful to me: just as I hoped to establish a real, close friendship with Arkady it turns out that I have been left behind; he's gone on ahead and we can't understand one another." "But why do you say he's gone on ahead? And wherein is he so different from us?" exclaimed Pavel Petrovich impatiently. "It's that signor who has put all these ideas into his head, that nihilist" (2e).
         ♦ "Большевики вдалоливают им в головы, что надо войну кончать, вернее, превращать её в гражданскую" (Шолохов 3). "The Bolsheviks keep drumming it into their heads that the war must be brought to an end, or rather, turned into a civil war" (3a).
         ♦... Поди, вдолби им [семидольцам] в головы, что Семён Иваныч Голосов... в известном отношении ничем не отличён от любого семидольца, достигшего двадцати двух лет (Федин 1). Just try to din it into their [the Semidolians'] heads that Semyon Ivanich Golosov...was in certain respects not a bit different from any Semidolian who had reached the age of twenty-two (1a).
         ♦ [Кречинский:] Разве я вам в платеже отказываю? Я прошу вас... подождать два, три дня... Или вы нарочно пришли дурака разыгрывать, что я вам не могу вдолбить в голову, что теперь, сию минуту, у меня денег нет и отдать их не могу!.. (Сухово-Кобылин 2). [К.:] Am I refusing to pay you? I'm merely asking you...to wait two or three days....Or have you come here deliberately to play the fool? Can't I knock it into that thick skull of yours that now, this minute, I don't have any money and I can't pay you back! (2b).

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  • 28 slå

    bang, bar, bat, batter, beat, get the better of, bolt, chime, clap, cuff, dash, defeat, drive, foil, hit, knock, lash, latch, mow, pulsate, punch, ram, sock, strike, swipe, throb
    * * *
    I. (en -er) bolt;
    [ skyde slåen for døren] bolt the door;
    [ skyde slåen fra døren] unbolt the door;
    (se også lås).
    II. vb (slog, slået)
    ( med objekt) ( banke, ramme etc) beat ( fx he beats his wife),
    ( om enkelt slag) hit ( fx never hit a child in anger; has somebody hit you? hit below the belt),
    ( hårdt) knock ( fx knock him on the head; knock him unconscious),
    F strike ( fx he struck (, hit) me in the face with his fist);
    ( med flad hånd) slap ( fx slap him in the face (, on the cheek, on the back)),
    T thwack;
    ( støde ( en legemsdel) så det gør ondt) hurt ( fx one's finger, one's back),
    ( hårdt) bump, knock ( fx one's head);
    ( også) stun him;
    (fig) it struck me that;
    ( besejre) beat,
    (mere F) defeat,
    T lick;
    ( i skak) capture ( fx a pawn);
    ( overgå) beat ( fx that beats everything);
    (eng, græs) mow ( fx the lawn), cut ( fx grass);
    ( tegne) draw ( fx a circle);
    ( præge) strike ( fx a medal);
    ( spille på et instrument) strike ( fx the lyre), play ( fx the harp);
    ( i terningspil) throw ( fx he threw 5);
    ( uden objekt) ( om ur) strike;
    ( om fugl) warble, sing;
    ( om hjertet) beat,
    ( hurtigt, F) throb;
    ( om sejl) flap;
    ( om alkohol) be heady,
    T kick, have a kick in it;
    ( om gevær) kick;
    (se også slående, slås, slagen);
    (forb med sb, se sb, fx flue, fold, gnist, I. hul, klik, I. klokke, knude,
    takt);
    [ forb med sig:]
    [ slå sig] hurt oneself ( fx did you hurt yourself?), be hurt ( fx are you hurt?);
    ( om træ) warp,
    (om skinne etc) buckle;
    [ slå sig for brystet] beat one's breast;
    [ slå sig igennem] fight one's way through,
    ( klare sig) manage, rub along,
    ( økonomisk) make both ends meet, scrape by;
    [ slå sig ihjel] be killed,
    F lose one's life;
    [ slå sig løs] break away,
    ( more sig) let oneself go, have one's fling,
    T let one's hair down;
    ( bosætte sig) settle;
    ( også) make one's home in;
    (fig) prosper (på by), rise in the world;
    ( om sygdom) attack, affect ( fx the lungs);
    (fig) go in for something, take up something ( fx a sport);
    ( tilslutte sig én) attach oneself to somebody;
    [ slå sig på flasken] take to (el. go on) the bottle, take to drink;
    [ slå sig på låret] slap one's thigh;
    [ slå sig sammen] join forces ( med with, imod against),
    (dvs skyde penge sammen) club together;
    [ slå sig sammen om at] join together to; club together to ( fx buy him a present);
    [ slå sig til], se ridder, I. ro;
    [ forb med præp & adv:]
    [ slå `af]
    ( fjerne ved slag) knock off, strike off,
    ( i pris) knock off, take off;
    ( om dirigent) break off;
    [ han var ikke til at slå et ord af] I (, they etc) couldn't get a single word out of him;
    (se også handel, hånd, sludder);
    (fig) reduce ( fx the price, one's demands);
    ( tangent, tone) strike;
    ( begynde at spille) strike up;
    ( blive populær, gøre lykke) catch on, take on, make a hit; become popular ( hos with);
    ( om vare) find favour ( hos with), take on;
    [ slå bagud] kick up;
    (mar) reverse the engines,
    (fig) reverse one's policy;
    [ slå efter én] strike at somebody, aim a blow at somebody;
    (i en bog etc) look up something;
    [ slå ` efter i en ordbog] consult a dictionary;
    [ slå med sten efter] throw stones at;
    [ slå fast] fix, nail down,
    (fig) establish, prove ( fx his innocence), demonstrate;
    [ jeg vil gerne slå fast at] I want to make it absolutely clear that;
    [ slå fejl] go wrong; fail ( fx the crops failed);
    [ slå en for penge] touch (el. tap) somebody for money;
    am hit somebody for money;
    [ slå ` fra]
    ( slå løs) knock off,
    ( maskindel, fx bremse) release,
    ( slukke for) switch off;
    ( uden objekt: slukkes) cut out ( fx the heater cuts out when the temperature reaches 20ø C);
    [ slå fra sig] defend oneself, fight back;
    [ slå det hen] pass it off,
    T shrug it off,
    ( bagatellisere det) make light of it,
    T pooh-pooh it;
    [ slå noget hen i spøg] laugh something off, pass something off with a laugh;
    [ slå i bordet] thump the table,
    (fig) put one's foot down;
    [ slå bremserne `i] put (, voldsomt: jam el. slam) the brakes on,
    (fig) put the brakes on;
    [ slå døren `i] slam the door;
    [ et brøl slog os i møde] we were met (el. greeted) by a roar;
    [ lugten slog os i møde] we were met by the smell;
    [ slå i stykker], se I. stykke;
    [ slå et søm i] drive (el. knock el. hammer) in a nail;
    [ slå et søm i væggen] drive (el. knock) a nail into the wall;
    [ slå ` igen] hit back;
    ( trænge igennem) strike through, come through,
    (om ideer etc) become generally accepted, penetrate,
    ( om bog) make a hit,
    ( om kunstner) make a name for oneself, come to the front, become recognized;
    ( blive effektiv) work (its way) through ( fx the price rises will take two months to work (their way) through (to the shops));
    [ slå ihjel] kill,
    F put to death;
    [ slå tiden ihjel] kill time;
    [ slå imod] strike (against),
    ( om bølger, regn) beat against;
    [ slå ind] knock in,
    ( med hammer) hammer in,
    ( knuse) break, smash (in) ( fx a window, a door),
    ( tøndestaver, skibsside) stave in;
    ( i gartneri) heel in;
    ( blive opsuget) soak in;
    ( om sygdom) strike inwards;
    [ det slog ind med regn] rain set in;
    (fx en vej) strike into, turn into, take ( fx a path, a road);
    ( en bane, levevej) take up,
    F enter upon;
    [ slå itu] break, smash, dash to pieces;
    [ slå en halvtredskroneseddel itu] break into a 50-kroner note;
    (dvs hamrede) he hammered away;
    [ slå kvæget løs] let the cattle loose;
    [ slå løs på en] pitch into somebody;
    [ slå med døren] slam the door;
    [ slå med nakken] toss one's head;
    [ slå med sten] throw stones ( efter at);
    [ fuglen slår med vingerne] the bird flaps its wings;
    [ slå ` ned]
    (dvs få til at falde ned) knock down ( fx the vase);
    ( sænke) let down ( fx the blind), lower ( fx one's visor), pull down;
    ( folde sammen) put down ( fx an umbrella, a hood ( kaleche));
    ( dyr) slaughter, kill, destroy;
    (afgrøde etc) put down, flatten;
    ( i gartneri) heel in;
    ( undertrykke) put down ( fx a rebellion, riots),
    ( stærkere) crush (down),
    F suppress;
    ( bringe til tavshed) silence ( fx criticism, protests);
    ( falde) fall ( fx bullets fell among the crowd), drop;
    ( om lyn) strike;
    [ slå feberen ned] get the temperature down;
    [ slå kraven ned] turn down one's collar;
    [ blæsten får røgen til at slå ned] the wind beats down the smoke;
    [ slå termometret ned] shake down the thermometer;
    [ slå øjnene ned] cast down one's eyes; drop one's eyes;
    [ det slog ned i ham] it suddenly occurred to him (el. struck him);
    (se også lyn);
    ( om fugl: sætte sig) perch on ( fx a branch);
    ( om rovfugl) swoop down on ( fx its prey), pounce on;
    (fig: vælge, især til noget ubehageligt) pick on ( fx the teacher picked on me), fasten on,
    ( begærligt) pounce on ( fx a mistake);
    [ slå hårdt ned på] clamp (el. crack) down on ( fx tax evasion);
    ( vikle om) wrap round ( fx wrap a shawl round somebody), pass round
    ( fx pass a rope round something);
    ( uden objekt) ( om vejret) change;
    ( om vinden) shift;
    ( skifte mening) change one's mind;
    ( skifte tone) change one's tune;
    ( skifte emne) change the subject (of conversation);
    ( skifte taktik) shift one's ground; reverse one's policy;
    [ slå armene om en] throw one's arms round somebody;
    [ slå om sig] hit out (in all directions),
    (med stok etc) lay about (one);
    [ slå om sig med citater, eder etc] lard one's conversation (, one's writings) with quotations, oaths, etc;
    [ slå om sig med penge] throw (el. chuck el. splash) one's money about, spend lavishly;
    [ det er slået om til tø] a thaw has set in;
    [ hans kærlighed slog om til had] his love turned to hatred;
    ( åbne) open ( fx a book);
    ( en plakat) put up, stick (up);
    ( i strikning) cast on;
    (ord etc i bog) look up;
    ( smøge op) turn up ( fx one's collar);
    ( rejse, opstille) put up, pitch ( fx a tent);
    ( opreklamere) boost;
    ( om flammer) leap up;
    (om lyd etc) surge up;
    [ slå en kaleche (, en paraply) op] put up a hood (, an umbrella);
    [ slå en latter op] burst into a laugh;
    [ slå en stilling op] advertise a post;
    [ slå æg op] break eggs (i into);
    [ slå øjnene op] open one's eyes;
    (se også I. brød);
    ( i avis) splash something;
    [ slå forretningen (etc) stort op] start in a grand style;
    [ slå op i en ordbog] consult a dictionary;
    [ slå det op i en ordbog] look it up in a dictionary;
    [ slå op med hende] break off the engagement (with her);
    [ slå op på side 7!] open your book(s) on page 7! turn to page 7!
    ( om stemme) break;
    [ blive slået over bord ( af bølgerne)] be washed overboard;
    [ bølgerne slog over dækket] the waves washed over the deck;
    (se også bro);
    [ slå over i] change into ( fx English),
    ( bevægelse) break into ( fx a gallop);
    (fig) change one's tune;
    [ slå på] beat (on), strike (on),
    ( let) tap (on) ( fx tap somebody on the shoulder);
    (fig: antyde) hint at,
    ( nævne) mention,
    ( fremhæve) stress;
    (se også flugt, I. tromme);
    [ slå sig på] take to ( fx drink, gardening),
    ( om sygdom) affect;
    ( folde sammen) fold up ( fx a screen);
    ( forene) combine, pool,
    T knock into one;
    (merk) merge, amalgamate ( fx two companies);
    ( sammenfatte) lump (together), bracket (together);
    ( lukke sig) close;
    ( ramme hinanden) knock together;
    [ slå hælene sammen] click one's heels;
    [ slå hænderne sammen] clap one's hands,
    ( i forfærdelse) throw up one's hands in horror;
    [` slå til] strike;
    [ slå ` til]
    ( slå løs) hammer away,
    (fig) strike ( fx the Government decided to strike);
    ( være nok) suffice,
    (" strække") last;
    ( gå i opfyldelse) prove correct, come true ( fx his prediction came true), turn out to be true;
    ( sige ja) accept, accept the terms (, the offer);
    (dvs rækker ikke langt) it does not go far;
    [ han syntes ikke han slog til] he felt inadequate,
    ( i sit arbejde) he did not feel equal to the job;
    [ få indtægterne (, pengene) til at slå til] make (both) ends meet;
    (se også jord, lyd, ridder, skagle, Søren);
    [ slå tilbage] throw back, push back;
    ( angreb) beat off,
    F repel, repulse;
    ( springe tilbage) rebound;
    ( genlyde) be thrown back,
    F resound;
    (om fjeder etc) recoil;
    ( med slag) knock out;
    ( knuse, fx rude) break, smash;
    ( folde ud) spread ( fx the bird spread its wings),
    ( om hår) let down;
    ( hælde ud) pour out,
    ( en spand) empty;
    (i boksning og fig) knock out;
    ( rival, konkurrent) cut out;
    ( fortrænge, erstatte) supplant, supersede;
    ( om flammer og røg) burst out, pour out;
    ( om sygdom) break out;
    ( få udslæt) break (el. come) out in spots (, in a rash);
    [ slå glasset ud af hånden på én] knock the glass out of somebody's hand;
    (fig) he was quite finished;
    (fig: lytte) prick up one's ears;
    [ slå det ud af hovedet] put it out of one's head;
    [ slå ud efter] hit out at;
    [ slå ud i lys lue], se I. lue;
    [ slå ud med armene] gesticulate,
    ( ubehersket) fling one's arms about;
    [ slå øjet ud på én] knock out somebody's eye.

    Danish-English dictionary > slå

  • 29 pillar

    v.
    1 to catch.
    pillar una pulmonía/un taxi (informal) to catch pneumonia/a taxi
    2 to knock down.
    3 to get (informal) (chiste, explicación).
    no lo pillo I don't get it
    4 to catch red-handed, to catch, to catch out, to catch unawares.
    Elsa sorprendió al ladrón Elsa caught out the thief.
    5 to pillage, to ransack, to loot, to plunder.
    Los vikingos piratean las villas The Vikings pirate the villages.
    * * *
    1 (coger) to catch
    2 familiar (robar) to nick
    3 familiar (atropellar) to run over
    4 familiar (entender) to catch, get, grasp
    * * *
    verb
    2) get
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=atrapar) to catch

    ¡como te pille...! — if I get hold of you...!

    2) * (=tomar, coger) to catch, get

    pillar el autobús — to catch o get the bus

    3) (=sorprender) to catch

    ¡te he pillado! — caught o got you!

    4) (=alcanzar) to catch up with
    5) (=atropellar) to hit, run over
    6) [+ resfriado, pulmonía] to catch, get
    7) * [+ puesto] to get, land
    8) [+ broma, significado] to get, catch on to
    2.
    VI Esp
    *

    me pilla muy cerca — it's handy o near for me

    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) (fam)
    a) ( atrapar) to catch

    me pilló la policía — the police caught o (colloq) nabbed me

    le pilló un dedo — it caught o trapped her finger

    b) ( por sorpresa) to catch

    te pillé! — caught o got you!

    c) <catarro/resfriado> to catch
    2) (Esp fam)
    a) coche to hit
    3) (fam)
    a) <sentido/significado> to get (colloq)
    b) < ganga> to pick up (colloq)
    2.
    pillarse v pron (fam) <dedos/manga> to catch
    * * *
    = get + caught.
    Ex. The librarian should distinguish big from little problems to avoid getting caught in a situation that is rapid-fire and not effective.
    ----
    * no pillar Algo = go (way) over + Posesivo + head.
    * no pillar la idea = miss + the point.
    * pillar a Alguien con las manos en la masa = catch + Nombre + red-handed.
    * pillar a Alguien desprevenido = catch + Nombre + off-guard, catch + Nombre + napping, catch + Nombre + flat-footed.
    * pillar a Alguien in fraganti = catch + Nombre + red-handed, catch + Nombre + in the act.
    * pillar a Alguien por sorpresa = catch + Nombre + napping, catch + Nombre + off-guard, catch + Nombre + flat-footed.
    * pillar con chinchetas = thumbtack.
    * pillar contra = pin + Nombre + against.
    * pillar desprevenido = take + Nombre + unawares.
    * pillar por sorpresa = take + Nombre + unawares.
    * pillar un enfriamiento = catch + a chill.
    * pillar un resfriado de muerte = catch + Posesivo + death (of cold).
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) (fam)
    a) ( atrapar) to catch

    me pilló la policía — the police caught o (colloq) nabbed me

    le pilló un dedo — it caught o trapped her finger

    b) ( por sorpresa) to catch

    te pillé! — caught o got you!

    c) <catarro/resfriado> to catch
    2) (Esp fam)
    a) coche to hit
    3) (fam)
    a) <sentido/significado> to get (colloq)
    b) < ganga> to pick up (colloq)
    2.
    pillarse v pron (fam) <dedos/manga> to catch
    * * *
    = get + caught.

    Ex: The librarian should distinguish big from little problems to avoid getting caught in a situation that is rapid-fire and not effective.

    * no pillar Algo = go (way) over + Posesivo + head.
    * no pillar la idea = miss + the point.
    * pillar a Alguien con las manos en la masa = catch + Nombre + red-handed.
    * pillar a Alguien desprevenido = catch + Nombre + off-guard, catch + Nombre + napping, catch + Nombre + flat-footed.
    * pillar a Alguien in fraganti = catch + Nombre + red-handed, catch + Nombre + in the act.
    * pillar a Alguien por sorpresa = catch + Nombre + napping, catch + Nombre + off-guard, catch + Nombre + flat-footed.
    * pillar con chinchetas = thumbtack.
    * pillar contra = pin + Nombre + against.
    * pillar desprevenido = take + Nombre + unawares.
    * pillar por sorpresa = take + Nombre + unawares.
    * pillar un enfriamiento = catch + a chill.
    * pillar un resfriado de muerte = catch + Posesivo + death (of cold).

    * * *
    pillar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ( fam) (atrapar) to catch
    corre, corre que te pillo go on! run, or I'll catch o I'll get you
    me pilló la policía the police caught o ( colloq) nabbed me
    me has pillado de casualidad, estaba a punto de salir you were lucky to catch me, I was just going out
    le pilló un dedo it caught o trapped her finger, she got her finger caught o trapped in it
    2 ( fam) (por sorpresa) to catch
    ¡ajá, te pillé! aha, caught o got you!
    no me pilla de nuevas it doesn't surprise me
    nos pilló la lluvia sin paraguas we got caught in the rain without an umbrella
    3 ( fam); ‹catarro/resfriado› to catch
    pillamos una curda we got plastered o hammered ( colloq)
    B ( Esp fam)
    1 «coche» (atropellar) to hit
    casi lo pilla un coche he nearly got run over, he nearly got hit by a car
    2
    (quedar): me pilla de camino it's on my way
    me pilla bastante lejos it's a bit far for me
    C
    1 ( fam); ‹sentido/significado› to get ( colloq), to grasp
    2 ( fam); ‹ganga› to get, pick up ( colloq)
    A ( fam); ‹dedos/manga› to catch
    se pilló los dedos con la ventana he caught o trapped his fingers in the window
    B ( RPl fam) (hacer pis) to wet oneself
    * * *

     

    pillar ( conjugate pillar) verbo transitivo
    1 (fam)

    ◊ le pilló un dedo it caught o trapped her finger;

    ¡te pillé! caught o got you!
    b) ‹catarro/resfriado› to catch

    2 (Esp fam) [ coche] to hit
    pillarse verbo pronominal (fam) ‹dedos/manga› to catch
    pillar verbo transitivo
    1 (una cosa, enfermedad) to catch
    2 (atropellar) to run over
    3 (sorprender) to catch
    4 (un chiste, una idea) to get
    5 (robar) to steal ➣ Ver nota en catch
    ♦ Locuciones: me pilla de camino, it's on my way
    ' pillar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    agarrar
    - braga
    - camino
    - mano
    - marrón
    - mona
    - pilar
    - toro
    - alcanzar
    - cachar
    - columna
    - desprevenido
    - pescar
    - pilón
    English:
    catch
    - find out
    - get
    - have
    - nail
    - pants
    - pillage
    - pillar
    - pillar box
    - red-handed
    - surprise
    - duck
    - hop
    - plinth
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [tomar, atrapar] to catch;
    pillar un taxi to catch a taxi;
    me pillas de casualidad you were lucky to catch me;
    ¿a que no me pillas? bet you can't catch me;
    un árbol cayó y le pilló la pierna a tree fell and trapped his leg;
    aquí te pillo y aquí te mato I'm not letting a chance like that go to waste
    2. [sorprender] to catch;
    lo pillé leyendo mi diario I caught him reading my diary;
    el terremoto me pilló fuera del país the earthquake struck while I was out of the country
    3. [atropellar] to knock down;
    lo pilló un autobús he got knocked down by a bus
    4. Fam [pulmonía, resfriado] to catch;
    5. Fam [chiste, explicación] to get;
    no lo pillo I don't get it
    6. Esp Fam [comprar] to get
    7. Esp Fam [droga] to get (hold of)
    ♦ vi
    Esp [hallarse, coger]
    me pilla lejos it's out of the way for me;
    me pilla de camino it's on my way
    * * *
    v/t
    1 ( tomar) seize
    2 ( atrapar) catch
    3 ( atropellar) hit
    4 chiste get
    4
    :
    me pilla muy cerca it’s very handy for me;
    me pilla de camino it’s on my way;
    pillar a alguien de sorpresa catch s.o. by surprise
    * * *
    pillar vt
    1) fam : to catch
    ¡cuidado! ¡nos pillarán!: watch out! they'll catch us!
    2) fam : to grasp, to catch on
    ¿no lo pillas?: don't you get it?
    * * *
    pillar vb
    1. (coger) to catch [pt. & pp. caught]
    2. (atropellar) to run over [pt. ran; pp. run]
    3. (encontrarse) to be

    Spanish-English dictionary > pillar

  • 30 Gegen

    I Präp. (+ Akk)
    1. räumlich: (an) against; gegen die Wand lehnen / stoßen lean against / bump into the wall; gegen die Tür klopfen knock at the door; gegen einen Baum fahren drive ( oder crash) into a tree; etw. gegen das Licht halten hold s.th. up to the light
    2. in Richtung nach: towards, bes. Am. toward; gegen Osten eastward; sich gegen die Wand drehen turn to face the wall
    3. in entgegengesetzte Richtung: against; gegen die Strömung rudern / schwimmen row / swim against the current; gegen den Strom schwimmen fig. swim against the tide
    4. zeitlich: gegen zehn ( Uhr) around ( oder about) ten (o’clock); gegen Abend (zu oder hin) toward(s) evening; es ist gegen Ende nächster Woche fertig it’ll be ready toward(s) the end of next week
    5. (Ggs. für) against; etwas gegen Kopfschmerzen something for a headache; willst du nichts gegen seine Frechheit / den Husten tun? aren’t you going to do anything about his cheekiness / that cough?; hast du was gegen mich? have you got something against me?; ich bin gegen den Vorschlag I don’t agree with the proposal
    6. Kampf, Spiel: against; JUR., SPORT versus (Abk. v.); England spielt gegen Deutschland England are (bes. Am. is) playing (against) Germany
    7. (entgegen, wider) contrary to; gegen die Vernunft etc. contrary to reason etc.; gegen jemandes Befehl / Willen auch against s.o.’s orders / will
    8. (gegenüber, zu) freundlich, grausam etc.: to(ward[s]); allergisch: to; streng: with; einen Verdacht gegen jemanden haben be suspicious of s.o.
    9. (verglichen mit) compared with; das ist nichts gegen das, was ich gesehen habe that’s nothing to what I saw; gegen gestern fühle ich mich heute ganz gut I feel quite well today compared to yesterday; eine Steigerung von 10% gegen 5% des Vorjahres an increase of 10% compared with ( oder as against) 5% in the previous year
    10. (im Austausch für) in return for; gegen bar for cash; gegen Bezahlung for money ( oder payment); gegen Quittung against ( oder in return for a) receipt; A gegen B eintauschen oder auswechseln exchange A for B, replace B by A; ich wette zehn gegen eins I(‘ll) bet you ten to one
    II Adv. (ungefähr) about, around; (fast) nearly
    * * *
    (Ausrichtung) against; to; towards; unto; toward;
    (Gegnerschaft) contra; versus;
    (Uhrzeit) towards; about; around
    * * *
    ge|gen ['geːgn]
    prep +acc
    1) (= wider) against

    X gégen Y (Sport, Jur) — X versus Y

    für oder gégen — for or against

    gégen seinen Befehl — contrary to or against his orders

    haben Sie ein Mittel gégen Schnupfen? — do you have anything for colds?

    etwas/nichts gégen jdn/etw haben — to have something/nothing against sb/sth

    gégen etw sein — to be against sth, to be opposed to sth

    10 gégen 1 wetten — to bet 10 to 1

    2) (= in Richtung auf) towards, toward (US); (= nach) to; (= an) against

    gégen einen Baum rennen/prallen — to run/crash into a tree

    er pochte gégen das Tor — he hammered on the gate

    etw gégen das Licht halten — to hold sth to or against the light

    gégen Osten etc fahren — to travel eastwards (Brit) or eastward (US) etc, to travel to(wards) the east etc

    es wird gégen Abend kühler — it grows cooler toward(s) evening

    3) (= ungefähr) round about, around; (= nicht mehr als) getting on for; (= nicht später als) towards

    gégen 5 Uhr — around 5 o'clock

    4) (= gegenüber) towards, to

    sie ist immer fair gégen mich gewesen — she's always been fair to me

    5) (= im Austausch für) for

    gégen bar — for cash

    gégen Bezahlung/Quittung — against payment/a receipt

    6) (= verglichen mit) compared with, in comparison with
    * * *
    1) (in opposition to: They fought against the enemy; Dropping litter is against the law (= illegal).) against
    2) (in contrast to: The trees were black against the evening sky.) against
    3) (in order to protect against: vaccination against tuberculosis.) against
    4) ((of time) near: Towards night-time, the weather worsened.) towards
    5) ((of time) near: Towards night-time, the weather worsened.) toward
    6) ((often abbreviated to v or vs when written) against: the England v Wales rugby match.) versus
    * * *
    ge·gen
    [ˈge:gn̩]
    I. präp + akk
    1. (wider) against
    ich brauche etwas \gegen meine Erkältung I need sth for my cold
    ▪ X \gegen Y X versus [or against] Y
    ▪ \gegen jdn/etw sein to be against [or opposed to] sb/sth
    nichts \gegen jdn haben to have nothing against sb
    4. (entgegen) contrary to
    \gegen alle Vernunft against all reason
    5. JUR versus
    6. (an) against
    der Regen klatscht \gegen die Fenster the rain beats against the windows
    \gegen die Wand stoßen to run into the wall
    \gegen die Tür schlagen to hammer on the door
    etw \gegen das Licht halten to hold sth up to the light
    7. (im Austausch mit) for
    \gegen bar for cash
    \gegen Kaution/Quittung against a deposit/receipt
    8. (verglichen mit) compared with [or to], in comparison with
    9. (zum..., zu...) towards
    \gegen Morgen/Mittag/Abend towards morning/afternoon/evening
    \gegen Westen towards the west
    10. (auf jdn/etw zu) towards, to
    12. (veraltend: gegenüber) towards, to
    \gegen jdn höflich sein to be polite towards sb
    II. adv about, around
    er kommt \gegen drei Uhr an he's arriving around three o'clock
    * * *
    1.
    1) towards; (an) against

    gegen die Tür schlagen — bang on the door

    gegen etwas stoßen — knock into or against something

    ein Mittel gegen Husten/Krebs — a cough medicine/a cure for cancer

    gegen die Abmachung — contrary to or against the agreement

    gegen alle Vernunft/bessere Einsicht — against all reason/one's better judgement

    2) (ungefähr um) around <midnight, 4 o'clock, etc.>

    gegen Abend/Morgen — towards evening/dawn

    3) (im Vergleich zu) compared with; in comparison with

    ich wette hundert gegen eins, dass er... — I'll bet you a hundred to one he...

    4) (im Ausgleich für) for
    5) (veralt.): (gegenüber) to; towards

    gegen jemanden/sich streng sein — be strict with somebody/oneself

    2.
    Adverb (ungefähr) about; around
    * * *
    Gegen… im subst, als Reaktion: counter…;
    Gegenanspruch counterclaim;
    Gegendemonstration counterdemonstration;
    Gegenerklärung counterstatement
    * * *
    1.
    1) towards; (an) against

    gegen etwas stoßen — knock into or against something

    ein Mittel gegen Husten/Krebs — a cough medicine/a cure for cancer

    gegen die Abmachung — contrary to or against the agreement

    gegen alle Vernunft/bessere Einsicht — against all reason/one's better judgement

    2) (ungefähr um) around <midnight, 4 o'clock, etc.>

    gegen Abend/Morgen — towards evening/dawn

    3) (im Vergleich zu) compared with; in comparison with

    ich wette hundert gegen eins, dass er... — I'll bet you a hundred to one he...

    5) (veralt.): (gegenüber) to; towards

    gegen jemanden/sich streng sein — be strict with somebody/oneself

    2.
    Adverb (ungefähr) about; around
    * * *
    adj.
    about adj. adv.
    against adv. ausdr.
    contrary to expr. präp.
    toward prep.
    towards prep. v.
    to contrast with v.
    to set off against expr.

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  • 31 gegen

    I Präp. (+ Akk)
    1. räumlich: (an) against; gegen die Wand lehnen / stoßen lean against / bump into the wall; gegen die Tür klopfen knock at the door; gegen einen Baum fahren drive ( oder crash) into a tree; etw. gegen das Licht halten hold s.th. up to the light
    2. in Richtung nach: towards, bes. Am. toward; gegen Osten eastward; sich gegen die Wand drehen turn to face the wall
    3. in entgegengesetzte Richtung: against; gegen die Strömung rudern / schwimmen row / swim against the current; gegen den Strom schwimmen fig. swim against the tide
    4. zeitlich: gegen zehn ( Uhr) around ( oder about) ten (o’clock); gegen Abend (zu oder hin) toward(s) evening; es ist gegen Ende nächster Woche fertig it’ll be ready toward(s) the end of next week
    5. (Ggs. für) against; etwas gegen Kopfschmerzen something for a headache; willst du nichts gegen seine Frechheit / den Husten tun? aren’t you going to do anything about his cheekiness / that cough?; hast du was gegen mich? have you got something against me?; ich bin gegen den Vorschlag I don’t agree with the proposal
    6. Kampf, Spiel: against; JUR., SPORT versus (Abk. v.); England spielt gegen Deutschland England are (bes. Am. is) playing (against) Germany
    7. (entgegen, wider) contrary to; gegen die Vernunft etc. contrary to reason etc.; gegen jemandes Befehl / Willen auch against s.o.’s orders / will
    8. (gegenüber, zu) freundlich, grausam etc.: to(ward[s]); allergisch: to; streng: with; einen Verdacht gegen jemanden haben be suspicious of s.o.
    9. (verglichen mit) compared with; das ist nichts gegen das, was ich gesehen habe that’s nothing to what I saw; gegen gestern fühle ich mich heute ganz gut I feel quite well today compared to yesterday; eine Steigerung von 10% gegen 5% des Vorjahres an increase of 10% compared with ( oder as against) 5% in the previous year
    10. (im Austausch für) in return for; gegen bar for cash; gegen Bezahlung for money ( oder payment); gegen Quittung against ( oder in return for a) receipt; A gegen B eintauschen oder auswechseln exchange A for B, replace B by A; ich wette zehn gegen eins I(‘ll) bet you ten to one
    II Adv. (ungefähr) about, around; (fast) nearly
    * * *
    (Ausrichtung) against; to; towards; unto; toward;
    (Gegnerschaft) contra; versus;
    (Uhrzeit) towards; about; around
    * * *
    ge|gen ['geːgn]
    prep +acc
    1) (= wider) against

    X gégen Y (Sport, Jur) — X versus Y

    für oder gégen — for or against

    gégen seinen Befehl — contrary to or against his orders

    haben Sie ein Mittel gégen Schnupfen? — do you have anything for colds?

    etwas/nichts gégen jdn/etw haben — to have something/nothing against sb/sth

    gégen etw sein — to be against sth, to be opposed to sth

    10 gégen 1 wetten — to bet 10 to 1

    2) (= in Richtung auf) towards, toward (US); (= nach) to; (= an) against

    gégen einen Baum rennen/prallen — to run/crash into a tree

    er pochte gégen das Tor — he hammered on the gate

    etw gégen das Licht halten — to hold sth to or against the light

    gégen Osten etc fahren — to travel eastwards (Brit) or eastward (US) etc, to travel to(wards) the east etc

    es wird gégen Abend kühler — it grows cooler toward(s) evening

    3) (= ungefähr) round about, around; (= nicht mehr als) getting on for; (= nicht später als) towards

    gégen 5 Uhr — around 5 o'clock

    4) (= gegenüber) towards, to

    sie ist immer fair gégen mich gewesen — she's always been fair to me

    5) (= im Austausch für) for

    gégen bar — for cash

    gégen Bezahlung/Quittung — against payment/a receipt

    6) (= verglichen mit) compared with, in comparison with
    * * *
    1) (in opposition to: They fought against the enemy; Dropping litter is against the law (= illegal).) against
    2) (in contrast to: The trees were black against the evening sky.) against
    3) (in order to protect against: vaccination against tuberculosis.) against
    4) ((of time) near: Towards night-time, the weather worsened.) towards
    5) ((of time) near: Towards night-time, the weather worsened.) toward
    6) ((often abbreviated to v or vs when written) against: the England v Wales rugby match.) versus
    * * *
    ge·gen
    [ˈge:gn̩]
    I. präp + akk
    1. (wider) against
    ich brauche etwas \gegen meine Erkältung I need sth for my cold
    ▪ X \gegen Y X versus [or against] Y
    ▪ \gegen jdn/etw sein to be against [or opposed to] sb/sth
    nichts \gegen jdn haben to have nothing against sb
    4. (entgegen) contrary to
    \gegen alle Vernunft against all reason
    5. JUR versus
    6. (an) against
    der Regen klatscht \gegen die Fenster the rain beats against the windows
    \gegen die Wand stoßen to run into the wall
    \gegen die Tür schlagen to hammer on the door
    etw \gegen das Licht halten to hold sth up to the light
    7. (im Austausch mit) for
    \gegen bar for cash
    \gegen Kaution/Quittung against a deposit/receipt
    8. (verglichen mit) compared with [or to], in comparison with
    9. (zum..., zu...) towards
    \gegen Morgen/Mittag/Abend towards morning/afternoon/evening
    \gegen Westen towards the west
    10. (auf jdn/etw zu) towards, to
    12. (veraltend: gegenüber) towards, to
    \gegen jdn höflich sein to be polite towards sb
    II. adv about, around
    er kommt \gegen drei Uhr an he's arriving around three o'clock
    * * *
    1.
    1) towards; (an) against

    gegen die Tür schlagen — bang on the door

    gegen etwas stoßen — knock into or against something

    ein Mittel gegen Husten/Krebs — a cough medicine/a cure for cancer

    gegen die Abmachung — contrary to or against the agreement

    gegen alle Vernunft/bessere Einsicht — against all reason/one's better judgement

    2) (ungefähr um) around <midnight, 4 o'clock, etc.>

    gegen Abend/Morgen — towards evening/dawn

    3) (im Vergleich zu) compared with; in comparison with

    ich wette hundert gegen eins, dass er... — I'll bet you a hundred to one he...

    4) (im Ausgleich für) for
    5) (veralt.): (gegenüber) to; towards

    gegen jemanden/sich streng sein — be strict with somebody/oneself

    2.
    Adverb (ungefähr) about; around
    * * *
    A. präp (+akk)
    1. räumlich: (an) against;
    gegen die Wand lehnen/stoßen lean against/bump into the wall;
    gegen die Tür klopfen knock at the door;
    gegen einen Baum fahren drive ( oder crash) into a tree;
    etwas gegen das Licht halten hold sth up to the light
    2. in Richtung nach: towards, besonders US toward;
    gegen Osten eastward;
    sich gegen die Wand drehen turn to face the wall
    gegen die Strömung rudern/schwimmen row/swim against the current;
    gegen den Strom schwimmen fig swim against the tide
    gegen zehn (Uhr) around ( oder about) ten (o’clock);
    zu oder
    hin) toward(s) evening;
    es ist gegen Ende nächster Woche fertig it’ll be ready toward(s) the end of next week
    5. (Ggs für) against;
    etwas gegen Kopfschmerzen something for a headache;
    willst du nichts gegen seine Frechheit/den Husten tun? aren’t you going to do anything about his cheekiness/that cough?;
    hast du was gegen mich? have you got something against me?;
    ich bin gegen den Vorschlag I don’t agree with the proposal
    6. Kampf, Spiel: against; JUR, SPORT versus (abk v.);
    England spielt gegen Deutschland England are (besonders US is) playing (against) Germany
    7. (entgegen, wider) contrary to;
    gegen die Vernunft etc contrary to reason etc;
    gegen jemandes Befehl/Willen auch against sb’s orders/will
    8. (gegenüber, zu) freundlich, grausam etc: to(ward[s]); allergisch: to; streng: with;
    9. (verglichen mit) compared with;
    das ist nichts gegen das, was ich gesehen habe that’s nothing to what I saw;
    gegen gestern fühle ich mich heute ganz gut I feel quite well today compared to yesterday;
    eine Steigerung von 10% gegen 5% des Vorjahres an increase of 10% compared with ( oder as against) 5% in the previous year
    10. (im Austausch für) in return for;
    gegen bar for cash;
    gegen Bezahlung for money ( oder payment);
    gegen Quittung against ( oder in return for a) receipt;
    auswechseln exchange A for B, replace B by A;
    ich wette zehn gegen eins I(’ll) bet you ten to one
    B. adv (ungefähr) about, around; (fast) nearly
    * * *
    1.
    1) towards; (an) against

    gegen etwas stoßen — knock into or against something

    ein Mittel gegen Husten/Krebs — a cough medicine/a cure for cancer

    gegen die Abmachung — contrary to or against the agreement

    gegen alle Vernunft/bessere Einsicht — against all reason/one's better judgement

    2) (ungefähr um) around <midnight, 4 o'clock, etc.>

    gegen Abend/Morgen — towards evening/dawn

    3) (im Vergleich zu) compared with; in comparison with

    ich wette hundert gegen eins, dass er... — I'll bet you a hundred to one he...

    5) (veralt.): (gegenüber) to; towards

    gegen jemanden/sich streng sein — be strict with somebody/oneself

    2.
    Adverb (ungefähr) about; around
    * * *
    adj.
    about adj. adv.
    against adv. ausdr.
    contrary to expr. präp.
    toward prep.
    towards prep. v.
    to contrast with v.
    to set off against expr.

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  • 32 hämmern

    I v/i
    1. hammer
    2. fig. hammer ( gegen on, against); mit Faust auch: pound; auf Klavier etc.: pound, hammer; Blut, Herz, Puls: pound; Specht: hammer; Maschine, Motor: hammer; der Hagel hämmerte ans Fenster / aufs Dach the hail was hammering on the window / roof
    II v/t
    1. hammer; (Gefäß, Schmuck etc.) beat; (schmieden) forge
    2. fig.: jemandem etw. in den Kopf hämmern hammer s.th. into s.o.; den Ball ins Tor hämmern hammer the ball into the net; einen Rhythmus hämmern hammer ( oder pound) out a rhythm
    * * *
    to hammer; to strike; to thump
    * * *
    hạ̈m|mern ['hɛmɐn]
    1. vi
    1) (mit Hammer, Gegenstand) to hammer; (mit den Fäusten etc) to pound; (inf beim Klavierspielen etc) to pound, to thump
    2) (=hämmerndes Geräusch verursachen Maschine, Motor) to make a hammering sound
    3) (Puls, Herz, Blut) to pound
    2. vt
    1) (= bearbeiten) to hammer; Blech, Metallgefäße, Schmuck etc to beat
    2) (inf) Melodie, Rhythmus etc to hammer or pound out
    3) (fig inf = einprägen)
    3. vi impers

    es hämmert — there's a sound of hammering

    * * *
    1) (to hit, beat, break etc (something) with a hammer: He hammered the nail into the wood.) hammer
    2) (to hit or strike heavily; to thump: He pounded at the door; The children were pounding on the piano.) pound
    * * *
    häm·mern
    [ˈhɛmɐn]
    I. vi
    1. (mit dem Hammer arbeiten) to hammer, to forge
    2. (wie mit einem Hammer schlagen) to hammer, to pound
    3. (wie Hammerschläge ertönen) to make a hammering noise
    4. (fam: auf dem Klavier spielen) to hammer away at the piano
    ▪ auf etw dat \hämmern to hammer on sth
    5. (rasch pulsieren) to pound
    II. vt
    ▪ etw \hämmern to hammer sth
    2. (wiederholt schlagen)
    ▪ jdm etw auf etw akk \hämmern to pound a part of sb's body with sth
    ▶ jdm etw ins Bewusstsein \hämmern to hammer [or knock] sth into sb's head
    * * *
    1.
    2) (schlagen) hammer; (mit der Faust) hammer; pound

    gegen die Wand/die Tür hämmern — hammer/pound on the wall/door

    3) (klopfen) pound; < pulse> race
    2.
    1) hammer; beat, hammer <tin, silver, etc.>; beat < jewellery>
    2) (ugs.) hammer or pound out <melody etc.>
    3) (ugs.): (einprägen)

    jemandem etwas in den Schädel hämmern — hammer or knock something into somebody's head (coll.)

    * * *
    A. v/i
    1. hammer
    2. fig hammer (
    gegen on, against); mit Faust auch: pound; auf Klavier etc: pound, hammer; Blut, Herz, Puls: pound; Specht: hammer; Maschine, Motor: hammer;
    der Hagel hämmerte ans Fenster/aufs Dach the hail was hammering on the window/roof
    B. v/t
    1. hammer; (Gefäß, Schmuck etc) beat; (schmieden) forge
    2. fig:
    den Ball ins Tor hämmern hammer the ball into the net;
    einen Rhythmus hämmern hammer ( oder pound) out a rhythm
    * * *
    1.
    2) (schlagen) hammer; (mit der Faust) hammer; pound

    gegen die Wand/die Tür hämmern — hammer/pound on the wall/door

    3) (klopfen) pound; < pulse> race
    2.
    1) hammer; beat, hammer <tin, silver, etc.>; beat < jewellery>
    2) (ugs.) hammer or pound out <melody etc.>
    3) (ugs.): (einprägen)

    jemandem etwas in den Schädel hämmern — hammer or knock something into somebody's head (coll.)

    * * *
    v.
    to hammer v.

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  • 33 knallen

    I v/i
    1. (hat geknallt) bang; Feuerwerk etc.: go bang; Korken: (go) pop; mit der Peitsche knallen crack one’s whip; plötzlich knallte es suddenly there was a loud bang ( Schuss: auch shot, Zusammenstoß: crash)
    2. (hat) mit einer Schusswaffe: fire, shoot; er knallte wild um sich he opened fire ( oder shot out) wildly in all directions
    3. (ist) gegen etw. knallen umg. crash into s.th.; ins Schloss knallen Tür: bang shut
    4. (hat) umg.: hör auf, sonst knallt’s! stop it, or else (you’ll cop it)!
    5. (hat) umg., Sonne: vom Himmel knallen blaze down
    II v/t (hat) (schießen) fire, shoot; (werfen) fling; (hauen) slam, bang; den Ball ins Tor knallen slam the ball home; er knallte ihm eine umg. he gave him a wallop
    * * *
    das Knallen
    pop
    * * *
    knạl|len ['knalən]
    1. vi
    1) (= krachen) to bang; (= explodieren) to explode; (Schuss) to ring out; (Feuerwerk) to (go) bang; (Korken) to (go) pop; (Peitsche) to crack; (Tür etc) to bang, to slam; (Auspuff) to misfire; (aux sein = auftreffen) to bang

    die Korken knallen lassen (fig) — to pop a cork

    draußen knallte es — there was a shot/were shots outside

    der Ball knallte gegen den Pfosten (inf) — the ball banged or slammed against the post

    2) (inf Sonne) to blaze or beat down
    2. vt
    to bang; Tür, Buch auch to slam; Ball auch to belt (inf), to slam; Peitsche to crack

    jdm eine knallen (inf) — to clout sb( one) (Brit inf), to belt sb (one) (inf)

    jdm ein paar vor den Latz knallen (inf) — to clout sb one (Brit inf), to stick one on sb (Brit inf), to belt sb (one) (inf)

    * * *
    das
    1) (an explosive firework: The child was frightened by the bangers at the firework display.) banger
    2) bang
    3) (to (cause to) make a pop: He popped the balloon; My balloon has popped.) pop
    4) (to strike against something violently especially with a loud noise: The car slammed into the wall.) slam
    5) (to strike with great force; to crash: The car smashed into a lamp-post.) smash
    * * *
    knal·len
    [ˈknalən]
    I. vi
    1. Hilfsverb: haben (stoßartig ertönen) to bang; Auspuff to misfire, to backfire; Feuerwerkskörper to [go] bang; Korken to [go] pop; Schuss to ring out; (laut zuschlagen) to bang, to slam
    2. Hilfsverb: haben
    ▪ mit etw dat \knallen to bang sth
    mit der Peitsche \knallen to crack the whip
    mit der Tür \knallen to slam [or bang] the door [shut]
    ▪ etw \knallen lassen to bang sth
    die Sektflaschen \knallen lassen to crack open the bubbly
    3. Hilfsverb: sein (fam: hart auftreffen)
    ▪ auf etw akk/gegen etw akk/vor etw akk \knallen to bang on/against sth
    der Ball knallte gegen die Latte the ball slammed against the crossbar
    4.
    ▶ die Korken \knallen lassen to pop the corks, to celebrate; s.a. Sonne
    II. vi impers Hilfsverb: haben
    ▪ es knallt there's a bang fam
    ... sonst knallt's! (Ohrfeige)... or you'll get a good clout! fam; (schießen)... or I'll shoot!
    III. vt
    ▪ etw \knallen to bang [or slam] sth
    2. (hart werfen)
    ▪ etw irgendwohin \knallen to slam sth somewhere
    er knallte den Ball gegen den Pfosten he slammed [or hammered] the ball against the post
    3. (fam: schlagen)
    ▪ jdm eine \knallen (fam) to clout sb, to give sb a clout fam
    * * *
    1.
    1) < shot> ring out; < firework> go bang; < cork> pop; < door> bang, slam; <whip, rifle> crack

    an der Kreuzung hat es geknallt — (ugs.) there was a crash at the crossroads

    2) (ugs.): (schießen) shoot, fire (auf + Akk. at); (mehrere Male) blaze or (coll.) bang away (auf + Akk. at)
    3) mit sein (ugs.): (prallen)
    4) (ugs.): (scheinen) < sun> blaze or beat down
    2.
    1) (ugs.) (hart aufsetzen) slam or bang down; (werfen) sling (coll.)
    2) (ugs.): (schlagen)

    jemandem eine knallen — (salopp) belt or clout somebody one (coll.)

    3) (Ballspiele ugs.) belt (coll.) < ball>
    * * *
    A. v/i
    1. (hat geknallt) bang; Feuerwerk etc: go bang; Korken: (go) pop;
    mit der Peitsche knallen crack one’s whip;
    plötzlich knallte es suddenly there was a loud bang (Schuss: auch shot, Zusammenstoß: crash)
    2. (hat) mit einer Schusswaffe: fire, shoot;
    er knallte wild um sich he opened fire ( oder shot out) wildly in all directions
    3. (ist)
    gegen etwas knallen umg crash into sth;
    4. (hat) umg:
    hör auf, sonst knallt’s! stop it, or else (you’ll cop it)!
    5. (hat) umg, Sonne:
    vom Himmel knallen blaze down
    B. v/t (hat) (schießen) fire, shoot; (werfen) fling; (hauen) slam, bang;
    den Ball ins Tor knallen slam the ball home;
    er knallte ihm eine umg he gave him a wallop
    * * *
    1.
    1) < shot> ring out; < firework> go bang; < cork> pop; < door> bang, slam; <whip, rifle> crack

    an der Kreuzung hat es geknallt — (ugs.) there was a crash at the crossroads

    2) (ugs.): (schießen) shoot, fire (auf + Akk. at); (mehrere Male) blaze or (coll.) bang away (auf + Akk. at)
    3) mit sein (ugs.): (prallen)
    4) (ugs.): (scheinen) < sun> blaze or beat down
    2.
    1) (ugs.) (hart aufsetzen) slam or bang down; (werfen) sling (coll.)
    2) (ugs.): (schlagen)

    jemandem eine knallen — (salopp) belt or clout somebody one (coll.)

    3) (Ballspiele ugs.) belt (coll.) < ball>
    * * *
    v.
    to bang v.
    to crack v.
    to plonk v.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > knallen

  • 34 Wilson, Thomas

    SUBJECT AREA: Canals, Ports and shipping
    [br]
    b. 1781 Dunbar, Scotland
    d. 1 December 1873 Grangemouth, Scotland
    [br]
    Scottish shipwright and canal engineer, builder of the barge Vulcan, the world's first properly constructed iron ship.
    [br]
    Wilson, the son of a sailor, spent his early years on the Forth. Later his father moved home to the west and Wilson served his apprenticeship as a shipwright on the Clyde at the small shipyards of Bowling, fifteen miles (24 km) west of Glasgow and on the river's north bank. In his late thirties Wilson was to take the leading role in what is arguably the most important development in Scotland's distinguished shipbuilding history: the building of the world's first properly constructed iron ship. This ship, the Vulcan, was the culmination of several years' effort by a group of people well connected within the academic establishment of Scotland. The Forth and Clyde Canal Company had passed instructions for investigations to be made into reducing running expenses and a distinguished committee looked into this matter. They included John Robison (Secretary of the Royal Society of Edinburgh), Professor Joseph Black of Glasgow University, James Watt and John Schanck. After a period of consideration it was decided to build a new, fastpassage barge of iron, and tenders were invited from several appropriate contractors. Wilson, with the assistance of two blacksmiths, John and Thomas Smellie, was awarded the work, and the Vulcan was constructed and ultimately launched at Faskine near Glasgow in 1819. The work involved was far beyond the comprehension of engineers of the twentieth century, as Wilson had to arrange puddled-iron plates for the shell and hand-crafted angle irons for the frames. His genius is now apparent as every steel ship worldwide uses a form of construction literally "hammered out on the anvil" between 1818 and 1819. The Vulcan was almost 64 ft (19.5 m) in length and 11 ft (3.4 m) broad. In 1822 Wilson was appointed an inspector of works for the Canal Company, and ultimately he superintended the building of the docks at Grangemouth, where he died in 1873, the same year that the Vulcan was broken up.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    R.Harvey, 1919, Early Days of Engineering in Glasgow, Glasgow: Aird and Coghill. F.M.Walker, 1989–90, "Early iron shipbuilding. A reappraisal of the Vulcan and other pioneer vessels", Transactions of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in
    Scotland 133:21–34.
    FMW

    Biographical history of technology > Wilson, Thomas

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