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3 What a surprise!
Какой сюрприз!Difficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > What a surprise!
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surprise [səˈpraɪz]1. nounsurprise f• what a surprise! quelle surprise !• it was a lovely/nasty surprise for him ça a été une agréable/mauvaise surprise pour lui• it came as a surprise to learn that... j'ai eu la surprise d'apprendre que...2. adjective[defeat, decision, gift] inattendu• he was surprised to hear that... il a été surpris d'apprendre que...• I'm surprised at you! cela me surprend de votre part !• go on, surprise me! allez, étonne-moi !* * *[sə'praɪz] 1.1) (unexpected event, gift) surprise fthe result came as ou was no surprise — le résultat n'a surpris personne
it comes as ou is no surprise that — il n'est pas surprenant que (+ subj)
it comes as ou is a surprise to hear that — c'est une surprise d'apprendre que
it came as ou was a complete surprise to me — je ne m'y attendais pas du tout
surprise, surprise! — ô surprise!
2) ( astonishment) surprise f, étonnement m2.to take somebody by surprise — gen prendre quelqu'un au dépourvu; Military surprendre quelqu'un
noun modifier ( unexpected) gen surprise; [announcement, closure, result] inattendu3.surprise tactics — lit, fig tactique f fondée sur l'effet de la surprise
transitive verb1) ( astonish) surprendreit surprised them that — ils ont été surpris que (+ subj)
it might surprise you to know that... — tu seras peut-être surpris d'apprendre que...
you (do) surprise me! — iron tu m'étonnes!
go on, surprise me — allez, dis toujours!
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1. noun((the feeling caused by) something sudden or unexpected: His statement caused some surprise; Your letter was a pleasant surprise; There were some nasty surprises waiting for her when she returned; He stared at her in surprise; To my surprise the door was unlocked; (also adjective) He paid them a surprise visit.) sorpresa
2. verb1) (to cause to feel surprise: The news surprised me.) sorprender2) (to lead, by means of surprise, into doing something: Her sudden question surprised him into betraying himself.) sorprender (hasta el punto de), coger desprevenido (hasta el punto de)3) (to find, come upon, or attack, without warning: They surprised the enemy from the rear.) sorprender•- surprising
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surprise1 n sorpresaI didn't know about the present, it was a surprise no sabía nada del regalo, fue una sorpresasurprise2 vb sorprender / extrañarhis reaction surprised me, I didn't expect it su reacción me sorprendió, no me lo esperabatr[sə'praɪz]1 sorpresa■ what a surprise! ¡qué sorpresa!1 (visit, result) inesperado,-a; (attack, party) sorpresa1 (cause surprise to) sorprender2 (catch unawares) sorprender, coger desprevenido,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto come as a surprise ser una sorpresato take somebody by surprise coger desprevenido,-a a alguiensurprise n: sorpresa fto take by surprise: sorprenderadj.• imprevisto, -a adj.• inesperado, -a adj.n.• asombro s.m.• extrañeza s.f.• golpe s.m.• novedad s.f.• sorprender s.m.• sorpresa s.f. (UK)v.(Variante de "surprise", especialmente americano)v.• admirar v.• asaltar v.• extrañar v.• saltear v.• sobrecoger v.• sorprender v.
I sə'praɪza) u ( astonishment) sorpresa fa look of surprise — una mirada sorprendida or de sorpresa
oh!, he said, in some surprise — oh! -dijo, algo sorprendido
b) c (thing, event) sorpresa fthe result was o came as something of a surprise — el resultado fue en cierto modo una sorpresa
to give somebody a surprise — darle* una sorpresa a alguien; (before n) <gift, packet> sorpresa adj inv
after their surprise defeat in Wednesday's game... — después de la inesperada derrota del miércoles pasado...
c) u ( catching somebody unprepared)to take somebody by surprise — sorprender a alguien, pillar or (esp Esp) coger* a alguien desprevenido; (before n) <visit, attack> sorpresa adj inv
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a) ( astonish) sorprenderb) ( catch unawares) sorprender, pillar or agarrar or (esp Esp) coger* desprevenido[sǝ'praɪz]1. N1) (=astonishment) sorpresa fimagine my surprise when I found a cheque for £5,000 — puedes imaginarte la sorpresa que me llevé al encontrar or cuando encontré un cheque de 5.000 libras
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"what?" George asked in surprise — -¿qué? -preguntó George sorprendido•
he saw my look of surprise — me vio la cara de sorpresasurprise, surprise! — iro ¡menuda sorpresa! iro
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to my/his surprise — para mi/su sorpresamuch to my surprise, he agreed — para gran sorpresa mía, accedió
2) (as tactic) sorpresa f•
to catch or take sb by surprise — coger or (LAm) tomar a algn por sorpresa3) (=unexpected thing) sorpresa fwhat a lovely surprise! — ¡qué sorpresa más or tan agradable!
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all this comes as something of a surprise — todo esto es en cierto modo una sorpresait came as a surprise to me to learn that... — me llevé una sorpresa al enterarme de que...
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life is full of surprises — la vida está llena de sorpresas•
to give sb a surprise — dar una sorpresa a algn2.a surprise visit — una visita sorpresa or inesperada
3. VT1) (=astonish) sorprendergo on, surprise me! — iro ¡venga, sorpréndeme! iro
you surprise me — also iro me sorprende usted
no one will be surprised by her appointment — a nadie le extrañará or sorprenderá su nombramiento
it wouldn't surprise me if he ended up in jail — no me extrañaría or sorprendería que terminara en la cárcel
it surprises me that... — me sorprende que + subjun
to surprise o.s. — sorprenderse (a sí mismo)
2) (=catch unawares) coger por sorpresa, tomar por sorpresa (LAm)to surprise sb in the act — sorprender a algn in fraganti, coger a algn in fraganti
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I [sə'praɪz]a) u ( astonishment) sorpresa fa look of surprise — una mirada sorprendida or de sorpresa
oh!, he said, in some surprise — oh! -dijo, algo sorprendido
b) c (thing, event) sorpresa fthe result was o came as something of a surprise — el resultado fue en cierto modo una sorpresa
to give somebody a surprise — darle* una sorpresa a alguien; (before n) <gift, packet> sorpresa adj inv
after their surprise defeat in Wednesday's game... — después de la inesperada derrota del miércoles pasado...
c) u ( catching somebody unprepared)to take somebody by surprise — sorprender a alguien, pillar or (esp Esp) coger* a alguien desprevenido; (before n) <visit, attack> sorpresa adj inv
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(whoever, whatever, wherever etc: No matter what happens, I'll go.) pase lo que pase, sea lo que seawhat1 adj1. quéwhat time is it? ¿qué hora es?what cheese shall I buy? ¿qué queso compro?what is your address? ¿cuál es tu dirección?2. quéwhat a lovely dress! ¡qué vestido más mono!what about...? ¿qué tal...? / ¿qué te parece...?what about a cup of tea? ¿qué tal una taza de té?what2 pron1. qué2. lo quedid you hear what he said? ¿has oído lo que ha dicho?tr[wɒt]1 (direct questions) qué■ what time is it? ¿qué hora es?■ what colour is it? ¿de qué color es?■ what kind of music do you like? ¿qué tipo de música te gusta?■ what film did you see? ¿qué película viste?2 (indirect questions) qué3 (exclamations) qué■ what a man! ¡qué hombre!■ what a smart car! ¡qué coche más chulo!■ what a pity! ¡qué lástima!■ what beautiful flowers! ¡qué flores más preciosas!4 (all the) todo,-a■ what little free time she has she spends with her family el poco tiempo libre que tiene lo pasa con su familia1 (direct questions) qué■ what is it? ¿qué es?■ what do you do? ¿a qué te dedicas?■ what are you doing? ¿qué haces?■ what's your name? ¿cómo te llamas?■ what's that for? ¿para qué sirve eso?■ what does this word mean? ¿qué significa esta palabra?■ what does she look like? ¿cómo es ella?■ what did he say? ¿qué dijo?2 (indirect questions) qué3 lo que1 ¡cómo!■ what! you've lost it! ¡cómo! ¡lo has perdido!\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLand what not y tal, cosas por el estiloguess what? ¿sabes qué?or what? ¿o qué?to give somebody what for darle a alguien su merecidoto know what's what saber de qué va la cosa, estar al tantowhat about...? ¿qué tal...?, ¿qué te parece...?■ what about Friday? ¿qué tal el viernes?■ what about the cat? ¿y el gato qué?■ what about that drink you owe me? ¿qué hay de la copa que me debes?■ what about seeing a film? ¿qué te parece ver una película?what have you y talwhat if...? ¿y si...?■ what if there's no answer? ¿y si no contestan?what of it? ¿y qué?what with... and... entre... y..., con lo de... y...■ what with the wedding, the fire and everything con lo de la boda, el incendio y todowhat's more y ademáswhat ['hwɑt, 'hwʌt] adv1) how: cómo, cúantowhat he suffered!: ¡cómo sufría!2)what with : entrewhat with one thing and another: entre una cosa y otrawhat adjwhat more do you want?: ¿qué más quieres?what color is it?: ¿de qué color es?what an idea!: ¡qué idea!3) any, whatever: cualquiergive what help you can: da cualquier contribución que puedaswhat pronwhat happened?: ¿qué pasó?what does it cost?: ¿cuánto cuesta?I don't know what to do: no sé que hacerdo what I tell you: haz lo que te digo3)what for why: porqué4)what if : y siwhat if he knows?: ¿y si lo sabe?adj.• cuál adj.pron.• cuál pron.• que pron.• qué pron.
I hwɑːt, wɒt1) ( in questions) quéwhat's that? — ¿qué es eso?
what's the problem? — ¿cuál es el problema?
what is 28 divided by 12? — ¿cuánto es 28 dividido (por) 12?
what's `I don't understand' in Russian? — ¿cómo se dice `no entiendo' en ruso?
what do you mean? — ¿qué quieres decir?
what did you pay? — ¿cuánto pagaste?
what's the jacket made (out) of? — ¿de qué es la chaqueta?
I threw it away - you did what? — lo tiré a la basura - ¿qué?
what? — ( say that again) ¿cómo?, ¿qué?; ( expressing disbelief) ¿qué?, ¿que qué?
2) (in phrases)or what? — (colloq) ¿o qué?
are you stupid, or what? — ¿eres tonto o qué?
so what? — ¿y qué?
what about: but what about the children? y los niños ¿qué?; what about my work? - what about it? ¿y mi trabajo? - ¿y qué?; you know Julie's boyfriend? - yes, what about him? ¿conoces al novio de Julie? - sí ¿por qué?; what... for: what's this button for? ¿para qué es este botón?; what are you complaining for? ¿por qué te quejas?; to give somebody what for (colloq) darle* una buena a alguien (fam); what have you (colloq): she sells postcards and souvenirs and what have you vende postales, recuerdos y esas cosas or y demás; what if: what if she finds out? ¿y si se entera?; what... like: what's she like? ¿cómo es?; what does he look like? ¿cómo es físicamente?, ¿qué aspecto tiene?; what's his new film like? ¿qué tal es su nueva película?; what of: so we're not married: what of it? no estamos casados ¿y qué?; what's-her/-his/-its-name (colloq): go and ask what's-her-name next door ve y pregúntale a la de al lado ¿cómo se llama?; the what's-its-name o what-d' you call it is broken la cosa ésa está rota (fam), el chisme ése está roto (Esp, Méx fam); what with entre; what with one thing and another, I haven't had time — entre una cosa y otra, no he tenido tiempo
3)a) ( in indirect speech) qué(do) you know what? I'll ask him for a raise! — ¿sabes qué? or ¿sabes qué te digo? le voy a pedir aumento!
(I'll) tell you what,... — mira,...
b) ( relative use) lo queI don't know and, what's more, I don't care — no lo sé y lo que es más, no me importa
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1)a) ( in questions) quéwhat book are you reading? — ¿qué libro estás leyendo?
what color are the walls? — ¿de qué color son las paredes?
what more does he want? — ¿qué más quiere?
b) ( in indirect speech) quéshe didn't know what color to choose/what language they were speaking — no sabía qué color elegir/en qué idioma estaban hablando
c) (all of the, any)what few hotels there were were full — los pocos hoteles que había, estaban llenos
what little she owned she left to her son — lo poco que tenía, se lo dejó a su hijo
2) ( in exclamations) quéwhat a friend you've turned out to be! — (iro) valiente or vaya amigo has resultado ser tú!
[wɒt]what a lot of people! — cuánta gente!, qué cantidad de gente!
1. PRONOUNa)In direct questions, what can generally be translated by qué with an accent: quéwhat do you want now? — ¿qué quieres ahora?
what's in here? — ¿qué hay aquí dentro?
what is it now? — y ahora ¿qué?
what does he owe his success to?, to what does he owe his success? — frm ¿a qué debe su éxito?
what's a tractor, Daddy? — ¿qué es un tractor, papá?
Only use [¿qué es...?]/[¿qué son...?] to translate [what is]/[are] when asking for a [definition]. In other contexts use [¿cuál es?]/[¿cuáles son?]:what are capers? — ¿qué son las alcaparras?
what's the capital of Finland? — ¿cuál es la capital de Finlandia?
what's her telephone number? — ¿cuál es su número de teléfono?
However, not all expressions with [what] should be translated literally. Some require [qué] used adjectivally:what were the greatest problems? — ¿cuáles eran los mayores problemas?
what is the difference? — ¿qué diferencia hay?
what are your plans? — ¿qué planes tienes?
what's the Spanish for "pen"? — ¿cómo se dice "pen" en español?
what's your name? — ¿cómo te llamas?
b) (=how much) cuántowhat will it cost? — ¿cuánto va a costar?
what does it weigh? — ¿cuánto pesa?
what's nine times five? — ¿cuánto es nueve por cinco?
c) (=what did you say) cómo, quéwhat? I didn't catch that — ¿cómo? or ¿qué?, no he entendido eso
what did you say? — ¿cómo or qué dices?, ¿qué has dicho?, ¿qué dijiste? (LAm)
d) (Brit) † (as question tag) verdadit's getting late, what? — se está haciendo tarde ¿no? or ¿verdad?
a)In most cases, translate the pronoun what using either qué with an accent or lo que without an accent: qué, lo que•
he asked her what she thought of it — le preguntó qué or lo que pensaba de elloUse [cuál era]/[cuáles son] {etc} instead of [lo que era]/[lo que son] {etc} if [what was]/[are] {etc} does not relate to a definition:I asked him what DNA was — le pregunté qué or lo que era el ADN
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please explain what you saw — por favor, explique qué or lo que viocan you explain what's happening? — ¿me puedes explicar (qué es) lo que está pasando?
he explained what it was — explicó qué era or lo que era
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do you know what's happening? — ¿sabes qué or lo que está pasando?I don't know what's happening — no sé qué está pasando, no sé (qué es) lo que está pasando
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tell me what happened — cuéntame qué or lo que ocurriób) (=how much) cuánto3) (before an infinitive) qué4) (relative use) lo queI've no clothes except what I'm wearing — no tengo ropa, aparte de lo que llevo puesto
and what have you {or}3} what not * y qué sé yo qué más, y qué sé yo cuántas cosas más to give sb what for * regañar a algn know whatwhat it is to be rich and famous! — ¡lo que es ser rico y famoso!
it was full of cream, jam, chocolate and I don't know what — estaba lleno de nata, mermelada, chocolate y no sé cuántas cosas más
you know what? I think he's drunk — creo que está borracho, ¿sabes?
to know what's what * saber cuántas son cinco * or what? *I know what, let's ring her up — se me ocurre una idea, vamos a llamarla por teléfono
do you want it or what? — ¿lo quieres o qué?
are you coming or what? — entonces ¿vienes o no?
I mean, is this sick, or what? — vamos, que es de verdadero mal gusto, ¿o no?
say what you like,... digas lo que digas,..., se diga lo que se diga,.... so what? * ¿y qué?is this luxury or what? — esto sí que es lujo, ¿eh?
so what if it does rain? — ¿y qué, si llueve?
(I'll) tell you what se me ocurre una idea, tengo una idea what aboutso what if he is gay? — ¿y qué (pasa) si es gay?, ¿y qué importa que sea gay?
what about me? — y yo ¿qué?
what about next week? — ¿qué te parece la semana que viene?
"your car..." - "what about it?" * — -tu coche... -¿qué pasa con mi coche?
what about going to the cinema? — ¿qué tal si vamos al cine?, ¿y si vamos al cine?
what about lunch, shall we go out? — ¿y para comer? ¿salimos fuera? or ¿qué tal si salimos fuera?
what for? (=why) ¿por qué?; (=to what purpose) ¿para qué?what about people who haven't got cars? — ¿y la gente que no tiene coche?
what are you doing that for? — ¿por or para qué haces eso?
what if...? ¿y si...?what's that button for? — ¿para qué es ese botón?
what if this doesn't work out? — ¿y si esto no funciona?
what ofwhat if he says no? — ¿y si dice que no?
but what of the political leaders? — pero, ¿y qué hay de los líderes políticos?
what's...what of it? * — y eso ¿qué importa?
what's it like? (asking for description) ¿cómo es?; (asking for evaluation) ¿qué tal es?what's surprising is that we hadn't heard of this before — lo sorprendente es que no nos habíamos enterado antes
what's their new house like? — ¿cómo es su nueva casa?
what's his first novel like? — ¿qué tal es su primera novela?
and what's more... y, además,... what's that? (asking about sth) ¿qué es eso?; (=what did you say?) ¿qué has dicho?what will the weather be like tomorrow? — ¿qué tal tiempo va a hacer mañana?
what's worsewhat's that to you? * — ¿eso qué tiene que ver contigo?, ¿a ti qué te importa? *
what withand what's worse... — y lo que es peor...
what with the stress and lack of sleep, I was in a terrible state — entre la tensión y la falta de sueño me encontraba fatal
2. ADJECTIVEwhat dress shall I wear? — ¿qué vestido me pongo?
what colour is it? — ¿de qué color es?
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she asked me what day she should come — me preguntó qué día tenía que venir•
he explained what ingredients are used — explicó qué ingredientes se usan•
what good would that do? — ¿de qué serviría eso?•
do you know what music they're going to play? — ¿sabes qué música van a tocar?•
did they tell you what time they'd be arriving? — ¿te dijeron a qué hora llegarían?2) (relative)Remember to put an accent on qué in exclamations as well as in direct and indirect questions:I gave him what money/coins I had — le di todo el dinero/todas las monedas que tenía
what a nuisance! — ¡qué lata!
what a fool I was! — ¡qué tonto fui!
what an ugly dog! — ¡qué perro más or tan feo!
what a lot of people! — ¡qué cantidad de gente!
what an excuse! — iro ¡buen pretexto!, ¡vaya excusa!
3.EXCLAMATION ¡qué!what! you sold it! — ¿qué? ¡lo has vendido!
what! you expect me to believe that! — ¿qué? ¿esperas que me crea eso?
what! he can't be a spy! — ¿qué? ¿cómo va a ser un espía?
you told him what? — ¿que le has dicho qué?
you what?"he's getting married" - "what!" — se casa - ¿cómo dices?
"I'm going to be an actress" - "you what?" * — -voy a hacerme actriz -¿cómo or qué dices?
I'm going to have a baby - you what? — -voy a tener un niño -¡¿que vas a tener un qué?!
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I [hwɑːt, wɒt]1) ( in questions) quéwhat's that? — ¿qué es eso?
what's the problem? — ¿cuál es el problema?
what is 28 divided by 12? — ¿cuánto es 28 dividido (por) 12?
what's `I don't understand' in Russian? — ¿cómo se dice `no entiendo' en ruso?
what do you mean? — ¿qué quieres decir?
what did you pay? — ¿cuánto pagaste?
what's the jacket made (out) of? — ¿de qué es la chaqueta?
I threw it away - you did what? — lo tiré a la basura - ¿qué?
what? — ( say that again) ¿cómo?, ¿qué?; ( expressing disbelief) ¿qué?, ¿que qué?
2) (in phrases)or what? — (colloq) ¿o qué?
are you stupid, or what? — ¿eres tonto o qué?
so what? — ¿y qué?
what about: but what about the children? y los niños ¿qué?; what about my work? - what about it? ¿y mi trabajo? - ¿y qué?; you know Julie's boyfriend? - yes, what about him? ¿conoces al novio de Julie? - sí ¿por qué?; what... for: what's this button for? ¿para qué es este botón?; what are you complaining for? ¿por qué te quejas?; to give somebody what for (colloq) darle* una buena a alguien (fam); what have you (colloq): she sells postcards and souvenirs and what have you vende postales, recuerdos y esas cosas or y demás; what if: what if she finds out? ¿y si se entera?; what... like: what's she like? ¿cómo es?; what does he look like? ¿cómo es físicamente?, ¿qué aspecto tiene?; what's his new film like? ¿qué tal es su nueva película?; what of: so we're not married: what of it? no estamos casados ¿y qué?; what's-her/-his/-its-name (colloq): go and ask what's-her-name next door ve y pregúntale a la de al lado ¿cómo se llama?; the what's-its-name o what-d' you call it is broken la cosa ésa está rota (fam), el chisme ése está roto (Esp, Méx fam); what with entre; what with one thing and another, I haven't had time — entre una cosa y otra, no he tenido tiempo
3)a) ( in indirect speech) qué(do) you know what? I'll ask him for a raise! — ¿sabes qué? or ¿sabes qué te digo? le voy a pedir aumento!
(I'll) tell you what,... — mira,...
b) ( relative use) lo queI don't know and, what's more, I don't care — no lo sé y lo que es más, no me importa
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1)a) ( in questions) quéwhat book are you reading? — ¿qué libro estás leyendo?
what color are the walls? — ¿de qué color son las paredes?
what more does he want? — ¿qué más quiere?
b) ( in indirect speech) quéshe didn't know what color to choose/what language they were speaking — no sabía qué color elegir/en qué idioma estaban hablando
c) (all of the, any)what few hotels there were were full — los pocos hoteles que había, estaban llenos
what little she owned she left to her son — lo poco que tenía, se lo dejó a su hijo
2) ( in exclamations) quéwhat a friend you've turned out to be! — (iro) valiente or vaya amigo has resultado ser tú!
what a lot of people! — cuánta gente!, qué cantidad de gente!
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1. noun1) Überraschung, dieto my great surprise, much to my surprise — zu meiner großen Überraschung; sehr zu meiner Überraschung
it came as a surprise to us — es war für uns eine Überraschung
surprise, surprise! — (iron.) sieh mal einer an! (spött.)
2) attrib. überraschend, unerwartet [Besuch]a surprise attack/defeat — ein Überraschungsangriff/eine überraschende Niederlage
2. transitive verbit's to be a surprise party — die Party soll eine Überraschung sein
überraschen; überrumpeln [Feind]I shouldn't be surprised if... — es würde mich nicht wundern, wenn...
be surprised at somebody/something — sich über jemanden/etwas wundern
* * *1. noun((the feeling caused by) something sudden or unexpected: His statement caused some surprise; Your letter was a pleasant surprise; There were some nasty surprises waiting for her when she returned; He stared at her in surprise; To my surprise the door was unlocked; ( also adjective) He paid them a surprise visit.) die Überraschung2. verb1) (to cause to feel surprise: The news surprised me.) überraschen2) (to lead, by means of surprise, into doing something: Her sudden question surprised him into betraying himself.) verleiten3) (to find, come upon, or attack, without warning: They surprised the enemy from the rear.) überrumpeln•- academic.ru/112445/surprised">surprised- surprising
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- take by surprise* * *sur·prise[səˈpraɪz, AM sɚˈ-]I. n Überraschung felement of \surprise Überraschungsmoment ntto be full of \surprises ( approv) voller Überraschungen steckento come as a \surprise [to sb] völlig überraschend [für jdn] kommento express \surprise at sth seine Überraschung über etw akk zum Ausdruck bringento spring a \surprise on sb jdn vollkommen überraschento take sb by \surprise jdn überraschenin [or with] \surprise überrascht, erstauntto sb's [great] \surprise zu jds [großem] ErstaunenII. vt▪ to \surprise sb1. (amaze) jdn überraschenit will not \surprise anyone to learn that the offer has been rejected es wird wohl niemanden verwundern, dass das Angebot abgelehnt wurdewell, you do \surprise me nun, das erstaunt mich!2. (take unawares) jdn überraschenIII. adj attr, inv überraschend, unerwartet\surprise visit Überraschungsbesuch m* * *[sə'praɪz]1. nÜberraschung fin surprise —
much to my surprise, to my great surprise — zu meiner großen Überraschung
with a look of surprise — mit überraschtem Gesicht
it was a surprise ( for or to me) to find that... — ich war überrascht, als ich entdeckte, dass...
it came as a surprise to us —
surprise, surprise, it's me! — rate mal, wer hier ist?
2. attrÜberraschungs-, überraschendsurprise winner — Überraschungssieger( in) m(f)
3. vtüberraschen; (= catch unawares also) army, sentry überrumpeln; thief (auf frischer Tat) ertappenI was surprised to hear it — ich war überrascht, das zu hören
I wouldn't be surprised if... —
don't be surprised if he refuses — wundern Sie sich nicht, wenn er ablehnt
I'm surprised at or by his ignorance — ich bin überrascht über seine Unkenntnis
I'm surprised you didn't think of that — es wundert mich, dass du nicht daran gedacht hast
go on, surprise me! — ich lass mich überraschen!
he surprised me into agreeing — er hat mich so verblüfft, dass ich zugestimmt habe
* * *surprise [sə(r)ˈpraız]A v/t1. allg überraschen:a) einen Einbrecher etc ertappenb) verblüffen, in Erstaunen (ver)setzen:be surprised erstaunt sein, sich wundern ( beide:at über akk);I should not be surprised if … es sollte mich nicht wundern, wenn …surprise sb into jemanden zu etwas verleiten;surprise sb into doing jemanden dazu verleiten, etwas zu tun2. befremden, empören, schockieren:B s1. Überraschung f, -rump(e)lung f:take by surprise jemanden, den Feind etc überrumpeln, überraschen, eine Festung etc im Handstreich nehmen2. Überraschung f:it came as a great (complete) surprise (to him) es kam sehr (völlig) überraschend (für ihn);surprise, surprise! umga) da staunst du, was?,b) ätsch!,c) iron welch eine Überraschung!3. Überraschung f, Verblüffung f, Erstaunen n, Verwunderung f:there was little surprise that … man war nur wenig überrascht, dass …;to my surprise zu meiner Überraschung;in surprise überrascht;stare in surprise große Augen machenC adja) überraschendb) Überraschungs…:* * *1. noun1) Überraschung, dieto my great surprise, much to my surprise — zu meiner großen Überraschung; sehr zu meiner Überraschung
surprise, surprise! — (iron.) sieh mal einer an! (spött.)
2) attrib. überraschend, unerwartet [Besuch]2. transitive verba surprise attack/defeat — ein Überraschungsangriff/eine überraschende Niederlage
überraschen; überrumpeln [Feind]I shouldn't be surprised if... — es würde mich nicht wundern, wenn...
be surprised at somebody/something — sich über jemanden/etwas wundern
* * *n.Überraschung f. v.wundern v.überraschen v. -
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I [sə'praɪz] n1) удивлениеIt was no surprise to me to find that it was all a lie. — Меня ничуть не удивило, что все это было ложью.
He showed no surprise at the offer. — Предложение не вызвало у него никакого удивления.
His surprise grew. — Его удивление нарастало.
- expression of blank surprise- feeling mingled with surprise and alarm
- in some surprise
- in mute surprise
- in dull surprise
- in solemn surprise
- one's surprise
- my extreme surprise
- their mutual surprise
- arouse an unpleasant surprise
- be seized with surprise
- conceal surprise
- express surprise at the news
- fill smb with surprise
- give a pleasant surprise
- hear smb with surprise
- see smb with surpriose
- look at smb in surprise
- recover from get over the first surprise
- show surprise
- start in surprise
- surprise grows2) сюрприз, неожиданностьIt is a surprise for me. — Это для меня сюрприз.
I want it to be a surprise. — Я хочу, чтобы это было сюрпризом.
There were one or two surprises, some pleasant, some less so. — Было несколько неожиданных сюрпризов, одни были более, другие менее приятны.
Life is a series of surprises. — Жизнь - это вереница неожиданностей/череда сюрпризов.
- surprise packet- give smb a surprise
- plant a surprise for smb
- spring an unpleasant surprise on smb3) внезапность, неожиданностьThe results were a complete surprise to everyone. — Результаты были для всех полной неожиданностью.
The fort was taken by surprise. — Крепость была взята в результате внезапной атаки
- surprise visit- surprise story
- surprise annoucement
- sirprise attack
- surprise effect
- surprise of the attack
- achieve a complete surprise
- get over the surprise
- take smb by surprise II [sə'praz]1) удивлять, поражать- surprise smb- surprise smb by smth- be surprised at smb's doing smth- be surprised that...Our unexpected return surprised her. — Наше неожиданное возвращение застало ее врасплох.
•CHOICE OF WORDS:Удивление может быть передано кроме глагола to surprise, to be surprised и глаголами to astonish и to amaze. В отличие от двух последних to surprise описывает удивление, вызванное чем-либо неожиданным или чем-либо необычным. Значение глагола to surprise может быть также связано с испугом, страхом, и особенно в случаях недозволенных поступковUSAGE: -
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1. noun((the feeling caused by) something sudden or unexpected: His statement caused some surprise; Your letter was a pleasant surprise; There were some nasty surprises waiting for her when she returned; He stared at her in surprise; To my surprise the door was unlocked; ( also adjective) He paid them a surprise visit.) presenečenje2. verb1) (to cause to feel surprise: The news surprised me.) presenetiti2) (to lead, by means of surprise, into doing something: Her sudden question surprised him into betraying himself.) zapeljati3) (to find, come upon, or attack, without warning: They surprised the enemy from the rear.) presenetiti•- surprising
- surprisingly
- take by surprise* * *I [səpráiz]1.nounpresenečenje; začudenje, osuplost (at ob, nad), ogorčenje; military nepričakovan napadby surprise — nepričakovano, nenadomataken by surprise — osupel, presenečenwhat a surprise! — kakšno presenečenje!to stare in surprise — strmeti, debelo gledati od začudenjato take s.o. by surprise — presenetiti kogato take a town by surprise military zavzeti mesto z nepričakovanim napadom;2.adjectivepresenetljiv, nepričakovanII [səpráiz]transitive verbpresenetiti, osupiti, začuditi; ogorčiti; military napraviti nepričakovan napad na; zalotiti, zasačiti; neopazno napeljati, speljati, zapeljati ( into na kaj) -
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N1. आश्चर्यOh! what a surprise it's a fairy.--------V1. आश्चर्यचकित करनाHe surprised everyone by his behaviour at the party. -
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A n1 ( unexpected event) surprise f ; there are more surprises in store ou to come il y a d'autres surprises en réserve ; the result came as ou was no surprise le résultat n'a surpris personne ; that's a bit of a surprise c'est surprenant ; it comes as ou is no surprise that ce n'est pas surprenant que (+ subj) ; it came as something of a surprise that people were so pleased c'était surprenant de voir combien les gens étaient contents ; it would come as no surprise if ce ne serait pas surprenant que (+ subj) or si (+ indic) ; it comes as ou is a surprise to hear/to see that c'est une surprise d'apprendre/de voir que ; it came as no surprise to us to hear that nous n'avons pas été surpris d'apprendre que ; it came as ou was a complete surprise to me cela m'a vraiment étonn é ; to spring a surprise on sb préparer une surprise à qn ; surprise, surprise! ô surprise! ; is he in for a surprise! ça va être la surprise! ; and, surprise, surprise, they agreed iron et, surprise, ils étaient d'accord ;2 (experience, gift) surprise f ; what a nice surprise! quelle bonne surprise! ; she wants it to be a surprise elle veut que ce soit une surprise ;3 ( astonishment) surprise f, étonnement m ; there was some surprise at the news la nouvelle a provoqué une certaine surprise ; to express surprise at sth se déclarer surpris par qch ; to express surprise that se déclarer surpris que (+ subj) ; to my (great) surprise à ma (grande) surprise ; much to my surprise à ma grande surprise ; with surprise avec étonnement ; ‘are you sure?’ she said in surprise ‘en es-tu sûr?’ dit-elle, surprise ;4 Mil, Pol, gen ( as tactic) surprise f ; the element of surprise l'effet de surprise ; to take sb by surprise gen prendre qn au dépourvu ; Mil surprendre qn.B modif1 ( unexpected) [announcement, closure, result] inattendu ; [visit, guest, holiday, party] surprise (after n) ; [attack, invasion] surprise (after n) ; surprise tactics lit, fig tactique f fondée sur l'effet de la surprise ; to pay sb a surprise visit aller voir qn sans le prévenir.C vtr1 ( astonish) surprendre ; he surprised everyone by winning il a surpris tout le monde par sa victoire ; to be surprised by sth être surpris par qch ; what surprises me most is… ce qui me surprend le plus c'est… ; it surprised them that ils étaient surpris que (+ subj) ; it wouldn't surprise me if cela ne me surprendrait pas que (+ subj) or si (+ indic) ; it might surprise you to know that tu seras peut-être surpris d'apprendre que ; would it surprise you to learn that he's 60? ça te surprendrait d'apprendre qu'il a 60 ans? ; nothing surprises me any more! je ne m'étonne plus de rien! ; you (do) surprise me! iron tu m'étonnes! go on, surprise me allez, dis toujours! ; -
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what [wɒt]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adjective2. pronoun3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adjective• what time is it? quelle heure est-il ?• what flavours do you want? quels parfums voulez-vous ?• what subjects did you choose? quelles matières as-tu choisies ?b. ( = all the) I gave him what money I had je lui ai donné tout l'argent que j'avais• I will give you what information we have je vais vous donner toutes les informations dont nous disposonsc. (exclamations) what a nice surprise! quelle bonne surprise !• what a ridiculous suggestion! quelle suggestion ridicule !• what a nightmare! quel cauchemar !• what a nuisance! quelle barbe ! (inf)• what a lot of people! que de monde !• what lovely hair you've got! quels jolis cheveux tu as !2. pronouna. (used alone, or in emphatic position) quoi• what? I didn't get that quoi ? je n'ai pas compris• I've forgotten something -- what? j'ai oublié quelque chose -- quoi ?• he's getting married -- what! il se marie -- quoi !• what! you expect me to believe that! quoi ! et tu penses que je vais croire ça !━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► quoi is used with a preposition, if the French verb requires one.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• I've just thought of something -- what? je viens de penser à quelque chose -- à quoi ?• I've just remembered something -- what? je viens de me souvenir de quelque chose -- de quoi ?• what's happened? qu'est-ce qui s'est passé ?• what's bothering you? qu'est-ce qui te préoccupe ?• what's for dinner? qu'est-ce qu'il y a pour dîner ?• what is his address? quelle est son adresse ?• what's the French for "pen"? comment dit-on « pen » en français ?• what is this called? comment ça s'appelle ?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When asking for a definition or explanation, c'est quoi is often used in spoken French.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• what are capers? c'est quoi, les câpres ?• what's that noise? c'est quoi, ce bruit ?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► The object pronoun que is more formal than qu'est-ce que and requires inversion of verb and pronoun.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• what did you do? qu'avez-vous fait ?• what can we do? qu'est-ce qu'on peut faire ? que peut-on faire ?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► The French preposition cannot be separated from the pronoun.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• what does he owe his success to? à quoi doit-il son succès ?• what were you talking about? de quoi parliez-vous ?• what's the best time to call? quel est le meilleur moment pour vous joindre ?• what are the advantages? quels sont les avantages ?e. ( = how much) combien• what will it cost? ça va coûter combien ?• what does it weigh? ça pèse combien ?• what do 2 and 2 make? combien font 2 et 2 ?• what does it matter? qu'est-ce que ça peut bien faire ?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━g. (in relative clauses) ( = that which) (subject of verb) ce qui ; (object of verb) ce que ; (object of verb taking "de") ce dont ; (object of verb taking "à") ce à quoi• what I don't understand is... ce que je ne comprends pas c'est...• what I need is... ce dont j'ai besoin c'est...━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When what means the ones which, the French pronoun is generally plural.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► and what...are you coming or what? tu viens ou quoi ? (inf)tell you what, let's stay here another day j'ai une idée: si on restait un jour de plus ?► what about• what about people who haven't got cars? et les gens qui n'ont pas de voiture ?• what about going to the cinema? si on allait au cinéma ?► what for? pourquoi ?• what did you do that for? pourquoi avez-vous fait ça ?• what if this doesn't work out? et si ça ne marchait pas ?• what if he says no? et s'il refuse ?► what of• but what of the country's political leaders? et les dirigeants politiques du pays ?• I've done this job long enough to know what's what je fais ce travail depuis assez longtemps pour savoir de quoi il retourne► what with• what with the stress and lack of sleep, I was in a terrible state entre le stress et le manque de sommeil, j'étais dans un état lamentable3. compounds* * *[wɒt], US [hwɒt] 1.1) ( what exactly) ( as subject) qu'est-ce qui; ( as object) que, qu'est-ce que; ( with prepositions) quoiwhat for? — ( why) pourquoi?; ( concerning what) à propos de quoi?
what's this called in Flemish? —
2) ( in rhetorical questions)what's the use? — ( enquiringly) à quoi bon?; ( exasperatedly) à quoi ça sert?
3) ( whatever)4) ( in clauses) ( as subject) ce qui; ( as object) ce que, (before vowel) ce qu'this is what is called a ‘monocle’ — c'est ce qu'on appelle un ‘monocle’
and what's worse ou better — et en plus
5) (colloq) ( when guessing)it'll cost, what, £50 — ça coutera, quoi, dans les 50 livres?
6) ( inviting repetition)2.what's that? —
1) ( which) quel/quelle/quels/quelles2) ( in exclamations) quel/quellewhat use is that? — lit, fig à quoi ça sert?
3) ( the amount of)what money he earns he spends — tout ce qu'il gagne, il le dépense
3.what little she has — le peu qu'elle a, tout ce qu'elle a
what about prepositional phrase1) ( when drawing attention)what about the letter they sent? — et la lettre qu'ils ont envoyée, alors?
2) ( when making suggestion)3) ( in reply)4.‘what about your sister?’ - ‘what about her?’ — ‘et ta sœur?’ - ‘quoi ma sœur?’
what if prepositional phrase et si5.what with prepositional phrase6.exclamation quoi!, comment!••to give somebody what for — (colloq) GB passer un savon (colloq) à quelqu'un
well, what do you know — iron tout arrive
what do you think I am! — (colloq) tu me prends pour quoi!
what's it to you? — (colloq) en quoi ça vous regarde?
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surprise [sə'praɪz]1 noun(a) (unexpected event, experience etc) surprise f;∎ it was a surprise to me cela a été une surprise pour moi, cela m'a surpris;∎ it was a surprise to see her there ce fut une surprise de la voir là;∎ what a lovely surprise! quelle merveilleuse surprise!;∎ her death came as no surprise sa mort n'a surpris personne;∎ his resignation came as a surprise to everyone sa démission a surpris tout le monde;∎ the party was meant to be a surprise la fête était censée être une surprise;∎ to give sb a surprise faire une surprise à qn;∎ it was no surprise to learn that he had a criminal record il n'y avait rien d'étonnant à ce qu'il ait un casier judiciaire;∎ you're in for (a bit of) a surprise! tu vas être surpris!, tu vas avoir une (sacrée) surprise!(b) (astonishment) surprise f, étonnement m;∎ much to my surprise, she agreed à ma grande surprise ou à mon grand étonnement, elle accepta;∎ her announcement caused some surprise sa déclaration a provoqué un certain étonnement;∎ he looked at me in surprise il me regarda d'un air surpris ou étonné(c) (catching unawares) surprise f;∎ the element of surprise is on our side nous avons l'effet de surprise pour nous;∎ to take sb by surprise surprendre qn, prendre qn au dépourvu;∎ their arrival took me by surprise leur arrivée m'a pris au dépourvu;∎ the soldiers took the enemy by surprise les soldats ont pris l'ennemi par surprise(attack, present, victory) surprise; (announcement) inattendu∎ it surprised me that they didn't give her the job j'ai été surpris ou étonné qu'ils ne l'aient pas embauchée;∎ shall we surprise her? si on lui faisait une surprise?;∎ it wouldn't surprise me if they lost ça ne m'étonnerait pas ou je ne serais pas surpris qu'ils perdent;∎ ironic go on, surprise me! vas-y, annonce!(b) (catch unawares) surprendre;∎ the burglar was surprised by the police le cambrioleur fut surpris par la police;∎ we surprised the enemy at dawn nous avons surpris l'ennemi à l'aube∎ surprise(, surprise)! coucou!►► surprise party = fête organisée pour quelqu'un sans qu'il ou elle le sache;surprise visit visite f surprise;∎ the Prime Minister made a surprise visit to Ireland le Premier ministre a fait une visite surprise en Irlande -
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A pron1 ( what exactly) ( as subject) qu'est-ce qui ; ( as object) que, qu'est-ce que ; ( with prepositions) quoi ; what is happening? qu'est-ce qui se passe, qu'est-ce qui arrive? ; what are you doing/up to ○ ? qu'est-ce que tu fais/fabriques ○ ? ; with/about what? avec/de quoi? ; or what? ou quoi? ; and what else? et quoi d'autre? ; what is to be done? que faire? ; what do six and four add up to? que font six et quatre? ; what is up there? qu'est-ce qu'il y a là-haut? ; what's wrong?, what's the matter?, what's up? qu'est-ce qu'il y a?, qu'est-ce qui ne va pas? ; what does it matter? qu'est-ce que ça peut faire? ; what's that machine? qu'est-ce que c'est que cet appareil? ; what's her telephone number? quel est son numéro de téléphone? ; what's that button for? à quoi sert ce bouton? ; what did he do that for? pourquoi est-ce qu'il a fait ça? ; what for? ( why) pourquoi? ; ( concerning what) à propos de quoi?, à quel sujet? ; ‘I'm going to the shops’-‘what for?’ ‘je vais aux magasins’-‘qu'est-ce que tu veux?’ ; what's it like? comment c'est? ; what's it like having an older brother? comment c'est d'avoir un grand frère? ; what's this called in Flemish, what's the Flemish for this? comment dit-on cela en flamand? ; what did it cost? combien est-ce que ça a coûté? ;2 ( in rhetorical questions) what's life without love? que serait la vie sans l'amour? ; what's the use? ( enquiringly) à quoi bon? ; ( exasperatedly) à quoi ça sert? ; what does he care? qu'est-ce que ça peut bien lui faire? ; what can anyone do? qu'est-ce qu'on peut faire? ;3 ( whatever) do what you want/have to fais ce que tu veux/as à faire ;4 ( in clauses) ( as subject) ce qui ; ( as object) ce que, ( before vowel) ce qu' ; to wonder/know what is happening se demander/savoir ce qui se passe ; to ask/guess what sb wants demander/deviner ce que qn veut ; they had everything except what I wanted ils avaient tout sauf ce que je voulais ; this is what is called a ‘monocle’ c'est ce qu'on appelle un ‘monocle’ ; do you know what that device is? sais-tu ce que c'est que cet appareil? ; and what is equally surprising is that et ce qui est tout aussi étonnant, c'est que ; she's not what she was elle n'est plus ce qu'elle était ; what I need is ce dont j'ai besoin c'est ; a hammer, a drill and I don't know what un marteau, une perceuse et je ne sais quoi encore ; drinking what looked like whisky buvant quelque chose qui ressemblait à du whisky ; and what's more et en plus ; and what's worse ou better et en plus ;6 ( inviting repetition) what's that, what did you say? quoi? qu'est-ce que tu as dit? ; he earns what? il gagne combien? ; he did what? il a fait quoi? ; George what? George comment? ;7 ( expressing surprise) and what it must have cost! combien ça a dû coûter! ;B det1 ( which) quel/quelle ; what magazines do you read? quels magazines est-ce que tu lis? ; what time is it? quelle heure est-il? ; do you know what train he took? est-ce que tu sais quel train il a pris? ;2 ( in exclamations) quel/quelle ; what a nice dress/car! quelle belle robe/voiture! ; what a lovely apartment! quel bel appartement! ; what a strange thing to do! quelle drôle d'idée! ; what use is that? lit, fig à quoi ça sert? ;3 ( the amount of) what money he earns he spends tout ce qu'il gagne, il le dépense ; what little she has le peu qu'elle a, tout ce qu'elle a ; what belongings she had she threw away elle a jeté tout ce qui lui appartenait or toutes ses affaires ; what few friends she had les quelques amis qu'elle avait.1 ( when drawing attention) what about the letter they sent? et la lettre qu'ils ont envoyée, alors? ; what about the children? et les enfants (alors)? ;2 ( when making suggestion) what about a meal out? et si on dînait au restaurant? ; what about Tuesday? OK? qu'est-ce que tu dirais de mardi? ça te va? ; ⇒ about ;3 ( in reply) ‘what about your sister?’-‘what about her?’ ‘et ta sœur?’-‘quoi ma sœur?’E what of phr what of Shakespeare and Lamb? littér qu'en est-il de Shakespeare et de Lamb? ; what of it ○ ! et puis quoi ○ !F what with phr what with her shopping bags and her bike avec ses sacs à provisions et son vélo en plus ; what with the depression and unemployment entre la dépression et le chômage ; what with one thing and another avec ceci et cela.G excl quoi!, comment!I'll tell you what tu sais quoi ; to give sb what for ○ GB passer un savon ○ à qn ; to know what's what s'y connaître ; he doesn't know what's what il n'y connaît rien ; well, what do you know iron tout arrive ; what do you think I am ○ ! tu me prends pour quoi! ; what's it to you ○ ? en quoi ça vous regarde?, qu'est-ce que ça peut bien vous faire? ; what's yours ○ ? qu'est-ce que tu bois? ; you know what he/she etc is! on le/la etc connaît! -
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what [wɒt]qu'est-ce qui ⇒ 1 (a) que ⇒ 1 (a) qu'est-ce que ⇒ 1 (a) quoi ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (b), 1 (d), 1 (f) ce qui ⇒ 1 (b), 1 (f) ce que ⇒ 1 (b), 1 (f), 1 (g) comment ⇒ 1 (c) combien ⇒ 1 (e) quel ⇒ 2 (a), 31 pronoun(a) (in direct questions → as subject) qu'est-ce qui, que; (→ as object) (qu'est-ce) que, quoi; (→ after preposition) quoi;∎ what do you want? qu'est-ce que tu veux?, que veux-tu?;∎ what's happening? qu'est-ce qui se passe?, que se passe-t-il?;∎ what's new? quoi de neuf?;∎ what's that for? à quoi cela sert-il?, à quoi ça sert?;∎ what's the matter?, what is it? qu'est-ce qu'il y a?;∎ familiar what's it to you? qu'est-ce que ça peut te faire?;∎ what's that? qu'est-ce que c'est que ça?; (what did you say) quoi?;∎ what's that building? qu'est-ce que c'est que ce bâtiment?;∎ what's your phone number? quel est votre numéro de téléphone?;∎ what's her name? comment s'appelle-t-elle?;∎ what's the Spanish for "light"? comment dit-on "light" en espagnol?;∎ what's the boss like? comment est le patron?;∎ what is life without friends? que vaut la vie sans amis?;∎ familiar what's up with him? qu'est-ce qu'il a?□ ;∎ what did I tell you? (gen) qu'est-ce que je vous ai dit?; (I told you so) je vous l'avais bien dit!;∎ she must be, what, 50? elle doit avoir, quoi, 50 ans?;∎ Mum? - what? - can I go out? Maman? - quoi? - est-ce que je peux sortir?;∎ what are you thinking about? à quoi pensez-vous?;∎ what did he die of? de quoi est-il mort?;∎ what do you take me for? pour qui me prenez-vous?;∎ what could be more beautiful? quoi de plus beau?;∎ tell us what happened dites-nous ce qui s'est passé;∎ I wonder what she was thinking about! je me demande ce qui lui est passé par la tête!;∎ I asked what it was all about j'ai demandé de quoi il était question;∎ he didn't understand what I said il n'a pas compris ce que j'ai dit;∎ I don't know what to do je ne sais pas quoi faire;∎ I don't know what to do to help him je ne sais pas quoi faire pour l'aider;∎ I don't know what that building is je ne sais pas ce qu'est ce bâtiment(c) (asking someone to repeat something) comment;∎ what's that? qu'est-ce que tu dis?;∎ they bought what? quoi, qu'est-ce qu'ils ont acheté?(d) (expressing surprise) quoi;∎ what, another new dress? quoi, encore une nouvelle robe?;∎ what, no coffee! comment ou quoi? pas de café?;∎ he's going into the circus - what! il va travailler dans un cirque - quoi?;∎ I found $350 - you what! j'ai trouvé 350 dollars - quoi?;∎ I told her to leave - you did what! je lui ai dit de partir - tu lui as dit quoi?∎ what's 17 minus 4? combien ou que fait 17 moins 4?;∎ what does it cost? combien est-ce que ça coûte?;∎ what do I owe you? combien vous dois-je?;∎ do you know what he was asking for it? savez-vous combien il en demandait?∎ what you need is a hot bath ce qu'il vous faut, c'est un bon bain chaud;∎ they spent what amounted to a week's salary ils ont dépensé l'équivalent d'une semaine de salaire;∎ she has what it takes to succeed elle a ce qu'il faut pour réussir;∎ that's what life is all about! c'est ça la vie!;∎ education is not what it used to be l'enseignement n'est plus ce qu'il était;∎ what is most remarkable is that… ce qu'il y a de plus remarquable c'est que…;∎ it was pretty much what we expected c'était plus ou moins ce qu'on avait imaginé;∎ what's done cannot be undone ce qui est fait est fait;∎ and what is worse… et ce qui est pire…(g) (whatever, everything that)∎ they rescued what they could ils ont sauvé ce qu'ils ont pu;∎ say what you will vous pouvez dire ou vous direz tout ce que vous voudrez;∎ say what you will, I don't believe you racontez tout ce que vous voulez, je ne vous crois pas;∎ come what may advienne que pourra∎ an interesting book, what? un livre intéressant, n'est-ce pas ou pas vrai?∎ I'll tell you what… écoute!;∎ you know what…? tu sais quoi…?;∎ I know what j'ai une idée;∎ you'll never guess what tu ne devineras jamais (quoi);∎ familiar documents, reports and what have you or and what not des documents, des rapports et je ne sais quoi encore□ ;∎ familiar and I don't know what et que sais-je encore□ ;∎ familiar and God knows what et Dieu sait quoi;∎ have you got a flat, rooms or what? vous avez un appartement, une chambre ou quoi?;∎ look, do you want to come or what? alors, tu veux venir ou quoi?;∎ a trip to Turkey? - what next! un voyage en Turquie? - et puis quoi encore!;∎ what have we here? mais que vois-je?;∎ what then? et après?;∎ old-fashioned what ho! eh! ho!; (as greeting) salut!;∎ familiar we need to find out what's what il faut qu'on sache où en sont les choses;∎ familiar she told me what was what elle m'a mis au courant;∎ familiar they know what's what in art ils s'y connaissent en art□ ;∎ familiar I'll show him what's what! je vais lui montrer de quel bois je me chauffe!∎ what books did you buy? quels livres avez-vous achetés?;∎ what colour/size is it? de quelle couleur/taille c'est?;∎ (at) what time will you be arriving? à quelle heure arriverez-vous?;∎ what day is it? quel jour sommes-nous?;∎ what good or use is this? à quoi ça sert?(b) (as many as, as much as)∎ I gave her what money I had je lui ai donné le peu d'argent que j'avais;∎ he gathered what strength he had il a rassemblé le peu de forces qui lui restaient;∎ what time we had left was spent (in) packing on a passé le peu de temps qui nous restait à faire les valises;∎ they stole what little money she had ils lui ont volé le peu d'argent qu'elle avait;∎ I gave her what comfort I could je l'ai consolée autant que j'ai pu∎ (expressing an opinion or a reaction) what a suggestion! quelle idée!;∎ what a strange thing! comme c'est bizarre!;∎ what a pity! comme c'est ou quel dommage!;∎ what an idiot he is! comme il est bête!, qu'il est bête!;∎ what lovely children you have! quels charmants enfants vous avez!;∎ what a lot of people! que de gens!, que de monde!;∎ you can't imagine what a time we had getting here vous ne pouvez pas vous imaginer le mal qu'on a eu à venir jusqu'ici4 adverb∎ (in rhetorical questions) what do I care? qu'est-ce que ça peut me faire?;∎ what does it matter? qu'est-ce que ça peut faire?;∎ well, what of it? et bien?, et après?∎ what about lunch? et si on déjeunait?;∎ when shall we go? - what about Monday? quand est-ce qu'on y va? - (et si on disait) lundi?;∎ what about your promise? - what about my promise? et ta promesse? - ben quoi, ma promesse?;∎ familiar what about it? et alors?;∎ do you remember Lauryn? - what about her? tu te souviens de Lauryn? - oui, et alors?;∎ and what about you? et vous donc?(why) pourquoi?;∎ what did you say that for? pourquoi as-tu dit cela?;∎ I'm leaving town - what for? je quitte la ville - pourquoi?∎ what if we went to the beach? et si on allait à la plage?;∎ he won't come - and what if he doesn't? (supposing) il ne va pas venir - et alors?∎ what with work and the children I don't get much sleep entre le travail et les enfants, je ne dors pas beaucoup;∎ what with paying for dinner and the cab he was left with no cash après avoir payé le dîner et le taxi, il n'avait plus d'argent;∎ what with one thing and another I never got there pour un tas de raisons je n'y suis jamais allé -
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(a) (in surprise) eh bien!, tiens!(b) (greeting) bonjour!, salut! -
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adj. hangi, ne————————interj. ne, nasıl————————n. hangi, ne, neyi, neleri* * *1. ne| (wh.) 2. ne (q.)* * *[wot] 1. pronoun, adjective1) (used in questions etc when asking someone to point out, state etc one or more persons, things etc: What street is this?; What's your name/address / telephone number?; What time is it?; What (kind of) bird is that?; What is he reading?; What did you say?; What is this cake made of?; `What do you want to be when you grow up?' `A doctor.'; Tell me what you mean; I asked him what clothes I should wear.) ne, neyi, neler, hangi2) (( also adverb) used in exclamations of surprise, anger etc: What clothes she wears!; What a fool he is!; What naughty children they are!; What a silly book this is!) ne (kadar)...!2. relative pronoun1) (the thing(s) that: Did you find what you wanted?; These tools are just what I need for this job; What that child needs is a good spanking!) o şey ki,...-en (şey),...-diği şey2) (( also relative adjective) any (things or amount) that; whatever: I'll lend you what clothes you need; Please lend me what you can.) her ne, herhagi bir•- whatever3. adjective, pronoun(no matter what: You have to go on, whatever (trouble) you meet; Whatever (else) you do, don't say that!) ne...-se, (her) ne...-sa olsun4. adjective(whatsoever; at all: I had nothing whatever to do with that.) hiç, hiçbir, hiç mi hiç5. pronoun((also what ever) used in questions or exclamations to express surprise etc: Whatever will he say when he hears this?) ne?, her neyse, neyse o- whatnot- what's-his, -her, -its -name
- whatsoever
- know what's what
- what about?
- what... for
- what have you
- what if?
- what... like?
- what of it?
- what with -
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səˈpraɪz
1. сущ.
1) удивление The Foreign Office in London has expressed surprise at these allegations. ≈ Министерство иностранных дел в Лондоне выразило свое удивление по поводу этих заявлений. Syn: astonishment, wonder
2) неожиданность, сюрприз I have a surprise for you: we are moving to Switzerland. ≈ У меня для тебя сюрприз: мы отправляемся в Швейцарию. Syn: unexpectedness, suddenness
3) неожиданное нападение to take smb. by surprise ≈ захватить кого-л. врасплох
2. гл.
1) изумлять, поражать, удивлять I am surprised at you. ≈ Вы меня удивляете. Syn: astonish, amaze
2) нагрянуть неожиданно;
нападать или заставать врасплох I surprised him in the act. ≈ Я накрыл его на месте преступления. Syn: waylay удивление, изумление - in * удивленно - to my great *, much to my * к моему великому удивлению - to show * удивиться - to cause no * не вызвать удивления неожиданность, сюрприз - a * visit приход в гости без предупреждения - it was a great * to me для меня это было большой неожиданностью - I have a * for you у меня для вас есть сюрприз - what a pleasant *! какая приятная неожиданность! - to spring a * on smb., to give smb. a * преподнести кому-л. сюрприз, неожиданно удивить кого-л. неожиданное действие( особ. нападение) - * attack внезапная атака /-ое нападение/ - * effect( военное) эффект внезапности - by * врасплох - to take smb. by * захватить кого-л. врасплох - to capitalize on * (военное) использовать преимущества внезапности удивлять, поражать - he *d me он меня удивил - to be *d at smb., smth. удивляться кому-л., чему-л. - he was more *d than frightened он был скорее удивлен, чем напуган - I shoudn't be *d if... я нисколько не удивлюсь, если..., меня нисколько не удивило бы, если... - it is nothing to be *d at /about/ удивляться этому не приходится;
этого и следовало ожидать нагрянуть неожиданно;
нападать неожиданно;
заставать врасплох - I *d him in the act я застал его на месте преступления - to * smb. into a confession вынудить признание у кого-л., застав его врасплох - he *d me into consent я был так поражен его неожиданным предложением, что согласился ~ неожиданное нападение;
by surprise врасплох;
to take (smb.) by surprise захватить (кого-л.) врасплох ~ удивлять, поражать;
I am surprised at you вы меня удивляете;
I shouldn't be surprised if... меня нисколько не удивило бы, если... ~ удивлять, поражать;
I am surprised at you вы меня удивляете;
I shouldn't be surprised if... меня нисколько не удивило бы, если... surprise нагрянуть неожиданно;
нападать или заставать врасплох;
I surprised him in the act я накрыл его на месте преступления ~ удивление;
to my great surprise к моему величайшему удивлению;
to show surprise удивиться ~ удивление;
to my great surprise к моему величайшему удивлению;
to show surprise удивиться surprise нагрянуть неожиданно;
нападать или заставать врасплох;
I surprised him in the act я накрыл его на месте преступления ~ неожиданное нападение;
by surprise врасплох;
to take (smb.) by surprise захватить (кого-л.) врасплох ~ неожиданность, сюрприз ~ удивление;
to my great surprise к моему величайшему удивлению;
to show surprise удивиться ~ удивлять, поражать;
I am surprised at you вы меня удивляете;
I shouldn't be surprised if... меня нисколько не удивило бы, если... to ~ a person into a confession вынудить признание (у кого-л.), застав его врасплох ~ attr. неожиданный, внезапный;
a surprise visit неожиданный визит;
surprise effect эффект внезапности;
surprise attack внезапная атака ~ attr. неожиданный, внезапный;
a surprise visit неожиданный визит;
surprise effect эффект внезапности;
surprise attack внезапная атака to ~ (smb.) into doing( smth.) вынудить (кого-л.) сделать( что-л.) (неожиданным вопросом и т. п.) ~ attr. неожиданный, внезапный;
a surprise visit неожиданный визит;
surprise effect эффект внезапности;
surprise attack внезапная атака ~ неожиданное нападение;
by surprise врасплох;
to take (smb.) by surprise захватить (кого-л.) врасплохБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > surprise
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