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what would you do in my place

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1 place

1. noun
1) Ort, der; (spot) Stelle, die; Platz, der

I left it in a safe place — ich habe es an einem sicheren Ort gelassen

it was still in the same place — es war noch an derselben Stelle od. am selben Platz

a place in the queue — ein Platz in der Schlange

all over the place — überall; (coll.): (in a mess) ganz durcheinander (ugs.)

from place to place — von Ort zu Ort

in places — hier und da; (in parts) stellenweise

find a place in something — (be included) in etwas (Akk.) eingehen; see also academic.ru/73191/take">take 1. 4)

2) (fig.): (rank, position) Stellung, die

put somebody in his place — jemanden in seine Schranken weisen

know one's place — wissen, was sich für einen gehört

it's not my place to do that — es kommt mir nicht zu, das zu tun

3) (building or area for specific purpose)

a [good] place to park/to stop — ein [guter] Platz zum Parken/eine [gute] Stelle zum Halten

do you know a good/cheap place to eat? — weißt du, wo man gut/billig essen kann?

place of residence — Wohnort, der

place of work — Arbeitsplatz, der; Arbeitsstätte, die

place of worship — Andachtsort, der

4) (country, town) Ort, der

Paris/Italy is a great place — Paris ist eine tolle Stadt/Italien ist ein tolles Land (ugs.)

place of birth — Geburtsort, der

go places — (coll.) herumkommen (ugs.); (fig.) es [im Leben] zu was bringen (ugs.)

5) (coll.): (premises) Bude, die (ugs.); (hotel, restaurant, etc.) Laden, der (ugs.)

she is at his/John's place — sie ist bei ihm/John

[shall we go to] your place or mine? — [gehen wir] zu dir oder zu mir?

6) (seat etc.) [Sitz]platz, der

change places [with somebody] — [mit jemandem] die Plätze tauschen; (fig.) [mit jemandem] tauschen

lay a/another place — ein/noch ein Gedeck auflegen

is this anyone's place? — ist dieser Platz noch frei?

7) (in book etc.) Stelle, die

lose one's place — die Seite verschlagen od. verblättern; (on page) nicht mehr wissen, an welcher Stelle man ist

8) (step, stage)

in the first place — zuerst

why didn't you say so in the first place? — warum hast du das nicht gleich gesagt?

in the first/second/third etc. place — erstens/zweitens/drittens usw.

9) (proper place) Platz, der

everything fell into place — (fig.) alles wurde klar

a woman's place is in the home — eine Frau gehört ins Haus

the clamp is properly in place — die Klammer sitzt richtig

into place — fest[nageln, -schrauben, -kleben]

out of place — nicht am richtigen Platz; (several things) in Unordnung; (fig.) fehl am Platz

take the place of somebody — jemandes Platz einnehmen

10) (position in competition) Platz, der

take first/second etc. place — den ersten/zweiten usw. Platz belegen

11) (job, position, etc.) Stelle, die; (as pupil; in team, crew) Platz, der

12) (personal situation)

what would you do in my place? — was würden Sie an meiner Stelle tun?

put yourself in my place — versetzen Sie sich in meine Lage
2. transitive verb
1) (put) (vertically) stellen; (horizontally) legen

place in position — richtig hinstellen/hinlegen

place an announcement/advertisement in a paper — eine Anzeige/ein Inserat in eine Zeitung setzen

place a bet — auf ein Pferd wetten

2) (fig.)

place one's trust in somebody/something — sein Vertrauen auf od. in jemanden/etwas setzen

he places happiness above all other things — Glück steht für ihn an erster Stelle

3) in p.p. (situated) gelegen

a badly placed window — ein Fenster an einer ungünstigen Stelle

we are well placed for buses/shops — etc. wir haben es nicht weit zur Bushaltestelle/zum Einkaufen usw.

how are you placed for time/money? — (coll.) wie steht's mit deiner Zeit/deinem Geld?

4) (find situation or home for) unterbringen ( with bei)

place somebody under somebody's care — jemanden in jemandes Obhut geben

5) (class, identify) einordnen; einstufen

I've seen him before but I can't place him — ich habe ihn schon einmal gesehen, aber ich weiß nicht, wo ich ihn unterbringen soll

be placed second in the race — im Rennen den zweiten Platz belegen

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[pleis] 1. noun
1) (a particular spot or area: a quiet place in the country; I spent my holiday in various different places.) der Ort

2) (an empty space: There's a place for your books on this shelf.) der Platz

3) (an area or building with a particular purpose: a market-place.) der Platz

4) (a seat (in a theatre, train, at a table etc): He went to his place and sat down.) der Platz

5) (a position in an order, series, queue etc: She got the first place in the competition; I lost my place in the queue.) der Platz

6) (a person's position or level of importance in society etc: You must keep your secretary in her place.) der Platz

7) (a point in the text of a book etc: The wind was blowing the pages of my book and I kept losing my place.) die Stelle

8) (duty or right: It's not my place to tell him he's wrong.) die Aufgabe

9) (a job or position in a team, organization etc: He's got a place in the team; He's hoping for a place on the staff.) der Platz

10) (house; home: Come over to my place.) die Wohnung

11) ((often abbreviated to Pl. when written) a word used in the names of certain roads, streets or squares.) der Platz

12) (a number or one of a series of numbers following a decimal point: Make the answer correct to four decimal places.) die Stelle
2. verb
1) (to put: He placed it on the table; He was placed in command of the army.) stellen, setzen

2) (to remember who a person is: I know I've seen her before, but I can't quite place her.) einordnen

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- place-name
- go places
- in the first
- second place
- in place
- in place of
- out of place
- put oneself in someone else's place
- put someone in his place
- put in his place
- take place
- take the place of
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place

[pleɪs]

I. NOUN

1. (location) Ort m

I hate busy \places ich hasse Orte, an denen viel los ist

the hotel was one of those big, old-fashioned \places das Hotel war eines dieser großen altmodischen Häuser

we're staying at a bed-and-breakfast \place wir übernachten in einer Frühstückspension

let's go to a pizza \place lass uns eine Pizza essen gehen

this is the exact \place! das ist genau die Stelle!

this plant needs a warm, sunny \place diese Pflanze sollte an einem warmen, sonnigen Ort stehen

Scotland is a very nice \place Schottland ist ein tolles Land fam

that café is a nice \place dieses Café ist echt nett fam

a nice little \place at the seaside ein netter kleiner Ort am Meer

please put this book back in its \place bitte stell dieses Buch wieder an seinen Platz zurück

this is the \place my mother was born hier wurde meine Mutter geboren

sorry, I can't be in two \places at once tut mir leid, ich kann nicht überall gleichzeitig sein

\place of birth Geburtsort m

\place of custody Verwahrungsort m

\place of death Sterbeort m

\place of delivery Erfüllungsort m

\place of employment Arbeitsplatz m

\place of jurisdiction Gerichtsstand m

\place of performance Erfüllungsort m

\place of refuge Zufluchtsort m

\place of residence Wohnort m

a \place in the sun ( fig) ein Plätzchen an der Sonne

\place of work Arbeitsplatz m, Arbeitsstätte f

to go \places AM weit herumkommen, viel sehen

in \places stellenweise

this plant still exists in \places diese Pflanze kommt noch vereinzelt vor

2. no pl (appropriate setting) [geeigneter] Ort

this meeting isn't the \place to discuss individual cases diese Konferenz ist nicht der Ort, um Einzelfälle zu diskutieren

university was not the \place for me die Universität war irgendwie nicht mein Ding fam

that bar is not a \place for a woman like you Frauen wie du haben in solch einer Bar nichts verloren

3. (home)

I'm looking for a \place to live ich bin auf Wohnungssuche

we'll have a meeting at my \place/Susan's \place wir treffen uns bei mir/bei Susan

where's your \place? wo wohnst du?; ( fam)

your \place or mine? zu dir oder zu mir?

they're trying to buy a larger \place wir sind auf der Suche nach einer größeren Wohnung

4. ( fig: position, rank) Stellung f

she's got friends in high \places sie hat Freunde in hohen Positionen

they have a \place among the country's leading exporters sie zählen zu den führenden Exporteuren des Landes

it's not your \place to tell me what to do es steht dir nicht zu, mir zu sagen, was ich zu tun habe

I'm not criticizing you — I know my \place das ist keine Kritik — das würde ich doch nie wagen!

to keep sb in their \place jdn in seine Schranken weisen

to put sb in his/her \place [or show sb his/her \place] jdm zeigen, wo es langgeht fam

5. (instead of)

▪ in \place of stattdessen

you can use margarine in \place of butter statt Butter kannst du auch Margarine nehmen

I invited Jo in \place of Les, who was ill Les war krank, daher habe ich Jo eingeladen

6. (proper position)

▪ to be in \place an seinem Platz sein; ( fig: completed) fertig [o abgeschlossen] sein

the chairs were all in \place die Stühle waren alle dort, wo sie sein sollten; ( fig)

the arrangements are all in \place now die Vorbereitungen sind jetzt abgeschlossen; ( fig)

the new laws are now in \place die neuen Gesetze gelten jetzt; ( fig)

suddenly all fell into \place plötzlich machte alles Sinn

to be out of \place nicht an der richtigen Stelle sein; person fehl am Platz[e] sein; ( fig)

the large desk was totally out of \place in such a small room der große Schreibtisch war in solch einem kleinen Zimmer völlig deplatziert

what you've just said was completely out of \place was du da gerade gesagt hast, war völlig unangebracht

to push sth in \place etw in die richtige Position schieben

7. MATH (in decimals) Stelle f

to five \places of decimals bis auf fünf Stellen hinter dem Komma

8. (job, position) Stelle f; (in team) Platz m; (at university) Studienplatz m

your \place is here by my side du gehörst an meine Seite

to take the \place of sb jds Platz einnehmen

9. (in book) Stelle f

to find one's \place die [richtige] Stelle wiederfinden

to keep one's \place markieren, wo man gerade ist/war

to lose one's \place die Seite verblättern[, wo man gerade war]; (on page) nicht mehr wissen, wo man gerade ist

10. (seat) Platz m

is this \place taken? ist dieser Platz noch frei?

to change \places with sb mit jdm die Plätze tauschen

to keep sb's \place [or save sb a \place] jdm den Platz freihalten

to lay a/another \place ein/noch ein Gedeck auflegen

to take one's \place at table Platz nehmen

11. (position) Stelle f

just put yourself in my \place versetzen Sie sich doch mal in meine Lage!

if I were in your \place... ich an deiner Stelle...

what would you do in my \place? was würden Sie an meiner Stelle tun?

12. (ranking) Platz m, Position f

the song went from tenth to second \place in the charts das Lied stieg vom zehnten auf den zweiten Platz in den Charts

our team finished in second \place unsere Mannschaft wurde Zweiter

to take [or esp BRIT get] first/second \place Erste(r)/Zweite(r) werden

to take first/second \place ( fig) an erster/zweiter Stelle kommen

their children always take first \place ihre Kinder stehen für sie immer an erster Stelle

in second \place auf dem zweiten Platz

13. SPORT

to get a \place sich akk platzieren; AM Zweite(r) werden

14. AM ( fam: somewhere)

I know I left that book some \place ich weiß, dass ich das Buch irgendwo gelassen habe

15.

▶ all over the \place (everywhere) überall; (badly organized) [völlig] chaotisch; (spread around) in alle Himmelsrichtungen zerstreut

▶ a \place for everything and everything in its \place ( prov) jedes Ding hat seinen Platz

▶ in the first \place (at first) zuerst; (at all) überhaupt

we shouldn't have got married in the first \place! wir hätten erst gar nicht heiraten dürfen!

but why didn't you say that in the first \place? aber warum hast du denn das nicht gleich gesagt?

▶ in the first/second \place (firstly, secondly) erstens/zweitens

▶ to give \place to sb/sth jdm/etw Platz machen

▶ to go \places ( fam) auf dem Weg nach oben sein

▶ to take \place stattfinden

▶ there is a \place and time for everything alles zu seiner Zeit

II. TRANSITIVE VERB

1. (position)

▪ to \place sth somewhere etw irgendwohin stellen; (lay) etw irgendwohin legen

bowls of flowers had been \placed on tables auf den Tischen waren Blumenvasen aufgestellt

the Chancellor \placed a wreath on the tomb der Kanzler legte einen Kranz auf dem Grab nieder

she \placed her name on the list sie setzte ihren Namen auf die Liste

he \placed his hand on my shoulder er legte mir die Hand auf die Schulter

to \place an advertisement in the newspaper eine Anzeige in die Zeitung setzen

to \place sth on the agenda etw auf die Tagesordnung setzen

to \place a bet on sth auf etw akk wetten

to \place sb under sb's care jdn in jds Obhut geben

to \place a comma ein Komma setzen

to \place one foot in front of the other einen Fuß vor den anderen setzen

to \place a gun at sb's head jdn eine Pistole an den Kopf setzen

to \place money on sth Geld auf etw akk setzen

▪ to be \placed shop, town liegen

2. (impose)

to \place an embargo on sb/sth über jdn/etw ein Embargo verhängen

to \place a limit [or ceiling] on sth etw begrenzen

to \place ten pounds/half a million on sth etw mit zehn Pfund/einer halben Million veranschlagen

3. (ascribe)

to \place the blame on sb jdm die Schuld geben

to \place one's faith [or trust] in sb/sth sein Vertrauen in jdn/etw setzen

to \place one's hopes on sb/sth seine Hoffnungen auf jdn/etw setzen

to \place importance on sth auf etw akk Wert legen

... and she \placed the emphasis on the word ‘soon’... und die Betonung lag auf ‚schnell‘

he \placed stress on every second syllable er betonte jede zweite Silbe

4. (arrange for)

to \place a call ein Telefongespräch anmelden

to \place sth at sb's disposal jdm etw überlassen

5. (appoint to a position)

▪ to \place sb/sth somewhere jdn/etw irgendwo unterbringen [o SCHWEIZ platzieren]

to \place sb on [the] alert jdn in Alarmbereitschaft versetzen

to \place sb under arrest jdn festnehmen

to \place sb in charge [of sth] jdm die Leitung [von etw dat] übertragen

to \place sb in jeopardy jdn in Gefahr bringen

to \place sb under pressure jdn unter Druck setzen

to \place a strain on sb/sth jdn/etw belasten

to \place staff Personal unterbringen [o vermitteln]

to \place sb under surveillance jdn unter Beobachtung stellen

the town was \placed under the control of UN peacekeeping troops die Stadt wurde unter die Aufsicht der UN-Friedenstruppen gestellt

6. (recognize)

▪ to \place sb/sth face, person, voice, accent jdn/etw einordnen

7. (categorize, rank)

▪ to \place sb/sth jdn/etw einordnen

to be \placed SPORT sich akk platzieren; AM unter die ersten zwei kommen

to be \placed first/second SPORT Erste(r)/Zweite(r) werden

▪ to \place sth above [or before] [or over] sth etw über etw akk stellen

sb \places sth above all other things etw steht bei jdm an erster Stelle

I'd \place him among the world's ten most brilliant scientists für mich ist er einer der zehn hervorragendsten Wissenschaftler der Welt

they \placed the painting in the Renaissance sie ordneten das Bild der Renaissance zu

8. ECON

▪ to \place sth goods etw absetzen

to \place an order for sth etw bestellen

to \place an order with a firm einer Firma einen Auftrag erteilen

9. passive (good position)

▪ to be well \placed for sth für etw akk eine gute Ausgangsposition haben

we're well \placed for the shops wir haben es nicht weit zum Einkaufen fam

to be well \placed financially finanziell gut dastehen

to be well \placed to watch sth von seinem Platz aus etw gut sehen können

10. passive (have at disposal)

▪ to be well \placed for sth:

how \placed are you for time/money? wie sieht es mit deiner Zeit/deinem Geld aus?

III. INTRANSITIVE VERB

SPORT sich akk platzieren; AM also (finish second) Zweite(r) werden

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[pleɪs]
1. NOUN

1) general Platz m, Stelle f

this is the place where he was born —

do the spoons have a special place? — haben die Löffel einen bestimmten Platz?

water is coming through in several places — an mehreren Stellen kommt Wasser durch

from place to place — von einem Ort zum anderen

in another place — woanders

bed is the best place for him — im Bett ist er am besten aufgehoben

we found a good place to watch the procession from — wir fanden einen Platz, von dem wir den Umzug gut sehen konnten

in the right/wrong place — an der richtigen/falschen Stelle

some/any place — irgendwo

a poor man with no place to go — ein armer Mann, der nicht weiß, wohin

this is no place for you/children —

there is no place for the unsuccessful in our society your place is by his side — für Erfolglose ist in unserer Gesellschaft kein Platz dein Platz ist an seiner Seite

it was the last place I expected to find him — da hätte ich ihn zuletzt or am wenigsten vermutet

this isn't the place to discuss politics — dies ist nicht der Ort, um über Politik zu sprechen

to laugh in the right places — an den richtigen Stellen lachen

I can't be in two places at once! —

she likes to have a place for everything and everything in its place — sie hält sehr auf Ordnung und achtet darauf, dass alles an seinem Platz liegt

2) = geographical location = district Gegend f; (= country) Land nt; (= building) Gebäude nt; (= town) Ort m

there's nothing to do in the evenings in this place —

Sweden's a great place they're building a new place out in the suburbs — Schweden ist ein tolles Land sie bauen ein neues Gebäude am Stadtrand

3) = home Haus nt, Wohnung f

come round to my place some time — besuch mich mal, komm doch mal vorbei

let's go back to my place — lass uns zu mir gehen

I've never been to his place — ich bin noch nie bei ihm gewesen

where's your place? — wo wohnst du?

at Peter's place — bei Peter

your place or mine? (hum inf) — gehen wir zu dir oder zu mir?

4) in book etc Stelle f

to find one's place — die richtige Stelle finden

to keep one's place — sich (dat) die richtige Stelle markieren

to lose one's place — die Seite verblättern; (on page) die Zeile verlieren

5) = seat, position at table, in team, school, hospital Platz m; (at university) Studienplatz m; (= job) Stelle f

to lay an extra place for sb — ein zusätzliches Gedeck für jdn auflegen

to take one's place (at table) —

take your places for a square dance! — Aufstellung zur Quadrille, bitte!

places for 500 students — 500 Studienplätze

to give up one's place (in a queue) — jdm den Vortritt lassen

to lose one's place (in a queue) — sich wieder hinten anstellen müssen

if I were in your place — an Ihrer Stelle, wenn ich an Ihrer Stelle wäre

put yourself in my place — versetzen Sie sich in meine Lage

to take the place of sb/sth — jdn/etw ersetzen, jds Platz or den Platz von jdm/etw einnehmen

6) in hierarchy Rang m, Stellung f

people in high places — Leute in hohen Positionen

to know one's place — wissen, was sich (für einen) gehört

of course I'm not criticizing you, I know my place! (hum) — ich kritisiere dich selbstverständlich nicht, das steht mir gar nicht zu

it's not my place to comment/tell him what to do — es steht mir nicht zu, einen Kommentar abzugeben/ihm zu sagen, was er tun soll

to keep or put sb in his place — jdn in seine Schranken weisen

that put him in his place! — das hat ihn erst mal zum Schweigen gebracht, da hab ichs/hat ers etc ihm gezeigt (inf)

7) in exam, competition Platz m, Stelle f

Lunt won, with Moore in second place — Lunt hat gewonnen, an zweiter Stelle or auf dem zweiten Platz lag Moore

to win first place — Erste(r, s) sein

to take second place to sth — einer Sache (dat) gegenüber zweitrangig sein

8) SPORT Platzierung f

to get a place —

to back a horse for a place — auf Platz wetten, eine Platzwette abschließen

9) in street names Platz m

10) MATH Stelle f

to work sth out to three decimal places — etw auf drei Stellen nach dem Komma berechnen

11)

set structures __diams; place of + noun place of amusement — Vergnügungsstätte f

place of birth — Geburtsort m

place of residence — Wohnort m

place of business or work — Arbeitsstelle f __diams; in places stellenweise

the snow was up to a metre deep in places — der Schnee lag stellenweise bis zu einem Meter hoch

everything was in place — alles war an seiner Stelle

make sure the wire/screw is properly in place — achten Sie darauf, dass der Draht/die Schraube richtig sitzt

the legislation is already in place — die gesetzlichen Regelungen gelten schon

to look out of place —

to feel out of place — sich fehl am Platz or deplatziert fühlen

not a hair out of place — tipptopp frisiert (inf)

McCormack played in goal in place of Miller — McCormack stand anstelle von Miller im Tor __diams; to fall into place Gestalt annehmen

in the first place..., in the second place... — erstens..., zweitens...

the meeting will take place on Monday — das Treffen findet am Montag statt

he's going places (fig inf) — er bringts zu was (inf) __diams; to give place to sth einer Sache (dat) Platz machen

2. TRANSITIVE VERB

1) = put setzen, stellen; (= lay down) legen; person at table etc setzen; guards aufstellen; shot (with gun) anbringen; (FTBL, TENNIS) platzieren; troops in Stellung bringen; announcement (in paper) inserieren (in in +dat); advertisement setzen (in in +acc)

the magician placed one hand over the other — der Zauberer legte eine Hand über die andere

she slowly placed one foot in front of the other —

he placed the cue ball right behind the black he placed a gun to my head — er setzte die Spielkugel direkt hinter die schwarze Kugel er setzte mir eine Pistole an den Kopf

she placed a finger on her lips —

the vase was precariously placed — die Vase stand an einer gefährlichen Stelle

to place a matter before sb — jdm eine Angelegenheit vorlegen

I shall place the matter in the hands of a lawyer — ich werde die Angelegenheit einem Rechtsanwalt übergeben

to place a strain on sth — etw belasten

this placed him under a lot of pressure — dadurch geriet er stark unter Druck

to place confidence/trust in sb/sth — Vertrauen in jdn/etw setzen

to be placed (shop, town, house etc) — liegen

how are you placed for time/money? — wie sieht es mit deiner Zeit/deinem Geld aus?

we are well placed for the shops — was Einkaufsmöglichkeiten angeht, wohnen wir günstig

Liverpool are well placed in the league — Liverpool liegt gut in der Tabelle

they were well placed to observe the whole battle — sie hatten einen günstigen Platz, von dem sie die ganze Schlacht verfolgen konnten

we are well placed now to finish the job by next year —

with the extra staff we are better placed now than we were last month — mit dem zusätzlichen Personal stehen wir jetzt besser da als vor einem Monat

he is well placed (to get hold of things) — er sitzt an der Quelle

he is well placed to get information — er kommt leicht an Informationen

2) = rank stellen

to place local interests above or before or over those of central government — kommunale Interessen über die der Zentralregierung stellen

that should be placed first — das sollte an erster Stelle stehen

where do you place love on your list of priorities? — an welcher Stelle steht die Liebe für dich?

the German runner was placed third — der deutsche Läufer belegte den dritten Platz or wurde Dritter

to be placed (Sport) — sich platzieren

3) = identify context of einordnen

in which school would you place this painting? —

I don't know, it's very difficult to place I can't quite place him/his accent — ich weiß es nicht, es ist sehr schwer einzuordnen ich kann ihn/seinen Akzent nicht einordnen

historians place the book in the 5th century AD — Historiker datieren das Buch auf das 5. Jahrhundert

4) COMM goods absetzen; order erteilen (with sb jdm); contract abschließen (with sb mit jdm)

who did you place the computer typesetting job with? —

this is the last time we place any work with you — das ist das letzte Mal, dass wir Ihnen einen Auftrag erteilt haben

5) money (= deposit) deponieren; (= invest) investieren

to place money at sb's credit — jdm eine Geldsumme gutschreiben

6) phone call anmelden

7) = find job for unterbringen (with bei)

the agency is trying to place him with a building firm — die Agentur versucht, ihn bei einer Baufirma unterzubringen

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place [pleıs]

A s

1. Ort m, Stelle f, Platz m:

from place to place von Ort zu Ort;

in places stellenweise;

the goalkeeper was exactly in the right place SPORT der Torhüter stand goldrichtig;

all over the place umg überall;

his hair was all over the place umg er war ganz zerzaust;

come to the wrong place an die falsche Adresse geraten;

keep sb’s place jemandem seinen Platz frei halten ( in a queue in einer Schlange);

lay a place for sb für jemanden decken;

take place stattfinden;

win a place in the semifinals SPORT ins Halbfinale einziehen, sich fürs Halbfinale qualifizieren; → safe A 1

2. (mit adj) Stelle f:

a wet place on the floor

3. (eingenommene) Stelle:

take sb’s place

a) jemandes Stelle einnehmen,

b) jemanden vertreten;

take the place of ersetzen, an die Stelle treten von (od gen);

in place of anstelle von (od gen);

if I were in your place I would … ich an Ihrer Stelle würde …; wenn ich Sie wäre, würde ich …;

put yourself in my place versetzen Sie sich (doch einmal) in meine Lage!

4. Platz m (Raum):

give place (to) Platz machen (für oder dat) (a. fig), nachgeben (dat)

5. (richtiger oder ordnungsgemäßer) Platz (auch fig): in his library every book has its place hat jedes Buch seinen Platz;

find one’s place sich zurechtfinden;

know one’s place wissen, wohin man gehört;

in (out of) place (nicht) am (richtigen) Platz;

this remark was out of place diese Bemerkung war deplatziert oder unangebracht;

feel out of place sich fehl am Platz fühlen;

this is not the place for

a) das oder hier ist nicht der (geeignete) Ort für,

b) das ist nicht der richtige Zeitpunkt für;

such people have no place in our club für solche Leute ist kein Platz in unserem Verein;

put sth back in its place etwas (an seinen Platz) zurücklegen oder -stellen;

put sb back in their place jemanden in die oder seine Schranken verweisen; → click¹ B 4, fall into 1, slot¹ C

6. Ort m, Stätte f:

one of the best places to eat eines der besten Restaurants oder Speiselokale;

place of amusement Vergnügungsstätte;

place of birth Geburtsort;

place of interest Sehenswürdigkeit f;

place of work Arbeitsplatz m, -stelle f;

place of worship

a) Kultstätte,

b) Gotteshaus n;

go places

a) ausgehen,

b) (umher)reisen,

c) fig es zu etwas bringen; → assembly 1

7. WIRTSCH Ort m, Platz m, Sitz m:

place of business Geschäftssitz;

place of delivery Erfüllungsort;

place of jurisdiction Gerichtsstand m;

place of payment Zahlungsort;

from this place ab hier; → destination 1

8. Haus n, Wohnung f:

at his place bei ihm (zu Hause);

he came over to my place yesterday er kam gestern zu mir;

your place or mine? umg bei dir od bei mir?

9. Ort(schaft) m(f):

in this place hier;

Munich is a nice place to live in München lebt man angenehm oder lässt es sich angenehm leben; → exile A 1

10. Gegend f:

of this place hiesig

11. THEAT Ort m (der Handlung)

12. umg Lokal n:

go to a Greek place zum Griechen gehen

13. SCHIFF Platz m, Hafen m:

place of tran(s)shipment Umschlagplatz;

place of call Anlaufhafen

14. Raum m (Ggs Zeit)

15. Stelle f (in einem Buch etc):

lose one’s place die Seite verblättern oder verschlagen;

I’ve lost my place auch ich weiß nicht mehr, wo (an welcher Stelle) ich war;

the audience laughed in the right places an den richtigen Stellen

16. MATH (Dezimal) Stelle f:

of many places vielstellig;

place value Stellenwert m

17. Platz m, Stelle f (in einer Reihenfolge):

in the first place

a) an erster Stelle, erstens, zuerst, als Erst(er, e, es),

b) in erster Linie,

c) überhaupt (erst),

d) ursprünglich;

why did you do it in the first place? warum haben Sie es überhaupt getan?;

you should not have done it in the first place Sie hätten es von vornherein bleiben lassen sollen;

why didn’t you admit it in the first place? warum hast du es nicht gleich zugegeben?;

in the last place an letzter Stelle, zuletzt, als letzt(er, e, es); schließlich; → second¹ A 1

18. SPORT etc Platz m:

in third place auf dem dritten Platz;

take third place den dritten Platz belegen; → second¹ A 1

19. (Sitz)Platz m, Sitz m:

take your places nehmen Sie Ihre Plätze ein!

20. a) (An)Stellung f, (Arbeits)Stelle f, Posten m:

out of place stellenlos

b) UNIV Studienplatz m

21. Amt n:

a) Dienst m:

in place im Amt (Minister etc), im Staatsdienst

b) fig Aufgabe f, Pflicht f:

it is not my place to do this es ist nicht meine Aufgabe, dies zu tun

22. (soziale) Stellung, Stand m, Rang m:

in high places an hoher Stelle;

persons in high places hochstehende Persönlichkeiten

23. fig Grund m:

there’s no place for doubt es besteht kein Grund zu zweifeln

B v/t

1. stellen, setzen, legen (alle auch fig):

place together Tische etc zusammenstellen;

place a call ein (Telefon)Gespräch anmelden;

place a coffin einen Sarg aufbahren;

place in order zurechtstellen, ordnen;

place sb in a difficult place jemanden in eine schwierige Lage bringen;

he places hono(u)r above wealth ihm ist Ehre wichtiger als Reichtum;

place on record aufzeichnen, (schriftlich) festhalten;

he placed a ring on her finger er steckte ihr einen Ring an den Finger; (siehe die Verbindungen mit den entsprechenden Substantiven);

the referee was well placed SPORT der Schiedsrichter stand günstig

2. Posten etc aufstellen:

place o.s. sich aufstellen oder postieren

3. I can’t place him ich weiß nicht, wo ich ihn unterbringen oder wohin ich ihn tun soll (woher ich ihn kenne)

4. einen Wohnungssuchenden etc unterbringen ( with bei), einen Arbeitssuchenden auch vermitteln

5. jemanden ein-, anstellen

6. jemanden ernennen oder in ein Amt einsetzen

7. (der Lage nach) näher bestimmen

8. WIRTSCH

a) eine Anleihe, Kapital unterbringen

b) (with) Aufträge erteilen (dat), vergeben (an akk), eine Bestellung aufgeben (bei)

c) einen Vertrag, eine Versicherung abschließen:

place an issue eine Emission unterbringen oder platzieren

9. Ware absetzen

10. a) be placed SPORT sich platzieren, platziert sein, unter den ersten drei sein:

be placed 6th sich an 6. Stelle platzieren

b) how are you placed for money? bes Br wie sieht es bei dir finanziell aus?

11. SPORT

a) den Ball platzieren

b) Rugby: ein Tor mit einem Platztritt schießen

12. ELEK schalten:

place in parallel parallel schalten

C v/i SPORT US

a) → B 10 a

b) den zweiten Platz belegen

pl. abk

1. place Pl.

2. plate

3. plural Pl.

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1. noun
1) Ort, der; (spot) Stelle, die; Platz, der

I left it in a safe place — ich habe es an einem sicheren Ort gelassen

it was still in the same place — es war noch an derselben Stelle od. am selben Platz

a place in the queue — ein Platz in der Schlange

all over the place — überall; (coll.): (in a mess) ganz durcheinander (ugs.)

from place to place — von Ort zu Ort

in places — hier und da; (in parts) stellenweise

find a place in something — (be included) in etwas (Akk.) eingehen; see also take 1. 4)

2) (fig.): (rank, position) Stellung, die

put somebody in his place — jemanden in seine Schranken weisen

know one's place — wissen, was sich für einen gehört

it's not my place to do that — es kommt mir nicht zu, das zu tun

3) (building or area for specific purpose)

a [good] place to park/to stop — ein [guter] Platz zum Parken/eine [gute] Stelle zum Halten

do you know a good/cheap place to eat? — weißt du, wo man gut/billig essen kann?

place of residence — Wohnort, der

place of work — Arbeitsplatz, der; Arbeitsstätte, die

place of worship — Andachtsort, der

4) (country, town) Ort, der

Paris/Italy is a great place — Paris ist eine tolle Stadt/Italien ist ein tolles Land (ugs.)

place of birth — Geburtsort, der

go places — (coll.) herumkommen (ugs.); (fig.) es [im Leben] zu was bringen (ugs.)

5) (coll.): (premises) Bude, die (ugs.); (hotel, restaurant, etc.) Laden, der (ugs.)

she is at his/John's place — sie ist bei ihm/John

[shall we go to] your place or mine? — [gehen wir] zu dir oder zu mir?

6) (seat etc.) [Sitz]platz, der

change places [with somebody] — [mit jemandem] die Plätze tauschen; (fig.) [mit jemandem] tauschen

lay a/another place — ein/noch ein Gedeck auflegen

is this anyone's place? — ist dieser Platz noch frei?

7) (in book etc.) Stelle, die

lose one's place — die Seite verschlagen od. verblättern; (on page) nicht mehr wissen, an welcher Stelle man ist

8) (step, stage)

in the first place — zuerst

why didn't you say so in the first place? — warum hast du das nicht gleich gesagt?

in the first/second/third etc. place — erstens/zweitens/drittens usw.

9) (proper place) Platz, der

everything fell into place — (fig.) alles wurde klar

a woman's place is in the home — eine Frau gehört ins Haus

the clamp is properly in place — die Klammer sitzt richtig

into place — fest[nageln, -schrauben, -kleben]

out of place — nicht am richtigen Platz; (several things) in Unordnung; (fig.) fehl am Platz

take the place of somebody — jemandes Platz einnehmen

10) (position in competition) Platz, der

take first/second etc. place — den ersten/zweiten usw. Platz belegen

11) (job, position, etc.) Stelle, die; (as pupil; in team, crew) Platz, der

12) (personal situation)

what would you do in my place? — was würden Sie an meiner Stelle tun?

put yourself in my place — versetzen Sie sich in meine Lage
2. transitive verb
1) (put) (vertically) stellen; (horizontally) legen

place in position — richtig hinstellen/hinlegen

place an announcement/advertisement in a paper — eine Anzeige/ein Inserat in eine Zeitung setzen

place a bet — auf ein Pferd wetten

2) (fig.)

place one's trust in somebody/something — sein Vertrauen auf od. in jemanden/etwas setzen

he places happiness above all other things — Glück steht für ihn an erster Stelle

3) in p.p. (situated) gelegen

a badly placed window — ein Fenster an einer ungünstigen Stelle

we are well placed for buses/shops — etc. wir haben es nicht weit zur Bushaltestelle/zum Einkaufen usw.

how are you placed for time/money? — (coll.) wie steht's mit deiner Zeit/deinem Geld?

4) (find situation or home for) unterbringen ( with bei)

place somebody under somebody's care — jemanden in jemandes Obhut geben

5) (class, identify) einordnen; einstufen

I've seen him before but I can't place him — ich habe ihn schon einmal gesehen, aber ich weiß nicht, wo ich ihn unterbringen soll

be placed second in the race — im Rennen den zweiten Platz belegen

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n.

Ort -e m.

Ortschaft f.

Platzierung f.

Plazierung (alt.Rechtschreibung) f.

Plazierung f.

Stelle -n f.

Stätte -n f. v.

platzieren v.

plazieren (alt.Rechtschreibung) v.

English-german dictionary > place
2 place

[pleɪs] n

1) ( location) Ort m;

I hate busy \places ich hasse Orte, an denen viel los ist;

the hotel was one of those big, old-fashioned \places das Hotel war eines dieser großen altmodischen Häuser;

we're staying at a bed-and-breakfast \place wir übernachten in einer Frühstückspension;

let's go to a pizza \place lass uns eine Pizza essen gehen;

this is the exact \place! das ist genau die Stelle!;

this plant needs a warm, sunny \place diese Pflanze sollte an einem warmen, sonnigen Ort stehen;

Scotland is a very nice \place Schottland ist ein tolles Land ( fam)

that café is a nice \place dieses Café ist echt nett ( fam)

a nice little \place at the seaside ein netter kleiner Ort am Meer;

please put this book back in its \place bitte stell dieses Buch wieder an seinen Platz zurück;

this is the \place my mother was born hier wurde meine Mutter geboren;

sorry, I can't be in two \places at once tut mir leid, ich kann nicht überall gleichzeitig sein;

\place of birth Geburtsort m;

\place of death Sterbeort m;

\place of refuge Zufluchtsort m;

\place of residence Wohnort m;

a \place in the sun ( fig) ein Plätzchen an der Sonne;

\place of work Arbeitsplatz m, Arbeitsstätte f;

to go \places (Am) weit herumkommen, viel sehen;

in \places stellenweise;

this plant still exists in \places diese Pflanze kommt noch vereinzelt vor

2) no pl ( appropriate setting) [geeigneter] Ort;

this meeting isn't the \place to discuss individual cases diese Konferenz ist nicht der Ort, um Einzelfälle zu diskutieren;

university was not the \place for me die Universität war irgendwie nicht mein Ding ( fam)

that bar is not a \place for a woman like you Frauen wie du haben in solch einer Bar nichts verloren

3) ( home)

I'm looking for a \place to live ich bin auf Wohnungssuche;

we'll have a meeting at my \place/Susan's \place wir treffen uns bei mir/bei Susan;

where's your \place? wo wohnst du? ( fam);

your \place or mine? zu dir oder zu mir?;

they're trying to buy a larger \place wir sind auf der Suche nach einer größeren Wohnung;

4) (fig: position, rank) Stellung f;

she's got friends in high \places sie hat Freunde in hohen Positionen;

they have a \place among the country's leading exporters sie zählen zu den führenden Exporteuren des Landes;

it's not your \place to tell me what to do es steht dir nicht zu, mir zu sagen, was ich zu tun habe;

I'm not criticizing you - I know my \place das ist keine Kritik - das würde ich doch nie wagen!;

to keep sb in their \place jdn in seine Schranken weisen;

to put sb in his/her \place [or show sb his/her \place] jdm zeigen, wo es lang geht ( fam)

5) ( instead of)

in \place of stattdessen;

you can use margarine in \place of butter statt Butter kannst du auch Margarine nehmen;

I invited Jo in \place of Les, who was ill Les war krank, daher habe ich Jo eingeladen

6) ( proper position)

to be in \place an seinem Platz sein;

(fig: completed) fertig [o abgeschlossen] sein;

the chairs were all in \place die Stühle waren alle dort, wo sie sein sollten; ( fig)

the arrangements are all in \place now die Vorbereitungen sind jetzt abgeschlossen; ( fig)

the new laws are now in \place die neuen Gesetze gelten jetzt; ( fig)

suddenly all fell into \place plötzlich machte alles Sinn;

to be out of \place nicht an der richtigen Stelle sein; person fehl am Platz[e] sein; ( fig)

the large desk was totally out of \place in such a small room der große Schreibtisch war in solch einem kleinen Zimmer völlig deplatziert;

what you've just said was completely out of \place was du da gerade gesagt hast, war völlig unangebracht;

to push sth in \place etw in die richtige Position schieben

7) math ( in decimals) Stelle f;

to five \places of decimals bis auf fünf Stellen hinter dem Komma

8) (job, position) Stelle f; ( in team) Platz m; ( at university) Studienplatz m;

your \place is here by my side du gehörst an meine Seite;

to take the \place of sb jds Platz m einnehmen

9) ( in book) Stelle f;

to find one's \place die [richtige] Stelle wiederfinden;

to keep one's \place markieren, wo man gerade ist/war;

to lose one's \place die Seite verblättern[, wo man gerade war];

( on page) nicht mehr wissen, wo man gerade ist

10) ( seat) Platz m;

is this \place taken? ist dieser Platz noch frei?;

to change \places with sb mit jdm die Plätze tauschen;

to keep sb's \place [or save sb a \place] jdm den Platz freihalten;

to lay a/another \place ein/noch ein Gedeck auflegen;

to take one's \place at table Platz nehmen

11) ( position) Stelle f;

just put yourself in my \place versetzen Sie sich doch mal in meine Lage!;

if I were in your \place... ich an deiner Stelle...;

what would you do in my \place? was würden Sie an meiner Stelle tun?

12) ( ranking) Platz m, Position f;

the song went from tenth to second \place in the charts das Lied stieg vom zehnten auf den zweiten Platz in den Charts;

our team finished in second \place unsere Mannschaft wurde Zweiter;

to take [or ( esp Brit) get] first/second \place Erste(r)/Zweite(r) werden;

to take first/second \place ( fig) an erster/zweiter Stelle kommen;

their children always take first \place ihre Kinder stehen für sie immer an erster Stelle;

in second \place auf dem zweiten Platz

13) sports

to get a \place sich akk platzieren;

(Am) Zweite(r) werden

14) (Am) (fam: somewhere)

I know I left that book some \place ich weiß, dass ich das Buch irgendwo gelassen habe

PHRASES:

there is a \place and time for everything alles zu seiner Zeit;

all over the \place ( everywhere) überall;

( badly organized) [völlig] chaotisch;

( spread around) in alle Himmelsrichtungen zerstreut;

in the first \place ( at first) zuerst;

( at all) überhaupt;

we shouldn't have got married in the first \place! wir hätten erst gar nicht heiraten dürfen!;

but why didn't you say that in the first \place? aber warum hast du denn das nicht gleich gesagt?;

in the first/second \place (firstly, secondly) erstens/zweitens;

to give \place to sb/ sth jdm/etw Platz machen;

to go \places ( fam) auf dem Weg nach oben sein;

to take \place stattfinden;

a \place for everything and everything in its \place (and everything in its \place) jedes Ding hat seinen Platz vt

1) ( position)

to \place sth somewhere etw irgendwohin stellen;

( lay) etw irgendwohin legen;

bowls of flowers had been \placed on tables auf den Tischen waren Blumenvasen aufgestellt;

the Chancellor \placed a wreath on the tomb der Kanzler legte einen Kranz auf das Grab nieder;

she \placed her name on the list sie setzte ihren Namen auf die Liste;

he \placed his hand on my shoulder er legte mir die Hand auf die Schulter;

to \place an advertisement in the newspaper eine Anzeige in die Zeitung setzen;

to \place sth on the agenda etw auf die Tagesordnung setzen;

to \place a bet on sth auf etw akk wetten;

to \place sb under sb's care jdn in jds Obhut f geben;

to \place a comma ein Komma setzen;

to \place one foot in front of the other einen Fuß vor den anderen setzen;

to \place a gun at sb's head jdn eine Pistole an den Kopf setzen;

to \place money on sth Geld auf etw akk setzen;

to be \placed shop, town liegen

2) ( impose)

to \place an embargo on sb/ sth über jdn/etw ein Embargo verhängen;

to \place a limit [or ceiling] on sth etw begrenzen;

to \place ten pounds/ half a million on sth etw mit zehn Pfund/einer halben Million veranschlagen

3) ( ascribe)

to \place the blame on sb jdm die Schuld geben;

to \place one's faith [or trust] in sb/ sth sein Vertrauen in jdn/etw setzen;

to \place one's hopes on sb/ sth seine Hoffnungen auf jdn/etw setzen;

to \place importance on sth auf etw akk Wert legen;

... and she \placed the emphasis on the word ‘soon’... und die Betonung lag auf ‚schnell‘;

he \placed stress on every second syllable er betonte jede zweite Silbe

4) ( arrange for)

to \place a call ein Telefongespräch anmelden;

to \place sth at sb's disposal jdm etw überlassen

5) ( appoint to a position)

to \place sb/ sth somewhere jdn/etw irgendwo unterbringen [o ( SCHWEIZ) platzieren];

to \place sb on [the] alert jdn in Alarmbereitschaft versetzen;

to \place sb under arrest jdn festnehmen;

to \place sb in charge [of sth] jdm die Leitung [von etw dat] übertragen;

to \place sb in jeopardy jdn in Gefahr bringen;

to \place sb under pressure jdn unter Druck setzen;

to \place a strain on sb/ sth jdn/etw belasten;

to \place sb under surveillance jdn unter Beobachtung stellen;

the town was \placed under the control of UN peacekeeping troops die Stadt wurde unter die Aufsicht der UN-Friedenstruppen gestellt

6) ( recognize)

to \place sb/ sth face, person, voice, accent jdn/etw einordnen

7) (categorize, rank)

to \place sb/ sth jdn/etw einordnen;

to be \placed sports sich akk platzieren;

(Am) unter die ersten zwei kommen;

to be \placed first/ second sports Erste(r)/Zweite(r) werden;

to \place sth above [or before] [or over] sth etw über etw akk stellen;

sb \places sth above all other things etw steht bei jdm an erster Stelle;

I'd \place him among the world's ten most brilliant scientists für mich ist er einer der zehn hervorragendsten Wissenschaftler der Welt;

they \placed the painting in the Renaissance sie ordneten das Bild der Renaissance zu

8) econ

to \place sth goods etw absetzen;

to \place an order for sth etw bestellen;

to \place an order with a firm einer Firma einen Auftrag erteilen

9) passive ( good position)

to be well \placed for sth für etw akk eine gute Ausgangsposition haben;

we're well \placed for the shops wir haben es nicht weit zum Einkaufen ( fam)

to be well \placed financially finanziell gut dastehen;

to be well \placed to watch sth von seinem Platz aus etw gut sehen können

10) passive ( have at disposal)

to be well \placed for sth;

how \placed are you for time/money? wie sieht es mit deiner Zeit/deinem Geld aus? vi sports sich akk platzieren;

(Am a.) ( finish second) Zweite(r) werden

English-German students dictionary > place
3 place

place [plas]

feminine noun

   a. ( = esplanade) square

• la place du marché the market square

• porter le débat sur la place publique to bring the discussion into the public arena

   b. ( = emplacement) place ; (assise) seat

• changer qch de place to move sth

• ça n'a pas changé de place it hasn't moved

• changer de place avec qn to change places with sb

• laisser sa place à qn to give up one's seat to sb ; (figurative) to hand over to sb

• prenez place take a seat

• prendre la place de qn to take sb's place ; ( = remplacer qn) to take over from sb

• trouver place parmi to find a place among

• place d'honneur place of honour

• places assises 20, places debout 40 seating capacity 20, standing passengers 40

• une tente à 4 places a tent that sleeps 4

• elle tient une grande place dans ma vie she means a great deal to me

   c. ( = espace) room ; ( = emplacement réservé) space

• prendre de la place to take up a lot of room

• faire de la place to make room

• gagner de la place to save space

• place de parking parking space

• j'ai trouvé de la place pour me garer I've found a parking place

• j'ai trois places dans ma voiture I've room for three in my car

• place aux jeunes ! make way for the younger generation!

• faire place nette to make a clean sweep

   d. ( = billet) seat ; ( = prix, trajet) fare

• réserver sa place to book one's seat

• il n'a pas payé sa place he hasn't paid for his seat

• payer place entière (au cinéma) to pay full price ; (dans le bus) to pay full fare

   e. ( = rang) il a eu une place de premier en histoire he was first in history

• l'entreprise occupe la seconde place sur le marché des ordinateurs the company ranks second in the computer market

• figurer en bonne place [personne] to be prominent

   f. ( = emploi) job ; [de domestique] position

• une place de serveuse a job as a waitress

• dans les médias, les places sont chères there's a lot of competition for jobs in the media

   g. (Military) place forte fortified town

• place d'armes parade ground

• s'introduire dans la place to get contacts on the inside

   h. (Finance) place boursière stock market

   i. (locutions)

► à la place ( = en échange) instead

► à la place de ( = au lieu de) instead of

• se mettre à la place de qn to put o.s. in sb's shoes► à sa etc place ( = à l'endroit habituel)

cette lampe n'est pas à sa place this lamp isn't in the right place

• remettre qch à sa place to put sth back where it belongs

• remettre qn à sa place to put sb in his place

• j'y suis allé à sa place I went instead of him

• je n'aimerais pas être à sa place I wouldn't like to be him

• à ma place, tu aurais accepté ? if you were me, would you have agreed?

• à votre place if I were you► en place

• il ne tient pas en place he's always fidgeting

• les gens en place influential people

• le pouvoir en place (maintenant) the current government ; (à l'époque) the government at the time

• être en place [plan] to be ready

• tout le monde est en place everyone is seated

• en place pour la photo ! everybody take up your positions for the photograph!

• mettre en place [+ service d'ordre] to deploy ; [+ mécanisme, dispositif] to install

• mise en place [de projet] setting up► sur place on the spot

• être sur place to be there

• se rendre sur place to go there

• les sauveteurs sont déjà sur place rescuers are already at the scene

• la situation sur place the situation on the ground

• vous trouverez des brochures sur place leaflets are available on site

• (à consommer) sur place ou à emporter ? sit in or take away?

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plas
nom féminin

1) ( espace) room, space

laisser de la place — to leave enough space

2) (emplacement, espace défini) gén place; ( pour s'asseoir) seat

les dictionnaires ne sont pas à leur place — the dictionaries aren't where they should be

deux places pour ‘Le Lac des Cygnes’ — two tickets for ‘Swan Lake’

la place d'un mot dans une phrase — the position of a word in a sentence

il faut savoir rester à sa place — you must know your place

tenir une grande place dans la vie de quelqu'un — to play a large part in somebody's life

faire une large place à quelque chose — to put a lot of emphasis on something

notre travail laisse peu de place à l'imagination — our work leaves little room for the imagination

faire place à — to give way to

place aux jeunes or à la jeunesse! — lit, fig make way for the young!

il reste une place en première — there's one seat left in first class

une salle de 200 places — a 200 seat auditorium

payer sa place — (au cinéma, théâtre) to pay for one's ticket; ( dans un train etc) to pay one's fare

les places sont chères — fig ( parking difficile) parking spaces are hard to find; ( âpre concurrence dans l'emploi) jobs are hard to come by

prenez place — ( sur un siège) take a seat; ( chacun à son siège) take your seats; ( chacun à son poste) take your places

sur place — [aller] to the scene; [arriver] on the scene; [étudier] on the spot; [enquête] on-the-spot

on se retrouve sur place — we'll meet up there

ouvrage à consulter sur place — reference book

laisser quelqu'un sur place — to leave somebody standing

de place en place — here and there

divan à trois places — three-seater sofa

un parking de 500 places — a car park for 500 cars

3) ( dans un classement) place; ( dans un ordre) position

il est dans les premières places — he's up toward(s) the top

4) ( substitution)

à la place de — instead of, in place of

il a mis de la vodka à la place du cognac — he's used vodka instead of brandy

qu'aurais-tu fait à ma place? — what would you have done in my place?

(si j'étais) à ta place — if I were in your position ou shoes

je ne peux pas le faire à ta place! — I can't do it for you!

j'ai mis le vase à la place du cendrier — I put the vase where the ashtray was

5) ( situation définie)

en place — [système, structures] in place (après n); [troupes] in position (après n); [dirigeant, parti] ruling (épith)

les gens en place — the powers that be

ne plus tenir en place — to be restless ou fidgety

mettre en place — to put [something] in place [programme]; to put [something] in position [équipe]; to establish, to set up [réseau, institution]; to install [ligne téléphonique]

6) ( dans une agglomération) square

la place du village — the village square

la place du marché — the marketplace

7) Finance market

place financière — financial market

8) ( emploi) job

perdre sa place — to lose one's job

9) ( forteresse)

être dans la place — to be on the inside

être maître de la place — lit to be in control; fig to rule the roost

avoir un pied dans la place — fig to have a foot in the door

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Phrasal Verbs:

- place d'armes

- place assise

- place forte

- place d'honneur

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plas nf
1) [ville, village] square

la place du village — the village square

2) [train, cinéma, voiture] seat

Toutes les places ont été vendues. — All the seats have been sold.

Il n'a pas payé sa place. — He didn't pay for his ticket.

place assise — seat

Il y a vingt places assises. — There are 20 seats.

Il y a 20 places debout. — There is standing room for 20.

une quatre places AUTOMOBILES — a four-seater

3) (= endroit où l'on est assis) seat

la place d'honneur — the place of honour Grande-Bretagne the place of honor USA the seat of honour Grande-Bretagne the seat of honor USA

regagner sa place — to go back to one's seat

4) (= emplacement) place

une place pour chaque chose et chaque chose à sa place — a place for everything and everything in its place

5) (espace libre) room, space

ça prend de la place — it takes up a lot of room, it takes up a lot of space

faire de la place à — to make room for, to make space for

6) (place de stationnement) parking place

trouver une place — to find a parking place

Il ne reste plus de place pour se garer. — There's nowhere left to park.

7) (dans un classement) place

Vincent a eu la troisième place au concours. — Vincent got third place in the competition.

8) (= emploi) job

9) (autres locutions)

à la place de — instead of, in place of

à la place — instead

Il ne reste plus de tarte; désirez-vous quelque chose d'autre à la place? — There's no tart left; would you like something else instead?

remettre qn à sa place — to put sb in their place

remettre qch en place — to put sth back in its place

ne pas tenir en place — to be always on the go

de place en place — here and there, in places

par places — here and there, in places

sur place — on the spot

See:

surplace

faire place à — to give way to

prendre place — to take one's place

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place nf

1 ( espace) room, space; avoir de la place to have room ou space (pour faire to do); il y a encore assez de place pour deux personnes/valises there's enough room ou space left for two people/suitcases; avoir la place de faire to have enough room ou space to do; prendre de la place to take up room ou space; (faire) perdre/gagner de la place to waste/to save space; faire de la place to make room ou space (à qn/qch for sb/sth; pour faire to do); se faire de la place to make room ou space for oneself; laisser de la place (pour une personne, un meuble) to leave enough room ou space; ( pour un écrit) to leave enough space; laisse-moi un peu de place pour leur écrire un mot leave me a bit of space to write them a few lines;

2 (emplacement, espace défini) gén place; ( pour s'asseoir) seat; chaque chose à sa place everything in its place; il est resté une heure à la même place he stayed in the same place for an hour; remettre qch à sa place to put sth back in its place; les dictionnaires ne sont pas à la bonne/à leur place the dictionaries aren't in the right place/where they should be; j'ai deux places pour ‘Le Lac des Cygnes’ I've got two tickets for ‘Swan Lake’; il reste une place en première there's one seat left in first class; laisse ta place à la dame! give the lady your seat!; est-ce que cette place est libre? is this seat free?; une salle de 200 places a 200 seat auditorium; j'ai eu une place gratuite I got a free seat; garde-moi ma place ( dans une file) keep my place; (dans un train, au cinéma) keep my seat; garde-moi une place (dans le train, au cinéma) keep me a seat; payer sa place (au cinéma, théâtre) to pay for one's ticket; Transp to pay one's fare; payer place entière (au cinéma, théâtre) to pay full price; Transp to pay full fare; les places sont chères fig ( parking difficile) parking spaces are hard to find; ( âpre concurrence dans l'emploi) jobs are hard to come by; prenez place ( sur un siège) take a seat; ( chacun à son siège) take your seats; ( chacun à son poste) take your places; prendre place ( s'asseoir) to take a seat; ( s'installer) [exposant, stand] to set up; [tireur, policier] to position oneself; ( s'intégrer) to take one's place; roman qui a pris place parmi les plus grands novel that has taken its place among the greatest; sur place [aller, envoyer, se rendre] to the scene; [arriver] on the scene; [être, trouver, sautiller, étudier] on the spot; [enquête, recherche, tournage] on-the-spot ( épith); de place en place here and there; voiture de quatre places four-seater car; divan à trois places three-seater sofa; ⇒ chasse;

3 ( emplacement pour se garer) parking place; appartement avec place de parking apartment with parking space; je n'ai pas trouvé de place pour or où me garer I couldn't find a parking space ou a place to park; un parking de 500 places a car park for 500 cars;

4 (rang dans un classement, la société) place; ( position dans un ordre) position; prendre la place de qn to take sb's place; prendre or obtenir la deuxième place to take second place (à in); il est dans les premières/dernières places he's up toward(s) the top/down toward(s) the bottom; la place d'un mot dans une phrase the position of a word in a sentence; se faire une place dans le monde de la finance to carve out a place for oneself in the world of finance; être en bonne place pour gagner/réussir to be well-placed ou in a good position to win/succeed; il occupe une place éminente he holds a very high position (à, dans in); chacun (à) sa place everyone should know his place; il faut savoir rester à sa place you must know your place; il n'est pas à sa place dans cette réception he looks out of place at this reception; je ne me sens pas à ma place dans ce milieu I feel out of place in this environment; remettre qn à sa place to put sb in his/her place; quelle place faire à l'art? what place can be afforded to art?; avoir sa place dans to deserve a place in; il n'y a pas de place pour eux dans notre système there is no place for them in our system; avoir une place à part or de choix dans to have a special place in; tenir une grande place/une place très importante dans la vie de qn to play a large part/a very important part in sb's life; donner or consacrer or faire une large place à qch to put a lot of emphasis on sth; la place croissante de l'environnement en politique the growing emphasis on the environment in politics; notre travail laisse peu de place à l'imagination our work leaves little room for the imagination; faire place à to give way to; place aux jeunes or à la jeunesse! lit, fig make way for the young!;

5 ( substitution) à la place de instead of, in place of; il a mis de la vodka à la place du cognac he's used vodka instead of brandy; il y a maintenant un comité à la place de l'ancien directeur there's now a committee in place of the former manager; ils sont partis/ont été récompensés à notre place they went/were rewarded instead of us; qu'aurais-tu fait à ma place? what would you have done in my place?; (si j'étais) à ta place if I were in your position ou shoes; mets-toi à leur place put yourself in their position ou shoes; téléphone-lui toi-même, je ne peux pas le faire à ta place! phone him yourself, I can't do it for you!; j'ai mis le vase à la place du cendrier I put the vase where the ashtray was; construire une école à la place de la gare ( où était la gare) to build a school where the station used to be; ( où était prévue la gare) to build a school where the station should have been; ( au lieu de) to build a school instead of a station;

6 ( situation définie) en place [système, structures] in place ( après n); [troupes] in position ( après n); [dirigeant, pouvoir, régime, parti] ruling ( épith); les gens en place the powers that be; nos hommes sont en place our men are in position; ne plus tenir en place to be restless ou fidgety; les enfants ne tiennent plus en place the children keep fidgeting; mettre en place to put [sth] in place [grillage, programme, règlement, stratégie]; to put [sth] in ou into position [satellite, troupes, équipe]; to establish, to set up [réseau, marché, régime, institution]; to install [ligne téléphonique, canalisations]; se mettre en place [plan, politique, système, structure] to be put in place; [forces, troupes, police] ( être mis en position) to be put in ou into position; ( soi-même) to position oneself; [réseau, marché, régime] to be established, to be set up; mise en place (de grillage, système, normes, services) putting in place; (de satellite, forces, d'équipe) positioning; (de réseau, marché, régime, d'institution) establishment, setting up; (de ligne téléphonique, canalisation) installation^GB; remettre en place to put [sth] back in place; on se retrouve sur place we'll meet up there; je suis sur place, je peux le faire I'm on the spot, I can do it; dépannage/inscriptions sur place on-the-spot repairs/registration; ouvrage à consulter sur place reference book; laisser qn sur place to leave sb standing;

7 ( dans une agglomération) square; la place du village the village square; sur la place Tiananmen/Rouge in Tiananmen/Red Square; la place de la Concorde the Place de la Concorde; la place du marché the marketplace;

8 Fin market; place financière financial market; sur la place parisienne or de Paris on the Paris market;

9 ( emploi) job; avoir une bonne place chez to have a good job with; perdre sa place to lose one's job; c'est une place très recherchée or demandée it's a highly sought-after job ou position; il y a des places à prendre there are good job opportunities;

10 ( forteresse) entrer dans la place to get in on the inside; être dans la place to be on the inside; être maître de la place lit to be in control; fig to rule the roost; se rendre maître de la place to take control; avoir un pied dans la place fig to have a foot in the door.

Composés

place d'armes Mil parade ground; place assise seat; place forte Mil fortified town; place d'honneur ( à table) place ou seat of honour^GB; la place publique the public; intéresser la place publique to interest the public; sur la place publique [célébrer, apprendre, entendre] in public; mettre or porter or étaler qch sur la place publique to bring sth out in the open [[information, projet].

Idiomes

je ne lâcherais or donnerais pas ma place pour un empire I wouldn't change places for the world ou for all the tea in China; une place pour chaque chose et chaque chose à sa place Prov a place for everything and everything in its place.

[plas] nom féminin

1. [espace disponible] space (substantif non comptable), room (substantif non comptable)

faire de la place to make room ou space

faites-lui une petite place give her a bit of room

il reste de la place pour quatre personnes there's enough space ou room left for four people

prendre de la place to take up a lot of space ou room

ne prends pas toute la place

a. [à table, au lit] don't take up so much room

b. [sur la page] don't use up all the space

laisser la ou faire place à to make room ou way for

la machine à écrire a fait place au traitement de texte wordprocessors have taken over from ou superseded typewriters

ce travail ne laisse aucune place à la créativité there's no place ou room for creativity in this kind of work

les anciens font place aux jeunes older people give way to the young generation

la musique tient une grande place dans ma vie music is very important in ou is an important part of my life

place au sol [d'un ordinateur, d'une voiture] footprint

faire place nette

a. (sens propre) to tidy up

b. (figuré) to clear up, to make a clean sweep

2. [endroit précis] place, spot

changer les meubles/la cuisinière de place to move the furniture around/the stove

mets/remets les clefs à leur place put the keys/put the keys back where they belong

est-ce que tout est à sa place? is everything in order ou in its proper place?

[d'une personne]

savoir rester à sa place to know one's place

je ne me sens pas à ma place parmi eux I feel out of place among them

ta place n'est pas ici you're out of place here

tu auras toujours une place dans mon cœur there'll always be a place in my heart for you

reprendre sa place

a. [sa position] to go back to one's place

b. [son rôle] to go back to where one belongs

notre collègue ne pourra pas reprendre sa place parmi nous our colleague is unable to resume his post with us

pour rien au monde je ne donnerais ma place I wouldn't swop places for anything in the world

remettre quelqu'un à sa place to put somebody in his/her place

se faire une place au soleil to make a success of things, to find one's place in the sun

3. [siège] seat

[fauteuil au spectacle] seat

[billet] ticket

avoir la place d'honneur

a. [sur l'estrade] to sit at the centre of the stage

b. [à table] to sit at the top ou head of the table

à la place du conducteur in the driver's seat

une voiture à deux places a two-seater (car)

une caravane à quatre places a caravan that sleeps four

une salle de 500 places a room that can seat 500 people

réserver une place d'avion/de train to make a plane/train reservation

payer place entière to pay full price

j'ai trois places de concert I have three tickets for the concert

ça vous ennuierait de changer de place? would you mind swapping ou changing places?

place assise seat

il ne reste plus que des places debout it's now standing room only

à la place du mort in the (front) passenger seat

dans le monde du spectacle, les places sont chères it's difficult to gain a foothold in show business

la place est toute chaude (sens propre & figuré) the seat's still warm

4. [dans un parking] (parking) space

un parking de 1 000 places a car park with space for 1,000 cars

5. [espace urbain] square

la place du village the village square

sur la place de Paris: le plus cher sur la place de Paris the most expensive in Paris

sur la place publique in public

porter le débat sur la place publique to make the debate public

6. [poste, emploi] position, post

une bonne place a good job

je cherche une place de secrétaire I'm looking for a job as a secretary

7. [rang - dans une compétition] place, rank

avoir la première place to come first ou top

avoir la dernière place to come bottom (UK) ou last

elle est en bonne place au dernier tour she's well placed on the last lap

être ou partir en bonne place pour gagner to be (all) set to win

8. BOURSE

place financière financial centre

place financière internationale money market

le dollar est à la hausse sur la place financière de New York the dollar has risen on the New York exchange

9. MILITAIRE

place (forte) fortress, stronghold

nous voici dans la place

a. (sens propre) [ville assiégée] here we are, inside the walls (of the city)

b. [endroit quelconque] here we are

c. (figuré) we've now gained a foothold

10. (Belgique) [pièce d'habitation] room

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à la place locution adverbiale

instead

on ira en Espagne à la place we'll go to Spain instead

j'ai rapporté la jupe et j'ai pris un pantalon à la place I returned the skirt and exchanged it for a pair of trousers

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à la place de locution prépositionnelle

1. [au lieu de] instead of

j'irai à sa place I'll go instead of him

2. [dans la situation de]

à ma/sa place in my/his place

à ta place, j'irais if I were you I'd go

mettez-vous à ma place put yourself in my place ou shoes

je ne voudrais pas être à sa place rather him than me, I wouldn't like to be in his shoes

de place en place locution adverbiale

here and there

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en place locution adjectivale

[important] established

un homme politique en place a well-established politician

les gens en place disent que... the powers that be say that...

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en place locution adverbiale

1. [là] in position

les forces de police sont déjà en place the police have already taken up their position

est-ce que tout est en place? is everything in order ou in its proper place?

2. (locution)

mettre en place

a. [équipement] to set up (separable) , to install

b. [plan] to set up (separable) , to put into action

c. [réseau] to set up (separable)

la méthode sera mise en place progressivement the method will be phased in (gradually)

ça va lui mettre/remettre les idées en place it'll give him a more realistic view of things/set him thinking straight again

tenir en place: il ne tient pas en place

a. [il est turbulent] he can't keep still

b. [il est anxieux] he's nervous

c. [il voyage beaucoup] he's always on the move

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par places locution adverbiale

here and there

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sur place locution adverbiale

there, on the spot

je serai déjà sur place I'll already be there

PLACE

la place Beauvau square in Paris (also refers to the Ministry of the Interior, whose offices are situated there)

la place de la Concorde square in Paris (one of the biggest and busiest squares in Paris, laid out in the reign of Louis XV)

la place du Colonel-Fabien square in Paris (also refers to the Communist party headquarters, which are situated there)

la place de Grève former name of the Place de l'Hôtel de Ville in Paris. (The place where the unemployed gathered to wait for work, it was the origin of the expression "se mettre en grève")

la place Rouge Red Square

la place Saint-Marc Saint Mark's Square

la place Tian'anmen Tiananmen Square

la place Vendôme square in Paris (the name evokes opulence and luxury because of the Ritz hotel and the jewellery shops situated on the square)

la place des Vosges elegant and fashionable square in the Marais district of Paris, built under Henri IV

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > place
4 placé

place [plas]

feminine noun

   a. ( = esplanade) square

• la place du marché the market square

• porter le débat sur la place publique to bring the discussion into the public arena

   b. ( = emplacement) place ; (assise) seat

• changer qch de place to move sth

• ça n'a pas changé de place it hasn't moved

• changer de place avec qn to change places with sb

• laisser sa place à qn to give up one's seat to sb ; (figurative) to hand over to sb

• prenez place take a seat

• prendre la place de qn to take sb's place ; ( = remplacer qn) to take over from sb

• trouver place parmi to find a place among

• place d'honneur place of honour

• places assises 20, places debout 40 seating capacity 20, standing passengers 40

• une tente à 4 places a tent that sleeps 4

• elle tient une grande place dans ma vie she means a great deal to me

   c. ( = espace) room ; ( = emplacement réservé) space

• prendre de la place to take up a lot of room

• faire de la place to make room

• gagner de la place to save space

• place de parking parking space

• j'ai trouvé de la place pour me garer I've found a parking place

• j'ai trois places dans ma voiture I've room for three in my car

• place aux jeunes ! make way for the younger generation!

• faire place nette to make a clean sweep

   d. ( = billet) seat ; ( = prix, trajet) fare

• réserver sa place to book one's seat

• il n'a pas payé sa place he hasn't paid for his seat

• payer place entière (au cinéma) to pay full price ; (dans le bus) to pay full fare

   e. ( = rang) il a eu une place de premier en histoire he was first in history

• l'entreprise occupe la seconde place sur le marché des ordinateurs the company ranks second in the computer market

• figurer en bonne place [personne] to be prominent

   f. ( = emploi) job ; [de domestique] position

• une place de serveuse a job as a waitress

• dans les médias, les places sont chères there's a lot of competition for jobs in the media

   g. (Military) place forte fortified town

• place d'armes parade ground

• s'introduire dans la place to get contacts on the inside

   h. (Finance) place boursière stock market

   i. (locutions)

► à la place ( = en échange) instead

► à la place de ( = au lieu de) instead of

• se mettre à la place de qn to put o.s. in sb's shoes► à sa etc place ( = à l'endroit habituel)

cette lampe n'est pas à sa place this lamp isn't in the right place

• remettre qch à sa place to put sth back where it belongs

• remettre qn à sa place to put sb in his place

• j'y suis allé à sa place I went instead of him

• je n'aimerais pas être à sa place I wouldn't like to be him

• à ma place, tu aurais accepté ? if you were me, would you have agreed?

• à votre place if I were you► en place

• il ne tient pas en place he's always fidgeting

• les gens en place influential people

• le pouvoir en place (maintenant) the current government ; (à l'époque) the government at the time

• être en place [plan] to be ready

• tout le monde est en place everyone is seated

• en place pour la photo ! everybody take up your positions for the photograph!

• mettre en place [+ service d'ordre] to deploy ; [+ mécanisme, dispositif] to install

• mise en place [de projet] setting up► sur place on the spot

• être sur place to be there

• se rendre sur place to go there

• les sauveteurs sont déjà sur place rescuers are already at the scene

• la situation sur place the situation on the ground

• vous trouverez des brochures sur place leaflets are available on site

• (à consommer) sur place ou à emporter ? sit in or take away?

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plas
nom féminin

1) ( espace) room, space

laisser de la place — to leave enough space

2) (emplacement, espace défini) gén place; ( pour s'asseoir) seat

les dictionnaires ne sont pas à leur place — the dictionaries aren't where they should be

deux places pour ‘Le Lac des Cygnes’ — two tickets for ‘Swan Lake’

la place d'un mot dans une phrase — the position of a word in a sentence

il faut savoir rester à sa place — you must know your place

tenir une grande place dans la vie de quelqu'un — to play a large part in somebody's life

faire une large place à quelque chose — to put a lot of emphasis on something

notre travail laisse peu de place à l'imagination — our work leaves little room for the imagination

faire place à — to give way to

place aux jeunes or à la jeunesse! — lit, fig make way for the young!

il reste une place en première — there's one seat left in first class

une salle de 200 places — a 200 seat auditorium

payer sa place — (au cinéma, théâtre) to pay for one's ticket; ( dans un train etc) to pay one's fare

les places sont chères — fig ( parking difficile) parking spaces are hard to find; ( âpre concurrence dans l'emploi) jobs are hard to come by

prenez place — ( sur un siège) take a seat; ( chacun à son siège) take your seats; ( chacun à son poste) take your places

sur place — [aller] to the scene; [arriver] on the scene; [étudier] on the spot; [enquête] on-the-spot

on se retrouve sur place — we'll meet up there

ouvrage à consulter sur place — reference book

laisser quelqu'un sur place — to leave somebody standing

de place en place — here and there

divan à trois places — three-seater sofa

un parking de 500 places — a car park for 500 cars

3) ( dans un classement) place; ( dans un ordre) position

il est dans les premières places — he's up toward(s) the top

4) ( substitution)

à la place de — instead of, in place of

il a mis de la vodka à la place du cognac — he's used vodka instead of brandy

qu'aurais-tu fait à ma place? — what would you have done in my place?

(si j'étais) à ta place — if I were in your position ou shoes

je ne peux pas le faire à ta place! — I can't do it for you!

j'ai mis le vase à la place du cendrier — I put the vase where the ashtray was

5) ( situation définie)

en place — [système, structures] in place (après n); [troupes] in position (après n); [dirigeant, parti] ruling (épith)

les gens en place — the powers that be

ne plus tenir en place — to be restless ou fidgety

mettre en place — to put [something] in place [programme]; to put [something] in position [équipe]; to establish, to set up [réseau, institution]; to install [ligne téléphonique]

6) ( dans une agglomération) square

la place du village — the village square

la place du marché — the marketplace

7) Finance market

place financière — financial market

8) ( emploi) job

perdre sa place — to lose one's job

9) ( forteresse)

être dans la place — to be on the inside

être maître de la place — lit to be in control; fig to rule the roost

avoir un pied dans la place — fig to have a foot in the door

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Phrasal Verbs:

- place d'armes

- place assise

- place forte

- place d'honneur

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plas nf
1) [ville, village] square

la place du village — the village square

2) [train, cinéma, voiture] seat

Toutes les places ont été vendues. — All the seats have been sold.

Il n'a pas payé sa place. — He didn't pay for his ticket.

place assise — seat

Il y a vingt places assises. — There are 20 seats.

Il y a 20 places debout. — There is standing room for 20.

une quatre places AUTOMOBILES — a four-seater

3) (= endroit où l'on est assis) seat

la place d'honneur — the place of honour Grande-Bretagne the place of honor USA the seat of honour Grande-Bretagne the seat of honor USA

regagner sa place — to go back to one's seat

4) (= emplacement) place

une place pour chaque chose et chaque chose à sa place — a place for everything and everything in its place

5) (espace libre) room, space

ça prend de la place — it takes up a lot of room, it takes up a lot of space

faire de la place à — to make room for, to make space for

6) (place de stationnement) parking place

trouver une place — to find a parking place

Il ne reste plus de place pour se garer. — There's nowhere left to park.

7) (dans un classement) place

Vincent a eu la troisième place au concours. — Vincent got third place in the competition.

8) (= emploi) job

9) (autres locutions)

à la place de — instead of, in place of

à la place — instead

Il ne reste plus de tarte; désirez-vous quelque chose d'autre à la place? — There's no tart left; would you like something else instead?

remettre qn à sa place — to put sb in their place

remettre qch en place — to put sth back in its place

ne pas tenir en place — to be always on the go

de place en place — here and there, in places

par places — here and there, in places

sur place — on the spot

See:

surplace

faire place à — to give way to

prendre place — to take one's place

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place nf

1 ( espace) room, space; avoir de la place to have room ou space (pour faire to do); il y a encore assez de place pour deux personnes/valises there's enough room ou space left for two people/suitcases; avoir la place de faire to have enough room ou space to do; prendre de la place to take up room ou space; (faire) perdre/gagner de la place to waste/to save space; faire de la place to make room ou space (à qn/qch for sb/sth; pour faire to do); se faire de la place to make room ou space for oneself; laisser de la place (pour une personne, un meuble) to leave enough room ou space; ( pour un écrit) to leave enough space; laisse-moi un peu de place pour leur écrire un mot leave me a bit of space to write them a few lines;

2 (emplacement, espace défini) gén place; ( pour s'asseoir) seat; chaque chose à sa place everything in its place; il est resté une heure à la même place he stayed in the same place for an hour; remettre qch à sa place to put sth back in its place; les dictionnaires ne sont pas à la bonne/à leur place the dictionaries aren't in the right place/where they should be; j'ai deux places pour ‘Le Lac des Cygnes’ I've got two tickets for ‘Swan Lake’; il reste une place en première there's one seat left in first class; laisse ta place à la dame! give the lady your seat!; est-ce que cette place est libre? is this seat free?; une salle de 200 places a 200 seat auditorium; j'ai eu une place gratuite I got a free seat; garde-moi ma place ( dans une file) keep my place; (dans un train, au cinéma) keep my seat; garde-moi une place (dans le train, au cinéma) keep me a seat; payer sa place (au cinéma, théâtre) to pay for one's ticket; Transp to pay one's fare; payer place entière (au cinéma, théâtre) to pay full price; Transp to pay full fare; les places sont chères fig ( parking difficile) parking spaces are hard to find; ( âpre concurrence dans l'emploi) jobs are hard to come by; prenez place ( sur un siège) take a seat; ( chacun à son siège) take your seats; ( chacun à son poste) take your places; prendre place ( s'asseoir) to take a seat; ( s'installer) [exposant, stand] to set up; [tireur, policier] to position oneself; ( s'intégrer) to take one's place; roman qui a pris place parmi les plus grands novel that has taken its place among the greatest; sur place [aller, envoyer, se rendre] to the scene; [arriver] on the scene; [être, trouver, sautiller, étudier] on the spot; [enquête, recherche, tournage] on-the-spot ( épith); de place en place here and there; voiture de quatre places four-seater car; divan à trois places three-seater sofa; ⇒ chasse;

3 ( emplacement pour se garer) parking place; appartement avec place de parking apartment with parking space; je n'ai pas trouvé de place pour or où me garer I couldn't find a parking space ou a place to park; un parking de 500 places a car park for 500 cars;

4 (rang dans un classement, la société) place; ( position dans un ordre) position; prendre la place de qn to take sb's place; prendre or obtenir la deuxième place to take second place (à in); il est dans les premières/dernières places he's up toward(s) the top/down toward(s) the bottom; la place d'un mot dans une phrase the position of a word in a sentence; se faire une place dans le monde de la finance to carve out a place for oneself in the world of finance; être en bonne place pour gagner/réussir to be well-placed ou in a good position to win/succeed; il occupe une place éminente he holds a very high position (à, dans in); chacun (à) sa place everyone should know his place; il faut savoir rester à sa place you must know your place; il n'est pas à sa place dans cette réception he looks out of place at this reception; je ne me sens pas à ma place dans ce milieu I feel out of place in this environment; remettre qn à sa place to put sb in his/her place; quelle place faire à l'art? what place can be afforded to art?; avoir sa place dans to deserve a place in; il n'y a pas de place pour eux dans notre système there is no place for them in our system; avoir une place à part or de choix dans to have a special place in; tenir une grande place/une place très importante dans la vie de qn to play a large part/a very important part in sb's life; donner or consacrer or faire une large place à qch to put a lot of emphasis on sth; la place croissante de l'environnement en politique the growing emphasis on the environment in politics; notre travail laisse peu de place à l'imagination our work leaves little room for the imagination; faire place à to give way to; place aux jeunes or à la jeunesse! lit, fig make way for the young!;

5 ( substitution) à la place de instead of, in place of; il a mis de la vodka à la place du cognac he's used vodka instead of brandy; il y a maintenant un comité à la place de l'ancien directeur there's now a committee in place of the former manager; ils sont partis/ont été récompensés à notre place they went/were rewarded instead of us; qu'aurais-tu fait à ma place? what would you have done in my place?; (si j'étais) à ta place if I were in your position ou shoes; mets-toi à leur place put yourself in their position ou shoes; téléphone-lui toi-même, je ne peux pas le faire à ta place! phone him yourself, I can't do it for you!; j'ai mis le vase à la place du cendrier I put the vase where the ashtray was; construire une école à la place de la gare ( où était la gare) to build a school where the station used to be; ( où était prévue la gare) to build a school where the station should have been; ( au lieu de) to build a school instead of a station;

6 ( situation définie) en place [système, structures] in place ( après n); [troupes] in position ( après n); [dirigeant, pouvoir, régime, parti] ruling ( épith); les gens en place the powers that be; nos hommes sont en place our men are in position; ne plus tenir en place to be restless ou fidgety; les enfants ne tiennent plus en place the children keep fidgeting; mettre en place to put [sth] in place [grillage, programme, règlement, stratégie]; to put [sth] in ou into position [satellite, troupes, équipe]; to establish, to set up [réseau, marché, régime, institution]; to install [ligne téléphonique, canalisations]; se mettre en place [plan, politique, système, structure] to be put in place; [forces, troupes, police] ( être mis en position) to be put in ou into position; ( soi-même) to position oneself; [réseau, marché, régime] to be established, to be set up; mise en place (de grillage, système, normes, services) putting in place; (de satellite, forces, d'équipe) positioning; (de réseau, marché, régime, d'institution) establishment, setting up; (de ligne téléphonique, canalisation) installation^GB; remettre en place to put [sth] back in place; on se retrouve sur place we'll meet up there; je suis sur place, je peux le faire I'm on the spot, I can do it; dépannage/inscriptions sur place on-the-spot repairs/registration; ouvrage à consulter sur place reference book; laisser qn sur place to leave sb standing;

7 ( dans une agglomération) square; la place du village the village square; sur la place Tiananmen/Rouge in Tiananmen/Red Square; la place de la Concorde the Place de la Concorde; la place du marché the marketplace;

8 Fin market; place financière financial market; sur la place parisienne or de Paris on the Paris market;

9 ( emploi) job; avoir une bonne place chez to have a good job with; perdre sa place to lose one's job; c'est une place très recherchée or demandée it's a highly sought-after job ou position; il y a des places à prendre there are good job opportunities;

10 ( forteresse) entrer dans la place to get in on the inside; être dans la place to be on the inside; être maître de la place lit to be in control; fig to rule the roost; se rendre maître de la place to take control; avoir un pied dans la place fig to have a foot in the door.

Composés

place d'armes Mil parade ground; place assise seat; place forte Mil fortified town; place d'honneur ( à table) place ou seat of honour^GB; la place publique the public; intéresser la place publique to interest the public; sur la place publique [célébrer, apprendre, entendre] in public; mettre or porter or étaler qch sur la place publique to bring sth out in the open [[information, projet].

Idiomes

je ne lâcherais or donnerais pas ma place pour un empire I wouldn't change places for the world ou for all the tea in China; une place pour chaque chose et chaque chose à sa place Prov a place for everything and everything in its place.

( féminin placée) [plase] adjectif

1. [aux courses]

cheval placé placed horse

(comme adverbe)

arriver placé to be placed

2. [situé]

bien placé

a. [magasin, appartement] well-situated

b. [fermeture, bouton, couture] well-positioned

mal placé

a. [magasin, appartement] badly-located

b. [fermeture, bouton, couture] poorly-positioned

c. [coup] below the belt

d. [abcès] in an awkward spot

e. (euphémisme) in an embarrassing place

f. [orgueil] misplaced

on était très bien/mal placés [au spectacle] we had really good/bad seats

être bien/mal placé pour (figuré) to be in a/no position to

3. [socialement]

haut placé well up ou high up in the hierarchy

des gens haut placés people in high places

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5 place

place [pleɪs]

endroit ⇒ 1 (a) lieu ⇒ 1 (a) maison ⇒ 1 (c) place ⇒ 1 (d)-(f), 1 (h), 1 (i) couvert ⇒ 1 (g) poste ⇒ 1 (h) avoir lieu ⇒ 1 (k) placer ⇒ 2 (a)-(d), 2 (g) (se) remettre ⇒ 2 (e) passer ⇒ 2 (f)

1 noun

(a) (gen → spot, location) endroit m, lieu m;

∎ this is the place c'est ici;

∎ place of death/amusement lieu m de décès/de divertissement;

∎ the place where the accident happened l'endroit où a eu lieu l'accident;

∎ keep the documents in a safe place gardez les documents en lieu sûr;

∎ store in a cool place (on packaging) à conserver au frais;

∎ this is neither the time nor the place to discuss it ce n'est ni le moment ni le lieu pour en discuter;

∎ this looks like a good place to pitch the tent l'endroit semble parfait pour monter la tente;

∎ I had no particular place to go je n'avais nulle part où aller;

∎ you can't be in two places at once on ne peut pas être en deux endroits à la fois;

∎ her leg is fractured in two places elle a deux fractures à la jambe;

∎ there are still one or two places where the text needs changing le texte doit encore être modifié en un ou deux endroits;

∎ to go places (travel) aller quelque part;

∎ figurative that girl will go places! cette fille ira loin!

(b) (locality)

∎ do you know the place well? est-ce que tu connais bien le coin?;

∎ she comes from a place called Barton elle vient d'un endroit qui s'appelle Barton;

∎ the whole place went up in flames (building) tout l'immeuble s'est embrasé; (house) toute la maison s'est embrasée;

∎ how long have you been working in this place? depuis combien de temps travaillez-vous ici?;

∎ we had lunch at a little place in the country nous avons déjeuné dans un petit restaurant de campagne;

∎ can you recommend a place to eat? pouvez-vous me recommander un restaurant?;

∎ I'm looking for a place to stay je cherche un logement;

∎ familiar to shout or to scream the place down hurler comme un forcené;

∎ the other place British University (at Oxford) Cambridge; (at Cambridge) Oxford; British Parliament (in House of Commons) la Chambre des Lords; (in House of Lords) la Chambre des Communes

(c) (house) maison f; (flat) appartement m;

∎ they have a place in the country ils ont une maison de campagne;

∎ familiar nice place you've got here c'est joli chez toi^□ ;

∎ familiar your place or mine? on va chez toi ou chez moi?^□ ;

∎ familiar they met up at Ali's place ils se sont retrouvés chez Ali^□

(d) (position) place f;

∎ take your places! prenez vos places!;

∎ everything is in its place tout est à sa place;

∎ put it back in its proper place remets-le à sa place;

∎ it occupies a central place in his philosophy cela occupe une place centrale dans sa philosophie;

∎ I lost my place in the queue j'ai perdu ma place dans la file d'attente;

∎ I've lost my place (in a book) je ne sais plus où j'en étais;

∎ push the lever till it clicks into place poussez le levier jusqu'au déclic;

∎ figurative suddenly everything fell or clicked into place (I understood) tout à coup, ça a fait tilt; (everything went well) tout d'un coup, tout s'est arrangé;

∎ what would you do (if you were) in my place? que feriez-vous (si vous étiez) à ma place?;

∎ try and put yourself in his place essaie de te mettre à sa place;

∎ I wouldn't change places with her for anything pour rien au monde je n'aimerais être à sa place;

∎ his anger gave place to pity sa colère a fait place à un sentiment de pitié

(e) (role, function) place f;

∎ robots took the place of human workers des robots ont remplacé les hommes dans l'accomplissement de leur tâche;

∎ if she leaves there's nobody to take or to fill her place si elle part, il n'y a personne pour la remplacer;

∎ it's not really my place to say ce n'est pas à moi de le dire

(f) (seat → on train, in theatre etc) place f; (→ on committee) siège m;

∎ she gave up her place to an old man elle a offert sa place à un vieux monsieur;

∎ save me a place garde-moi une place;

∎ there are a few places left on the next flight il reste quelques places sur le prochain vol;

∎ she has a place on the new commission elle siège à la nouvelle commission;

∎ to change places with sb changer de place avec qn;

∎ we changed places so that he could sit by the window nous avons échangé nos places pour qu'il puisse s'asseoir près de la fenêtre

(g) (table setting) couvert m;

∎ how many places should I set? combien de couverts dois-je mettre?

(h) (post, vacancy) place f, poste m;

∎ to get a place at university être admis à l'université;

∎ there is keen competition for university places il y a une forte compétition pour les places en faculté

(i) (ranking → in competition, hierarchy etc) place f;

∎ the prize for second place le prix pour la deuxième place;

∎ Brenda took third place in the race/exam Brenda a terminé troisième de la course/a été reçue troisième à l'examen;

∎ the team is in fifth place l'équipe est en cinquième position;

∎ Horseracing to back a horse for a place jouer un cheval placé;

∎ for me, work takes second place to my family pour moi, la famille passe avant le travail;

∎ he needs to find his place in society il a besoin de trouver sa place dans la société;

∎ I'll soon put him in his place j'aurai vite fait de le remettre à sa place;

∎ to know one's place savoir se tenir à sa place

(j) Mathematics

∎ to three decimal places, to three places of decimals jusqu'à la troisième décimale

(k) to take place (to happen) avoir lieu;

∎ the meeting will take place in Geneva la réunion aura lieu à Genève;

∎ many changes have taken place il y a eu beaucoup de changements;

∎ while this was taking place tandis que cela se passait

(l) American (in adverbial phrases)

∎ no place nulle part;

∎ I'm not going any place je ne vais nulle part;

∎ some place quelque part;

∎ I've looked every place j'ai cherché partout

2 transitive verb

(a) (put, set) placer, mettre;

∎ she placed the vase on the shelf elle a mis le vase sur l'étagère;

∎ to place a book back on a shelf remettre un livre (en place) sur un rayon;

∎ to place a book with a publisher confier un livre à un éditeur;

∎ he placed an ad in the local paper il a fait passer ou mis une annonce dans le journal local;

∎ the proposals have been placed before the committee les propositions ont été soumises au comité;

∎ to place a matter in sb's hands mettre une affaire dans les mains de qn;

∎ I place myself at your disposal je me mets à votre disposition

(b) (find work or a home for) placer;

∎ to place sb in care placer qn;

∎ all the refugee children have been placed tous les enfants réfugiés ont été placés

(c) (usu passive) (situate) placer, situer;

∎ the house is well placed la maison est bien située;

∎ strategically placed airfields des terrains d'aviation stratégiquement situés;

∎ you are better placed to judge than I am vous êtes mieux placé que moi pour en juger;

∎ British industry is well placed to… l'industrie britannique est à même de…;

∎ we met several people similarly placed nous avons rencontré plusieurs personnes qui se trouvaient dans la même situation;

∎ how are we placed for time? combien de temps avons-nous?;

∎ how are you placed for money at the moment? quelle est ta situation financière en ce moment?

(d) (usu passive) (rank → in competition, race etc) placer, classer;

∎ she was placed third elle était en troisième position;

∎ the runners placed in the first five go through to the final les coureurs classés dans les cinq premiers participent à la finale;

∎ the horse we bet on wasn't even placed le cheval sur lequel nous avions parié n'est même pas arrivé placé;

∎ I would place her amongst the best writers of our time je la classerais parmi les meilleurs écrivains de notre époque

(e) (identify) (se) remettre;

∎ I can't place him je n'arrive pas à (me) le remettre

(f) (order, contract) passer ( with à);

∎ to place an order for sth passer commande de qch;

∎ to place a bet faire un pari;

∎ to place a bet on sb/sth parier sur qn/qch;

∎ place your bets! (in casino) faites vos jeux!

(g) (invest → funds) placer; (sell → goods, shares) placer, vendre

3 intransitive verb

American (in racing) être placé

4 all over the place adverb

familiar (everywhere) partout^□ ; (untidy) en désordre^□ ;

∎ you always leave your things all over the place! tu laisses toujours traîner tes affaires partout!;

∎ my hair's all over the place je suis complètement décoiffé^□ ;

∎ figurative the team were all over the place l'équipe a joué n'importe comment^□ ;

∎ these figures are all over the place (are inaccurate) ces chiffres ont été calculés n'importe comment^□ ;

∎ at the interview he was all over the place (panicking, unclear) il a raconté n'importe quoi à l'entretien^□

5 in place adverb

(a) (steady) en place;

∎ hold it in place while I nail it in tiens-le en place pendant que je le cloue

(b) (on the spot → run, jump) sur place

6 in place of preposition

à la place de;

∎ she came in place of her sister elle est venue à la place de sa sœur

7 in places adverb

par endroits

8 in the first place adverb

∎ what drew your attention to it in the first place? qu'est-ce qui a attiré votre attention à l'origine ou en premier lieu?;

∎ I didn't want to come in the first place d'abord, je ne voulais même pas venir;

∎ in the first place, it's too big, and in the second place… premièrement, c'est trop grand, et deuxièmement…, primo, c'est trop grand, et secundo…

9 out of place adjective

∎ the wardrobe looks out of place in such a small room l'armoire n'a pas l'air à sa place dans une pièce aussi petite;

∎ he felt out of place amongst so many young people il ne se sentait pas à sa place parmi tous les jeunes;

∎ he didn't look out of place il ne déparait pas;

∎ such remarks are out of place at a funeral de telles paroles sont déplacées lors d'un enterrement

►► place of birth lieu m de naissance;

place of business lieu m de travail;

place card = carte marquant la place de chaque convive à table;

Marketing place of delivery lieu m de livraison;

Finance place of issue lieu m d'émission;

Sport place kick coup m de pied placé;

place mat set m (de table);

place of residence résidence f, domicile m (réel);

British Law place of safety order = ordonnance autorisant une personne ou un organisme à garder des enfants maltraités en lieu sûr;

place setting couvert m;

place of work lieu m de travail;

place of worship lieu m de culte

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6 would

would [wʊd]

1 pt of will

2 modal auxiliary verb

ⓘ GRAM On trouve généralement I/you/he/ etc would sous leurs formes contractées I'd/you'd/he'd/ etc. La forme négative correspondante est wouldn't que l'on écrira would not dans des contextes formels.

A.

(a) (speculating, hypothesizing)

∎ I'm sure they would come if you asked them je suis sûr qu'ils viendraient si vous le leur demandiez;

∎ he would if he could il le ferait s'il le pouvait;

∎ he would be thirty now if he had lived il aurait trente ans maintenant s'il avait vécu;

∎ I wouldn't do that if I were you je ne ferais pas ça si j'étais vous ou à votre place;

∎ you would think they had better things to do on pourrait penser qu'ils ont mieux à faire;

∎ I thought he would understand je pensais qu'il comprendrait;

∎ they wouldn't have come if they'd known ils ne seraient pas venus s'ils avaient su;

∎ he wouldn't have finished without your help il n'aurait pas terminé sans votre aide;

∎ she would have been sixteen by now elle aurait seize ans maintenant

(b) (making polite offers, requests)

∎ would you please be quiet! voulez-vous vous taire, s'il vous plaît!;

∎ would you pass the mustard please? voudriez-vous bien me passer la moutarde?;

∎ would you mind driving me home? est-ce que cela vous dérangerait de me reconduire chez moi?;

∎ would you like to see her? aimeriez-vous ou voudriez-vous la voir?;

∎ would you like another cup? en voulez-vous encore une tasse?;

∎ I'll do it for you - would you? je vais m'en occuper - vraiment?

(c) (expressing preferences, desires)

∎ I would prefer to go or I would rather go alone j'aimerais mieux ou je préférerais y aller seul;

∎ I would have preferred to go or I would rather have gone alone j'aurais mieux aimé ou j'aurais préféré y aller seul;

∎ I would love to go je serais ravi d'y aller

B.

(a) (indicating willingness, responsiveness → of person, mechanism)

∎ they would give their lives for the cause ils donneraient leur vie pour la cause;

∎ she wouldn't touch alcohol elle refusait de toucher à l'alcool;

∎ I couldn't find anyone who would lend me a torch je n'ai trouvé personne pour me prêter une lampe électrique;

∎ the light wouldn't work la lumière ne marchait pas;

∎ the car wouldn't start la voiture ne voulait pas démarrer

(b) (indicating habitual or characteristic behaviour)

∎ he would smoke a cigar after dinner il fumait un cigare après le dîner;

∎ she would often complain about the neighbours elle se plaignait souvent des voisins;

∎ they would go and break something! il fallait qu'ils aillent casser quelque chose!;

∎ I didn't really enjoy the fish - you wouldn't, would you? je n'ai pas tellement aimé le poisson - ça m'aurait étonné!;

∎ he would! c'est bien de lui!;

∎ he would say that, wouldn't he il fallait qu'il dise ça

(c) (expressing opinions)

∎ I would disagree there je crains de n'être pas d'accord sur ce point;

∎ I would imagine it's warmer than here j'imagine qu'il fait plus chaud qu'ici;

∎ I would think he'd be pleased j'aurais cru que ça lui ferait plaisir;

∎ I wouldn't know (I don't know) je ne saurais dire

(d) (giving advice)

∎ I would have a word with her about it(, if I were you) moi, je lui en parlerais (à votre place)

(e) (expressing surprise, incredulity)

∎ you wouldn't think she was only fifteen, would you? on ne dirait pas qu'elle n'a que quinze ans, n'est-ce pas?;

∎ who would have thought it? qui l'aurait cru?;

∎ I wouldn't have thought it possible je ne l'aurais pas cru possible;

∎ would you credit it! tu te rends compte!

(f) (indicating likelihood, probability)

∎ there was a woman there - that would be his wife il y avait une femme - ça devait être sa femme;

∎ would that be your cousin you have in mind? c'est à votre cousin que vous pensez?

C.

(a) (in reported speech)

∎ it was to be the last time I would see him before he left c'était la dernière fois que je le voyais avant son départ

(b) (used with "have")

∎ they would have been happy if it hadn't been for the war ils auraient vécu heureux si la guerre n'était pas survenue;

∎ American if you would have told the truth, this would never have happened si tu m'avais dit la vérité, ça ne serait jamais arrivé

(c) (subjunctive use) formal or literary (expressing wishes) would that it were true! si seulement c'était vrai!;

∎ would to God that I still had it! plût à Dieu que je l'eusse encore!;

∎ what would you have me do? que voulez-vous que je fasse?

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7 would

see academic.ru/82354/will">will I

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[wud]
short forms - I'd; verb

1) (past tense of will: He said he would be leaving at nine o'clock the next morning; I asked if he'd come and mend my television set; I asked him to do it, but he wouldn't; I thought you would have finished by now.) Imperfekt von `will`

2) (used in speaking of something that will, may or might happen (eg if a certain condition is met): If I asked her to the party, would she come?; I would have come to the party if you'd asked me; I'd be happy to help you.) konditional: würde/n/st

3) (used to express a preference, opinion etc politely: I would do it this way; It'd be a shame to lose the opportunity; I'd prefer to go tomorrow rather than today.) höflicher Ausdruck einer Vorliebe, Meinung, etc.

4) (used, said with emphasis, to express annoyance: I've lost my car-keys - that would happen!) Ausdruck des Ärgers

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- would-be
- would you
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would

[wʊd]

aux vb

1. (in indirect speech)

he said he \would see his brother tomorrow er sagte, er würde seinen Bruder morgen sehen

they promised that they \would help sie versprachen zu helfen

2. (to express condition)

what \would you do if...? was würdest du tun, wenn...?

I \wouldn't worry about it ich würde mir darüber keine Sorgen machen

3. (to express inclination)

I'd go myself, but I'm too busy ich würde [ja] selbst gehen, aber ich bin zu beschäftigt

I \would hate to miss the show die Show möchte ich wirklich nicht verpassen

sb \would rather/sooner do sth jd würde lieber etw tun

\wouldn't you rather finish it tomorrow? willst du es nicht lieber morgen fertig machen?

sb \would rather die than do sth jd würde lieber sterben, als etw tun

4. (polite request)

if you \would just wait a moment... wenn Sie einen kleinen Moment warten,...

\would you mind sharing a room? würde es Ihnen etwas ausmachen, ein Zimmer mit jemandem zu teilen?

\would you like some cake? hättest du gern ein Stück Kuchen?

5. (expressing opinion)

it \would have been very boring... es wäre sehr langweilig gewesen...

I \would imagine that... ich könnte mir vorstellen, dass...

I \wouldn't have thought that... ich hätte nicht gedacht, dass...

6. (express regularity) immer [wieder]

the bus \would be late when I'm in a hurry der Bus kommt immer zu spät, wenn ich es eilig habe

he \would say that, wouldn't he? er sagt das immer, nicht wahr?

7. ( poet liter: expresses a wish)

ah, \would that I were younger! ach, wäre ich doch jünger!

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[wʊd] pret of will I
modal aux vb

1)

(conditional) if you asked him he would do it — wenn du ihn fragtest, würde er es tun

if you had asked him he would have done it — wenn du ihn gefragt hättest, hätte er es getan

I thought you would want to know — ich dachte, du wüsstest es gerne or du würdest es gerne wissen

if I were you, I would... — wenn ich du wäre, würde ich...

who would have thought it? — wer hätte das gedacht?

you would think... — man sollte meinen...

you would never know he was fifty — die Fünfzig sieht man ihm wirklich nicht an

2)

(in indirect speech) she said she would come — sie sagte, sie würde kommen or sie käme

I said I would, so I will — ich habe gesagt, ich würde es tun und ich werde es auch tun

3) (emph)

you would be the one to get hit — typisch, dass ausgerechnet du getroffen worden bist

you would be the one to forget — typisch, dass du das vergessen hast, das sieht dir ähnlich, dass du es vergessen hast

I wouldn't know — keine Ahnung

you would! — das sieht dir ähnlich!

he would have to come right now — ausgerechnet jetzt muss er kommen

you would think of that/say that, wouldn't you! — von dir kann man ja nichts anderes erwarten

it would have to rain — es muss auch ausgerechnet regnen!

4)

(insistence) I warned him, but he would do it — ich habe ihn gewarnt, aber er musste es ja unbedingt or um jeden Preis tun

he wouldn't listen/behave — er wollte partout nicht zuhören/sich partout nicht benehmen

he wouldn't be told — er wollte sich (dat) einfach nichts sagen lassen

5)

(conjecture) it would seem so — es sieht wohl so aus

it would have been about 8 o'clock — es war( wohl) so ungefähr 8 Uhr

what would this be? — was ist das wohl?

you wouldn't have a cigarette, would you? — Sie hätten nicht zufällig eine Zigarette?

6) (= wish) möchten

what would you have me do? — was soll ich tun?

try as he would —

the place where I would be (old, liter) would (that) it were not so! (old, liter) — der Ort, an dem ich sein möchte wenn das doch nur nicht wahr wäre!

would to God he would come —

would to God he hadn't come — ich wünsche zu Gott, er wäre nicht gekommen

7)

(in questions) would he come? — würde er vielleicht kommen?

would he have come? — wäre er gekommen?

would you mind closing the window? — würden Sie bitte das Fenster schließen?

would you care for some tea? — hätten Sie gerne etwas Tee?

8)

(habit) he would paint it each year — er strich es jedes Jahr, er pflegte es jedes Jahr zu streichen (geh)

50 years ago the streets would be empty on a Sunday — vor 50 Jahren waren sonntags die Straßen immer leer

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would [wʊd]

1. prät von will¹ A:

a) wollte(st), wollten, wolltet:

he would not go er wollte (durchaus) nicht gehen

b) pflegte(st) oder pflegten oder pflegtet zu (oft unübersetzt):

he would take a short walk every day er pflegte täglich einen kurzen Spaziergang zu machen;

now and then a bird would call ab und zu ertönte ein Vogelruf;

you would do that! du musstest das natürlich tun!, das sieht dir ähnlich!, du wolltest das ja unbedingt tun!

c) höflich fragend: würdest du?, würden Sie?:

would you pass me the salt, please? würden Sie mir bitte das Salz reichen

d) vermutend:

that would be three dollars das macht (dann) drei Dollar;

it would seem that … es scheint fast, dass …

2. ( konditional, Br 1. sg und pl meist umg) würde(st), würden, würdet:

she would do it if she could;

he would have come if er wäre gekommen, wenn;

how would you know? woher wollen Sie das wissen?;

you wouldn’t understand das verstehst du nicht;

who would do such a thing? wer macht denn so etwas?

3. prät von will¹ B: ich wollte oder wünschte oder möchte:

I would it were otherwise;

would (to) God wolle Gott, Gott gebe;

I would have you know ich muss Ihnen (schon) sagen

4. obs pperf von will¹

will [wıl] inf und imp fehlen, 1. und 3. sg präs will, 2. sg präs (you) will, obs (thou) wilt [wılt], pl will, prät would [wʊd], 2. sg prät obs (thou) wouldst [wʊdst], pperf obs wold [wəʊld], would

A v/aux

1. ( zur Bezeichnung des Futurs, Br 1. sg und pl meist umg, und als Ausdruck eines Versprechens oder Entschlusses) werden:

they will see very soon sie werden bald sehen

2. wollen, werden, willens sein zu:

will you pass me the bread, please? würden Sie mir bitte das Brot reichen;

won’t you sit down nehmen Sie doch bitte Platz;

I will not go there again ich gehe da nicht mehr hin;

I will not stand such nonsense! ich dulde solchen Unfug nicht!;

will do! umg wird gemacht!

3. (immer, bestimmt, unbedingt) werden (oft unübersetzt):

people will talk die Leute reden immer;

accidents will happen Unfälle wird es immer geben;

you will get in my light! du musst mir natürlich (immer) im Licht stehen!; → boy A 1

4. (zur Bezeichnung einer Erwartung, Vermutung oder Annahme) werden:

you will not have forgotten her du wirst sie nicht vergessen haben;

they will have gone now sie werden oder dürften jetzt (wohl) gegangen sein;

this will be about right das wird oder dürfte ungefähr stimmen

5. (in Vorschriften etc) besonders MIL müssen

B v/i & v/t wollen, wünschen:

come when you will komm, wann du willst!;

as you will wie du willst; → will² B, C

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see will I

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aux.

würde aux.

English-german dictionary > would
8 place

[pleɪs] 1. сущ.
1)

а) место, занятое пространство

He has a special place in my thoughts. — Он занимает особое место в моих мыслях.

The old gives place to the new. — Старое уступает место новому.

Where is the best place for a stall? — Где наилучшее местоположение для конюшни?

No matter at what place or time you are in the universe, the Big Bang always lies in the past direction of time. — В какой бы точке пространства или времени во Вселенной вы не находились, Большой взрыв всегда будет в прошлом.

Syn:

site 1., room I 1., extension

б) сиденье, место

He sat in someone else's place. — Он сел на чужое место.

- secure places
- give place to
- take the place of
Syn:

seat 1., locality, situation

2) площадь ( часто в названиях)

Gloucester Place — Глостерская площадь, Глостер плэйс

Syn:

square 1., marketplace

3) ист. поле боя, место сражения

place of Hastings — поле битвы при Гастингсе

4)

а) усадьба, загородный дом; резиденция

Come down to my place tonight. — Приходи ко мне сегодня вечером.

summer place — летняя резиденция

Syn:

residence, dwelling, house 1., mansion, palace

б) разг. квартира или дом; место проживания, жилище (кого-л.)

Your place or my place? — К тебе или ко мне?

There was no answer at his place all night. — Всю ночь у него дома никто не отвечал на звонки.

5)

а) помещение ( специального назначения)

place of resort — дом отдыха

bathing-place — купальня

б) разг. туалет, "заведение"

Syn:

lavatory

6)

а) город, местечко, селение

What place do you come from? — Откуда вы родом?

б) регион, край

to travel to distant places — путешествовать в далёкие края

7)

а) место, пост, должность

people / persons in high places — высокопоставленные лица, особы; сильные мира сего, власть предержащие

... and in a few days he found himself a place in an oil company. —... и через несколько дней он устроился на работу в нефтяную компанию.

Syn:

job I 1. 1) б), position 1. 4), post III 1. 1)

б) место ( в истории), положение ( в обществе)

Poor men often rose to eminent place. (J. E. T. Rogers) — Бедные люди часто добивались высого положения в обществе.

Syn:

station 1. 7), position 1.

8) (свободное) место (в учебном, лечебном учреждении и т. п.)

Nursery places for children are scarce in some parts of the country. — В некоторых районах страны мест в яслях на детей не хватает.

9) отрывок, место ( в тексте), страница, пассаж

They shut up the lesson-books and lost her place. — Они закрыли учебники и потеряли место, где она читала.

10)

а) место ( по степени важности)

Family, girlfriends, everything else takes second place to my work. — Семья, девушки и всё остальное у меня на втором месте, а на первом - работа.

б) (in the first / second / third etc. place) во-первых, во-вторых, в-третьих и т.д.

… in the second place, we require all articles submitted be reviewed. — … во-вторых, мы требуем, чтобы все представляемые статьи рецензировались.

11) спорт.

а) (first / second / third etc. place) (первое, второе, третье и т.д.) место ( по результатам состязания)

He took second place in the 100-metre race. — Он занял второе место в забеге на сто метров.

He finished in ninth place. — Он пришёл к финишу девятым.

б) ( a place) одно из первых мест ( по результатам состязания)

to get a place — занять призовое место

в) амер. второе место ( по результатам состязания)

12)

а) должное место, подобающая роль

A woman's place is no longer only in the kitchen today. — В наши дни место женщины уже не только на кухне.

б) обычное место

This book is out of place. — Эта книга стоит не на месте.

The table and chairs are already in place. — Столы и стулья уже расставлены.

в) подходящий случай, удачная возможность

It is not a good place to enquire, when the Egyptian Kingdom was first founded. — Сейчас не время выяснять, когда было впервые основано Египетское Царство.

Syn:

occasion 1., opportunity

г) неотъемлемое право, прямая обязанность

It is not her place to criticize me! — Не ей меня критиковать!

13) ситуация, положение

If you were in my place what would you do? — Что бы Вы сделали на моём месте?

14) мат. разряд после десятичной точки

calculated to six decimal places — с точностью до шестой цифры после запятой

15) горн. забой

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Gram:

[ref dict="LingvoGrammar (En-Ru)"]Adverbial clause of place[/ref]

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to take place — иметь место, состояться

to know / keep one's place — знать своё место

to put smb. in their place — поставить кого-либо на место

in the first place — вообще

- in place of
- another place
- in place
- out of place 2. гл.
1)

а) помещать, размещать ( в пространстве); класть, ставить

to place back — вернуть, положить на место

The notice was placed above the door, and I didn't see it. — Объявление было приклеено над дверью, так что я его не заметил.

Syn:

station, posit, arrange, dispose, adjust

б) помещать ( мысленно); ставить (в план, в какую-л. ситуацию)

to place emphasis on a certain point — ставить акцент на определённом пункте

Your actions placed all of us in danger. — Ваши действия поставили нас всех под угрозу.

Your suggestion will be placed before the board of directors at their next meeting. — Ваше предложение будет рассмотрено на следующем заседании совета директоров.

в) отдавать, посылать (куда-л.)

We must make sure to place the children in the right school. — Нам надо позаботиться о том, чтобы отдать детей в хорошую школу.

2)

а) помещать, вкладывать (деньги, капитал)

I wish to place some money in this bank. — Я хочу разместить некоторую сумму денег в этом банке.

б) делать, размещать заказ

- place a call

3)

а) определять на должность, устраивать (кого-л. куда-л.)

Who has been placed in charge during the director's absence? — Кого назначили замещать директора в его отсутствие?

б) занимать место, должность, пост

4)

а) спорт. присудить одно из первых мест

to be placed — прийти к финишу в числе первых трёх

Syn:

rank, class

б) придти вторым ( на скачках)

He bet $2 on number six to place. — Он поставил 2 доллара на то, что шестой номер придёт вторым.

5) быть каким-л. по счёту, занимать место (в ряду других; на экзамене, конкурсе и т. п.)

He placed fifth in a graduation class of 90. — По баллам он был пятым из 90 человек в выпускном классе.

6) возлагать (надежду, ответственность); доверять

Why are you trying to place the blame on me? — Почему ты пытаешься свалить вину на меня?

No confidence could be placed in any of the twelve Judges. — Верить нельзя было ни одному из двенадцати судей.

Syn:

put, set, fix, repose

7) помещать, размещать (какие-л. материалы) для публикации

8) поставить в ( определённое) положение

What an awkward position I'm now placed in! — В каком же глупом положении я сейчас оказался!

9)

а) считать, причислять; оценивать; определять (каким-л. образом); ранжировать

to place health among the greatest gifts in life — ставить здоровье в один ряд с величайшими дарами жизни

I'd place this album second best after the one of 1996. — Я бы оценил этот альбом как второй после альбома 1996 года.

б) ( place at) прикидывать, определять примерно (местоположение, дату и т. п.), соотносить (что-л. с чем-л.)

I placed her age at 33. — Я бы дал ей 33 года.

10)

а) приписывать ( величину), относить, причислять (к какому-л. классу), классифицировать

to place a person — отнести человека к определённому типу

Syn:

assign, attribute, impute, ascribe

б) узнавать ( человека)

I observed a very busy little woman whose face was familiar to me, but whom I found myself unable to place. (A. Sterling) — Я увидел очень занятую миниатюрную женщину, её лицо показалось мне очень знакомым, но я не мог точно вспомнить, кто это.

11) устанавливать, фиксировать время, дату (какого-л. события)

Syn:

date

12) эк. продавать, сбывать ( товар)

13) муз. точно брать ноту; ставить голос

He has truly a well placed voice in this song. — В этой песне у него действительно прекрасно поставленный голос.

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- place before
- place aside
- place out
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to place smb.'s cards on the table — раскрыть свои карты

to place smth. on one side — отложить что-л. в сторону

to place in jeopardy — поставить под угрозу

to put smb. in smb.'s place — поставить кого-л. на место

to go places амер.; разг. — пойди в гору, иметь успех

- place a construction on
- place oneself in smb.'s position

Англо-русский современный словарь > place
9 would

would,

❢ When would is used with a verb in English to form the conditional tense, would + verb is translated by the present conditional of the appropriate verb in French and would have + verb by the past conditional of the appropriate verb: I would do it if I had time = je le ferais si j'avais le temps ; I would have done it if I had had time = je l'aurais fait si j'avais eu le temps ; he said he would fetch the car = il a dit qu'il irait chercher la voiture.

For more examples, particular usages and all other uses of would see the entry below. modal aux ( aussi 'd ; nég wouldn't)

1 (in sequence of past tenses, in reported speech) she said she wouldn't come elle a dit qu'elle ne viendrait pas ; we thought we would be late nous avons pensé que nous serions en retard ; I was sure you' d like it j'étais sûr que ça te plairait ; we were wondering if he'd accept nous nous demandions s'il accepterait ; they promised that they'd come back ils ont promis de revenir ; soon it would be time to get up ce serait bientôt l'heure de se lever ; it was to be the last chance we would have to leave ça devait être la dernière chance que nous aurions de partir ; he thought she would have forgotten il pensait qu'elle aurait oublié ; I wish he would shut the door! il pourrait fermer la porte! ; I wish you'd be quiet! tu ne pourrais pas te taire! ;

2 ( in conditional statements) it would be wonderful if they came ce serait merveilleux s'ils venaient ; I'm sure she would help if you asked her je suis sûr qu'elle t'aiderait si tu le lui demandais ; if we'd left later we would have missed the train si nous étions partis plus tard nous aurions raté le train ; we wouldn't be happy anywhere else nous ne serions heureux nulle part ailleurs ; what would be the best way to approach him? quel serait le meilleur moyen de l'aborder? ; who would ever have believed it? qui l'aurait cru? ; you wouldn't have thought it possible! on n'aurait jamais cru que c'était possible! ; I would have found out sooner or later je l'aurais découvert tôt ou tard ; wouldn't it be nice if… ce serait bien si… ; we wouldn't have succeeded without his help nous n'aurions jamais réussi sans son aide ; it wouldn't be the same without them ça ne serait pas la même chose sans eux ; it cost far less than I would have expected ça a coûté beaucoup moins cher que je n'aurais pensé ;

3 ( expressing willingness to act) do you know anyone who would do it? est-ce que tu connais quelqu'un qui le ferait? ; they couldn't find anyone who would take the job ils n'arrivaient pas à trouver quelqu'un qui accepte ( subj) le poste ; he wouldn't hurt a fly il ne ferait pas de mal à une mouche ; she just wouldn't listen elle ne voulait rien entendre ; after that I wouldn't eat any canned food après cela je ne voulais plus manger de conserves ; he wouldn't do a thing to help il n'a rien voulu faire pour aider ; the police wouldn't give any further details la police a refusé de donner plus de détails ; they asked me to leave but I wouldn't ils m'ont demandé de partir mais j'ai refusé ;

4 ( expressing inability to function) the door wouldn't close la porte ne voulait pas se fermer ; the brakes wouldn't work les freins ne marchaient pas ;

5 (expressing desire, preference) we would like to stay another night nous aimerions rester une nuit de plus ; we'd really love to see you nous aimerions vraiment te voir ; I would much rather travel alone je préfèrerais nettement voyager seul ; she would have preferred a puppy elle aurait préféré un chiot ; which film would you rather see? quel film est-ce que tu préférerais voir? ; I wouldn't mind another slice of cake je prendrais bien un autre morceau de gâteau ; it's what he would have wanted c'est ce qu'il aurait voulu ;

6 ( in polite requests or proposals) would you like something to eat? voudriez-vous quelque chose à manger? ; would you like some more tea? voulez-vous encore du thé? ; would you help me set the table? est-ce que tu pourrais m'aider à mettre la table? ; switch off the radio, would you? éteins la radio, tu veux bien? ; would you be interested in buying a vacuum cleaner? est-ce que vous seriez intéressé par un aspirateur? ; would you like to go to a concert est-ce que tu aimerais aller à un concert? ; would you give her the message? est-ce que vous voulez bien lui transmettre le message? ; would you mind not smoking please? est-ce que ça vous ennuyerait de ne pas fumer s'il vous plaît? ; would you please be quiet un peu de silence s'il vous plaît ; would you be so kind as to leave? sout auriez-vous l'obligeance de partir d'ici? fml ;

7 ( used to attenuate statements) it would seem that he was right il semblerait qu'il avait raison ; so it would seem c'est ce qu'il semble ; you would think they'd be satisfied with the results! on aurait pu penser qu'ils seraient satisfaits des résultats! ; I wouldn't say that je ne dirais pas ça ; I would have thought it was obvious j'aurais pensé que c'était évident ; I wouldn't know je ne pourrais pas vous le dire ;

8 ( when giving advice) I wouldn't do that if I were you je ne ferais pas ça à ta place or si j'étais toi ; I really wouldn't worry à ta place je ne m'en ferais pas ; I would check the timetable first tu ferais bien de vérifier l'horaire d'abord ; I'd give her a ring now tu devrais lui téléphoner maintenant ; wouldn't it be better to write? est-ce que ce ne serait pas mieux d'écrire? ;

9 ( expressing exasperation) ‘he denies it’-‘well he would, wouldn't he?’ ‘il le nie’-‘évidemment!’ ; of course you would contradict him! bien sûr il a fallu que tu le contredises! ; ‘she put her foot in it ○ ’-‘she would!’ ‘elle a mis les pieds dans le plat ○ ’-‘tu m'étonnes!’, ‘c'est bien d'elle!’ ;

10 ( expressing an assumption) what time would that be? c'était vers quelle heure? ; I suppose it would have been about 3 pm je pense qu'il était à peu près 15h 00 ; being so young, you wouldn't remember the war étant donné ton âge tu ne dois pas te rappeler la guerre ; let's see, that would be his youngest son voyons, ça doit être son plus jeune fils ; it would have been about five years ago ça devait être il y a environ cinq ans ; you'd never have guessed she was German on n'aurait jamais cru qu'elle était allemande ;

11 (indicating habitual event or behaviour in past: used to) she would sit for hours at the window elle passait des heures assise à la fenêtre ; every winter the fields would be flooded tous les hivers les champs étaient inondés ; the children would be up at dawn les enfants étaient toujours debout à l'aube ;

12 sout ( if only) would that it were true! si seulement c'était vrai! ; would to God that… plût à Dieu que (+ subj) fml.

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10 would

would [wʊd]

1. modal verb

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• he would do it if you asked him il le ferait si vous le lui demandiez

• I wouldn't worry, if I were you à ta place, je ne m'inquiéterais pas

• I thought you'd want to know j'ai pensé que vous aimeriez le savoir

• I wouldn't have a vase like that in my house je ne voudrais pas d'un vase comme cela chez moi !

• I would never marry in church jamais je ne me marierais à l'église

• to my surprise, he agreed -- I never thought he would à ma grande surprise, il a accepté -- je ne l'aurais jamais pensé

► would have

• he would have done it if you had asked him il l'aurait fait si vous le lui aviez demandé

• who would have thought it? qui l'aurait pensé ?

   b. (indicating willingness) I said I would do it j'ai dit que je le ferais

• I said I'd go, so I'm going j'ai dit que j'irais, alors j'y vais

• I said I'd go, so I went j'avais dit que j'irais, alors j'y suis allé

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► When if you would means if you were willing to, it is translated by the imperfect of vouloir.

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• if you would come with me, I'd go to see him si vous vouliez bien m'accompagner, j'irais le voir

• if you would just listen si vous vouliez bien écouter

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► When wouldn't refers to the past, it is translated by the perfect or imperfect of vouloir.

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• he wouldn't help me il n'a pas voulu m'aider

• the car wouldn't start la voiture ne voulait pas démarrer

► would you (in requests)

would you wait here please! attendez ici s'il vous plaît !

• would you close the window please voulez-vous fermer la fenêtre, s'il vous plaît► would you like ( = do you want)

would you like some tea? voulez-vous du thé ?

• would you like to go for a walk? est-ce que vous aimeriez faire une promenade ?

   c. (past) he would always read the paper before dinner il lisait toujours le journal avant le dîner

• 50 years ago the streets would be empty on Sundays il y a 50 ans, les rues étaient vides le dimanche

• I saw him come out of the shop -- when would this be? je l'ai vu sortir du magasin -- quand ?

   d. (inevitability) you would go and tell her! évidemment tu es allé le lui dire !

• it would have to rain! évidemment il fallait qu'il pleuve !

   e. (conjecture) it would have been about 8 o'clock when he came il devait être 8 heures à peu près quand il est venu

2. modifier

► would-be adjective

• would-be actor aspirant (e) acteur or actrice

* * *
[wʊd, wəd]
Note: When would is used with a verb in English to form the conditional tense, would + verb is translated by the present conditional of the appropriate verb in French and would have + verb by the past conditional of the appropriate verb: I would do it if I had time = je le ferais si j'avais le temps; I would have done it if I had had time = je l'aurais fait si j'avais eu le temps; he said he would fetch the car = il a dit qu'il irait chercher la voiture

For more examples, particular usages and all other uses of would see the entry below

modal auxiliary ( aussi 'd; nég wouldn't)

1) (in sequence of past tenses, in reported speech)

she said she wouldn't come — elle a dit qu'elle ne viendrait pas

we thought we would be late — nous avons pensé que nous serions en retard

I was sure you'd like it — j'étais sûr que ça te plairait

they promised that they'd come back — ils ont promis de revenir

he thought she would have forgotten — il pensait qu'elle aurait oublié

I wish he would shut the door! — il pourrait fermer la porte!

I wish you'd be quiet! — tu ne pourrais pas te taire!

2) ( in conditional statements)

it would be wonderful if they came — ce serait merveilleux s'ils venaient

if we'd left later we would have missed the train — si nous étions partis plus tard nous aurions raté le train

we wouldn't be happy anywhere else — nous ne serions heureux nulle part ailleurs

who would ever have believed it? — qui l'aurait cru?

you wouldn't have thought it possible! — on n'aurait jamais cru que c'était possible!

wouldn't it be nice if... — ce serait bien si...

it cost far less than I would have expected — ça a coûté beaucoup moins cher que je n'aurais pensé

3) ( expressing willingness to act)

do you know anyone who would do it? — est-ce que tu connais quelqu'un qui le ferait?

they couldn't find anyone who would take the job — ils n'arrivaient pas à trouver quelqu'un qui accepte le poste

she just wouldn't listen — elle ne voulait rien entendre

after that I wouldn't eat any canned food — après cela je ne voulais plus manger de conserves

he wouldn't do a thing to help — il n'a rien voulu faire pour aider

the police wouldn't give any further details — la police a refusé de donner plus de détails

they asked me to leave but I wouldn't — ils m'ont demandé de partir mais j'ai refusé

4) ( expressing inability to function)

the door wouldn't close — la porte ne voulait pas se fermer

5) (expressing desire, preference)

we would like to stay another night — nous aimerions rester une nuit de plus

we'd really love to see you — nous aimerions vraiment te voir

I would much rather travel alone — je préfèrerais nettement voyager seul

she would have preferred a puppy — elle aurait préféré un chiot

I wouldn't mind another slice of cake — je prendrais bien un autre morceau de gâteau

it's what he would have wanted — c'est ce qu'il aurait voulu

6) ( in polite requests or proposals)

would you like something to eat? — voudriez-vous quelque chose à manger?

would you like some more tea? — voulez-vous encore du thé?

would you help me set the table? — est-ce que tu pourrais m'aider à mettre la table?

switch off the radio, would you? — éteins la radio, tu veux bien?

would you like to go to a concert? — est-ce que tu aimerais aller à un concert?

would you give her the message? — est-ce que vous voulez bien lui transmettre le message?

would you mind not smoking please? — est-ce que ça vous ennuierait de ne pas fumer s'il vous plaît?

7) ( used to attenuate statements)

it would seem that he was right — il semblerait qu'il avait raison

so it would seem — c'est ce qu'il semble

you would think they'd be satisfied! — on aurait pu penser qu'ils seraient satisfaits!

I wouldn't say that — je ne dirais pas ça

I would have thought it was obvious — j'aurais pensé que c'était évident

I wouldn't know — je ne pourrais pas vous le dire

8) ( when giving advice)

I wouldn't do that if I were you — je ne ferais pas ça à ta place

I would check the timetable first — tu ferais bien de vérifier l'horaire d'abord

I'd give her a ring now — tu devrais lui téléphoner maintenant

wouldn't it be better to write? — est-ce que ce ne serait pas mieux d'écrire?

9) ( expressing exasperation)

‘he denies it’ - ‘well he would, wouldn't he?’ — ‘il le nie’ - ‘évidemment!’

of course you would contradict him! — bien sûr il a fallu que tu le contredises!

‘she put her foot in it (colloq)’ - ‘she would!’ — ‘elle a mis les pieds dans le plat (colloq)’ - ‘tu m'étonnes!’

10) ( expressing an assumption)

what time would that be? — c'était vers quelle heure?

I suppose it would have been about 3 pm — je pense qu'il était à peu près 15 h 00

let's see, that would be his youngest son — voyons, ça doit être son plus jeune fils

it would have been about five years ago — ça devait être il y a environ cinq ans

you'd never have guessed she was German — on n'aurait jamais cru qu'elle était allemande

11) (indicating habitual event or behaviour in past: used to)

she would sit for hours at the window — elle passait des heures assise à la fenêtre

English-French dictionary > would
11 place

pleɪs
1. сущ.
1) а) место to give place to ≈ уступить место( кому-л.) to take the place of ≈ занять( чье-л.) место, заместить( кого-л.) Syn: site б) сиденье, место ( в автомобиле, за столом и т. п.) to engage places, secure places ≈ заказать билеты в) место в книге, страница, отрывок, пассаж
2) а) площадь (часто в названиях, напр., Gloucester Place) б) жилище, усадьба, загородный дом;
резиденция Come down to my place tonight. ≈ Приходи ко мне сегодня вечером. summer place ≈ летняя резиденция в) город, местечко, селение What place do you come from? ≈ Откуда вы родом?
3) а) должность, место, положение, служба б) спорт одно из первых мест (в состязании) to get a place ≈ прийти к финишу в числе первых
4) горн. забой
5) мат. разряд после десятичной точки calculated to six decimal places ≈ с точностью до шестой цифры после запятой ∙ another place ≈ палата лордов in the first place ≈ во-первых in the second place ≈ во-вторых in the next place ≈ затем
2. гл.
1) а) помещать, размещать;
класть, ставить The notice was placed above the door, and I didn't see it. ≈ Объявление было приклеено над дверью, так что я его не заметил. б) помещать, отдавать, посылать( куда-л.) Your suggestion will be placed before the board of directors at their next meeting. ≈ Ваше предложение будет рассмотрено на следующем заседаниии советам директоров. We must make sure to place the children in the right school. ≈ Надо позаботиться о том, чтобы отдать детей в хорошую школу. в) помещать, вкладывать деньги, капитал;
делать, размещать заказ I wish to place some money in this bank. ≈ Я хочу вложить деньги в этот банк. place a call г) возлагать (надежду, ответственность и т. п.) Why are you trying to place the blame on me? ≈ Почему ты пытаешься свалить вину на меня?
2) а) определять на должность, устраивать;
занять (какое-л.) место Who has been placed in charge during the director's absence? ≈ Кого назначили замещать директора в его отсутствие? б) спорт присудить одно из первых мест в) находиться в определенном положении;
поставить в определенное положение What an awkward position I'm now placed in! ≈ В каком же глупом положении я сейчас оказался!
3) а) считать, причислять;
оценивать б) прикидывать, определять примерно (местоположение, дату и т. д.), соотносить( что-л. с чем-л.) I placed her age at
33. ≈ Я бы дал ей 33 года.
4) продавать, сбывать (товар и т. п.) ∙ place aside place back place before place out Syn: happen to place one's cards on the table ≈ раскрыть свои карты to place a construction on ≈ по-своему понимать, интерпретировать Make sure that you don't place the wrong construction on his remark. ≈ Будьте внимательны, чтобы не понять его превратно. to place smth. on one side ≈ отложить to place in jeopardy ≈ поставить под угрозу to place oneself in smb.'s position/shoes ≈ поставить кого-л. на чье-л. место Place yourself in my position, and then perhaps you'll stop complaining. ≈ Станьте на мое место и тогда вы перестанете жаловаться. to place a call to ≈ заказать разговор по телефону место - some * где-то - some *, some time где-нибудь, когда-нибудь - starting * (спортивное) центральный круг - jumping * (спортивное) сектор для прыжков - landing * (спортивное) место соскока;
(авиация) место приземления - turnback * место поворота (велоспорт) - reporting * (спортивное) место сбора спортсменов - I can't be at two *s at once я не могу быть в двух местах одновременно - this would be a good * for us to picnic это хорошее место для пикника место, город, местечко;
(населенный) пункт - holy *s святые места - from * to * с места на место - to move from * to * переезжать с места на место - to come to a * прибыть в какой-л. пункт /куда-л./ - it is a quiet * это тихое местечко /-ий городок/ - London is a noisy * Лондон - шумный город - Bath is a very hot * in summer летом в Бате очень жарко - N. is a great * for oysters в N. отлично ловятся устрицы - what * do you come from? откуда вы родом? - * of arrival место прибытия место, точка на поверхности;
участок - a wet * on the floor мокрое пятно на полу - a rough * on the road скверный участок дороги - bad /raw, tender, sore/ * больное место, болячка - show me the sore * on your arm покажите, где /в каком месте/ у вас болит рука обычное, привычное, отведенное место - in * на месте;
уместный - everything in its * все на месте - to put a book (back) in its * поставить книгу на место - to put smth. in the wrong * поставить /положить/ что-л. не на место - he would be very much in * as a journalist ему бы очень подошло быть журналистом - the proposal is not quite in * это предложение не совсем уместно - out of * не на месте;
неуместный - the book is out of (its) place книга не на (своем) месте - to look (sadly) out of * быть удивительно неуместным /неподходящим/ - remark out of * неуместное замечание - familiarity is quite out of * фамильярность здесь совсем неуместна - to give * to smb., smth. уступить место кому-л., чему-л. - his anger gave * to a feeling of pity его гнев уступил место жалости - to take the * of smth. заменить что-л. - electricity took the * of candles на смену свечам пришло электричество сиденье, место (в классе, за столом, в поезде и т. п.) - to book /to engage, to secure/ *s заказать билеты - to change *s with smb. обменяться с кем-л. местами - go back to your * садитесь на свое место - there is no * for you для вас нет места - would you like to take my *? не хотите ли сесть на мое место? - six *s were laid стол был накрыт на шесть персон место в книге;
страница;
отрывок - to find one's * найти нужное место в книге - put smth. to mark the * заложите чем-л. это место - the author repeats that in another * автор повторяет это в другом месте - I've lost my * я не помню, до какого места я дочитал /где я остановился/ место, пространство - * and time пространство и время - you must find * for this bookcase вы должны найти место для этого книжного шкафа - fear can have no * in his heart в его сердце нет места страху существенное место;
важная роль - sports never had a * in his life спорт никогда не занимал важного места в его жизни подходящий момент, ситуация - this isn't a * to talk about one's private affairs здесь не место обсуждать свои личные дела (P.) в названиях: площадь;
небольшая улица, тупик;
имение - Woburn P. Уоборн-плейс - Penhurst P. имение /усадьба/ Пенхерст здание, помещение, место и т. п. специального назначения - * of amusement место развлечений - * of residence место жительства - * of business контора - * of resort место отдыха - * of worship молитвенный дом - * of joining (военное) призывной пункт - public * общественное здание, учреждение и т. п. дом, жилище - come round to my * tonight заходите ко мне вечерком - you can all come and lunch at our * вы все можете у нас позавтракать - all over the * везде, по всему дому - he leaves his things all over the * он разбрасывает свои вещи по всей квартире - they are looking for you all over the * вас ищут по всему дому имение, загородный дом - he has a * in Hempshire у него имение в Гемпшире - he has a nice little * in the country у него хорошенький загородный домик( устаревшее) укрепление должность, место, служба - out of a * безработный - a * at court придворная должность - the * of President должность президента - to take smb.'s * заменять кого-л.;
занять чье-л. место - to fill smb.'s * заменять кого-л. - he has got a * in the Custom House он получил место на таможне - he worked ten years in his last * на последнем месте он проработал десять лет - has he got a * yet? нашел ли он себе работу /место/? высокая государственная должность;
ответственная должность, высокий пост - hunting after *s погоня за должностями членство, участие( в спортивной команде) - a * in the Oxford boat участие /членство/ в гребной команде Оксфордского университета (тк. в ед. ч.) дело, право, обязанность - it is not my * to corret his errors не мое дело исправлять его ошибки положение, статус - high *s высший свет - to attain a high * достичь высокого положения - to know /to keep/ one's * знать свое место - to put smb. in his (proper) * поставить кого-л. на место - his * among physicists is in the front rank он занимает видное место среди физиков - his name has taken its * /has found a */ in history его имя вошло в историю (спортивное) второе или третье призовое место (американизм) второе место (на скачках) (горное) забой, выработка (математика) разряд - decimal * разряд десятичной дроби - to calculate to five decimal *s вычислить с точностью до одной стотысячной (астрономия) местонахождение( небесного тела) > another * (парламентское) палата лордов > in * of вместо > in the first * во-первых;
прежде всего;
первым делом;
вообще > he shouldn't be here in the first * ему вообще здесь делать нечего > in the second * во-вторых > in the next * затем > to take * случаться, иметь место > changes have taken * произошли изменения > it took * ten years ago это случилось десять лет тому назад > the marriage will not take * этот брак не состоится > to have /to find/ * иметь место > to go *s достичь успеха > to have a soft * in one's heart for smb. питать к кому-л. слабость > the place where you cough уборная, туалет > one's * in the sun место под солнцем > there is no * like home в гостях хорошо, а дома лучше ставить, помещать;
размещать - to * a cake in the oven поставить пирог в духовку - to * a board edgeways поставить доску на ребро - to * sentries расставить часовых - to * in the clearest light полностью осветить (вопрос, положение и т. п.) - to * in jeopardy поставить под угрозу - to * no restrictions on smth. не устанавливать каких-л. ограничений на что-л. - to * a question on the agenda поставить вопрос на повестку дня - to * on /in/ orbit выводить на орбиту;
(военное) размещать на орбите - to * the bar (спортивное) установить планку (для прыжков) - to * a seal to a document приложить печать к документу - to * in inverted commas поставить в кавычки - to * down the weight опустить штангу (тяжелая атлетика) - to * oneself on all fours переходить в партер (борьба) - to * on the defensive( военное) вынуждать( противника) перейти к обороне помещать, отдавать (куда-л.) - to * a child under smb.'s care отдать ребенка на чье-л. попечение - to * a child for adoption отдать ребенка на усыновление - to * in reserve( военное) выделять в резерв - to * smb., smth. in /at/ smb.'s service отдать /выделить/ кого-л., что-л. в чье-л. распоряжение - he *d his car in our service он отдал /предоставил/ свой автомобиль в наше распоряжение - to * oneself under smb.'s orders поступить в чье-л. распоряжение - to * a matter in smb.'s hands отдать дело в чьи-л. руки - I * my fate in your hands я отдаю свою судьбу в ваши руки - to * under the command (of) (военное) подчинять, передавать в подчинение определять на должность;
ставить на приход( священника) - to * smb. in an office устроить кого-л. в учреждение - to * smb. in a good situation устроить кого-л. на хорошую должность - to * smb. in command поставить кого-л. во главе - I am placing you in charge вы будете старшим - he has been *d at the head of the department его поставили во главе /начальником/ отдела помещать, вкладывать деньги (тж. * out) - to * one's money to the best advantage наилучшим образом поместить свои деньги - to * an amount to smb.'s credit положить сумму на чей-л. счет делать, помещать заказ - to * an order with smb. for goods поместить заказ у кого-л. /у какой-л. фирмы/ на какие-л. товары - to * a call (американизм) заказать разговор по телефону - the French Government *d orders in England французское правительство поместило заказы в Англии договориться об издании книги, постановке пьесы и т. п. - to * a play пристроить пьесу - he *d his book with a publisher он договорился об издании своей книги продавать товары, акации - difficult to * плохо продается, плохо идет (in, on) возлагать (надежды и т. п.) - to * importance on smth. придавать значение чему-л. - to * pressure on /upon/ smb. оказывать давление на кого-л. - to * confidence in /reliance upon/ smb. довериться кому-л. - no confidence could be *d in any of the twelve judges из двенадцати судей нельзя было верить ни одному определять местоположение или дату;
соотносить (с чем-л.) - to try to * the spot where Caesar landed пытаться определить то место, где высадился Цезарь - to * a manuscript датировать рукопись - the manuscript is *d not later than the tenth century установлено, что рукопись относится к десятому веку, не позже - I know his face but I cannot * him мне знакомо его лицо, но я не могу вспомнить, где я его видел /кто он такой и т. п./ - he could not * her particular peculiarities of pronunciation он не мог установить, в чем особенности ее произношения - he is a difficult man to * трудно определить, что он из себя представляет считать, причислять;
оценивать - as a poet I * him among the first как поэта я считаю его одним из первых (спортивное) определять занятые места в соревновании (спортивное) присудить второе или третье призовое место (американизм) (спортивное) присудить второе место (на скачках) занять (какое-л.) место (на конкурсе, выборах и т. п.) - he campaigned for 10 weeks and * fifth он проводил предвыборную кампанию десять недель и вышел на пятое место pass занимать определенное положение - to be well *d занимать хорошее положение находиться в определенном положении - to be awkwardly *d находиться в неудобном положении - I explained to him how I was *d я объяснил ему, в каком я нахожусь положении, я объяснил ему ситуацию (американизм) (разговорное) повысить голос( в разговоре, пении) > to * a construction on smth., smb. по-своему понимать, интепретировать что-л., кого-л. > what construction am I to * on that? как прикажете это понимать? > to * one's cards on the table раскрыть свои карты ~ спорт. присудить одно из первых мест;
to be placed прийти к финишу в числе первых трех burial ~ место захоронения place мат.: calculated to five decimal places с точностью до одной стотысячной ~ жилище;
усадьба;
загородный дом;
резиденция;
summer place летняя резиденция;
come down to my place tonight приходи ко мне сегодня вечером ~ сиденье, место (в экипаже, за столом и т. п.) ;
six places were laid стол был накрыт на шесть приборов;
to engage (или to secure) places заказать билеты free ~ свободное место ~ спорт. одно из первых мест (в состязании) ;
to get a place прийти к финишу в числе первых ~ место;
to give place (to smb.) уступить место (кому-л.) ;
to take the place( of smb.) занять (чье-л.) место, заместить (кого-л.) in ~ на месте in ~ уместный ~ горн. забой;
in place of вместо;
in the first (in the second) place вопервых (во-вторых) ;
in the next place затем ~ горн. забой;
in place of вместо;
in the first (in the second) place вопервых (во-вторых) ;
in the next place затем to keep (smb.) in his ~ не давать (кому-л.) зазнаваться;
to take place случаться, иметь место ~ положение, должность, место, служба;
to know one's place знать свое место;
out of place безработный ~ положение, должность, место, служба;
to know one's place знать свое место;
out of place безработный out of ~ не на месте out of ~ неуместный parking ~ место для стоянки place мат.: calculated to five decimal places с точностью до одной стотысячной ~ возлагать (надежды и т. п.) ;
to place confidence (in smb.) довериться (кому-л.) ~ выпускать на рынок ~ город, местечко, селение;
what place do you come from? откуда вы родом? ~ город ~ делать заказ;
to place a call амер. заказать разговор по телефону ~ жилище;
усадьба;
загородный дом;
резиденция;
summer place летняя резиденция;
come down to my place tonight приходи ко мне сегодня вечером ~ жилище ~ горн. забой;
in place of вместо;
in the first (in the second) place вопервых (во-вторых) ;
in the next place затем ~ спорт. занять одно из призовых мест ~ класть деньги на счет ~ кредитовать ~ место;
to give place (to smb.) уступить место (кому-л.) ;
to take the place (of smb.) занять (чье-л.) место, заместить (кого-л.) ~ место ~ место в книге, страница, отрывок ~ населенный пункт ~ спорт. одно из первых мест (в состязании) ;
to get a place прийти к финишу в числе первых ~ определять место, положение, дату;
относить к определенным обстоятельствам ~ определять на должность ~ площадь (в названиях, напр., Gloucester P.) ~ положение, должность, место, служба;
to know one's place знать свое место;
out of place безработный ~ помещать, размещать;
ставить, класть;
to place in the clearest light полностью осветить (вопрос, положение и т. п.) ~ помещать ~ помещать деньги, капитал ~ помещать на должность, устраивать ~ спорт. присудить одно из первых мест;
to be placed прийти к финишу в числе первых трех ~ продавать вновь выпущенные ценные бумаги ~ размещать денежные средства ~ размещать ценные бумаги ~ сбывать (товар) ~ сиденье, место (в экипаже, за столом и т. п.) ;
six places were laid стол был накрыт на шесть приборов;
to engage (или to secure) places заказать билеты ~ делать заказ;
to place a call амер. заказать разговор по телефону ~ возлагать (надежды и т. п.) ;
to place confidence (in smb.) довериться (кому-л.) ~ in bond размещать облигации на рынке ~ in solitary confinement подвергать одиночному заключению ~ in solitary confinement помещать в одиночную камеру ~ помещать, размещать;
ставить, класть;
to place in the clearest light полностью осветить (вопрос, положение и т. п.) ~ of arms воен. плацдарм ~ of arrival пункт прибытия ~ of birth место рождения ~ of business местонахождение предприятия ~ of business местонахождение фирмы ~ of death место смерти ~ of disembarkation место выгрузки ~ of disembarkation место высадки ~ of domicile постоянное место жительства ~ of embarkation место погрузки ~ of embarkation место посадки ~ of employment место работы ~ of employment место службы ~ of entertainment увеселительное заведение ~ of insurance место страхования ~ of issue место выпуска ~ of operation место деятельности ~ of payment место платежа ~ of performance место деятельности ~ of performance местонахождение фирмы ~ of performance of contract место исполнения договора ~ of redemption место погашения ~ of registration место регистрации ~ of residence место жительства ~ of settlement место заключения сделки ~ of shipment место погрузки ~ of signature место подписи ~ of work место работы ~ on equal footing ставить в равные условия ~ on register вносить в список ~ on register регистрировать ~ to account вносить на счет public ~ государственная должность scrolling to distant ~ вчт. прокрутка до нужного места ~ сиденье, место (в экипаже, за столом и т. п.) ;
six places were laid стол был накрыт на шесть приборов;
to engage (или to secure) places заказать билеты ~ жилище;
усадьба;
загородный дом;
резиденция;
summer place летняя резиденция;
come down to my place tonight приходи ко мне сегодня вечером to keep (smb.) in his ~ не давать (кому-л.) зазнаваться;
to take place случаться, иметь место take ~ происходить take ~ случаться take: to ~ place случаться;
to take shelter укрыться;
to take a shot выстрелить ~ место;
to give place (to smb.) уступить место (кому-л.) ;
to take the place (of smb.) занять (чье-л.) место, заместить (кого-л.) there is no ~ like home = в гостях хорошо, а дома лучше;
another place парл. палата лордов training ~ место обучения training ~ место прохождения практики ~ город, местечко, селение;
what place do you come from? откуда вы родом?

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > place
12 place

1. [pleıs] n
1. 1) место

some place - где-то

some place, some time - где-нибудь, когда-нибудь

starting place - спорт. центральный круг

jumping place - спорт. сектор для прыжков

landing place - а) спорт. место соскока; б) ав. место приземления

turnback place - место поворота ( велоспорт)

reporting place - спорт. место сбора спортсменов

I can't be at two places at once - я не могу быть в двух местах одновременно

this would be a good place for us to picnic in - это хорошее место для пикника

2) место, город, местечко; (населённый) пункт

holy places - святые места

from place to place - с места на место

to move from place to place - переезжать с места на место

to come to a place - прибыть в какой-л. пункт /куда-л./

it is a quiet place - это тихое местечко /-ий городок/

London is a noisy place - Лондон - шумный город

Bath is a very hot place in summer - летом в Бате очень жарко

N. is a great place for oysters - в N. отлично ловятся устрицы

what place do you come from? - откуда вы родом?

place of arrival [of destination] - место прибытия [назначения]

3) место, точка на поверхности; участок

a wet place on the floor - мокрое пятно на полу

a rough place on the road - скверный участок дороги

bad /raw, tender, sore/ place - больное место, болячка

show me the sore place on your arm - покажите, где /в каком месте/ у вас болит рука

2. 1) обычное, привычное, отведённое место

in place - а) на месте; everything in its place - всё на месте; to put a book (back) in its place - поставить книгу на место; to put smth. in the wrong place - поставить /положить/ что-л. не на место; he would be very much in place as a journalist - ему бы очень подошло быть журналистом; б) уместный

the proposal is not quite in place - это предложение не совсем уместно

out of place - а) не на месте; the book is out of (its) place - книга не на (своём) месте; б) неуместный

to look (sadly) out of place - быть удивительно неуместным /неподходящим/

remark out of place - неуместное замечание

familiarity is quite out of place - фамильярность здесь совсем неуместна

to give place to smb., smth. - уступить место кому-л., чему-л.

his anger gave place to a feeling of pity - его гнев уступил место жалости

to take the place of smth. - заменить что-л. [ср. тж. 7, 1)]

electricity took the place of candles - на смену свечам пришло электричество

2) сиденье, место (в классе, за столом, в поезде и т. п.)

to book /to engage, to secure/ places - заказать билеты

to change places with smb. - обменяться с кем-л. местами

go back to your place - садитесь на своё место

there is no place for you - для вас нет места

would you like to take my place? - не хотите ли сесть на моё место?

six places were laid - стол был накрыт на шесть персон

3) место в книге; страница; отрывок

to find one's place - найти нужное место в книге [ср. тж. ♢ ]

put smth. to mark the place - заложите чем-л. это место

the author repeats that in another place - автор повторяет это в другом месте

I've lost my place - я не помню, до какого места я дочитал /где я остановился/

3. 1) место, пространство

place and time - пространство и время

you must find place for this bookcase - вы должны найти место для этого книжного шкафа

fear can have no place in his heart - в его сердце нет места страху

2) существенное место; важная роль

sports never had a place in his life - спорт никогда не занимал важного места в его жизни

3) подходящий момент, ситуация

this isn't a place to talk about one's private affairs - здесь не место обсуждать свои личные дела

4. (Place) в названиях

1) площадь

Woburn Place - Уоборн-плейс

2) небольшая улица, тупик

3) имение

Penhurst Place - имение /усадьба/ Пенхерст

5. 1) здание, помещение, место и т. п. специального назначения

place of amusement - место развлечений

place of residence - место жительства

place of business - контора

place of resort - место отдыха

place of worship - молитвенный дом

place of joining - воен. призывной пункт

public place - общественное здание, учреждение и т. п.

2) дом, жилище

come round to my place tonight - заходите ко мне вечерком

you can all come and lunch at our place - вы все можете у нас позавтракать

all over the place - везде, по всему дому

he leaves his things all over the place - он разбрасывает свои вещи по всей квартире

they are looking for you all over the place - вас ищут по всему дому

6. 1) имение, загородный дом

he has a place in Hempshire - у него имение в Гемпшире

he has a nice little place in the country - у него хорошенький загородный домик

2) уст. укрепление

7. 1) должность, место, служба

out of a place - безработный

a place at court - придворная должность

the place of President - должность президента

to take smb.'s place - а) заменять кого-л.; б) занять чьё-л. место; [ср. тж. 2, 1)]

to fill smb.'s place = to take smb.'s place а)

he has got a place in the Custom House - он получил место на таможне

he worked ten years in his last place - на последнем месте он проработал десять лет

has he got a place yet? - нашёл ли он себе работу /место/?

2) высокая государственная должность; ответственная должность, высокий пост

hunting after places - погоня за должностями

3) членство, участие ( в спортивной команде)

a place in the Oxford boat - участие /членство/ в гребной команде Оксфордского университета

4) тк. sing дело, право, обязанность

if is not my place to do it - это не моя обязанность

it is not my place to correct his errors - не моё дело исправлять его ошибки

8. положение, статус

high places - высший свет

to attain a high place - достичь высокого положения

to know /to keep/ one's place - знать своё место

to put smb. in his (proper) place - поставить кого-л. на место

his place among physicists is in the front rank - он занимает видное место среди физиков

his name has taken its place /has found a place/ in history - его имя вошло в историю

9. спорт.

1) второе или третье призовое место

2) амер. второе место ( на скачках)

10. горн. забой, выработка

11. мат. разряд

decimal place - разряд десятичной дроби

to calculate to five decimal places - вычислить с точностью до одной стотысячной

12. астр. местонахождение ( небесного тела)

♢ another place - парл. палата лордов

in place of - вместо

in the first place - а) во-первых, прежде всего; первым делом; б) вообще

he shouldn't be here in the first place - ему вообще здесь делать нечего

in the second place - во-вторых

in the next place - затем

to take place - случаться, иметь место

changes have taken place - произошли изменения

it took place ten years ago - это случилось десять лет тому назад

the marriage will not take place - этот брак не состоится

to have /to find/ place - иметь место [ср. тж. 2, 3)]

to go places - достичь успеха

to have a soft place in one's heart for smb. - питать к кому-л. слабость

the place where you cough - уборная, туалет

one's place in the sun - место под солнцем

there is no place like home - ≅ в гостях хорошо, а дома лучше
2. [pleıs] v
1. 1) ставить, помещать; размещать

to place a cake in the oven - поставить пирог в духовку

to place a board edgeways - поставить доску на ребро

to place sentries - расставить часовых

to place in the clearest light - полностью осветить (вопрос, положение и т. п.)

to place in jeopardy - поставить под угрозу

to place no restrictions on smth. - не устанавливать каких-л. ограничений на что-л.

to place a question on the agenda - поставить вопрос на повестку дня

to place on /in/ orbit - косм. выводить на орбиту; воен. размещать на орбите

to place the bar - спорт. установить планку ( для прыжков)

to place a seal to a document - приложить печать к документу

to place in inverted commas - поставить в кавычки

to place down the weight - опустить штангу ( тяжёлая атлетика)

to place oneself on all fours - переходить в партер ( борьба)

to place on the defensive - воен. вынуждать ( противника) перейти к обороне

2) помещать, отдавать (куда-л.)

to place a child under smb.'s care - отдать ребёнка на чьё-л. попечение

to place a child for adoption - отдать ребёнка на усыновление

to place in reserve - воен. выделять в резерв

to place smb., smth. in /at/ smb.'s service - отдать /выделить/ кого-л., что-л. в чьё-л. распоряжение

he placed his car in our service - он отдал /предоставил/ свой автомобиль в наше распоряжение

to place oneself under smb.'s orders - поступить в чье-л. распоряжение

to place a matter in smb.'s hands - отдать дело в чьи-л. руки

I place my fate in your hands - я отдаю свою судьбу в ваши руки

to place under the command (of) - воен. подчинять, передавать в подчинение

2. определять на должность; ставить на приход ( священника)

to place smb. in an office - устроить кого-л. в учреждение

to place smb. in a good situation - устроить кого-л. на хорошую должность

to place smb. in command (of) - поставить кого-л. во главе

I am placing you in charge - вы будете старшим

he has been placed at the head of the department - его поставили во главе /начальником/ отдела

3. 1) помещать, вкладывать деньги (тж. place out)

to place one's money to the best advantage - наилучшим образом поместить свои деньги

to place an amount to smb.'s credit - положить сумму на чей-л. счёт

2) делать, помещать заказ

to place an order with smb. for goods - поместить заказ у кого-л. /у какой-л. фирмы/ на какие-л. товары

to place a call - амер. заказать разговор по телефону

the French Government placed orders in England - французское правительство поместило заказы в Англии

3) договориться об издании книги, постановке пьесы и т. п.

to place a play - пристроить пьесу

he placed his book with a publisher - он договорился об издании своей книги

4. продавать товары, акции

difficult to place - плохо продаётся, плохо идёт

5. (in, on) возлагать (надежды и т. п.)

to place importance on smth. - придавать значение чему-л.

to place pressure on /upon/ smb. - оказывать давление на кого-л.

to place confidence in /reliance upon/ smb. - довериться кому-л.

no confidence could be placed in any of the twelve judges - из двенадцати судей нельзя было верить ни одному

6. 1) определять местоположение или дату; соотносить (с чем-л.)

to try to place the spot where Caesar landed - пытаться определить то место, где высадился Цезарь

to place a manuscript - датировать рукопись

the manuscript is placed not later than the tenth century - установлено, что рукопись относится к десятому веку, не позже

I know his face but I cannot place him - мне знакомо его лицо, но я не могу вспомнить, где я его видел /кто он такой и т. п./

he could not place her particular peculiarities of pronunciation - он не мог установить, в чём особенности её произношения

he is a difficult man to place - трудно определить, что он из себя представляет

2) считать, причислять; оценивать

as a poet I place him among the first - как поэта я считаю его одним из первых

3) спорт. определять занятые места в соревновании

4) спорт. присудить второе или третье призовое место

5) амер. спорт. присудить второе место ( на скачках)

6) занять (какое-л.) место (на конкурсе, выборах и т. п.)

he campaigned for 10 weeks and placed fifth - он проводил предвыборную кампанию десять недель и вышел на пятое место

7. pass

1) занимать определённое положение

to be well [badly] placed - занимать хорошее [плохое] положение

2) находиться в определённом положении

to be awkwardly placed - находиться в неудобном положении

I explained to him how I was placed - я объяснил ему, в каком я нахожусь положении, я объяснил ему ситуацию

8. амер. разг. повысить голос (в разговоре, пении)

♢ to place a construction on smth., smb. - по-своему понимать, интерпретировать что-л., кого-л.

what construction am I to place on that? - как прикажете это понимать?

to place one's cards on the table - раскрыть свои карты

НБАРС > place
13 would

{wud}
1. спомагателен гл. за бъдеще време в миналото (2 и 3 л.) и условно наклонение
he said he WOULD come той каза, че ще дойде
WOULD she be ready, I wondered питах се дали тя ще е готова
it WOULD be better би било/ще бъде по-добре
2. изразява обичайно действие в миналото
he WOULD sit there hour after hour той седеше там с часове
3. модален гл., изразяващ упорство, настойчивост, неизбежност
I warned her but she WOULD have it her own way предупредих я, но тя си настояваше на своето
of course it WOULD rain on the day we chose for a walk и, разбира се, валя дъжд през деня, който избрахме за разходка, желание
WOULD it were otherwise! де да беше иначе! I WOULD rather/just as soon stay here предпочитам да остана тук
4. в отр. форма изразява отказ
he WOULD not help me той не искаше/отказа да ми помогне
the door WOULD not open вратата беше запънала/не искаше/не можеше да се отвори
5. изразява вероятност, предположение
it WOULD be in the year 1971 трябва да беше/да е било през 1971 г.
that's just what you WOULD say точно това и очаквах, че ще кажеш, не можеше и да се очаква да кажеш друго
that WOULD be the place това ще да е/трябва да е мястото
6. изразява учтива молба
WOULD you help me, please? бихте ли ми помогнали? I wouldn't know нямам (никаква) представа

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{wud} pt от will 1. спомагателен гл. за бьдеще време в миналото

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1. he said he would come той каза, че ще дойде 2. he would not help me той не искаше/отказа да ми помогне 3. he would sit there hour after hour той седеше там с часове 4. i warned her but she would have it her own way предупредих я, но тя си настояваше на своето 5. it would be better би било/ще бъде по-добре 6. it would be in the year 1971 трябва да беше/да е било през 1971 г 7. of course it would rain on the day we chose for a walk и, разбира се, валя дъжд през деня, който избрахме за разходка, желание 8. that would be the place това ще да е/трябва да е мястото 9. that's just what you would say точно това и очаквах, че ще кажеш, не можеше и да се очаква да кажеш друго 10. the door would not open вратата беше запънала/не искаше/не можеше да се отвори 11. would it were otherwise! де да беше иначе! i would rather/just as soon stay here предпочитам да остана тук 12. would she be ready, i wondered питах се дали тя ще е готова 13. would you help me, please? бихте ли ми помогнали? i wouldn't know нямам (никаква) представа 14. в отр. форма изразява отказ 15. изразява вероятност, предположение 16. изразява обичайно действие в миналото 17. изразява учтива молба 18. модален гл., изразяващ упорство, настойчивост, неизбежност 19. спомагателен гл. за бъдеще време в миналото (2 и 3 л.) и условно наклонение
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would [wud] past от will2; 1. спом. гл. за бъдеще време в миналото и условно наклонение; he said he \would come той каза, че ще дойде; \would it be ready, I wondered питах се дали ще бъде готово; it \would be better би било (ще бъде) по-добре; a policeman \would not live one year if he obeyed these regulations ако следваше тези инструкции, един полицай не би останал жив и една година; 2. изразява обичайно действие в миналото; he \would sit gazing in the fire for hours той седеше с часове, втренчил поглед в огъня; 3. модален гл., който изразява 1) упорство: he \wouldn' t listen to me не иска да ме чуе; 2) желание: \would it were otherwise! де да беше иначе! I \would rather ( just as soon) предпочитам; 3) вероятност; you \wouldn' t know him едва ли (няма откъде да) го познавате; 4) молба: \would you come here, please бихте ли дошли насам, моля; 5) съвет: I \wouldn' t worry about it аз (на ваше място) не бих се притеснявал.

English-Bulgarian dictionary > would
14 place

1. n

1) місце

some place, some time — де-небудь, коли-небудь

jumping place — спорт. місце для стрибків; ав. місце приземлення

reporting place — спорт. місце прибуття на змагання

2) місто, містечко, населений пункт

Paris is a noisy place — Париж — шумне місто

holy places — святі місця (місцевості)

what place do you come from? — звідки ви родом?

3) місце на поверхні, ділянка, точка на поверхні

4) звичне (відведене) місце

the book is out of its place — книга не на своєму місці

remark out of place — недоречне зауваження

5) сидіння, місце (за столом тощо)

would you like to take my place? — чи ви не хочете сісти на моє місце?

6) місце в книзі, сторінка; уривок

7) простір

8) (P.) площа; невелика вулиця; тупик

9) маєток

10) приміщення, дім; місце спеціального призначення

a place of resort — місце відпочинку

a place of worship — молитовний дім

place of joining — військ. призовний пункт

public place — громадський будинок

11) домівка, житло

you can come and lunch at our place — ви можете прийти і поснідати у нас

12) заміський будинок

I have a little place in the country — у мене є заміський (дачний) будиночок

13) посада, службове місце

has he got a place yet? — чи знайшов уже він собі роботу?

out of a place — безробітний

the place of President — посада президента

14) висока державна посада, посада державного міністра

15) членство, участь (у спортивній команді)

16) обов'язок

17) спорт. одно з перших трьох місць у змаганні

18) гірн. вибій, виробка

19) розряд

place horse — кінь, що зайняв одно з перших місць на перегонах

place of arms — військ. плацдарм

another place — парл. палата лордів

in the place of — замість

in the first place — по-перше, насамперед

in the second place — по-друге

in the next place — потім

to take place — трапитися, мати місце

to go places — амер. досягти успіху

the place where you cough — убиральня, туалет

there is no place like home — у гостях добре, а вдома краще

2. v

1) ставити, класти; установлювати, розташовувати

2) улаштовувати (на посаду)

3) вміщувати, віддавати (кудись)

4) укладати, робити замовлення

to place a call — амер. замовляти розмову по телефону

5) домовлятися (про видання книги, про постановку п'єси тощо)

6) продавати (товари, акції)

difficult to place — погано продається (про товар)

1) покладати (надіі); довірятися комусь

8) визначати місце (дату); співвідносити

I know his face but I cannot place him — мені знайоме його обличчя, але я не можу згадати, де я його бачив (хто він такий)

9) вважати

10) спорт. визначати зайняті місця, присуджувати місце (у змаганні)

11) амер. підвищити голос (у розмові тощо)

to be awkwardly placeed — перебувати у незручному становищі

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I [pleis] n
1) місце

some place — десь

some place, some time — де-небудь, коли-небудь

turnback place — місце повороту ( велоспорт); місце, місто, містечко; ( населений) пункт

holy places — святі місця; місце, точка на поверхні; ділянка

bad /raw, tender, sore/ place — хворе місце, болячка

2) звичайне, звичне, відведене місце

in place — на місці доречний

remark out of place — недоречне зауваження; сидіння, місце (у класі, за столом, у поїзді); місце в книзі; сторінка; уривок

3) місце, простір; суттєве місце; важлива роль; слушний момент, ситуація

4) у назвах (Place) площа; невелика вулиця, глуха вулиця, тупик

5) маєток; садиба

6) будівля, приміщення, місце спеціального призначення

place of business — контора

place of worship — молитовня

place of joining — вiйcьк. призовний пункт; помешкання, житло

7) маєток, заміський будинок; icт. укріплення

8) посада, місце, служба; висока державна посада; відповідальна посада, високий пост; членство, участь ( у спортивній команді); тк.; sing справа, право, обов'язок

9) положення, статус

10) cпopт. друге або третє призове місце; cл. друге місце ( на перегонах)

11) гipн. вибій, виробка

12) мaт. розряд

13) acтp. місцезнаходження ( небесного тіла)

another place — палата лордів

in place of — замість

in the first place — по-перше, насамперед взагалі
II [pleis] v
1) ставити, поміщати; розміщати; поміщати, віддавати ( куди-небудь)

2) призначати на посаду; ставити на парафію ( священика)

3) поміщати, вкладати гроші ( place out); робити, поміщати замовлення; домовитися про видання книги, постановку п'єси

4) продавати товари, акції

5) (in, on) покладати ( надії)

6) визначати місце або дату; співвідносити ( з чим-небудь); вважати, зараховувати; оцінювати; cпopт. визначати зайняті місця в змаганні; cпopт. присудити друге або третє призове місце; cл.; cпopт. присудити друге місце ( на перегонах); посісти ( яке-небудь) місце (на конкурсі, виборах)

7) pass займати певне положення; знаходитися в певному положенні

8) cл. підвищити голос (у розмові, співі)

to place a construction on smth; smb — по-своєму розуміти, інтерпретувати що-небудь, кого-небудь

English-Ukrainian dictionary > place
15 place

pleis
1. noun
1) (a particular spot or area: a quiet place in the country; I spent my holiday in various different places.) sitio, lugar

2) (an empty space: There's a place for your books on this shelf.) sitio

3) (an area or building with a particular purpose: a market-place.) lugar, sitio, local

4) (a seat (in a theatre, train, at a table etc): He went to his place and sat down.) sitio, asiento

5) (a position in an order, series, queue etc: She got the first place in the competition; I lost my place in the queue.) lugar, puesto

6) (a person's position or level of importance in society etc: You must keep your secretary in her place.) sitio

7) (a point in the text of a book etc: The wind was blowing the pages of my book and I kept losing my place.) página, punto

8) (duty or right: It's not my place to tell him he's wrong.) función, papel, deber, obligación

9) (a job or position in a team, organization etc: He's got a place in the team; He's hoping for a place on the staff.) puesto, trabajo

10) (house; home: Come over to my place.) casa

11) ((often abbreviated to Pl. when written) a word used in the names of certain roads, streets or squares.) plaza

12) (a number or one of a series of numbers following a decimal point: Make the answer correct to four decimal places.) punto/espacio decimal

2. verb
1) (to put: He placed it on the table; He was placed in command of the army.) colocar, poner, situar

2) (to remember who a person is: I know I've seen her before, but I can't quite place her.) situar, recordar, identificar

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- place-name
- go places
- in the first
- second place
- in place
- in place of
- out of place
- put oneself in someone else's place
- put someone in his place
- put in his place
- take place
- take the place of

place¹ n

1. lugar / sitio

we visited lots of places visitamos muchos sitios

2. sitio / plaza / asiento

there are two free places over there allí hay dos sitios libres

3. casa

he's got a little place on the coast tiene una casita en la costa

in place of en vez de

to take place tener lugar / ocurrir / celebrarse

where did the battle take place? ¿dónde tuvo lugar la batalla?

place² vb poner / colocar

he placed the gun on the table puso la pistola en la mesa

to place an order hacer un pedido

El gerundio de place se escribe placing

place

tr[pleɪs]

noun

1 (particular position, part) lugar nombre masculino, sitio

■ we visited lots of different places fuimos a muchos sitios diferentes

■ this looks like the place me parece que es aquí

2 (proper position) lugar nombre masculino, sitio; (suitable place) lugar nombre masculino adecuado, sitio adecuado

■ put the book back in its place devuelve el libro a su sitio

■ this isn't the place to discuss business éste no es el lugar más indicado para hablar de negocios

3 (building) lugar nombre masculino, sitio; (home) casa, piso

■ let's go to my place vamos a mi casa

4 (in book) página

■ I've lost my place he perdido la página

5 (seat) asiento, sitio; (at table) cubierto

■ can you save my place? ¿me guardas el sitio?

■ everybody go back to their places todo el mundo a su sitio

6 (position, role, rank) lugar nombre masculino; (duty) obligación nombre femenino

■ there will always be a place for you here siempre habrá un lugar para ti aquí

■ if I were in your place yo en tu lugar

■ it's not my place to tell you what to do yo no soy quién para decirte lo que tienes que hacer

7 (in race, contest) puesto, lugar nombre masculino, posición nombre femenino; (in queue) turno

■ our horse finished in last place nuestro caballo llegó el último

8 (job) puesto; (at university, on course) plaza; (on team) puesto

transitive verb

1 (put - gen) poner; (- carefully) colocar

■ she placed the vase on the shelf puso el florero en el estante

2 (find home, job for) colocar

3 (rank, class) poner, situar

4 (remember - face, person) recordar; (- tune, accent) identificar

■ I recognize his face, but I can't quite place him me suena su cara, pero no sé de qué

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

all over the place por todas partes, por todos lados

a place in the sun una posición destacada

in place en su sitio

in place of somebody / in somebody's place en el lugar de alguien

in the first place... en primer lugar...

out of place fuera de lugar

there's no place like home no hay nada como estar en casa

to be placed first «(second etc)» ocupar el primer (segundo etc) puesto, llegar el primero (segundo etc)

to change places with somebody cambiar de sitio con alguien

to fall into place / fit into place / slot into place encajar, cuadrar

■ things are beginning to fall into place las cosas empiezan a cuadrar

to have friends in high places tener amigos influyentes

to give place to something dar paso a algo

to go from place to place ir de un lugar a otro, ir de un sitio a otro, ir de un lado a otro

to go places llegar lejos

to hold something in place sujetar algo

to know one's place saber el lugar que le corresponde a uno

to place a bet hacer una apuesta

to place an order hacer un pedido

to place one's trust in somebody depositar su confianza en alguien

to put oneself in somebody's place ponerse en el lugar de alguien

to put somebody in his place poner a alguien en su sitio

to take place tener lugar

to take second place pasar a un segundo plano

to take the place of ocupar el sitio de, reemplazar, sustituir

decimal place SMALLMATHEMATICS/SMALL punto decimal

place of birth lugar nombre masculino de nacimiento

place of residence domicilio

place of worship lugar nombre masculino de culto

place mat individual nombre masculino

place name topónimo

place ['pleɪs] vt, placed ; placing

1) put, set: poner, colocar

2) situate: situar, ubicar, emplazar

to be well placed: estar bien situado

to place in a job: colocar en un trabajo

3) identify, recall: identificar, ubicar, recordar

I can't place him: no lo ubico

4)

to place an order : hacer un pedido

place n

1) space: sitio m, lugar m

there's no place to sit: no hay sitio para sentarse

2) location, spot: lugar m, sitio m, parte f

place of work: lugar de trabajo

our summer place: nuestra casa de verano

all over the place: por todas partes

3) rank: lugar m, puesto m

he took first place: ganó el primer lugar

4) position: lugar m

everything in its place: todo en su debido lugar

to feel out of place: sentirse fuera de lugar

5) seat: asiento m, cubierto m (a la mesa)

6) job: puesto m

7) role: papel m, lugar m

to change places: cambiarse los papeles

8)

to take place : tener lugar

9)

to take the place of : sustituir a

place (Computing)

n.

• ubicación (Informática) s.f.

n.

• empleo s.m.

• encargo s.m.

• local s.m.

• lugar s.m.

• paraje s.m.

• plaza s.f.

• puesto s.m.

• recinto s.m.

• sitio s.m.

v.

• asentar v.

• colocar v.

• emplazar v.

• fijar v.

• instalar v.

• localizar v.

• meter v.

• poner v.

(§pres: pongo, pones...) pret: pus-

pp: puesto

fut/c: pondr-•)

• situar v.

• ubicar v.

I pleɪs
noun

1)

a) c (spot, position, area) lugar m, sitio m

she was in the right place at the right time and got the job — tuvo la suerte de estar allí en el momento oportuno y le dieron el trabajo

there's no place like home — no hay nada como estar en casa

from place to place — de un lugar or un sitio or un lado a otro

this is no place for a dog — éste no es un lugar apropiado para tener un perro

there's a time and (a) place for everything — todo a su debido tiempo y en su debido lugar

to have friends in high places — tener* amigos influyentes

all over the place — por todas partes, por todos lados

to fall into place — aclararse

to go places: this boy will go places — este chico va a llegar lejos

b) ( specific location) lugar m

place of birth — lugar de nacimiento

c) (in phrases)

in place: when the new accounting system is in place cuando se haya implementado el nuevo sistema de contabilidad; to hold something in place sujetar algo; out of place: modern furniture would look out of place in this room quedaría mal or no resultaría apropiado poner muebles modernos en esta habitación; I felt very out of place there — me sentí totalmente fuera de lugar allí

d) u ( locality) lugar m

2) c

a) (building, shop, restaurant etc) sitio m, lugar m

the hotel was a depressing place — el hotel era deprimente

they've moved to a bigger place — se han mudado a un local (or a una casa) más grande

there's a good pizza place nearby — hay una buena pizzería cerca

b) ( home) casa f

my place — mi casa

we went back to Jim's place — después fuimos a (la) casa de Jim or (AmL tb) fuimos donde Jim or (RPl tb) a lo de Jim

3) c

a) (position, role) lugar m

if I were in your place — yo en tu lugar, yo que tú

it's not my place to interfere — yo no soy quién para meterme

I wouldn't change places with her for anything — no me cambiaría por ella por nada

nobody can ever take your place — nadie podrá jamás ocupar tu lugar or reemplazarte

to know one's place — (dated or hum) saber* el lugar que le corresponde a uno

to put somebody in her/his place — poner* a algn en su lugar

b)

in place of — (as prep) en lugar de

c)

to take place — ( occur) \<\<meeting/concert/wedding\>\> tener* lugar

we don't know what took place that night — no sabemos qué ocurrió or qué sucedió aquella noche

4) c

a) ( seat)

save me a place — guárdame un asiento or un sitio

the hall has places for 500 people — la sala tiene capacidad or cabida para 500 personas

b) ( at table) cubierto m

to lay/set a place for somebody — poner* un cubierto para algn

5) c (in contest, league) puesto m, lugar m

he took first place — obtuvo el primer puesto or lugar

your social life will have to take second place — tu vida social va a tener que pasar a un segundo plano

6) c (in book, script, sequence)

you've made me lose my place — me has hecho perder la página (or la línea etc) por donde iba

the audience laughed in all the right places — el público se rió cuando había que reírse

7) c

a) ( job) puesto m

to fill a place — cubrir* una vacante

b) (BrE Educ) plaza f

c) ( on team) puesto m

8) ( in argument) lugar m

in the first/second place — en primer/segundo lugar

II

transitive verb

1) (put, position) \<\<object\>\> poner*; (carefully, precisely) colocar*; \<\<guards/sentries\>\> poner*, apostar*, colocar*

how are you placed (for) next week? — ¿cómo estás de tiempo la semana que viene?

to place one's confidence o trust in somebody/something — depositar su (or mi etc) confianza en alguien/algo

2)

a) (in hierarchy, league, race)

national security should be placed above everything else — la seguridad nacional debería ponerse por encima de todo

this victory places her among the top three — este triunfo la sitúa entre las tres primeras

the team is currently placed fourth — actualmente el equipo ocupa el cuarto puesto or lugar

b) ( in horseracing)

to be placed — llegar* placé or colocado ( en segundo o tercer lugar)

3)

a) (find a home, job for) colocar*

they placed her with a Boston firm — la colocaron or le encontraron trabajo en una empresa de Boston

b) \<\<advertisement\>\> poner*; \<\<phone call\>\> pedir*; \<\<goods/merchandise\>\> colocar*

we placed an order with Acme Corp — hicimos un pedido a Acme Corp

4) ( identify) \<\<tune\>\> identificar*, ubicar* (AmL)

her face is familiar, but I can't quite place her — su cara me resulta conocida pero no sé de dónde or (AmL tb) pero no la ubico

5) ( direct carefully) \<\<ball/shot\>\> colocar*

[pleɪs]
1. N

1) (gen) lugar m, sitio m

this is the place — este es el lugar, aquí es

we came to a place where... — llegamos a un lugar donde...

• the furniture was all over the place — los muebles estaban todos manga por hombro

we're all over the place — tenemos un lío que no nos aclaramos

• in another or some other place — en otra parte

• any place will do — cualquier lugar vale or sirve

• it all began to fall into place — todo empezó a tener sentido

• when the new law/system is in place — cuando la nueva ley/el nuevo sistema entre en vigor

a blue suit, worn in places — un traje azul, raído a retazos

the snow was a metre deep in places — había tramos or trozos en que la nieve cubría un metro

• this is no place for you — este no es sitio para ti

there was no place to hide — no había donde esconderse

• to run in place — (US) correr en parada

• it must be some place else — (US) estará en otra parte

• a place in the sun — (fig) una posición envidiable

2) (specific) lugar m

• place of amusement — lugar m de diversión

• place of birth — lugar m de nacimiento

• place of business — [of employment] lugar m de trabajo; (=office) oficina f, despacho m ; (=shop) comercio m

• place of refuge — refugio m, asilo m

• place of residence — domicilio m, residencia f

• place of worship — templo m, lugar m de culto

3) (=town, area) lugar m, sitio m

it's a small place — es un pueblo pequeño

• to go places — (US) (=travel) viajar, conocer mundo

he's going places * — (fig) llegará lejos

we like to go places at weekends — durante los fines de semana nos gusta salir de excursión

• from place to place — de un sitio a otro

he drifted from place to place, from job to job — iba de un sitio a otro, de trabajo en trabajo

4) (=house) casa f ; (=building) sitio m

his place in the country — su casa de campo

they have a new place now — tienen una nueva casa ya

we were at Peter's place — estuvimos en casa de Pedro, estuvimos donde Pedro *

come to our place — ven (a visitarnos) a casa

my place or yours? — ¿en mi casa o en la tuya?

I helped him out when he had no place to go — yo le eché una mano cuando no tenía donde ir

there's a new pizza place in town — han abierto un sitio de pizzas en el centro

I must be mad, working in this place — debo de estar loca para trabajar en este sitio or lugar

5) (in street names) plaza f

6) (=proper or natural place) sitio m, lugar m

does this have a place? — ¿tiene esto un sitio determinado?

this isn't the place to discuss politics — no es el lugar más indicado para hablar de política

• his troops were in place — sus tropas estaban en su sitio

he checked that his tie was in place — comprobó que llevaba bien puesta or colocada la corbata

the final arrangements are now in place — ya se han ultimado los preparativos que faltaban

everything in its place — cada cosa en su lugar

to hold sth in place — sujetar algo en su lugar

to put sth back in its place — devolver algo a su sitio

• to be out of place — estar fuera de lugar

it looks out of place here — aquí parece que está fuera de (su) lugar

that remark was quite out of place — aquella observación estaba fuera de lugar

I feel rather out of place here — me siento como que estoy de más aquí, aquí me siento un poco fuera de lugar

• to laugh in or at the right place — reírse en el momento oportuno

7) (in book) página f

• to find/ lose one's place — encontrar/perder la página

• to mark one's place — poner una marca (de por dónde se va) en un libro

8) (=seat) asiento m ; (in cinema, theatre) localidad f ; (at table) cubierto m ; (in queue) turno m ; (in school, university, on trip) plaza f ; (in team) puesto m

are there any places left? — ¿quedan plazas?

is this place taken? — ¿está ocupado este asiento?

he managed to keep his place in the team — logró conservar su puesto en el equipo

a university place — una plaza en la universidad

• to change places with sb — cambiar de sitio con algn

• to give place to — dar paso a

• to lay an extra place for sb — poner otro cubierto para algn

• to lose one's place — (in queue) perder su turno

9) (=job, vacancy) puesto m

his uncle found him a place in the firm — su tío le buscó un puesto en la compañía

places for 500 workers — 500 puestos de trabajo

to seek a place in publishing — buscarse una colocación or un puesto en una casa editorial

10) (=position) lugar m

it is not my place to do it — no me toca a mí hacerlo

put yourself in my place — ponte en mi lugar

if I were in your place — yo en tu lugar, yo que tú

your place is to obey orders — lo tuyo es obedecer órdenes

• I wouldn't mind changing places with her! — ¡no me importaría estar en su lugar!

• friends in high places — amigos mpl bien situados

• to know one's place — saber cuál es su lugar

• racism has no place here — aquí no hay sitio para el racismo

• she occupies a special place in the heart of the British people — ocupa un rincón especial en el corazón del pueblo británico

• to take the place of sth/sb — sustituir or suplir algo/a algn

nobody could ever take his place — nadie sería capaz de sustituirlo

I was unable to go so Sheila took my place — yo no pude ir, así que Sheila lo hizo por mí

11) (in series, rank) posición f, lugar m

• to work sth out to three places of decimals — calcular algo hasta las milésimas or hasta con tres decimales

• Madrid won, with Bilbao in second place — ganó Madrid, con Bilbao en segunda posición or segundo lugar

• she took second place in the race/Latin exam — quedó la segunda en la carrera/el examen de Latín

he didn't like having to take second place to his wife in public — delante de la gente no le gustaba quedar en un segundo plano detrás de su mujer

for her, money takes second place to job satisfaction — para ella un trabajo gratificante va antes que el dinero

- put sb in his place

12) (other phrases)

• in the first/ second place — en primer/segundo lugar

• in place of — en lugar de, en vez de

• to take place — tener lugar

the marriage will not now take place — ahora la boda no se celebrará, ahora no habrá boda

there are great changes taking place — están ocurriendo or se están produciendo grandes cambios

2. VT

1) (=put) (gen) poner; (more precisely) colocar

she placed the dish on the table — puso el plato en la mesa

place the mask over your nose and mouth — colóquese la mascarilla sobre la nariz y la boca

to place a matter in sb's hands — dejar un asunto en manos de algn

the drought is placing heavy demands on the water supply — la sequía está poniendo en serios apuros al suministro de agua

his job places heavy demands on him — su trabajo le exige mucho

unemployment places a great strain on families — el desempleo somete a las familias a una fuerte presión

2) (=give, attribute) [+ blame] echar (on a); [+ responsibility] achacar (on a); [+ importance] dar, otorgar more frm (on a)

• I had no qualms about placing my confidence in him — no tenía ningún reparo en depositar mi confianza en él

• they place too much emphasis on paper qualifications — le dan demasiada importancia a los títulos

• we should place no trust in that — no hay que fiarse de eso

3) (=situate) situar, ubicar

the house is well placed — la casa está bien situada

we are better placed than a month ago — estamos en mejor situación que hace un mes

he is well placed to see it all — está en una buena posición para observarlo todo

we are well placed to attack — estamos en una buena posición para atacar

how are you placed for money? — ¿qué tal andas de dinero?

4) (Comm) [+ order] hacer; [+ goods] colocar; (Econ) [+ money, funds] colocar, invertir

goods that are difficult to place — mercancías fpl que no encuentran salida

to place an advert in a paper — poner un anuncio en un periódico

to place a contract for machinery with a French firm — firmar un contrato con una compañía francesa para adquirir unas máquinas

to place an order (for sth) (with sb) — hacer un pedido (de algo) (a algn)
bet 3., 1)
5) (=find employment for) [agency] encontrar un puesto a, colocar; [employer] ofrecer empleo a, colocar; (=find home for) colocar

the child was placed with a loving family — el niño fue (enviado) a vivir con una familia muy cariñosa

6) (of series, rank) colocar, clasificar

to be placed — (in horse race) llegar colocado

they are currently placed second in the league — actualmente ocupan el segundo lugar de la clasificación

Vigo is well placed in the League — Vigo tiene un buen puesto en la Liga

she was placed in the top group for maths — en matemáticas la colocaron en el grupo de los mejores

7) (=recall, identify) recordar; (=recognize) reconocer; (=identify) identificar, ubicar (LAm)

I can't place her — no recuerdo de dónde la conozco, no la ubico (LAm)

3.

VI
(US) (in race, competition)
to place second — quedar segundo, quedar en segundo lugar

4.

CPD

place card N — tarjeta que indica el lugar de alguien en la mesa

place kick N — (Rugby) puntapié m colocado; (Ftbl) tiro m libre

place mat N — bajoplato m, salvamanteles m inv individual

place name N — topónimo m
place names (as study, in general) toponimia f
the place names of Aragon — la toponimia aragonesa

place setting N — cubierto m

* * *

I [pleɪs]
noun

1)

a) c (spot, position, area) lugar m, sitio m

she was in the right place at the right time and got the job — tuvo la suerte de estar allí en el momento oportuno y le dieron el trabajo

there's no place like home — no hay nada como estar en casa

from place to place — de un lugar or un sitio or un lado a otro

this is no place for a dog — éste no es un lugar apropiado para tener un perro

there's a time and (a) place for everything — todo a su debido tiempo y en su debido lugar

to have friends in high places — tener* amigos influyentes

all over the place — por todas partes, por todos lados

to fall into place — aclararse

to go places: this boy will go places — este chico va a llegar lejos

b) ( specific location) lugar m

place of birth — lugar de nacimiento

c) (in phrases)

in place: when the new accounting system is in place cuando se haya implementado el nuevo sistema de contabilidad; to hold something in place sujetar algo; out of place: modern furniture would look out of place in this room quedaría mal or no resultaría apropiado poner muebles modernos en esta habitación; I felt very out of place there — me sentí totalmente fuera de lugar allí

d) u ( locality) lugar m

2) c

a) (building, shop, restaurant etc) sitio m, lugar m

the hotel was a depressing place — el hotel era deprimente

they've moved to a bigger place — se han mudado a un local (or a una casa) más grande

there's a good pizza place nearby — hay una buena pizzería cerca

b) ( home) casa f

my place — mi casa

we went back to Jim's place — después fuimos a (la) casa de Jim or (AmL tb) fuimos donde Jim or (RPl tb) a lo de Jim

3) c

a) (position, role) lugar m

if I were in your place — yo en tu lugar, yo que tú

it's not my place to interfere — yo no soy quién para meterme

I wouldn't change places with her for anything — no me cambiaría por ella por nada

nobody can ever take your place — nadie podrá jamás ocupar tu lugar or reemplazarte

to know one's place — (dated or hum) saber* el lugar que le corresponde a uno

to put somebody in her/his place — poner* a algn en su lugar

b)

in place of — (as prep) en lugar de

c)

to take place — ( occur) \<\<meeting/concert/wedding\>\> tener* lugar

we don't know what took place that night — no sabemos qué ocurrió or qué sucedió aquella noche

4) c

a) ( seat)

save me a place — guárdame un asiento or un sitio

the hall has places for 500 people — la sala tiene capacidad or cabida para 500 personas

b) ( at table) cubierto m

to lay/set a place for somebody — poner* un cubierto para algn

5) c (in contest, league) puesto m, lugar m

he took first place — obtuvo el primer puesto or lugar

your social life will have to take second place — tu vida social va a tener que pasar a un segundo plano

6) c (in book, script, sequence)

you've made me lose my place — me has hecho perder la página (or la línea etc) por donde iba

the audience laughed in all the right places — el público se rió cuando había que reírse

7) c

a) ( job) puesto m

to fill a place — cubrir* una vacante

b) (BrE Educ) plaza f

c) ( on team) puesto m

8) ( in argument) lugar m

in the first/second place — en primer/segundo lugar

II

transitive verb

1) (put, position) \<\<object\>\> poner*; (carefully, precisely) colocar*; \<\<guards/sentries\>\> poner*, apostar*, colocar*

how are you placed (for) next week? — ¿cómo estás de tiempo la semana que viene?

to place one's confidence o trust in somebody/something — depositar su (or mi etc) confianza en alguien/algo

2)

a) (in hierarchy, league, race)

national security should be placed above everything else — la seguridad nacional debería ponerse por encima de todo

this victory places her among the top three — este triunfo la sitúa entre las tres primeras

the team is currently placed fourth — actualmente el equipo ocupa el cuarto puesto or lugar

b) ( in horseracing)

to be placed — llegar* placé or colocado ( en segundo o tercer lugar)

3)

a) (find a home, job for) colocar*

they placed her with a Boston firm — la colocaron or le encontraron trabajo en una empresa de Boston

b) \<\<advertisement\>\> poner*; \<\<phone call\>\> pedir*; \<\<goods/merchandise\>\> colocar*

we placed an order with Acme Corp — hicimos un pedido a Acme Corp

4) ( identify) \<\<tune\>\> identificar*, ubicar* (AmL)

her face is familiar, but I can't quite place her — su cara me resulta conocida pero no sé de dónde or (AmL tb) pero no la ubico

5) ( direct carefully) \<\<ball/shot\>\> colocar*

English-spanish dictionary > place
16 put oneself in someone else's place

(to imagine what it would be like to be someone else: If you put yourself in his place, you can understand why he is so careful.) sætte sig i en andens sted

* * *

(to imagine what it would be like to be someone else: If you put yourself in his place, you can understand why he is so careful.) sætte sig i en andens sted

English-Danish dictionary > put oneself in someone else's place
17 put oneself in someone else's place

(to imagine what it would be like to be someone else: If you put yourself in his place, you can understand why he is so careful.) se mettre à la place de

English-French dictionary > put oneself in someone else's place
18 put oneself in someone else's place

(to imagine what it would be like to be someone else: If you put yourself in his place, you can understand why he is so careful.) ponerse en el lugar de alguien

English-spanish dictionary > put oneself in someone else's place
19 put oneself in someone else's place

(to imagine what it would be like to be someone else: If you put yourself in his place, you can understand why he is so careful.) setja sig í spor annars

English-Icelandic dictionary > put oneself in someone else's place
20 put oneself in someone else's place

(to imagine what it would be like to be someone else: If you put yourself in his place, you can understand why he is so careful.) vki helyébe képzeli magát

English-Hungarian dictionary > put oneself in someone else's place

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