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1 when

when [wen]

quand ⇒ 1, 2 (a)-(g) lorsque ⇒ 2 (c) dès que ⇒ 2 (d) après que ⇒ 2 (d) chaque fois que ⇒ 2 (f) étant donné que ⇒ 2 (g) alors que ⇒ 2 (h) où ⇒ 3 (a), 3 (c)

1 adverb

quand;

∎ when are we leaving? quand partons-nous?;

∎ when is the next bus? à quelle heure est ou quand passe le prochain bus?;

∎ when did the war end? quand la guerre s'est-elle terminée?;

∎ when did the accident happen? quand l'accident a-t-il eu lieu?;

∎ when was the Renaissance? à quand remonte l'époque de la Renaissance?;

∎ when will the wedding be? à quand le mariage?;

∎ when do you start your new job? quand commencez-vous votre nouveau travail?;

∎ when do you use the subjunctive? quand emploie-t-on le subjonctif?;

∎ you're open until when? vous êtes ouvert jusqu'à quand?;

∎ when did you last see her? quand l'avez-vous vue pour la dernière fois?;

∎ when do the Easter holidays begin? quand est-ce que commencent les vacances de Pâques?;

∎ when is the best time to call? quel est le meilleur moment pour appeler?;

∎ the homework is due when? quand doit-on rendre les devoirs?

2 conjunction

(a) (how soon) quand;

∎ I don't know when we'll see you again je ne sais pas quand nous vous reverrons;

∎ do you remember when we met? te souviens-tu du jour où nous nous sommes connus?;

∎ do you know when he was born? savez-vous quand il est né?, connaissez-vous sa date de naissance?;

∎ I wonder when the shop opens je me demande à quelle heure ouvre le magasin;

∎ your contract states when you will be paid votre contrat spécifie quand vous serez payé;

∎ we don't agree on when it should be done nous ne sommes pas d'accord sur le moment où il faudrait le faire

(b) (at which time) quand;

∎ come back next week when we'll have more time revenez la semaine prochaine quand nous aurons plus de temps;

∎ he returned in the autumn, when the leaves were beginning to turn il est revenu à l'automne, alors que les feuilles commençaient à jaunir;

∎ the prince will arrive on the 10th, when he will open the new university le prince arrivera le dix et inaugurera la nouvelle université

(c) (indicating a specific point in time) quand, lorsque;

∎ he turned round when she called his name il s'est retourné quand ou lorsqu'elle l'a appelé;

∎ when she's gone, he's unhappy quand ou lorsqu'elle n'est pas là, il est malheureux;

∎ when I was a student lorsque j'étais ou à l'époque où j'étais étudiant;

∎ will you still love me when I'm old? m'aimeras-tu encore quand je serai vieux?;

∎ she's only happy when she's writing elle n'est heureuse que lorsqu'elle écrit;

∎ they were talking when he came in ils étaient en train de discuter quand il est entré;

∎ she's thinner than when I last saw her elle a maigri depuis la dernière fois que je l'ai vue;

∎ he left town when he was twenty il a quitté la ville quand il avait ou à l'âge de vingt ans;

∎ when she was a child quand ou lorsqu'elle était enfant;

∎ on Sunday, when I go to the market (this week) dimanche, quand j'irai au marché; (every week) le dimanche, quand je vais au marché;

∎ I had just walked in the door/he was about to go to bed when the phone rang je venais juste d'arriver/il était sur le point de se coucher quand le téléphone a sonné;

∎ we hadn't been gone five minutes when Susan wanted to go home ça ne faisait pas cinq minutes que nous étions partis et Susan voulait déjà rentrer

(d) (as soon as) quand, dès que; (after) quand, après que;

∎ put your pencils down when you have finished posez votre crayon quand vous avez terminé;

∎ when completed, the factory will employ 100 workers une fois terminée, l'usine emploiera 100 personnes;

∎ when he starts drinking, he can't stop une fois qu'il a commencé à boire, il ne peut plus s'arrêter;

∎ I'll answer any questions when the meeting is over quand la réunion sera terminée, je répondrai à toutes vos questions;

∎ Cookery when cool, turn out onto a dish une fois refroidi, démouler sur un plat;

∎ when I had read my report, she suggested we take a break après mon exposé, elle a suggéré qu'on fasse une pause;

∎ when they had finished dinner, he offered to take her home quand ou après qu'ils eurent dîné, il lui proposa de la ramener;

∎ when you see her you'll understand quand vous la verrez vous comprendrez;

∎ when she had talked to him, she left après lui avoir parlé, elle est partie

(e) (the time that)

∎ remember when a coffee cost 10 cents? vous souvenez-vous de l'époque où un café coûtait 10 cents?;

∎ he talked about when he was a soldier il parlait de l'époque où il était soldat;

∎ that's when it snowed so hard c'est quand il a tant neigé;

∎ that's when he got up and left c'est à ce moment-là ou c'est alors qu'il s'est levé et qu'il est parti;

∎ that's when the shops close c'est l'heure où les magasins ferment;

∎ figurative now is when we should stand up and be counted c'est le moment d'avoir le courage de nos opinions

(f) (whenever) quand, chaque fois que;

∎ when it's sunny, the children play outside quand il y a du soleil, les enfants jouent dehors;

∎ when I hear that song, I think of her chaque fois que ou quand j'entends cette chanson, je pense à elle;

∎ when I think of what she must have suffered! quand je pense à ce qu'elle a dû souffrir!;

∎ I get very irritated when talking to her je m'énerve chaque fois que je lui parle;

∎ I try to avoid seeing him when possible j'essaie de l'éviter quand c'est possible

(g) (since, given that) quand, étant donné que;

∎ what good is it applying when I don't qualify for the job? à quoi bon me porter candidat quand ou si je n'ai pas les capacités requises pour faire ce travail?;

∎ how can you treat her so badly when you know she loves you? comment pouvez-vous la traiter si mal quand ou alors que vous savez qu'elle vous aime?;

∎ why change jobs when you like what you do? pourquoi changer de travail quand ou puisque vous aimez ce que vous faites?;

∎ fancy having soup when you could have had caviar! pourquoi manger de la soupe quand on peut manger du caviar?

(h) (whereas) alors que;

∎ she described him as being lax when in fact he's quite strict elle l'a décrit comme étant négligent alors qu'en réalité il est assez strict

3 relative pronoun

(a) (at which time)

∎ an age when men were men une époque où les hommes étaient des hommes;

∎ in a period when business was bad à une période où les affaires allaient mal;

∎ she was president until 1980, when she left the company elle fut présidente jusqu'en 1980, année où elle a quitté l'entreprise

(b) (which time)

∎ she started her job in May, since when she has had no free time elle a commencé à travailler en mai et elle n'a pas eu de temps libre depuis;

∎ the new office will be ready in January, until when we use the old one le nouveau bureau sera prêt en janvier, jusque là ou en attendant, nous utiliserons l'ancien

(c) (that) où;

∎ do you remember the year when we went to Alaska? tu te rappelles l'année où on est allés en Alaska?;

∎ what about the time when she didn't show up? et la fois où elle n'est pas venue?;

∎ one day when he was out un jour où il était sorti ou qu'il était sorti;

∎ it was only a minute later when he heard a scream à peine une minute plus tard, il entendait un cri;

∎ on Monday, the day when I was supposed to start work lundi, le jour où je devais commencer à travailler;

∎ it's one of those days when everything goes wrong c'est un de ces jours où tout va de travers;

∎ there were times when she didn't know what to do il y avait des moments où elle ne savait plus quoi faire

4 noun

∎ the when and the how of it quand et comment cela s'est-il passé/se passera-t-il/ etc

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2 when

1. wen adverb
(at what time(?): When did you arrive?; When will you see her again?; I asked him when the incident had occurred; Tell me when to jump.) cuando

2. wən, wen conjunction
1) ((at or during) the time at which: It happened when I was abroad; When you see her, give her this message; When I've finished, I'll telephone you.) cuando

2) (in spite of the fact that; considering that: Why do you walk when you have a car?) si

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- whence
- whenever

when¹ adv cuándo

when did you sell your car? ¿cuándo vendiste tu coche?

when² conj cuando

it was different when I was a boy cuando yo era niño, era diferente

when

tr[wen]

adverb

1 (direct questions) cuándo

■ when did it happen? ¿cuándo pasó?

■ when are they coming? ¿cuándo vendrán?

■ when did she die? ¿cuándo murió?

■ since when? ¿desde cuándo?

2 (indirect questions) cuándo

■ tell me when you're ready dime cuándo estés listo

■ I don't know when she went no sé cuándo se fue

3 (at which, on which) cuando, en que

■ August is the month when everyone goes on holiday agosto es el mes en que todo el mundo se va de vacaciones

■ there are times when I can't cope hay momentos en que no puedo más

conjunction

1 (at the time that) cuando

■ when I arrived cuando llegué yo

■ when I was a student cuando era estudiante

■ when they had finished eating cuando habían acabado de comer

■ we were just going out when the phone rang estábamos a punto de salir cuando sonó el teléfono

2 (whenever) cuando, siempre que

■ when I have a free moment cuando tenga un momento libre

3 (considering) cuando, si

■ why do you want to move when you've got such a nice house? ¿por qué te quieres mudar si tienes una casa tan bonita?

4 (although) cuando, aunque

■ they said it was an antique when in fact it was a reproduction dijeron que era una antigüedad cuando en realidad era una reproducción

pronoun

1 cuando

■ that was when it broke fue entonces cuando se rompió

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

say when (pouring) me dirás basta

when ['hwɛn] adv

: cuándo

when will you return?: ¿cuándo volverás?

he asked me when I would be home: me preguntó cuándo estaría en casa

when conj

1) (referring to a particular time) : cuando, en que

when you are ready: cuando estés listo

the days when I clean the house: los días en que limpio la casa

2) if: cuando, si

how can I go when I have no money?: ¿cómo voy a ir si no tengo dinero?

3) although: cuando

you said it was big when actually it's small: dijiste que era grande cuando en realidad es pequeño

when pron

: cuándo

since when are you the boss?: ¿desde cuándo eres el jefe?

when

adv.

• como adv.

• cuando adv.

• cuándo adv.

conj.

• cuando conj.

• que conj.

I hwen, wen
adverb

1) (in questions, indirect questions) cuándo

when did you arrive? — ¿cuándo llegaste?

I asked him when the next train was — le pregunté cuándo salía el próximo tren

that was when I realized that... — fue entonces cuando or (esp AmL tb) que me di cuenta de que...

say when! — di cuándo

2) ( as relative)

the year when we got married — el año en que nos casamos

in December, when we were on holiday — en diciembre, cuando estábamos de vacaciones

II

conjunction

1)

a) ( temporal sense) cuando

I'll ask him when I see him — se lo preguntaré cuando lo vea

reduce speed when approaching a junction — reduzca la velocidad al acercarse a un cruce

b) (if) si, cuando

these results aren't bad when you compare them with... — estos resultados no son malos si or cuando se los compara con...

2)

a) (since, considering that) si, cuando

why go to a hotel when you can stay here? — ¿por qué ir a un hotel si or cuando te puedes quedar aquí?

b) ( although) cuando

he said he was 18 when in fact he's only 15 — dijo que tenía 18 años cuando en realidad sólo tiene 15

III

pronoun cuándo

when do you have to be in London by? — ¿para cuándo tienes que estar en Londres?

since when have they had the farm? — ¿desde cuándo tienen la granja?, ¿cuánto hace que tienen la granja?

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1. ADVERB

1) (in direct and indirect questions, reported speech)

When in direct and indirect questions as well as after expressions of (un)certainty and doubt (e.g. no sé) translates as cuándo (with an accent) and is used with the indicative: cuándo
when did it happen? — ¿cuándo ocurrió?

• he asked me when I had seen it — me preguntó cuándo lo había visto

• do you know when he died? — ¿sabes cuándo murió?

I know when it happened — yo sé cuándo ocurrió

• he told me when the wedding would be — me dijo cuándo sería la boda

he told me when to come in — me indicó cuándo entrar
say when! (when serving food, drink) ¡dime cuánto! since when
since when do you like or have you liked Indian food? — ¿desde cuándo te gusta la comida india?
till when? ¿hasta cuándo?
2) (in exclamations) cuándo

when will we learn to keep our mouths shut! — ¡cuándo aprenderemos a callar la boca!

3) (in other statements)

a) (=the time, day, moment etc) cuando

that was when the trouble started — entonces fue cuando empezaron los problemas

Monday? that's when Ted gets back — ¿el lunes? ese día es cuando vuelve Ted

that's when the programme starts — a esa hora es cuando empieza el programa

1958: that's when I was born — 1958: (en) ese año nací yo

she told me about when she was in London — me contó lo que le pasó cuando estuvo en Londres

b) (relative use)
If when follows a noun (e.g. day, time) and defines the noun, translate using ( en) que not cuando:
(en) que
during the time when she lived abroad — durante el tiempo (en) que vivió en el extranjero

the year when you were born — el año (en) que naciste

she can't remember a time when she wasn't happy — no recuerda una época (en) que no fuese feliz

there are times when I wish I'd never met him — hay momentos en los que desearía no haberlo conocido nunca

c)
If the when clause following a noun provides additional information which does not define or restrict the noun - in English as in Spanish commas are obligatory here - translate using cuando:
cuando
some days, when we're very busy, we don't finish work till very late — algunos días, cuando tenemos mucho trabajo, no acabamos hasta muy tarde

2. CONJUNCTION

1) (=at, during or after the time that)
As a conjunction, when can be translated by cuando (without an accent) followed by either the indicative or the subjunctive. Use the indicative when talking about the past or making general statements about the present. Use the subjunctive when the action is or was in the future: cuando
when I came in — cuando entré

when I was young — cuando era joven

he had just sat down when the phone rang — acababa de sentarse cuando sonó el teléfono

everything looks nicer when the sun is shining — todo está más bonito cuando brilla el sol

he arrived at 8 o'clock, when traffic is at its peak — llegó a las ocho en punto, en lo peor del tráfico

call me when you get there — llámame cuando llegues

when the bridge is built — cuando se construya el puente

you can go when we have finished — puedes irte cuando hayamos terminado

he said he'd tell me when I was older — dijo que me lo diría cuando fuera mayor
If [when] + verb can be substituted by [on] + '-ing' in English and describes an action that takes place at the same time as another one or follows it very closely, you can use [al] + infinitive:
be careful when crossing or when you cross the road — ten cuidado al cruzar la calle

when he went out he saw it was raining — al salir vio que estaba lloviendo

when a student at Oxford, she... — cuando era estudiante or estudiaba en Oxford...

my father, when young, had a fine tenor voice — mi padre, de joven or cuando era joven, tenía una buena voz de tenor

when just three years old, he was... — cuando tenía solo tres años, era...

the floor is slippery when wet — el suelo resbala cuando está mojado

hardly had the film begun when there was a power cut — apenas había empezado la película cuando se fue la corriente

even when — aun cuando

2) (=if) si, cuando

this sounds expensive when compared with other cars — este parece caro si or cuando se compara con otros coches

how can I relax when I've got loads of things to do? — ¿cómo puedo relajarme si or cuando tengo montones de cosas que hacer?

I wouldn't walk when I could get the bus — no iría a pie si pudiese tomar el autobús

3) (=whereas) cuando

he thought he was recovering, when in fact... — pensaba que se estaba recuperando, cuando de hecho...

she made us study when all we wanted to do was play — nos hacía estudiar cuando lo único que queríamos hacer era jugar

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I [hwen, wen]
adverb

1) (in questions, indirect questions) cuándo

when did you arrive? — ¿cuándo llegaste?

I asked him when the next train was — le pregunté cuándo salía el próximo tren

that was when I realized that... — fue entonces cuando or (esp AmL tb) que me di cuenta de que...

say when! — di cuándo

2) ( as relative)

the year when we got married — el año en que nos casamos

in December, when we were on holiday — en diciembre, cuando estábamos de vacaciones

II

conjunction

1)

a) ( temporal sense) cuando

I'll ask him when I see him — se lo preguntaré cuando lo vea

reduce speed when approaching a junction — reduzca la velocidad al acercarse a un cruce

b) (if) si, cuando

these results aren't bad when you compare them with... — estos resultados no son malos si or cuando se los compara con...

2)

a) (since, considering that) si, cuando

why go to a hotel when you can stay here? — ¿por qué ir a un hotel si or cuando te puedes quedar aquí?

b) ( although) cuando

he said he was 18 when in fact he's only 15 — dijo que tenía 18 años cuando en realidad sólo tiene 15

III

pronoun cuándo

when do you have to be in London by? — ¿para cuándo tienes que estar en Londres?

since when have they had the farm? — ¿desde cuándo tienen la granja?, ¿cuánto hace que tienen la granja?

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3 student

n AmE sl

When he was a student he never thought he would end up as a junkie — Когда он только начинал пробовать наркотик, ему и в голову не приходило, что он может стать наркоманом

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4 when

when [wen]

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2. conjunction

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1. adverb

quand

• when does the term start? quand commence le trimestre ?

• when did it happen? quand cela s'est-il passé ? ça s'est passé quand ?

• when was the Channel Tunnel opened? quand a-t-on ouvert le tunnel sous la Manche ?

• when's the wedding? quand a lieu le mariage ?

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► There is no inversion after quand in indirect questions.

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• I don't know when I'll see him again je ne sais pas quand je le reverrai

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► If when means what time, the more specific translation is often used.

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• when does the train leave? à quelle heure part le train ?

• when do you finish work? à quelle heure est-ce tu quittes le travail ?

► say when! (inf) (pouring drinks) vous m'arrêterez...

2. conjunction

   a. ( = at the time that) quand

• everything looks nicer when the sun is shining tout est plus joli quand le soleil brille

• I take an aspirin when I have a headache je prends un cachet d'aspirine quand j'ai mal à la tête

• he had just sat down when the phone rang il venait juste de s'asseoir quand la téléphone a sonné

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► If the when clause refers to the future, the future tense is used in French.

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• I'll do it when I have time je le ferai quand j'aurai le temps

• when you're older, you'll understand quand tu seras plus grand, tu comprendras

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► en + present participle may be used, if the subject of both clauses is the same, and the verb is one of action.

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• he blushed when he saw her il a rougi en la voyant

• take care when opening the tin faites attention en ouvrant la boîte

► when + noun/adjective

• when a student at Oxford, she... quand elle était étudiante à Oxford, elle...

• my father, when young, had a fine tenor voice quand mon père était jeune il avait une belle voix de ténor

• the floor is slippery when wet le sol est glissant quand il est mouillé

   b. (with day, time, movement) où

• on the day when I met him le jour où je l'ai rencontré

• at the time when I should have been at the station à l'heure où j'aurais dû être à la gare

• at the very moment when I was about to leave juste au moment où j'allais partir

• there are times when I wish I'd never met him il y a des moments où je souhaiterais ne l'avoir jamais rencontré

   c. ( = which is when) he arrived at 8 o'clock, when traffic is at its peak il est arrivé à 8 heures, heure à laquelle la circulation est la plus intense

• in August, when peaches are at their best en août, époque où les pêches sont les plus savoureuses

   d. ( = the time when) he told me about when you got lost in Paris il m'a raconté le jour où vous vous êtes perdu dans Paris

• now is when I need you most c'est maintenant que j'ai le plus besoin de vous

• that's when the programme starts c'est à cette heure-là que l'émission commence

• that's when Napoleon was born c'est l'année où Napoléon est né

• that was when the trouble started c'est alors que les ennuis ont commencé

   e. ( = after) quand

• when you read the letter you'll know why quand vous aurez lu la lettre vous comprendrez pourquoi

• when he had made the decision, he felt better après avoir pris la décision, il s'est senti soulagé

• when they had left he telephoned me après leur départ il m'a téléphoné

   f. ( = whereas) alors que

• he thought he was recovering, when in fact... il pensait qu'il était en voie de guérison alors qu'en fait...

   g. ( = if) how can I be self-confident when I look like this? comment veux-tu que j'aie confiance en moi en étant comme ça ?

• how can you understand when you won't listen? comment voulez-vous comprendre si vous n'écoutez pas ?

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[wen], US [hwen] 1.
pronoun

1) ( with prepositions) quand

since when? — depuis quand? also iron

2) ( the time when)

that was when it all started to go wrong — c'est à ce moment-là que tout a commencé à mal aller

that's when I was born — ( day) c'est le jour où je suis né; ( year) c'est l'année où je suis né

he spoke of when he was a child — il a parlé de l'époque où il était enfant
2.
adverb

1) ( as interrogative) quand (est-ce que)

when are we leaving? — quand est-ce qu'on part?

I wonder when the film starts — je me demande à quelle heure commence le film

I forget exactly when — ( time) j'ai oublié l'heure exacte; ( date) j'ai oublié la date exacte

tell me ou say when — ( pouring drink) dis-moi stop

2) ( as relative)

in 1993 when — en 1993 quand

at the time when — ( precise moment) au moment où; ( during same period) à l'époque où

the week when it all happened — la semaine où tout s'est passé

on those rare occasions when — les rares fois où

it's times like that when — c'est dans ces moments-là que

one morning when he was getting up, he... — un matin en se levant, il...

3) ( then)

she resigned in May, since when we've had no applicants — elle a démissionné en mai, et depuis (lors) nous n'avons reçu aucune candidature

until when we must stay calm — d'ici là nous devons rester calmes

by when we will have received the information — d'ici là nous aurons reçu toutes les informations

4) ( whenever) quand

he's only happy when he's moaning — il n'est content que quand il rouspète

when I sunbathe, I get freckles — chaque fois que je prends un bain de soleil, j'ai des taches de rousseur

when possible — dans la mesure du possible
3.
conjunction

1) ( at the precise time when) quand, lorsque

when she reaches 18 — quand elle aura 18 ans

2) ( during the period when) quand, lorsque

when he was at school — quand il était à l'école

3) ( as soon as) quand, dès que

I was strolling along when all of a sudden... — je marchais tranquillement quand tout d'un coup...

4) ( when it is the case that) alors que

why buy their products when ours are cheaper? — pourquoi acheter leurs produits alors que les nôtres sont moins chers?

5) ( whereas) alors que

he refused when I would have gladly accepted — il a refusé alors que j'aurais été ravi d'accepter

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5 get

get [get]

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1. transitive verb

2. intransitive verb

3. compounds

4. Phrasal Verbs

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► vb: pret, ptp got, ptp (US) gotten

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1. transitive verb

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► When get is part of a set combination, eg get the sack, get hold of, look up the other word.

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   a. ( = have, receive, obtain) avoir

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• I go whenever I get the chance j'y vais dès que j'en ai l'occasion

• he got a fine il a eu une amende

• I got a lot of presents j'ai eu beaucoup de cadeaux

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• it was impossible to get help il était impossible d'obtenir de l'aide

• he got help from the others il s'est fait aider par les autres

• first I need to get a better idea of the situation je dois d'abord me faire une meilleure idée de la situation

• I think he got the wrong impression je pense qu'il s'est fait des idées

• they get lunch at school ils déjeunent à l'école

• if I'm not working I get no pay si je ne travaille pas je ne suis pas payé

• this area doesn't get much rain il ne pleut pas beaucoup dans cette région

• we'll get a sandwich in town on prendra un sandwich en ville

• this room gets a lot of sun cette pièce est très ensoleillée

• he got two years il s'est pris (inf) deux ans de prison

► have/has got

• I've got toothache j'ai mal aux dents

• I have got three sisters j'ai trois sœurs

• how many have you got? combien en avez-vous ?

• I've got it! ( = have safely) (ça y est) je l'ai !

• you're okay, I've got you! ne t'en fais pas, je te tiens !

   b. ( = find) trouver

• he got me a job il m'a trouvé un emploi

• it's difficult to get a hotel room in August c'est difficile de trouver une chambre d'hôtel en août

• you get different kinds of... on trouve plusieurs sortes de...

• you'll get him at home if you phone this evening tu le trouveras chez lui si tu appelles ce soir

• I've been trying to get you all week ça fait une semaine que j'essaie de t'avoir

• you can get me on the mobile tu peux m'appeler sur mon portable

   c. ( = buy) acheter

• where do they get their raw materials? où est-ce qu'ils achètent leurs matières premières ?

• to get sth cheap acheter qch bon marché

   d. ( = fetch, pick up) aller chercher

• I must go and get some bread il faut que j'aille chercher du pain

• can you get my coat from the cleaners? est-ce que tu peux aller chercher mon manteau au pressing ?

• can I get you a drink? est-ce que je peux vous offrir quelque chose ?

   e. ( = take) prendre

• I'll get the bus je vais prendre le bus

• I don't get the local paper je ne prends pas le journal local

   f. ( = call in) appeler

• we had to get a plumber nous avons dû appeler un plombier

   g. ( = prepare) préparer

• she was getting breakfast elle préparait le petit déjeuner

   h. ( = catch) [+ disease, fugitive] attraper ; [+ name, details] comprendre

• I didn't get your name je n'ai pas compris votre nom

• we'll get them yet! on leur revaudra ça !

• he'll get you for that! qu'est-ce que tu vas prendre ! (inf)

   i. ( = understand) get it? (inf) t'as pigé ? (inf)

• I don't get it (inf) je ne comprends pas

• you've got it in one! (inf) tu as tout compris !

• I don't get you (inf) je ne vous suis pas

• I don't get the joke je ne vois pas ce qu'il y a de drôle

• let me get this right, you're saying that... alors, si je comprends bien, tu dis que...

• don't get me wrong comprenez-moi bien

   j. ( = answer) can you get the phone? est-ce que tu peux répondre ?

• I'll get it! j'y vais !

   k. ( = annoy) (inf) agacer

• that's what really gets me c'est ce qui m'agace le plus

   l. (set structures)

► to get + adjective

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• to get one's hands dirty se salir les mains

• to get sb drunk soûler qn

• you're getting me worried tu m'inquiètes

► to get sth done (by someone else) faire faire qch

• to get one's hair cut se faire couper les cheveux

• I need to get my car serviced je dois faire réviser ma voiture

• when do you think you'll get it finished? ( = when will you finish it) quand penses-tu avoir fini ?

• you can't get anything done round here ( = do anything) il est impossible de travailler ici► to get sb/sth to do sth

• get him to clean the car fais-lui laver la voiture

• I'll get her to ring you back je lui demanderai de te rappeler

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► réussir or pouvoir may be used when speaking of achieving a result.

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• we eventually got her to change her mind nous avons finalement réussi à la faire changer d'avis

• I couldn't get the washing machine to work je n'ai pas réussi à faire marcher le lave-linge

• to get sth going [+ machine] faire marcher qch

► to get sb/sth somewhere

• to get sth downstairs descendre qch

• how can we get it home? comment faire pour l'apporter à la maison ?

• threatening me will get you nowhere tu n'obtiendras rien de moi par la menace

• to get sth upstairs monter qch► to get sb/sth + preposition

• to get sb by the arm saisir qn par le bras

• to get sb by the throat prendre qn à la gorge

• he gets a lot of money for his paintings il gagne beaucoup d'argent avec ses tableaux

• he gets his red hair from his mother il a les cheveux roux de sa mère

• the bullet got him in the arm la balle l'a atteint au bras

• he managed to get the card into the envelope il a réussi à faire entrer la carte dans l'enveloppe

• to get o.s. into a difficult position se mettre dans une situation délicate

• we got him on to the subject of the war nous l'avons amené à parler de la guerre

• she gets a lot of pleasure out of gardening elle prend beaucoup de plaisir à jardiner

• I couldn't get the stain out of the tablecloth je n'ai pas réussi à enlever la tache sur la nappe

• to get sth past the customs réussir à passer qch à la douane

• I'll never get the car through here je n'arriverai jamais à faire passer la voiture par ici

• to get sth to sb faire parvenir qch à qn

• to get a child to bed mettre un enfant au lit

2. intransitive verb

   a. ( = go) aller( to à, ( from de ) ;) ( = arrive) arriver ; ( = be) être

• how do you get there? comment fait-on pour y aller ?

• can you get there from London by bus? est-ce qu'on peut y aller de Londres en bus ?

• what time do you get to Sheffield? à quelle heure arrivez-vous à Sheffield ?

► to get + adverb/preposition

• you won't get anywhere if you behave like that tu n'arriveras à rien en te conduisant comme ça

• how did that box get here? comment cette boîte est-elle arrivée ici ?

• what's got into him? qu'est-ce qui lui prend ?

• we're getting nowhere fast (inf) on fait du sur place (inf)

• now we're getting somewhere! (inf) enfin du progrès !

• how's your thesis going? -- I'm getting there où en es-tu avec ta thèse ? -- ça avance

• where did you get to? où étais-tu donc passé ?

• where can he have got to? où est-il passé ?

• where have you got to? (in book, work) où en êtes-vous ?

• don't let it get to you (inf) ne te fais pas de bile (inf) pour ça

   b. (set structures)

► to get + adjective

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• I hope you'll get better soon j'espère que tu vas vite te remettre

• things are getting complicated les choses se compliquent

• this is getting expensive ça commence à faire cher

• she's afraid of getting fat elle a peur de grossir

• it's getting late il se fait tard

• I'm getting nervous je commence à avoir le trac

• he's getting old il vieillit il se fait vieux

• this is getting ridiculous ça devient ridicule

• how stupid can you get? il faut vraiment être stupide !

• to get used to sth/to doing s'habituer à qch/à faire

► to get + past participle (passive)

he got beaten up il s'est fait tabasser (inf)

• several windows got broken plusieurs fenêtres ont été brisées

• to get paid se faire payer

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• to get dressed s'habiller

• to get married se marier

• to get washed se laver

► to get to + infinitive

• he's getting to be an old man il se fait vieux

• it's getting to be impossible ça devient impossible

• to get to know sb apprendre à connaître qn

• we got to like him in the end nous avons fini par l'apprécier

• students only get to use the library between 2pm and 8pm les étudiants ne peuvent utiliser la bibliothèque qu'entre 14 heures et 20 heures► have got to + infinitive ( = must)

you've got to come il faut que vous veniez subj

• have you got to go and see her? est-ce que vous êtes obligé d'aller la voir ?

• you've got to be joking! tu plaisantes !► to get + -ing ( = begin)

to get going partir

• I got talking to him in the train j'ai parlé avec lui dans le train

• I got to thinking that... (inf) je me suis dit que...

3. compounds

► get-rich-quick scheme (inf) noun

combine pour faire fortune rapidement

► get-together noun réunion f

► get-up-and-go (inf) noun

• he's got lots of get-up-and-go il est très dynamique ► get-well card noun carte f de vœux (pour un prompt rétablissement)

4. Phrasal Verbs

► get about intransitive verb

   a. ( = move about) se déplacer

• he gets about with a stick/on crutches il marche avec une canne/des béquilles

• she gets about quite well despite her handicap elle arrive assez bien à se déplacer malgré son handicap

   b. ( = travel) voyager

• she gets about a lot elle voyage beaucoup

   c. [news] circuler

• the story had got about that... des rumeurs circulaient selon lesquelles...

• it has got about that... le bruit court que...

• I don't want it to get about je ne veux pas que ça s'ébruite► get above inseparable transitive verb

• to get above o.s. avoir la grosse tête (inf)

• you're getting above yourself! pour qui te prends-tu ?► get across

1. intransitive verb

[person crossing] traverser ; [meaning, message] passer

• the message is getting across that people must... les gens commencent à comprendre qu'il faut...

2. separable transitive verb

[+ person crossing] faire traverser ; [+ ideas, intentions, desires] communiquer ( to sb à qn)

• to get sth across to sb faire comprendre qch à qn► get ahead intransitive verb

(in race) prendre de l'avance ; (in career) monter en grade

► get along intransitive verb

   a. ( = go) aller (to à ) ; ( = leave) s'en aller

• I must be getting along il faut que je m'en aille

   b. ( = manage) se débrouiller

• to get along without sth/sb se débrouiller sans qch/qn

   c. ( = progress) [work] avancer ; [student, invalid] faire des progrès

   d. ( = be on good terms) (bien) s'entendre

• I don't get along with him at all je ne m'entends pas du tout avec lui► get around

1. intransitive verb

→ get about

2. separable transitive verb

→ get round

3. inseparable transitive verb

→ get round► get at inseparable transitive verb

   a. [+ object, person, place] atteindre

   b. [+ facts, truth] découvrir

   c. ( = suggest) what are you getting at? où voulez-vous en venir ?

   d. (British) ( = attack) s'en prendre à

• she's always getting at her brother elle s'en prend toujours à son frère

• I feel got at je me sens visé

   e. ( = influence) (inf) suborner

• there's a danger witnesses will be got at il y a un risque de subornation de témoins► get away

1. intransitive verb

   a. ( = leave) partir

• to get away from a place quitter un endroit

• I usually get away from work at six je quitte généralement (le travail) à 6 heures

• I'll try to get away from work early j'essaierai de rentrer du travail plus tôt

• we are not going to be able to get away this year nous n'allons pas pouvoir partir en vacances cette année

• get away (with you)! (inf) à d'autres !

   b. ( = escape) s'échapper

• to get away from [+ people, situation] échapper à ; [+ idea] renoncer à

• he was trying to get away when he was shot il essayait de s'échapper quand on lui a tiré dessus

• she moved here to get away from the stress of city life elle est venue s'installer ici pour échapper au stress de la vie citadine

• he went to the Bahamas to get away from it all il est allé aux Bahamas pour laisser tous ses problèmes derrière lui

• the thief got away with the money le voleur est parti avec l'argent

2. separable transitive verb

   a. ( = take) emmener ; ( = move away) éloigner ; ( = send off) expédier

   b. ( = remove) to get sth away from sb enlever qch à qn► get away with transitive verb

( = suffer no consequences)

she got away with saying some outrageous things elle a tenu impunément des propos choquants

• he broke the law and got away with it il a violé la loi en toute impunité

• you'll never get away with that! on ne te laissera pas passer ça ! (inf)

• he gets away with murder (inf) il peut se permettre de faire n'importe quoi► get back

1. intransitive verb

   a. ( = return) revenir

• to get back rentrer chez soi

• life is starting to get back to normal la vie reprend son cours

• to get back to work reprendre le travail

• to get back to the point revenir au sujet

• let's get back to why you didn't come yesterday revenons à la question de savoir pourquoi vous n'êtes pas venu hier

• to get back to sb (inf) recontacter qn ; (on phone) rappeler qn

• can I get back to you on that? (inf) puis-je vous recontacter à ce sujet ? ; (on phone) puis-je vous rappeler à ce sujet ?

   b. ( = move backwards) reculer

• get back! reculez !

2. separable transitive verb

   a. ( = recover) [+ sth lent, sth lost, stolen] récupérer ; [+ strength] reprendre ; [+ one's husband, partner] faire revenir

• he's trying desperately to get her back il essaie désespérément de la faire revenir

• I won't get my car back until Thursday je ne récupérerai pas ma voiture avant jeudi

• I was afraid I wouldn't get my passport back j'avais peur de ne pas récupérer mon passeport

• to get one's money back se faire rembourser

   b. ( = return) rendre

• I'll get it back to you as soon as I can je vous le rendrai dès que possible► get back at (inf) inseparable transitive verb

( = retaliate against) prendre sa revanche sur

► get by intransitive verb

   a. ( = pass) passer

   b. ( = manage) arriver à s'en sortir (inf)

• she gets by on very little money elle arrive à s'en sortir (inf) avec très peu d'argent

• he'll get by! il s'en sortira ! (inf)► get down

1. intransitive verb

descendre (from, off de)

• may I get down? (at table) est-ce que je peux sortir de table ?

• to get down on one's knees se mettre à genoux

• get down! ( = climb down) descends ! ; ( = lie down) couche-toi !

2. separable transitive verb

   a. (from upstairs, attic) descendre ; (from shelf) prendre

   b. ( = swallow) [+ food, pill] (inf) avaler

   c. ( = make note of) noter

   d. ( = depress) déprimer

• don't let it get you down! ne te laisse pas abattre !► get down to inseparable transitive verb

• to get down to doing sth se mettre à faire qch

• to get down to work se mettre au travail

• you'll have to get down to it il faut vous y mettre

• when you get down to it there's not much difference between them en y regardant de plus près il n'y a pas grande différence entre eux

• to get down to business passer aux choses sérieuses

• let's get down to the details regardons ça de plus près► get in

1. intransitive verb

   a. [person] ( = enter) entrer ; ( = be admitted to university, school) être admis

• do you think we'll get in? tu crois qu'on réussira à entrer ?

   b. ( = arrive) [train, bus, plane] arriver

   c. ( = be elected) [member] être élu ; [party] accéder au pouvoir

2. separable transitive verb

   a. [+ harvest] rentrer

• did you get your essay in on time? as-tu rendu ta dissertation à temps ?

   b. ( = buy) acheter

• to get in supplies s'approvisionner

   c. ( = fit in) glisser

• he got in a reference to his new book il a glissé une allusion à son dernier livre

• it was hard to get a word in c'était difficile de placer un mot

• he managed to get in a game of golf il a réussi à trouver le temps de faire une partie de golf► get into inseparable transitive verb

   a. ( = enter) [+ house, park] entrer dans ; [+ car, train] monter dans

• he got into a good university il a été admis dans une bonne université

• to get into politics entrer en politique

• to get into the way of doing sth ( = make a habit of) prendre l'habitude de faire qch

• I don't know what has got into him je ne sais pas ce qui lui a pris

   b. [+ clothes] mettre

• I can't get into these jeans any more je ne peux plus rentrer dans ce jean► get in with inseparable transitive verb

   a. ( = gain favour of) (réussir à) se faire bien voir de

• he tried to get in with the headmaster il a essayé de se faire bien voir du directeur

   b. ( = become friendly with) se mettre à fréquenter

• he got in with local drug dealers il s'est mis à fréquenter les trafiquants de drogue du quartier► get off

1. intransitive verb

   a. (from vehicle) descendre

• to tell sb where to get off (inf) envoyer promener qn (inf)

   b. ( = depart) [person] partir ; [car] démarrer ; [plane] décoller

• to get off to a good start [project, discussion] bien partir

• to get off to sleep s'endormir

   c. ( = escape) s'en tirer

• to get off with a reprimand en être quitte pour une réprimande

   d. ( = leave work) finir ; ( = take time off) se libérer

• we get off at 5 o'clock nous finissons à 5 heures

• I can't get off early today je ne peux pas m'en aller de bonne heure aujourd'hui

2. separable transitive verb

   a. [+ bus, train] descendre de

   b. [+ clothes, shoes] enlever

   c. ( = dispatch) I'll phone you once I've got the children off to school je t'appellerai une fois que les enfants seront partis à l'école

• to get a child off to sleep faire dormir un enfant

   d. ( = save from punishment) faire acquitter

• a good lawyer will get him off un bon avocat le fera acquitter

3. inseparable transitive verb

   a. to get off a bus/a bike descendre d'un bus/de vélo

• they got off the boat ils sont descendus à terre

• he got off his horse il est descendu de cheval

• get off the floor! levez-vous !

• I wish he would get off my back! (inf) si seulement il pouvait me ficher la paix (inf) !

• we've rather got off the subject nous nous sommes plutôt éloignés du sujet

   b. ( = be excused) (inf) to get off gym se faire dispenser des cours de gym► get off with (inf) inseparable transitive verb

(British) lever (inf !)

► get on

1. intransitive verb

   a. (on to bus, bike) monter ; (on to ship) monter à bord

   b. ( = advance, make progress) avancer

• how are you getting on? comment ça marche ? (inf)

• how did you get on? comment ça s'est passé ?

• to be getting on (inf) ( = getting old) se faire vieux

• he's getting on for 40 il approche de la quarantaine

• it's getting on for 3 o'clock il n'est pas loin de 3 heures

• I must be getting on now il faut que j'y aille

• this will do to be getting on with ça ira pour le moment

• there were getting on for 100 people il y avait pas loin de 100 personnes

   c. ( = succeed) réussir

• if you want to get on, you must... si tu veux réussir, tu dois...

   d. ( = agree) s'entendre

• we don't get on nous ne nous entendons pas

• I get on well with her je m'entends bien avec elle

2. separable transitive verb

( = put on) [+ clothes, shoes] mettre

3. inseparable transitive verb

• to get on a horse monter sur un cheval

• to get on a bicycle monter sur sa bicyclette

• to get on a train monter dans un train

• to get back on one's feet se remettre debout► get on to inseparable transitive verb

   a. ( = get in touch with) se mettre en rapport avec ; ( = speak to) parler à ; ( = ring up) téléphoner à

   b. ( = start talking about) aborder

• we got on to (the subject of) money nous avons abordé la question de l'argent► get on with inseparable transitive verb

   a. ( = continue) continuer

• while they talked she got on with her work pendant qu'ils parlaient, elle a continué à travailler

• get on with it! (working) allez, au travail ! ; (telling sth) accouche ! (inf)

   b. ( = start on) se mettre à

• I'd better get on with the job! il faut que je m'y mette !► get out

1. intransitive verb

   a. sortir (of de ) ; (from vehicle) descendre (of de)

• get out! sortez !

• let's get out of here! sortons d'ici !

   b. ( = escape) s'échapper (of de)

• to get out of [+ task, obligation] échapper à ; [+ difficulty] surmonter

• you'll have to do it, you can't get out of it il faut que tu le fasses, tu ne peux pas y échapper

• some people will do anything to get out of paying taxes certaines personnes feraient n'importe quoi pour éviter de payer des impôts

• he's trying to get out of going to the funeral il essaie de trouver une excuse pour ne pas aller à l'enterrement

   c. [news] se répandre ; [secret] être éventé

• wait till the news gets out! attends que la nouvelle soit ébruitée !

2. separable transitive verb

   a. ( = bring out) [+ object] sortir

• he got his diary out of his pocket il a sorti son agenda de sa poche

   b. ( = remove) [+ nail, tooth] arracher ; [+ stain] enlever

• I can't get it out of my mind je n'arrive pas à chasser cela de mon esprit

   c. ( = free) [+ person] faire sortir

• it gets me out of the house ça me fait sortir► get over

1. intransitive verb

( = cross) traverser ; [message, meaning] passer (inf) ; [speaker] se faire entendre

2. inseparable transitive verb

   a. [+ road] traverser ; [+ obstacle, difficulty] surmonter ; [+ problem] résoudre

   b. ( = recover from) to get over an illness se remettre d'une maladie

• to get over sb's death se remettre de la mort de qn

• I can't get over it je n'en reviens pas

• I can't get over the fact that... je n'en reviens pas que... + subj

• I can't get over how much he's changed je n'en reviens pas de voir combien il a changé

• she never really got over him (inf) elle ne l'a jamais vraiment oublié

3. separable transitive verb

   a. [+ person, animal, vehicle] faire passer

   b. ( = communicate) faire comprendre ; [+ ideas] communiquer► get over with separable transitive verb

( = have done with) en finir

• let's get it over with finissons-en

• I was glad to get the injections over with j'étais content d'en avoir fini avec ces piqûres► get round

1. intransitive verb

= get about

2. separable transitive verb

• to get sb round to one's way of thinking rallier qn à son point de vue

3. inseparable transitive verb

   a. [+ obstacle, difficulty, law] contourner

   b. [+ person] amadouer► get round to (inf) inseparable transitive verb

• to get round to doing sth trouver le temps de faire qch

• I don't think I'll get round to it before next week je ne pense pas trouver le temps de m'en occuper avant la semaine prochaine► get through

1. intransitive verb

   a. [news] parvenir (to à ) ; [signal] être reçu

• I think the message is getting through to him je pense qu'il commence à comprendre

   b. ( = be accepted, pass) [candidate] être reçu ; [motion, bill] passer

• to get through to the third round [team] se qualifier pour le troisième tour

   c. (on phone) obtenir la communication

• I phoned you several times but couldn't get through je t'ai appelé plusieurs fois mais je n'ai pas pu t'avoir

   d. ( = communicate with) to get through to sb communiquer avec qn

• he can't get through to his son at all il n'arrive pas du tout à communiquer avec son fils

2. inseparable transitive verb

   a. [+ hole, window] passer par ; [+ hedge] passer à travers ; [+ crowd] se frayer un chemin à travers

   b. ( = do) [+ work] faire ; [+ book] lire (en entier)

• we've got a lot of work to get through nous avons beaucoup à faire

• he got through a lot of work il a abattu beaucoup de travail

   c. ( = use) [+ supplies] utiliser ; [+ money] dépenser ; [+ food] manger ; [+ drink] boire

• we get through £150 per week nous dépensons 150 livres par semaine

   d. ( = survive) how are they going to get through the winter? comment vont-ils passer l'hiver ?

• we couldn't get through a day without arguing pas un jour ne se passait sans que nous ne nous disputions

3. separable transitive verb

   a. [+ person, object] faire passer

• we couldn't get the sofa through the door on n'a pas pu faire passer le sofa par la porte

• to get the message through to sb that... faire comprendre à qn que...

   b. to get a bill through faire adopter un projet de loi► get together

1. intransitive verb

se réunir

• let's get together on Thursday retrouvons-nous jeudi

• this is the only place where villagers can get together c'est le seul endroit où les gens du village peuvent se réunir

2. separable transitive verb

[+ people, ideas, money] rassembler ; [+ group] former

• let me just get my things together je rassemble mes affaires et j'arrive

► get under

1. intransitive verb

( = pass underneath) passer par-dessous

2. inseparable transitive verb

• to get under a fence/a rope passer sous une barrière/une corde

► get up

1. intransitive verb

   a. ( = rise) [person] se lever ( from de ) ; [wind] se lever

• what time did you get up? à quelle heure t'es-tu levé ?

   b. (on a chair, on stage) monter

2. inseparable transitive verb

• he couldn't get up the tree il n'a pas réussi à monter à l'arbre

3. separable transitive verb

   a. we eventually got the truck up the hill on a finalement réussi à faire monter le camion jusqu'en haut de la côte

• to get up speed prendre de la vitesse

   b. (from bed) [+ person] faire lever ; ( = wake) réveiller► get up to inseparable transitive verb

   a. ( = catch up with) rattraper

   b. ( = reach) arriver à

• I've got up to page 17 j'en suis à la page 17

• where did we get up to last week? où en sommes-nous arrivés la semaine dernière ?

   c. ( = be involved in) (inf) to get up to mischief faire des bêtises

• you never know what he'll get up to next on ne sait jamais ce qu'il va inventer

• do you realize what they've been getting up to? tu sais ce qu'ils ont trouvé le moyen de faire ?

• what have you been getting up to lately? qu'est-ce que tu deviens ?

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Note: This much-used verb has no multi-purpose equivalent in French and therefore is very often translated by choosing a synonym: to get lunch = to prepare lunch = préparer le déjeuner

get is used in many idiomatic expressions ( to get something off one's chest etc) and translations will be found in the appropriate entry (chest etc). This is also true of offensive comments ( get lost etc) where the appropriate entry would be lost

Remember that when get is used to express the idea that a job is done not by you but by somebody else ( to get a room painted etc) faire is used in French followed by an infinitive ( faire repeindre une pièce etc)

When get has the meaning of become and is followed by an adjective (to get rich/drunk etc) devenir is sometimes useful but check the appropriate entry (rich, drunk etc) as a single verb often suffices ( s'enrichir, s'enivrer etc)

For examples and further uses of get see the entry below
[get] 1.
transitive verb (p prés - tt-; prét got; pp got, gotten US)

1) ( receive) recevoir [letter, grant]; recevoir, percevoir [salary, pension]; Television, Radio capter [channel]

did you get much for it? — est-ce que tu en as tiré beaucoup d'argent?

what did you get for your car? — combien as-tu revendu ta voiture?

we get a lot of rain — il pleut beaucoup ici

our garden gets a lot of sun — notre jardin est bien ensoleillé

we get a lot of tourists — nous avons beaucoup de touristes

you get what you pay for — si on veut de la qualité il faut y mettre le prix

he's getting help with his science — il se fait aider en sciences

2) ( inherit)

to get something from somebody — lit hériter quelque chose de quelqu'un [article, money]; fig tenir quelque chose de quelqu'un [trait, feature]

3) ( obtain) ( by applying) obtenir [permission, divorce, licence]; trouver [job]; ( by contacting) trouver [plumber]; appeler [taxi]; ( by buying) acheter [item] ( from chez); avoir [ticket]

to get something for nothing/at a discount — avoir quelque chose gratuitement/avec une réduction

to get somebody something —

to get something for somebody — ( by buying) acheter quelque chose à quelqu'un

I'll get something to eat at the airport — je mangerai quelque chose à l'aéroport

4) ( subscribe to) acheter [newspaper]

5) ( acquire) se faire [reputation]

6) ( achieve) obtenir [grade, mark, answer]

he got it right — ( of calculation) il a obtenu le bon résultat; ( of answer) il a répondu juste

7) ( fetch) chercher [object, person, help]

go and get a chair — va chercher une chaise

to get somebody something —

to get something for somebody — aller chercher quelque chose pour quelqu'un

can I get you your coat? — est-ce que je peux vous apporter votre manteau?

8) (manoeuvre, move)

to get somebody/something upstairs/downstairs — faire monter/descendre quelqu'un/quelque chose

I'll get them there somehow — je les ferai parvenir d'une façon ou d'une autre

can you get between the truck and the wall? — est-ce que tu peux te glisser entre le camion et le mur?

9) ( help progress)

is this discussion getting us anywhere? — est-ce que cette discussion est bien utile?

I listened to him and where has it got me? — je l'ai écouté mais à quoi ça m'a avancé?

10) ( contact)

did you get Harry on the phone? — tu as réussi à avoir Harry au téléphone?

11) ( deal with)

I'll get it — ( of phone) je réponds; ( of doorbell) j'y vais

12) ( prepare) préparer [breakfast, lunch etc]

13) ( take hold of) attraper [person] (by par)

I've got you, don't worry — je te tiens, ne t'inquiète pas

to get something from ou off — prendre quelque chose sur [shelf, table]

to get something from ou out of — prendre quelque chose dans [drawer, cupboard]

14) (colloq) ( oblige to give)

to get something from ou out of somebody — faire sortir quelque chose à quelqu'un [money]; fig obtenir quelque chose de quelqu'un [truth]

15) (colloq) ( catch) gen arrêter [escapee]

got you! — gen je t'ai eu!; ( caught in act) vu!

16) Medicine attraper [disease]

he got measles from his sister — sa sœur lui a passé la rougeole

17) ( use as transport) prendre [bus, train]

18) ( have)

to have got — avoir [object, money, friend etc]

I've got a headache — j'ai mal à la tête

19) ( start to have)

to get (hold of) the idea ou impression that — se mettre dans la tête que

20) ( suffer)

to get a surprise — être surpris

to get a shock — avoir un choc

to get a bang on the head — recevoir un coup sur la tête

21) ( be given as punishment) prendre [five years etc]; avoir [fine]

22) ( hit)

to get somebody/something with — toucher quelqu'un/quelque chose avec [stone, arrow]

got it! — ( of target) touché!

23) (understand, hear) comprendre

now let me get this right... — alors si je comprends bien...

‘where did you hear that?’ - ‘I got it from Paul’ — ‘où est-ce que tu as entendu ça?’ - ‘c'est Paul qui me l'a dit’

get this! he was arrested this morning — tiens-toi bien! il a été arrêté ce matin

24) (colloq) (annoy, affect)

what gets me is... — ce qui m'agace c'est que...

25) (learn, learn of)

to get to do — (colloq) finir par faire

to get to like somebody — finir par apprécier quelqu'un

how did you get to know ou hear of our organization? — comment avez-vous entendu parler de notre organisation?

we got to know them last year — on a fait leur connaissance l'année dernière

26) ( have opportunity)

to get to do — avoir l'occasion de faire, pouvoir faire

27) ( start)

to get (to be) — commencer à devenir

to get to doing — (colloq) commencer à faire

then I got to thinking that... — puis je me suis dit que...

we'll have to get going — il va falloir y aller

28) ( must)

to have got to do — devoir faire [homework, chore]

it's got to be done — il faut le faire

you've got to realize that... — il faut que tu te rendes compte que...

there's got to be a reason — il doit y avoir une raison

29) ( persuade)

to get somebody to do — demander à quelqu'un de faire

I got her to talk — j'ai réussi à la faire parler

did you get anything out of her? — est-ce que tu as réussi à la faire parler?

30) ( have somebody do)

to get something done — faire faire quelque chose

to get the car repaired — faire réparer la voiture

to get one's hair cut — se faire couper les cheveux

how do you ever get anything done? — comment est-ce que tu arrives à travailler?

31) ( cause)

to get the car going — faire démarrer la voiture

as hot as you can get it — aussi chaud que possible

to get one's socks wet — mouiller ses chaussettes

to get one's finger trapped — se coincer le doigt
2.
intransitive verb (p prés - tt-; prét got; pp got, gotten US)

1) ( become) devenir [suspicious, old]

how lucky/stupid can you get! — il y en a qui ont de la chance/qui sont vraiment stupides!

it's getting late — il se fait tard

how did he get like that? — comment est-ce qu'il en est arrivé là?

2) ( forming passive)

to get (oneself) killed — se faire tuer

to get hurt — être blessé

3) ( become involved in)

to get into — (colloq) ( as hobby) se mettre à; ( as job) commencer dans; fig

to get into a fight — se battre

4) ( arrive)

to get there — arriver

to get to the airport — arriver à l'aéroport

how did your coat get here? — comment est-ce que ton manteau est arrivé là?

how did you get here? — ( by what miracle) comment est-ce que tu es arrivé là?; ( by what means) comment est-ce que tu es venu?

where did you get to? — où est-ce que tu étais passé?

we've got to page 5 — nous en sommes à la page 5

5) ( progress)

it got to 7 o'clock — il était 7 heures

I'd got as far as the title — j'en étais au titre

I'm getting nowhere with this essay — je n'avance pas dans cette dissertation

now we're getting somewhere — il y a du progrès

6) (colloq) ( put on)

to get into — mettre, enfiler (colloq) [pyjamas, overalls]

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Phrasal Verbs:

- get about

- get across

- get ahead

- get along

- get around

- get at

- get away

- get away from

- get back

- get behind

- get by

- get down

- get in

- get into

- get off

- get on

- get onto

- get on with

- get out

- get out of

- get over

- get round

- get through

- get together

- get under

- get up

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get along with you! — (colloq) ne sois pas ridicule!

get away with you! — (colloq) arrête de raconter n'importe quoi! (colloq)

get him in that hat! — regarde-le avec ce chapeau!

I'll get you (colloq) for that — je vais te le faire payer (colloq)

I'm getting there — je progresse

he's got it bad — (colloq) il est vraiment mordu

I've got it — j'ai compris

to get above oneself — commencer à avoir la grosse tête (colloq)

to get it together — (colloq) se ressaisir

to tell somebody where to get off — envoyer promener quelqu'un

to get with it — (colloq) se mettre dans le coup (colloq)

what's got into her? — qu'est-ce qui lui a pris?

you've got me there! — alors là tu me poses une colle! (colloq)

English-French dictionary > get
6 Caetano, Marcello José das Neves Alves

(19061980)

   Marcello Caetano, as the last prime minister of the Estado Novo, was both the heir and successor of Antônio de Oliveira Salazar. In a sense, Caetano was one of the founders and sustainers of this unusual regime and, at various crucial stages of its long life, Caetano's contribution was as important as Salazar's.

   Born in Lisbon in 1906 to a middle-class family, Caetano was a member of the student generation that rebelled against the unstable parliamentary First Republic and sought answers to Portugal's legion of troubles in conservative ideologies such as integralism, Catholic reformism, and the Italian Fascist model. One of the most brilliant students at the University of Lisbon's Law School, Caetano soon became directly involved in government service in various ministries, including Salazar's Ministry of Finance. When Caetano was not teaching full-time at the law school in Lisbon and influencing new generations of students who became critical of the regime he helped construct, Caetano was in important government posts and working on challenging assignments. In the 1930s, he participated in reforms in the Ministry of Finance, in the writing of the 1933 Constitution, in the formation of the new civil code, of which he was in part the author, and in the construction of corporativism, which sought to control labor-management relations and other aspects of social engineering. In a regime largely directed by academics from the law faculties of Coimbra University and the University of Lisbon, Caetano was the leading expert on constitutional law, administrative law, political science, and colonial law. A prolific writer as both a political scientist and historian, Caetano was the author of the standard political science, administrative law, and history of law textbooks, works that remained in print and in use among students long after his exile and death.

   After his apprenticeship service in a number of ministries, Caetano rose steadily in the system. At age 38, he was named minister for the colonies (1944 47), and unlike many predecessors, he "went to see for himself" and made important research visits to Portugal's African territories. In 1955-58, Caetano served in the number-three position in the regime in the Ministry of the Presidency of the Council (premier's office); he left office for full-time academic work in part because of his disagreements with Salazar and others on regime policy and failures to reform at the desired pace. In 1956 and 1957, Caetano briefly served as interim minister of communications and of foreign affairs.

   Caetano's opportunity to take Salazar's place and to challenge even more conservative forces in the system came in the 1960s. Portugal's most prominent law professor had a public falling out with the regime in March 1962, when he resigned as rector of Lisbon University following a clash between rebellious students and the PIDE, the political police. When students opposing the regime organized strikes on the University of Lisbon campus, Caetano resigned his rectorship after the police invaded the campus and beat and arrested some students, without asking permission to enter university premises from university authorities.

   When Salazar became incapacitated in September 1968, President Américo Tomás named Caetano prime minister. His tasks were formidable: in the midst of remarkable economic growth in Portugal, continued heavy immigration of Portuguese to France and other countries, and the costly colonial wars in three African colonies, namely Angola, Guinea- Bissau, and Mozambique, the regime struggled to engineer essential social and political reforms, win the wars in Africa, and move toward meaningful political reforms. Caetano supported moderately important reforms in his first two years in office (1968-70), as well as the drafting of constitutional revisions in 1971 that allowed a slight liberalization of the Dictatorship, gave the opposition more room for activity, and decentrali zed authority in the overseas provinces (colonies). Always aware of the complexity of Portugal's colonial problems and of the ongoing wars, Caetano made several visits to Africa as premier, and he sought to implement reforms in social and economic affairs while maintaining the expensive, divisive military effort, Portugal's largest armed forces mobilization in her history.

   Opposed by intransigent right-wing forces in various sectors in both Portugal and Africa, Caetano's modest "opening" of 1968-70 soon narrowed. Conservative forces in the military, police, civil service, and private sectors opposed key political reforms, including greater democratization, while pursuing the military solution to the African crisis and personal wealth. A significant perspective on Caetano's failed program of reforms, which could not prevent the advent of a creeping revolution in society, is a key development in the 1961-74 era of colonial wars: despite Lisbon's efforts, the greater part of Portuguese emigration and capital investment during this period were directed not to the African colonies but to Europe, North America, and Brazil.

   Prime Minister Caetano, discouraged by events and by opposition to his reforms from the so-called "Rheumatic Brigade" of superannuated regime loyalists, attempted to resign his office, but President Américo Tomás convinced him to remain. The publication and public reception of African hero General Antônio Spinola's best-selling book Portugal e Futuro (Portugal and the Future) in February 1974 convinced the surprised Caetano that a coup and revolution were imminent. When the virtually bloodless, smoothly operating military coup was successful in what became known as the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Caetano surrendered to the Armed Forces Movement in Lisbon and was flown to Madeira Island and later to exile in Brazil, where he remained for the rest of his life. In his Brazilian exile, Caetano was active writing important memoirs and histories of the Estado Novo from his vantage point, teaching law at a private university in Rio de Janeiro, and carrying on a lively correspondence with persons in Portugal. He died at age 74, in 1980, in Brazil.

    See also Empire, Portuguese overseas.

Historical dictionary of Portugal > Caetano, Marcello José das Neves Alves
7 Hopkinson, John

SUBJECT AREA: Electricity, Electronics and information technology, Public utilities

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b. 27 July 1849 Manchester, England

d. 27 August 1898 Petite Dent de Veisivi, Switzerland

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English mathematician and electrical engineer who laid the foundations of electrical machine design.

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After attending Owens College, Manchester, Hopkinson was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1867 to read for the Mathematical Tripos. An appointment in 1872 with the lighthouse department of the Chance Optical Works in Birmingham directed his attention to electrical engineering. His most noteworthy contribution to lighthouse engineering was an optical system to produce flashing lights that distinguished between individual beacons. His extensive researches on the dielectric properties of glass were recognized when he was elected to a Fellowship of the Royal Society at the age of 29. Moving to London in 1877 he became established as a consulting engineer at a time when electricity supply was about to begin on a commercial scale. During the remainder of his life, Hopkinson's researches resulted in fundamental contributions to electrical engineering practice, dynamo design and alternating current machine theory. In making a critical study of the Edison dynamo he developed the principle of the magnetic circuit, a concept also arrived at by Gisbert Kapp around the same time. Hopkinson's improvement of the Edison dynamo by reducing the length of the field magnets almost doubled its output. In 1890, in addition to-his consulting practice, Hopkinson accepted a post as the first Professor of Electrical Engineering and Head of the Siemens laboratory recently established at King's College, London. Although he was not involved in lecturing, the position gave him the necessary facilities and staff and student assistance to continue his researches. Hopkinson was consulted on many proposals for electric traction and electricity supply, including schemes in London, Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds. He also advised Mather and Platt when they were acting as contractors for the locomotives and generating plant for the City and South London tube railway. As early as 1882 he considered that an ideal method of charging for the supply of electricity should be based on a two-part tariff, with a charge related to maximum demand together with a charge for energy supplied. Hopkinson was one the foremost expert witnesses of his day in patent actions and was himself the patentee of over forty inventions, of which the three-wire system of distribution and the series-parallel connection of traction motors were his most successful. Jointly with his brother Edward, John Hopkinson communicated the outcome of his investigations to the Royal Society in a paper entitled "Dynamo Electric Machinery" in 1886. In this he also described the later widely used "back to back" test for determining the characteristics of two identical machines. His interest in electrical machines led him to more fundamental research on magnetic materials, including the phenomenon of recalescence and the disappearance of magnetism at a well-defined temperature. For his work on the magnetic properties of iron, in 1890 he was awarded the Royal Society Royal Medal. He was a member of the Alpine Club and a pioneer of rock climbing in Britain; he died, together with three of his children, in a climbing accident.

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Principal Honours and Distinctions

FRS 1878. Royal Society Royal Medal 1890. President, Institution of Electrical Engineers 1890 and 1896.

Bibliography

7 July 1881, British patent no. 2,989 (series-parallel control of traction motors). 27 July 1882, British patent no. 3,576 (three-wire distribution).

1901, Original Papers by the Late J.Hopkinson, with a Memoir, ed. B.Hopkinson, 2 vols, Cambridge.

Further Reading

J.Greig, 1970, John Hopkinson Electrical Engineer, London: Science Museum and HMSO (an authoritative account).

—1950, "John Hopkinson 1849–1898", Engineering 169:34–7, 62–4.

GW

Biographical history of technology > Hopkinson, John
8 Artificial Intelligence

   1) Programs and the Complexity of Human Mental Processes

   In my opinion, none of [these programs] does even remote justice to the complexity of human mental processes. Unlike men, "artificially intelligent" programs tend to be single minded, undistractable, and unemotional. (Neisser, 1967, p. 9)

   2) Artificial Intelligence Is an Engineering Discipline

   Future progress in [artificial intelligence] will depend on the development of both practical and theoretical knowledge.... As regards theoretical knowledge, some have sought a unified theory of artificial intelligence. My view is that artificial intelligence is (or soon will be) an engineering discipline since its primary goal is to build things. (Nilsson, 1971, pp. vii-viii)

   3) A Sceptical View of Artificial Intelligence

   Most workers in AI [artificial intelligence] research and in related fields confess to a pronounced feeling of disappointment in what has been achieved in the last 25 years. Workers entered the field around 1950, and even around 1960, with high hopes that are very far from being realized in 1972. In no part of the field have the discoveries made so far produced the major impact that was then promised.... In the meantime, claims and predictions regarding the potential results of AI research had been publicized which went even farther than the expectations of the majority of workers in the field, whose embarrassments have been added to by the lamentable failure of such inﬂated predictions....

   When able and respected scientists write in letters to the present author that AI, the major goal of computing science, represents "another step in the general process of evolution"; that possibilities in the 1980s include an all-purpose intelligence on a human-scale knowledge base; that awe-inspiring possibilities suggest themselves based on machine intelligence exceeding human intelligence by the year 2000 [one has the right to be skeptical]. (Lighthill, 1972, p. 17)

   4) Just as Astronomy Succeeded Astrology, the Discovery of Intellectual Processes in Machines Should Lead to a Science, Eventually

   Just as astronomy succeeded astrology, following Kepler's discovery of planetary regularities, the discoveries of these many principles in empirical explorations on intellectual processes in machines should lead to a science, eventually. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 11)

   5) Problems in Machine Intelligence Arise Because Things Obvious to Any Person Are Not Represented in the Program

   Many problems arise in experiments on machine intelligence because things obvious to any person are not represented in any program. One can pull with a string, but one cannot push with one.... Simple facts like these caused serious problems when Charniak attempted to extend Bobrow's "Student" program to more realistic applications, and they have not been faced up to until now. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 77)

   6) The Meaning of a Symbolic Description

   What do we mean by [a symbolic] "description"? We do not mean to suggest that our descriptions must be made of strings of ordinary language words (although they might be). The simplest kind of description is a structure in which some features of a situation are represented by single ("primitive") symbols, and relations between those features are represented by other symbols-or by other features of the way the description is put together. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 11)

   7) The Principle of Artificial Intelligence

   [AI is] the use of computer programs and programming techniques to cast light on the principles of intelligence in general and human thought in particular. (Boden, 1977, p. 5)

   8) Artificial Intelligence Recognizes the Need for Knowledge in Its Systems

   The word you look for and hardly ever see in the early AI literature is the word knowledge. They didn't believe you have to know anything, you could always rework it all.... In fact 1967 is the turning point in my mind when there was enough feeling that the old ideas of general principles had to go.... I came up with an argument for what I called the primacy of expertise, and at the time I called the other guys the generalists. (Moses, quoted in McCorduck, 1979, pp. 228-229)

   9) Artificial Intelligence Is Psychology in a Particularly Pure and Abstract Form

   The basic idea of cognitive science is that intelligent beings are semantic engines-in other words, automatic formal systems with interpretations under which they consistently make sense. We can now see why this includes psychology and artificial intelligence on a more or less equal footing: people and intelligent computers (if and when there are any) turn out to be merely different manifestations of the same underlying phenomenon. Moreover, with universal hardware, any semantic engine can in principle be formally imitated by a computer if only the right program can be found. And that will guarantee semantic imitation as well, since (given the appropriate formal behavior) the semantics is "taking care of itself" anyway. Thus we also see why, from this perspective, artificial intelligence can be regarded as psychology in a particularly pure and abstract form. The same fundamental structures are under investigation, but in AI, all the relevant parameters are under direct experimental control (in the programming), without any messy physiology or ethics to get in the way. (Haugeland, 1981b, p. 31)

    10) There Are Many Types of Reasoning

   There are many different kinds of reasoning one might imagine:

    Formal reasoning involves the syntactic manipulation of data structures to deduce new ones following prespecified rules of inference. Mathematical logic is the archetypical formal representation. Procedural reasoning uses simulation to answer questions and solve problems. When we use a program to answer What is the sum of 3 and 4? it uses, or "runs," a procedural model of arithmetic. Reasoning by analogy seems to be a very natural mode of thought for humans but, so far, difficult to accomplish in AI programs. The idea is that when you ask the question Can robins ﬂy? the system might reason that "robins are like sparrows, and I know that sparrows can ﬂy, so robins probably can ﬂy."

    Generalization and abstraction are also natural reasoning process for humans that are difficult to pin down well enough to implement in a program. If one knows that Robins have wings, that Sparrows have wings, and that Blue jays have wings, eventually one will believe that All birds have wings. This capability may be at the core of most human learning, but it has not yet become a useful technique in AI.... Meta- level reasoning is demonstrated by the way one answers the question What is Paul Newman's telephone number? You might reason that "if I knew Paul Newman's number, I would know that I knew it, because it is a notable fact." This involves using "knowledge about what you know," in particular, about the extent of your knowledge and about the importance of certain facts. Recent research in psychology and AI indicates that meta-level reasoning may play a central role in human cognitive processing. (Barr & Feigenbaum, 1981, pp. 146-147)

    11) Programs Are Beginning to Do Things That Critics Have Asserted to Be Impossible

   Suffice it to say that programs already exist that can do things-or, at the very least, appear to be beginning to do things-which ill-informed critics have asserted a priori to be impossible. Examples include: perceiving in a holistic as opposed to an atomistic way; using language creatively; translating sensibly from one language to another by way of a language-neutral semantic representation; planning acts in a broad and sketchy fashion, the details being decided only in execution; distinguishing between different species of emotional reaction according to the psychological context of the subject. (Boden, 1981, p. 33)

    12) The Synthesis of Man and Machine

   Can the synthesis of Man and Machine ever be stable, or will the purely organic component become such a hindrance that it has to be discarded? If this eventually happens-and I have... good reasons for thinking that it must-we have nothing to regret and certainly nothing to fear. (Clarke, 1984, p. 243)

    13) The Thesis of Good Old-Fashioned Artificial Intelligence (GOFAI)

   The thesis of GOFAI... is not that the processes underlying intelligence can be described symbolically... but that they are symbolic. (Haugeland, 1985, p. 113)

    14) Artificial Intelligence Provides a Useful Approach to Psychological and Psychiatric Theory Formation

   It is all very well formulating psychological and psychiatric theories verbally but, when using natural language (even technical jargon), it is difficult to recognise when a theory is complete; oversights are all too easily made, gaps too readily left. This is a point which is generally recognised to be true and it is for precisely this reason that the behavioural sciences attempt to follow the natural sciences in using "classical" mathematics as a more rigorous descriptive language. However, it is an unfortunate fact that, with a few notable exceptions, there has been a marked lack of success in this application. It is my belief that a different approach-a different mathematics-is needed, and that AI provides just this approach. (Hand, quoted in Hand, 1985, pp. 6-7)

    15) Four Kinds of Artificial Intelligence

   We might distinguish among four kinds of AI.

   ♦ Nonpsychological AI

   Research of this kind involves building and programming computers to perform tasks which, to paraphrase Marvin Minsky, would require intelligence if they were done by us. Researchers in nonpsychological AI make no claims whatsoever about the psychological realism of their programs or the devices they build, that is, about whether or not computers perform tasks as humans do.

   ♦ Weak Psychological AI

   Research here is guided by the view that the computer is a useful tool in the study of mind. In particular, we can write computer programs or build devices that simulate alleged psychological processes in humans and then test our predictions about how the alleged processes work. We can weave these programs and devices together with other programs and devices that simulate different alleged mental processes and thereby test the degree to which the AI system as a whole simulates human mentality. According to weak psychological AI, working with computer models is a way of refining and testing hypotheses about processes that are allegedly realized in human minds.

   ♦ Strong Psychological AI

... According to this view, our minds are computers and therefore can be duplicated by other computers. Sherry Turkle writes that the "real ambition is of mythic proportions, making a general purpose intelligence, a mind." (Turkle, 1984, p. 240) The authors of a major text announce that "the ultimate goal of AI research is to build a person or, more humbly, an animal." (Charniak & McDermott, 1985, p. 7)

   ♦ Suprapsychological AI

   Research in this field, like strong psychological AI, takes seriously the functionalist view that mentality can be realized in many different types of physical devices. Suprapsychological AI, however, accuses strong psychological AI of being chauvinisticof being only interested in human intelligence! Suprapsychological AI claims to be interested in all the conceivable ways intelligence can be realized. (Flanagan, 1991, pp. 241-242)

    16) Determination of Relevance of Rules in Particular Contexts

   Even if the [rules] were stored in a context-free form the computer still couldn't use them. To do that the computer requires rules enabling it to draw on just those [ rules] which are relevant in each particular context. Determination of relevance will have to be based on further facts and rules, but the question will again arise as to which facts and rules are relevant for making each particular determination. One could always invoke further facts and rules to answer this question, but of course these must be only the relevant ones. And so it goes. It seems that AI workers will never be able to get started here unless they can settle the problem of relevance beforehand by cataloguing types of context and listing just those facts which are relevant in each. (Dreyfus & Dreyfus, 1986, p. 80)

    17) Form and Content Are Not Fundamentally Different

   Perhaps the single most important idea to artificial intelligence is that there is no fundamental difference between form and content, that meaning can be captured in a set of symbols such as a semantic net. (G. Johnson, 1986, p. 250)

    18) The Assumption That the Mind Is a Formal System

   Artificial intelligence is based on the assumption that the mind can be described as some kind of formal system manipulating symbols that stand for things in the world. Thus it doesn't matter what the brain is made of, or what it uses for tokens in the great game of thinking. Using an equivalent set of tokens and rules, we can do thinking with a digital computer, just as we can play chess using cups, salt and pepper shakers, knives, forks, and spoons. Using the right software, one system (the mind) can be mapped into the other (the computer). (G. Johnson, 1986, p. 250)

    19) A Statement of the Primary and Secondary Purposes of Artificial Intelligence

   The primary goal of Artificial Intelligence is to make machines smarter.

   The secondary goals of Artificial Intelligence are to understand what intelligence is (the Nobel laureate purpose) and to make machines more useful (the entrepreneurial purpose). (Winston, 1987, p. 1)

    20) Mathematical Logic Provides the Basis for Theory in AI

   The theoretical ideas of older branches of engineering are captured in the language of mathematics. We contend that mathematical logic provides the basis for theory in AI. Although many computer scientists already count logic as fundamental to computer science in general, we put forward an even stronger form of the logic-is-important argument....

   AI deals mainly with the problem of representing and using declarative (as opposed to procedural) knowledge. Declarative knowledge is the kind that is expressed as sentences, and AI needs a language in which to state these sentences. Because the languages in which this knowledge usually is originally captured (natural languages such as English) are not suitable for computer representations, some other language with the appropriate properties must be used. It turns out, we think, that the appropriate properties include at least those that have been uppermost in the minds of logicians in their development of logical languages such as the predicate calculus. Thus, we think that any language for expressing knowledge in AI systems must be at least as expressive as the first-order predicate calculus. (Genesereth & Nilsson, 1987, p. viii)

    21) Perceptual Structures Can Be Represented as Lists of Elementary Propositions

   In artificial intelligence studies, perceptual structures are represented as assemblages of description lists, the elementary components of which are propositions asserting that certain relations hold among elements. (Chase & Simon, 1988, p. 490)

    22) Definitions of Artificial Intelligence

   Artificial intelligence (AI) is sometimes defined as the study of how to build and/or program computers to enable them to do the sorts of things that minds can do. Some of these things are commonly regarded as requiring intelligence: offering a medical diagnosis and/or prescription, giving legal or scientific advice, proving theorems in logic or mathematics. Others are not, because they can be done by all normal adults irrespective of educational background (and sometimes by non-human animals too), and typically involve no conscious control: seeing things in sunlight and shadows, finding a path through cluttered terrain, fitting pegs into holes, speaking one's own native tongue, and using one's common sense. Because it covers AI research dealing with both these classes of mental capacity, this definition is preferable to one describing AI as making computers do "things that would require intelligence if done by people." However, it presupposes that computers could do what minds can do, that they might really diagnose, advise, infer, and understand. One could avoid this problematic assumption (and also side-step questions about whether computers do things in the same way as we do) by defining AI instead as "the development of computers whose observable performance has features which in humans we would attribute to mental processes." This bland characterization would be acceptable to some AI workers, especially amongst those focusing on the production of technological tools for commercial purposes. But many others would favour a more controversial definition, seeing AI as the science of intelligence in general-or, more accurately, as the intellectual core of cognitive science. As such, its goal is to provide a systematic theory that can explain (and perhaps enable us to replicate) both the general categories of intentionality and the diverse psychological capacities grounded in them. (Boden, 1990b, pp. 1-2)

    23) The Computer Can Not Be a Model of the Mind

   Because the ability to store data somewhat corresponds to what we call memory in human beings, and because the ability to follow logical procedures somewhat corresponds to what we call reasoning in human beings, many members of the cult have concluded that what computers do somewhat corresponds to what we call thinking. It is no great difficulty to persuade the general public of that conclusion since computers process data very fast in small spaces well below the level of visibility; they do not look like other machines when they are at work. They seem to be running along as smoothly and silently as the brain does when it remembers and reasons and thinks. On the other hand, those who design and build computers know exactly how the machines are working down in the hidden depths of their semiconductors. Computers can be taken apart, scrutinized, and put back together. Their activities can be tracked, analyzed, measured, and thus clearly understood-which is far from possible with the brain. This gives rise to the tempting assumption on the part of the builders and designers that computers can tell us something about brains, indeed, that the computer can serve as a model of the mind, which then comes to be seen as some manner of information processing machine, and possibly not as good at the job as the machine. (Roszak, 1994, pp. xiv-xv)

    24) Computers Will Not Always Be Inferior to Human Brains

   The inner workings of the human mind are far more intricate than the most complicated systems of modern technology. Researchers in the field of artificial intelligence have been attempting to develop programs that will enable computers to display intelligent behavior. Although this field has been an active one for more than thirty-five years and has had many notable successes, AI researchers still do not know how to create a program that matches human intelligence. No existing program can recall facts, solve problems, reason, learn, and process language with human facility. This lack of success has occurred not because computers are inferior to human brains but rather because we do not yet know in sufficient detail how intelligence is organized in the brain. (Anderson, 1995, p. 2)

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9 Braun, Wernher Manfred von

SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace, Weapons and armour

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b. 23 March 1912 Wirsitz, Germany

d. 16 June 1977 Alexandria, Virginia, USA

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German pioneer in rocket development.

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Von Braun's mother was an amateur astronomer who introduced him to the futuristic books of Jules Verne and H.G.Wells and gave him an astronomical telescope. He was a rather slack and undisciplined schoolboy until he came across Herman Oberth's book By Rocket to Interplanetary Space. He discovered that he required a good deal of mathematics to follow this exhilarating subject and immediately became an enthusiastic student.

The Head of the Ballistics and Armaments branch of the German Army, Professor Karl Becker, had asked the engineer Walter Dornberger to develop a solid-fuel rocket system for short-range attack, and one using liquid-fuel rockets to carry bigger loads of explosives beyond the range of any known gun. Von Braun joined the Verein für Raumschiffsfahrt (the German Space Society) as a young man and soon became a leading member. He was asked by Rudolf Nebel, VfR's chief, to persuade the army of the value of rockets as weapons. Von Braun wisely avoided all mention of the possibility of space flight and some financial backing was assured. Dornberger in 1932 built a small test stand for liquid-fuel rockets and von Braun built a small rocket to test it; the success of this trial won over Dornberger to space rocketry.

Initially research was carried out at Kummersdorf, a suburb of Berlin, but it was decided that this was not a suitable site. Von Braun recalled holidays as a boy at a resort on the Baltic, Peenemünde, which was ideally suited to rocket testing. Work started there but was not completed until August 1939, when the group of eighty engineers and scientists moved in. A great fillip to rocket research was received when Hitler was shown a film and was persuaded of the efficacy of rockets as weapons of war. A factory was set up in excavated tunnels at Mittelwerk in the Harz mountains. Around 6,000 "vengeance" weapons were built, some 3,000 of which were fired on targets in Britain and 2,000 of which were still in storage at the end of the Second World War.

Peenemünde was taken by the Russians on 5 May 1945, but by then von Braun was lodging with many of his colleagues at an inn, Haus Ingeburg, near Oberjoch. They gave themselves up to the Americans, and von Braun presented a "prospectus" to the Americans, pointing out how useful the German rocket team could be. In "Operation Paperclip" some 100 of the team were moved to the United States, together with tons of drawings and a number of rocket missiles. Von Braun worked from 1946 at the White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico, and in 1950 moved to Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. In 1953 he produced the Redstone missile, in effect a V2 adapted to carry a nuclear warhead a distance of 320 km (199 miles). The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was formed in 1958 and recruited von Braun and his team. He was responsible for the design of the Redstone launch vehicles which launched the first US satellite, Explorer 1, in 1958, and the Mercury capsules of the US manned spaceflight programme which carried Alan Shepard briefly into space in 1961 and John Glenn into earth orbit in 1962. He was also responsible for the Saturn series of large, staged launch vehicles, which culminated in the Saturn V rocket which launched the Apollo missions taking US astronauts for the first human landing on the moon in 1969. Von Braun announced his resignation from NASA in 1972 and died five years later.

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Bibliography

1981, with F.L.Ordway, History of Rocketry and Space Travel

Further Reading

P.Marsh, 1985, The Space Business, Penguin. J.Trux, 1985, The Space Race, New English Library. T.Osman, 1983, Space History, Michael Joseph.

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10 jump

1. noun
1) Sprung, der

always be one jump ahead of somebody — jemandem immer um eine Nasenlänge voraus sein (ugs.)

2) (sudden transition) Sprung, der; sprunghafter Wechsel; (gap) Lücke, die

3) (abrupt rise) sprunghafter Anstieg

jump in value/temperature — plötzliche Wertsteigerung/plötzlicher Temperaturanstieg

4) (Parachuting) Absprung, der
2. intransitive verb
1) springen; [Fallschirmspringer:] abspringen

jump to one's feet/from one's seat — aufspringen/vom Sitz aufspringen

2)

jump to — (reach overhastily) voreilig gelangen zu [Annahme, Lösung]

jump to conclusions — voreilige Schlüsse ziehen

3) (make sudden movement) springen; (start) zusammenzucken

jump for joy — einen Freudensprung/Freudensprünge machen

4) (rise suddenly) [Kosten, Preise usw.:] sprunghaft steigen, in die Höhe schnellen

5)

jump to it — (coll.) zupacken

jump to it! — (coll.) mach/macht schon!
3. transitive verb
1) springen über (+ Akk.); überspringen [Mauer, Zaun usw.]

2) (move to point beyond) überspringen

3) (not stop at) überfahren [rote Ampel]

jump the lights — bei Rot [durch]fahren

4)

jump the rails or track — [Zug:] entgleisen

5)

jump ship — [Seemann:] [unter Bruch des Heuervertrages vorzeitig] den Dienst quittieren

6)

jump the queue — (Brit.) sich vordrängeln

7) (skip over) überspringen [Seite, Kapitel usw.]

8) (attack) herfallen über (+ Akk.)

Phrasal Verbs:

- academic.ru/120195/jump_about">jump about

- jump at

- jump in

- jump off

- jump on

- jump out

- jump up

* * *
1. verb
1) (to (cause to) go quickly off the ground with a springing movement: He jumped off the wall / across the puddle / over the fallen tree / into the swimming-pool; Don't jump the horse over that fence!)

2) (to rise; to move quickly (upwards): She jumped to her feet; He jumped into the car.) springen

3) (to make a startled movement: The noise made me jump.) hochfahren

4) (to pass over (a gap etc) by bounding: He jumped the stream easily.) springen über
2. noun
1) (an act of jumping: She crossed the stream in one jump.) der Sprung

2) (an obstacle to be jumped over: Her horse fell at the third jump.) die Hürde

3) (a jumping competition: the high jump.) der (Hoch-)Sprung

4) (a startled movement: She gave a jump when the door suddenly banged shut.) das Aufschrecken

5) (a sudden rise, eg in prices: There has been a jump in the price of potatoes.) plötzlicher Anstieg

•

- jumpy
- jump at
- jump for joy
- jump on
- jump the gun
- jump the queue
- jump to conclusions / jump to the conclusion that
- jump to it
* * *

jump

[ʤʌmp]

I. n

1. (leap) Sprung m, Satz m; SPORT Hoch-/Weitsprung m

to make [or take] a \jump einen Sprung [o Satz] machen

parachute \jump Fallschirmabsprung m

2. ( fig: rise) Sprung m; of prices, temperatures, value [sprunghafter] Anstieg; of profits [sprunghafte] Steigerung

the \jump from the junior to the senior team der Sprung von der Jugend- in die Erwachsenenmannschaft

to take a sudden \jump prices, temperatures, value sprunghaft ansteigen

3. (step) Schritt m; (head start) Vorsprung m

to be one \jump ahead of the competition der Konkurrenz einen Schritt [o eine Nasenlänge] voraus sein

to get/have the \jump on sb AM ( fam) sich dat einen Vorsprung vor jdm verschaffen/jdm gegenüber im Vorteil sein

4. (shock) [nervöse] Zuckung

to give a \jump zusammenfahren, zusammenzucken

to wake up with a \jump aus dem Schlaf hochfahren

5. (hurdle) Hindernis nt

6. pl ( fam: nervousness)

to give sb the \jumps jdn ganz zappelig [o NORDD hibbelig] machen fam

to have [got] the \jumps ganz fahrig [o fam zappelig] [o fam hibbelig] sein NORDD

7. AM ( vulg sl: sex) Fick m vulg

II. vi

1. (leap) springen

to \jump to sb's defence ( fig) jdm zur Seite springen

to \jump to one's feet plötzlich aufstehen, aufspringen

to \jump up and down herumspringen fam, herumhüpfen fam

▪ to \jump in[to] sth car, water in etw akk [hinein]springen

to \jump into bed with sb ( fig fam) mit jdm ins Bett springen fam

2. (rise) sprunghaft ansteigen, in die Höhe schnellen

to \jump by 70% einen Sprung um 70 % machen

to \jump from £50 to £70 von 50 auf 70 Pfund schnellen

3. ( fig: change) springen

the film keeps \jumping back to when she was a child der Film macht immer wieder einen Sprung zurück in ihre Kindheit

he kept \jumping from one thing to another er blieb nie bei der Sache

4. (be startled) einen Satz machen

to make sb \jump jdn erschrecken [o aufschrecken]

oh, you made me \jump! huch, hast du mich vielleicht erschreckt!

5. BRIT, AUS ( fig fam)

to \jump up and down [about sth] (be annoyed) sich akk maßlos [wegen einer S. gen] aufregen

to \jump on [or all over] sb (criticize) jdn [aus nichtigem Anlass] abkanzeln fam [o sl heruntermachen

6.

▶ to \jump to conclusions voreilige [o vorschnelle] Schlüsse ziehen

▶ go [and] \jump in the lake! ( fam) geh [o scher dich] zum Teufel! sl

▶ to \jump for joy einen Freudensprung machen; heart vor Freude hüpfen

▶ to \jump out of one's skin ( fam) zu Tode erschrecken

▶ to \jump down sb's throat ( fam: address) jdn [heftig] anfahren [o pej fam anblaffen] [o SÜDD, SCHWEIZ, ÖSTERR anmotzen]; (answer) jdm über den Mund fahren fam

▶ to be really \jumping ( approv fam)

the place was really \jumping da war schwer was los sl

III. vt

1. (leap over)

▪ to \jump sth etw überspringen, über etw akk springen

the horse \jumped a clear round das Pferd hat alle Hindernisse fehlerfrei übersprungen

to \jump the rails [or track] aus den Schienen springen, entgleisen

2. (skip)

▪ to \jump sth line, page, stage etw überspringen

3. esp AM ( fam: attack)

▪ to \jump sb über jdn herfallen, jdn überfallen

4. (disregard)

▪ to \jump sth etw missachten

to \jump bail AM ( fam) die Kaution sausenlassen [und sich akk verdrücken] fam

to \jump the [traffic] lights [or a light] ( fam) eine Ampel überfahren

to \jump a/the queue BRIT, AUS sich akk vordrängeln fam; ( fig) aus der Reihe tanzen fam

5. AM ( vulg sl: have sex)

▪ to \jump sb jdn bumsen derb

6.

▶ to \jump the gun ( fam) vorpreschen, überstürzt handeln; SPORT einen Fehlstart verursachen

▶ to \jump ship politician, unionist das sinkende Schiff verlassen; NAUT sailor sich akk [unter Bruch des Heuervertrags] absetzen; passenger vorzeitig von Bord gehen

▶ to \jump to it ( fam) sich akk ranhalten fam, hinmachen DIAL

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[dZʌmp]
1. n

1) (lit) Sprung m; (with parachute) Absprung m; (on race-course) Hindernis nt

this horse is no good over the jumps — dieses Pferd taugt bei den Hindernissen nichts

2) (fig) (of prices) (plötzlicher or sprunghafter) Anstieg; (in narrative) Sprung m, abrupter Übergang

to take a sudden jump (prices, temperature) — ruckartig or sprunghaft ansteigen (to auf +acc ),

a 5% jump in the number of unemployed people — ein 5%iger Anstieg der Arbeitslosenziffern

it's a big jump from medical student to doctor — es ist ein großer Sprung vom Medizinstudenten zum Arzt

he's always one jump ahead — er ist immer einen Schritt voraus

you can take a running jump ( Brit inf ) — das kannst du vergessen

3)

(= start) to give a jump — zusammenfahren

my heart gave a jump — mein Herz machte einen Sprung

4) (esp US inf)

to get a or the jump on sb/sth — jdm/etw gegenüber im Vorteil sein

to give sb a or the jump on sb/sth — jdm einen Vorsprung vor jdm/etw verschaffen

2. vi

1) (= leap) springen, einen Satz machen; (SPORT) springen; (parachutist) (ab)springen

to jump into a river — in einen Fluss springen

this horse jumps well — dieses Pferd springt gut or nimmt die Hindernisse gut

to jump for joy — einen Freudensprung machen; (heart) vor Freude hüpfen

to jump to one's feet — aufspringen

to jump up and down on the spot —

they jumped up and down on his stomach — sie hüpften auf seinem Bauch herum

they're jumping up and down about it (fig) — sie regen sich furchtbar darüber auf

to jump to conclusions — vorschnelle Schlüsse ziehen

2) (typewriter) Buchstaben überspringen or auslassen

3) (fig) springen, unvermittelt übergehen; (prices, shares) in die Höhe schnellen, sprunghaft ansteigen

jump to it! — los schon!, mach schon!

the film suddenly jumps from the 18th into the 20th century — der Film macht plötzlich einen Sprung vom 18. ins 20. Jahrhundert

her salary jumped from £15,000 to £22,000 — ihr Gehalt schnellte von £ 15.000 auf £ 22.000

if you keep jumping from one thing to another — wenn Sie nie an einer Sache bleiben

she jumped from kitchen assistant to chef — sie stieg plötzlich von der Küchenhilfe zur Köchin auf

let's offer £200 and see which way they jump (inf) — machen wir ihnen doch (einfach) ein Angebot von £ 200 und sehen dann, wie sie darauf reagieren

4) (= start) zusammenfahren, zusammenzucken

the shout made him jump — er zuckte or fuhr bei dem Schrei zusammen

you made me jump — du hast mich (aber) erschreckt

his heart jumped when... — sein Herz machte einen Satz, als...

3. vt

1) ditch, fence etc überspringen, hinüberspringen über (+acc)

the horse jumped a clear round — das Pferd sprang eine fehlerfreie Runde

he jumped two metres — er hat zwei Meter übersprungen

2) horse springen lassen

he jumped his horse over the fence — er setzte mit seinem Pferd über den Zaun

3) (= skip) überspringen, auslassen

4) (pick-up) groove überspringen

to jump the rails (train) — entgleisen

to jump a man (Draughts) — einen überspringen

5)

(inf usages) to jump bail (Jur) — abhauen (inf)

to jump a claim — einen schon bestehenden Anspruch (auf Land or Rechte) übergehen

to jump the lights or a red light — bei Rot rüberfahren (inf) or über die Kreuzung fahren

to jump the queue (Brit) — sich vordrängeln

to jump ship ( Naut, passenger ) — das Schiff vorzeitig verlassen; (sailor) heimlich abheuern; ( fig

they jumped a train to Acapulco — sie fuhren schwarz nach Acapulco

to jump sb — jdn überfallen

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jump [dʒʌmp]

A s

1. Sprung m, Satz m:

make ( oder take) a jump einen Sprung machen;

by jumps fig sprungweise;

on the jump im Sprung;

be on the jump bes US umg auf Trab sein:

a) es eilig haben

b) viel zu tun haben;

keep sb on the jump bes US umg jemanden in Trab halten;

have the jump on sb umg jemandem voraus sein;

get the jump on sb umg jemandem zuvorkommen;

be one jump ahead (of) umg einen Schritt oder eine Nasenlänge voraus sein (dat);

win the jump (Fußball) am höchsten springen

2. (Fallschirm)Absprung m:

jump area (Ab)Sprunggebiet n

3. SPORT (Drei-, Hoch-, Ski-, Weit) Sprung m

4. Hindernis n:

take the jump

5. fig sprunghaftes Anwachsen, Emporschnellen n (der Preise etc):

jump in production rapider Produktionsanstieg

6. (plötzlicher) Ruck oder Stoß

7. Überspringen n (auch fig)

8. Damespiel: Schlagen n

9. → jump cut

10. (Zusammen)Zucken n, Auf-, Zusammenfahren n:

give a jump → B 4;

it gives me the jumps umg es macht mich ganz nervös oder unruhig;

have the jumps umg ganz nervös oder aufgeregt oder unruhig sein

11. umg

a) Fahrt f, besonders FLUG Flug m:

it’s only a short jump from London to Paris mit dem Flugzeug ist es nur ein Katzensprung von London nach Paris

b) besonders FLUG Abstecher m

12. a) Rückstoß m (einer Feuerwaffe)

b) MIL Abgangsfehler m (beim Schießen)

13. besonders Br vulg Nummer f (Geschlechtsverkehr):

have a jump eine Nummer machen oder schieben

B v/i

1. springen:

jump clear of sth von etwas wegspringen;

jump at

a) SPORT einen Gegenspieler anspringen,

b) fig sich stürzen auf (akk);

jump at the chance mit beiden Händen zugreifen, sofort zupacken;

jump at the idea den Gedanken sofort aufgreifen;

jump down sb’s throat umg jemanden anfahren oder anschnauzen;

go jump in the lake! bes Br umg

a) ach, hau doch ab!,

b) du kannst mich mal!;

jump off

a) abspringen (von),

b) (Springreiten) das Stechen bestreiten;

jump on sb umg

a) über jemanden herfallen,

b) jemandem aufs Dach steigen;

jump out of one’s skin aus der Haut fahren;

jump all over sb US umg jemanden zur Schnecke machen;

jump to one’s feet auf-, hochspringen;

jump to it umg mit Schwung rangehen, zupacken;

jump up auf-, hochspringen; → conclusion 3, safety A 1

2. hüpfen, springen:

jump about ( oder around) herumhüpfen;

jump for joy Freudensprünge machen;

make hearts jump for joy die Herzen höherschlagen lassen

3. (mit dem Fallschirm) abspringen

4. zusammenzucken, auf-, zusammenfahren ( alle:

at bei):

the news made him jump die Nachricht ließ ihn zusammenfahren, er fuhr bei der Nachricht zusammen

5. fig abrupt übergehen, überspringen, -wechseln ( alle:

to zu):

jump from one topic to another

6. a) rütteln, stoßen (Wagen etc)

b) gerüttelt werden, schaukeln, wackeln

7. Damespiel: schlagen

8. sprunghaft (an)steigen, emporschnellen (Preise etc)

9. TECH springen (Filmstreifen, Schreibmaschine etc)

10. Bridge: unnötig hoch reizen

11. umg voller Leben sein:

the party was jumping auf der Party war schwer was los

12. (with) übereinstimmen (mit), passen (zu)

C v/t

1. (hinweg)springen über (akk)

2. fig eine Zeile etc überspringen, auslassen:

jump channels den Instanzenweg nicht einhalten;

jump the line (bes Br queue)

a) sich vordränge(l)n (a. fig),

b) AUTO aus einer Kolonne ausscheren und überholen; → gun¹ A 3, light¹ A 5

3. springen lassen:

he jumped his horse across the ditch er setzte mit seinem Pferd über den Graben;

jump sb into sth fig jemanden in eine Sache hineinstoßen

4. Damespiel: schlagen

5. AUTO ein Auto mit einem Starthilfekabel starten

6. US umg abhauen aus oder von: → bail¹ A 2

7. widerrechtlich von fremdem Besitztum etc Besitz ergreifen

8. herunterspringen von, (heraus)springen aus: → rail¹ A 4, track A 2

9. umg

a) auf einen fahrenden Zug etc aufspringen

b) von einem fahrenden Zug etc abspringen

10. auch jump out US umg anschnauzen

11. jemanden überfallen, über jemanden herfallen

12. die Preise etc emporschnellen lassen, hochtreiben

13. besonders Br vulg bumsen, vögeln (schlafen mit)

* * *
1. noun
1) Sprung, der

always be one jump ahead of somebody — jemandem immer um eine Nasenlänge voraus sein (ugs.)

2) (sudden transition) Sprung, der; sprunghafter Wechsel; (gap) Lücke, die

3) (abrupt rise) sprunghafter Anstieg

jump in value/temperature — plötzliche Wertsteigerung/plötzlicher Temperaturanstieg

4) (Parachuting) Absprung, der
2. intransitive verb
1) springen; [Fallschirmspringer:] abspringen

jump to one's feet/from one's seat — aufspringen/vom Sitz aufspringen

2)

jump to — (reach overhastily) voreilig gelangen zu [Annahme, Lösung]

jump to conclusions — voreilige Schlüsse ziehen

3) (make sudden movement) springen; (start) zusammenzucken

jump for joy — einen Freudensprung/Freudensprünge machen

4) (rise suddenly) [Kosten, Preise usw.:] sprunghaft steigen, in die Höhe schnellen

5)

jump to it — (coll.) zupacken

jump to it! — (coll.) mach/macht schon!
3. transitive verb
1) springen über (+ Akk.); überspringen [Mauer, Zaun usw.]

2) (move to point beyond) überspringen

3) (not stop at) überfahren [rote Ampel]

jump the lights — bei Rot [durch]fahren

4)

jump the rails or track — [Zug:] entgleisen

5)

jump ship — [Seemann:] [unter Bruch des Heuervertrages vorzeitig] den Dienst quittieren

6)

jump the queue — (Brit.) sich vordrängeln

7) (skip over) überspringen [Seite, Kapitel usw.]

8) (attack) herfallen über (+ Akk.)

Phrasal Verbs:

- jump about

- jump at

- jump in

- jump off

- jump on

- jump out

- jump up

* * *

n.

Absprung -¨e m.

Satz ¨-e m.

Sprung -¨e m.

English-german dictionary > jump
11 out

[aʊt] adj

inv, pred

1) ( absent) abwesend, nicht da, weg ( fam) workers im Ausstand;

the library book was \out das Buch war [aus der Bücherei] entliehen;

the jury is \out, considering their verdict die Geschworenen haben sich zur Beratung des Urteilsspruchs zurückgezogen;

the workers were \out, demanding higher wages die Arbeiter waren auf der Straße, um für höhere Löhne zu demonstrieren

2) ( outside)

to be \out draußen sein; sun, moon, stars am Himmel stehen;

they are \out in the garden sie sind draußen im Garten;

everyone was \out on deck alle waren [draußen] an Deck;

to be \out of hospital/ prison aus dem Krankenhaus/Gefängnis entlassen worden sein;

he's \out ( prisoner) er ist [wieder] draußen ( fam)

3) ( on the move) unterwegs;

the army was \out die Armee war ausgerückt;

the postman was \out on his rounds der Postbote machte gerade seine Runde;

to be \out and about unterwegs sein;

( after an illness) wieder auf den Beinen sein

4) ( in blossom)

to be \out blühen

5) ( far away) draußen;

the fishing boats were \out at sea die Fischerboote waren draußen auf See;

he lived \out in Zambia er lebte in [o im fernen] Zambia;

\out here hier draußen;

\out west (Am) an der Westküste;

they moved \out west sie an die Westküste gezogen

6) ( available) erhältlich, zu haben ( fam) ( on the market) auf dem Markt; book veröffentlicht, herausgekommen;

this is the best automatic camera \out das ist die beste Automatikkamera auf dem Markt

7) (fam: existing) vorhanden;

I think he's the greatest footballer \out ich halte ihn für den besten Fußballer, den es zur Zeit gibt

8) ( not secret) heraus, raus ( fam)

the secret is \out das Geheimnis ist gelüftet [worden];

once the news is \out,... wenn die Neuigkeit erst einmal bekannt ist,...;

[the] truth will \out die Wahrheit wird ans Licht kommen

9) ( asleep)

to be \out schlafen;

( unconscious) bewusstlos [o ( fam) weg] sein;

to be \out for the count boxing k.o. [o ausgezählt] sein; ( fig) total hinüber [o erledigt] sein ( fam)

to be \out like a light sofort einschlafen [o ( fam) weg sein];

to be \out cold bewusstlos sein

10) ( finished) aus, zu Ende;

school will be \out in June die Schule endet im Juni;

before the drive/ the film/the song is \out bevor die Fahrt/der Film/das Lied vorbei ist;

before the month/year is \out vor Ende [o Ablauf] des Monats/Jahres;

over and \out aviat ≈ Ende der Durchsage, over and out fachspr

11) sports ( not playing) nicht [mehr] im Spiel, draußen ( fam) (in cricket, baseball) aus;

( outside a boundary) ball, player im Aus;

Johnson is \out on a foul Johnson wurde wegen eines Fouls vom Platz gestellt;

Owen is \out with an injury Owen ist mit einer Verletzung ausgeschieden

12) (fam: thrown-out) draußen ( fam)

to be \out ( of school) fliegen ( fam)

to be \out on the streets ( be unemployed) arbeitslos sein, auf der Straße stehen ( fam) ( be homeless) obdachlos sein, auf der Straße leben

13) (fam: unacceptable) unmöglich ( fam) ( unfashionable) aus der Mode, passee ( fam), out ( fam)

14) ( not possible) unmöglich;

that plan is absolutely \out dieser Plan kommt überhaupt nicht in Frage

15) ( off) light, TV aus;

( not burning) fire aus, erloschen

16) ( inaccurate) falsch, daneben ( fam)

to be \out danebenliegen ( fam)

our estimates were \out by a few dollars wir lagen mit unseren Schätzungen um ein paar Dollar daneben;

to be \out in one's calculations sich akk verrechnet haben, mit seinen Berechnungen danebenliegen ( fam)

17) ( in search of)

to be \out for sth auf etw akk aus sein ( fam), es auf etw akk abgesehen haben;

he's just \out for a good time er will sich nur amüsieren;

to be \out to do sth es darauf abgesehen haben, etw zu tun;

they're \out to get me die sind hinter mir her ( fam)

to be \out for trouble Streit suchen

18) ( revealed as homosexual)

to be \out sich akk geoutet haben (sl)

she's been \out for three years now sie hat sich vor drei Jahren geoutet

19) ( at lowest point)

the tide is \out es ist Ebbe;

we had a walk here when the tide was \out bei Ebbe sind wir hier spazieren gegangen

20) ( introduced to society) in die Gesellschaft eingeführt;

Jane isn't \out yet Jane ist noch nicht in die Gesellschaft eingeführt worden adv

inv

1) ( outdoors) draußen, im Freien;

it's bitterly cold \out today es ist heute schrecklich kalt draußen;

“Keep \out!” „Betreten verboten!“

2) ( with outward movement) nach draußen, raus ( fam)

get \out! raus hier! ( fam)

can you find your way \out? finden Sie selbst hinaus?;

\out with it heraus damit! ( fam), [he]raus mit der Sprache! ( fam)

to ask sb \out jdn einladen;

he's asked her \out er hat sie gefragt, ob sie mit ihm ausgehen will;

to eat \out im Restaurant [o auswärts] essen;

to go \out ausgehen, weggehen, rausgehen ( fam)

are you going \out tonight? gehst du heute Abend weg?;

to see sb \out jdn hinausbegleiten;

to turn sth inside \out clothes etw auf links drehen

3) ( removed) heraus, raus ( fam)

I can't get the stain \out ich kriege den Fleck nicht wieder raus ( fam)

to put a fire \out ein Feuer löschen;

to cross \out sth etw ausstreichen [o durchstreichen];

4) ( completely) ganz, völlig;

burnt \out (a. fig) ausgebrannt (a. fig) fuse durchgebrannt; candle heruntergebrannt;

tired \out völlig erschöpft;

\out and away (Am) bei weitem;

she is \out and away the best student I have ever taught sie ist mit Abstand die beste Studentin, die ich jemals hatte

5) ( aloud)

he cried \out in pain er schrie vor Schmerzen auf;

she called \out to him to stop sie rief ihm zu, er solle anhalten;

to laugh \out [loud] [laut] auflachen

6) ( to an end)

to die \out aussterben; ( fig); applause verebben;

to fight sth \out etw [untereinander] austragen [o ausfechten];

7) ( free from prison) entlassen;

to come [or get] \out freikommen;

to let sb \out jdn freilassen

8) ( unconscious)

to go \out like a light ( fig) auf der Stelle einschlafen, sofort weg sein ( fam)

to knock sb \out jdn bewusstlos [o k.o.] schlagen;

to pass \out in Ohnmacht fallen

9) ( dislocated)

to put sth \out etw ausrenken;

when she was in the car accident, it put her back \out sie verrenkte sich bei dem Autounfall den Rücken

10) ( open)

to open \out ausbreiten;

can you open \out the sofa bed for me? kannst du die Schlafcouch für mich ausziehen?;

to open \out a map eine Karte ausbreiten [o auseinanderfalten];

11) ( unfashionable)

to go \out aus der Mode kommen, altmodisch werden;

to have gone \out with the ark völlig altmodisch [o von vorgestern]; [o ( hum) ( fam) von anno Tobak] sein

12) ( time off)

he took ten minutes \out er nahm eine Auszeit von zehn Minuten

13) ( reach lowest point)

the tide is coming \out die Ebbe setzt ein vt

to \out sb

1) ( eject) jdn rausschmeißen ( fam) sports jdn vom Platz stellen

2) boxing jdn k.o. schlagen

3) usu pass ( reveal homosexuality) jdn outen (sl) prep aus +dat;

she ran \out the door sie rannte zur Tür hinaus

English-German students dictionary > out
12 бытность

жен. в бытность мою студентом ≈ in my student days в бытность его в Риме ≈ during his stay in Rome, in his Rome days в бытность ≈ when, during someone's stay

ж.: в мою ~ в Москве when I was staying/living in Moscow, during my stay in Moscow;
в мою ~ студентом in my student days.

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > бытность
13 transfer

træns'fə:
1. past tense, past participle - transferred; verb
1) (to remove to another place: He transferred the letter from his briefcase to his pocket.) trasladar, cambiar; (dinero) transferir

2) (to (cause to) move to another place, job, vehicle etc: I'm transferring / They're transferring me to the Bangkok office.) trasladar(se)

3) (to give to another person, especially legally: I intend to transfer the property to my son.) traspasar

2. noun
('trænsfə:)

1) (the act of transferring: The manager arranged for his transfer to another football club.) (deporte) traspaso, traslado; (banco) transferencia

2) (a design, picture etc that can be transferred from one surface to another, eg from paper to material as a guide for embroidery.) calcomanía

•

- transferable

transfer¹ n traslado / traspaso

he asked for a transfer to another branch pidió el traslado a otra sucursal

transfer² vb trasladar / traspasar

he was transferred to another branch lo trasladaron a otra sucursal

transfer

tr[ (n) 'trænsfɜː^SMALLr/SMALL; (vb) træns'fɜː^SMALLr/SMALL]

noun

1 SMALLFINANCE/SMALL transferencia

2 SMALLLAW/SMALL (of property) traspaso

3 (of employee) traslado

4 SMALLSPORT/SMALL (of player) traspaso; (player) fichaje nombre masculino

5 (drawing) cromo, calcomanía

6 (of airline passenger) transbordo, trasbordo

transitive verb (pt & pp transferred, ger transferring)

1 SMALLFINANCE/SMALL transferir

■ I've transferred £100 into your account he transferido 100 libras a tu cuenta

2 SMALLLAW/SMALL (property) traspasar

3 (employee, prisioner) trasladar

■ he was transferred to another branch lo trasladaron a otra sucursal

4 SMALLSPORT/SMALL (player) traspasar

5 (data, information, 'phone call) pasar

intransitive verb

1 (employee) trasladarse

■ she's transferred to another department se ha trasladado a otro departamento

2 (transport) hacer transbordo, cambiar

3 SMALLEDUCATION/SMALL cambiar

■ I'd like to transfer to another course me gustaría cambiar de curso

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

transfer fee traspaso

transfer list lista de traspasos

transfer [trænts'fər, 'trænts.fər] v, - ferred ; - ferring vt

1) : trasladar (a una persona), transferir (fondos)

2) : transferir, traspasar, ceder (propiedad)

3) print: imprimir (un diseño)

transfer vi

1) move: trasladarse, cambiarse

2) change: transbordar, cambiar (de un transporte a otro)

she transferred at E Street: hizo un transborde a la calle E

transfer ['trænts.fər] n

1) transferring: transferencia f (de fondos, de propiedad, etc.), traslado m (de una persona)

2) decal: calcomanía f

3) : boleto m (para cambiar de un avión, etc., a otro)

transfer

v.

• deferir v.

• enajenar v.

• pasar a (Transferir) v.

• transbordar v.

• transferir v.

• transportar v.

• trasladar v.

• traspasar v.

n.

• cesión s.f.

• giro s.m.

• transbordo s.m.

• transferencia s.f.

• transporte s.m.

• trasferencia s.f.

• traslación s.f.

• traslado s.m.

• traspaso s.m.

I
1. træns'fɜːr, træns'fɜː(r)
- rr- transitive verb

1)

a) \<\<funds/account\>\> transferir*

b) \<\<property/right\>\> transferir*, traspasar, transmitir

c) \<\<call\>\> pasar

can you transfer me to Sales? — ¿me puede comunicar or (Esp tb) poner con Ventas?

d) \<\<employee/prisoner\>\> trasladar; \<\<player\>\> (esp BrE) traspasar; \<\<object\>\> pasar

2) ( change)

she transferred schools when she was 12 — se cambió de colegio a los 12 años

2.

vi ( Transp) hacer* transbordo, transbordar

to transfer TO something: John transferred to another course/department — John se cambió a otro curso/se trasladó a otro departamento

II 'trænsfɜːr, 'trænsfɜː(r)
noun

1)

a) u c (Fin, Law) (of funds, accounts) transferencia f; ( of property) transferencia f, traspaso m, transmisión f; ( of power) transferencia f

b) u c ( of employee) traslado m; ( of player) (esp BrE) traspaso m; (before n)

transfer fee — traspaso m

c) u c ( of passengers) transbordo m

d) c ( person)

the club's latest transfer — (esp BrE) el último fichaje del club

2) c ( Transp)

a) ( journey) traslado m

b) ( permit) (AmE) billete mediante el cual se puede cambiar de tren o autobús sin pago adicional

3) c ( design) calcomanía f

['trænsfǝ(r)]
1. N

1) (=conveyance) traslado m

we will arrange the transfer of your medical records — nos encargaremos del traslado de su historial médico

technology transfer — transferencia f de tecnología

2) (=change) [of job] traslado m ; [of power] traspaso m ; [of vehicle] transbordo m

I've applied for a transfer to head office — he solicitado el traslado a la oficina central

3) (Jur, Econ) [of property] transmisión f, traspaso m ; [of funds] transferencia f

bank transfer — transferencia f bancaria

direct transfer — abono m en cuenta

transfer of ownership — traspaso m de propiedad

4) (Sport) traspaso m

to ask for a transfer — pedir el traspaso

5) (=picture) calcomanía f

2. VT

1) (=convey) [+ object, person] trasladar ( from de) (to a)

transfer the chops to a serving dish — pase las chuletas a una fuente

the train broke down and passengers were transferred to a bus — el tren se averió y los pasajeros tuvieron que pasarse a un autobús

the disease can be transferred to humans — la enfermedad puede transmitirse or contagiarse a seres humanos

2) (=relocate) [+ person] trasladar ( from de) (to a); [+ power] traspasar; [+ allegiance] mudar

the company transferred her to another department — la empresa la trasladó a otro departamento

to transfer one's affections to another — dar su amor a otro

3) (Jur, Econ) [+ property] traspasar, transmitir; [+ funds] transferir

she transferred the house to her son's name — puso la casa a nombre de su hijo

to transfer money from one account to another — transferir dinero de una cuenta a otra

4) (Sport) [+ player] traspasar

5) (=copy) [+ design] pasar, trasladar

the documents were transferred to microfilm — los documentos se pasaron or se trasladaron a microfilm

6) (Telec) [+ call] pasar

please hold while I transfer you — no cuelgue, que ahora mismo le paso

can you transfer me back to the switchboard? — ¿puede volverme a pasar con la centralita?

3. VI

1) (=change) (from course, job) trasladarse; (from vehicle) hacer transbordo

he has transferred to another department — se ha trasladado a otro departamento

I've transferred to a new pension scheme/course/school — me he pasado a otro plan de pensiones/curso/colegio

she transferred from French to Spanish — se cambió or se trasladó del curso de francés al de español

passengers transferred from a train to a bus — los pasajeros hicieron transbordo del tren al autobús

we had to transfer to another coach — tuvimos que pasarnos a otro autobús

2) (Sport) [player] ser traspasado, traspasarse

4.

CPD

transfer desk N — mostrador m de conexiones

transfer fee N — traspaso m

transfer list N — lista f de posibles traspasos

transfer student N — (US) estudiante mf procedente de otra universidad

transfer window N — (Ftbl) periodo m de traspasos

* * *

I
1. [træns'fɜːr, træns'fɜː(r)]
- rr- transitive verb

1)

a) \<\<funds/account\>\> transferir*

b) \<\<property/right\>\> transferir*, traspasar, transmitir

c) \<\<call\>\> pasar

can you transfer me to Sales? — ¿me puede comunicar or (Esp tb) poner con Ventas?

d) \<\<employee/prisoner\>\> trasladar; \<\<player\>\> (esp BrE) traspasar; \<\<object\>\> pasar

2) ( change)

she transferred schools when she was 12 — se cambió de colegio a los 12 años

2.

vi ( Transp) hacer* transbordo, transbordar

to transfer TO something: John transferred to another course/department — John se cambió a otro curso/se trasladó a otro departamento

II ['trænsfɜːr, 'trænsfɜː(r)]
noun

1)

a) u c (Fin, Law) (of funds, accounts) transferencia f; ( of property) transferencia f, traspaso m, transmisión f; ( of power) transferencia f

b) u c ( of employee) traslado m; ( of player) (esp BrE) traspaso m; (before n)

transfer fee — traspaso m

c) u c ( of passengers) transbordo m

d) c ( person)

the club's latest transfer — (esp BrE) el último fichaje del club

2) c ( Transp)

a) ( journey) traslado m

b) ( permit) (AmE) billete mediante el cual se puede cambiar de tren o autobús sin pago adicional

3) c ( design) calcomanía f

English-spanish dictionary > transfer
14 Byron, Ada Augusta, Countess of Lovelace

SUBJECT AREA: Electronics and information technology

[br]

b. 12 December 1815 Piccadilly Terrace, London, England

d. 23 November 1852 East Horsley, Surrey, England

[br]

English mathematician, active in the early development of the calculating machine.

[br]

Educated by a number of governesses in a number of houses from Yorkshire to Ealing, she was the daughter of a hypochondriac mother and her absent, separated, husband, the poet George Gordon, Lord Byron. As a child a mysterious and undiagnosed illness deprived her "of the use of her limbs" and she was "obliged to use crutches". The complaint was probably psychosomatic as it cleared up when she was 17 and was about to attend her first court ball. On 8 July 1835 she was married to William King, 1st Earl of Lovelace. She later bore two sons and a daughter. She was an avid student of science and in particular mathematics, in the course of which Charles Babbage encouraged her. In 1840 Babbage was invited to Turin to present a paper on his analytical engine. In the audience was a young Italian military engineer, L.F.Menabrea, who was later to become a general in Garibaldi's army. The paper was written in French and published in 1842 in the Bibliothèque Universelle de Genève. This text was translated into English and published with extensive annotations by the Countess of Lovelace, appearing in Taylor's Scientific Memoirs. The Countess thoroughly understood and appreciated Babbage's machine and the clarity of her description was so great that it is undoubtedly the best contemporary account of the engine: even Babbage recognized the Countess's description as superior to his own. Ada often visited Babbage in his workshop and listened to his explanations of the structure and use of his engines. She shared with her husband a love of horse-racing and, with Babbage, tried to develop a system for backing horses. Babbage and the Earl apparently stopped their efforts in time, but the Countess lost so heavily that she had to pawn all her family jewels. Her losses at the 1851 Derby alone amounted to £3,200, while borrow-ing a further £1,800 from her husband. This situation involved her in being blackmailed. She became an opium addict due to persistent pain from gastritis, intermittent anorexia and paroxys-mal tachycardia. Charles Babbage was always a great comfort to her, not only for their shared mathematical interests but also as a friend helping in all manner of small services such as taking her dead parrot to the taxidermist. She died after a protracted illness, thought to be cancer, at East Horsley Towers.

[br]

Further Reading

D.Langley Moore, 1977, Ada, Countess of Lovelace: Byron's Legitimate Daughter, John Murray.

P.Morrison and E.Morrison, 1961, Charles Babbage and His Calculating Engine, Dover Publications.

IMcN

Biographical history of technology > Byron, Ada Augusta, Countess of Lovelace
15 Nipkow, Paul Gottlieb

SUBJECT AREA: Broadcasting, Electronics and information technology

[br]

b. 22 August 1860 Lauenburg, Pommern (now Lebork, Poland)

d. 24 August 1940 Berlin, Germany

[br]

Polish electrical engineer who invented the Nipkow television scanning disc.

[br]

In 1884, while still a student engineer, Nipkow patented a mechanical television pick-up device using a disc with a spiral of twenty-four holes rotating at 600 rpm in front of a selenium cell. He also proposed a display on an identical synchronous disc in conjunction with a light-modulator based on the Faraday effect. Unfortunately it was not possible to realize a working system at the time because of the slow response of selenium cells and the lack of suitable electronic-sig-nal amplifiers; he was unable to pay the extension fees and so the patent lapsed. Others took up the idea, however, and in 1907 pictures were sent between London and Paris by wire. Subsequently, the principle was used by Baird, Ives, and Jenkins.

For most of his working life after obtaining his doctorate, Nipkow was employed as an engineer by a company that made railway-signalling equipment, but his pioneering invention was finally recognized in 1934 when he was made Honorary President of the newly formed German Television Society.

[br]

Principal Honours and Distinctions

President, German Television Society 1934.

Bibliography

1884, German patent no. 30,105 (Nipkow's pioneering method of television image-scanning).

Further Reading

R.W.Hubbell, 1946, 4,000 Years of Television, London: G.Harrap \& Co.

KF

Biographical history of technology > Nipkow, Paul Gottlieb
16 ♦ by

♦ by /baɪ, bɪ, bə/
A prep.

1 (di luogo) presso; vicino a; davanti a; su; per; da; attraverso; via: He was sitting by me, era seduto vicino a me; a house by the sea, una casa sul mare; DIALOGO → - Shoes- There's a mirror over there by the ladies' shoes, c'è uno specchio vicino alle scarpe da donna; I go by their house every day, passo davanti alla loro casa ogni giorno; DIALOGO → - Taking a seat in a restaurant- Could we have that table by the window?, potremmo avere quel tavolo davanti alla finestra?; I got in by the back door, entrai dalla porta di dietro; I went to Naples by Rome, andai a Napoli via Roma

2 (tempo) per; entro; di; a: I'll finish it by tomorrow, lo finirò per (o entro) domani; DIALOGO → - Putting the heating on- I'll be gone by 8.30 tomorrow, sarò andata via per le 8:30 domani; by night, di notte; by moonlight, al chiaro di luna

3 (mezzo o strumento) a; con; da; per; di: driven by electricity, azionato dall'elettricità; to read by candlelight, leggere a lume di candela; to take sb. by the hand, prendere q. per mano; to hold st. by the handle, tenere qc. per il manico; made by hand, fatto a mano; to send by air, spedire per via aerea; to travel by train, viaggiare in treno; DIALOGO → - Going for an interview- I'm going by bus, vado in autobus; by post, per posta; What do you mean by that?, che vuoi dire con ciò?; to divide a number by another, dividere un numero per un altro; He apologized by saying he didn't know, si è scusato col dire (o dicendo) che non lo sapeva

4 (modo) per; di; a; secondo; da: by accident, per caso; by mistake, per errore; taken by surprise, colto di sorpresa; by degrees, per gradi; (leg.) by proxy, per procura; by my watch, secondo il (o stando al) mio orologio; to judge by appearances, giudicare dalle apparenze; judging by my standards, giudicando secondo i miei criteri

5 (agente) da; di: America was discovered by Columbus, l'America fu scoperta da Colombo; DIALOGO → - Discussing books 1- It's a novel by Luke Dawson, è un romanzo di Luke Dawson; DIALOGO → - Discussing music- Who's this song by?, di chi è questa canzone?

6 (misura, calcolo, distanza) a; per; di: to sell st. by the litre, vendere qc. a litro; to buy by retail, comprare al minuto; to work by the hour, lavorare a ore; to win by half a mile, vincere per mezzo miglio; Oil prices have gone up by 5%, i prezzi del petrolio sono saliti del 5%; The room is six feet by ten, la stanza è sei piedi per dieci

7 (naut.) – north by east, nord quarta nord-est; south-east by east, sud-est quarta est

B avv.

1 vicino; accanto: We live close by, abitiamo vicino; to keep st. by, tenere qc. a portata di mano; He stole the vase when nobody was by, ha rubato il vaso quando nessuno era lì vicino

2 oltre: The car sped by, l'automobile è passata oltre velocemente

3 da parte; in disparte; via: He has laid by some money for his old age, ha messo da parte un po' di denaro per la vecchiaia

4 ( slang USA) a casa mia (o nostra): Come by for a drink, vieni da noi a bere qualcosa

● by all means, certamente; senz'altro □ by and large, nell'insieme; nel complesso; in generale □ by appointment, per appuntamento □ by the by (o by the bye), incidentalmente; a proposito □ by the day, ( di lavoro) a giornata □ by daylight, alla luce del giorno □ by the dozen, a dozzine □ by far, di gran lunga: by far the best student, di gran lunga il migliore degli studenti □ by heart, a memoria □ by law, secondo la legge; per legge □ by nature, per natura, secondo natura; di natura □ by now, ormai: He should have arrived by now, ormai dovrebbe essere già arrivato □ ( all) by oneself, da solo; da sé; in disparte: He was sitting by himself, era seduto in disparte; He's done it by himself, l'ha fatto da sé □ by rail, per ferrovia □ by the side of, al fianco di □ by then, allora: You'll be a man by then, sarai già uomo allora □ by trade, di mestiere □ by twos, due a due; due alla volta □ by the way, cammin facendo; ( anche) a proposito, incidentalmente □ by way of, come; a mo' di.

English-Italian dictionary > ♦ by
17 then

1. adv тогда, в то время

he was a student then — он был в ту пору студентом

back then — тогда

just then — именно тогда

before then — до того времени

now and then — от времени до времени

every now and then — время от времени

2. adv после, потом, затем

then came a pause — потом наступила пауза

out and then upward — на себя и затем вниз

well, then she said — итак, после этого она заявила

then he got round to facts — затем он обратился к фактам

then came the rain in a hearty flood — затем хлынул дождь

3. adv далее, потом

on the left the church, then a few old houses — слева церковь, а за ней — несколько старых домов

she panicked … then she pulled herself together — её охватила паника … но потом она взяла себя в руки

4. adv кроме того; к тому же; а потом

and then you should remember — кроме того, вам следует помнить

ere then — до тех пор

while then — до тех пор

no sooner then — как только

until then — до того времени; до тех пор

a suit was then pending — тогда шла тяжба

5. adv в таком случае; тогда

but then — но тогда; но ведь; но с другой стороны

it was difficult to keep things in order, but then she was such an excellent housewife — трудно было поддерживать порядок, но ведь она была такая замечательная хозяйка

what then? — ну и что тогда?, ну и что же?, ну и что из того?

not then or ever — ни тогда, ни после

6. adv значит, итак, следовательно; таким образом

well then — итак

then you think that … — значит, ты считаешь, что …

7. adv употр. для усиления при выражении согласия

oh, all right then, do as you like — ну что ж, поступайте как знаете

8. adv то время, та пора

by then — к тому времени

I have finished the work by then — к тому времени я уже закончил работу

since then — с той поры, с того времени

now and then — время от времени, иногда

about then — около этого; примерно в это время

now then, stop it! — послушайте, прекратите это!

9. adv тогдашний, существовавший в то время

the then president — тогдашний президент

the then existing system — существовавшая тогда система

now then, a little less noise there! — а ну-ка, потише там!; а ну-ка, утихомирьтесь!

now then, what are you doing? — скажите, наконец, чем вы заняты ?

now … then … — то … то …

now and then, every now and then — время от времени; иногда

there and then, then and there — тут же, на месте

bicycles were the rage then — в те времена все были помешаны на велосипедах

Синонимический ряд:

1. also (other) additionally; again; also; anon; as well; besides; further; furthermore; in addition; into the bargain; likewise; moreover; to boot; too; when; yet

2. at that time (other) at that moment; at that point; at that time; before long; next; on that occasion; soon afterward

3. in that case (other) as a bonus; in that case; still; therewith; thus; under the circumstances

4. therefore (other) accordingly; consequently; ergo; hence; so; therefore; thereupon

English-Russian base dictionary > then
18 boy

boy [bɔɪ]

1 noun

(a) (male child) garçon m, enfant m;

∎ a little boy un petit garçon, un garçonnet;

∎ when I was a boy quand j'étais petit ou jeune;

∎ be a good boy! sois sage!;

∎ you bad boy! vilain!;

∎ an Italian boy un petit ou jeune Italien;

∎ sit down, my boy assieds-toi, mon petit ou mon grand;

∎ I've known them since they were boys je les connais depuis leur enfance ou depuis qu'ils sont petits;

∎ boys will be boys les hommes et les garçons sont comme ça et on ne les changera pas;

∎ figurative he's just a boy when it comes to women ce n'est encore qu'un gamin quand il s'agit des femmes;

∎ he's a mother's boy c'est le petit garçon à sa maman

(b) (son) fils m;

∎ the Smiths' boy le petit Smith

(c) British School (student) élève m

(d) familiar (term of address)

∎ that's my boy! je te reconnais bien là!;

∎ my dear boy mon cher ami;

∎ British how are you, old boy? ça va mon vieux?

(e) (male adult)

∎ he likes to think he's one of the boys il aime à croire qu'il fait partie de la bande;

∎ a local boy un gars du coin;

∎ come on, boys! allons-y les gars!;

∎ a nice old boy un vieux monsieur sympathique;

∎ a night out with the boys une virée entre copains;

∎ familiar the boys in blue les flics mpl;

∎ the backroom boys ceux qui restent dans les coulisses;

∎ familiar he threatened to send the boys round il a menacé d'envoyer ses gars;

∎ familiar the big boys (important men) les grosses légumes fpl;

∎ figurative to play with the big boys jouer dans la cour des grands

(f) (native servant) boy m, = terme injurieux désignant un servant indigène

(g) American very familiar pejorative (black man) nègre m, = terme injurieux désignant un Noir

(h) (used to address dog, horse etc) mon beau;

∎ down, boy! couché, mon beau!

2 exclamation

∎ (oh) boy! dis donc!

►► boy band boys band m;

Boys' Brigade = organisation protestante de scoutisme pour garçons;

Boy's Own = magazine d'aventures du début du siècle, dont le nom évoque toute action digne d'un héros d'aventure;

British familiar boy racer jeune conducteur m imprudent^□ ;

Boy Scout, boy scout scout m;

boy wonder petit génie m

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19 Santos, José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso

(1929-1987)

Balladeer, singer, poet, musician, composer, and teacher. Known to the public simply as "Zeca" or "José Afonso," he was a student poet, singer, and musician in the 1950s, and premier interpreter of Coimbra fado, creator of a new school of fado music, and leader of a reform movement in popular music. Using his distinctive musical compositions, appealing baritone singing voice, and iconoclastic lyrics of resistance to tyranny, Afonso Santos employed his poetic and musical gifts as instruments of resistance and opposition to the enduring Estado Novo. Two recorded songs became early shots in this war: Balada de Outono (Autumn's Ballad) and Menino d'Oiro (Golden Boy). With diverse, subversive meanings usually disguised in allegory, his lyrics and style eschewed the traditional Coimbra fado's fare of broad sentiment and unrequited love. Instead, Afonso presented new ballads with contemporary resonance. In the mid-1960s, when so many Portuguese youth were drafted and mobilized for Portugal's colonial wars in Africa, he lived and taught school in Mozambique, where he organized opposition to the regime. Later in that colony, he was arrested by the PIDE.

After his return to Portugal, Afonso's reputation as a rebel ballad-eer grew; among his most celebrated recorded ballads were Cantigas de Maio (Songs of May, 1971) and Venham Mais Cinco (Five More Came, 1973). His famous revolutionary, rallying song, Grândola, Vila Morena, banned by the Estado Novo before 1974, became the single most famous piece of Portuguese revolutionary music in the second half of the 20th century. Grândola featured Afonso's voice and lyrics and expressed a clearly leftist ideology and resistance to tyranny, to the background sounds of marching feet growing louder. Selected by the coup planners of the Armed Forces Movement as a signal for action, a secret password sign to be played over Lisbon radio at about midnight on 24/25 April 1974, this remarkable song acquired new fame and a place in history as both an actual signal for rebel military operations to begin and an enduring revolutionary rallying cry. After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Grândola became the most potent symbol of the move to topple the Estado Novo and open the way for profound change, as well as a musical icon, equaled only by the iconographic red carnation. The first stanza of Afonso's lyrics, translated from the Portuguese, is: Grândola, dark-brown town, Homeland of Brotherhood The people have more power within you, oh city....

Historical dictionary of Portugal > Santos, José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso
20 be

1. verb,
pres. t. I am, neg. (coll.) ain't, he is, neg. (coll.) isn't

Ex:

we are — neg. (coll.) aren't; p.t. I was, neg. (coll.) wasn't, we were, neg. (coll.) weren't; pres. p. being; p.p. been copula

/Ex:

1) (indicating quality or attribute) sein

she'll be ten next week — sie wird nächste Woche zehn

she is a mother/an Italian — sie ist Mutter/Italienerin

being a Frenchman, he likes wine — als Franzose trinkt er gern Wein

he is being nice to them/sarcastic — er ist nett zu ihnen/jetzt ist er sarkastisch

2) in exclamation

was she pleased! — war sie [vielleicht] froh!

aren't you a big boy! — was bist du schon für ein großer Junge!

3) will be (indicating supposition)

[I dare say] you'll be a big boy by now — du bist jetzt sicher schon ein großer Junge

you'll be relieved to hear that — du wirst erleichtert sein, das zu hören

4) (indicating physical or mental welfare or state) sein; sich fühlen

I am hot — mir ist heiß

I am freezing — mich friert es

how are you/is she? — wie geht's (ugs.) /geht es ihr?

5) identifying the subject

it is the 5th today — heute haben wir den Fünften

who's that? — wer ist das?

it is she, it's her — sie ist's

if I were you — an deiner Stelle

6) (indicating profession, pastime, etc.)

be a teacher/a footballer — Lehrer/Fußballer sein

she wants to be a surgeon — sie möchte Chirurgin werden

7) with possessive

it is hers — es ist ihrs; es gehört ihr

8) (cost) kosten

how much are the eggs? — was kosten die Eier?

9) (equal) sein

two times three is six, two threes are six — zweimal drei ist od. sind od. gibt sechs

sixteen ounces is a pound — sechzehn Unzen sind od. ergeben ein Pfund

10) (constitute) bilden

London is not England — London ist nicht [gleich] England

11) (mean) bedeuten

he was everything to her — er bedeutete ihr alles
2. intransitive verb
1) (exist) [vorhanden] sein; existieren

can such things be? — kann es so etwas geben?; kann so etwas vorkommen?

I think, therefore I am — ich denke, also bin ich

there is/are... — es gibt...

for the time being — vorläufig

Miss Jones that was — das frühere Fräulein Jones

be that as it may — wie dem auch sei

2) (remain) bleiben

I shan't be a moment or second — ich komme gleich; noch eine Minute

she has been in her room for hours — sie ist schon seit Stunden in ihrem Zimmer

let it be — lass es sein

let him/her be — lass ihn/sie in Ruhe

how long has he been here? — wie lange ist er schon hier?

3) (happen) stattfinden; sein

where will the party be? — wo ist die Party?; wo findet die Party statt?

4) (go, come)

be off with you! — geh/geht!

I'm off or for home — ich gehe jetzt nach Hause

she's from Australia — sie stammt od. ist aus Australien

are you for London? — wollen Sie nach London?

5) (on visit etc.) sein

have you [ever] been to London? — bist du schon einmal in London gewesen?

has anyone been? — ist jemand da gewesen?

6)

she's been and tidied the room — (coll.) sie hat doch wirklich das Zimmer aufgeräumt

the children have been at the biscuits — die Kinder waren an den Keksen (ugs.)

I've been into this matter — ich habe mich mit der Sache befasst
3. auxiliary verb
1) forming passive werden

the child was found — das Kind wurde gefunden

German is spoken here — hier wird Deutsch gesprochen

2) forming continuous tenses, active

he is reading — er liest [gerade]; er ist beim Lesen

I am leaving tomorrow — ich reise morgen [ab]

the train was departing when I got there — der Zug fuhr gerade ab, als ich ankam

3) forming continuous tenses, passive

the house is/was being built — das Haus wird/wurde [gerade] gebaut

4) (expr. obligation)

be to — sollen

I am to inform you — ich soll Sie unterrichten

he is to be admired — er ist zu bewundern

5) (expr. arrangement)

be to — sollen

the Queen is to arrive at 3 p.m. — die Königin soll um 15 Uhr eintreffen

6) (expr. possibility)

it was not to be seen — es war nicht zu sehen

I was not to be side-tracked — ich ließ mich nicht ablenken

7) (expr. destiny)

they were never to meet again — sie sollten sich nie wieder treffen

8) (expr. condition)

if I were to tell you that..., were I to tell you that... — wenn ich dir sagen würde, dass...
4.
bride-/husband-to-be — zukünftige Braut/zukünftiger Ehemann

mother-/father-to-be — werdende Mutter/werdender Vater

the be-all and end-all — das A und O

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['bi: ɡi:]
( abbreviation) (Bachelor of Engineering; first degree in Engineering.)

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be

<was, been>

[bi:, bi]

vi + n/adj

1. (describes) sein

she's quite rich/ugly sie ist ziemlich reich/hässlich

what is that? was ist das?

she's a doctor sie ist Ärztin

what do you want to \be when you grow up? was willst du einmal werden, wenn du erwachsen bist?

you need to \be certain before you make an accusation like that du musst dir ganz sicher sein, bevor du so eine Anschuldigung vorbringst

“may I \be of service Madam?” the waiter asked „kann ich Ihnen behilflich sein, gnädige Frau?“ fragte der Kellner

to \be on the same wavelength auf der gleichen Wellenlänge liegen fam

to \be able to do sth etw tun können, in der Lage sein, etw zu tun

to \be from a country/a town aus einem Land/einer Stadt kommen

2. (composition) sein, bestehen aus

is this plate pure gold? ist dieser Teller aus reinem Gold?

3. (opinion)

▪ to \be for/against sth für/gegen etw akk sein

to \be all for sth ganz [o sehr] für etw akk sein

4. (calculation) sein, machen, kosten

two and two is four zwei und zwei ist vier

these books are 50p each diese Bücher kosten jeweils 50p

5. (timing)

to \be late/[right] on time zu spät/[genau] rechtzeitig kommen

6. (location) sein; town, country liegen

the keys are in that box die Schlüssel befinden sich in der Schachtel

the food was on the table das Essen stand auf dem Tisch

he's not here er ist nicht da

to \be in a fix [or jam] ( fam) in der Klemme stecken fam

to \be in a bad situation/trouble in einer schwierigen Situation/Schwierigkeiten sein

7. in pp (visit) sein

the postman hasn't been yet der Briefträger war noch nicht da

I've never been to Kenya ich bin noch nie in Kenia gewesen

8. (take place) stattfinden

the meeting is next Tuesday die Konferenz findet am nächsten Montag statt

9. (do) sein

to \be on benefit [or AM welfare] Sozialhilfe bekommen [o SCHWEIZ beziehen], Sozialhilfeempfänger/Sozialhilfeempfängerin sein

to \be on a diet auf Diät sein

to \be on the pill die Pille nehmen

to \be on standby/on holiday in [Ruf]bereitschaft/im Urlaub sein

▪ to \be up to sth etw im Schild[e] führen

10. (exist) existieren, vorhanden sein; ( old liter: live) leben, sein

let her \be! lass sie in Ruhe!

to \be or not to \be, that is the question Sein oder Nichtsein, das ist die Frage

there is/are... es gibt...

11. (expresses possibility)

can it [really] \be that...? ( form) ist es [tatsächlich] möglich, dass...?

is it that...? ( form) kann es sein, dass...?

12. (expresses ability)

sth is to \be done etw kann getan werden

the exhibition is currently to \be seen at the City Gallery die Ausstellung ist zurzeit in der Stadtgalerie zu besichtigen

13.

▪ to \be to do sth (expresses allowance) etw dürfen; (expresses obligation) etw sollen

▪ to not \be to do sth etw nicht dürfen

what are we to do? was sollen wir tun?

you're to sit in the corner and keep quiet du sollst dich in die Ecke setzen und ruhig sein

14.

▪ to \be to do sth (expresses future) etw tun werden

we are to visit Australia in the spring im Frühling reisen wir nach Australien; (expresses future in past)

she was never to see her brother again sie sollte ihren Bruder nie mehr wiedersehen; (in conditionals)

if I were you, I'd... an deiner Stelle würde ich...

if sb was [or were] to do sth,... wenn jd etw tun würde,...

if he was to work harder, he'd get better grades wenn er härter arbeiten würde, bekäme er bessere Noten

were sb to do sth,... ( form) würde jd etw tun,...

were I to refuse, they'd be very annoyed würde ich mich weigern, wären sie äußerst verärgert

15. (impersonal use)

what is it? was ist?

what's it to \be? (what are you drinking) was möchten Sie trinken?; (please decide now) was soll es denn [nun] sein?

it is only fair for me es erscheint mir nur fair

is it true that you were asked to resign? stimmt es, dass man dir nahegelegt hat, dein Amt niederzulegen?

it's not that I don't like her — it's just that we rarely agree on anything es ist nicht so, dass ich sie nicht mag — wir sind nur selten einer Meinung

as it were sozusagen, gleichsam

16. (expresses imperatives)

\be quiet or I'll...! sei still oder ich...!

\be seated! ( form) setzen Sie sich!, nehmen Sie Platz! geh

\be yourself! sei du selbst! [o ganz natürlich!

17. (expresses continuation)

▪ to \be doing sth gerade etw tun

don't talk about that while I'm eating sprich nicht davon, während ich beim Essen bin

she's studying to be a lawyer sie studiert, um Rechtsanwältin zu werden

it's raining es regnet

you're always complaining du beklagst dich dauernd

18. (expresses passive)

to \be asked/pushed gefragt/gestoßen werden

to \be be discovered by sb von jdm gefunden werden

to \be left an orphan als Waise zurückbleiben

to \be left speechless sprachlos sein

19.

▶ the \be-all and end-all das Ein und Alles [o A und O]

▶ far \be it from sb to do sth nichts liegt jdm ferner, als etw zu tun

▶ to \be off form nicht in Form sein

▶ the joke is on sb jd ist der Dumme

▶ \be that as it may wie dem auch sei

▶ to \be off (go away, leave) weggehen; (begin spoiling) schlecht sein

\be off with you! go away! geh! hau ab! fam

▶ so \be it so sei es, sei's drum fam

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[biː] pres am, is, are, pret was, were, ptp been
1. COPULATIVE VERB

1) with adjective, noun, pronoun sein

to be critical of — kritisch sein or sich kritisch äußern über (+acc)

be sensible! — sei vernünftig

who's that? – it's me/that's Mary — wer ist das? – ich bins/das ist Mary

if I were you — wenn ich Sie or an Ihrer Stelle wäre

he is a soldier/a German — er ist Soldat/Deutscher

he wants to be a doctor — er möchte Arzt werden Note that the article is used in German only when the noun is qualified by an adjective.

he's a good student/a true Englishman — er ist ein guter Student/ein echter Engländer

2)

referring to physical, mental state how are you? — wie gehts?

I'm better now — es geht mir jetzt besser

she's not at all well — es geht ihr gar nicht gut

to be hungry/thirsty — Hunger/Durst haben, hungrig/durstig sein

I am hot/cold/frozen — mir ist heiß/kalt/eiskalt

they were horrified — sie waren entsetzt

3) age sein

he's five — er ist fünf

how old is she? —

he'll be three next month — er wird nächsten Monat drei (Jahre alt)

4) = cost kosten

how much is that? — wie viel or was kostet das?

5) MATH sein

two times two is or are four — zwei mal zwei ist or sind or gibt vier

6) with possessive gehören (+dat)

that book is your brother's/his — das Buch gehört Ihrem Bruder/ihm, das ist das Buch Ihres Bruders/das ist sein Buch

7)

in exclamations was he pleased to hear it! — er war vielleicht froh, das zu hören!

but wasn't she glad when... — hat sie sich vielleicht gefreut, als...

8) Brit inf

how are you for a beer? — hast du Lust auf ein Bier?

2. AUXILIARY VERB

1)

in continuous tenses Note how German uses the simple tense:what are you doing? — was machst du da?

she's always complaining — sie beklagt sich dauernd

they're coming tomorrow — sie kommen morgen Note how German uses the present tense:

I have been waiting for you for half an hour — ich warte schon seit einer halben Stunde auf Sie

will you be seeing her tomorrow? — sehen or treffen Sie sie morgen?

you will be hearing from us — Sie hören von uns, Sie werden von uns hören Note the use of bei + infinitive:

we're just drinking coffee —

I've just been packing my case — ich war gerade beim Kofferpacken

I was packing my case when... — ich war gerade beim Kofferpacken, als...

2) in passive constructions werden

he was run over — er ist überfahren worden, er wurde überfahren

the box had been opened — die Schachtel war geöffnet worden

it is/was being repaired — es wird/wurde gerade repariert

I will not be intimidated — ich lasse mich nicht einschüchtern __diams; to be/not to be...

they are shortly to be married — sie werden bald heiraten

they were to have been married last week — sie hätten letzte Woche heiraten sollen

the car is to be sold — das Auto soll verkauft werden

she was to be/was to have been dismissed but... — sie sollte entlassen werden, aber.../sie hätte entlassen werden sollen, aber...

he is to be pitied/not to be envied —

not to be confused with — nicht zu verwechseln mit

what is to be done? — was ist zu tun?, was soll geschehen?

I am to look after her — ich soll mich um sie kümmern

I am not to be disturbed — ich möchte nicht gestört werden

he is not to open it — er soll es nicht öffnen

I wasn't to tell you his name — ich sollte or durfte Ihnen nicht sagen, wie er heißt; (but I did) ich hätte Ihnen eigentlich nicht sagen sollen or dürfen, wie er heißt

she was never to return — sie sollte nie zurückkehren

he was not to be persuaded — er war nicht zu überreden, er ließ sich nicht überreden

if it were or was to snow — falls or wenn es schneien sollte

and were I or if I were to tell him? — und wenn ich es ihm sagen würde?

3)

in tag questions/short answers he's always late, isn't he? – yes he is — er kommt doch immer zu spät, nicht? – ja, das stimmt

he's never late, is he? – yes he is — er kommt nie zu spät, oder? – oh, doch

you're not ill, are you? – yes I am/no I'm not — Sie sind doch nicht (etwa) krank? – doch!/nein

it's all done, is it? – yes it is/no it isn't — es ist also alles erledigt? – ja/nein

3. INTRANSITIVE VERB

1) sein; (= remain) bleiben

I'm going to Berlin – how long will you be there? — ich gehe nach Berlin – wie lange wirst du dort bleiben?

he is there at the moment but he won't be much longer — im Augenblick ist er dort, aber nicht mehr lange

we've been here a long time —

the powers that be — die zuständigen Stellen

let me/him be — lass mich/ihn (in Ruhe)

be that as it may — wie dem auch sei

to be or not to be — Sein oder Nichtsein

2) = be situated sein; (town, forest, papers) liegen, sein; (car, tower, chair) stehen, sein

3)

= visit, call I've been to Paris — ich war schon (ein)mal in Paris

the milkman has already been — der Milchmann war schon da

he has been and gone — er war da und ist wieder gegangen

now you've been and done it (inf) — jetzt hast du aber was angerichtet!

I've just been and (gone and) broken it! — jetzt hab ichs tatsächlich kaputt gemacht (inf)

4)

= like to have who's for coffee/tee/biscuits? — wer möchte (gerne)Kaffee/Tee/Kekse?

here is a book/are two books — hier ist ein Buch/sind zwei Bücher

there he was sitting at the table — da saß er nun am Tisch

nearby there are two churches — in der Nähe sind or stehen zwei Kirchen

4. IMPERSONAL VERB
sein
it is dark/morning — es ist dunkel/Morgen

tomorrow is Friday/the 14th of June — morgen ist Freitag/der 14. Juni, morgen haben wir Freitag/den 14. Juni

it is 5 km to the nearest town — es sind 5 km bis zur nächsten Stadt

who found it —

it was me or I (form) who said it first — ICH habe es zuerst gesagt, ich war derjenige, der es zuerst gesagt hat

were it not for the fact that I am a teacher, I would... —

were it not for my friendship with him — wenn ich nicht mit ihm befreundet wäre

were it not for him, if it weren't or wasn't for him — wenn er nicht wäre

and even if it were not so — und selbst wenn das or dem nicht so wäre

had it not been or if it hadn't been for him — wenn er nicht gewesen wäre

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be [biː] 1. sg präs am [æm], 2. sg präs are [ɑː(r)], obs art [ɑː(r)t], 3. sg präs is [ız], pl präs are [ɑː(r)], 1. und 3. sg prät was [wɒz; wəz; US wɑz], 2. sg prät were [wɜː; US wɜr], pl prät were [wɜː; US wɜr], pperf been [biːn; bın], ppr being [ˈbiːıŋ]

A v/aux

1. sein (mit dem pperf zur Bildung des Passivs):

he is gone er ist weg;

I am come obs ich bin da

2. werden (mit dem pperf zur Bildung des passiv):

the register was signed das Protokoll wurde unterzeichnet;

we were appealed to man wandte sich an uns;

you will be sent for man wird Sie holen lassen

3. ( mit to und inf) sollen, müssen, dürfen, können:

he is to be pitied er ist zu bedauern;

he is to die er muss oder soll sterben;

it is not to be seen es ist nicht zu sehen;

he was to become a great writer er sollte ein großer Schriftsteller werden;

it was not to be es sollte nicht sein, es hat nicht sollen sein;

if I were to die wenn ich sterben sollte

4. (mit dem ppr eines anderen Verbs zur Bildung der Verlaufsform):

he is reading er liest (eben oder gerade), er ist beim Lesen;

he was smoking when the teacher entered er rauchte (gerade), als der Lehrer hereinkam;

the house is building ( oder is being built) das Haus ist im Bau

5. a) (zum Ausdruck der nahen Zukunft):

I am going to Paris tomorrow ich fahre morgen nach Paris

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6. (als Kopula) sein:

he is my father

B v/i

1. (Zustand oder Beschaffenheit bezeichnend) sein, sich befinden, der Fall sein:

the mirror is too high der Spiegel hängt zu hoch;

they are eight points behind SPORT etc sie liegen acht Punkte hinter (dat);

they are for export only sie sind nur für den Export bestimmt;

where was I? wo war ich stehen geblieben?;

let him be lass ihn in Ruhe!;

be it so, so be it, let it be so gut so, so sei es;

be it that … gesetzt den Fall, (dass) …;

how is it that …? wie kommt es, dass …?;

be that as it may wie dem auch sei

2. (vorhanden) sein, bestehen, existieren:

I think, therefore I am ich denke, also bin ich;

he is no more er ist (lebt) nicht mehr;

to be or not to be, that is the question Sein oder Nichtsein, das ist hier die Frage

3. a) geschehen, stattfinden, vor sich gehen, sein:

when will the meeting be? wann findet die Versammlung statt?

b) gehen, fahren (Bus etc):

when is the next bus?

4. (beruflich oder altersmäßig) werden:

I’ll be an engineer ich werde Ingenieur (wenn ich erwachsen bin);

what do you want to be when you grow up? was willst du einmal werden?;

you should have been a priest du hättest Priester werden sollen;

I’ll be 50 next month ich werde nächsten Monat 50;

she was 26 last month sie wurde letzten Monat 26

5. (eine bestimmte Zeit) her sein:

it is ten years since he died es ist zehn Jahre her, dass er starb; er starb vor zehn Jahren

6. (aus)gegangen sein (mit Formen der Vergangenheit und Angabe des Zieles der Bewegung):

he had been to town er war in die Stadt gegangen;

he had been bathing er war baden (gegangen);

I won’t be long ich werde nicht lange wegbleiben

7. (mit dem Possessiv) gehören:

this book is my sister’s das Buch gehört meiner Schwester;

are these glasses yours? gehört die Brille dir?, ist das deine Brille?

8. stammen ( from aus):

this painting is from the 18th century;

he is from Liverpool er ist oder stammt aus Liverpool

9. a) kosten:

how much are the gloves? was kosten die Handschuhe?

b) betragen (Preis):

that’ll be £4.15 das macht 4 Pfund 15

10. bedeuten:

what is that to me? was kümmert mich das?

11. zur Bekräftigung der bejahenden oder verneinenden Antwort: are these your cigarettes? yes, they are (no, they aren’t) ja (nein)

12. dauern:

the performance is approximately two hours;

it will probably be some time before … es wird wahrscheinlich einige Zeit dauern, bis …

13. FILM, TV mitwirken (in in dat):

be in a TV seriesBesondere Redewendungen: it is they that have seen him sie haben ihn gesehen;

be an hour in going to … eine Stunde brauchen, um nach … zu gehen;

has any one been? umg ist jemand da gewesen?;

the government that is (was) die gegenwärtige (vergangene) Regierung;

my wife that is to be obs meine zukünftige Frau;

he is dead, is he not ( oder isn’t he)? er ist tot, nicht wahr?;

I am next, am I not (od umg aren’t I) ? ich bin der Nächste, nicht wahr?;

he is not dead, is he? er ist doch nicht (etwa) tot?;

have you ever been to Rome? sind Sie schon einmal in Rom gewesen?;

we have been into the matter wir haben uns damit (bereits) befasst;

I’ve been through all this before ich hab das alles schon einmal mitgemacht

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1. verb,
pres. t. I am, neg. (coll.) ain't, he is, neg. (coll.) isn't

Ex:

we are — neg. (coll.) aren't; p.t. I was, neg. (coll.) wasn't, we were, neg. (coll.) weren't; pres. p. being; p.p. been copula

/Ex:

1) (indicating quality or attribute) sein

she'll be ten next week — sie wird nächste Woche zehn

she is a mother/an Italian — sie ist Mutter/Italienerin

being a Frenchman, he likes wine — als Franzose trinkt er gern Wein

he is being nice to them/sarcastic — er ist nett zu ihnen/jetzt ist er sarkastisch

2) in exclamation

was she pleased! — war sie [vielleicht] froh!

aren't you a big boy! — was bist du schon für ein großer Junge!

3) will be (indicating supposition)

[I dare say] you'll be a big boy by now — du bist jetzt sicher schon ein großer Junge

you'll be relieved to hear that — du wirst erleichtert sein, das zu hören

4) (indicating physical or mental welfare or state) sein; sich fühlen

I am hot — mir ist heiß

I am freezing — mich friert es

how are you/is she? — wie geht's (ugs.) /geht es ihr?

5) identifying the subject

it is the 5th today — heute haben wir den Fünften

who's that? — wer ist das?

it is she, it's her — sie ist's

if I were you — an deiner Stelle

6) (indicating profession, pastime, etc.)

be a teacher/a footballer — Lehrer/Fußballer sein

she wants to be a surgeon — sie möchte Chirurgin werden

7) with possessive

it is hers — es ist ihrs; es gehört ihr

8) (cost) kosten

how much are the eggs? — was kosten die Eier?

9) (equal) sein

two times three is six, two threes are six — zweimal drei ist od. sind od. gibt sechs

sixteen ounces is a pound — sechzehn Unzen sind od. ergeben ein Pfund

10) (constitute) bilden

London is not England — London ist nicht [gleich] England

11) (mean) bedeuten

he was everything to her — er bedeutete ihr alles
2. intransitive verb
1) (exist) [vorhanden] sein; existieren

can such things be? — kann es so etwas geben?; kann so etwas vorkommen?

I think, therefore I am — ich denke, also bin ich

there is/are... — es gibt...

for the time being — vorläufig

Miss Jones that was — das frühere Fräulein Jones

be that as it may — wie dem auch sei

2) (remain) bleiben

I shan't be a moment or second — ich komme gleich; noch eine Minute

she has been in her room for hours — sie ist schon seit Stunden in ihrem Zimmer

let it be — lass es sein

let him/her be — lass ihn/sie in Ruhe

how long has he been here? — wie lange ist er schon hier?

3) (happen) stattfinden; sein

where will the party be? — wo ist die Party?; wo findet die Party statt?

4) (go, come)

be off with you! — geh/geht!

I'm off or for home — ich gehe jetzt nach Hause

she's from Australia — sie stammt od. ist aus Australien

are you for London? — wollen Sie nach London?

5) (on visit etc.) sein

have you [ever] been to London? — bist du schon einmal in London gewesen?

has anyone been? — ist jemand da gewesen?

6)

she's been and tidied the room — (coll.) sie hat doch wirklich das Zimmer aufgeräumt

the children have been at the biscuits — die Kinder waren an den Keksen (ugs.)

I've been into this matter — ich habe mich mit der Sache befasst
3. auxiliary verb
1) forming passive werden

the child was found — das Kind wurde gefunden

German is spoken here — hier wird Deutsch gesprochen

2) forming continuous tenses, active

he is reading — er liest [gerade]; er ist beim Lesen

I am leaving tomorrow — ich reise morgen [ab]

the train was departing when I got there — der Zug fuhr gerade ab, als ich ankam

3) forming continuous tenses, passive

the house is/was being built — das Haus wird/wurde [gerade] gebaut

4) (expr. obligation)

be to — sollen

I am to inform you — ich soll Sie unterrichten

he is to be admired — er ist zu bewundern

5) (expr. arrangement)

be to — sollen

the Queen is to arrive at 3 p.m. — die Königin soll um 15 Uhr eintreffen

6) (expr. possibility)

it was not to be seen — es war nicht zu sehen

I was not to be side-tracked — ich ließ mich nicht ablenken

7) (expr. destiny)

they were never to meet again — sie sollten sich nie wieder treffen

8) (expr. condition)

if I were to tell you that..., were I to tell you that... — wenn ich dir sagen würde, dass...
4.
bride-/husband-to-be — zukünftige Braut/zukünftiger Ehemann

mother-/father-to-be — werdende Mutter/werdender Vater

the be-all and end-all — das A und O

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(in a state of) shock expr.

einen Schock haben ausdr. (left) stranded expr.

auf dem trockenen sitzen ausdr.

aufgeschmissen sein ausdr. (on a) level with expr.

auf dem gleichen Niveau stehen wie ausdr.

auf gleicher Höhe sein mit ausdr.

genauso hoch sein wie ausdr. v.

(§ p.,p.p.: was, were, been)

= sein v.

(§ p.,pp.: war, ist gewesen)

sich befinden v.

sich fühlen v.

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