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  • 61 Philosophy

       And what I believe to be more important here is that I find in myself an infinity of ideas of certain things which cannot be assumed to be pure nothingness, even though they may have perhaps no existence outside of my thought. These things are not figments of my imagination, even though it is within my power to think of them or not to think of them; on the contrary, they have their own true and immutable natures. Thus, for example, when I imagine a triangle, even though there may perhaps be no such figure anywhere in the world outside of my thought, nor ever have been, nevertheless the figure cannot help having a certain determinate nature... or essence, which is immutable and eternal, which I have not invented and which does not in any way depend upon my mind. (Descartes, 1951, p. 61)
       Let us console ourselves for not knowing the possible connections between a spider and the rings of Saturn, and continue to examine what is within our reach. (Voltaire, 1961, p. 144)
       As modern physics started with the Newtonian revolution, so modern philosophy starts with what one might call the Cartesian Catastrophe. The catastrophe consisted in the splitting up of the world into the realms of matter and mind, and the identification of "mind" with conscious thinking. The result of this identification was the shallow rationalism of l'esprit Cartesien, and an impoverishment of psychology which it took three centuries to remedy even in part. (Koestler, 1964, p. 148)
       It has been made of late a reproach against natural philosophy that it has struck out on a path of its own, and has separated itself more and more widely from the other sciences which are united by common philological and historical studies. The opposition has, in fact, been long apparent, and seems to me to have grown up mainly under the influence of the Hegelian philosophy, or, at any rate, to have been brought out into more distinct relief by that philosophy.... The sole object of Kant's "Critical Philosophy" was to test the sources and the authority of our knowledge, and to fix a definite scope and standard for the researches of philosophy, as compared with other sciences.... [But Hegel's] "Philosophy of Identity" was bolder. It started with the hypothesis that not only spiritual phenomena, but even the actual world-nature, that is, and man-were the result of an act of thought on the part of a creative mind, similar, it was supposed, in kind to the human mind.... The philosophers accused the scientific men of narrowness; the scientific men retorted that the philosophers were crazy. And so it came about that men of science began to lay some stress on the banishment of all philosophic influences from their work; while some of them, including men of the greatest acuteness, went so far as to condemn philosophy altogether, not merely as useless, but as mischievous dreaming. Thus, it must be confessed, not only were the illegitimate pretensions of the Hegelian system to subordinate to itself all other studies rejected, but no regard was paid to the rightful claims of philosophy, that is, the criticism of the sources of cognition, and the definition of the functions of the intellect. (Helmholz, quoted in Dampier, 1966, pp. 291-292)
       Philosophy remains true to its classical tradition by renouncing it. (Habermas, 1972, p. 317)
       I have not attempted... to put forward any grand view of the nature of philosophy; nor do I have any such grand view to put forth if I would. It will be obvious that I do not agree with those who see philosophy as the history of "howlers" and progress in philosophy as the debunking of howlers. It will also be obvious that I do not agree with those who see philosophy as the enterprise of putting forward a priori truths about the world.... I see philosophy as a field which has certain central questions, for example, the relation between thought and reality.... It seems obvious that in dealing with these questions philosophers have formulated rival research programs, that they have put forward general hypotheses, and that philosophers within each major research program have modified their hypotheses by trial and error, even if they sometimes refuse to admit that that is what they are doing. To that extent philosophy is a "science." To argue about whether philosophy is a science in any more serious sense seems to me to be hardly a useful occupation.... It does not seem to me important to decide whether science is philosophy or philosophy is science as long as one has a conception of both that makes both essential to a responsible view of the world and of man's place in it. (Putnam, 1975, p. xvii)
       What can philosophy contribute to solving the problem of the relation [of] mind to body? Twenty years ago, many English-speaking philosophers would have answered: "Nothing beyond an analysis of the various mental concepts." If we seek knowledge of things, they thought, it is to science that we must turn. Philosophy can only cast light upon our concepts of those things.
       This retreat from things to concepts was not undertaken lightly. Ever since the seventeenth century, the great intellectual fact of our culture has been the incredible expansion of knowledge both in the natural and in the rational sciences (mathematics, logic).
       The success of science created a crisis in philosophy. What was there for philosophy to do? Hume had already perceived the problem in some degree, and so surely did Kant, but it was not until the twentieth century, with the Vienna Circle and with Wittgenstein, that the difficulty began to weigh heavily. Wittgenstein took the view that philosophy could do no more than strive to undo the intellectual knots it itself had tied, so achieving intellectual release, and even a certain illumination, but no knowledge. A little later, and more optimistically, Ryle saw a positive, if reduced role, for philosophy in mapping the "logical geography" of our concepts: how they stood to each other and how they were to be analyzed....
       Since that time, however, philosophers in the "analytic" tradition have swung back from Wittgensteinian and even Rylean pessimism to a more traditional conception of the proper role and tasks of philosophy. Many analytic philosophers now would accept the view that the central task of philosophy is to give an account, or at least play a part in giving an account, of the most general nature of things and of man. (Armstrong, 1990, pp. 37-38)
       8) Philosophy's Evolving Engagement with Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science
       In the beginning, the nature of philosophy's engagement with artificial intelligence and cognitive science was clear enough. The new sciences of the mind were to provide the long-awaited vindication of the most potent dreams of naturalism and materialism. Mind would at last be located firmly within the natural order. We would see in detail how the most perplexing features of the mental realm could be supported by the operations of solely physical laws upon solely physical stuff. Mental causation (the power of, e.g., a belief to cause an action) would emerge as just another species of physical causation. Reasoning would be understood as a kind of automated theorem proving. And the key to both was to be the depiction of the brain as the implementation of multiple higher level programs whose task was to manipulate and transform symbols or representations: inner items with one foot in the physical (they were realized as brain states) and one in the mental (they were bearers of contents, and their physical gymnastics were cleverly designed to respect semantic relationships such as truth preservation). (A. Clark, 1996, p. 1)
       Socrates of Athens famously declared that "the unexamined life is not worth living," and his motto aptly explains the impulse to philosophize. Taking nothing for granted, philosophy probes and questions the fundamental presuppositions of every area of human inquiry.... [P]art of the job of the philosopher is to keep at a certain critical distance from current doctrines, whether in the sciences or the arts, and to examine instead how the various elements in our world-view clash, or fit together. Some philosophers have tried to incorporate the results of these inquiries into a grand synoptic view of the nature of reality and our human relationship to it. Others have mistrusted system-building, and seen their primary role as one of clarifications, or the removal of obstacles along the road to truth. But all have shared the Socratic vision of using the human intellect to challenge comfortable preconceptions, insisting that every aspect of human theory and practice be subjected to continuing critical scrutiny....
       Philosophy is, of course, part of a continuing tradition, and there is much to be gained from seeing how that tradition originated and developed. But the principal object of studying the materials in this book is not to pay homage to past genius, but to enrich one's understanding of central problems that are as pressing today as they have always been-problems about knowledge, truth and reality, the nature of the mind, the basis of right action, and the best way to live. These questions help to mark out the territory of philosophy as an academic discipline, but in a wider sense they define the human predicament itself; they will surely continue to be with us for as long as humanity endures. (Cottingham, 1996, pp. xxi-xxii)
       In his study of ancient Greek culture, The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche drew what would become a famous distinction, between the Dionysian spirit, the untamed spirit of art and creativity, and the Apollonian, that of reason and self-control. The story of Greek civilization, and all civilizations, Nietzsche implied, was the gradual victory of Apollonian man, with his desire for control over nature and himself, over Dionysian man, who survives only in myth, poetry, music, and drama. Socrates and Plato had attacked the illusions of art as unreal, and had overturned the delicate cultural balance by valuing only man's critical, rational, and controlling consciousness while denigrating his vital life instincts as irrational and base. The result of this division is "Alexandrian man," the civilized and accomplished Greek citizen of the later ancient world, who is "equipped with the greatest forces of knowledge" but in whom the wellsprings of creativity have dried up. (Herman, 1997, pp. 95-96)

    Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Philosophy

  • 62 feel

    1. transitive verb,
    1) (explore by touch) befühlen

    feel one's waysich (Dat.) seinen Weg ertasten; (fig.): (try something out) sich vorsichtig vor[an]tasten

    2) (perceive by touch) fühlen; (become aware of) bemerken; (be aware of) merken; (have sensation of) spüren
    3) empfinden [Mitleid, Dank, Eifersucht]; verspüren [Drang, Wunsch]

    feel the cold/ heat — unter der Kälte/Hitze leiden

    make itself felt — zu spüren sein; (have effect) sich bemerkbar machen

    4) (experience) empfinden; (be affected by) zu spüren bekommen
    5) (have vague or emotional conviction)

    feel [that]... — das Gefühl haben, dass...

    6) (think)

    feel [that]... — glauben, dass...

    2. intransitive verb,
    1)

    feel [about] in something [for something] — in etwas (Dat.) [nach etwas] [herum]suchen

    feel [about] [after or for something] with something — mit etwas [nach etwas] [umher]tasten

    2) (have sense of touch) fühlen
    3) (be conscious that one is) sich... fühlen

    feel angry/delighted/disappointed — böse/froh/enttäuscht sein

    feel inclined to do something — dazu neigen, etwas zu tun

    the child did not feel loved/wanted — das Kind hatte das Gefühl, ungeliebt/unerwünscht zu sein

    I felt sorry for himer tat mir leid

    how do you feel today?wie fühlst du dich od. wie geht es dir heute?

    feel like something/doing something — (coll.): (wish to have/do) auf etwas (Akk.) Lust haben/Lust haben, etwas zu tun

    we feel as if or as though... — es kommt uns vor, als ob...; (have the impression that) wir haben das Gefühl, dass...

    how do you feel about the idea?was hältst du von der Idee?

    if that's how or the way you feel about it — wenn du so darüber denkst

    4) (be emotionally affected)

    feel passionately/bitterly about something — sich für etwas begeistern/über etwas (Akk.) verbittert sein

    5) (be consciously perceived as) sich... anfühlen

    it feels nice/uncomfortable — es ist ein angenehmes/unangenehmes Gefühl

    3. noun

    let me have a feellass mich mal fühlen

    get/have a feel for something — (fig.) ein Gespür für etwas bekommen/haben

    Phrasal Verbs:
    - academic.ru/86960/feel_for">feel for
    - feel out
    - feel with
    * * *
    [fi:l]
    past tense, past participle - felt; verb
    1) (to become aware of (something) by the sense of touch: She felt his hand on her shoulder.) fühlen
    2) (to find out the shape, size, texture etc of something by touching, usually with the hands: She felt the parcel carefully.) befühlen
    3) (to experience or be aware of (an emotion, sensation etc): He felt a sudden anger.) spüren
    4) (to think (oneself) to be: She feels sick; How does she feel about her work?) fühlen
    5) (to believe or consider: She feels that the firm treated her badly.) glauben
    - feeler
    - feeling
    - feel as if / as though
    - feel like
    - feel one's way
    - get the feel of
    * * *
    [fi:l]
    I. vt
    <felt, felt>
    to \feel sth etw fühlen [o spüren]
    to \feel one's age sein Alter spüren
    to \feel anger/jealousy wütend/eifersüchtig sein
    to \feel it in one's bones [that...] es im Gefühl haben[, dass...]
    to \feel the cold/heat unter der Kälte/Hitze leiden
    she \feels the cold more than most people sie ist kälteempfindlicher als die meisten Menschen
    to \feel an idiot sich dat wie ein Idiot vorkommen
    you made me \feel a real idiot du hast mir das Gefühl gegeben, ein richtiger Idiot zu sein
    to \feel joy sich akk freuen
    to \feel nothing for sb für jdn nichts empfinden
    do you still \feel anything for Robert? hast du noch etwas für Robert übrig?
    to \feel one's old self [again] [wieder] ganz der/die Alte sein
    what do you \feel about it? was hältst du davon?
    to \feel it appropriate/necessary/right to do sth es für angebracht/notwendig/richtig halten, etw zu tun
    to \feel that... der Meinung sein, dass...
    to \feel sth etw fühlen
    I had to \feel my way along the wall ich musste mich die Wand entlangtasten; ( fig)
    they're \feeling their way towards a solution sie tasten sich an eine Lösung heran
    II. vi
    <felt, felt>
    1. + adj (sense)
    my mouth \feels very dry mein Mund fühlt sich ganz trocken an
    my eyes \feel sore from the smoke meine Augen brennen von dem Rauch
    it \feels awful to tell you this ich fühle mich ganz schrecklich dabei, dir das zu sagen
    it \feels all wrong somehow ich habe ein ganz schlechtes Gefühl dabei
    how do you \feel about it? was sagst du dazu?
    how does it \feel to be world champion? wie fühlt man sich als Weltmeister?
    to \feel angry/glad/sad wütend/froh/traurig sein
    to \feel better/ill/well sich akk besser/krank/wohl fühlen
    to \feel certain [or convinced] [or sure] sich dat sicher sein
    to \feel foolish sich dat dumm vorkommen
    to \feel free to do sth etw ruhig tun fam
    \feel free to visit any time you like du kannst uns gern [o fam ruhig] jederzeit besuchen
    to \feel good/bad sich akk gut/schlecht fühlen
    sb \feels hot/cold jdm ist heiß/kalt
    sb \feels hungry/thirsty jd ist hungrig/durstig [o hat Hunger/Durst]
    to \feel safe sich akk sicher fühlen
    to \feel as if one were doing sth das Gefühl haben, etw zu tun
    to \feel for sb mit jdm fühlen
    to \feel like sth sich akk wie etw fühlen
    I \feel like nothing on earth ( fam) ich fühle mich hundeelend fam
    what does it \feel like? was für ein Gefühl ist das?
    2. + adj (seem) scheinen
    the bag felt heavy die Tasche kam mir schwer vor
    how do the shoes \feel? was für ein Gefühl hast du in den Schuhen?
    3. (search) tasten
    to \feel along sth etw abtasten
    to \feel for sth nach etw dat tasten
    4. (want)
    to \feel like sth zu etw dat Lust haben
    to \feel like doing sth Lust haben, etw zu tun
    III. n no pl
    the \feel of wool das Gefühl von Wolle [auf der Haut]
    you can recognize high-quality leather simply by the \feel of it hochwertiges Leder kann man schon beim Anfassen erkennen
    the material has a nice \feel to it das Material fühlt sich gut an
    2. (touch) Berühren nt; (by holding) Anfassen nt
    she had a \feel around in the bottom of the trunk sie tastete den Boden der Truhe ab
    she let me have a \feel ( fam) ich durfte sie betatschen fam
    3. (air) Ambiente nt; (positive also) Flair nt
    a \feel of mystery eine geheimnisvolle Atmosphäre
    4. (talent) Gespür nt
    to get the/have a \feel for sth ein Gespür für etw akk bekommen/haben
    * * *
    [fiːl] vb: pret, ptp felt
    1. vt
    1) (= touch) fühlen; (examining) befühlen

    I'm still feeling my way ( in my new job) — ich versuche noch, mich (in meiner neuen Stelle) zurechtzufinden

    2) (= be aware of by touching, feeling) prick, sun etc fühlen, spüren

    I felt it move — ich spürte, wie es sich bewegte

    3) (= be conscious of in oneself) regret, joy, fear etc fühlen, empfinden; effects spüren

    I felt myself blush — ich merkte or spürte, dass ich rot wurde

    he felt a sense of regret —

    can't you feel the sadness in this music?können Sie nicht empfinden, wie traurig diese Musik ist?

    she felt his eyes on her — sie merkte or spürte, wie er sie ansah

    4) (= be affected by) heat, cold, insult, loss leiden unter (+dat)

    I don't feel the cold as much as he does —

    a right hook which he really felt — ein rechter Haken, der saß

    she's fallen, I bet she felt that! — sie ist hingefallen, das hat bestimmt wehgetan!

    5) (= think) glauben

    what do you feel about him/it? — was halten Sie von ihm/davon?

    it was felt that... — man war der Meinung, dass...

    don't feel you have to... — glauben Sie nicht, Sie müssten...

    I can't help feeling that... — ich kann mir nicht helfen, ich glaube, dass...

    2. vi
    1) (indicating physical or mental state person) sich fühlen

    to feel well/ill/apprehensive — sich wohlfühlen/elend/unsicher fühlen

    I feel sick —

    to feel convinced/certain — überzeugt/sicher sein

    to feel hungry/thirsty/sleepy — hungrig/durstig/müde sein

    I feel hot/cold — mir ist heiß/kalt

    I felt very touched by his remarks —

    I feel much better — ich fühle mich viel besser, es geht mir viel besser

    I felt sad/strange — mir war traurig/komisch zumute or zu Mute

    I felt as though I'd never been away — mir war, als ob ich nie weg gewesen wäre

    I felt as if I was going to be sick — ich dachte, mir würde schlecht werden

    you can imagine what I felt like or how I feltSie können sich (dat) vorstellen, wie mir zumute or zu Mute war

    2) (= feel to the touch material, ground, bricks etc) sich anfühlen

    to feel hard/soft/rough etc — sich hart/weich/rau etc anfühlen

    the room/air feels warm — das Zimmer/die Luft kommt einem warm vor

    3) (= think, have opinions) meinen

    how do you feel about him/the idea/going for a walk? —

    that's just how I feel — das meine ich auch, ich bin genau derselben Meinung

    4)

    I felt like screaming/crying/giving up — ich hätte am liebsten geschrien/geheult/aufgegeben, ich hätte schreien/heulen/aufgeben können

    if you feel like it — wenn Sie Lust haben, wenn Sie wollen or gern möchten

    5) impers

    what does it feel like or how does it feel to be the boss? — wie fühlt man sich als Chef?, was ist das für ein Gefühl, Chef zu sein?

    3. n no pl
    1)
    2)

    (= quality when touched) it has a velvety/papery feel — es fühlt sich samten/wie Papier an

    he loved the feel of her skin — er liebte es, wie sich ihre Haut anfühlte

    he recognizes things by their feel — er erkennt Dinge daran, wie sie sich anfühlen

    3)

    (= quality) the room has a cosy feel —

    there's a nostalgic feel to his musicseine Musik klingt nostalgisch

    4) (fig)

    to get/have a feel for sth — ein Gefühl nt für etw bekommen/haben

    * * *
    feel [fiːl]
    A v/t prät und pperf felt [felt]
    1. anfassen, (be)fühlen, anfühlen:
    feel up umg jemanden befummeln;
    feel one’s way
    a) sich tasten(d zurechtfinden),
    b) fig vorsichtig vorgehen;
    feel one’s way through the dark sich durch das Dunkel tasten; pulse1 A 1
    2. a) die Kälte etc fühlen, (ver)spüren, wahrnehmen, merken:
    feel one’s age sein Alter spüren;
    I felt myself blush ich spürte, wie ich rot wurde;
    make itself felt spürbar werden, sich bemerkbar machen; presence 1 a
    b) jemandes Zorn etc zu spüren oder zu fühlen bekommen
    3. Vergnügen etc empfinden:
    he felt the loss deeply der Verlust ging ihm sehr zu Herzen
    4. a) ahnen, spüren: bone1 A 1
    b) das Gefühl oder den Eindruck haben, glauben ( alle:
    that dass):
    I feel that … ich finde, dass …; es scheint mir, dass …;
    it is felt in London that … in London ist man der Ansicht, dass …
    c) halten für:
    I feel it (to be) my duty ich halte es für meine Pflicht;
    it was felt to be unwise man erachtete es für unklug
    5. auch feel out umg etwas sondieren, jemandem auf den Zahn fühlen
    B v/i
    1. fühlen:
    he has lost all ability to feel in his left hand er hat in seiner linken Hand keinerlei Gefühl mehr
    2. auch feel to see fühlen, durch Fühlen oder Tasten festzustellen suchen oder feststellen (whether, if ob; how wie)
    a) tasten nach:
    feel along the wall for die Wand abtasten nach
    b) vorsichtig Ausschau halten nach
    c) suchen nach einer Ausrede etc
    d) herausfinden; versuchen, etwas herauszufinden:
    in the absence of a book of instructions we had to feel for the best way to operate the machine
    4. gefühlsmäßig reagieren oder handeln
    5. sich fühlen, sich befinden, sich vorkommen, sein:
    feel ill sich krank fühlen;
    I feel warm mir ist warm;
    I don’t feel quite myself ich bin nicht ganz auf dem Posten;
    a) sich einer Sache gewachsen fühlen,
    b) sich in der Lage fühlen zu etwas,
    c) in (der) Stimmung sein zu etwas;
    feel like a new man (woman) sich wie neugeboren fühlen;
    feel 40 sich wie 40 fühlen;
    feel like (doing) sth Lust haben zu einer oder auf eine Sache(, etwas zu tun);
    feel like auch Appetit haben auf (akk);
    don’t feel compelled fühlen Sie sich nicht gezwungen; bad1 A 15, certain 1, cold A 2, warm A 1
    6. Mitgefühl oder Mitleid haben (for, with mit):
    we feel with you wir fühlen mit euch
    a) entschiedene Ansichten haben über (akk),
    b) sich erregen über (akk);
    how do you feel about it? was meinst du dazu?
    8. sich anfühlen:
    9. unpers sich fühlen:
    they know how it feels to be hungry sie wissen, was es heißt, hungrig zu sein
    C s
    1. Gefühl n (Art und Weise, wie sich etwas anfühlt):
    2. (An)Fühlen n:
    it is soft to the feel, it has a soft feel es fühlt sich weich an;
    let me have a feel lass mich mal fühlen
    3. Gefühl n:
    a) Empfindung f, Eindruck m
    b) Stimmung f, Atmosphäre f
    c) Feingefühl n, (feiner) Instinkt, Riecher m umg ( alle:
    for für):
    clutch feel AUTO Gefühl für richtiges Kuppeln
    * * *
    1. transitive verb,
    1) (explore by touch) befühlen

    feel one's waysich (Dat.) seinen Weg ertasten; (fig.): (try something out) sich vorsichtig vor[an]tasten

    3) empfinden [Mitleid, Dank, Eifersucht]; verspüren [Drang, Wunsch]

    feel the cold/ heat — unter der Kälte/Hitze leiden

    make itself felt — zu spüren sein; (have effect) sich bemerkbar machen

    4) (experience) empfinden; (be affected by) zu spüren bekommen

    feel [that]... — das Gefühl haben, dass...

    feel [that]... — glauben, dass...

    2. intransitive verb,
    1)

    feel [about] in something [for something] — in etwas (Dat.) [nach etwas] [herum]suchen

    feel [about] [after or for something] with something — mit etwas [nach etwas] [umher]tasten

    3) (be conscious that one is) sich... fühlen

    feel angry/delighted/disappointed — böse/froh/enttäuscht sein

    feel inclined to do something — dazu neigen, etwas zu tun

    the child did not feel loved/wanted — das Kind hatte das Gefühl, ungeliebt/unerwünscht zu sein

    how do you feel today?wie fühlst du dich od. wie geht es dir heute?

    feel like something/doing something — (coll.): (wish to have/do) auf etwas (Akk.) Lust haben/Lust haben, etwas zu tun

    we feel as if or as though... — es kommt uns vor, als ob...; (have the impression that) wir haben das Gefühl, dass...

    if that's how or the way you feel about it — wenn du so darüber denkst

    feel passionately/bitterly about something — sich für etwas begeistern/über etwas (Akk.) verbittert sein

    5) (be consciously perceived as) sich... anfühlen

    it feels nice/uncomfortable — es ist ein angenehmes/unangenehmes Gefühl

    3. noun

    get/have a feel for something — (fig.) ein Gespür für etwas bekommen/haben

    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    expr.
    betasten ausdr.
    empfinden ausdr.
    fühlen ausdr.
    sich fühlen ausdr.
    spüren ausdr. v.
    sich befinden v.
    sich fühlen v.

    English-german dictionary > feel

  • 63 Judge

    1. noun
    1) Richter, der/Richterin, die
    2) (in contest) Preisrichter, der/-richterin, die; (Sport) Kampfrichter, der/-richterin, die; Schiedsrichter, der/-richterin, die; (in dispute) Schiedsrichter, der/-richterin, die
    3) (fig.): (connoisseur, critic) Kenner, der/Kennerin, die

    judge of character — Menschenkenner, der

    be a good judge of somethingetwas gut beurteilen können

    4) (person who decides question) Schiedsrichter, der
    2. transitive verb
    1) (pronounce sentence on) richten (geh.)

    judge somebody (Law) jemandes Fall entscheiden

    2) (try) verhandeln [Fall]
    3) (act as adjudicator of) Preisrichter/-richterin sein bei; (Sport) Schiedsrichter/-richterin sein bei
    4) (form opinion about) urteilen od. ein Urteil fällen über (+ Akk.); beurteilen

    judge something [to be] necessary — etwas für od. als notwendig erachten

    5) (decide) entscheiden [Angelegenheit, Frage]
    3. intransitive verb
    (form a judgement) urteilen

    to judge by its size,... — der Größe nach zu urteilen,...

    judging or to judge by the look on his face... — nach dem Gesicht zu schließen, das er macht/machte,...

    judging from what you say,... — nach dem, was du sagst,...

    as far as I can judge,... — soweit ich es beurteilen kann,...

    * * *
    1. verb
    1) (to hear and try (cases) in a court of law: Who will be judging this murder case?) Recht sprechen
    2) (to decide which is the best in a competition etc: Is she going to judge the singing competition again?; Who will be judging the vegetables at the flower show?; Who is judging at the horse show?) entscheiden
    3) (to consider and form an idea of; to estimate: You can't judge a man by his appearance; Watch how a cat judges the distance before it jumps; She couldn't judge whether he was telling the truth.) beurteilen
    4) (to criticize for doing wrong: We have no right to judge him - we might have done the same thing ourselves.) verurteilen
    2. noun
    1) (a public officer who hears and decides cases in a law court: The judge asked if the jury had reached a verdict.) der Richter
    2) (a person who decides which is the best in a competition etc: The judge's decision is final (= you cannot argue with the judge's decision); He was asked to be on the panel of judges at the beauty contest.) der/die Schiedsrichter(in)
    3) (a person who is skilled at deciding how good etc something is: He says she's honest, and he's a good judge of character; He seems a very fine pianist to me, but I'm no judge.) der/die Kenner(in)
    - academic.ru/40170/judgement">judgement
    - judgment
    - judging from / to judge from
    - pass judgement on
    - pass judgement
    * * *
    [ʤʌʤ]
    I. n
    1. LAW Richter(in) m(f)
    2. (at a competition) Preisrichter(in) m(f); SPORT (in boxing, gymnastics, wrestling) Punktrichter(in) m(f); (in athletics, swimming) Kampfrichter(in) m(f), Schiedsrichter(in) m(f)
    3. (expert) of literature, music, wine Kenner(in) m(f)
    let me be the \judge of that das überlassen Sie am besten meinem Urteil
    to be no \judge of art kein Kunstkenner sein
    to be a good/bad \judge of character ein guter/schlechter Menschenkenner sein
    to be [not] a good \judge of sth etw [nicht] gut beurteilen können
    II. vi
    1. (decide) urteilen
    it's too soon to \judge für ein Urteil ist es noch zu früh
    you shouldn't \judge by [or on] appearances alone man sollte nicht nur nach dem Äußeren gehen
    judging by [or from] his comments, he seems to have been misinformed seinen Äußerungen nach zu urteilen, ist er falsch informiert worden
    2. (estimate) schätzen
    I'd \judge that it'll take us five years to cover our costs ich schätze mal, dass wir fünf Jahre brauchen werden, um unsere Unkosten zu decken
    III. vt
    to \judge sb/sth jdn/etw beurteilen [o einschätzen]
    everyone present \judged the meeting [to have been] a success jeder, der anwesend war, wertete das Treffen als Erfolg
    she \judged it better not to tell him about the damage to the car sie hielt es für besser, ihm nichts von dem Schaden am Auto zu erzählen
    you can \judge for yourself how angry I was Sie können sich vorstellen, wie zornig ich war
    to \judge sth etw schätzen
    to \judge a distance eine Entfernung [ab]schätzen
    3. (pick a winner)
    to \judge sth etw als Kampfrichter [o Preisrichter] bewerten, bei etw dat Kampfrichter [o Preisrichter] sein m
    4. (rank)
    to \judge sb/sth jdn/etw beurteilen [o einstufen]
    our salespeople are \judged on [or according to] how many cars they sell unsere Verkäufer werden nach der Anzahl der Autos, die sie verkaufen, eingestuft
    5.
    you can't \judge a book by its cover ( saying) man kann eine Sache nicht nach dem äußeren Anschein beurteilen
    * * *
    [dZʌdZ]
    1. n
    1) (JUR) Richter(in) m(f); (of competition) Preisrichter(in) m(f); (SPORT) Punktrichter(in) m(f), Kampfrichter(in) m(f)

    he's a good/bad judge of character — er ist ein guter/schlechter Menschenkenner

    I'll be the judge of thatdas müssen Sie mich schon selbst beurteilen lassen

    3) (BIBL)
    2. vt
    1) (JUR) person die Verhandlung führen über (+acc); case verhandeln; (God) richten
    2) competition beurteilen, bewerten; (SPORT) Punktrichter or Kampfrichter sein bei
    3) (fig: pass judgement on) ein Urteil fällen über (+acc)

    don't judge a book by its cover (prov)man sollte nicht nach dem ersten Eindruck urteilen

    4) (= consider, assess, deem) halten für, erachten für (geh)

    this was judged to be the best waydies wurde für die beste Methode gehalten or erachtet (geh)

    you can judge for yourself which is better — Sie können selbst beurteilen, was besser ist

    I can't judge whether he was right or wrong — ich kann nicht beurteilen, ob er recht oder unrecht hatte

    I judged from his manner that he was guiltyich schloss aus seinem Verhalten, dass er schuldig war

    5) (= estimate) speed, width, distance etc einschätzen

    he judged the moment weller hat den richtigen Augenblick abgepasst

    3. vi
    1) (JUR) Richter sein; (God) richten; (at competition) Preisrichter sein; (SPORT) Kampfrichter or Punktrichter sein
    2) (fig) (= pass judgement) ein Urteil fällen; (= form an opinion) (be)urteilen

    to judge by appearances —

    * * *
    J. abk
    1. ELEK joule
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) Richter, der/Richterin, die
    2) (in contest) Preisrichter, der/-richterin, die; (Sport) Kampfrichter, der/-richterin, die; Schiedsrichter, der/-richterin, die; (in dispute) Schiedsrichter, der/-richterin, die
    3) (fig.): (connoisseur, critic) Kenner, der/Kennerin, die

    judge of character — Menschenkenner, der

    4) (person who decides question) Schiedsrichter, der
    2. transitive verb
    1) (pronounce sentence on) richten (geh.)

    judge somebody (Law) jemandes Fall entscheiden

    2) (try) verhandeln [Fall]
    3) (act as adjudicator of) Preisrichter/-richterin sein bei; (Sport) Schiedsrichter/-richterin sein bei
    4) (form opinion about) urteilen od. ein Urteil fällen über (+ Akk.); beurteilen

    judge something [to be] necessary — etwas für od. als notwendig erachten

    5) (decide) entscheiden [Angelegenheit, Frage]
    3. intransitive verb

    to judge by its size,... — der Größe nach zu urteilen,...

    judging or to judge by the look on his face... — nach dem Gesicht zu schließen, das er macht/machte,...

    judging from what you say,... — nach dem, was du sagst,...

    as far as I can judge,... — soweit ich es beurteilen kann,...

    * * *
    n.
    Jurist -en m.
    Richter - m.
    Sachverständige m.,f. (by) v.
    richten v.
    urteilen (nach) v. v.
    befinden v.
    beurteilen v.

    English-german dictionary > Judge

  • 64 judge

    1. noun
    1) Richter, der/Richterin, die
    2) (in contest) Preisrichter, der/-richterin, die; (Sport) Kampfrichter, der/-richterin, die; Schiedsrichter, der/-richterin, die; (in dispute) Schiedsrichter, der/-richterin, die
    3) (fig.): (connoisseur, critic) Kenner, der/Kennerin, die

    judge of character — Menschenkenner, der

    be a good judge of somethingetwas gut beurteilen können

    4) (person who decides question) Schiedsrichter, der
    2. transitive verb
    1) (pronounce sentence on) richten (geh.)

    judge somebody (Law) jemandes Fall entscheiden

    2) (try) verhandeln [Fall]
    3) (act as adjudicator of) Preisrichter/-richterin sein bei; (Sport) Schiedsrichter/-richterin sein bei
    4) (form opinion about) urteilen od. ein Urteil fällen über (+ Akk.); beurteilen

    judge something [to be] necessary — etwas für od. als notwendig erachten

    5) (decide) entscheiden [Angelegenheit, Frage]
    3. intransitive verb
    (form a judgement) urteilen

    to judge by its size,... — der Größe nach zu urteilen,...

    judging or to judge by the look on his face... — nach dem Gesicht zu schließen, das er macht/machte,...

    judging from what you say,... — nach dem, was du sagst,...

    as far as I can judge,... — soweit ich es beurteilen kann,...

    * * *
    1. verb
    1) (to hear and try (cases) in a court of law: Who will be judging this murder case?) Recht sprechen
    2) (to decide which is the best in a competition etc: Is she going to judge the singing competition again?; Who will be judging the vegetables at the flower show?; Who is judging at the horse show?) entscheiden
    3) (to consider and form an idea of; to estimate: You can't judge a man by his appearance; Watch how a cat judges the distance before it jumps; She couldn't judge whether he was telling the truth.) beurteilen
    4) (to criticize for doing wrong: We have no right to judge him - we might have done the same thing ourselves.) verurteilen
    2. noun
    1) (a public officer who hears and decides cases in a law court: The judge asked if the jury had reached a verdict.) der Richter
    2) (a person who decides which is the best in a competition etc: The judge's decision is final (= you cannot argue with the judge's decision); He was asked to be on the panel of judges at the beauty contest.) der/die Schiedsrichter(in)
    3) (a person who is skilled at deciding how good etc something is: He says she's honest, and he's a good judge of character; He seems a very fine pianist to me, but I'm no judge.) der/die Kenner(in)
    - academic.ru/40170/judgement">judgement
    - judgment
    - judging from / to judge from
    - pass judgement on
    - pass judgement
    * * *
    [ʤʌʤ]
    I. n
    1. LAW Richter(in) m(f)
    2. (at a competition) Preisrichter(in) m(f); SPORT (in boxing, gymnastics, wrestling) Punktrichter(in) m(f); (in athletics, swimming) Kampfrichter(in) m(f), Schiedsrichter(in) m(f)
    3. (expert) of literature, music, wine Kenner(in) m(f)
    let me be the \judge of that das überlassen Sie am besten meinem Urteil
    to be no \judge of art kein Kunstkenner sein
    to be a good/bad \judge of character ein guter/schlechter Menschenkenner sein
    to be [not] a good \judge of sth etw [nicht] gut beurteilen können
    II. vi
    1. (decide) urteilen
    it's too soon to \judge für ein Urteil ist es noch zu früh
    you shouldn't \judge by [or on] appearances alone man sollte nicht nur nach dem Äußeren gehen
    judging by [or from] his comments, he seems to have been misinformed seinen Äußerungen nach zu urteilen, ist er falsch informiert worden
    2. (estimate) schätzen
    I'd \judge that it'll take us five years to cover our costs ich schätze mal, dass wir fünf Jahre brauchen werden, um unsere Unkosten zu decken
    III. vt
    to \judge sb/sth jdn/etw beurteilen [o einschätzen]
    everyone present \judged the meeting [to have been] a success jeder, der anwesend war, wertete das Treffen als Erfolg
    she \judged it better not to tell him about the damage to the car sie hielt es für besser, ihm nichts von dem Schaden am Auto zu erzählen
    you can \judge for yourself how angry I was Sie können sich vorstellen, wie zornig ich war
    to \judge sth etw schätzen
    to \judge a distance eine Entfernung [ab]schätzen
    3. (pick a winner)
    to \judge sth etw als Kampfrichter [o Preisrichter] bewerten, bei etw dat Kampfrichter [o Preisrichter] sein m
    4. (rank)
    to \judge sb/sth jdn/etw beurteilen [o einstufen]
    our salespeople are \judged on [or according to] how many cars they sell unsere Verkäufer werden nach der Anzahl der Autos, die sie verkaufen, eingestuft
    5.
    you can't \judge a book by its cover ( saying) man kann eine Sache nicht nach dem äußeren Anschein beurteilen
    * * *
    [dZʌdZ]
    1. n
    1) (JUR) Richter(in) m(f); (of competition) Preisrichter(in) m(f); (SPORT) Punktrichter(in) m(f), Kampfrichter(in) m(f)

    he's a good/bad judge of character — er ist ein guter/schlechter Menschenkenner

    I'll be the judge of thatdas müssen Sie mich schon selbst beurteilen lassen

    3) (BIBL)
    2. vt
    1) (JUR) person die Verhandlung führen über (+acc); case verhandeln; (God) richten
    2) competition beurteilen, bewerten; (SPORT) Punktrichter or Kampfrichter sein bei
    3) (fig: pass judgement on) ein Urteil fällen über (+acc)

    don't judge a book by its cover (prov)man sollte nicht nach dem ersten Eindruck urteilen

    4) (= consider, assess, deem) halten für, erachten für (geh)

    this was judged to be the best waydies wurde für die beste Methode gehalten or erachtet (geh)

    you can judge for yourself which is better — Sie können selbst beurteilen, was besser ist

    I can't judge whether he was right or wrong — ich kann nicht beurteilen, ob er recht oder unrecht hatte

    I judged from his manner that he was guiltyich schloss aus seinem Verhalten, dass er schuldig war

    5) (= estimate) speed, width, distance etc einschätzen

    he judged the moment weller hat den richtigen Augenblick abgepasst

    3. vi
    1) (JUR) Richter sein; (God) richten; (at competition) Preisrichter sein; (SPORT) Kampfrichter or Punktrichter sein
    2) (fig) (= pass judgement) ein Urteil fällen; (= form an opinion) (be)urteilen

    to judge by appearances —

    * * *
    judge [dʒʌdʒ]
    A s
    1. JUR Richter(in): associate C 2, sober A 1
    2. fig Richter(in) (of über akk)
    3. a) Schiedsrichter(in) ( auch SPORT)
    b) Preisrichter(in) ( auch SPORT)
    c) SPORT Kampfrichter(in), (Boxen) Punktrichter(in), (Skispringen) Sprungrichter(in)
    4. Kenner(in):
    a (good) judge of wine ein Weinkenner;
    a good judge of character ein guter Menschenkenner;
    I am no judge of it ich kann es nicht beurteilen;
    let me be the judge of that überlasse das oder die Entscheidung darüber ruhig mir
    5. BIBEL
    a) Richter m
    b) Judges pl (als sg konstruiert)( das Buch der) Richter
    B v/t
    1. JUR
    a) einen Fall verhandeln
    b) die Verhandlung führen gegen
    2. richten (Gott):
    3. a) Wettbewerbsteilnehmer, Leistungen etc beurteilen (on nach, aufgrund)
    b) als Schieds- oder Preis- oder Kampf- oder Punktrichter(in) fungieren bei
    4. entscheiden ( sth etwas; that dass)
    5. sich ein Urteil bilden über (akk), beurteilen, einschätzen ( alle:
    by nach)
    6. betrachten als, halten für:
    he judged it better to leave er hielt es für besser zu gehen
    7. die Entfernung etc schätzen:
    I judge him to be 60 ich schätze ihn auf 60
    8. schließen, folgern ( beide:
    from, by aus)
    9. vermuten, annehmen
    C v/t
    1. JUR Richter(in) sein
    2. als Schieds- oder Preis- oder Kampf- oder Punktrichter(in) fungieren (at bei)
    3. urteilen, sich ein Urteil bilden ( beide:
    of über akk):
    as far as I can judge soweit ich das beurteilen kann;
    as far as one can judge nach menschlichem Ermessen;
    judge for yourself urteilen Sie selbst;
    judging by his words seinen Worten nach (zu urteilen)
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) Richter, der/Richterin, die
    2) (in contest) Preisrichter, der/-richterin, die; (Sport) Kampfrichter, der/-richterin, die; Schiedsrichter, der/-richterin, die; (in dispute) Schiedsrichter, der/-richterin, die
    3) (fig.): (connoisseur, critic) Kenner, der/Kennerin, die

    judge of character — Menschenkenner, der

    4) (person who decides question) Schiedsrichter, der
    2. transitive verb
    1) (pronounce sentence on) richten (geh.)

    judge somebody (Law) jemandes Fall entscheiden

    2) (try) verhandeln [Fall]
    3) (act as adjudicator of) Preisrichter/-richterin sein bei; (Sport) Schiedsrichter/-richterin sein bei
    4) (form opinion about) urteilen od. ein Urteil fällen über (+ Akk.); beurteilen

    judge something [to be] necessary — etwas für od. als notwendig erachten

    5) (decide) entscheiden [Angelegenheit, Frage]
    3. intransitive verb

    to judge by its size,... — der Größe nach zu urteilen,...

    judging or to judge by the look on his face... — nach dem Gesicht zu schließen, das er macht/machte,...

    judging from what you say,... — nach dem, was du sagst,...

    as far as I can judge,... — soweit ich es beurteilen kann,...

    * * *
    n.
    Jurist -en m.
    Richter - m.
    Sachverständige m.,f. (by) v.
    richten v.
    urteilen (nach) v. v.
    befinden v.
    beurteilen v.

    English-german dictionary > judge

  • 65 Cognitive Science

       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.... [P]eople and intelligent computers turn out to be merely different manifestations of the same underlying phenomenon. (Haugeland, 1981b, p. 31)
       2) Experimental Psychology, Theoretical Linguistics, and Computational Simulation of Cognitive Processes Are All Components of Cognitive Science
       I went away from the Symposium with a strong conviction, more intuitive than rational, that human experimental psychology, theoretical linguistics, and computer simulation of cognitive processes were all pieces of a larger whole, and that the future would see progressive elaboration and coordination of their shared concerns.... I have been working toward a cognitive science for about twenty years beginning before I knew what to call it. (G. A. Miller, 1979, p. 9)
        Cognitive Science studies the nature of cognition in human beings, other animals, and inanimate machines (if such a thing is possible). While computers are helpful within cognitive science, they are not essential to its being. A science of cognition could still be pursued even without these machines.
        Computer Science studies various kinds of problems and the use of computers to solve them, without concern for the means by which we humans might otherwise resolve them. There could be no computer science if there were no machines of this kind, because they are indispensable to its being. Artificial Intelligence is a special branch of computer science that investigates the extent to which the mental powers of human beings can be captured by means of machines.
       There could be cognitive science without artificial intelligence but there could be no artificial intelligence without cognitive science. One final caveat: In the case of an emerging new discipline such as cognitive science there is an almost irresistible temptation to identify the discipline itself (as a field of inquiry) with one of the theories that inspired it (such as the computational conception...). This, however, is a mistake. The field of inquiry (or "domain") stands to specific theories as questions stand to possible answers. The computational conception should properly be viewed as a research program in cognitive science, where "research programs" are answers that continue to attract followers. (Fetzer, 1996, pp. xvi-xvii)
       What is the nature of knowledge and how is this knowledge used? These questions lie at the core of both psychology and artificial intelligence.
       The psychologist who studies "knowledge systems" wants to know how concepts are structured in the human mind, how such concepts develop, and how they are used in understanding and behavior. The artificial intelligence researcher wants to know how to program a computer so that it can understand and interact with the outside world. The two orientations intersect when the psychologist and the computer scientist agree that the best way to approach the problem of building an intelligent machine is to emulate the human conceptual mechanisms that deal with language.... The name "cognitive science" has been used to refer to this convergence of interests in psychology and artificial intelligence....
       This working partnership in "cognitive science" does not mean that psychologists and computer scientists are developing a single comprehensive theory in which people are no different from machines. Psychology and artificial intelligence have many points of difference in methods and goals.... We simply want to work on an important area of overlapping interest, namely a theory of knowledge systems. As it turns out, this overlap is substantial. For both people and machines, each in their own way, there is a serious problem in common of making sense out of what they hear, see, or are told about the world. The conceptual apparatus necessary to perform even a partial feat of understanding is formidable and fascinating. (Schank & Abelson, 1977, pp. 1-2)
       Within the last dozen years a general change in scientific outlook has occurred, consonant with the point of view represented here. One can date the change roughly from 1956: in psychology, by the appearance of Bruner, Goodnow, and Austin's Study of Thinking and George Miller's "The Magical Number Seven"; in linguistics, by Noam Chomsky's "Three Models of Language"; and in computer science, by our own paper on the Logic Theory Machine. (Newell & Simon, 1972, p. 4)

    Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Cognitive Science

  • 66 to

    to [tu:, unstressed tə]
    à1A (a)-(c), 1A (e), 1B (b), 1D (a), 1D (l) en1A (c) jusqu'à1A (d), 1B (b) contre1A (e) pour1C (f), 1C (g), 1D (b) de1D (i)
    A.
    to go to school/the cinema aller à l'école/au cinéma;
    let's go to town allons en ville;
    he climbed to the top il est monté jusqu'au sommet ou jusqu'en haut;
    she ran to where her mother was sitting elle a couru (jusqu')à l'endroit où sa mère était assise;
    we've been to it before nous y sommes déjà allés;
    the vase fell to the ground le vase est tombé par ou à terre;
    I invited them to dinner je les ai invités à dîner;
    he returned to his work il est retourné à son ou il a repris son travail;
    let's go to Susan's allons chez Susan;
    to go to the doctor or doctor's aller chez le médecin;
    he pointed to the door il a pointé son doigt vers la porte;
    the road to the south la route du sud;
    our house is a mile to the south notre maison est à un mile au sud;
    it's 12 miles to the nearest town (from here) nous sommes à 12 miles de la ville la plus proche; (from there) c'est à 12 miles de la ville la plus proche;
    what's the best way to the station? quel est le meilleur chemin pour aller à la gare?;
    she turned his photograph to the wall elle a retourné sa photo contre le mur;
    I sat with my back to her j'étais assis lui tournant le dos;
    tell her to her face dites-le-lui en face
    (b) (indicating location, position) à;
    the street parallel to this one la rue parallèle à celle-ci;
    she lives next door to us elle habite à côté de chez nous;
    to one side d'un côté;
    to the left/right à gauche/droite;
    the rooms to the back les chambres de derrière;
    to leave sth to one side laisser qch de côté
    to Madrid à Madrid;
    to Le Havre au Havre;
    to France en France;
    to Argentina en Argentine;
    to Japan au Japon;
    to the United States aux États-Unis;
    I'm off to Paris je pars à ou pour Paris;
    the road to Chicago la route de Chicago;
    on the way to Milan en allant à Milan, sur la route de Milan;
    planes to and from Europe les vols à destination et en provenance de l'Europe
    (d) (indicating age, amount or level reached) jusqu'à;
    the snow came (up) to her knees la neige lui arrivait aux genoux;
    unemployment is up to nearly 9 percent le (taux de) chômage atteint presque les 9 pour cent;
    they cut expenses down to a minimum ils ont réduit les frais au minimum;
    she can count (up) to one hundred elle sait compter jusqu'à cent;
    it's accurate to the millimetre c'est exact au millimètre près;
    it weighs 8 to 9 pounds ça pèse entre 8 et 9 livres;
    moderate to cool temperatures des températures douces ou fraîches;
    to live to a great age vivre jusqu'à un âge avancé
    she pinned the brooch to her dress elle a épinglé la broche sur sa robe;
    they sat in bumper-to-bumper traffic ils étaient coincés pare-chocs contre pare-chocs;
    they danced cheek to cheek ils dansaient joue contre joue;
    he clutched the baby to his chest il a serré l'enfant contre lui
    B.
    it's ten minutes to three il est trois heures moins dix;
    we left at a quarter to six nous sommes partis à six heures moins le quart;
    it's twenty to il est moins vingt;
    how long is it to dinner? on dîne dans combien de temps?;
    there are only two weeks to Christmas il ne reste que deux semaines avant Noël
    from Tuesday night to Thursday morning du mardi soir (jusqu')au jeudi matin;
    from morning to night du matin au soir;
    from March to June de mars (jusqu')à juin;
    a nine-to-five job des horaires mpl de fonctionnaire;
    it was three years ago to the day since I saw her last il y a trois ans jour pour jour que je l'ai vue pour la dernière fois;
    to this day jusqu'à ce jour, jusqu'à aujourd'hui;
    he was brave (up) to the last il a été courageux jusqu'au bout ou jusqu'à la fin;
    from day to day de jour en jour;
    I read it from beginning to end je l'ai lu du début (jusqu')à la fin;
    from bad to worse de mal en pis;
    I do everything from scrubbing the floor to keeping the books je fais absolument tout, depuis le ménage jusqu'à la comptabilité
    C.
    to talk parler;
    to open ouvrir;
    to answer répondre
    she lived to be a hundred elle a vécu jusqu'à cent ans;
    we are to complete the work by Monday nous devons finir le travail pour lundi;
    she went on to become a brilliant guitarist elle est ensuite devenue une excellente guitariste;
    I finally accepted, (only) to find that they had changed their mind lorsque je me suis décidé à accepter, ils avaient changé d'avis;
    she turned round to find him standing right in front of her lorsqu'elle s'est retournée, elle s'est retrouvée nez à nez avec lui;
    he left the house never to return to it again il quitta la maison pour ne plus y revenir;
    he dared to speak out against injustice il a osé s'élever contre l'injustice;
    you can leave if you want to vous pouvez partir si vous voulez;
    why? - because I told you to pourquoi? - parce que je t'ai dit de le faire;
    would you like to come? - we'd love to voulez-vous venir? - avec plaisir ou oh, oui!;
    you ought to vous devriez le faire;
    we shall have to il le faudra bien, nous serons bien obligés
    I have a lot to do j'ai beaucoup à faire;
    I have a letter to write j'ai une lettre à écrire;
    that's no reason to leave ce n'est pas une raison pour partir;
    I haven't got money to burn je n'ai pas d'argent à jeter par les fenêtres;
    the first to complain le premier à se plaindre;
    the house to be sold la maison à vendre;
    there was not a sound to be heard on n'entendait pas le moindre bruit;
    he isn't one to forget his friends il n'est pas homme à oublier ses amis;
    that's the way to do it voilà comment il faut faire
    I'm happy/sad to see her go je suis content/triste de la voir partir;
    pleased to meet you enchanté (de faire votre connaissance);
    difficult/easy to do difficile/facile à faire;
    it was strange to see her again c'était bizarre de la revoir;
    she's too proud to apologize elle est trop fière pour s'excuser;
    he's old enough to understand il est assez grand pour comprendre
    (e) (after "how", "which", "where" etc)
    do you know where to go? savez-vous où aller?;
    he told me how to get there il m'a dit comment y aller;
    can you tell me when to get off? pourriez-vous me dire quand je dois descendre?;
    she can't decide whether to go or not elle n'arrive pas à décider si elle va y aller ou non
    I did it to annoy her je l'ai fait exprès pour l'énerver;
    to answer that question, we must… pour répondre à cette question, il nous faut…
    to be honest/frank pour être honnête/franc;
    to put it another way en d'autres termes
    oh, to be in England! ah, si je pouvais être en Angleterre!;
    and to think I nearly married him! quand je pense que j'ai failli l'épouser!
    unions to strike les syndicats s'apprêtent à déclencher la grève;
    Russia to negotiate with Baltic States la Russie va négocier avec les pays Baltes
    D.
    (a) (indicating intended recipient, owner) à;
    I showed the picture to her je lui ai montré la photo;
    I showed it to her je le lui ai montré;
    show it to her montrez-le-lui;
    the person I spoke to la personne à qui j'ai parlé;
    that book belongs to her ce livre lui appartient;
    be kind to him/to animals soyez gentil avec lui/bon envers les animaux;
    what's it to him? qu'est-ce que cela peut lui faire?;
    it doesn't matter to her ça lui est égal;
    did you have a room to yourself? avais-tu une chambre à toi ou pour toi tout seul?;
    to keep sth to oneself garder qch pour soi;
    I said to myself je me suis dit;
    he is known to the police il est connu de la police
    $2 is a lot of money to some people il y a des gens pour qui 2 dollars représentent beaucoup d'argent;
    it sounds suspicious to me cela me semble bizarre;
    it didn't make sense to him ça n'avait aucun sens pour lui
    with a view to clarifying matters dans l'intention d'éclaircir la situation;
    it's all to no purpose tout cela ne sert à rien ou est en vain
    the light changed to red le feu est passé au rouge;
    the noise drove him to distraction le bruit le rendait fou;
    the rain turned to snow la pluie avait fait place à la neige;
    her admiration turned to disgust son admiration s'est transformée en dégoût;
    (much) to my relief/surprise/delight à mon grand soulagement/mon grand étonnement/ma grande joie;
    (much) to my horror, I found the money was missing c'est avec horreur que je me suis rendu compte que l'argent avait disparu;
    the meat was done to perfection la viande était cuite à la perfection;
    smashed to pieces brisé en mille morceaux;
    moved to tears ému (jusqu')aux larmes;
    he was beaten to death il a été battu à mort;
    they starved to death ils sont morts de faim;
    the court sentenced him to death le juge l'a condamné à mort;
    she rose rapidly to power elle est arrivée au pouvoir très rapidement;
    she sang the baby to sleep elle a chanté jusqu'à ce que le bébé s'endorme
    the answer to your question la réponse à votre question;
    a hazard to your health un danger pour votre santé;
    what's your reaction to all this? comment réagissez-vous à tout ça?;
    no one was sympathetic to his ideas ses idées ne plaisaient à personne;
    what would you say to a game of bridge? que diriez-vous d'un bridge?, si on faisait un bridge?;
    that's all there is to it c'est aussi simple que ça;
    there's nothing to it il n'y a rien de plus simple;
    there's nothing or there isn't a lot to these cameras ils ne sont pas bien compliqués, ces appareils photos;
    Commerce to translating annual report: $300 (on bill) traduction du rapport annuel: 300 dollars;
    to services rendered (on bill) pour services rendus
    there are 16 ounces to a pound il y a 16 onces dans une livre;
    there are 6 francs to the dollar un dollar vaut 6 francs;
    there are 25 chocolates to a box il y a 25 chocolats dans chaque ou par boîte;
    one cup of sugar to every three cups of fruit une tasse de sucre pour trois tasses de fruits;
    three is to six as six is to twelve trois est à six ce que six est à douze;
    Milan beat Madrid by 4 (points) to 3 Milan a battu Madrid 4 (points) à 3;
    I'll bet 100 to 1 je parierais 100 contre 1;
    the odds are 1000 to 1 against it happening again il y a 1 chance sur 1000 que cela se produise à nouveau;
    the vote was 6 to 3 il y avait 6 voix contre 3
    how many miles do you get to the gallon? vous faites combien de litres au cent?
    inferior to inférieur à;
    they compare her to Callas on la compare à (la) Callas;
    that's nothing (compared) to what I've seen ce n'est rien à côté de ce que j'ai vu;
    inflation is nothing (compared) to last year l'inflation n'est rien à côté de ou en comparaison de l'année dernière;
    as a cook she's second to none comme cuisinière on ne fait pas mieux;
    to prefer sth to sth préférer qch à qch
    (i) (of) de;
    the key to this door la clé de cette porte;
    he's secretary to the director/to the committee c'est le secrétaire du directeur/du comité;
    she's assistant to the president c'est l'adjointe du président;
    the French ambassador to Algeria l'ambassadeur français en Algérie;
    ambassador to the King of Thailand ambassadeur auprès du roi de Thaïlande;
    she's interpreter to the president c'est l'interprète du président;
    Susan, sister to Mary Susan, sœur de Mary;
    he's been like a father to me il est comme un père pour moi
    to his way of thinking, to his mind à son avis;
    to hear him talk, you'd think he was an expert à l'entendre parler, on croirait que c'est un expert;
    to my knowledge, she never met him elle ne l'a jamais rencontré (pour) autant que je sache;
    it's to your advantage to do it c'est (dans) ton intérêt de le faire;
    the climate is not to my liking le climat ne me plaît pas;
    add salt to taste salez selon votre goût ou à volonté;
    she made out a cheque to the amount of £15 elle a fait un chèque de 15 livres
    (k) (indicating accompaniment, simultaneity)
    we danced to live music nous avons dansé sur la musique d'un orchestre;
    in time to the music en mesure avec la musique
    let's drink to his health buvons à sa santé;
    (here's) to your health! à la vôtre!;
    (here's) to the bride! à la mariée!;
    to my family (in dedication) à ma famille;
    his book is dedicated to his mother son livre est dédié à sa mère;
    a monument to the war dead un monument aux morts
    E.
    add flour to the list ajoutez de la farine sur la liste;
    add 3 to 6 additionnez 3 et 6, ajoutez 3 à 6;
    in addition to Charles, there were three women en plus de Charles, il y avait trois femmes
    to the power… à la puissance…;
    2 to the 3rd power, 2 to the 3rd 2 (à la) puissance 3
    (a) (closed) fermé;
    the wind blew the door to un coup de vent a fermé la porte
    to come to revenir à soi, reprendre connaissance
    to bring a ship to mettre un bateau en panne
    to go to and fro aller et venir, se promener de long en large; (shuttle bus etc) faire la navette;
    to swing to and fro se balancer d'avant en arrière

    Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > to

  • 67 guard

    1. noun
    1) (Mil.): (guardsman) Wachtposten, der
    2) no pl. (Mil.): (group of soldiers) Wache, die; Wachmannschaft, die

    guard of honour — Ehrenwache, die; Ehrengarde, die

    3)

    Guards(Brit. Mil.): (household troops) Garderegiment, das; Garde, die

    4) (watch; also Mil.) Wache, die

    keep or stand guard — Wache halten od. stehen

    keep or stand guard over — bewachen

    be on [one's] guard [against somebody/something] — (lit. or fig.) sich [vor jemandem/etwas] hüten

    be off [one's] guard — (fig.) nicht auf der Hut sein

    be caught or taken off guard or off one's guard [by something] — (fig.) [von etwas] überrascht werden

    put somebody on [his/her] guard — jemanden misstrauisch machen

    be [kept/held] under guard — unter Bewachung stehen

    keep or hold/put under guard — bewachen/unter Bewachung stellen

    5) (Brit. Railw.) [Zug]schaffner, der/-schaffnerin, die
    6) (Amer.): (prison warder) [Gefängnis]wärter, der/-wärterin, die
    7) (safety device) Schutz, der; Schutzvorrichtung, die; (worn on body) Schutz, der
    8) (posture) (Boxing, Fencing) Deckung, die

    drop or lower one's guard — die Deckung fallen lassen; (fig.) seine Reserve aufgeben

    2. transitive verb
    (watch over) bewachen; (keep safe) hüten [Geheimnis, Schatz]; schützen [Leben]; beschützen [Prominenten]
    Phrasal Verbs:
    - academic.ru/87612/guard_against">guard against
    * * *
    1. verb
    1) (to protect from danger or attack: The soldiers were guarding the king/palace.) bewachen
    2) (to prevent (a person) escaping, (something) happening: The soldiers guarded their prisoners; to guard against mistakes.) bewachen, sich hüten
    2. noun
    1) (someone who or something which protects: a guard round the king; a guard in front of the fire.) die Wache
    2) (someone whose job is to prevent (a person) escaping: There was a guard with the prisoner every hour of the day.) der Wächter
    3) ((American conductor) a person in charge of a train.) der Schaffner
    4) (the act or duty of guarding.) die Bewachung
    - guarded
    - guardedly
    - guard of honour
    - keep guard on
    - keep guard
    - off guard
    - on guard
    - stand guard
    * * *
    [gɑ:d, AM gɑ:rd]
    I. n
    1. (person) Wache f; (sentry) Wachposten m
    border \guard Grenzsoldat(in) m(f), Grenzposten m
    gate \guard Wachposten m
    prison \guard AM Gefängniswärter(in) m(f), Gefängnisaufseher(in) m(f)
    security \guard Sicherheitsbeamte(r), -beamtin m, f; (man also) Wachmann m
    to be on [or keep] [or stand] \guard Wache halten [o stehen]
    to be under \guard unter Bewachung stehen, bewacht werden
    to keep \guard over sth/sb etw/jdn bewachen
    to post \guards Wachen aufstellen
    2. (defensive stance) Deckung f
    to be on one's \guard [against sth/sb] ( fig) [vor etw/jdm] auf der Hut sein, sich akk [vor etw/jdm] in Acht nehmen
    to be caught off one's \guard SPORT [von einem Schlag] unvorbereitet getroffen werden; ( fig) auf etw akk nicht vorbereitet [o gefasst] sein
    to drop [or lower] one's \guard SPORT seine Deckung vernachlässigen; ( fig) nicht [mehr] wachsam [o vorsichtig] [genug] sein
    to get in under sb's \guard SPORT jds Deckung durchbrechen; ( fig) jds Verteidigung außer Gefecht setzen; (get through to sb) jds Panzer durchdringen
    to let one's \guard slip SPORT seine Deckung fallenlassen; ( fig) alle Vorsicht außer Acht lassen
    3. (protective device) Schutz m, Schutzvorrichtung f
    face\guard Gesichtsschutz m
    fire\guard Kamingitter nt, Cheminéegitter nt SCHWEIZ, Schutzgitter nt
    4. BRIT (railway official) Zugbegleiter(in) m(f)
    chief \guard Zugführer(in) m(f)
    5. BRIT MIL (army regiment)
    the G\guards pl das Garderegiment, die Garde
    the Grenadier G\guards die Grenadiergarde
    II. vt
    to \guard sth/sb etw/jdn bewachen
    heavily \guarded scharf bewacht; (protect)
    to \guard sth/sb against sth/sb etw/jdn vor etw/jdm [be]schützen
    2. (keep secret)
    to \guard sth etw für sich akk behalten, etw nicht preisgeben
    a jealously [or closely] \guarded secret ein sorgsam gehütetes Geheimnis
    III. vi
    to \guard against sth sich akk vor etw dat schützen
    the best way to \guard against financial problems is to avoid getting into debt man schützt sich am besten vor finanziellen Problemen, indem man Schulden vermeidet
    * * *
    [gAːd]
    1. n
    1) (MIL) Wache f; (= single soldier) Wachtposten m, Wache f; (no pl = squad) Wachmannschaft f

    the Guards (Brit) — die Garde, das Garderegiment

    2) (= security guard) Sicherheitsbeamte(r) m/-beamtin f; (at factory gates, in park etc) Wächter(in) m(f); (esp US = prison guard) Gefängniswärter(in) m(f); (Brit RAIL) Schaffner(in) m(f), Zugbegleiter(in) m(f)
    3) (= watch ALSO MIL) Wache f

    to be under guard — bewacht werden; (person also) unter Bewachung or Aufsicht stehen

    to keep sb/sth under guard — jdn/etw bewachen

    to be on guard, to stand or keep guard — Wache halten or stehen

    to put a guard on sb/sth — jdn/etw bewachen lassen

    4) (BOXING, FENCING) Deckung f

    on guard! (Fencing)en garde!

    to take guard — in Verteidigungsstellung gehen; (Cricket) in Schlagstellung gehen

    to drop or lower one's guard (lit) — seine Deckung vernachlässigen; (fig) seine Reserve aufgeben

    to have one's guard down (lit) — nicht gedeckt sein; (fig) nicht auf der Hut sein

    he caught his opponent off ( his) guard — er hat seinen Gegner mit einem Schlag erwischt, auf den er nicht vorbereitet or gefasst war

    the invitation caught me off guard —

    I was off ( my) guard when he mentioned that — ich war nicht darauf gefasst or vorbereitet, dass er das erwähnen würde

    to be on/off one's guard (against sth) (fig) (vor etw dat ) auf der/nicht auf der Hut sein

    to throw or put sb off his guard (lit) — jdn seine Deckung vernachlässigen lassen; (fig) jdn einlullen

    5) (= safety device, for protection) Schutz m (against gegen); (on machinery) Schutz(vorrichtung f) m; (= fire guard) Schutzgitter nt; (on foil) Glocke f; (on sword etc) Korb m
    6) (in basketball) Verteidigungsspieler(in) m(f)
    2. vt
    prisoner, place, valuables bewachen; treasure, secret, tongue hüten; machinery beaufsichtigen; luggage aufpassen auf (+acc); (= protect) (lit) person, place schützen (from, against vor +dat), abschirmen (from, against gegen); one's life schützen; one's reputation achten auf (+acc); (fig) child etc behüten, beschützen (from, against vor +dat)

    a closely guarded secretein gut or streng gehütetes Geheimnis

    * * *
    guard [ɡɑː(r)d]
    A v/t
    1. a) bewachen, wachen über (akk)
    b) behüten, beschützen ( beide:
    against, from vor dat):
    a carefully (closely) guarded secret ein sorgfältig (streng) gehütetes Geheimnis
    2. bewachen, beaufsichtigen
    3. sichern ( against gegen Missbrauch etc):
    guard sb’s interests jemandes Interessen wahren oder wahrnehmen
    4. beherrschen, im Zaum halten:
    guard your tongue! hüte deine Zunge!
    5. TECH (ab)sichern
    B v/i (against)
    a) auf der Hut sein, sich hüten oder schützen, sich in Acht nehmen (vor dat)
    b) Vorkehrungen treffen (gegen), vorbeugen (dat)
    C s
    1. a) MIL etc Wache f, (Wach)Posten m
    b) Wächter(in)
    c) Aufseher(in), Wärter(in)
    2. MIL Wachmannschaft f, Wache f
    3. Wache f, Bewachung f, Aufsicht f:
    be on guard Wache stehen;
    keep under close guard scharf bewachen;
    keep guard over sth etwas bewachen;
    be under heavy guard schwer bewacht werden;
    mount (keep, stand) guard MIL etc Wache beziehen (halten, stehen)
    4. fig Wachsamkeit f:
    put sb on their guard jemanden warnen;
    be on one’s guard auf der Hut sein, sich vorsehen ( beide:
    against vor dat);
    be off one’s guard nicht auf der Hut sein, unvorsichtig sein;
    throw sb off their guard jemanden überrumpeln; fair1 B 9
    5. Garde f, (Leib)Wache f:
    guard of hono(u)r Ehrenwache
    6. Guards pl Br Garde(korps) f(n), -regiment n, (die) Wache
    7. BAHN
    a) Br Schaffner(in):
    guard’s van Dienstwagen m
    b) US Bahnwärter(in)
    8. Boxen, Fechten etc: Deckung f:
    lower one’s guard
    a) die Deckung herunternehmen,
    b) fig sich eine Blöße geben, nicht aufpassen;
    his guard is up (down) fig er ist (nicht) auf der Hut
    9. Basketball: Abwehrspieler(in)
    10. Schutzvorrichtung f, -gitter n, -blech n
    11. Buchbinderei: Falz m
    12. a) Stichblatt n (am Degen)
    b) Bügel m (am Gewehr)
    13. Vorsichtsmaßnahme f, Sicherung f
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) (Mil.): (guardsman) Wachtposten, der
    2) no pl. (Mil.): (group of soldiers) Wache, die; Wachmannschaft, die

    guard of honour — Ehrenwache, die; Ehrengarde, die

    3)

    Guards(Brit. Mil.): (household troops) Garderegiment, das; Garde, die

    4) (watch; also Mil.) Wache, die

    keep or stand guard — Wache halten od. stehen

    keep or stand guard over — bewachen

    be on [one's] guard [against somebody/something] — (lit. or fig.) sich [vor jemandem/etwas] hüten

    be off [one's] guard — (fig.) nicht auf der Hut sein

    be caught or taken off guard or off one's guard [by something] — (fig.) [von etwas] überrascht werden

    put somebody on [his/her] guard — jemanden misstrauisch machen

    be [kept/held] under guard — unter Bewachung stehen

    keep or hold/put under guard — bewachen/unter Bewachung stellen

    5) (Brit. Railw.) [Zug]schaffner, der/-schaffnerin, die
    6) (Amer.): (prison warder) [Gefängnis]wärter, der/-wärterin, die
    7) (safety device) Schutz, der; Schutzvorrichtung, die; (worn on body) Schutz, der
    8) (posture) (Boxing, Fencing) Deckung, die

    drop or lower one's guard — die Deckung fallen lassen; (fig.) seine Reserve aufgeben

    2. transitive verb
    (watch over) bewachen; (keep safe) hüten [Geheimnis, Schatz]; schützen [Leben]; beschützen [Prominenten]
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    (train) n.
    Schaffner m. n.
    Schutz m.
    Schützer - m.
    Wache -n f.
    Wächter - m.
    Wärter - m. (against, from) v.
    bewachen (vor) v. v.
    bewachen v.
    schützen v.

    English-german dictionary > guard

  • 68 pitch

    [pɪʧ] I 1. сущ.
    1) смола; вар; дёготь
    Syn:
    2) природный асфальт; пек; битумный пек
    2. гл.
    1)
    Syn:
    б) пачкать, замарывать смолой

    Without an apron you will pitch all your clothes. — Без фартука ты весь вымажешься в смоле.

    в) уст. ставить клеймо на животных ( особенно на овцах)
    2)
    а) стать чёрным, как смоль
    б) погрузить в темноту, окутать темнотой
    II 1. сущ.
    1)
    а) уклон, скат, наклон, покатость
    Syn:
    Syn:
    rake II 1.
    в) авиа тангаж (угловое движение летательного аппарата относительно главной поперечной оси инерции); угол тангажа (угол между продольной осью летательного аппарата и горизонтальной плоскостью)
    г) мор. килевая качка ( судна)
    д) круча, склон ( горы), откос
    е) падение, срыв
    2)
    а) напряжение, состояние

    fever pitch — накал страстей, нервозность

    б) степень, уровень, стадия

    The family which in two generations has risen from obscurity to the highest pitch of greatness. (E. A. Freeman) — Семья, которая за два поколения из полной безвестности поднялась до высших ступеней власти.

    Syn:
    в) уст. вершина, кульминация, зенит

    At that moment the general hilarity was at its pitch. — В тот момент всеобщее веселье достигло апогея.

    Syn:
    top I 1., zenith, acme, climax 1.
    3) угол, точка зрения

    to tackle a problem again, using a new pitch — вновь взяться за проблему, под новым углом

    4)
    б) спорт. подача ( в бейсболе)
    5) высота (тона, звука)

    The noise rose to a deafening pitch. — Шум сделался оглушительным.

    6) брит.; спорт.
    а) поле; площадка

    synthetic pitch — искусственное поле, синтетический газон

    7) брит.; разг. палатка, точка, прилавок ( уличного торговца)
    8) брит.; разг. место, площадка, поле (для кемпинга, фестиваля и т. п.)

    One car may be parked on the pitch. An additional car may be parked in the main car park. — На площадке для кемпинга можно припарковать лишь одну машину. Вторую машину можно оставить на главной парковке.

    9) охапка, куча, груда; множество
    10) разг. беседа, разговор, болтовня

    They were having a pitch about the best way to get aboard. — Они болтали о том, как лучше проникнуть на борт судна.

    Syn:
    talk 1., chat I 2.
    11) разг.
    а) = sales pitch рекламирование, расхваливание (товара, часто по телефону)

    I mean unwanted telephone sales pitches at inconvenient times. — Я про то, когда названивают в неудобное время и склоняют вас что-то купить.

    12) геол. падение ( пласта)
    13) тех. шаг (резьбы, зубчатого зацепления, воздушного винта); модуль; питч
    14) полигр. плотность количества знаков в строке ( на 1 дюйм)
    15) эк. партия товара ( выброшенного на рынок)
    2. гл.
    1) наклонять, устанавливать под углом

    Chuck together some wall frames and pitch a roof on them. — Возведите стенной каркас и наклонно разместите на нём крышу.

    2)

    Her book is pitched at teenagers. — Её книга рассчитана на подростков.

    On weekdays rates are pitched at businesspeople. — В рабочие дни цены ориентированы на деловых людей.

    б) устанавливать планку, уровень ( достижений)

    She pitched her expectations too high. — У неё был завышенный уровень ожиданий.

    3)
    а) муз. давать основной тон; придавать опредёленную высоту

    Ask the singers to pitch the song up a little. — Попросите певцов взять немного повыше.

    б) настраивать ( музыкальный инструмент) на определённый тон
    4) ставить, устанавливать ( сооружение на земле)
    Syn:
    5)
    а) бросать, кидать

    Please pitch your waste paper in here. — Пожалуйста, бросайте использованную бумагу сюда.

    Syn:
    б) спорт. подавать, посылать мяч

    The case has pitched brother against brother and mother against son. — Этот случай настроил брата против брата и мать против сына.

    A shot rang out, the man pitched forward and fell dead. — Раздался выстрел, человек покачнулся и упал замертво.

    7)
    а) тех. совершать продольное движение
    б) мор. подвергаться килевой качке ( о корабле)
    в) ж.-д.; авто раскачиваться, «галопировать»
    8) ( pitch into) разг. набрасываться, нападать на (кого-л.)

    Fearlessly Jim pitched into his attackers. — Джим бесстрашно бросился на своих врагов.

    9) разг. травить байки, рассказывать басни
    Syn:
    10)
    а) разг. всучивать, толкать свой товар ( расхваливая его)
    б) эк.; жарг. продвигать, рекламировать (товар, идею)
    а) выбрать, остановиться на (ком-л. / чём-л.)

    We have pitched on a perfect place for our holiday. — Мы нашли прекрасное место для отдыха.

    б) докучать, дразнить; приставать

    Why pitch on me? I'm not to blame! — Чего ко мне привязались, это не моя вина!

    12) тех. зацеплять ( о зубцах)
    13) стр. мостить брусчаткой; облицовывать
    - pitch into
    - pitch out
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  • 69 would

    When would is used with a verb in English to form the conditional tense, would + verb is translated by the present conditional of the appropriate verb in French and would have + verb by the past conditional of the appropriate verb: I would do it if I had time = je le ferais si j'avais le temps ; I would have done it if I had had time = je l'aurais fait si j'avais eu le temps ; he said he would fetch the car = il a dit qu'il irait chercher la voiture.
    For more examples, particular usages and all other uses of would see the entry below. modal aux ( aussi 'd ; nég wouldn't)
    1 (in sequence of past tenses, in reported speech) she said she wouldn't come elle a dit qu'elle ne viendrait pas ; we thought we would be late nous avons pensé que nous serions en retard ; I was sure you' d like it j'étais sûr que ça te plairait ; we were wondering if he'd accept nous nous demandions s'il accepterait ; they promised that they'd come back ils ont promis de revenir ; soon it would be time to get up ce serait bientôt l'heure de se lever ; it was to be the last chance we would have to leave ça devait être la dernière chance que nous aurions de partir ; he thought she would have forgotten il pensait qu'elle aurait oublié ; I wish he would shut the door! il pourrait fermer la porte! ; I wish you'd be quiet! tu ne pourrais pas te taire! ;
    2 ( in conditional statements) it would be wonderful if they came ce serait merveilleux s'ils venaient ; I'm sure she would help if you asked her je suis sûr qu'elle t'aiderait si tu le lui demandais ; if we'd left later we would have missed the train si nous étions partis plus tard nous aurions raté le train ; we wouldn't be happy anywhere else nous ne serions heureux nulle part ailleurs ; what would be the best way to approach him? quel serait le meilleur moyen de l'aborder? ; who would ever have believed it? qui l'aurait cru? ; you wouldn't have thought it possible! on n'aurait jamais cru que c'était possible! ; I would have found out sooner or later je l'aurais découvert tôt ou tard ; wouldn't it be nice if… ce serait bien si… ; we wouldn't have succeeded without his help nous n'aurions jamais réussi sans son aide ; it wouldn't be the same without them ça ne serait pas la même chose sans eux ; it cost far less than I would have expected ça a coûté beaucoup moins cher que je n'aurais pensé ;
    3 ( expressing willingness to act) do you know anyone who would do it? est-ce que tu connais quelqu'un qui le ferait? ; they couldn't find anyone who would take the job ils n'arrivaient pas à trouver quelqu'un qui accepte ( subj) le poste ; he wouldn't hurt a fly il ne ferait pas de mal à une mouche ; she just wouldn't listen elle ne voulait rien entendre ; after that I wouldn't eat any canned food après cela je ne voulais plus manger de conserves ; he wouldn't do a thing to help il n'a rien voulu faire pour aider ; the police wouldn't give any further details la police a refusé de donner plus de détails ; they asked me to leave but I wouldn't ils m'ont demandé de partir mais j'ai refusé ;
    4 ( expressing inability to function) the door wouldn't close la porte ne voulait pas se fermer ; the brakes wouldn't work les freins ne marchaient pas ;
    5 (expressing desire, preference) we would like to stay another night nous aimerions rester une nuit de plus ; we'd really love to see you nous aimerions vraiment te voir ; I would much rather travel alone je préfèrerais nettement voyager seul ; she would have preferred a puppy elle aurait préféré un chiot ; which film would you rather see? quel film est-ce que tu préférerais voir? ; I wouldn't mind another slice of cake je prendrais bien un autre morceau de gâteau ; it's what he would have wanted c'est ce qu'il aurait voulu ;
    6 ( in polite requests or proposals) would you like something to eat? voudriez-vous quelque chose à manger? ; would you like some more tea? voulez-vous encore du thé? ; would you help me set the table? est-ce que tu pourrais m'aider à mettre la table? ; switch off the radio, would you? éteins la radio, tu veux bien? ; would you be interested in buying a vacuum cleaner? est-ce que vous seriez intéressé par un aspirateur? ; would you like to go to a concert est-ce que tu aimerais aller à un concert? ; would you give her the message? est-ce que vous voulez bien lui transmettre le message? ; would you mind not smoking please? est-ce que ça vous ennuyerait de ne pas fumer s'il vous plaît? ; would you please be quiet un peu de silence s'il vous plaît ; would you be so kind as to leave? sout auriez-vous l'obligeance de partir d'ici? fml ;
    7 ( used to attenuate statements) it would seem that he was right il semblerait qu'il avait raison ; so it would seem c'est ce qu'il semble ; you would think they'd be satisfied with the results! on aurait pu penser qu'ils seraient satisfaits des résultats! ; I wouldn't say that je ne dirais pas ça ; I would have thought it was obvious j'aurais pensé que c'était évident ; I wouldn't know je ne pourrais pas vous le dire ;
    8 ( when giving advice) I wouldn't do that if I were you je ne ferais pas ça à ta place or si j'étais toi ; I really wouldn't worry à ta place je ne m'en ferais pas ; I would check the timetable first tu ferais bien de vérifier l'horaire d'abord ; I'd give her a ring now tu devrais lui téléphoner maintenant ; wouldn't it be better to write? est-ce que ce ne serait pas mieux d'écrire? ;
    9 ( expressing exasperation) ‘he denies it’-‘well he would, wouldn't he?’ ‘il le nie’-‘évidemment!’ ; of course you would contradict him! bien sûr il a fallu que tu le contredises! ; ‘she put her foot in it ’-‘she would!’ ‘elle a mis les pieds dans le plat ’-‘tu m'étonnes!’, ‘c'est bien d'elle!’ ;
    10 ( expressing an assumption) what time would that be? c'était vers quelle heure? ; I suppose it would have been about 3 pm je pense qu'il était à peu près 15h 00 ; being so young, you wouldn't remember the war étant donné ton âge tu ne dois pas te rappeler la guerre ; let's see, that would be his youngest son voyons, ça doit être son plus jeune fils ; it would have been about five years ago ça devait être il y a environ cinq ans ; you'd never have guessed she was German on n'aurait jamais cru qu'elle était allemande ;
    11 (indicating habitual event or behaviour in past: used to) she would sit for hours at the window elle passait des heures assise à la fenêtre ; every winter the fields would be flooded tous les hivers les champs étaient inondés ; the children would be up at dawn les enfants étaient toujours debout à l'aube ;
    12 sout ( if only) would that it were true! si seulement c'était vrai! ; would to God that… plût à Dieu que (+ subj) fml.

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  • 70 Usage note : be

    The direct French equivalent of the verb to be in subject + to be + predicate sentences is être:
    I am tired
    = je suis fatigué
    Caroline is French
    = Caroline est française
    the children are in the garden
    = les enfants sont dans le jardin
    It functions in very much the same way as to be does in English and it is safe to assume it will work as a translation in the great majority of cases.
    Note, however, that when you are specifying a person’s profession or trade, a/an is not translated:
    she’s a doctor
    = elle est médecin
    Claudie is still a student
    = Claudie est toujours étudiante
    This is true of any noun used in apposition when the subject is a person:
    he’s a widower
    = il est veuf
    But
    Lyons is a beautiful city
    = Lyon est une belle ville
    For more information or expressions involving professions and trades consult the usage note Shops, Trades and Professions.
    For the conjugation of the verb être see the French verb tables.
    Grammatical functions
    The passive
    être is used to form the passive in French just as to be is used in English. Note, however, that the past participle agrees in gender and number with the subject:
    the rabbit was killed by a fox
    = le lapin a été tué par un renard
    the window had been broken
    = la fenêtre avait été cassée
    their books will be sold
    = leurs livres seront vendus
    our doors have been repainted red
    = nos portes ont été repeintes en rouge
    In spoken language, French native speakers find the passive cumbersome and will avoid it where possible by using the impersonal on where a person or people are clearly involved : on a repeint nos portes en rouge.
    Progressive tenses
    In French the idea of something happening over a period of time cannot be expressed using the verb être in the way that to be is used as an auxiliary verb in English.
    The present
    French uses simply the present tense where English uses the progressive form with to be:
    I am working
    = je travaille
    Ben is reading a book
    = Ben lit un livre
    The future
    French also uses the present tense where English uses the progressive form with to be:
    we are going to London tomorrow
    = nous allons à Londres demain
    I’m (just) coming!
    = j’arrive!
    I’m (just) going!
    = j’y vais!
    The past
    To express the distinction between she read a newspaper and she was reading a newspaper French uses the perfect and the imperfect tenses: elle a lu un journal/elle lisait un journal:
    he wrote to his mother
    = il a écrit à sa mère
    he was writing to his mother
    = il écrivait à sa mère
    However, in order to accentuate the notion of describing an activity which went on over a period of time, the phrase être en train de (= to be in the process of) is often used:
    ‘what was he doing when you arrived?’
    ‘he was cooking the dinner’
    = ‘qu’est-ce qu’il faisait quand tu es arrivé?’ ‘il était en train de préparer le dîner’
    she was just finishing her essay when …
    = elle était juste en train de finir sa dissertation quand …
    The compound past
    Compound past tenses in the progressive form in English are generally translated by the imperfect in French:
    I’ve been looking for you
    = je te cherchais
    For progressive forms + for and since (I’ve been waiting for an hour, I had been waiting for an hour, I’ve been waiting since Monday etc.) see the entries for and since.
    Obligation
    When to be is used as an auxiliary verb with another verb in the infinitive ( to be to do) expressing obligation, a fixed arrangement or destiny, devoir is used:
    she’s to do it at once
    = elle doit le faire tout de suite
    what am I to do?
    = qu’est-ce que je dois faire?
    he was to arrive last Monday
    = il devait arriver lundi dernier
    she was never to see him again
    = elle ne devait plus le revoir.
    In tag questions
    French has no direct equivalent of tag questions like isn’t he? or wasn’t it? There is a general tag question n’est-ce pas? (literally isn’t it so?) which will work in many cases:
    their house is lovely, isn’t it?
    = leur maison est très belle, n’est-ce pas?
    he’s a doctor, isn’t he?
    = il est médecin, n’est-ce pas?
    it was a very good meal, wasn’t it?
    = c’était un très bon repas, n’est-ce pas?
    However, n’est-ce pas can very rarely be used for positive tag questions and some other way will be found to express the extra meaning contained in the tag: par hasard ( by any chance) can be very useful as a translation:
    ‘I can’t find my glasses’ ‘they’re not in the kitchen, are they?’
    = ‘je ne trouve pas mes lunettes’ ‘elles ne sont pas dans la cuisine, par hasard?’
    you haven’t seen Gaby, have you?
    = tu n’as pas vu Gaby, par hasard?
    In cases where an opinion is being sought, si? meaning more or less or is it? or was it? etc. can be useful:
    it’s not broken, is it?
    = ce n’est pas cassé, si?
    he wasn’t serious, was he?
    = il n’était pas sérieux, si?
    In many other cases the tag question is simply not translated at all and the speaker’s intonation will convey the implied question.
    In short answers
    Again, there is no direct equivalent for short answers like yes I am, no he’s not etc. Where the answer yes is given to contradict a negative question or statement, the most useful translation is si:
    ‘you’re not going out tonight’ ‘yes I am’
    = ‘tu ne sors pas ce soir’ ‘si’
    In reply to a standard enquiry the tag will not be translated:
    ‘are you a doctor?’ ‘yes I am’
    = ‘êtes-vous médecin?’ ‘oui’
    ‘was it raining?’ ‘yes it was’
    = ‘est-ce qu’il pleuvait?’ ‘oui’
    Probability
    For expressions of probability and supposition ( if I were you etc.) see the entry be.
    Other functions
    Expressing sensations and feelings
    In expressing physical and mental sensations, the verb used in French is avoir:
    to be cold
    = avoir froid
    to be hot
    = avoir chaud
    I’m cold
    = j’ai froid
    to be thirsty
    = avoir soif
    to be hungry
    = avoir faim
    to be ashamed
    = avoir honte
    my hands are cold
    = j’ai froid aux mains
    If, however, you are in doubt as to which verb to use in such expressions, you should consult the entry for the appropriate adjective.
    Discussing health and how people are
    In expressions of health and polite enquiries about how people are, aller is used:
    how are you?
    = comment allez-vous?
    ( more informally) comment vas-tu?
    are you well?
    = vous allez bien?
    how is your daughter?
    = comment va votre fille?
    my father is better today
    = mon père va mieux aujourd’hui
    Discussing weather and temperature
    In expressions of weather and temperature faire is generally used:
    it’s cold
    = il fait froid
    it’s windy
    = il fait du vent
    If in doubt, consult the appropriate adjective entry.
    Visiting somewhere
    When to be is used in the present perfect tense to mean go, visit etc., French will generally use the verbs venir, aller etc. rather than être:
    I’ve never been to Sweden
    = je ne suis jamais allé en Suède
    have you been to the Louvre?
    = est-ce que tu es déjà allé au Louvre?
    or est-ce que tu as déjà visité le Louvre?
    Paul has been to see us three times
    = Paul est venu nous voir trois fois
    Note too:
    has the postman been?
    = est-ce que le facteur est passé?
    For here is, here are, there is, there are see the entries here and there.
    The translation for an expression or idiom containing the verb to be will be found in the dictionary at the entry for another word in the expression: for to be in danger see danger, for it would be best to … see best etc.
    This dictionary contains usage notes on topics such as the clock, time units, age, weight measurement, days of the week, and shops, trades and professions, many of which include translations of particular uses of to be.

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  • 71 Wine

       The Portuguese winemaking tradition goes back to Roman times, when Lusitania began exporting wine to the city of Rome. The modern wine-exporting industry began with the Methuen Treaty (1703), which stipulated that henceforth Portuguese wines would be favored as exports to Great Britain in the same way that British woolens imported to Portugal would have advantages. Portugal has the oldest appellation system in the world, which was established by the first minister of King José I, the Marquis of Pombal in 1758. In that year, Pombal ordered the demarcation of the wine producing region along the Douro River valley, the Região Demarcada do Douro, in order to assure the production of high quality port wines. During the reign of King Carlos I (1889-1908), the Vinho Verde, Dão, Colares, Carcavelos, Setúbal, and Madeira regions were demarcated, each of which has its own Comissão Vitivinicola to supervise the preparation and cultivation of the vineyards and to assure the quality of the wines produced.
       Portuguese wines are labeled Denominação de Origem Controlada (DOC), which indicates that the wine is of superior quality from a specific vineyard; Indicação de Pronveniência Regulamentada (IPR), which indicates that wines so labeled were produced under some regulations in a certain demarcated region but are not DOC wines; Vinho Regional, which indicates that such wine was produced without regulation within a specific demarcated region; and Vinho de Mesa, which indicates only that the wine was made in Portugal by a certain producer.
       Portugal produces some of the world's top wines, the best of which are port, madeira, dão, moscatel, and vinho verde. Portugal's most widely known wines are its lightly sparkling rosés, which were successfully mass-marketed in the United States and Europe by Mateus and Lancers beginning in the 1960s. These wines accounted for 40 percent of Portugal's total table wine exports in the 1980s. Increasingly, Portuguese wines are winning international recognition, which has increased their popularity among wine lovers the world over.

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  • 72 Historical Portugal

       Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.
       A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.
       Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140
       The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."
       In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.
       The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.
       Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385
       Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims in
       Portugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.
       The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.
       Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580
       The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.
       The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.
       What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.
       By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.
       Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.
       The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.
       By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.
       In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.
       Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640
       Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.
       Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.
       On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.
       Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822
       Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.
       Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.
       In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and the
       Church (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.
       Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.
       Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.
       Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910
       During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.
       Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.
       Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.
       Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.
       Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.
       As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.
       First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26
       Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.
       The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.
       Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.
       The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74
       During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."
       Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.
       For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),
       and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.
       The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.
       With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.
       During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.
       The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.
       At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.
       The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.
       Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76
       Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.
       Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.
       In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.
       In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.
       In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.
       The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict until
       UN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.
       Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000
       After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.
       From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.
       Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.
       Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.
       In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.
       In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.
       Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.
       Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.
       The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.
       Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.
       Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).
       All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.
       The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.
       After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.
       Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.
       Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.
       From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.
       Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.
       In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.
       An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU.

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    1. adjective
    1) attrib. ein

    one thing I must say — ein[e]s muss ich sagen

    one or two(fig.): (a few) ein paar

    one more... — noch ein...

    it's one [o'clock] — es ist eins od. ein Uhr; see also academic.ru/23561/eight">eight 1.; half 1. 1), 3. 2); quarter 1. 1)

    2) attrib. (single, only) einzig

    in any one day/year — an einem Tag/in einem Jahr

    at any one time — zur gleichen Zeit; (always) zu jeder Zeit

    not one [little] bit — überhaupt nicht

    3) (identical, same) ein

    one and the same person/thing — ein und dieselbe Person/Sache

    at one and the same time — gleichzeitig; see also all 2. 1)

    4) pred. (united, unified)

    be one as a family/nation — eine einige Familie/Nation sein; see also with 1)

    5) attrib. (a particular but undefined)

    at one time — einmal; einst (geh.)

    one morning/night — eines Morgens/Nachts

    one day(on day specified) einmal; (at unspecified future date) eines Tages

    one day soonbald einmal

    one Sundayan einem Sonntag

    6) attrib. contrasted with ‘other’/‘another’ ein

    neither one thing nor the other — weder das eine noch das andere; see also hand 1. 24)

    7)

    in one(coll.): (at first attempt) auf Anhieb

    got it in one!(coll.) [du hast es] erraten!

    2. noun
    1) eins
    2) (number, symbol) Eins, die; see also eight 2. 1)
    3) (unit)
    3. pronoun
    1)

    one of... — ein... (+ Gen.)

    one of them/us — etc. einer von ihnen/uns usw.

    any one of them — jeder/jede/jedes von ihnen

    every one of them — jeder/jede/jedes [einzelne] von ihnen

    not one of them — keiner/keine/keines von ihnen

    2) replacing n. implied or mentioned ein...

    the jacket is an old onedie Jacke ist [schon] alt

    the older/younger one — der/die/das ältere/jüngere

    this is the one I like — den/die/das mag ich

    you are or were the one who insisted on going to Scotland — du warst der-/diejenige, der/die unbedingt nach Schottland wollte

    this one — dieser/diese/dieses [da]

    that one — der/die/das [da]

    these ones or those ones? — (coll.) die [da] oder die [da]?

    these/those blue etc. ones — diese/die blauen usw.

    which one? — welcher/welche/welches?

    not one — keiner/keine/keines; (emphatic) nicht einer/eine/eines

    all but one — alle außer einem/einer/einem

    I for one — ich für mein[en] Teil

    one by one, one after another or the other — einzeln

    love one anothersich od. (geh.) einander lieben

    be kind to one anothernett zueinander sein

    3) (contrasted with ‘other’/‘another’)

    [the] one... the other — der/die/das eine... der/die/das andere

    4) (person or creature of specified kind)

    the little one — der/die/das Kleine

    our dear or loved ones — unsere Lieben

    young one(youngster) Kind, das; (young animal) Junge, das

    5)

    [not] one who does or to do or for doing something — [nicht] der Typ, der etwas tut

    6) (representing people in general; also coll.): (I, we) man; as indirect object einem; as direct object einen

    one'ssein

    wash one's handssich (Dat.) die Hände waschen

    7) (coll.): (drink)

    I'll have just a little oneich trinke nur einen Kleinen (ugs.)

    have one on meich geb dir einen aus

    8) (coll.): (blow)

    give somebody one on the head/nose — jemandem eins über den Kopf/auf die Nase geben (ugs.)

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    1. noun
    1) (the number or figure 1: One and one is two (1 + 1 = 2).) die Eins
    2) (the age of 1: Babies start to talk at one.) die Eins
    2. pronoun
    1) (a single person or thing: She's the one I like the best; I'll buy the red one.) der/die/das(jenige)
    2) (anyone; any person: One can see the city from here.) man
    3. adjective
    1) (1 in number: one person; He took one book.) ein/e/es
    2) (aged 1: The baby will be one tomorrow.) eins
    3) (of the same opinion etc: We are one in our love of freedom.) einer Meinung
    - one-
    - oneself
    - one-night stand
    - one-off
    - one-parent family
    - one-sided
    - one-way
    - one-year-old
    4. adjective
    ((of a person, animal or thing) that is one year old.) einjährige
    - all one
    - be one up on a person
    - be one up on
    - not be oneself
    - one and all
    - one another
    - one by one
    - one or two
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    [wʌn]
    I. adj inv
    1. attr (not two) ein(e)
    we have two daughters and \one son wir haben zwei Töchter und einen Sohn
    \one hundred/thousand einhundert/-tausend
    \one million eine Million
    \one third/fifth ein Drittel/Fünftel nt
    2. attr (one of a number) ein(e)
    the glass tube is closed at \one end das Glasröhrchen ist an einem Ende verschlossen
    he can't tell \one wine from another er schmeckt bei Weinen keinen Unterschied
    3. attr (single, only) einzige(r, s)
    her \one concern is to save her daughter ihre einzige Sorge ist, wie sie ihre Tochter retten kann
    do you think the five of us will manage to squeeze into the \one car? glaubst du, wir fünf können uns in dieses eine Auto quetschen?
    we should paint the bedroom all \one colour wir sollten das Schlafzimmer nur in einer Farbe streichen
    he's the \one person you can rely on in an emergency er ist die einzige Person, auf die man sich im Notfall verlassen kann
    not \one man kein Mensch
    to have just \one thought nur einen [einzigen] Gedanken haben
    the \one and only... der/die/das einzige...
    ladies and gentlemen, the \one and only Muhammad Ali! meine Damen und Herren, der einzigartige Muhammad Ali!
    4. attr (some future) irgendein(e)
    I'd like to go skiing \one Christmas ich würde gern irgendwann an Weihnachten Skifahren gehen
    \one afternoon next week an irgendeinem Nachmittag nächste Woche, irgendwann nächste Woche nachmittags
    \one day irgendwann
    \one evening/night irgendwann abends/nachts
    5. attr (some in the past) ein(e)
    \one moment he says he loves me, the next moment he's asking for a divorce einmal sagt er, er liebt mich, und im nächsten Moment will er die Scheidung
    \one afternoon in late October an einem Nachmittag Ende Oktober
    \one day/evening/night eines Tages/Abends/Nachts
    \one night we stayed up talking till dawn an einem Abend plauderten wir einmal bis zum Morgengrauen
    6. attr ( form: a certain) ein gewisser/eine gewisse
    her solicitor is \one John Wintersgill ihr Anwalt ist ein gewisser John Wintersgill
    7. attr esp AM ( emph fam: noteworthy)
    his mother is \one generous woman seine Mutter ist eine wirklich großzügige Frau
    that's \one big ice cream you've got there du hast aber ein großes Eis!
    it was \one hell of a shock to find out I'd lost my job ( fam) es war ein Riesenschock für mich, als ich erfuhr, dass ich meinen Job verloren hatte fam
    he was \one hell of a snappy dresser ( fam) er war immer todschick gekleidet fam
    8. (identical) ein(e)
    all types of training meet \one common standard alle Trainingsarten unterliegen den gleichen Maßstäben
    to be of \one mind einer Meinung sein
    \one and the same ein und der-/die-/dasselbe
    that's \one and the same thing! das ist doch ein und dasselbe!
    9. (age) ein Jahr
    \one is a difficult age mit einem Jahr sind Kinder in einem schwierigen Alter
    to be \one [year old] ein Jahr alt sein
    little Jimmy's \one today der kleine Jimmy wird heute ein Jahr alt
    she'll be \one [year old] tomorrow sie wird morgen ein Jahr alt
    10. (time)
    \one [o'clock] eins, ein Uhr
    it's half past \one es ist halb zwei
    at \one um eins
    11.
    a hundred [or million] [or thousand] and \one hunderttausend
    I've got a hundred and \one things to do this morning ich muss heute Vormittag hunderttausend Dinge erledigen
    what with \one thing and another ( fam) weil alles [o viel] zusammenkommt
    what with \one thing and another she hadn't had much sleep recently da alles [o viel] zusammenkam, hat sie in letzter Zeit nicht viel Schlaf bekommen
    \one way or another [or the other] (for or against) für oder gegen; (somehow) irgendwie
    there is no evidence \one way or the other about the effectiveness of the drug es gibt keinerlei Beweise für die Wirksamkeit oder Unwirksamkeit des Medikaments
    the bills have to be paid \one way or another die Rechnungen müssen irgendwie bezahlt werden
    II. n
    1. (unit) Eins f
    \one hundred and \one einhundert[und]eins
    three \ones are three drei mal eins gibt [o ist] [o macht] drei
    2. (figure) Eins f
    the front door bore a big brass \one auf der Eingangstür prangte eine große kupferne Eins
    3. (size of garment, merchandise) Größe eins
    little Jackie's wearing \ones now die kleine Jackie trägt jetzt Größe eins
    4. no pl (unity)
    to be \one eins sein
    to be made \one getraut werden
    III. pron
    1. (single item) eine(r, s)
    four parcels came this morning, but only \one was for Mark heute Morgen kamen vier Pakete, aber nur eines war für Mark
    which cake would you like? — the \one at the front welchen Kuchen möchten Sie? — den vorderen
    I'd rather eat French croissants than English \ones ich esse lieber französische Croissants als englische
    I have two apples, do you want \one? ich habe zwei Äpfel, möchtest du einen?
    not a single \one kein Einziger/keine Einzige/kein Einziges
    \one at a time immer nur eine(r, s)
    don't gobble them up all at once — eat them \one at a time schling nicht alle auf einmal hinunter — iss sie langsam
    [all] in \one [alles] in einem
    with this model you get a radio, CD player and cassette deck [all] in \one dieses Modell enthält Radio, CD-Player und Kassettendeck in einem
    \one after another [or the other] eine(r, s) nach dem/der anderen
    \one after another the buses drew up die Busse kamen einer nach dem anderen
    \one [thing] after another [or the other] eines nach dem anderen
    \one or another [or the other] irgendeine(r, s)
    not all instances fall neatly into \one or another of these categories nicht alle Vorkommnisse fallen genau unter eine dieser Kategorien
    this/that \one diese(r, s)/jene(r, s)
    these/those \ones diese/jene
    which \one do you want? — that \one, please! welchen möchten Sie? — den dort, bitte!
    \one of sth:
    Luxembourg is \one of the world's smallest countries Luxemburg ist eines der kleinsten Länder der Welt
    electronics is \one of his [many] hobbies die Elektronik ist eines seiner [vielen] Hobbys
    our organization is just \one of many charities unsere Organisation ist nur eine von vielen wohltätigen Vereinigungen
    2. (single person) eine(r)
    two could live as cheaply as \one zwei könnten so günstig wie einer wohnen
    she thought of her loved \ones sie dachte an ihre Lieben
    to [not] be \one to do [or who does] sth (nature) [nicht] der Typ sein, der etw tut, [nicht] zu denen gehören, die etw tun; (liking) etw [nicht] gerne tun
    she's always been \one to take [or who takes] initiative es war schon immer ihre Art, die Initiative zu ergreifen
    I've never really been \one to sit around doing nothing untätig herumzusitzen war noch nie meine Art
    he's always been \one that enjoys good food ihm hat gutes Essen schon immer geschmeckt
    he's not \one to eat exotic food er isst nicht gerne exotische Speisen
    she's [not] \one to go [or who goes] to parties sie geht [nicht] gerne auf Partys
    to not [or never] be \one to say no to sth nie zu etw dat Nein sagen können
    to be [a] \one for sth ( fam) etw gerne mögen, sich dat viel aus etw dat machen
    Jack's always been \one for the ladies Jack hatte schon immer viel für Frauen übrig
    to not be [a] \one ( fam) for sth [or to not be much of a \one] ( fam) etw nicht besonders mögen, sich dat nicht viel aus etw dat machen
    I've never really been [much of a] \one for football ich habe mir eigentlich nie viel aus Fußball gemacht
    to [not] be [a] \one for doing sth ( fam) etw [nicht] gerne machen
    he's a great \one for telling other people what to do er sagt anderen gerne, was sie zu tun haben
    \one and all ( liter) alle
    the news of his resignation came as a surprise to \one and all die Nachricht von seinem Rücktritt kam für alle überraschend
    well done \one and all! gut gemacht, ihr alle!
    like \one + pp wie ein(e)...
    Viv was running around like \one possessed before the presentation Viv lief vor der Präsentation wie eine Besessene herum
    \one after another eine/einer nach der/dem anderen
    \one by \one nacheinander
    \one of:
    she's \one of my favourite writers sie ist eine meiner Lieblingsautoren
    to be \one of many/a few eine(r) von vielen/wenigen sein
    the \one der-/die[jenige]
    Chris is the \one with curly brown hair Chris ist der mit den lockigen braunen Haaren
    3. (expressing alternatives, comparisons)
    they look very similar and it's difficult to distinguish \one from the other sie sehen sich sehr ähnlich, und es ist oft schwer sie auseinanderzuhalten
    \one or the other der/die/das eine oder der/die/das andere
    choose \one of the pictures. you may have \one or the other, but not both such dir eins der Bilder aus. du kannst nur eines davon haben, nicht beide
    \one without the other der/die/das eine ohne der/die/das andere
    \one has an obligation to \one's friends man hat Verpflichtungen seinen Freunden gegenüber
    \one must admire him er ist zu bewundern
    5. ( form: I) ich; (we) wir
    \one gets the impression that... ich habe den Eindruck, dass...
    \one has to do \one's best wir müssen unser Bestes geben
    I for \one ich für meinen Teil
    I for \one think we should proceed was mich betrifft, so denke ich, dass wir weitermachen sollten
    6. (question) Frage f
    what's the capital of Zaire?oh, that's a difficult \one wie heißt die Hauptstadt von Zaire? — das ist eine schwierige Frage
    7. ( fam: alcoholic drink) Getränk nt
    this \one's on me! diese Runde geht auf mich!
    she likes a cool \one after a hard day nach einem harten Tag braucht sie einen kühlen Drink
    8. ( fam: joke, story) Witz m
    that was a good \one! der war gut!
    did I tell you the \one about the blind beggar? habe ich dir den [Witz] von dem blinden Bettler schon erzählt?
    9. BRIT, AUS ( dated fam: sb who is lacking respect, is rude, or amusing)
    you are a \one! du bist mir vielleicht einer! fam
    she's a \one! das ist mir vielleicht eine! fam
    10.
    to be all \one to sb Chinesisch für jdn sein fam
    Greek and Hebrew are all \one to me Griechisch und Hebräisch sind Chinesisch für mich fam
    to be as \one on sth ( form) bei etw dat einer Meinung sein
    we have discussed the matter fully and are as \one on our decision wir haben die Angelegenheit gründlich erörtert, und unsere Entscheidung ist einstimmig
    to be at \one with sb ( form) mit jdm einer Meinung sein
    to be at \one with sth ( form) mit etw dat eins sein
    they were completely at \one with their environment sie lebten in völliger Harmonie mit ihrer Umwelt
    to be \one of the family zur Familie gehören fig
    to get sth in \one ( fam: guess) etw sofort erraten; (understand) etw gleich kapieren fam
    so are you saying she's leaving him?yep, got it in \one du sagst also, dass sie ihn verlässt? — ja, du hast es erfasst
    to get [or be] \one up on sb jdn übertrumpfen
    in \one (draught) in einem Zug, [auf] ex fam
    to be \one of a kind zur Spitze gehören
    in the world of ballet she was certainly \one of a kind as a dancer in der Welt des Ballet zählte sie zweifellos zu den besten Tänzerinnen
    to land [or sock] sb \one [on the jaw] ( fam) jdm eine reinhauen fam
    \one or two ( fam) ein paar
    I hear you've collected over 1,000 autographs! — well, I do have \one or two ich habe gehört, du hast über 1.000 Autogramme gesammelt! — na ja, ich habe schon ein paar
    in \ones and twos (in small numbers) immer nur ein paar; (alone or in a pair) allein oder paarweise [o zu zweit]
    we expected a flood of applications for the job, but we're only receiving them in \ones and twos wir haben eine Flut von Bewerbungen für die Stelle erwartet, aber es gehen [täglich] nur wenige ein
    to arrive/stand around in \ones and [or or] twos einzeln oder paarweise [o zu zweit] eintreffen/herumstehen
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    [wʌn]
    1. adj
    1) (= number) ein/eine/ein; (counting) eins

    there was one person too manyda war einer zu viel

    one girl was pretty, the other was ugly —

    she was in one room, he was in the other — sie war im einen Zimmer, er im anderen

    the baby is one ( year old) — das Kind ist ein Jahr (alt)

    it is one ( o'clock) — es ist eins, es ist ein Uhr

    one hundred pounds — hundert Pfund; (on cheque etc) einhundert Pfund

    that's one way of doing itso kann mans (natürlich) auch machen

    2)

    (indefinite) one morning/day etc he realized... — eines Morgens/Tages etc bemerkte er...

    3)

    (= a certain) one Mr Smith — ein gewisser Herr Smith

    4)

    (= sole, only) he is the one man to tell you — er ist der Einzige, der es Ihnen sagen kann

    5)

    (= same) they all came in the one car — sie kamen alle in dem einen Auto

    6)

    (= united) God is one — Gott ist unteilbar

    they were one in wanting that — sie waren sich darin einig, dass sie das wollten

    2. pron
    1) eine(r, s)

    the one who... — der(jenige), der.../die(jenige), die.../das(jenige), das...

    he/that was the one — er/das wars

    do you have one? — haben Sie einen/eine/ein(e)s?

    the red/big etc one — der/die/das Rote/Große etc

    my one (inf) — meiner/meine/mein(e)s

    his one (inf) — seiner/seine/sein(e)s

    not (a single) one of them, never one of them — nicht eine(r, s) von ihnen, kein Einziger/keine Einzige/kein Einziges

    any one — irgendeine(r, s)

    every one — jede(r, s)

    this one — diese(r, s)

    that one — der/die/das, jene(r, s) (geh)

    which one? — welche(r, s)?

    that's a good one (inf) — der (Witz) ist gut; ( iro, excuse etc ) (das ist ein) guter Witz

    I'm not one to go out oftenich bin nicht der Typ, der oft ausgeht

    I'm not usually one to go out on a week night, but today... — ich gehe sonst eigentlich nicht an Wochentagen aus, aber heute...

    she was never one to cry — Weinen war noch nie ihre Art; (but she did) sonst weinte sie nie

    he's a great one for discipline/turning up late — der ist ganz groß, wenns um Disziplin/ums Zuspätkommen geht

    ooh, you are a one! (inf)oh, Sie sind mir vielleicht eine(r)! (inf)

    she is a teacher, and he/her sister wants to be one too — sie ist Lehrerin, und er möchte auch gern Lehrer werden/ihre Schwester möchte auch gern eine werden

    I, for one, think otherwise — ich, zum Beispiel, denke anders

    one after the other — eine(r, s) nach dem/der/dem anderen

    take one or the other —

    one or other of them will do it — der/die eine oder andere wird es tun

    one who knows the country —

    in the manner of one who... — in der Art von jemandem, der...

    like one demented/possessed — wie verrückt/besessen

    2) (impers) (nom) man; (acc) einen; (dat) einem

    one must learn to keep quiet — man muss lernen, still zu sein

    to hurt one's footsich (dat) den Fuß verletzen

    to wash one's face/hair — sich (dat) das Gesicht/die Haare waschen

    3. n
    (= written figure) Eins f

    to be at one (with sb) — sich (dat) (mit jdm) einig sein

    * * *
    one [wʌn]
    A adj
    1. ein, eine, ein:
    one apple ein Apfel;
    one man in ten einer von zehn;
    one or two ein oder zwei, ein paar;
    he spoke to him as one man to another er redete mit ihm von Mann zu Mann; hundred A 1, thousand A 1
    2. (emphatisch) ein, eine, ein, ein einziger, eine einzige, ein einziges:
    all were of one mind sie waren alle einer Meinung;
    he is one with me on this er ist mit mir darüber einer Meinung;
    be made one ehelich verbunden werden;
    for one thing zunächst einmal;
    no one man could do it allein könnte das niemand schaffen;
    his one thought sein einziger Gedanke;
    the one way to do it die einzige Möglichkeit(, es zu tun);
    my one and only hope meine einzige Hoffnung;
    the one and only Mr X der unvergleichliche oder einzigartige Mr. X; man A 5
    3. all one nur präd alles eins, ein und dasselbe:
    it is all one to me es ist mir (ganz) egal;
    it’s one fine job es ist eine einmalig schöne Arbeit
    4. ein gewisser, eine gewisse, ein gewisses, ein, eine, ein:
    one day eines Tages (in Zukunft od Vergangenheit);
    one of these days irgendwann (ein)mal;
    one John Smith ein gewisser John Smith
    B s
    1. Eins f, eins:
    one is half of two eins ist die Hälfte von zwei;
    a Roman one eine römische Eins;
    one and a half ein(und)einhalb, anderthalb;
    I bet ten to one (that …) ich wette zehn zu eins(, dass …);
    at one o’clock um ein Uhr;
    one-ten ein Uhr zehn, zehn nach eins;
    in the year one anno dazumal;
    be one up on sb jemandem (um eine Nasenlänge) voraus sein; number one
    2. (der, die) Einzelne, (das) einzelne (Stück):
    the all and the one die Gesamtheit und der Einzelne;
    one by one, one after another, one after the other einer nach dem andern;
    one with another eins zum anderen gerechnet;
    by ones and twos einzeln und zu zweien oder zweit;
    I for one ich zum Beispiel
    3. Einheit f:
    be at one with sb mit jemandem einer Meinung oder einig sein;
    be at one with nature eins mit der Natur sein;
    be at one with life rundherum zufrieden sein;
    a) alle gemeinsam,
    b) alles in einem
    4. Ein(s)er m, besonders Eindollarnote f
    C pron
    1. ein(er), eine, ein(es), jemand:
    as one wie ein Mann, geschlossen;
    on this question they were as one in dieser Frage waren sich alle einig;
    as one enchanted wie verzaubert;
    one of the poets einer der Dichter;
    one who einer, der;
    the one who der(jenige), der oder welcher;
    one so cautious jemand, der so vorsichtig ist; ein so vorsichtiger Mann;
    help one another einander oder sich gegenseitig helfen;
    have you heard the one about …? kennen Sie den (Witz) schon von …?;
    one for all and all for one einer für alle und alle für einen
    2. (Stützwort, meist unübersetzt):
    a sly one ein ganz Schlauer;
    that one der, die, das da ( oder dort);
    a red pencil and a blue one ein roter Bleistift und ein blauer;
    the portraits are fine ones die Porträts sind gut;
    the picture is a realistic one das Bild ist realistisch; anyone, each A, many A 1, someone
    3. man:
    4. one’s sein, seine, sein:
    break one’s leg sich das Bein brechen;
    lose one’s way sich verirren
    5. umg
    a) ein anständiges Ding (hervorragende Sache, besonders tüchtiger Schlag)
    b) Kanone f fig, Könner(in):
    one in the eye fig ein Denkzettel;
    that’s a good one! nicht schlecht!;
    you are a one! du bist mir vielleicht einer!; land C 6
    * * *
    1. adjective
    1) attrib. ein

    one thing I must say — ein[e]s muss ich sagen

    one or two(fig.): (a few) ein paar

    one more... — noch ein...

    it's one [o'clock] — es ist eins od. ein Uhr; see also eight 1.; half 1. 1), 3. 2); quarter 1. 1)

    2) attrib. (single, only) einzig

    in any one day/year — an einem Tag/in einem Jahr

    at any one time — zur gleichen Zeit; (always) zu jeder Zeit

    not one [little] bit — überhaupt nicht

    3) (identical, same) ein

    one and the same person/thing — ein und dieselbe Person/Sache

    at one and the same time — gleichzeitig; see also all 2. 1)

    4) pred. (united, unified)

    be one as a family/nation — eine einige Familie/Nation sein; see also with 1)

    5) attrib. (a particular but undefined)

    at one time — einmal; einst (geh.)

    one morning/night — eines Morgens/Nachts

    6) attrib. contrasted with ‘other’/‘another’ ein

    neither one thing nor the other — weder das eine noch das andere; see also hand 1. 24)

    7)

    in one(coll.): (at first attempt) auf Anhieb

    got it in one!(coll.) [du hast es] erraten!

    2. noun
    1) eins
    2) (number, symbol) Eins, die; see also eight 2. 1)
    3. pronoun
    1)

    one of... — ein... (+ Gen.)

    one of them/us — etc. einer von ihnen/uns usw.

    any one of them — jeder/jede/jedes von ihnen

    every one of them — jeder/jede/jedes [einzelne] von ihnen

    not one of them — keiner/keine/keines von ihnen

    2) replacing n. implied or mentioned ein...

    the jacket is an old one — die Jacke ist [schon] alt

    the older/younger one — der/die/das ältere/jüngere

    this is the one I like — den/die/das mag ich

    you are or were the one who insisted on going to Scotland — du warst der-/diejenige, der/die unbedingt nach Schottland wollte

    this one — dieser/diese/dieses [da]

    that one — der/die/das [da]

    these ones or those ones? — (coll.) die [da] oder die [da]?

    these/those blue etc. ones — diese/die blauen usw.

    which one? — welcher/welche/welches?

    not one — keiner/keine/keines; (emphatic) nicht einer/eine/eines

    all but one — alle außer einem/einer/einem

    I for one — ich für mein[en] Teil

    one by one, one after another or the other — einzeln

    love one anothersich od. (geh.) einander lieben

    3) (contrasted with ‘other’/‘another’)

    [the] one... the other — der/die/das eine... der/die/das andere

    4) (person or creature of specified kind)

    the little one — der/die/das Kleine

    our dear or loved ones — unsere Lieben

    young one (youngster) Kind, das; (young animal) Junge, das

    5)

    [not] one who does or to do or for doing something — [nicht] der Typ, der etwas tut

    6) (representing people in general; also coll.): (I, we) man; as indirect object einem; as direct object einen

    one'ssein

    wash one's handssich (Dat.) die Hände waschen

    7) (coll.): (drink)
    8) (coll.): (blow)

    give somebody one on the head/nose — jemandem eins über den Kopf/auf die Nase geben (ugs.)

    * * *
    (number) n.
    n. adj.
    ein adj.
    eins adj. pron.
    man pron.

    English-german dictionary > one

  • 74 whichever

    1. adjective
    1) (any... that) der od. derjenige, der/die od. diejenige, die/das od. dasjenige, das/die od. diejenigen, die

    go whichever way you wantes ist egal, welchen Weg du nimmst

    take whichever apple/apples you wish — nimm den Apfel, den du willst/die Äpfel, die du willst

    ..., whichever period is the longer —..., je nachdem, welches der längere Zeitraum ist

    2) (no matter which/who/whom) welche/welcher/welches... auch
    2. pronoun
    1) (any one[s] that) der od. derjenige, der/die od. diejenige, die/das od. dasjenige, das/die od. diejenigen, die

    whichever of you/the children wins will get a prize — wer von euch gewinnt/das Kind, das gewinnt, bekommt einen Preis

    2) (no matter which one[s]) welcher/welche/welches... auch

    whichever of them comes/come — wer von ihnen auch kommt

    3) (coll.): (which ever)

    whichever could it be? — welcher/welche/welches könnte das nur sein?

    * * *
    relative adjective, relative pronoun
    1) (any (one(s)) that: I'll take whichever (books) you don't want; The prize will go to whichever of them writes the best essay.) welche auch immer
    2) (no matter which (one(s)): Whichever way I turned, I couldn't escape.) ganz gleich welche
    * * *
    which·ever
    [(h)wɪtʃˈevəʳ, AM -ɚ]
    I. pron
    1. (any one) wer/was auch immer
    we can go to the seven o'clock performance or the eight — \whichever suits you best wir können zu der Vorstellung um sieben oder um acht gehen — wie es dir besser passt
    which bar would you prefer to meet in? — \whichever, it doesn't matter to me in welcher Bar sollen wir uns treffen? — wo du willst — mir ist es egal
    2. rel (regardless of which) was/wer auch immer
    \whichever they choose, we must accept it wir müssen akzeptieren, was auch immer sie entscheiden
    do you remember the hotel we stayed at in Banff? — \whichever do you mean? kannst du dich noch an das Hotel in Banff erinnern, in dem wir waren? — welches um alles in der Welt meinst du nur?
    II. adj attr, inv
    1. (any one)
    \whichever... der-/die-/dasjenige, der/die/das...
    you may pick \whichever puppy you want du kannst den Welpen nehmen, der dir gefällt
    choose \whichever brand you prefer wähle die Marke, die du lieber hast
    2. (regardless of which) egal welche(r, s), welche(r, s)... auch immer
    \whichever option we choose... egal welche Möglichkeit wir wählen,...
    \whichever party gets in at the next election,... welche Partei auch immer sich bei der nächsten Wahl durchsetzen wird,...
    \whichever way wie auch immer
    it's going to be expensive \whichever way you do it es wird teuer werden, ganz gleich, wie wir es machen
    * * *
    [wɪtʃ'evə(r)]
    1. adj
    welche(r, s) auch immer; (= no matter which) ganz gleich or egal or einerlei welche(r, s)
    2. pron
    welche(r, s) auch immer

    whichever (of you) has the most money — wer immer (von euch) das meiste Geld hat

    * * *
    whichever, (verstärkend) whichsoever pron & adj welch(er, e, es) (auch) immer;
    ganz gleich, welch(er, e, es):
    take whichever you want nimm welches du (auch) immer willst
    * * *
    1. adjective
    1) (any... that) der od. derjenige, der/die od. diejenige, die/das od. dasjenige, das/die od. diejenigen, die

    go whichever way you want — es ist egal, welchen Weg du nimmst

    take whichever apple/apples you wish — nimm den Apfel, den du willst/die Äpfel, die du willst

    ..., whichever period is the longer —..., je nachdem, welches der längere Zeitraum ist

    2) (no matter which/who/whom) welche/welcher/welches... auch
    2. pronoun
    1) (any one[s] that) der od. derjenige, der/die od. diejenige, die/das od. dasjenige, das/die od. diejenigen, die

    whichever of you/the children wins will get a prize — wer von euch gewinnt/das Kind, das gewinnt, bekommt einen Preis

    2) (no matter which one[s]) welcher/welche/welches... auch

    whichever of them comes/come — wer von ihnen auch kommt

    3) (coll.): (which ever)

    whichever could it be? — welcher/welche/welches könnte das nur sein?

    * * *
    adj.
    was immer adj. pron.
    welch pron.

    English-german dictionary > whichever

  • 75 whichever

    relative adjective, relative pronoun
    1) (any (one(s)) that: I'll take whichever (books) you don't want; The prize will go to whichever of them writes the best essay.) cualquier; el/la que
    2) (no matter which (one(s)): Whichever way I turned, I couldn't escape.) cualquier
    whichever adj pron el que / la que / cualquiera
    tr[wɪʧ'evəSMALLr/SMALL]
    1 (any one) cualquier, el/la que
    2 (no matter which) cualquiera que, no importa
    whichever coat did you buy? ¿cuál de los abrigos compraste?
    1 cualquiera, el/la que
    whichever did you choose? ¿cuál escogiste?
    whichever [hwɪʧ'ɛvər] adj
    : el (la) que, cualquiera que
    whichever book you like: cualquier libro que te guste
    whichever pron
    : el (la) que, cualquiera que
    take whichever you want: toma el que quieras
    whichever I choose: cualquiera que elija
    adj.
    cualquier adj.
    pron.
    cualquier pron.
    cualquiera pron.
    quienquiera pron.

    I hwɪtʃ'evər, wɪtʃ'evə(r)

    there are several options, but whichever you choose... — hay varias opciones, pero elijas la que elijas or cualquiera que elijas...

    b) (the one, ones that)
    c) ( in questions) (sing) cuál; (pl) cuáles

    II

    whichever party is in powersea cual sea or cualquiera que sea el partido que esté en el poder

    whichever date you decide on, let me know in advance — elija la fecha que elija, hágamelo saber con anticipación

    b) ( any that)

    you can write about whichever subject you know best — puedes escribir sobre el tema que mejor conozcas, sea cual sea or fuere

    c) ( in questions) (sing) cuál; (pl) cuáles
    [wɪtʃ'evǝ(r)]
    1. PRON
    1) (=no matter which)

    whichever of the methods you choose — cualquiera de los métodos que escojas, no importa el método que escojas

    2) (=the one which) el/la que
    2. ADJ
    1) (=no matter which)

    whichever system you have there are difficulties — no importa el sistema que tengas, hay problemas, cualquiera que sea el sistema que tengas, hay problemas

    2) (=any, the... which) el... que/la... que
    * * *

    I [hwɪtʃ'evər, wɪtʃ'evə(r)]

    there are several options, but whichever you choose... — hay varias opciones, pero elijas la que elijas or cualquiera que elijas...

    b) (the one, ones that)
    c) ( in questions) (sing) cuál; (pl) cuáles

    II

    whichever party is in powersea cual sea or cualquiera que sea el partido que esté en el poder

    whichever date you decide on, let me know in advance — elija la fecha que elija, hágamelo saber con anticipación

    b) ( any that)

    you can write about whichever subject you know best — puedes escribir sobre el tema que mejor conozcas, sea cual sea or fuere

    c) ( in questions) (sing) cuál; (pl) cuáles

    English-spanish dictionary > whichever

  • 76 course

    ko:s
    1) (a series (of lectures, medicines etc): I'm taking a course (of lectures) in sociology; He's having a course of treatment for his leg.) curso
    2) (a division or part of a meal: Now we've had the soup, what's (for) the next course?) plato
    3) (the ground over which a race is run or a game (especially golf) is played: a racecourse; a golf-course.) campo, pista
    4) (the path or direction in which something moves: the course of the Nile.) curso
    5) (the progress or development of events: Things will run their normal course despite the strike.) curso
    6) (a way (of action): What's the best course of action in the circumstances?) camino, modo de proceder
    - in due course
    - of course
    - off
    - on course

    1. curso
    2. plato
    first course, main course and dessert primer plato, segundo plato y postre
    3. rumbo
    of course claro / desde luego / por supuesto
    tr[kɔːs]
    1 (direction - gen) curso, dirección nombre femenino; (of ship) rumbo; (of river) curso
    3 (way of acting, plan of action) plan nombre masculino de acción, línea de acción
    what courses are open to us? ¿qué opciones tenemos?
    4 (development, progress) curso, marcha
    5 SMALLEDUCATION/SMALL (year-long) curso; (short) cursillo; (series) ciclo; (at university) carrera; (individual subject) asignatura
    6 SMALLMEDICINE/SMALL serie nombre femenino, tanda
    7 (of meal) plato
    8 SMALLSPORT/SMALL (for golf) campo; (racecourse) hipódromo; (stretch, distance) curso, recorrido
    9 (of bricks) hilada
    1 correr, fluir
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    in due course a su debido tiempo
    of course claro, desde luego, por supuesto, naturalmente
    yes, of course! ¡claro que sí!
    of course not! ¡claro que no!
    to be on course (ship, plane) seguir el rumbo 2 (plan, company, etc) ir encaminado,-a, llevar camino ( for, de)
    to be off course perder el rumbo, desviarse del rumbo
    to change course cambiar de rumbo
    to set course for poner rumbo a
    to take its course / run its course seguir su curso
    course of treatment SMALLMEDICINE/SMALL tratamiento
    first course primer plato, entrante nombre masculino
    refresher course SMALLEDUCATION/SMALL cursillo de reciclaje
    second course segundo plato
    course ['kors] vi, coursed ; coursing : correr (a toda velocidad)
    1) progress: curso m, transcurso m
    to run its course: seguir su curso
    2) direction: rumbo m (de un avión), derrota f, derrotero m (de un barco)
    3) path, way: camino m, vía f
    course of action: línea de conducta
    4) : plato m (de una cena)
    the main course: el plato principal
    5) : curso m (académico)
    6)
    of course : desde luego, por supuesto
    yes, of course!: ¡claro que sí!
    n.
    plato s.m.
    n.
    asignatura s.f.
    camino s.m.
    carrera s.f.
    corriente s.m.
    curso s.m.
    derrota s.f.
    pista s.f.
    rumbo s.m.
    sentido s.m.
    transcurso s.m.
    trayecto s.m.
    trayectoria s.f.
    v.
    correr v.
    perseguir v.

    I kɔːrs, kɔːs
    1)
    a) ( of river) curso m; ( of road) recorrido m

    the only course open to us — el único camino que tenemos, nuestra única opción

    c) ( progress) (no pl)

    in the normal course of events — normalmente, en circunstancias normales

    in o during the course of our conversation — en el curso or transcurso de nuestra conversación

    to run o take its course — seguir* su curso

    2)

    of course — claro, desde luego, por supuesto

    am I invited? - of course you are! — ¿estoy invitado? - claro or desde luego or por supuesto que sí!

    I'm not always right, of course — claro que no siempre tengo razón

    3) (Aviat, Naut) rumbo m

    to set course for — poner* rumbo a

    to go off course — desviarse* de rumbo

    4)
    a) ( Educ) curso m

    course IN/ON something — curso de/sobre algo

    to take o (BrE also) do a course — hacer* un curso

    to go on a course — ir* a hacer un curso; (before n)

    b) ( Med)
    5) ( part of a meal) plato m

    main courseplato principal or fuerte or (Ven) central

    as a o for the first course — de primer plato, de entrada

    6) ( Sport) ( racecourse) hipódromo m, pista f (de carreras); ( golf course) campo m or (CS tb) cancha f (de golf)

    to last o stay the course — ( persist to the end) aguantar hasta el final


    II
    [kɔːs]
    1. N
    1) (=route, direction) [of ship, plane] rumbo m; [of river] curso m; [of planet] órbita f

    to change course — (lit) cambiar de rumbo

    to be/go off course — (lit, fig) haberse desviado/desviarse de su rumbo

    we are on course for victory — vamos bien encaminados para la victoria

    to plot a course (for Jamaica) — trazar el rumbo (para ir a Jamaica)

    to set (a) course for — (Naut) poner rumbo a

    collision
    2) (=line of action)

    the best course would be to... — lo mejor sería...

    we have to decide on the best course of actiontenemos que decidir cuáles son las mejores medidas a tomar

    it's the only course left open to him — es la única opción que le queda

    3) (=process) curso m

    it changed the course of history/of her life — cambió el curso de la historia/de su vida

    in the normal or ordinary course of eventsnormalmente

    in the course of, in the course of my work — en el cumplimiento de mi trabajo

    in the course of conversationen el curso or transcurso de la conversación

    in or during the course of the next few days — en el curso de los próximos días

    in or during the course of the journey — durante el viaje

    to let things take or run their course — dejar que las cosas sigan su curso

    due 1., 3), event, matter 1., 5)
    4)

    of course — claro, desde luego, por supuesto, cómo no (esp LAm), sí pues (S. Cone)

    of course! I should have known — ¡pero si está claro! me lo tenía que haber imaginado

    "can I have a drink?" - "of course you can" — -¿puedo tomar algo de beber? -claro or desde luego or por supuesto que sí

    I've read about her in the papers, of course — por supuesto, la conozco de los periódicos

    of course, I may be wrong — claro que puedo estar confundido

    of course not! (answering) ¡claro que no!, ¡por supuesto que no!

    "can I go?" - "of course not or of course you can't" — -¿puedo ir? -claro que no or ni hablar or por supuesto que no

    5) (Scol, Univ) curso m

    to go on a course — ir a hacer un curso

    a course in business administration — un curso de administración de empresas

    short course — cursillo m

    course of study (gen) estudios mpl; (Univ) carrera f, estudios mpl

    to take or do a course in or on sth — hacer un curso de algo

    6) (Med) (=regimen)

    she was put on a course of steroids — le recetaron esteroides, le pusieron un tratamiento a base de esteroides

    a course of treatmentun tratamiento

    7) (Sport) (=distance) recorrido m; (=surface) pista f; (=racecourse) hipódromo m

    golf coursecampo m or (S. Cone) cancha f (de golf)

    - stay the course
    obstacle
    8) (Culin) plato m

    main course — plato m principal

    a three-course meal — una comida de tres platos

    9) (Naut) (=sail) vela f mayor
    10) (Constr) (=layer) [of bricks] hilada f
    2.
    VI [water, air] correr; [tears] rodar; [sweat] caer; (fig) [emotion] invadir

    rage/relief coursed through him — le invadió la ira/una sensación de alivio

    3.
    VT (Hunting) cazar
    4.
    CPD

    course book Nmanual m (del curso)

    course fees Nderechos mpl de matrícula

    course requirements NPLestudios previos requeridos para poder realizar determinado curso

    course work Ntrabajos mpl (para clase)

    * * *

    I [kɔːrs, kɔːs]
    1)
    a) ( of river) curso m; ( of road) recorrido m

    the only course open to us — el único camino que tenemos, nuestra única opción

    c) ( progress) (no pl)

    in the normal course of events — normalmente, en circunstancias normales

    in o during the course of our conversation — en el curso or transcurso de nuestra conversación

    to run o take its course — seguir* su curso

    2)

    of course — claro, desde luego, por supuesto

    am I invited? - of course you are! — ¿estoy invitado? - claro or desde luego or por supuesto que sí!

    I'm not always right, of course — claro que no siempre tengo razón

    3) (Aviat, Naut) rumbo m

    to set course for — poner* rumbo a

    to go off course — desviarse* de rumbo

    4)
    a) ( Educ) curso m

    course IN/ON something — curso de/sobre algo

    to take o (BrE also) do a course — hacer* un curso

    to go on a course — ir* a hacer un curso; (before n)

    b) ( Med)
    5) ( part of a meal) plato m

    main courseplato principal or fuerte or (Ven) central

    as a o for the first course — de primer plato, de entrada

    6) ( Sport) ( racecourse) hipódromo m, pista f (de carreras); ( golf course) campo m or (CS tb) cancha f (de golf)

    to last o stay the course — ( persist to the end) aguantar hasta el final


    II

    English-spanish dictionary > course

  • 77 course

    noun
    1) (of ship, plane) Kurs, der

    change [one's] course — (lit. or fig.) den Kurs wechseln

    course [of action] — Vorgehensweise, die

    the most sensible course would be to... — das Vernünftigste wäre, zu...

    the course of nature/history — der Lauf der Dinge/Geschichte

    run or take its course — seinen/ihren Lauf nehmen

    let things take their courseden Dingen ihren Lauf lassen

    off/on course — vom Kurs abgekommen/auf Kurs

    2)

    [do something] as a matter of course — [etwas] selbstverständlich [tun]

    3) (progression) Lauf, der

    in the course of the lesson/the day/his life — im Lauf[e] der Stunde/des Tages/seines Lebens

    4) (of river etc.) Lauf, der
    5) (of meal) Gang, der
    6) (Sport) Kurs, der; (for race) Rennstrecke, die

    [golf] course — [Golf]platz, der

    7) (Educ.) Kurs[us], der; (for employee also) Lehrgang, der; (book) Lehrbuch, das

    go to or attend/do a course in something — einen Kurs in etwas (Dat.) besuchen/machen

    8) (Med.)
    * * *
    [ko:s]
    1) (a series (of lectures, medicines etc): I'm taking a course (of lectures) in sociology; He's having a course of treatment for his leg.) der Kurs
    2) (a division or part of a meal: Now we've had the soup, what's (for) the next course?) der Gang
    3) (the ground over which a race is run or a game (especially golf) is played: a racecourse; a golf-course.) feste Bahn
    4) (the path or direction in which something moves: the course of the Nile.) der Weg
    5) (the progress or development of events: Things will run their normal course despite the strike.) der Lauf
    6) (a way (of action): What's the best course of action in the circumstances?) die Handlungsweise
    - academic.ru/116900/in_the_course_of">in the course of
    - in due course
    - of course
    - off
    - on course
    * * *
    [kɔ:s, AM kɔ:rs]
    I. n
    1. (of aircraft, ship) Kurs m
    to change \course den Kurs ändern
    to keep [or maintain] one's \course seinen Kurs beibehalten; ( fig) seiner Richtung treu bleiben
    to set [a] \course for Singapore auf Singapur zusteuern
    to steer a \course ( also fig) einen Kurs steuern a. fig
    to steer a \course between the islands zwischen den Inseln durchsteuern
    they are steering a middle \course between communism and capitalism sie verfolgen einen gemäßigten Kurs zwischen Kommunismus und Kapitalismus
    to be off \course nicht auf Kurs sein; ( fig) aus der Bahn geraten sein
    to be driven off \course [vom Kurs] abgetrieben werden; ( fig) von seinen Plänen abgebracht werden
    to be on \course auf Kurs sein; ( fig) auf dem richtigen Weg sein
    we're on \course to finish the job by the end of the week wenn alles so weiterläuft, sind wir bis Ende der Woche mit der Arbeit fertig
    they are on \course for a resounding victory sie sind auf dem Weg zu einem haushohen Sieg
    2. (of road) Verlauf m; (of river) Lauf m
    to follow a straight/winding \course gerade/kurvig verlaufen
    to change \course einen anderen Verlauf nehmen
    3. (way of acting)
    \course [of action] Vorgehen nt
    of the three \courses open to us this seems most likely to lead to success von den drei Wegen, die uns offenstehen, scheint dieser am ehesten zum Erfolg zu führen
    if they raise their prices we shall have to follow the same \course wenn sie ihre Preise erhöhen, werden wir das Gleiche tun müssen
    the best/wisest \course das Beste/Vernünftigste
    your best \course would be to wait a week and then phone her again das Beste wäre, du würdest eine Woche warten und sie dann wieder anrufen
    4. (development) Verlauf m
    to change the \course of history den Lauf der Geschichte ändern
    to pervert the \course of justice den Lauf der Gerechtigkeit beeinflussen
    5. (during)
    in the \course of sth im Verlauf [o während] einer S. gen
    in the \course of the next three or four weeks in den nächsten drei bis vier Wochen
    in the normal [or ordinary] \course of events normalerweise
    in the \course of time im Lauf[e] der Zeit
    of \course natürlich
    of \course not natürlich nicht
    7. (series of classes) Kurs m
    cookery [or cooking] \course Kochkurs m; training \course Schulung f
    retraining \course Umschulungskurs m
    to do [or take] a \course [in sth] einen Kurs [für etw akk] besuchen
    to go on a \course BRIT einen Kurs besuchen
    to go away on a training \course einen Lehrgang machen
    8. MED
    \course [of treatment] Behandlung f
    \course of iron tablets Eisenkur f
    a \course of physiotherapy [or AM usu physical therapy] eine physiotherapeutische Behandlung
    to put sb on a \course of sth jdn mit etw dat behandeln
    9. SPORT Bahn f, Strecke f
    golf \course Golfplatz m
    obstacle \course Hindernisparcours m
    10. (part of meal) Gang m
    the fish/meat \course der Fisch-/Fleischgang
    11. (layer) Schicht f, Lage f
    damp-proof \course Feuchtigkeitsdämmschicht f
    12.
    in due \course zu gegebener Zeit
    to be par for the \course normal sein
    to stay the \course [bis zum Ende] durchhalten
    to take [or run] its \course seinen Weg gehen
    to let nature take its \course nicht in die Natur eingreifen
    II. vt HUNT
    to \course game Wild hetzen
    III. vi
    1. (flow) strömen, fließen
    tears were coursing down his cheeks Tränen liefen ihm über die Wangen
    2. HUNT an einer Hetzjagd teilnehmen
    * * *
    I [kɔːs]
    n
    1) (= direction, path of plane, ship) Kurs m; (of river) Lauf m; (fig, of illness, relationship) Verlauf m; (of history) Lauf m; (of action etc, = way of proceeding) Vorgehensweise f

    to be on/off course — auf Kurs sein/vom Kurs abgekommen sein

    to let sth take or run its courseeiner Sache (dat) ihren Lauf lassen, etw (acc) seinen Lauf nehmen lassen

    that was an unwise course of actiones war unklug, so vorzugehen

    the best course (of action) would be... — das Beste wäre...

    we have no other course (of action) but to... — es bleibt uns nicht anderes übrig als zu...

    2)

    in the course of his life/the next few weeks/the meeting etc — während seines Lebens/der nächsten paar Wochen/der Versammlung etc

    in the course of time/the conversation —

    in the ordinary course of things, you could expect... —

    See:
    due
    3)

    of course! — natürlich!, selbstverständlich!, klar! (inf)

    of course I will! —

    of course I'm coming — natürlich or selbstverständlich komme ich, klar, ich komme

    don't you like me? – of course I do — magst du mich nicht? – doch, natürlich

    he's rather young, of course, but... — er ist natürlich ziemlich jung, aber...

    4) (SCH, UNIV) Studium nt; (= summer course etc) Kurs(us) m; (at work) Lehrgang m; (MED, of treatment) Kur f

    a course in first aid — ein Kurs über Erste Hilfe, ein Erste-Hilfe-Kurs

    a course of lectures, a lecture course — eine Vorlesungsreihe

    a course of pills/treatment — eine Pillenkur/eine Behandlung

    5) (SPORT: race course) Kurs m; (= golf course) Platz m
    6) (COOK) Gang m

    a three-course mealein Essen nt mit drei Gängen

    7) (BUILD) Schicht f
    8) (NAUT: sail) Untersegel nt
    II
    1. vt (HUNT)
    hare, stag hetzen, jagen
    2. vi
    1) (blood, tears) strömen
    2) (HUNT fig) hetzen, jagen
    * * *
    course [kɔː(r)s]
    A s
    1. a) Fahrt f, Reise f
    b) Lauf m, Weg m, (eingeschlagene) Richtung:
    take one’s course seinen Weg verfolgen oder gehen (a. fig);
    keep to one’s course beharrlich seinen Weg verfolgen (a. fig)
    2. FLUG, SCHIFF Kurs m:
    direct (magnetic, true) course gerader (missweisender, rechtweisender) Kurs;
    course made good FLUG richtiger Kurs;
    on (off) course (nicht) auf Kurs;
    be on course for zusteuern auf (akk) (a. fig);
    be on course to do sth fig auf dem besten Weg sein, etwas zu tun;
    change one’s course seinen Kurs ändern (a. fig);
    stand upon the course den Kurs halten;
    steer a course einen Kurs steuern (a. fig);
    course computer FLUG Kursrechner m;
    course correction Kurskorrektur f;
    course recorder Kursschreiber m;
    3. fig Kurs m, Weg m, Methode f, Verfahren n:
    adopt a new course einen neuen Kurs oder Weg einschlagen;
    take one’s own course seinen eigenen Weg gehen; action 1
    4. Verhaltens-, Lebensweise f:
    (evil) courses üble Gewohnheiten
    5. (zurückgelegter) Weg, Strecke f
    6. a) (Fluss) Lauf m:
    b) SPORT (Renn) Bahn f, (-)Strecke f, (Golf) Platz m, (Pferdesport) Parcours m:
    course inspection (Skisport) Kurs-, Streckenbesichtigung f; Parcoursbesichtigung f;
    course record Bahnrekord m; Platzrekord m;
    course setter (Skisport) Kurssetzer(in); Parcoursbauer(in); stay1 B 4
    7. (Ver)Lauf m (zeitlich):
    in the course of im (Ver)Lauf (gen), während (gen);
    in (the) course of time im Laufe der Zeit
    8. Lebenslauf m, -bahn f, Karriere f
    9. (natürlicher) Lauf, Ab-, Verlauf m, (Fort)Gang m:
    course umg, of course natürlich, selbstverständlich; he’s very generous, but of course he’s got lots of money aber er hat natürlich auch jede Menge Geld;
    the course of events der Gang der Ereignisse, der Lauf der Dinge;
    the course of nature der natürliche Verlauf der Dinge;
    the course of a disease der Verlauf einer Krankheit;
    the course of history der Lauf der Geschichte;
    the sickness will take its course die Krankheit wird ihren Lauf nehmen;
    let things run ( oder take) their course den Dingen ihren Lauf lassen;
    let nature take its course der Natur ihren Lauf lassen;
    in course of construction im Bau (befindlich); matter A 3
    10. üblicher Gang oder Verlauf:
    course of business WIRTSCH (regelmäßiger oder normaler) Geschäftsgang;
    course of law Rechtsgang, -weg m; due A 9
    11. (Reihen-, Aufeinander)Folge f
    12. Turnus m, regelmäßiger Wechsel (der Dienstzeiten etc)
    13. Gang m (Teil einer Speisenfolge):
    a four-course meal eine Mahlzeit mit vier Gängen
    14. Zyklus m, Reihe f, Folge f:
    a course of lectures eine Vortragsreihe
    15. auch course of instruction Kurs m, Lehrgang m:
    German course Deutschkurs;
    course for beginners Anfängerkurs;
    a) Kurs,
    b) Lehrplan m;
    be on (US in) a course einen Kurs (mit)machen
    16. MED Kur f:
    undergo a course of (medical) treatment sich einer Kur oder einer längeren Behandlung unterziehen
    17. WIRTSCH obs (Geld-, Wechsel) Kurs m
    18. WIRTSCH Marktlage f, Tendenz f
    19. SCHIFF unteres großes Segel
    20. ARCH Lage f, Schicht f (Ziegel etc):
    course of archstones Wölbschicht
    21. Stricken: Maschenreihe f
    22. pl PHYSIOL Menstruation f, Periode f, Regel f
    23. HIST Gang m (im Turnier etc)
    24. GEOL Streichen n (Lagerstätte)
    25. Bergbau: Ader f, Gang m, stehendes Flöz:
    course of ore Erzgang
    26. TECH Bahn f, Strich m, Schlag m
    B v/t
    1. durcheilen, jagen durch oder über (akk)
    2. Wild, besonders Hasen (mit Hunden) hetzen
    C v/i
    1. rennen, eilen, jagen, stürmen:
    course through sth fig etwas durcheilen
    2. strömen (Tränen etc):
    tears coursed down her cheeks Tränen liefen ihr über die Wangen
    * * *
    noun
    1) (of ship, plane) Kurs, der

    change [one's] course — (lit. or fig.) den Kurs wechseln

    course [of action] — Vorgehensweise, die

    the most sensible course would be to... — das Vernünftigste wäre, zu...

    the course of nature/history — der Lauf der Dinge/Geschichte

    run or take its course — seinen/ihren Lauf nehmen

    off/on course — vom Kurs abgekommen/auf Kurs

    2)

    [do something] as a matter of course — [etwas] selbstverständlich [tun]

    3) (progression) Lauf, der

    in the course of the lesson/the day/his life — im Lauf[e] der Stunde/des Tages/seines Lebens

    4) (of river etc.) Lauf, der
    5) (of meal) Gang, der
    6) (Sport) Kurs, der; (for race) Rennstrecke, die

    [golf] course — [Golf]platz, der

    7) (Educ.) Kurs[us], der; (for employee also) Lehrgang, der; (book) Lehrbuch, das

    go to or attend/do a course in something — einen Kurs in etwas (Dat.) besuchen/machen

    8) (Med.)
    * * *
    (education) n.
    Kursus -e (Bildung) m. n.
    Bahn -en f.
    Gang ¨-e (beim Essen) m.
    Kurs -e (Verkehr) m.
    Kurs -e m.
    Lauf -e m.
    Lehrgang -¨e m.
    Richtung -en f.

    English-german dictionary > course

  • 78 look

    1. intransitive verb
    1) sehen; gucken (ugs.); schauen (bes. südd., sonst geh.)

    look before you leap — (prov.) erst wägen, dann wagen (Spr.)

    look the other way(fig.) die Augen verschließen

    not know which way to looknicht wissen, wohin man sehen soll

    2) (search) nachsehen
    3) (face) zugewandt sein (to[wards] Dat.)

    the room looks on to the road/into the garden — das Zimmer liegt zur Straße/zum Garten hin od. geht zur Straße/zum Garten

    4) (appear) aussehen

    look as if — [so] aussehen, als ob

    look well/ill — gut od. gesund/schlecht od. krank aussehen

    5) (seem to be)

    she looks her ageman sieht ihr ihr Alter an

    you look yourself againes scheint dir wieder gut zu gehen

    6)

    look [here]! — (demanding attention) hören Sie/hör zu!; (protesting) passen Sie/pass ja od. bloß auf!

    look sharp [about something] — (hurry up) sich [mit etwas] beeilen

    2. transitive verb
    (ascertain by sight) nachsehen; in exclamation of surprise etc. sich (Dat.) ansehen

    look what you've done! — sieh [dir mal an], was du getan od. angerichtet hast!

    look who's here! — sieh mal, wer da od. gekommen ist! see also academic.ru/18255/dagger">dagger

    3. noun
    1) Blick, der

    get a good look at somebodyjemanden gut od. genau sehen [können]

    have or take a look at somebody/something — sich (Dat.) jemanden/etwas ansehen; einen Blick auf jemanden/etwas werfen

    have a look at a townsich (Dat.) eine Stadt ansehen

    2) in sing. or pl. (person's appearance) Aussehen, das; (facial expression) [Gesichts]ausdruck, der

    from or by the look[s] of somebody — von jemandes Aussehen zu schließen

    3) (thing's appearance) Aussehen, das; (Fashion) Look, der

    by the look[s] of it or things — [so] wie es aussieht

    the house is empty, by the look of it — das Haus steht allem Anschein nach leer

    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    [luk] 1. verb
    1) (to turn the eyes in a certain direction so as to see, to find, to express etc: He looked out of the window; I've looked everywhere, but I can't find him; He looked at me (angrily).) schauen
    2) (to seem: It looks as if it's going to rain; She looks sad.) aussehen
    3) (to face: The house looks west.) gehen nach
    2. noun
    1) (the act of looking or seeing: Let me have a look!) der Blick
    2) (a glance: a look of surprise.) der Blick
    3) (appearance: The house had a look of neglect.) das Aussehen
    - look-alike
    - -looking
    - looks
    - looker-on
    - looking-glass
    - lookout
    - by the looks of
    - by the look of
    - look after
    - look ahead
    - look down one's nose at
    - look down on
    - look for
    - look forward to
    - look here! - look in on
    - look into
    - look on
    - look out
    - look out! - look over
    - look through
    - look up
    - look up to
    * * *
    the \Look der böse Blick
    * * *
    [lʊk]
    1. n
    1) (= glance) Blick m

    she gave me a dirty look, I got a dirty look from her — sie warf mir einen vernichtenden Blick zu

    she gave me a look of disbelief —

    he gave me such a look!er hat mir (vielleicht) einen Blick zugeworfen!

    is it in the dictionary? – have a look (and see) — steht das im Wörterbuch? – sieh or guck (inf)

    let's have a looklass mal sehen, zeig mal her

    let's have a look at it — lass mal sehen, zeig mal

    do you want a look? — willst du mal sehen?; (at the paper) willst du mal hineinsehen or einen Blick hineinwerfen?

    to take a good look at sthsich (dat) etw genau ansehen

    I can't find it – have another look — ich finde es nicht – sieh or guck (inf) noch mal nach

    2) (= air, appearance) Aussehen nt

    he put on a serious look —

    I don't like the look of him/this wound — er/die Wunde gefällt mir gar nicht

    by the look of him —

    judging by the look of the skywenn man sich (dat) den Himmel ansieht, so, wie der Himmel aussieht

    to give sth a new lookeiner Sache (dat) ein neues Aussehen verleihen or Gesicht geben

    3) pl Aussehen nt

    looks aren't everything —

    you can't judge by looks aloneman kann nicht nur nach dem Aussehen or Äußeren urteilen

    2. vt

    she looks best in red —

    he looked death in the faceer sah dem Tod ins Angesicht (geh) or Auge

    look what you've done!sieh or guck (inf) dir mal an, was du da angestellt hast!

    look what you've done, now she's offended — jetzt hast dus geschafft, nun ist sie beleidigt

    can't you look what you're doing? — kannst du nicht aufpassen, was du machst?

    look where you're going! —

    look who's here!guck (inf) or schau (dial) mal or sieh doch, wer da ist!

    3. vi
    1) (= see, glance) gucken (inf), schauen (liter, dial)

    to look (a)round —

    he looked in(to) the chester sah or schaute (dial) or guckte (inf) in die Kiste (hinein)

    now look here, it wasn't my fault — Moment mal, das war aber nicht meine Schuld

    look, I know you're tired, but... — ich weiß ja, dass du müde bist, aber...

    look, there's a much better solution — da gibt es doch eine wesentlich bessere Lösung

    look before you leap (Prov) — erst wägen, dann wagen (Prov)

    2) (= search) suchen, nachsehen
    3) (= seem) aussehen

    it looks all right to me —

    it looks suspicious to me — es kommt mir verdächtig vor, es sieht verdächtig aus

    I think the cake is done, how does it look to you? — ich glaube, der Kuchen ist fertig, was meinst du?

    the car looks about 10 years old —

    4)

    it looks like rain, it looks as if it will rain — es sieht nach Regen aus

    it looks like cheese to me — (ich finde,) das sieht wie Käse aus

    5) (= face) gehen nach

    this window looks (toward(s) the) northdieses Fenster geht nach Norden

    * * *
    look [lʊk]
    A s
    1. Blick m (at auf akk):
    cast ( oder throw) a look at einen Blick werfen auf (akk);
    give sb an angry look jemandem einen wütenden Blick zuwerfen, jemanden wütend ansehen;
    give sth a second look etwas nochmals oder genauer ansehen;
    have a look at sth (sich) etwas ansehen;
    let’s have a look round schauen wir uns hier mal etwas um;
    if looks could kill wenn Blicke töten könnten
    2. Miene f, (Gesichts)Ausdruck m:
    the look on his face sein Gesichtsausdruck;
    take on a severe look eine strenge Miene aufsetzen
    3. meist pl Aussehen n:
    (good) looks gutes Aussehen;
    she kept her looks even in old age sie sah auch noch im Alter gut aus;
    have a strange look merkwürdig aussehen;
    have the look of aussehen wie;
    by ( oder from) the look(s) of it (so) wie es aussieht, fig a. allem Anschein nach;
    I do not like the look(s) of it die Sache gefällt mir nicht
    B v/i
    1. schauen:
    don’t look nicht hersehen!;
    look who is coming! schau (mal), wer da kommt!; oft iron ei, wer kommt denn da!;
    look who is here! schau (mal), wer da ist!;
    look here schau mal (her)!, hör mal (zu)!;
    don’t look like that mach nicht so ein Gesicht!, schau nicht so!;
    he’ll look! der wird (vielleicht) Augen machen oder schauen!;
    look what you are doing pass doch auf!;
    look where you are going pass auf, wo du hintrittst!; alive 2, leap A
    2. (nach)schauen, nachsehen:
    have you looked in the kitchen?;
    look and see überzeugen Sie sich (selbst)!
    3. aussehen, -schauen (beide auch fig):
    does this hat look well on me? steht mir dieser Hut?;
    look ugly on sb hässlich bei jemandem aussehen;
    look good with sich gut machen zu;
    it looks promising (to me) es sieht (mir) vielversprechend aus;
    things look bad for him es sieht schlimm für ihn aus;
    it looks as if es sieht (so) aus, als ob; es hat den Anschein, als ob;
    he looks like my brother er sieht wie mein Bruder aus;
    it looks like snow(ing) es sieht nach Schnee aus;
    he looks like winning es sieht so aus, als ob er gewinnen sollte oder wird
    4. liegen oder (hinaus)gehen nach:
    C v/t
    1. jemandem (in die Augen etc) sehen oder schauen oder blicken:
    look death in the face dem Tod ins Angesicht sehen
    2. aussehen wie, einer Sache entsprechend aussehen:
    look an idiot wie ein Idiot aussehen od (fig) dastehen;
    he looks it!
    a) so sieht er (auch) aus!,
    b) man sieht es ihm (auch) an!;
    (not) look o.s. (gesundheitlich) gut (schlecht) aussehen;
    look one’s part THEAT etc seine Rolle glaubhaft oder überzeugend spielen; age A 1, best Bes Redew
    3. durch Blicke ausdrücken:
    look compassion (one’s surprise) mitleidig (überrascht) blicken oder dreinschauen;
    look one’s thanks at sb jemanden dankbar ansehen; dagger 1
    4. look that … darauf achten, dass ….; dafür sorgen, dass …; zusehen, dass …
    * * *
    1. intransitive verb
    1) sehen; gucken (ugs.); schauen (bes. südd., sonst geh.)

    look before you leap(prov.) erst wägen, dann wagen (Spr.)

    look the other way(fig.) die Augen verschließen

    not know which way to look — nicht wissen, wohin man sehen soll

    2) (search) nachsehen
    3) (face) zugewandt sein (to[wards] Dat.)

    the room looks on to the road/into the garden — das Zimmer liegt zur Straße/zum Garten hin od. geht zur Straße/zum Garten

    4) (appear) aussehen

    look as if — [so] aussehen, als ob

    look well/ill — gut od. gesund/schlecht od. krank aussehen

    6)

    look [here]! — (demanding attention) hören Sie/hör zu!; (protesting) passen Sie/pass ja od. bloß auf!

    look sharp [about something] — (hurry up) sich [mit etwas] beeilen

    2. transitive verb
    (ascertain by sight) nachsehen; in exclamation of surprise etc. sich (Dat.) ansehen

    look what you've done! — sieh [dir mal an], was du getan od. angerichtet hast!

    look who's here! — sieh mal, wer da od. gekommen ist! see also dagger

    3. noun
    1) Blick, der

    get a good look at somebodyjemanden gut od. genau sehen [können]

    have or take a look at somebody/something — sich (Dat.) jemanden/etwas ansehen; einen Blick auf jemanden/etwas werfen

    have a look at a townsich (Dat.) eine Stadt ansehen

    2) in sing. or pl. (person's appearance) Aussehen, das; (facial expression) [Gesichts]ausdruck, der

    from or by the look[s] of somebody — von jemandes Aussehen zu schließen

    3) (thing's appearance) Aussehen, das; (Fashion) Look, der

    by the look[s] of it or things — [so] wie es aussieht

    the house is empty, by the look of it — das Haus steht allem Anschein nach leer

    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    n.
    Blick -e m. (at) v.
    blicken (auf, nach) v.
    sehen v.
    (§ p.,pp.: sah, gesehen) v.
    gucken v.
    schauen v.

    English-german dictionary > look

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    1. adjective,
    pl. those
    1) dieser/diese/dieses
    2) (expr. strong feeling) der/die/das

    never will I forget that dayden Tag werde ich nie vergessen

    3) (coupled or contrasted with ‘this’) der/die/das [da]
    2. pronoun,
    pl. those
    1) der/die/das

    who is that in the garden? — wer ist das [da] im Garten?

    what bird is that?was für ein Vogel ist das?

    and [all] that — und so weiter

    like that(of the kind or in the way mentioned, of that character) so

    [just] like that — (without effort, thought) einfach so

    don't talk like that — hör auf, so zu reden

    he is like thatso ist er eben

    that is [to say] — (introducing explanation) das heißt; (introducing reservation) das heißt; genauer gesagt

    if they'd have me, that is — das heißt, wenn sie mich nehmen

    that's more like it(of suggestion, news) das hört sich schon besser an; (of action, work) das sieht schon besser aus

    that's right!(expr. approval) gut od. recht so; (iron.) nur so weiter!; (coll.): (expr. assent) jawohl

    that's a good etc. boy/girl — das ist lieb [von dir, mein Junge/Mädchen]; (with request) sei so lieb usw.

    somebody/something is not as... as all that — (coll.) so... ist jemand/etwas nun auch wieder nicht

    [so] that's that — (it's finished) so, das wär's; (it's settled) so ist es nun mal

    you are not going to the party, and that's that! — du gehst nicht zu der Party, und damit Schluss!

    2) (Brit.): (person spoken to)

    who is that? — wer ist da?; (behind wall etc.) wer ist denn da?; (on telephone) wer ist am Apparat?

    3. relative pronoun, pl. same
    der/die/das

    the people that you got it fromdie Leute, von denen du es bekommen hast

    the box that you put the apples in — die Kiste, in die du die Äpfel getan hast

    is he the man that you saw last night? — ist das der Mann, den Sie gestern Abend gesehen haben?

    everyone that I know — jeder, den ich kenne

    this is all [the money] that I have — das ist alles [Geld], was ich habe

    4. adverb
    (coll.) so

    he may be daft, but he's not [all] that daft — er mag ja blöd sein, aber so blöd [ist er] auch wieder nicht

    5. relative adverb
    der/die/das

    at the speed that he was going — bei der Geschwindigkeit, die er hatte

    the day that I first met her — der Tag, an dem ich sie zum ersten Mal sah

    6. conjunction
    1) (introducing statement; expr. result, reason or cause) dass
    2) (expr. purpose)

    [in order] that — damit

    * * *
    1. [ðæt] plural - those; adjective
    (used to indicate a person, thing etc spoken of before, not close to the speaker, already known to the speaker and listener etc: Don't take this book - take that one; At that time, I was living in Italy; When are you going to return those books?) jene/-r/-s
    2. pronoun
    (used to indicate a thing etc, or (in plural or with the verb be) person or people, spoken of before, not close to the speaker, already known to the speaker and listener etc: What is that you've got in your hand?; Who is that?; That is the Prime Minister; Those present at the concert included the composer and his wife.) der/die/das
    3. [ðət, ðæt] relative pronoun
    (used to refer to a person, thing etc mentioned in a preceding clause in order to distinguish it from others: Where is the parcel that arrived this morning?; Who is the man( that) you were talking to?) der/die/das
    4. [ðət, ðæt] conjunction
    1) ((often omitted) used to report what has been said etc or to introduce other clauses giving facts, reasons, results etc: I know (that) you didn't do it; I was surprised( that) he had gone.) daß
    2) (used to introduce expressions of sorrow, wishes etc: That I should be accused of murder!; Oh, that I were with her now!) daß(doch)
    5. adverb
    (so; to such an extent: I didn't realize she was that ill.) so
    - academic.ru/117188/like_that">like that
    - that's that
    * * *
    [ðæt,ðət]
    1. (person, thing specified) der/die/das
    put \that box down before you drop it stell die Kiste ab, bevor du sie [womöglich] noch fallen lässt
    who is \that girl? wer ist das Mädchen?
    what was \that noise? was war das für ein Geräusch?
    \that old liar! dieser alte Lügner!
    \that... of hers/theirs ihr(e)...
    I've never liked \that uncle of hers ich habe ihren Onkel noch nie gemocht
    \that... of mine/his mein(e)/dein(e)...
    2. (person, thing farther away) der/die/das [... dort [o da]], jene(r, s) geh
    do you know \that girl [over there] kennst du das Mädchen [dort]
    give me \that book, not this one gib mir das Buch [da], nicht dieses
    1. dem (person, thing, action specified) das
    \that's not rightthree times five is fifteen das stimmt nicht — drei mal fünf ist fünfzehn
    they all think \that das denken alle
    \that's more like it! das ist doch schon gleich viel besser!
    \that's a good idea das ist eine gute Idee
    \that's a pity das ist aber schade
    \that's terrible das ist ja furchtbar
    \that will do, \that's enough das reicht
    what's \that you said? was hast du gesagt?
    who's \that? is \that the girl you're looking for? wer ist das? ist das das Mädchen, das du suchst?
    who's \that on the phone? wer spricht da?
    hello, is \that Ben? hallo, bist du das, Ben?
    is \that you making all the noise, John? bist du das, der so einen Lärm macht, John?
    it's just a gimmick — \that said, I'd love to do it das ist nur ein Trick — dennoch würde ich es gerne machen
    take \that! (when hitting sb) [das ist] für dich!
    \that's why deshalb
    2. dem (person, thing farther away) das [da [o dort]]
    I don't want this, give me \that dies hier will ich nicht, gib mir das [da]
    \that's his wife over there das da [o dort] drüben ist seine Frau
    3. dem (indicating time) das
    ah, 1985, \that was a good year ah, 1985, das war ein gutes Jahr
    \that was yesterday \that we talked on the phone, not last week wir haben gestern, nicht letzte Woche telefoniert
    4. dem, after prep
    after/before \that danach/davor
    by \that damit
    what do you mean by \that? was soll das heißen?
    like \that (in such a way) so; (of such a kind) derartig; ( fam: effortlessly) einfach so
    if you hold it like \that, it will break wenn du das so hältst, geht es kaputt
    we need more people like \that wir brauchen mehr solche Leute
    don't talk like \that sprich nicht so
    he can't just leave like \that er kann nicht einfach so verschwinden
    over/under \that darüber/darunter
    with \that damit
    [and] with \that he hung up [und] damit legte er auf
    “I still think you're wrong” he said and with \that he drove off „ich denke immer noch, dass du Unrecht hast“ sagte er und fuhr davon
    5. dem ( form: the one) der/die/das
    his appearance was \that of an undergrown man er sah aus, als ob er zu klein gewachsen wäre
    his handwriting is \that of a child seine Handschrift ist die eines Kindes
    we are often afraid of \that which we cannot understand wir fürchten uns oft vor dem, was wir nicht verstehen
    are you relieved? — [oh yes,]I am \that bist du erleichtert? — das kannst du [aber] laut sagen fam
    well, \that's it, we've finished o.k., das war's [o wär's], wir sind fertig
    \that's it! I'm not putting up with any more of her rudeness jetzt reicht's! ich lasse mir ihre Unverschämtheiten nicht mehr gefallen
    she left the room and \that was \that, I never saw her again sie verließ den Raum und das war's, ich habe sie nie wiedergesehen
    I won't agree to it and \that's \that ich stimme dem nicht zu, und damit Schluss
    \that'll [or \that should] do, \that should be enough das wird reichen
    no thanks, \that'll do [or \that's everything] nein danke, das ist alles
    8. rel (which, who) der/die/das
    \that's the car [\that] John wants to buy das ist das Auto, das John kaufen möchte
    I can't find the books [\that] I got from the library ich finde die Bücher nicht, die ich mir aus der Bibliothek ausgeliehen habe
    the baby smiles at anyone \that smiles at her das Baby lächelt alle an, die es anlächeln
    simpleton \that he is... als Einfaltspinsel, der er ist,...
    9. rel (when) als
    the year \that Anna was born das Jahr, in dem Anna geboren wurde
    10.
    and [all] \that ( fam) und so weiter
    at \that noch dazu
    she was a thief and a clever one at \that sie war eine Diebin, und eine kluge noch dazu
    \that is [to say] das heißt
    the hotel is closed during low seasons, \that is from October to March das Hotel ist in der Nebensaison, sprich von Oktober bis März, geschlossen
    this and \that dies und das
    \that was ( form)
    General Dunstaple married Miss Hughes \that was General Dunstaple heiratete die frühere Miss Hughes
    1. (as subject/object) dass
    \that such a thing could happen gave me new hope dass so etwas passieren konnte gab mir neue Hoffnung
    I knew [\that] he'd never get here on time ich wusste, dass er niemals rechtzeitig hier sein würde
    the fact is [\that] we... Fakt ist, dass wir...
    2. after adj, vb (as a result)
    it was so dark [\that] I couldn't see anything es war so dunkel, dass ich nichts sehen konnte
    so [or in order] \that damit
    let's go over the rules again in order \that... gehen wir die Regeln nochmal[s] durch, damit...
    4. after adj (in apposition to ‘it’)
    it's possible [\that] there'll be a vacancy es ist möglich, dass eine Stelle frei wird
    is it true [\that] she's gone back to teaching? stimmt es, dass sie wieder als Lehrerin arbeitet?
    considering [\that]... wenn man bedenkt, dass...
    given \that... vorausgesetzt, dass...
    supposing [\that]... angenommen, dass...
    6. (as a reason) weil, da [ja]
    it's rather \that I'm not well today es ist eher deshalb, weil ich mich heute nicht wohl fühle
    I'd like to go, it's just \that I don't have any time ich würde ja gern hingehen, ich hab' bloß [einfach] keine Zeit fam
    now \that we've bought a house... jetzt, wo wir ein Haus gekauft haben..
    we can't increase our production quantities in \that the machines are presently working to full capacity wir können die Produktion nicht hochfahren, da [nämlich] die Maschinen derzeit voll ausgelastet sind
    not \that it's actually my business, but... nicht, dass es mich etwas anginge, aber...
    except [\that] außer, dass
    his plan sounds perfect except [\that] I don't want to be involved in such a scheme sein Plan hört sich großartig an, nur will ich mit so einem Vorhaben nichts zu tun haben
    to the extent \that (so much that) dermaßen... dass; (insofar as) insofern als
    the situation has worsened to the extend \that we are calling in an independent expert die Situation hat sich dermaßen verschlimmert, dass wir einen unabhängigen Fachmann hinzuziehen
    apes are like people to the extent \that they have some human characteristics Affen sind wie Menschen, insofern als sie gewisse menschliche Eigenschaften haben
    oh \that I were young again! wäre ich doch nochmal jung!
    oh \that they would listen! wenn sie [doch] nur zuhören würden!
    IV. ADVERB
    inv so
    she's too young to walk \that far sie ist zu jung, um so weit laufen zu können
    it wasn't [all] \that good so gut war es [nun] auch wieder nicht
    his words hurt me \that much I cried seine Worte haben mich so verletzt, dass ich weinte
    * * *
    I [ðt] (weak form) [ðət]
    1. dem pron pl those
    1) das

    that is Joe ( over there) —

    who is that speaking? — wer spricht (denn) da?; (on phone)

    if she's as unhappy/stupid etc as (all) that — wenn sie so or derart unglücklich/dumm etc ist

    I didn't think she'd get/be as angry as that — ich hätte nicht gedacht, dass sie sich so ärgern würde

    ... and all that —... und so (inf)

    like that — so

    with luck/talent like that... — bei solchem or so einem (inf) Glück/Talent...

    that's got that/him out of the way — so, das wäre geschafft/den wären wir los

    that's what I'm here fordafür bin ich ja hier, das ist meine Aufgabe

    oh well, that's that —

    there, that's that — so, das wärs

    you can't go and that's that — du darfst nicht gehen, und damit hat sichs or und damit basta (inf)

    well, that's that then — das wärs dann also

    will he come? – that he will (dial) — kommt er? – (der?) bestimmt

    2)

    (after prep) after/before/below/over that — danach/davor/darunter/darüber

    and... at that — und dabei...

    you can get it in any supermarket and quite cheaply at thatman kann es in jedem Supermarkt, und zwar ganz billig, bekommen

    what do you mean by that? (not understanding) — was wollen Sie damit sagen?; (amazed, annoyed) was soll (denn) das heißen?

    if things have or if it has come to that —

    with that she got up and left/burst into tears — damit stand sie auf und ging/brach sie in Tränen aus

    See:
    leave
    3) (opposed to "this" and "these") das (da), jenes (old, geh)

    that's the one I like, not this one — das (dort) mag ich, nicht dies (hier)

    4)

    (followed by rel pron) this theory is different from that which... — diese Theorie unterscheidet sich von derjenigen, die...

    that which we call... — das, was wir... nennen

    2. dem adj pl those
    1) der/die/das, jene(r, s)

    that child/dog! — dieses Kind/dieser Hund!

    2) (in opposition to this) der/die/das

    I'd like that one, not this one — ich möchte das da, nicht dies hier

    3)

    (with poss) that dog of yours! — Ihr Hund, dieser Hund von Ihnen

    what about that plan of yours now? — wie steht es denn jetzt mit Ihrem Plan?, was ist denn nun mit Ihrem Plan?

    3. dem adv (inf)
    so

    it's not that good/cold etc —

    it's not that good a filmSO ein guter Film ist es nun auch wieder nicht

    II
    rel pron
    1) der/die/das, die

    all/nothing/everything etc that... — alles/nichts/alles etc, was...

    the best/cheapest etc that... — das Beste/Billigste etc, das or was...

    the girl that I told you about — das Mädchen, von dem ich Ihnen erzählt habe

    no-one has come that I know of — meines Wissens or soviel ich weiß, ist niemand gekommen

    2)

    (with expressions of time) the minute that he came the phone rang — genau in dem Augenblick, als er kam, klingelte das Telefon

    the day that we spent on the beach was one of the hottest — der Tag, den wir am Strand verbrachten, war einer der heißesten

    the day that... — an dem Tag, als...

    III
    conj
    1) dass

    he said that it was wrong — er sagte, es sei or wäre (inf) falsch, er sagte, dass es falsch sei or wäre

    not that I want to do it — nicht (etwa), dass ich das tun wollte

    See:
    so
    2)

    (in exclamations) that things or it should come to this! —

    3) (obs, liter: in order that) auf dass (old)
    * * *
    that1 [ðæt]
    A pron & adj (hinweisend) pl those [ðəʊz]
    1. (ohne pl) das:
    that is true das stimmt;
    that’s all das ist alles;
    that’s it!
    a) so ists recht!,
    b) das ist es ja (gerade)!;
    that’s what it is das ist es ja gerade;
    that’s that umg das wäre erledigt, damit basta;
    well, that was that! umg aus der Traum!;
    that is (to say) das heißt;
    and that und zwar;
    a) trotzdem,
    b) zudem, (noch) obendrein;
    for all that trotz alledem;
    that’s what he told me so hat er es mir erzählt;
    that’s a good boy sei schön brav!; leave1 A 2
    2. (besonders von weiter entfernten Personen etc sowie zur Betonung und pej) jener, jene, jenes:
    this cake is much better than that (one) dieser Kuchen ist viel besser als jener;
    that car over there das Auto da drüben;
    look at that hat schau dir mal diesen komischen Hut an!;
    those who diejenigen, welche;
    that which das, was;
    those were his words das waren seine Worte
    3. solch(er, e, es):
    to that degree that … in solchem Ausmaße oder so sehr, dass …
    B adv umg so (sehr), dermaßen:
    that far so weit;
    that furious so oder dermaßen wütend;
    not all that good so gut auch wieder nicht;
    he can’t be that ill so krank kann er gar nicht sein;
    that much so viel;
    it’s that simple so einfach ist das
    that2 [ðət; ðæt] pl that rel pr
    1. ( in einschränkenden Sätzen; eine präp darf nie davor stehen) der, die, das, welch(er, e, es):
    the book that he wanted das Buch, das er wünschte;
    the man that I spoke of der Mann, von dem ich sprach;
    the day that I met her der Tag, an dem ich sie traf;
    any house that jedes Haus, das;
    no one that keiner, der;
    Mrs Jones, Miss Black that was umg Frau Jones, geborene Black;
    Mrs Quilp that is umg die jetzige Frau Quilp
    2. ( nach all, everything, nothing etc) was:
    all that alles, was;
    the best that das Beste, was
    that3 [ðət; ðæt] konj
    it is a pity that he is not here es ist schade, dass er nicht hier ist;
    it is 5 years that he went away es ist nun 5 Jahre her, dass oder seitdem er fortging;
    I am not sure that it will be there ich bin nicht sicher, ob oder dass es dort ist oder sein wird
    so that sodass;
    I was so tired that I went to bed ich war so müde, dass ich zu Bett ging
    3. (in Finalsätzen) damit, dass:
    we went there that we might see it wir gingen hin, um es zu sehen
    4. (in Kausalsätzen) weil, da (ja), dass:
    not that I have any objection nicht, dass ich etwas dagegen hätte;
    it is rather that … es ist eher deshalb, weil …;
    a) darum, weil,
    b) insofern, als
    o that I could believe it! dass ich es doch glauben könnte!
    now that jetzt, da;
    at the time that I was born zu der Zeit, als ich geboren wurde
    * * *
    1. adjective,
    pl. those
    1) dieser/diese/dieses
    2) (expr. strong feeling) der/die/das
    3) (coupled or contrasted with ‘this’) der/die/das [da]
    2. pronoun,
    pl. those
    1) der/die/das

    who is that in the garden? — wer ist das [da] im Garten?

    and [all] that — und so weiter

    like that(of the kind or in the way mentioned, of that character) so

    [just] like that — (without effort, thought) einfach so

    don't talk like that — hör auf, so zu reden

    that is [to say] — (introducing explanation) das heißt; (introducing reservation) das heißt; genauer gesagt

    if they'd have me, that is — das heißt, wenn sie mich nehmen

    that's more like it(of suggestion, news) das hört sich schon besser an; (of action, work) das sieht schon besser aus

    that's right!(expr. approval) gut od. recht so; (iron.) nur so weiter!; (coll.): (expr. assent) jawohl

    that's a good etc. boy/girl — das ist lieb [von dir, mein Junge/Mädchen]; (with request) sei so lieb usw.

    somebody/something is not as... as all that — (coll.) so... ist jemand/etwas nun auch wieder nicht

    [so] that's that — (it's finished) so, das wär's; (it's settled) so ist es nun mal

    you are not going to the party, and that's that! — du gehst nicht zu der Party, und damit Schluss!

    2) (Brit.): (person spoken to)

    who is that? — wer ist da?; (behind wall etc.) wer ist denn da?; (on telephone) wer ist am Apparat?

    3. relative pronoun, pl. same
    der/die/das

    the people that you got it from — die Leute, von denen du es bekommen hast

    the box that you put the apples in — die Kiste, in die du die Äpfel getan hast

    is he the man that you saw last night? — ist das der Mann, den Sie gestern Abend gesehen haben?

    everyone that I know — jeder, den ich kenne

    this is all [the money] that I have — das ist alles [Geld], was ich habe

    4. adverb
    (coll.) so

    he may be daft, but he's not [all] that daft — er mag ja blöd sein, aber so blöd [ist er] auch wieder nicht

    5. relative adverb
    der/die/das

    at the speed that he was going — bei der Geschwindigkeit, die er hatte

    the day that I first met her — der Tag, an dem ich sie zum ersten Mal sah

    6. conjunction
    1) (introducing statement; expr. result, reason or cause) dass
    2) (expr. purpose)

    [in order] that — damit

    * * *
    adj.
    dasjenig pron.
    dies adj. conj.
    dass konj. pron.
    das pron.
    derjenig pron.
    diejenig pron.
    dies pron.
    welch pron.
    welcher pron.
    welches pron.

    English-german dictionary > that

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    I
    1.
    adjective
    (the same or similar: They're as like as two peas.) parecido, igual

    2. preposition
    (the same as or similar to; in the same or a similar way as: He climbs like a cat; She is like her mother.) como

    3. noun
    (someone or something which is the same or as good etc as another: You won't see his like / their like again.) cosa igual

    4. conjunction
    ((especially American) in the same or a similar way as: No-one does it like he does.) como
    - likelihood
    - liken
    - likeness
    - likewise
    - like-minded
    - a likely story!
    - as likely as not
    - be like someone
    - feel like
    - he is likely to
    - look like
    - not likely!

    II
    verb
    1) (to be pleased with; to find pleasant or agreeable: I like him very much; I like the way you've decorated this room.) gustar
    2) (to enjoy: I like gardening.) gustar
    - likable
    - liking
    - should/would like
    - take a liking to

    like1 prep como / igual que
    like2 vb gustar
    do you like swimming? ¿te gusta nadar?
    tr[laɪk]
    what's the new boss like? ¿cómo es el nuevo jefe?
    2 (typical of) propio,-a de
    3 familiar como
    1 (such as) como
    2 formal use semejante, parecido,-a
    so I thought, like, what'll happen next? y yo pensé, pues, ¿qué pasará ahora?
    1 familiar como
    1 algo parecido
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    and the like y cosas así
    to be as like as two peas in a pod ser como dos gotas de agua
    like enough familiar seguramente
    like father, like son de tal palo tal astilla
    that's more like it! familiar ¡eso está mejor!, ¡así me gusta!
    to look like somebody parecerse a alguien
    something like that algo así, algo por el estilo
    to be of like mind formal use ser del mismo parecer
    to feel like tener ganas de
    like poles SMALLELECTRICITY/SMALL polos nombre masculino plural iguales
    ————————
    tr[laɪk]
    1 (enjoy) gustar
    how do you like Barcelona? ¿te gusta Barcelona?
    2 (want) querer, gustar
    would you like me to leave? ¿quieres que me vaya?
    how would you like your egg, boiled or fried? ¿cómo quieres el huevo, pasado por agua o frito?
    1 querer
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    I like that! familiar ironic ¡pues mira qué bien!
    whether you like it or not quieras o no (quieras), a la fuerza
    like ['laɪk] v, liked ; liking vt
    1) : agradar, gustarle (algo a uno)
    he likes rice: le gusta el arroz
    she doesn't like flowers: a ella no le gustan las flores
    I like you: me caes bien
    2) want: querer, desear
    I'd like a hamburger: quiero una hamburguesa
    he would like more help: le gustaría tener más ayuda
    like vi
    : querer
    do as you like: haz lo que quieras
    like adj
    : parecido, semejante, similar
    like n
    1) preference: preferencia f, gusto m
    2)
    the like : cosa f parecida, cosas fpl por el estilo
    I've never seen the like: nunca he visto cosa parecida
    like conj
    1) as if: como si
    they looked at me like I was crazy: se me quedaron mirando como si estuviera loca
    2) as: como, igual que
    she doesn't love you like I do: ella no te quiere como yo
    like prep
    1) : como, parecido a
    she acts like my mother: se comporta como mi madre
    he looks like me: se parece a mí
    2) : propio de, típico de
    that's just like her: eso es muy típico de ella
    3) : como
    animals like cows: animales como vacas
    4)
    like this, like that : así
    do it like that: hazlo así
    adj.
    parecido, -a adj.
    parejo, -a adj.
    semejante adj.
    vecino, -a adj.
    adv.
    como adv.
    del mismo modo adv.
    n.
    semejante s.m.
    v.
    bienquerer v.
    (§pret: -quis-) fut/c: -querr-•)
    gustar v.
    querer v.
    (§pret: quis-) fut/c: querr-•)

    I
    1. laɪk
    1) (enjoy, be fond of)

    I/we like tennis — me/nos gusta el tenis

    she likes him, but she doesn't love him — le resulta simpático pero no lo quiere

    how do you like my dress? — ¿qué te parece mi vestido?

    how would you like an ice-cream? — ¿quieres or (Esp tb) te apetece un helado?

    I like it! — ( joke) muy bueno!; ( suggestion) buena idea!

    I like that!(iro) muy bonito! (iró), habráse visto!

    do as o what you like — haz lo que quieras or lo que te parezca

    to like -ING/to + INF: I like dancing me gusta bailar; she likes to have breakfast before eight le gusta desayunar antes de las ocho; I don't like to mention it, but... no me gusta (tener que) decírtelo pero...; to like somebody to + INF: we like him to write to us every so often — nos gusta que nos escriba de vez en cuando

    2) (in requests, wishes) querer*

    would you like a cup of tea/me to help you? — ¿quieres una taza de té/que te ayude?

    I'd like two melons, please — (me da) dos melones, por favor


    2.
    vi querer*

    if you like — si quieres, si te parece


    II

    her/his likes and dislikes — sus preferencias or gustos, lo que le gusta y no le gusta

    2) (similar thing, person)

    the like: judges, lawyers and the like jueces, abogados y (otra) gente or (otras) personas por el estilo; I've never seen/heard the like (of this) nunca he visto/oído cosa igual; he doesn't mix with the likes of me/us — (colloq) no se codea con gente como yo/nosotros


    III
    adjective (dated or frml) parecido, similar

    people of like mindsgente f con ideas afines; pea


    IV
    1)
    a) ( similar to) como

    she's very like her motherse parece mucho or es muy parecida a su madre

    try this one - now, that's more like it! — prueba éste - ah, esto ya es otra cosa

    come on, stop crying!... that's more like it! — vamos, para de llorar... ahí está! or así me gusta!

    what's the food like? — ¿cómo or (fam) qué tal es la comida?

    it cost £20, or something like that — costó 20 libras o algo así or o algo por el estilo

    it's just like you to think of foodtípico! or cuándo no! tú pensando en comida!

    like this/that — así

    3) (such as, for example) como

    don't do anything silly, like running away — no vayas a hacer una tontería, como escaparte por ejemplo


    V
    conjunction (crit)
    a) ( as if)

    she looks like she knows what she's doingparece que or da la impresión de que sabe lo que hace

    b) (as, in same way) como

    VI
    a) ( likely)

    as like as not, she won't come — lo más probable es que no venga

    b) ( nearly)

    I [laɪk]
    1.
    ADJ frm (=similar) parecido, semejante

    snakes, lizards and like creatures — serpientes fpl, lagartos mpl y criaturas fpl parecidas or semejantes

    to be of like mindtener ideas afines

    - they are as like as two peas
    2. PREP
    1) (=similar to) como

    what's he like? — ¿cómo es (él)?

    you know what she's like — ya la conoces, ya sabes cómo es

    what's Spain like? — ¿cómo es España?

    what's the weather like? — ¿qué tiempo hace?

    a house like mine — una casa como la mía, una casa parecida a la mía

    we heard a noise like someone sneezing — nos pareció oír a alguien estornudar, oímos como un estornudo

    I never saw anything like it — nunca he visto cosa igual or semejante

    what's he like as a teacher? — ¿qué tal es como profesor?

    to be like sth/sb — parecerse a algo/algn, ser parecido a algo/algn

    you're so like your father(in looks, character) te pareces mucho a tu padre, eres muy parecido a tu padre

    it was more like a prison than a house — se parecía más a una cárcel que a una casa

    why can't you be more like your sister? — ¿por qué no aprendes de tu hermana?

    that's more like it! * — ¡así está mejor!, ¡así me gusta!

    there's nothing like real silk — no hay nada como la seda natural

    something like that — algo así, algo por el estilo

    I was thinking of giving her something like a doll — pensaba en regalarle algo así como una muñeca, pensaba en regalarle una muñeca o algo por el estilo

    they earn something like £50,000 a year — ganan alrededor de 50.000 libras al año

    people like that can't be trusted — esa clase or ese tipo de gente no es de fiar

    feel 2., 3), look 2., 4), smell 3., 1), sound I, 3., 2), a), taste 3.
    2) (=typical of)

    isn't it just like him! — ¡no cambia!, ¡eso es típico de él!

    (it's) just like you to grab the last cake! — ¡qué típico que tomes or (Sp) cojas tú el último pastelito!

    3) (=similarly to) como

    like me, he is fond of Brahms — igual que a mí, le gusta Brahms

    she behaved like an idiotse comportó como una idiota

    just like anybody else — igual que cualquier otro

    like this/ thatasí

    it wasn't like that — no fue así, no ocurrió así

    he got up and left, just like that — se levantó y se marchó, así, sin más

    anything, crazy 1., 1), hell 1., 2), mad 1., 1), b)
    4) (=such as) como

    the basic necessities of life, like food and drink — las necesidades básicas de la vida, como la comida y la bebida

    3. ADV
    1) (=comparable)

    on company advice, well, orders, more like — siguiendo los consejos de la empresa, bueno, más bien sus órdenes

    it's nothing like as hot as it was yesterday — no hace tanto calor como ayer, ni mucho menos

    £500 will be nothing like enough — 500 libras no serán suficientes, ni mucho menos

    2) (=likely)

    (as) like as not, they'll be down the pub (as) like as not — lo más probable es que estén en el bar

    4. CONJ
    *
    1) (=as) como
    - tell it like it is
    2) (=as if) como si
    5.
    N

    we shall not see his like againfrm, liter no volveremos a ver otro igual

    the exchange was done on a like- for-like basis — el intercambio se hizo basándose en dos cosas parecidas

    did you ever see the like (of it)? — ¿has visto cosa igual?

    sparrows, starlings and the like or and such like — gorriones, estorninos y otras aves por el estilo

    to compare like with like — comparar dos cosas semejantes


    II [laɪk]
    1. VT
    1) (=find pleasant)

    I like dancing/football — me gusta bailar/el fútbol

    which do you like best? — ¿cuál es el que más te gusta?

    I like himme cae bien or simpático

    I don't like him at all — me resulta antipático, no me cae nada bien

    I've come to like himle he llegado a tomar or (Sp) coger cariño

    don't you like me just a little bit? — ¿no me quieres un poquitín?

    I don't think they like each othercreo que no se caen bien

    I don't like the look of him — no me gusta su aspecto, no me gusta la pinta que tiene *

    I like your nerve! * — ¡qué frescura!, ¡qué cara tienes!

    well, I like that! *iro ¡será posible!, ¡habráse visto!

    she is well liked here — aquí se la quiere mucho

    2) (=feel about)

    how do you like Cadiz? — ¿qué te parece Cádiz?

    how do you like it here? — ¿qué te parece este sitio?

    how would you like to go to the cinema? — ¿te apetece or (LAm) se te antoja ir al cine?

    how would you like it if somebody did the same to you? — ¿cómo te sentirías si alguien te hiciera lo mismo?

    how do you like that! I've been here five years and he doesn't know my name — ¡qué te parece!, llevo cinco años trabajando aquí y no sabe ni cómo me llamo

    3) (=have a preference for)
    4) (=want)

    I didn't like to say no — no quise decir que no; (because embarrassed) me dio vergüenza decir que no

    take as much as you like — toma or coge todo lo que quieras

    he thinks he can do as he likes — cree que puede hacer lo que quiera, cree que puede hacer lo que le de la gana *

    whether he likes it or not — le guste o no (le guste), quiera o no (quiera)

    whenever you like — cuando quieras

    5)

    would/ should like —

    a) (specific request, offer, desire)

    would you like a drink? — ¿quieres tomar algo?

    would you like me to wait? — ¿quiere que espere?

    I'd or I would or frm I should like an explanation — quisiera una explicación, me gustaría que me dieran una explicación

    I'd like the roast chicken, please — (me trae) el pollo asado, por favor

    I'd like three pounds of tomatoes, please — (me da) tres libras de tomates, por favor

    b) (wishes, preferences)

    I should like to have been there, I should have liked to be there — frm me hubiera gustado estar allí

    2.

    as you like — como quieras

    "shall we go now?" - "if you like" — -¿nos vamos ya? -si quieres

    3.
    N
    likes gustos mpl

    likes and dislikesaficiones fpl y fobias or manías, cosas fpl que gustan y cosas que no

    LIKE
    Verb
    "Gustar" better avoided While gustar is one of the main ways of translating like, its use is not always appropriate. Used to refer to people, it may imply sexual attraction. Instead, use expressions like caer bien or parecer/ resultar simpático/ agradable. These expressions work like gustar and need an indirect object:
    I like Francis very much Francis me cae muy bien or me parece muy simpático or agradable
    She likes me, but that's all (A ella) le caigo bien, pero nada más
    Like + verb Translate to like doing sth and to like to do sth using gustar + ((infinitive)):
    Doctors don't like having to go out to visit patients at night A los médicos no les gusta tener que salir a visitar pacientes por la noche
    My brother likes to rest after lunch A mi hermano le gusta descansar después de comer ► Translate to like sb doing sth and to like sb to do sth using gustar + que + ((subjunctive)):
    My wife likes me to do the shopping A mi mujer le gusta que haga la compra
    I don't like Irene living so far away No me gusta que Irene viva tan lejos
    "How do you like...?" Use qué + parecer to translate how do/ did you like when asking someone's opinion:
    How do you like this coat? ¿Qué te parece este abrigo?
    How did you like the concert? ¿Qué te ha parecido el concierto? ► But use cómo + gustar when using how do you like more literally:
    How do you like your steak? ¿Cómo le gusta la carne?
    Would like When translating would like, use querer with requests and offers and gustar to talk about preferences and wishes:
    Would you like a glass of water? ¿Quiere un vaso de agua?
    What would you like me to do about the tickets? ¿Qué quieres que haga respecto a los billetes?
    I'd very much like to go to Spain this summer Me gustaría mucho ir a España este verano Literal translations of I'd like are better avoided when making requests in shops and restaurants. Use expressions like the following:
    I'd like steak and chips ¿Me pone un filete con patatas fritas?, (Yo) quiero un filete con patatas fritas For further uses and examples, see main entry
    * * *

    I
    1. [laɪk]
    1) (enjoy, be fond of)

    I/we like tennis — me/nos gusta el tenis

    she likes him, but she doesn't love him — le resulta simpático pero no lo quiere

    how do you like my dress? — ¿qué te parece mi vestido?

    how would you like an ice-cream? — ¿quieres or (Esp tb) te apetece un helado?

    I like it! — ( joke) muy bueno!; ( suggestion) buena idea!

    I like that!(iro) muy bonito! (iró), habráse visto!

    do as o what you like — haz lo que quieras or lo que te parezca

    to like -ING/to + INF: I like dancing me gusta bailar; she likes to have breakfast before eight le gusta desayunar antes de las ocho; I don't like to mention it, but... no me gusta (tener que) decírtelo pero...; to like somebody to + INF: we like him to write to us every so often — nos gusta que nos escriba de vez en cuando

    2) (in requests, wishes) querer*

    would you like a cup of tea/me to help you? — ¿quieres una taza de té/que te ayude?

    I'd like two melons, please — (me da) dos melones, por favor


    2.
    vi querer*

    if you like — si quieres, si te parece


    II

    her/his likes and dislikes — sus preferencias or gustos, lo que le gusta y no le gusta

    2) (similar thing, person)

    the like: judges, lawyers and the like jueces, abogados y (otra) gente or (otras) personas por el estilo; I've never seen/heard the like (of this) nunca he visto/oído cosa igual; he doesn't mix with the likes of me/us — (colloq) no se codea con gente como yo/nosotros


    III
    adjective (dated or frml) parecido, similar

    people of like mindsgente f con ideas afines; pea


    IV
    1)
    a) ( similar to) como

    she's very like her motherse parece mucho or es muy parecida a su madre

    try this one - now, that's more like it! — prueba éste - ah, esto ya es otra cosa

    come on, stop crying!... that's more like it! — vamos, para de llorar... ahí está! or así me gusta!

    what's the food like? — ¿cómo or (fam) qué tal es la comida?

    it cost £20, or something like that — costó 20 libras o algo así or o algo por el estilo

    it's just like you to think of foodtípico! or cuándo no! tú pensando en comida!

    like this/that — así

    3) (such as, for example) como

    don't do anything silly, like running away — no vayas a hacer una tontería, como escaparte por ejemplo


    V
    conjunction (crit)
    a) ( as if)

    she looks like she knows what she's doingparece que or da la impresión de que sabe lo que hace

    b) (as, in same way) como

    VI
    a) ( likely)

    as like as not, she won't come — lo más probable es que no venga

    b) ( nearly)

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