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1 de zegepalm behalen
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3 tableau
1. masculine nouna. ( = peinture) painting• aller au tableau to go up to the blackboard ; ( = se faire interroger) to be asked questions (on a school subject)c. [de clés] rack• tu vois le tableau ! (inf) you can imagine!2. compounds• ajouter qch à son tableau de chasse to add sth to one's list of conquests ► tableau des conjugaisons conjugation table• être inscrit au tableau d'honneur to appear on the prize list (Brit) to make the honor roll (US) ► tableau de maître masterpiece* * *pl tableaux tablo nom masculin1) ( œuvre d'art) gén picture; ( peinture) painting2) ( description) picture3) ( spectacle) pictureen plus, il était ivre, tu vois un peu le tableau! — (colloq) on top of that he was drunk, you can just imagine!
4) ( présentation graphique) table, chart5) École blackboard6) ( affichant des renseignements) gén board; Chemin de Fer indicator board7) ( support mural) board8) Théâtre short scene•Phrasal Verbs:••jouer or miser sur les deux tableaux — to hedge one's bets
gagner/perdre sur tous les tableaux — to win/to lose on all counts
* * *tablotableaux pl nm1) ART painting2) fig (= description, situation) pictureLes résultats catastrophiques de l'an dernier assombrissent encore le tableau. — Last year's catastrophic results make the picture even darker.
3) (= panneau) board4) (= schéma) table, chart* * *2 ( description) picture; brosser un tableau sombre de la situation to paint a black picture of the situation; et pour achever or compléter le tableau and to cap it all;3 ( spectacle) picture; des enfants jouant dans un jardin, quel tableau charmant! children playing in a garden, what a charming picture!; le tableau général est plus sombre the overall picture is more gloomy; en plus, il était ivre, tu vois un peu le tableau○! on top of that he was drunk, you can just imagine!;4 ( présentation graphique) table, chart; ‘voir tableau’ ‘see table’; tableau des marées tide table; tableau des températures temperature chart; tableau synchronique/synoptique historical/synoptic chart; tableau à double entrée Ordinat two-dimensional array; présenter qch sous forme de tableau to present sth in tabular form;5 Scol blackboard; écrire qch au tableau to write sth on the blackboard; passer or aller au tableau to go (up) to the blackboard;6 ( affichant des renseignements) board; Rail indicator board; tableau des départs/arrivées departures/arrivals indicator; tableau horaire timetable;9 Théât short scene.tableau d'affichage notice board; tableau d'avancement promotion table, roster list; tableau blanc white board; tableau de bord Aut dashboard; Aviat, Rail instrument panel; ( en gestion) performance indicators (pl); tableau de chasse ( de chasseur) total number of kills; ( de séducteur) list of conquests; ( de pilote de chasse) total number of hits; tableau clinique patient's charts (pl); tableau de commande control panel; tableau comptable financial statement; tableau de conférence paperboard; tableau d'honneur honours board GB, honor roll US; être inscrit au tableau d'honneur to be on the honours board GB ou honor roll US; tableau de maître Art master painting; tableau de marche flow chart; tableau matriciel matrix; tableau noir blackboard; tableau papier paperboard; tableau de prix price list; tableau vivant tableau vivant.jouer or miser sur les deux tableaux to hedge one's bets; gagner/perdre sur tous les tableaux to win/to lose on all counts.1. ÉDUCATION3. [panneau d'information] boardtableau des arrivées/départs arrivals/departures board6. [description] picturevous nous faites un tableau très alarmant de la situation you've painted an alarming picture of the situation7. [diagramme] tabletableau horaire [des trains] timetable9. ÉLECTRICITÉ10. INFORMATIQUE array11. MATHÉMATIQUES table12. MÉDECINEa. [répétitions] rehearsal rosterb. [représentations] performances roster15. (locution)gagner sur les deux/tous les tableaux to win on both/all counts16. INFORMATIQUEtableau de bord nom masculintableau de chasse nom masculin3. (familier) [conquêtes amoureuses] conquests————————tableau d'honneur nom masculin -
4 alloro
m laurelgastronomy bay* * *alloro s.m.1 (bot.) ( Laurus nobilis) bay, sweet bay, laurel // cucinare il maiale con l'alloro, to cook pork with bay leaves2 (fig.) laurel: incoronare di alloro, to crown with laurels; riposare sugli allori, to rest on one's laurels // conquistare l'alloro olimpico, to win Olympic honours.* * *[al'lɔro]sostantivo maschile bay (tree), sweet bay, laurelcorona d'alloro — bay o laurel wreath
alloro olimpico — = a medal in the Olympics
••riposare o dormire sugli -i to rest on one's laurels; mietere -i — to reap honours
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5 MacCready, Paul
SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace[br]b. 29 September 1925 New Haven, Connecticut, USA[br]American designer of man-powered aeroplanes, one of which flew across the English Channel in 1979.[br]As a boy, Paul MacCready was an enthusiastic builder of flying model aeroplanes; he became US National Junior Champion in 1941. He learned to fly and became a pilot with the US Navy in 1943. he developed an interest in gliding in 1945 and became National Soaring Champion in 1948 and 1949. After graduating from the California Institute of Technology (Cal Tech) as a meteorologist, he set up Meteorological Research Inc. In 1953 MacCready became the first American to win the World Gliding Championship. When hang-gliders became popular in the early 1970s MacCready studied their performance and compared them with soaring birds: he came to the conclusion that man-powered flight was a possibility. In an effort to generate an interest in man-powered flight, a cash prize had been offered in Britain by Henry Kremer, a wealthy industrialist and fitness enthusiast. A man-powered aircraft had to complete a one-mile (1.6km) figure-of-eight course in order to win. However, the figure-of-eight proved to be a major obstacle and the prize money was increased over the years to £50,000. In 1976 MacCready and his friend Dr Peter Lissaman set to work on their computer and came up with their optimum design for a man-powered aircraft. The Gossamer Condor had a wing span of 96 ft (27.4 m), about the same as a Douglas DC-9 airliner, yet it weighed just 70 lb (32 kg). It was a tail-first design with a pedaldriven pusher propeller just behind the pilot. Bryan Allen, a biologist, pilot and racing cyclist, joined the team to provide the muscle-power. After over two hundred flights they were ready to make an attempt on the prize, and on 23 August 1977 they succeeded where many had failed, in 7 minutes. Kremer then offered £100,000 for the first manpowered flight across the English Channel. Many thought this would be impossible, but MacCready and his team set about the task of designing a new machine based on their Condor, which they called the Gossamer Albatross. Bryan Allen also had a major task: getting fit for a flight which might take three hours of pedalling. The weather was more of a problem than in California, and after a long delay the Gossamer Albatross took off, on 12 June 1979. After pedalling for 2 hours 49 minutes, Bryan Allen landed in France: it was seventy years since Blériot's flight, although Blériot was much quicker.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsWorld Gliding Champion 1953.Bibliography1979, "The Channel crossing and the future", Man Powered Aircraft Symposium, London: Royal Aeronautical Society.Further ReadingM.Grosser, 1981, Gossamer Odyssey, London (provides a brief biography and detailed accounts of the two aircraft).M.F.Jerram, 1980, Incredible Flying Machines, London (a short survey of pedal planes).Articles by Ron Moulton on the Gossamer Albatross appeared in Aerospace (Royal Aeronautical Society) London, August/September 1979, and the Aeromodeller, London, September 1979.JDS -
6 Bardeen, John
[br]b. 23 May 1908 Madison, Wisconsin, USAd. 30 January 1991 Boston, Massachusetts, USA[br]American physicist, the first to win the Nobel Prize for Physics twice.[br]Born the son of a professor of anatomy, he studied electrical engineering at the University of Wisconsin. He then worked for three years as a geophysicist at the Gulf Research Laboratories before taking a PhD in mathematical physics at Princeton, where he was a graduate student. For some time he held appointments at the University of Minnesota and at Harvard, and during the Second World War he joined the US Naval Ordnance Laboratory. In 1945 he joined the Bell Telephone Laboratories to head a new department to work on solid-state devices. While there, he and W.H. Brattain in 1948 published a paper that introduced the transistor. For this he, Brattain and Shockley won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1956. In 1951 he moved to the University of Illinois as Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering. There he worked on superconductivity, a phenomenon described in 1911 by Kamerling-Onnes. Bardeen worked with L.N. Cooper and J.A.Schrieffer, and in 1972 they were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for the "BCS Theory", which suggested that, under certain circumstances at very low temperatures, electrons can form bound pairs.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsNobel Prize for Physics (jointly with Brattain and Shockley) 1956, (jointly with Cooper and Schrieffer) 1972.Further ReadingIsaacs and E.Martin (eds), 1985, Longmans Dictionary of 20th Century Biography.IMcN -
7 Mitchell, Reginald Joseph
SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace[br]b. 20 May 1895 Talke, near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Englandd. 11 June 1937 Southampton, England[br]English aircraft designer.[br]He was the son of a headmaster who, when Mitchell was aged 6 years, set up his own printing business. Mitchell was apprenticed at the age of 16 to a locomotive builder in Stoke and also studied engineering, mechanics, mathematics and drawing at night-school. With the outbreak of war in 1914 he became increasingly interested in aircraft and in 1916 joined the Supermarine Aviation Works at Southampton. Such was his talent for aviation design that within three years he had risen to be Chief Engineer Designer. Initially Mitchell's work was concentrated on flying boats, but with the resurrection after the First World War of the biennial Schneider Trophy races for seaplanes he turned his attention increasingly to high-speed floatplanes. He first achieved success with his S-5 in the 1927 race at Venice and followed it up with further victories in 1929 and 1931 with the S-6 and S-6B, enabling Britain to win the trophy outright (See also Royce, Sir Frederick Henry). Using the experience gained from the Schneider Trophy races, Mitchell now began to design fighter aircraft. He was dissatisfied with his first attempt, which was to produce a fighter to an Air Ministry specification, and started afresh on his own. The result was the Supermarine Spitfire, which was to become one of the outstanding aircraft of the Second World War. Sadly, he died of cancer before his project came to full fruition, with the Spitfire not entering Royal Air Force service until June 1938. The success of Mitchell's designs was due to his ability to combine good engineering with aerodynamic grace.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsRoyal Aeronautical Society Silver Medal 1927. CBE 1931.Further ReadingRalph Barker, 1971, The Schneider Trophy Races, London: Chatto \& Windus.CMBiographical history of technology > Mitchell, Reginald Joseph
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8 conquistare
conquerfig win* * *conquistare v.tr.1 to conquer, to subdue, to capture: conquistare un paese, to conquer a country; conquistare una città, to capture a city2 (fig.) to win* (over), to gain; to acquire: conquistare la felicità, to achieve (o to attain) happiness; conquistarsi il favore di tutti, to win everyone's favour; quell'atto gli conquistò la pubblica stima, the action won him public esteem; conquistare l'amore di qlcu., to win s.o.'s love; conquistare onori, to win honours* * *[konkwis'tare] 1.verbo transitivo1) (impadronirsi di) to conquer [paese, roccaforte]2) fig. (ottenere) to gain [potere, libertà]; to win* [amicizia, successo, cuore]3) (fare innamorare) to conquer2.verbo pronominale conquistarsi-rsi il rispetto di qcn. — to gain o win sb.'s respect
* * *conquistare/konkwis'tare/ [1]1 (impadronirsi di) to conquer [paese, roccaforte]2 fig. (ottenere) to gain [potere, libertà]; to win* [amicizia, successo, cuore]; conquistare il mercato to capture the market3 (fare innamorare) to conquerII conquistarsi verbo pronominale-rsi il rispetto di qcn. to gain o win sb.'s respect. -
9 baza
f.1 trick.no pude meter baza (en la conversación) I couldn't get a word in edgewayssiempre trata de meter baza (en la conversación) she's always trying to butt in2 advantage.la gran baza del producto es su reducido precio the product's great advantage is its low priceel delantero ruso es la gran baza del equipo the Russian forward is the team's main weapon3 trump card.* * *1 (naipes) trick2 (ventaja) asset, advantage3 (ocasión) chance\meter baza figurado to butt in, stick one's oar inno poder meter baza not to be able to get a word in edgeways* * *SF1) (Naipes) trick•
hacer una baza — to make o win a trick2) [en asunto, negocio] (=recurso) weapon; (=oportunidad) chance•
jugar una baza, si juega bien su baza, conseguirá el trabajo — if he plays his cards right, he'll get the jobAlemania juega una baza muy firme para el Mundial — Germany has a good chance of winning the World Cup
le encanta meter baza aunque no tenga ni idea del tema — she loves butting in even though she has no idea about the subject
cuando habla no deja meter baza a nadie — when he's speaking he doesn't let anybody get a word in edgeways
es de los que siempre sacan baza de todo — he's one of those people who always turns everything to their own advantage
* * *1) ( en naipes) trickhacer or ganar una baza — to win a trick
meter baza — (fam) to butt in (colloq)
Pedro nunca deja meter baza a nadie — Pedro never lets anybody get a word in edgewise (AmE) o (BrE) edgeways
2) (recurso, arma)* * *= trump card, bargaining chip.Ex. Having failed apparently with her trump card, she fell back on finesse.Ex. The only ones 'using' the war dead as a political bargaining chip are the Republicans who have fought to keep the images of these fallen heroes in the dark.----* jugar bien + Posesivo + baza = play + Posesivo + cards right.* * *1) ( en naipes) trickhacer or ganar una baza — to win a trick
meter baza — (fam) to butt in (colloq)
Pedro nunca deja meter baza a nadie — Pedro never lets anybody get a word in edgewise (AmE) o (BrE) edgeways
2) (recurso, arma)* * *= trump card, bargaining chip.Ex: Having failed apparently with her trump card, she fell back on finesse.
Ex: The only ones 'using' the war dead as a political bargaining chip are the Republicans who have fought to keep the images of these fallen heroes in the dark.* jugar bien + Posesivo + baza = play + Posesivo + cards right.* * *A (en naipes) trickhacer or ganar una baza to win a trickB1(recurso, arma): mi experiencia es la baza fundamental que puedo aportar a la empresa my experience is the most important thing I can bring to the companyparece la mejor baza del equipo colombiano he could prove to be the Colombian team's trump card, he seems to be the great hope of the Colombian teamjugaron su última baza they played their last card, they used their ultimate weapontomó la determinación de jugar la baza decisiva she decided to play her trump card2 (logro, adelanto) achievementsu gran baza ha sido la conquista del mercado escandinavo their greatest achievement o success has been their conquest of the Scandinavian marketesto constituyó la primera baza victoriosa de los rebeldes this represented the first taste of victory o first moment of triumph for the rebels3(oportunidad): esta carrera será la última baza para Romero this race will be Romero's last chance* * *
baza sustantivo femenino trick
♦ Locuciones: familiar meter baza, to butt in
' baza' also found in these entries:
English:
trick
- trump
- asset
* * *baza nf1. [en naipes] trick;hacer una baza to make a trick;jugar una baza: jugó bien sus bazas she played her cards right;están jugando su última baza they're playing their last card;Fammeter baza: no pude meter baza (en la conversación) I couldn't get a word in edgeways;siempre trata de meter baza (en la conversación) she's always trying to butt in;intentan meter baza en la gestión de la empresa they are trying to elbow in on the management of the company2. [ventaja] advantage;la gran baza del producto es su reducido precio the product's great advantage is its low price;presentaron como baza electoral la educación they played the education card in the election;el delantero ruso es la gran baza del equipo the Russian forward is the team's main weapon* * *f1 en naipes trick; figtrump card;jugar sus bazas fig play one’s cards right2:meter baza fam interfere;no dejar a alguien meter baza fam not let s.o. get a word in edgewise* * *baza nf1) : trick (in card games)2)meter baza en : to butt in on -
10 bestehen
(unreg.)I v/t1. (Prüfung) pass; (eine Probe) stand ( oder pass) the test; die Prüfung / Probe nicht bestehen fail the exam / test; eine Prüfung knapp / mit „gut“ bestehen scrape through an exam / etwa pass an exam with a B2.b) (Gefahr) survive; (Kampf) win through in; wir hatten einen schweren Kampf zu bestehen we had a hard battle to fightII v/i1. exist, weitS. Bedenken, Grund etc.: auch be; (fortbestehen) continue, last; (noch bestehen) remain, survive, have survived; besteht diese Schule / Firma noch? does this school / firm still exist?; bestehen bleiben (fortdauern) continue (to exist); Gefahr etc.: remain; (gültig bleiben) remain valid, (still) hold good; bestehen lassen retain; es besteht / bestehen... auch there is / are...; es besteht die Gefahr, dass sich das Feuer ausbreitet there’s a danger of the fire spreading; über den Hergang besteht noch keine Klarheit it is still not clear what happened3. bestehen in consist in, be; das Problem besteht darin, dass ( darin zu + Inf.) the problem is that (is + Ger.); der Unterschied besteht darin, dass the difference is ( oder lies in the fact) that; die Besonderheit besteht darin, dass what is so special (about it) is (the fact) that4. bestehen auf (+ Dat) insist (up)on; darauf bestehen, etw. zu tun insist on doing s.th.; darauf bestehen, dass etw. getan wird insist on s.th. being done; ich bestehe darauf(, dass er kommt) I insist (that he comes oder on his coming förm.); ich bestehe nicht darauf I’m not insisting, you don’t have to; ich bestehe auf meinem Vertrag / Recht I insist that the terms of my contract are hono(u)red / on my rights5. (sich behaupten) hold out, hold ( oder stand) one’s ground, hold one’s own ( gegen against); in einem Kampf / einer Gefahr bestehen auch prove o.s. in a battle / a danger; mit diesem Abschluss kannst du überall bestehen you can get in anywhere with this exam result (Am. with these test scores)6. in einer Prüfung: pass, get through umg.; mit „gut“ / Auszeichnung bestehen etwa pass with a B / a distinction* * *das Bestehen(Existenz) existence;(Prüfung) pass* * *Be|ste|hennt -s,no pl1) (= Vorhandensein, Dauer) existenceseit Bestéhen der Firma/des Staates — ever since the firm/state has existed or came into existence
das 100-jährige Bestéhen von etw feiern — to celebrate the hundredth anniversary or first hundred years of (the existence of) sth
2) (= Beharren) insistence (auf +dat on)3) (von Prüfung) passing; (von Schicksalsschlägen) withstanding; (von schwerer Zeit) coming or pulling through; (von Gefahr) overcomingbei Bestéhen der Prüfung — on passing the exam
* * *2) ((with in) (of feelings, impressions etc) to be caused by or contained in: His charm lies in his honesty.) lie4) (a successful result in an examination, especially when below a distinction, honours etc: There were ten passes and no fails.) pass* * *Be·ste·hen<-s>das 25-jährige \Bestehen der Firma wurde gefeiert the company celebrated its 25th birthdayseit [dem] \Bestehen einer S. gen since the establishment of sth; Schule, Verein etc. founding; Geschäftsverbindung setting-up, establishment2. (Beharren)3. (das Durchkommen)▪ das \Bestehen einer S. gen Prüfung, Test the passing of sth; Probezeit successful completion; schwierige Situation surviving, coming through; Gefahren overcoming* * *das; Bestehens existencedie Firma feiert ihr 10jähriges Bestehen — the firm is celebrating its tenth anniversary
* * *bestehen (irr)A. v/tdie Prüfung/Probe nicht bestehen fail the exam/test;eine Prüfung knapp/mit „gut“ bestehen scrape through an exam/etwa pass an exam with a B2. (durchstehen) (eine Krise etc) come ( oder go) through, survive; (Gefahr) survive; (Kampf) win through in;wir hatten einen schweren Kampf zu bestehen we had a hard battle to fightB. v/i1. exist, weitS. Bedenken, Grund etc: auch be; (fortbestehen) continue, last; (noch bestehen) remain, survive, have survived;besteht diese Schule/Firma noch? does this school/firm still exist?;bestehen bleiben (fortdauern) continue (to exist); Gefahr etc: remain; (gültig bleiben) remain valid, (still) hold good;bestehen lassen retain;es besteht/bestehen … auch there is/are …;es besteht die Gefahr, dass sich das Feuer ausbreitet there’s a danger of the fire spreading;über den Hergang besteht noch keine Klarheit it is still not clear what happened2.3.bestehen in consist in, be;das Problem besteht darin, dass (der Unterschied besteht darin, dass the difference is ( oder lies in the fact) that;die Besonderheit besteht darin, dass what is so special (about it) is (the fact) that4.bestehen auf (+dat)insist (up)on;darauf bestehen, etwas zu tun insist on doing sth;darauf bestehen, dass etwas getan wird insist on sth being done;ich bestehe nicht darauf I’m not insisting, you don’t have to;ich bestehe auf meinem Vertrag/Recht I insist that the terms of my contract are hono(u)red/on my rightsgegen against);in einem Kampf/einer Gefahr bestehen auch prove o.s. in a battle/a danger;mit diesem Abschluss kannst du überall bestehen you can get in anywhere with this exam result (US with these test scores)mit „gut“/Auszeichnung bestehen etwa pass with a B/a distinction* * *das; Bestehens existence* * *(auf) v.to insist (on) v. (aus) v.to consist (of) v. v.to consist v.to exist v.to insist v. -
11 mietere
harvest* * *mietere v.tr.1 to reap, to harvest: mietere un campo, il grano, to reap a field, the corn // mietere il campo altrui, (fig.) to reap where one has not sown2 (fig.) (uccidere) to mow* down; (raccogliere) to reap: l'epidemia ha mietuto molte vittime, the epidemic has taken a heavy tall of victims // mietere successi, to have a run (o string) of successes // mietere allori, to win (o to reap) laurels.* * *['mjɛtere]verbo transitivo1) to reap, to harvest, to mow* [raccolto, grano]3) (stroncare) to claim [ vite umane]* * *mietere/'mjεtere/ [2]1 to reap, to harvest, to mow* [raccolto, grano] -
12 Sopwith, Sir Thomas (Tommy) Octave Murdoch
SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace[br]b. 18 January 1888 London, Englandd. 27 January 1989 Stockbridge, Hampshire, England[br]English aeronautical engineer and industrialist.[br]Son of a successful mining engineer, Sopwith did not shine at school and, having been turned down by the Royal Navy as a result, attended an engineering college. His first interest was motor cars and, while still in his teens, he set up a business in London with a friend in order to sell them; he also took part in races and rallies.Sopwith's interest in aviation came initially through ballooning, and in 1906 he purchased his own balloon. Four years later, inspired by the recent flights across the Channel to France and after a joy-ride at Brooklands, he bought an Avis monoplane, followed by a larger biplane, and taught himself to fly. He was awarded the Royal Aero Society's Aviator Certificate No. 31 on 21 November 1910, and he quickly distinguished himself in flying competitions on both sides of the Atlantic and started his own flying school. In his races he was ably supported by his friend Fred Sigrist, a former motor engineer. Among the people Sopwith taught to fly were an Australian, Harry Hawker, and Major Hugh Trenchard, who later became the "father" of the RAF.In 1912, depressed by the poor quality of the aircraft on trial for the British Army, Sopwith, in conjunction with Hawker and Sigrist, bought a skating rink in Kingston-upon-Thames and, assisted by Fred Sigrist, started to design and build his first aircraft, the Sopwith Hybrid. He sold this to the Royal Navy in 1913, and the following year his aviation manufacturing company became the Sopwith Aviation Company Ltd. That year a seaplane version of his Sopwith Tabloid won the Schneider Trophy in the second running of this speed competition. During 1914–18, Sopwith concentrated on producing fighters (or "scouts" as they were then called), with the Pup, the Camel, the 1½ Strutter, the Snipe and the Sopwith Triplane proving among the best in the war. He also pioneered several ideas to make flying easier for the pilot, and in 1915 he patented his adjustable tailplane and his 1 ½ Strutter was the first aircraft to be fitted with air brakes. During the four years of the First World War, Sopwith Aviation designed thirty-two different aircraft types and produced over 16,000 aircraft.The end of the First World War brought recession to the aircraft industry and in 1920 Sopwith, like many others, put his company into receivership; none the less, he immediately launched a new, smaller company with Hawker, Sigrist and V.W.Eyre, which they called the H.G. Hawker Engineering Company Ltd to avoid any confusion with the former company. He began by producing cars and motor cycles under licence, but was determined to resume aircraft production. He suffered an early blow with the death of Hawker in an air crash in 1921, but soon began supplying aircraft to the Royal Air Force again. In this he was much helped by taking on a new designer, Sydney Camm, in 1923, and during the next decade they produced a number of military aircraft types, of which the Hart light bomber and the Fury fighter, the first to exceed 200 mph (322 km/h), were the best known. In the mid-1930s Sopwith began to build a large aviation empire, acquiring first the Gloster Aircraft Company and then, in quick succession, Armstrong-Whitworth, Armstrong-Siddeley Motors Ltd and its aero-engine counterpart, and A.V.Roe, which produced Avro aircraft. Under the umbrella of the Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Company (set up in 1935) these companies produced a series of outstanding aircraft, ranging from the Hawker Hurricane, through the Avro Lancaster to the Gloster Meteor, Britain's first in-service jet aircraft, and the Hawker Typhoon, Tempest and Hunter. When Sopwith retired as Chairman of the Hawker Siddeley Group in 1963 at the age of 75, a prototype jump-jet (the P-1127) was being tested, later to become the Harrier, a for cry from the fragile biplanes of 1910.Sopwith also had a passion for yachting and came close to wresting the America's Cup from the USA in 1934 when sailing his yacht Endeavour, which incorporated a number of features years ahead of their time; his greatest regret was that he failed in his attempts to win this famous yachting trophy for Britain. After his retirement as Chairman of the Hawker Siddeley Group, he remained on the Board until 1978. The British aviation industry had been nationalized in April 1977, and Hawker Siddeley's aircraft interests merged with the British Aircraft Corporation to become British Aerospace (BAe). Nevertheless, by then the Group had built up a wide range of companies in the field of mechanical and electrical engineering, and its board conferred on Sopwith the title Founder and Life President.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsKnighted 1953. CBE 1918.Bibliography1961, "My first ten years in aviation", Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society (April) (a very informative and amusing paper).Further ReadingA.Bramson, 1990, Pure Luck: The Authorized Biography of Sir Thomas Sopwith, 1888– 1989, Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens.B.Robertson, 1970, Sopwith. The Man and His Aircraft, London (a detailed publication giving plans of all the Sopwith aircraft).CM / JDSBiographical history of technology > Sopwith, Sir Thomas (Tommy) Octave Murdoch
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13 Bestehen
(unreg.)I v/t1. (Prüfung) pass; (eine Probe) stand ( oder pass) the test; die Prüfung / Probe nicht bestehen fail the exam / test; eine Prüfung knapp / mit „gut“ bestehen scrape through an exam / etwa pass an exam with a B2.b) (Gefahr) survive; (Kampf) win through in; wir hatten einen schweren Kampf zu bestehen we had a hard battle to fightII v/i1. exist, weitS. Bedenken, Grund etc.: auch be; (fortbestehen) continue, last; (noch bestehen) remain, survive, have survived; besteht diese Schule / Firma noch? does this school / firm still exist?; bestehen bleiben (fortdauern) continue (to exist); Gefahr etc.: remain; (gültig bleiben) remain valid, (still) hold good; bestehen lassen retain; es besteht / bestehen... auch there is / are...; es besteht die Gefahr, dass sich das Feuer ausbreitet there’s a danger of the fire spreading; über den Hergang besteht noch keine Klarheit it is still not clear what happened3. bestehen in consist in, be; das Problem besteht darin, dass ( darin zu + Inf.) the problem is that (is + Ger.); der Unterschied besteht darin, dass the difference is ( oder lies in the fact) that; die Besonderheit besteht darin, dass what is so special (about it) is (the fact) that4. bestehen auf (+ Dat) insist (up)on; darauf bestehen, etw. zu tun insist on doing s.th.; darauf bestehen, dass etw. getan wird insist on s.th. being done; ich bestehe darauf(, dass er kommt) I insist (that he comes oder on his coming förm.); ich bestehe nicht darauf I’m not insisting, you don’t have to; ich bestehe auf meinem Vertrag / Recht I insist that the terms of my contract are hono(u)red / on my rights5. (sich behaupten) hold out, hold ( oder stand) one’s ground, hold one’s own ( gegen against); in einem Kampf / einer Gefahr bestehen auch prove o.s. in a battle / a danger; mit diesem Abschluss kannst du überall bestehen you can get in anywhere with this exam result (Am. with these test scores)6. in einer Prüfung: pass, get through umg.; mit „gut“ / Auszeichnung bestehen etwa pass with a B / a distinction* * *das Bestehen(Existenz) existence;(Prüfung) pass* * *Be|ste|hennt -s,no pl1) (= Vorhandensein, Dauer) existenceseit Bestéhen der Firma/des Staates — ever since the firm/state has existed or came into existence
das 100-jährige Bestéhen von etw feiern — to celebrate the hundredth anniversary or first hundred years of (the existence of) sth
2) (= Beharren) insistence (auf +dat on)3) (von Prüfung) passing; (von Schicksalsschlägen) withstanding; (von schwerer Zeit) coming or pulling through; (von Gefahr) overcomingbei Bestéhen der Prüfung — on passing the exam
* * *2) ((with in) (of feelings, impressions etc) to be caused by or contained in: His charm lies in his honesty.) lie4) (a successful result in an examination, especially when below a distinction, honours etc: There were ten passes and no fails.) pass* * *Be·ste·hen<-s>das 25-jährige \Bestehen der Firma wurde gefeiert the company celebrated its 25th birthdayseit [dem] \Bestehen einer S. gen since the establishment of sth; Schule, Verein etc. founding; Geschäftsverbindung setting-up, establishment2. (Beharren)3. (das Durchkommen)▪ das \Bestehen einer S. gen Prüfung, Test the passing of sth; Probezeit successful completion; schwierige Situation surviving, coming through; Gefahren overcoming* * *das; Bestehens existencedie Firma feiert ihr 10jähriges Bestehen — the firm is celebrating its tenth anniversary
* * *1. existence;seit Bestehen unserer Firma ever since our firm was founded;seit Bestehen der Regierung ever since the government came into power;das 50-jährige Bestehen feiern celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of sth2.(jemandes) Bestehen auf (+dat) (sb’s) insistence on3. einer Prüfung: passing;nach (erfolgreichem) Bestehen der Prüfung having passed the exam* * *das; Bestehens existence* * *(auf) v.to insist (on) v. (aus) v.to consist (of) v. v.to consist v.to exist v.to insist v. -
14 koron|a
f 1. (na głowie) crown; (diadem) tiara- złota/diamentowa korona a gold/diamond crown- korona królewska a royal crown- bogato zdobiona korona a richly decorated crown- nosić/włożyć koronę to wear/put on a crown- król Jerzy w koronie King George wearing his crown- orzeł w koronie a crowned eagle- przyjął koronę z rąk cesarza he was crowned by the emperor- korona z kwiatów i liści a crown of flowers and leaves- ubiegłoroczna Miss Świata włożyła koronę na głowę swojej następczyni the previous Miss World crowned her successor2. (władza) crown- zdobyć/stracić koronę to win/lose the crown3. Hist. (królestwo) the Crown- korona Szwedzka the Swedish Crown- lenno korony polskiej a dependency a. fief of the Polish Crown- być wiernym koronie to be loyal to the Crown4. Hist. Korona (polska) the Crown (of the Kingdom of Poland)- Mazowsze przeszło na własność Korony Mazovia was incorporated into the Crown territories5. (fryzura) korona rudych/czarnych włosów a crown of red/black hair- nosić koronę warkoczy to wear a crown of braids- włosy upięte a. ułożone w koronę hair pinned a. done up in a crown of braids6. Bot. (część drzewa) crown- bujna korona a dense crown- drzewa o rozłożystych koronach trees with wide-spreading crowns- ptaki ukryte w koronach drzew birds hidden among the branches of the trees7. Bot. (część kwiatu) corona 8. (budowli, zapory) top (czegoś of sth); (drogi) crown (czegoś of sth) 9. Anat. (część zęba) crown 10. Stomat. (osłona) crown, cap- wstawić a. założyć koronę to place a. put a crown on a tooth, to cap a tooth- wstawić a. założyć sobie koronę to have a tooth crowned, to have a crown put on one’s tooth11. (ukoronowanie) korona boskiego stworzenia the crown of God’s creation- korona kolekcji the pride of a collection12. Fin. (waluta) (szwedzka, islandzka) crown, krona; (czeska) crown, koruna; (duńska, norweska) crown, krone 13. Gry (cztery asy) (no-trumps) honours GB, (no-trumps) honors US; four aces 14. Myślis. (deer/elk) antler crown- korona słoneczna Astron. corona■ korona ci z głowy nie spadnie, jeśli to zrobisz it wouldn’t hurt you to do it- korona im z głowy nie spadnie, jeżeli poczekają chwilę it won’t hurt them to wait a bitThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > koron|a
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15 Meek, Marshall
SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping[br]b. 22 April 1925 Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland[br]Scottish naval architect and leading twentieth-century exponent of advanced maritime technology.[br]After early education at Cupar in Fife, Meek commenced training as a naval architect, taking the then popular sandwich apprenticeship of alternate half years at the University of Glasgow (with a Caird Scholarship) and at a shipyard, in his case the Caledon of Dundee. On leaving Dundee he worked for five years with the British Ship Research Association before joining Alfred Holt \& Co., owners of the Blue Funnel Line. During his twenty-five years at Liverpool, he rose to Chief Naval Architect and Director and was responsible for bringing the cargo-liner concept to its ultimate in design. When the company had become Ocean Fleets, it joined with other British shipowners and looked to Meek for the first purpose-built containership fleet in the world. This required new ship designs, massive worldwide investment in port facilities and marketing to win public acceptance of freight containers, thereby revolutionizing dry-cargo shipping. Under the houseflag of OCL (now POCL), this pioneer service set the highest standards of service and safety and continues to operate on almost every ocean.In 1979 Meek returned to the shipbuilding industry when he became Head of Technology at British Shipbuilders. Closely involved in contemporary problems of fuel economy and reduced staffing, he held the post for five years before his appointment as Managing Director of the National Maritime Institute. He was deeply involved in the merger with the British Ship Research Association to form British Maritime Technology (BMT), an organization of which he became Deputy Chairman.Marshall Meek has held many public offices, and is one of the few to have been President of two of the United Kingdom's maritime institutions. He has contributed over forty papers to learned societies, has acted as Visiting Professor to Strathclyde University and University College London, and serves on advisory committees to the Ministry of Defence, the Department of Transport and Lloyd's Register of Shipping. While in Liverpool he served as a Justice of the Peace.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsCBE 1989. Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering 1990. President, Royal Institution of Naval Architects 1990–3; North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders 1984–6. Royal Designer for Industry (RDI) 1986. Royal Institution of Naval Architects Silver Medal (on two occasions).Bibliography1970, "The first OCL containerships", Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects.FMW
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