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noun

1) (inanimate object) Sache, die; Ding, das

what's that thing in your hand? — was hast du da in der Hand?

be a rare thing — etwas Seltenes sein

neither one thing nor the other — weder das eine noch das andere

not a thing — überhaupt od. gar nichts

2) (action)

that was a foolish thing to do — das war eine große Dummheit

it was the right thing to do — es war das einzig Richtige

we can't do a thing about it — wir können nichts dagegen tun

do things to somebody/something — (fig. coll.) auf jemanden/etwas eine enorme Wirkung haben (ugs.)

3) (fact) [Tat]sache, die

a thing which is well known to everybody — eine allgemein bekannte Tatsache

it's a strange thing that... — es ist seltsam, dass...

for one thing, you don't have enough money[, for another thing...] — zunächst einmal hast du nicht genügend Geld [, außerdem...]

the best/worst thing about the situation/her — das Beste/Schlimmste an der Situation/an ihr

know/learn a thing or two about something/somebody — sich mit etwas/jemandem auskennen/einiges über etwas (Akk.) lernen/über jemanden erfahren

the [only] thing is that... — die Sache ist [nur] die, dass...

4) (idea)

say the first thing that comes into one's head — das sagen, was einem gerade so einfällt

what a thing to say! — wie kann man nur so etwas sagen!

have a thing about somebody/something — (coll.) (be obsessed about) auf jemanden/etwas abfahren (salopp); (be prejudiced about) etwas gegen jemanden/etwas haben; (be afraid of or repulsed by) einen Horror vor jemandem/etwas haben (ugs.)

5) (task)

she has a reputation for getting things done — sie ist für ihre Tatkraft bekannt

a big thing to undertake — ein großes Unterfangen

6) (affair) Sache, die; Angelegenheit, die

make a mess of things — alles vermasseln (salopp)

make a [big] thing of something — (regard as essential) auf etwas besonderen Wert legen; (get excited about) sich über etwas (Akk.) aufregen

it's one thing after another — es kommt eins zum anderen

7) (circumstance)

take things too seriously — alles zu ernst nehmen

how are things? — wie geht's [dir]?

as things stand [with me] — so wie die Dinge [bei mir] liegen

it's just one of those things — (coll.) so was kommt schon mal vor (ugs.)

8) (individual, creature) Ding, das

she is in hospital, poor thing — sie ist im Krankenhaus, das arme Ding

you spiteful thing! — du [gemeines] Biest!

9) in pl. (personal belongings, outer clothing) Sachen

wash up the dinner things — das Geschirr vom Abendessen abwaschen

10) in pl. (matters)

an expert/authority on things historical — ein Fachmann/eine Autorität in geschichtlichen Fragen

11) (product of work) Sache, die

the latest thing in hats — der letzte Schrei in der Hutmode

12) (special interest)

what's your thing? — was machst du gerne?

do one's own thing — (coll.) sich selbst verwirklichen

13) (coll.): (something remarkable)

now there's a thing! — das ist ja ein Ding! (ugs.)

14)

the thing — (what is proper or needed or important) das Richtige

blue jeans are the thing among teenagers — Bluejeans sind der Hit (ugs.) unter den Teenagern

but the thing is, will she come in fact? — aber die Frage ist, wird sie auch tatsächlich kommen?

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thing

[θɪŋ]

n

1. (unspecified object) Ding nt, Gegenstand m; ( fam) Dings[bums] nt fam

I haven't got a \thing to wear ich habe nichts zum Anziehen [o SCHWEIZ a. Anlegen]

she behaved like a mad \thing sie benahm sich wie eine Verrückte

you cannot be all \things to all men man kann es nicht allen recht machen

2. (possessions)

▪ \things pl Besitz m kein pl, Habe f kein pl; (objects for special purpose) Sachen pl, Zeug nt kein pl

she put all his \things in suitcases and put them outside the door sie packte alle seine Sachen in Koffer und stellte diese vor die Tür

swimming \things Schwimmzeug nt kein pl, Schwimmsachen pl fam

3. (unspecified idea, event) Sache f

this \thing called love das, was man so Liebe nennt

if there's one \thing I want to know it's this wenn es etwas gibt, das ich wissen will, dann ist es das

it was just one \thing after another da kam eben eins zum anderen

one \thing leads to another das Eine führt zum Andern

don't worry about a \thing! mach dir keine Sorgen!

learning to ride a bike was a difficult \thing for me to do ich habe lange gebraucht, bis ich Rad fahren konnte

I value my freedom above all \things meine Freiheit steht für mich an erster Stelle

if it's not one \thing, it's another ständig ist [et]was los

to not be sb's \thing nicht jds Ding sein fam

to be a \thing of the past der Vergangenheit angehören

in all \things in jeder Hinsicht, in [o bei] allem

the whole \thing das Ganze

4. (unspecified activity) Sache f

the last \thing I want to do is hurt his feelings ich möchte auf keinen Fall seine Gefühle verletzen

that was a close \thing! das war knapp!

walking in stormy weather along a beach just does \things to me bei stürmischem Wetter am Strand spazieren zu gehen macht mir unheimlich Spaß

plenty of \things vieles

to do sth first/last \thing etw als Erstes/Letztes tun

I'll phone him first \thing tomorrow ich rufe ihn morgen gleich als Erstes an

to call sb last \thing at night jdn spät nachts noch anrufen

to do one's own \thing ( fam) seinen [eigenen] Weg gehen, sein Ding machen fam

5. ( fam: what is needed) das [einzig] Wahre

the real \thing das einzig Wahre

the very [or just the] \thing genau das Richtige

6. (matter) Thema nt, Sache f

sure \thing! esp AM na klar!

what a lovely \thing to say! wie nett, so etwas zu sagen!

I have a \thing or two on my mind mir geht so einiges durch den Kopf

and another \thing,... und noch [et]was,...

why don't you come with me? — for one \thing, I don't like flying, and for another, I can't afford it warum kommst du nicht mit? — einerseits fliege ich nicht gerne und außerdem kann ich es mir nicht leisten

to be able to tell sb a \thing or two jdm noch so einiges [o manches] erzählen können

to know a \thing or two eine ganze Menge wissen, sich akk gut auskennen

7. (social behaviour)

▪ the \thing das Richtige

it's the done \thing ( also iron) das gehört sich so [o gehört zum guten Ton]

smoking during meals is not the done \thing es gehört sich nicht, während des Essens zu rauchen

the in [or latest] \thing [to do] der letzte Schrei

8. (the important point)

▪ the \thing about doing sth is... das Wichtigste bei etw dat ist...

9. (something non-existent)

▪ \things pl:

to be hearing [or imagining] \things Gespenster sehen fig

10. (the situation)

▪ \things pl die Dinge, die Lage

\things ain't what they used to be ( fam) nichts ist mehr so wie es war

how are \things [with you]? ( fam) wie geht's [dir]? fam

what are \things like? wie sieht's aus? [o läuft's?] fam

all \things considered alles in allem

as \things stand, the way \things are so wie die Dinge stehen

11. (confectionery)

sweet \things Süßigkeiten pl

12. (person)

you lucky \thing! du Glückliche(r) [o Glückspilz]!

she's a dear little \thing sie ist ein Schatz

lazy \thing Faulpelz m

old \thing BRIT altes Haus fam, alter Knabe fam

the poor \thing ( fam) der/die Ärmste; (man) der arme Kerl; (young woman, child) das arme Ding

the poor \things die Ärmsten

stupid \thing Dummkopf m, Idiot m

13.

▶ a \thing of beauty is a joy forever ( saying) etwas Schönes macht immer wieder Freude

▶ the best \things in life are free ( saying) die besten Dinge im Leben sind umsonst

▶ chance would be a fine \thing! BRIT ( saying) schön wär's! fam

▶ to do one's own \thing sich akk selbst verwirklichen

▶ all [or other] \things being equal wenn nichts dazwischen kommt

▶ to be onto a good \thing ( fam) etwas Gutes auftun

▶ you can have too much of a good \thing man kann es auch übertreiben

▶ to be the greatest \thing since sliced bread ( fam) einfach Klasse sein fam

▶ to have a [or this] \thing about sb ( fam: dislike) jdn nicht ausstehen können fam; (like very much) verrückt nach jdm sein fam

▶ to have a [or this] \thing about sth etw nicht ausstehen können fam

▶ there are more \things in heaven and earth [than are dreamt of in your philosophy] BRIT ( saying) es gibt mehr Dinge zwischen Himmel und Erde [als deine Schulweisheit sich träumen lässt]

▶ a little learning [or knowledge] is a dangerous \thing ( saying) zu wenig Wissen kann gefährlich werden

▶ to make a [big] \thing out of sth aus etw dat eine große Sache machen, um etw akk viel Wirbel machen

▶ the next big \thing der neueste Trend

▶ to be just one of those \things (be unavoidable) einfach unvermeidlich sein; (typical happening) typisch sein

this is just one of those \things da kann man halt nichts machen fam

▶ to the pure all \things are pure ( saying) dem Reinen ist alles rein

▶ these \things are sent to try us BRIT ( saying) das sind die Prüfungen, die uns das Schicksal auferlegt

▶ to take \things easy sich akk ausruhen

▶ worse \things happen at sea ( saying) davon [o SCHWEIZ wegen dem] geht die Welt nicht unter fam

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[ɵɪŋ]
n

1) (= any material object) Ding nt

a thing of beauty/great value — etwas Schönes/sehr Wertvolles

she likes sweet things — sie mag Süßes or süße Sachen

what's that thing? — was ist das?

I don't have a thing to wear — ich habe nichts zum Anziehen

2) pl (= clothes, equipment, belongings) Sachen pl

have you got your swimming things? — hast du dein Badezeug or deine Badesachen dabei?

they washed up the breakfast things — sie spülten das Frühstücksgeschirr

3) (non material = affair, subject) Sache f

you know, it's a funny thing — wissen Sie, es ist schon seltsam

the odd/best thing about it is... — das Seltsame/Beste daran ist,...

it's a good thing I came —

it's a bad/strange thing but... — es ist schlecht/seltsam, aber...

to make a big thing of or about sth — viel Lärm um etw machen

to make a big thing of or about doing sth — eine große Sache daraus machen, dass man etw tut

he's on to or onto a good thing (inf) — er hat da was Gutes aufgetan (inf)

he's got a good thing going there (inf) — der hat da was Gutes laufen (inf)

what a ( silly) thing to do —

you take the thing too seriously — Sie nehmen die Sache or das zu ernst

there is one/one other thing I want to ask you —

and there's another thing, why didn't you...? — und noch etwas, warum haben Sie nicht...?

it's one thing to talk about it, it's another to do it — es ist eine Sache, davon zu reden, eine völlig andere, es dann auch zu tun

the things you do/say! — was du so machst/sagst!

I must be hearing/seeing things! — ich glaube, ich höre/sehe nicht richtig, ich glaube, ich spinne! (inf)

all the things I meant to say/do —

which things in life do you value most? — was or welche Dinge im Leben bewerten Sie am höchsten?

to expect great things of sb/sth — Großes or große Dinge von jdm/etw erwarten

I must think things over — ich muss mir die Sache or das überlegen

things are going from bad to worse — es wird immer schlimmer

as things stand at the moment, as things are... — so wie die Dinge im Moment liegen

how are things ( with you)? — wie gehts (bei) Ihnen?

since that's how things are... — wenn das so ist..., in dem Fall...

it's bad enough as things are — es ist schon schlimm genug

things aren't what they used to be — es ist alles nicht mehr so wie früher

to talk of one thing and another — von diesem und jenem reden

taking one thing with another — im Großen und Ganzen, alles in allem

it's been one thing after the other (going wrong) — es kam eins zum anderen

if it's not one thing it's the other — es ist immer irgendetwas

(what) with one thing and another I haven't had time to do it yet — ich bin einfach noch nicht dazu gekommen

it's neither one thing nor the other — es ist weder das eine noch das andere

one thing led to another — eins führte zum anderen

for one thing it doesn't make sense — erst einmal ergibt das überhaupt keinen Sinn

not to see/understand a thing — (absolut) nichts sehen/verstehen

not to know a thing — (absolut) nichts wissen, keine Ahnung haben

to tell sb a thing or two — jdm einiges erzählen

he knows a thing or two — er hat etwas auf dem Kasten (inf)

he knows a thing or two about cars — er kennt sich mit Autos aus

it's just one of those things — so was kommt eben vor (inf)

in all things — in allem

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4) (= person, animal) Ding nt

poor little thing — das arme (kleine) Ding!

you poor thing! — du Arme(r)!

she's a funny old thing — sie ist ein komisches altes Haus

I say, old thing (dated inf) — na, du altes Haus (inf)

lucky thing! — der/die Glückliche/du Glückliche(r)!

he looks quite the thing — er sieht (richtig) nach etwas aus

5)

(= what is suitable, best) that's just the thing for me — das ist genau das Richtige für mich

that's not the thing to do —

his behaviour isn't quite the thing (dated) — sein Benehmen ist nicht gerade berückend (inf)

the latest thing in ties — der letzte Schrei in der Krawattenmode

the thing to do now would be... — was wir jetzt machen sollten, wäre...

that would be the honourable thing to do — es wäre nur anständig, das zu tun

6)

(in phrases) I'm not at my best first thing in the morning — so früh am Morgen bin ich nicht gerade in Hochform

I'll do that first thing in the morning — ich werde das gleich or als Erstes morgen früh tun

I'll do it first thing — ich werde das zuerst or als Erstes tun

last thing at night — vor dem Schlafengehen

painting is his thing — das Malen liegt ihm (inf)

the thing is to know when... — man muss wissen, wann...

yes, but the thing is... — ja, aber...

the thing is we haven't got enough money —

the thing is, you see, he loves her — das Problem ist, dass er sie liebt

yes but the thing is it won't work — ja, aber das Dumme ist, es funktioniert nicht

to do one's own thing (inf) —

when Michael Jackson starts doing his thing (inf) — wenn Michael Jackson seine Schau abzieht (inf)

she's got a thing about spiders (inf) — bei Spinnen dreht sie durch (inf)

7)

(all) things German/mystical/mechanical — alles Deutsche/Geheimnisvolle/Mechanische

8) (inf for forgotten name of person) Dings(bums) mf (inf)

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thing¹, oft Thing [θıŋ] s PARL Thing n (in Skandinavien und Island: Reichstag oder Volksgerichtsversammlung)

thing² [θıŋ] s

1. Ding n, Gegenstand m:

the law of things JUR das Sachenrecht;

things personal (real) JUR (un)bewegliche Sachen;

just the thing I wanted genau (das), was ich haben wollte;

it was so dark that I could not see a thing dass ich überhaupt nichts sehen konnte;

she says she hasn’t got a thing to wear sie hat (überhaupt) nichts anzuziehen

2. umg

a) Ding n, Dings(da) n

b) euph Ding n (männliches oder weibliches Geschlechtsteil)

3. Ding n, Sache f, Angelegenheit f:

above all things vor allen Dingen, vor allem;

things political politische Dinge, alles Politische;

that was a close thing das hätte ins Auge gehen können umg, das ist gerade noch einmal gut gegangen;

a pretty thing iron eine schöne Geschichte;

for one thing (erstens) einmal;

for one thing … and for another zum einen … und zum anderen;

the latest thing in hats das Neueste in oder an Hüten;

in all things in jeder Hinsicht;

no small thing keine Kleinigkeit;

not a thing (rein) gar nichts;

of all things ausgerechnet (dieses etc);

it’s one of those things da kann man (halt) nichts machen;

that’s one of those little things that are sent to try us wenn es solche Dinge nicht gäbe, ginge es uns wahrscheinlich viel zu gut;

be a thing of the past der Vergangenheit angehören;

be too much of a good thing zu viel des Guten sein;

I’ve got better things to do than … ich habe Wichtigeres zu tun als …;

do great things große Dinge tun, Großes vollbringen;

do one’s (own) thing umg tun, was man will;

expect great things from sb große Dinge von jemandem erwarten;

we had expected better things from him wir hatten mehr von ihm erwartet;

have a thing about umg

a) jemanden, etwas wahnsinnig gern mögen,

b) jemanden, etwas überhaupt nicht ausstehen können;

if I hate one thing, it is … wenn ich eines hasse, dann ist es …;

make a thing of ( oder about) etwas aufbauschen;

make a big thing out of viel Aufhebens machen von;

this proves three things das beweist dreierlei;

he can still teach them a thing or two er kann ihnen noch immer etwas oder das eine od andere beibringen;

I could tell you a thing or two about him ich könnte dir (so) einiges über ihn erzählen; → first A 1, last¹ A 1

4. pl Dinge pl, Umstände pl, (Sach)Lage f:

things are improving die Dinge oder Verhältnisse bessern sich

5. pl Sachen pl, Zeug n (Gepäck, Gerät, Kleider etc):

put on one’s things sich anziehen

6. pl Sachen pl (Getränke, Essen, Medizin):

a lot of good things viele gute Sachen (zum Essen und Trinken)

7. Wesen n, Geschöpf n:

dumb things

8. a) Ding n (Mädchen etc):

young thing

b) Kerl m:

(the) poor thing das arme Ding, der arme Kerl;

poor thing! der oder die Ärmste!, du oder Sie Ärmste(r)!;

the dear old thing die gute alte Haut umg; → old A 10

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noun

1) (inanimate object) Sache, die; Ding, das

what's that thing in your hand? — was hast du da in der Hand?

be a rare thing — etwas Seltenes sein

neither one thing nor the other — weder das eine noch das andere

not a thing — überhaupt od. gar nichts

2) (action)

that was a foolish thing to do — das war eine große Dummheit

it was the right thing to do — es war das einzig Richtige

we can't do a thing about it — wir können nichts dagegen tun

do things to somebody/something — (fig. coll.) auf jemanden/etwas eine enorme Wirkung haben (ugs.)

3) (fact) [Tat]sache, die

a thing which is well known to everybody — eine allgemein bekannte Tatsache

it's a strange thing that... — es ist seltsam, dass...

for one thing, you don't have enough money[, for another thing...] — zunächst einmal hast du nicht genügend Geld [, außerdem...]

the best/worst thing about the situation/her — das Beste/Schlimmste an der Situation/an ihr

know/learn a thing or two about something/somebody — sich mit etwas/jemandem auskennen/einiges über etwas (Akk.) lernen/über jemanden erfahren

the [only] thing is that... — die Sache ist [nur] die, dass...

4) (idea)

say the first thing that comes into one's head — das sagen, was einem gerade so einfällt

what a thing to say! — wie kann man nur so etwas sagen!

have a thing about somebody/something — (coll.) (be obsessed about) auf jemanden/etwas abfahren (salopp); (be prejudiced about) etwas gegen jemanden/etwas haben; (be afraid of or repulsed by) einen Horror vor jemandem/etwas haben (ugs.)

5) (task)

she has a reputation for getting things done — sie ist für ihre Tatkraft bekannt

a big thing to undertake — ein großes Unterfangen

6) (affair) Sache, die; Angelegenheit, die

make a mess of things — alles vermasseln (salopp)

make a [big] thing of something — (regard as essential) auf etwas besonderen Wert legen; (get excited about) sich über etwas (Akk.) aufregen

it's one thing after another — es kommt eins zum anderen

7) (circumstance)

take things too seriously — alles zu ernst nehmen

how are things? — wie geht's [dir]?

as things stand [with me] — so wie die Dinge [bei mir] liegen

it's just one of those things — (coll.) so was kommt schon mal vor (ugs.)

8) (individual, creature) Ding, das

she is in hospital, poor thing — sie ist im Krankenhaus, das arme Ding

you spiteful thing! — du [gemeines] Biest!

9) in pl. (personal belongings, outer clothing) Sachen

wash up the dinner things — das Geschirr vom Abendessen abwaschen

10) in pl. (matters)

an expert/authority on things historical — ein Fachmann/eine Autorität in geschichtlichen Fragen

11) (product of work) Sache, die

the latest thing in hats — der letzte Schrei in der Hutmode

12) (special interest)

what's your thing? — was machst du gerne?

do one's own thing — (coll.) sich selbst verwirklichen

13) (coll.): (something remarkable)

now there's a thing! — das ist ja ein Ding! (ugs.)

14)

the thing — (what is proper or needed or important) das Richtige

blue jeans are the thing among teenagers — Bluejeans sind der Hit (ugs.) unter den Teenagern

but the thing is, will she come in fact? — aber die Frage ist, wird sie auch tatsächlich kommen?

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n.

Ding -e n.

Sache -n f.

English-german dictionary > thing
62 Harrison, John

SUBJECT AREA: Horology, Ports and shipping

[br]

b. 24 March 1693 Foulby, Yorkshire, England

d. 24 March 1776 London, England

[br]

English horologist who constructed the first timekeeper of sufficient accuracy to determine longitude at sea and invented the gridiron pendulum for temperature compensation.

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John Harrison was the son of a carpenter and was brought up to that trade. He was largely self-taught and learned mechanics from a copy of Nicholas Saunderson's lectures that had been lent to him. With the assistance of his younger brother, James, he built a series of unconventional clocks, mainly of wood. He was always concerned to reduce friction, without using oil, and this influenced the design of his "grasshopper" escapement. He also invented the "gridiron" compensation pendulum, which depended on the differential expansion of brass and steel. The excellent performance of his regulator clocks, which incorporated these devices, convinced him that they could also be used in a sea dock to compete for the longitude prize. In 1714 the Government had offered a prize of £20,000 for a method of determining longitude at sea to within half a degree after a voyage to the West Indies. In theory the longitude could be found by carrying an accurate timepiece that would indicate the time at a known longitude, but the requirements of the Act were very exacting. The timepiece would have to have a cumulative error of no more than two minutes after a voyage lasting six weeks.

In 1730 Harrison went to London with his proposal for a sea clock, supported by examples of his grasshopper escapement and his gridiron pendulum. His proposal received sufficient encouragement and financial support, from George Graham and others, to enable him to return to Barrow and construct his first sea clock, which he completed five years later. This was a large and complicated machine that was made out of brass but retained the wooden wheelwork and the grasshopper escapement of the regulator clocks. The two balances were interlinked to counteract the rolling of the vessel and were controlled by helical springs operating in tension. It was the first timepiece with a balance to have temperature compensation. The effect of temperature change on the timekeeping of a balance is more pronounced than it is for a pendulum, as two effects are involved: the change in the size of the balance; and the change in the elasticity of the balance spring. Harrison compensated for both effects by using a gridiron arrangement to alter the tension in the springs. This timekeeper performed creditably when it was tested on a voyage to Lisbon, and the Board of Longitude agreed to finance improved models. Harrison's second timekeeper dispensed with the use of wood and had the added refinement of a remontoire, but even before it was tested he had embarked on a third machine. The balance of this machine was controlled by a spiral spring whose effective length was altered by a bimetallic strip to compensate for changes in temperature. In 1753 Harrison commissioned a London watchmaker, John Jefferys, to make a watch for his own personal use, with a similar form of temperature compensation and a modified verge escapement that was intended to compensate for the lack of isochronism of the balance spring. The time-keeping of this watch was surprisingly good and Harrison proceeded to build a larger and more sophisticated version, with a remontoire. This timekeeper was completed in 1759 and its performance was so remarkable that Harrison decided to enter it for the longitude prize in place of his third machine. It was tested on two voyages to the West Indies and on both occasions it met the requirements of the Act, but the Board of Longitude withheld half the prize money until they had proof that the timekeeper could be duplicated. Copies were made by Harrison and by Larcum Kendall, but the Board still continued to prevaricate and Harrison received the full amount of the prize in 1773 only after George III had intervened on his behalf.

Although Harrison had shown that it was possible to construct a timepiece of sufficient accuracy to determine longitude at sea, his solution was too complex and costly to be produced in quantity. It had, for example, taken Larcum Kendall two years to produce his copy of Harrison's fourth timekeeper, but Harrison had overcome the psychological barrier and opened the door for others to produce chronometers in quantity at an affordable price. This was achieved before the end of the century by Arnold and Earnshaw, but they used an entirely different design that owed more to Le Roy than it did to Harrison and which only retained Harrison's maintaining power.

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Principal Honours and Distinctions

Royal Society Copley Medal 1749.

Bibliography

1767, The Principles of Mr Harrison's Time-keeper, with Plates of the Same, London. 1767, Remarks on a Pamphlet Lately Published by the Rev. Mr Maskelyne Under the

Authority of the Board of Longitude, London.

1775, A Description Concerning Such Mechanisms as Will Afford a Nice or True Mensuration of Time, London.

Further Reading

R.T.Gould, 1923, The Marine Chronometer: Its History and Development, London; reprinted 1960, Holland Press.

—1978, John Harrison and His Timekeepers, 4th edn, London: National Maritime Museum.

H.Quill, 1966, John Harrison, the Man who Found Longitude, London. A.G.Randall, 1989, "The technology of John Harrison's portable timekeepers", Antiquarian Horology 18:145–60, 261–77.

J.Betts, 1993, John Harrison London (a good short account of Harrison's work). S.Smiles, 1905, Men of Invention and Industry; London: John Murray, Chapter III. Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. IX, pp. 35–6.

See also: Burgi, Jost; Huygens, Christiaan

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εἰ (Hom.+)

① marker of a condition, existing in fact or hypothetical, if (B-D-F §371f, neg. §428, 1; 2; Rob., indexes; JBoyer, Grace Theological Journal 2, ’81, 75–141, marker of a ‘simple, logical connection between protasis and apodosis’).

ⓐ w. the indic.

α. in all tenses, to express a condition thought of as real or to denote assumptions relating to what has already happened εἰ υἱὸς εἶ τοῦ θεοῦ if you really are the Son of God Mt 4:3; sim. 5:29f; 6:23; 8:31; Ac 5:39. εἰ σὺ Ἰουδαῖος ἐπονομάζῃ if you call yourself a Judean Ro 2:17. εἰ κατακαυχᾶσαι, οὐ σὺ βαστάζεις if you do boast, (remember) you do not support 11:18 al. In Paul the verb is freq. missing, and is to be supplied fr. the context: εἰ Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν (sc. ἐστιν), τὸ μὲν σῶμα νεκρόν (sc. ἐστιν) 8:10. εἰ τέκνα (sc. ἐστέ) if you are children, then … vs. 17, εἰ χάριτι (γέγονεν), οὐκέτι ἐξ ἔργων 11:6 al. The negative in clauses where the reality of the condition is taken for granted is οὐ (earlier Gk. μή [for exception s. Goodwin p. 138f]; s. B-D-F §428, 1): εἰ οὐ δύναται τοῦτο παρελθεῖν Mt 26:42. εἰ δὲ ὑμεῖς οὐκ ἀφίετε Mk 11:25 [26] v.l. εἰ πιστοὶ οὐκ ἐγένεσθε Lk 16:11f; εἰ οὐκ ἀκούουσιν vs. 31. εἰ οὐ φοβοῦμαι Lk 18:4; cp. J 5:47; 10:37; Ro 8:9; 11:21; 1 Cor 7:9; 9:2; 11:6; 15:13ff, 29, 32; 16:22 al. εἰ is rarely found w. the future εἰ πάντες σκανδαλισθήσονται Mt 26:33; Mk 14:29; εἰ ἀρνησόμεθα 2 Ti 2:12 (cp. Just., A I, 31, 6 εἰ μὴ ἀρνοῖντο Ἰησοῦν); εἰ ὑπομενεῖτε 1 Pt 2:20; εἰ καὶ οὐ δώσει (class. ἐὰν καὶ μὴ δῷ B-D-F §372, 3; Rob. 1012) Lk 11:8. W. aor., when events are regarded as having taken place Mt 24:22; Mk 3:26; 13:20.

β. w. the pres., impf., aor., or plpf. indic. to express an unreal (contrary to fact) condition (B-D-F §360; 372; Rob. 1012ff). ἄν is usu. found in the apodosis (regularly in class.) εἰ ἐν Τύρῳ καὶ Σίδωνι ἐγένοντο αἱ δυνάμεις, πάλαι ἂν μετενόησαν if the wonders had been done in T. and S., they would have repented long ago Mt 11:21. εἰ ἤμεθα ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν if we had lived in the days of our fathers 23:30. εἰ ᾔδει ὁ οἰκοδεσπότης if the master of the house had known 24:43 (cp. Just., A I, 12, 2 εἰ … ταῦτα ἐγίνωσκον; 18, 1 al.) εἰ ἦν προφήτης, ἐγίνωσκεν ἄν if he were a prophet, he would know Lk 7:39 al. The pres. indic. εἰ ἔχετε (v.l. εἴχετε) πίστιν … ἐλέγετε ἄν if you had faith … you would say Lk 17:6. Somet. ἄν is lacking in the apodosis (Polyaenus 2, 3, 5 εἰ ἐπεποιήκειμεν … νῦν ἐχρῆν=if we had done … it would have been necessary; Mitt-Wilck. II/2, 16, 18 [II B.C.]; PRein I, 7 [II B.C.]; POxy 526, 10; 530, 8 and 17; Just., A I, 10, 6; 11:2 al.—PMelcher, De sermone Epict., diss. Halle 1905, 75; Mlt. 200f) εἰ μὴ ἦν οὗτος παρὰ θεοῦ, οὐκ ἠδύνατο if this man were not from God, he would not have been able to … J 9:33. εἰ μὴ ἦλθον, ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ εἴχοσαν if I had not come, they would not have sin 15:22; cp. vs. 24. W. the apodosis placed first Mk 9:42 (v.l. περιέκειτο), Lk 17:2; J 19:11.

ⓑ εἰ w. subj., as καὶ εἴ τις θελήσῃ Rv 11:5 (s. 7 below), is unusual, perh. a textual error; B-D-F §372, 3 conjectures κἄν for καὶ εἰ. But εἰ w. subj. is found in the older poets and Hdt. (Kühner-G. II 474), in Aristoph., Equ. 698 et al., in var. dialects (EHermann, Griech. Forschungen I 1912, 277f) and in later times (e.g. Epict., Vett. Val., Lucian [ed. CJacobitz, Index graec. 473a]; Philostrat., Vi. Apoll. p. 84, 28; 197, 9; ins [Rdm.² 199]; PRyl 234, 12; POxy 496, 11; Dt 8:5); B-D-F §372, 3; Mlt. 187; Reinhold 107; OSchulthess, AKaegi Festschr. 1919, 161f.

ⓒ εἰ w. the optative is rare: εἰ καὶ πάσχοιτε … μακάριοι even if you should suffer, … you would be blessed 1 Pt 3:14. εἰ θέλοι (v.l. θέλει) τὸ θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ if it should be God’s will vs. 17. εἴ τι ἔχοιεν (sc. κατηγορεῖν; cp. Just., A I, 3, 1 εἰ … μηδὲν ἔχοι τις ἐλέγχειν) πρὸς ἐμέ if they should have any charges to bring against me Ac 24:19. εἰ δυνατὸν εἴη (Jos., Ant. 12, 12) if it should be possible 20:16 (but s. B-D-F §385, 2; Just., A II, 15, 2 εἰ δύναιντο). εἰ τύχοι is used as a formula (oft. in later wr., incl. Philo; s. KReik, D. Opt. bei Polyb. u. Philo 1907, 154; Just., A I, 27, 3) it may be, for example, perhaps 1 Cor 15:37; used to tone down an assertion which may be too bold 14:10 (Lucian, Icar. 6 καὶ πολλάκις, εἰ τύχοι, μηδὲ ὁπόσοι στάδιοι Μεγαρόθεν Ἀθήναζέ εἰσιν, ἀκριβῶς ἐπιστάμενοι ‘and many times, so it appears, not even knowing how many stades it is from Megara to Athens’).

② marker of an indirect question as content, that (Kühner-G. II 369, 8; Rob. 965. Cp. Appian, Bell. Civ. 5, 67 §283 ἀγανακτέω εἰ=be exasperated that; Sir 23:14 θελήσεις εἰ μὴ ἐγεννήθης; 2 Macc 14:28; 4 Macc 2:1; 4:7. S. on θαυμάζω 1aγ) ἐθαύμασεν εἰ ἤδη τέθνηκεν he was surprised that he was already dead Mk 15:44a. μὴ θαυμάζετε εἰ μισεῖ ὑμᾶς ὁ κόσμος do not wonder that the world hates you 1J 3:13; θαυμαζόντων …, εἰ τοσαύτη σπουδὴ ἦν τοῦ συλληφθῆναι that there was such interest in arresting MPol 7:2; AcPlCor 2:2 (cp. Just., A II, 8, 3 οὐδὲν … θαυμαστόν, εἰ). Sim. also (Procop. Soph., Ep. 123 χάριν ἔχειν εἰ=that) μαρτυρόμενος … εἰ παθητὸς ὁ Χριστός testifying … that the Christ was to suffer (s. πάσχω 3aα) Ac 26:23.—οὐ μέγα εἰ it is not surprising that 2 Cor 11:15 (cp. Aeschin., In Ctes. 94 ἐστὶ δεινὸν εἰ; Diod S 23, 15, 5, παράδοξον … εἰ=incredible … that; ibid. θαυμαστὸν εἰ; Gen 45:28 μέγα μοί ἐστιν εἰ).— That is also poss. after verbs of knowing or not knowing, e.g. J 9:25; Ac 19:2b; 1 Cor 1:16; 7:16; so CBurchard, ZNW 52, ’61, 73–82 but s. 5bα.

③ marker in causal clauses, when an actual case is taken as a supposition, where we also can use if instead of since: εἰ τὸν χόρτον … ὁ θεὸς οὕτως ἀμφιέννυσιν if God so clothes the grass Mt 6:30; Lk 12:28; cp. Mt 7:11; Lk 11:13; J 7:23; 10:35; 13:14, 17, 32; Ac 4:9; 11:17; Ro 6:8; 15:27; Col 2:20; Hb 7:15; 1 Pt 1:17; 1J 4:11.

④ marker of strong or solemn assertion, without apodosis (=in aposiopesis; B-D-F §482; Rob. 1203) εἰ ἔγνως if you only knew Lk 19:42. εἰ βούλει παρενέγκαι if you would only let (this) pass 22:42 v.l. (cp. the letter fr. IV B.C. in Dssm., LO 120, note 5 [LAE 149]).—Hebraistic in oaths, like אִם: may this or that happen to me, if … (cp. 2 Km 3:25; GBuchanan, HTR 58, ’65, 319–24); this amounts to a strong negation certainly not (cp. Ps 7:4f; Gen 14:23) ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν εἰ δοθήσεται truly, I tell you, it will not be given Mk 8:12 (NColeman, JTS 28, 1927, 159–67 interprets this as strongly positive; against him FBurkitt, ibid. 274–76). εἰ εἰσελεύσονται they shall certainly not enter Hb 3:11; 4:3, 5 (all 3 Ps 94:11); B-D-F §372, 4; 454, 5; Mlt-H. 468f; Rob. 94; 1024.

⑤ marker of direct and indirect questions (without particle following)

ⓐ (not in earlier Gk., B-D-F §440, 3; Rob. 916) w. direct questions (Gen 17:17; 44:19; Am 3:3–6; 6:12; TestAbr A 15 p.96, 8 [Stone p. 40]; 18 p. 100, 13 [St. p. 48]): εἰ ἔξεστιν; is it permitted, may one? Mt 12:10; 19:3 (cp. Mk 10:2); Lk 14:3 v.l.; Ac 21:37; 22:25. εἰ ὀλίγοι οἱ σωζόμενοι; are there only a few who will be saved? Lk 13:23; cp. Mk 8:23; Lk 22:49; Ac 1:6; 7:1; 19:2a. Cp. 6aβ.

ⓑ freq. in indir. questions whether (Hom. et al.)

α. w. pres. indic. (Gen 27:21; 42:16; TestJob 31:1; Jos., Ant. 10, 259; 16, 225; Ar 8, 1; Just., A I, 2, 2; A II, 2, 10) εἴπῃς εἰ σὺ εἶ ὁ Χριστός whether you are the Christ Mt 26:63. εἰ ἁμαρτωλός ἐστιν whether he is a sinner J 9:25; εἰ πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἔστιν whether there is a holy spirit Ac 19:2b (s. 2 above). ἴδωμεν εἰ ἔρχεται Mt 27:49; Mk 15:36 (Lucian, Dial. Mort. 20, 3 φέρʼ ἴδω εἰ=let me see whether, Merc. Cond. 6); cp. Mk 10:2; Lk 14:31; 1 Cor 3:12; 2 Cor 13:5; 1J 4:1.—W. the fut. indic. (4 Km 1:2; Job 5:1) εἰ θεραπεύσει αὐτόν whether he would heal him Mk 3:2 (v.l. θεραπεύει); Lk 6:7 v.l.; εἰ σώσεις whether you will save 1 Cor 7:16.—W. the aor. indic. (Esth 4:14; w. plpf. Just., D. 56, 2) εἰ πάλαι ἀπέθανεν whether he had already died Mk 15:44b; εἰ ἐβάπτισα 1 Cor 1:16.

β. w. subj. διώκω εἰ καταλάβω I press on (to see) whether I can capture Phil 3:12 (B-D-F §368; 375; Rob. 1017).

γ. w. opt. (X., An. 1, 8, 15; 2, 1, 15; 4 Macc 9:27; 11:13) ἀνακρίνοντες … εἰ ἔχοι ταῦτα examining … to see whether this was really so Ac 17:11. εἰ βούλοιτο πορεύεσθαι 25:20; cp. 17:27.

⑥ In combination w. other particles, w. the other particles foll.

ⓐ εἰ ἄρα

α. expressing possibility if, indeed; if, in fact; whether (perhaps) (X., An. 3, 2, 22; SIG 834, 12; Gen 18:3; s. B-D-F §454, 2) 1 Cor 15:15 (εἴπερ ἄρα); Hv 3, 4, 3; 3, 7, 5; Hs 6, 4, 1; 8, 3, 3; 9, 5, 7; AcPt Ox 849, 6.

β. introducing a direct question εἰ ἄρα ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχει; is it (really) so? Ac 7:1 v.l.; indirect qu. on the chance that (PPetr II, 13 [19] 9 ‘should you find it impossible’; Num 22:11) Mk 11:13; Ac 5:8 D; 8:22; in the hope that 17:27 (εἰ ἄρα γε); AcPt Ox 849, 2; 22. Cp. εἰ δέ … ; What if …? Ac 23:9.

ⓑ εἴ γε if indeed, inasmuch as (Kühner-G. II 177c) Eph 3:2; 4:21; Col 1:23. τοσαῦτα ἐπάθετε εἰκῇ; εἴ γε καὶ εἰκῇ have you experienced so many things in vain? If it really was in vain Gal 3:4. εἴ γε καὶ ἐκδυσάμενοι οὐ γυμνοὶ εὑρεθησόμεθα assuming, of course, that having put it off we shall not be found naked 2 Cor 5:3. [εἴ γ]ε οὕτως ὡς [ἔστιν καὶ παρελάβετε τὸν λόγον] AcPl BMM recto, 31f (restoration based on duplicate Ox 1602 verso, 37f and AcPl Ha 8, 24f, which has a slightly difft. text after εἴ γε [s. also the text of Ghent 62, 17 in HSanders, HTR 31, ’38, 79, n. 2]). S. γέ bα.

ⓒ εἰ δὲ καί (Just., D. 110, 1) but if, and if Lk 11:18; 1 Cor 4:7; and even if 2 Cor 4:3 (but s. Lietzmann, Hdb.); 11:6. If, on the other hand, … then AcPlCor 2:28 (εἰ … δέ … καί … μή).

ⓓ εἰ δὲ μή (γε) if not, otherwise

α. after affirmat. clauses, w. the aor. ind, and ἄν in the apodosis J 14:2; or pres. ind. (Demosth., Prooem. 29, 3) and fut. (Gen 30:1; Bel 29 Theod.; PLond 1912, 98) Rv 2:5, 16; or pres. impv. J 14:11.—εἰ δὲ μή γε (μήγε some edd.) otherwise (Pla. et al.; Epict. 3, 22, 27; Jos., Bell. 6, 120, Ant. 17, 113; Just., D. 105, 6; IGR IV, 833; POxy 1159, 6; Mitt-Wilck. I/2, 167, 25; PGM 4, 2629; Da 3:15; Bel 8; TestSol 13:3 P): εἰ δὲ μή γε (sc. προσέχετε), μισθὸν οὐκ ἔχετε otherwise you have no reward Mt 6:1; cp. Lk 10:6. Elliptically: κἂν μὲν ποιήσῃ καρπὸν εἰς τὸ μέλλον• εἰ δὲ μή γε, ἐκκόψεις αὐτήν who knows, it may bear fruit next year; if not, fine, then cut it down (= have it cut down) 13:9.

β. after negat. clauses, otherwise (X., An. 7, 1, 8; Diod S 3, 47, 4; Dio Chrys. 10 [11], 100; LBW 1651 μὴ ἀδικεῖν…, εἰ δὲ μή; UPZ 196 I, 33 [119 B.C.]; Job 32:22) Mk 2:21f.—After a negative statement: οὐδὲ βάλλουσιν οἶνον νέον εἰς ἀσκοὺς παλαιούς. εἰ δὲ μή γε, ῥήγνυνται people do not pour new wine into old skins; otherwise they burst Mt 9:17; cp. Lk 5:36. μή τίς με δόξῃ ἄφρονα εἶναι• εἰ δὲ μή γε, κἂν ὡς ἄφρονα δέχασθέ με no one is to consider me foolish; otherwise at least accept me as a fool 2 Cor 11:16.

ⓔ εἰ καί even if, even though, although Lk 11:8; 18:4; 1 Cor 7:21; 2 Cor 4:16; 7:8; 12:11; Phil 2:17; Col 2:5; Hb 6:9; AcPlCor 2:32.

ⓕ εἰ μὲν γάρ for if Ac 25:11 v.l. (for εἰ μὲν οὖν); 2 Cor 11:4; Hb 8:4 v.l. (for εἰ μὲν οὖν).

ⓖ εἰ μὲν οὖν if, then Hb 7:11. W. εἰ δέ foll. (X., Cyr. 8, 7, 22; Ael. Aristid. 28, 156 K.=49 p. 542 D.) Ac 19:38.

ⓗ εἰ μέντοι if, on the other hand Js 2:8.

ⓘ εἰ μή (=πλήν) but 1 Cor 7:17 (= in general) (B-D-F §376).—After negatives

α. except, if not, mostly without a verb depending on εἰ μή (X., An. 2, 1, 12; JosAs 12:11; Just., A I, 29, 1) Mt 11:27; 12:24; 16:4; J 3:13; Ro 7:7; Gal 1:19 (HKoch, Z. Jakobusfrage Gal 1:19: ZNW 33, ’34, 204–9); but also with a verb (Jos., Ant. 8, 316) Mt 5:13; Mk 6:5; Ac 21:25 v.l.

β. but (OGI 201, 20f οὐκ ἀφῶ αὐτοὺς καθεσθῆναι εἰς τὴν σκιάν, εἰ μὴ ὑπὸ ἡλίου ἔξω; in note 33 the ed. gives exx. fr. Aristoph. for this use) without a verb Mt 12:4; w. a verb (Theod. Prodr. 7, 426 H.) Gal 1:7, s. ἄλλος 2b. For ἐκτὸς εἰ μή s. ἐκτός 3a.

ⓙ εἰ μήτι unless indeed, unless perhaps (Ael. Aristid. 46 p. 198 D.; Jos., Ant. 4, 280; Tat. 10, 2) Lk 9:13; 2 Cor 13:5; w. ἄν (Ps.-Clem., Hom. 16, 4) 1 Cor 7:5 (s. Dssm., NB 32, 1 [BS 204 n.]; B-D-F §376; Mlt. 169; 239; Reinhold 35; JTrunk, De Basilio Magno sermonis Attic. imitatore 1911, 56; JWackernagel, Antike Anredeformen 1912, 27f).

ⓚ εἰ οὖν if, therefore Mt 6:23; Lk 11:36; 12:26; J 13:14; 18:8; Col 3:1; Phlm 17.

ⓛ εἴπερ if indeed, if after all, since (X., An. 1, 7, 9; Menand., Epitr. 907 S. [587 Kö.]; PHal 7, 6; UPZ 59, 29 [168 B.C.]; Jdth 6:9; TestJob 3:6; Just., Tat., Ath.) Ro 3:30 (ἐπείπερ v.l.); 8:9, 17; 2 Th 1:6.—if indeed, provided that εἴπερ ἄρα (ἄρα 1a) 1 Cor 15:15. καὶ γὰρ εἴπερ for even if (cp. Od. 1, 167; B-D-F §454, 2) 1 Cor 8:5; on 2 Cor 5:3 s. εἴ γε καί 6b above. Doubtful IEph 6:2; s. ἤ 2aβ.

ⓜ if perchance, if haply εἰ δέ που … τις ἔλθοι if perchance … anyone came Papias (2:4).

ⓝ εἴ πως (the spelling εἴπως is also correct; B-D-F §12) if perhaps, if somehow

α. w. opt. (X., An. 2, 5, 2; 4, 1, 21; POxy 939, 15) εἴ πως δύναιντο παραχειμάσαι in the hope that they could spend the winter Ac 27:12.

β. w. fut. indic. (3 Km 21:31; 4 Km 19:4; Jer 28:8; TestJos 6:6) εἴ πως εὐοδωθήσομαι whether, perhaps, I shall succeed Ro 1:10; cp. 11:14; Phil 3:11.

ⓞ εἴτε … εἴτε (Soph. et al.; ins since 416 B.C. [Meisterhans³-Schw.]; pap [Mayser II/3, 159]; LXX; JosAs 5:9; ApcrEzk [Epiph 70, 11]; Jos., Ant. 16, 33 and 37; Just., Ath. B-D-F §446; 454, 3; Rob. ind.) if … (or) if, whether … or

α. w. a verb in pres. indic. (Herm. Wr. 12, 22 thrice) 1 Cor 12:26; 2 Cor 1:6; or pres. subj. 1 Th 5:10.

β. w. no verb (Just., D. 86, 3 al.) Ro 12:6–8; 1 Cor 3:22; 8:5; 2 Cor 5:10 al. εἴτε only once 1 Cor 14:27. εἴτε ἄρσενα εἴτε θήλειαν (ἤτε … ἤτε pap) GJs 4:1.

⑦ Used w. the indef. pron.: εἴ τις, εἴ τι everyone who or whoever; everything that or whatever Mt 16:24; 18:28; Mk 4:23; 9:35; Lk 9:23; 14:26; 1 Ti 3:1, 5; 5:4, 8, 16 al. Cp. 1 Cor 12:31 v.l. (ADebrunner, ConNeot XI, ’47, 37). W. subj. εἴ τις θελήσῃ Rv 11:5 s. 1b, above.—DELG. M-M.
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εἰ μήν, more correctly εἶ μήν (B-D-F §24; Rob. 1150) for the older ἦ μήν (Hom. et al. [s. Denniston 350f], but found also Jos., Ant. 13, 76; 17, 42), in Hellenistic-Roman times (SIG 993, 20 [III B.C.]; 736, 27 [92 B.C.]; IG IV, 840, 15 [EHermann, Gr. Forschungen I 1912, 312]; pap since 112 B.C. [Mayser 78]; LXX e.g. Ezk 33:27; 34:8 al.; Num 14:28; Jdth 1:12; Bar 2:29 [Thackeray 83]) formula used in oaths surely, certainly Hb 6:14 (Gen 22:17).—Dssm., NB 33ff (BS 205ff).—M-M.

Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία > εἰ
64 bodaj

Ⅰ part. 1. (chyba) maybe, perhaps
- widziałem go bodaj trzy tygodnie temu I saw him maybe three weeks ago

- to bodaj najlepszy jego film I think it’s probably a. I think perhaps it’s his best film

- spotkali się bodaj w Paryżu they met in Paris, I think a. believe

- miał bodaj(że) jakieś kłopoty it seems he had some problems

- był wtedy bodaj(że) nauczycielem I think he was a teacher at the time
2. (przynajmniej) at least
- czy ona bodaj wyszła za bogatego? did she at least marry someone wealthy?

- pożycz mi trochę, bodaj sto złotych lend me some money, will you? – even if it’s only a hundred zlotys
3. pot. (żeby) bodajby wszyscy byli tacy if only we were all like that
- bodaj go cholera wzięła! damn him! pot.

- bodajby to piorun strzelił! blast and bugger it! GB pot.

- bodajby/bodajbyście zdechli! I wish they’d/you’d just drop dead! pot.

- bodajbyś kark skręcił! obraźl. I hope you break your neck! obraźl.

- bodaj go tam nikt nie skrzywdził! as long as a. just so long as no one there harms him!

- bodajby odpocząć choć przez tydzień! I wish I could have a rest, even for just a week! a. even if only for a week!
Ⅱ conj. (chociażby) say
- odwiedź mnie kiedyś, bodajby w przyszłym tygodniu come and see me some time, next week say a. say next week

- masz coś do czytania, bodaj gazetę have you got anything to read, a newspaper say? a. like a newspaper?

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bodaj; part

( chyba) probably; ( chociaż) at least, just

to było bodaj w sobotę — it was on Saturday, I think

żeby bodaj mógł zadzwonić — if he could at least phone

bodajbyś tu nigdy nie wrócił — may you never come back here again

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bodaj

int.

przest. ( wzmacnia życzenie) (I) would that...; bodajś tu nigdy więcej nie wrócił would that you never returned; bodajby każdy urzędnik był tak miły jak pan would that every official was as nice as you; bodajbym się nigdy nie urodził! would that I had never been born.

adv.

( osłabia treść) I think; było to bodaj w maju it was in May, I think; miała bodaj jakieś kłopoty ze zdrowiem I think she had some health problems; daj mi czas bodaj do jutra at least give me until tomorrow; to bodaj dobra książka it's a good book, I think.

The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > bodaj
65 agradecer

v.

1 to thank, to acknowledge, to appreciate, to be grateful for.

2 to be thankful to, to be thankful for, to be grateful to.

Agradezco estar en este lugar I am thankful to be in this place.

3 to thank for.

Le agradezco su regalo I thank you for your present.

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AGRADECER

CONJUGACIÓN

(c changes to zc before a and o)

Present Indicative

agradezco, agradeces, agradece, agradecemos, agradecéis, agradecen.

Present Subjunctive

agradezca, agradezcas, agradezca, agradezcamos, agradezcáis, agradezcan.

Imperative

agradece (tú), agradezca (él/Vd.), agradezcamos (nos.), agradeced (vos.), agradezcan (ellos/Vds.).

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verb

1) to thank

2) be grateful for

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1.

VT (=dar las gracias a) to thank; (=sentirse agradecido) to be grateful for

(te) agradezco tu ayuda — thanks for your help

se lo agradezco — thank you, I am much obliged to you frm

un favor que él no agradecería nunca lo bastante — a favour o (EEUU) favor he can never thank you enough for

le agradecería me enviara — I would be grateful if you would send me

eso no lo tiene que agradecer a nadie — he has nobody to thank for that, he owes nobody thanks for that

2.

See:

agradecerse

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verbo transitivo

a) ( sentir gratitud por) <ayuda/amabilidad> to appreciate, to be grateful for

agradecerle algo a alguien — to be grateful to somebody for something

se lo agradezco de veras — I'm very grateful to you

le agradecería (que) me llamara — (frml) I would appreciate it if you would call me (frml)

b) ( dar las gracias por) to thank

ni siquiera me lo agradeció — she didn't even thank me o say thank you

y así es como me lo agradece! — and this is all the thanks I get!

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= offer + a word of thanks, thank, welcome, extend + Posesivo + thanks, be thankful.

Ex. In closing, I would like to offer a word of thanks to all the members of the Working Group who contributed so much of their time and effort to the development of this project.

Ex. In closing, I would like once again to thank all the members of the Working Group who contributed so much of their time and effort to the development of this project.

Ex. The decision to revert to standard spelling must have been widely welcomed in countries where DC is used but English is not the native language.

Ex. I would like to extend my thanks to our host who was kind enough to invite me.

Ex. Looking back from the present days of austerity one must be thankful that the EEC libraries were able to lay the foundations of strong collections in their respective fields.

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* agradecer sinceramente = pay + Posesivo + deep respects.

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verbo transitivo

a) ( sentir gratitud por) <ayuda/amabilidad> to appreciate, to be grateful for

agradecerle algo a alguien — to be grateful to somebody for something

se lo agradezco de veras — I'm very grateful to you

le agradecería (que) me llamara — (frml) I would appreciate it if you would call me (frml)

b) ( dar las gracias por) to thank

ni siquiera me lo agradeció — she didn't even thank me o say thank you

y así es como me lo agradece! — and this is all the thanks I get!

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= offer + a word of thanks, thank, welcome, extend + Posesivo + thanks, be thankful.

Ex: In closing, I would like to offer a word of thanks to all the members of the Working Group who contributed so much of their time and effort to the development of this project.

Ex: In closing, I would like once again to thank all the members of the Working Group who contributed so much of their time and effort to the development of this project.

Ex: The decision to revert to standard spelling must have been widely welcomed in countries where DC is used but English is not the native language.

Ex: I would like to extend my thanks to our host who was kind enough to invite me.

Ex: Looking back from the present days of austerity one must be thankful that the EEC libraries were able to lay the foundations of strong collections in their respective fields.

* agradecer sinceramente = pay + Posesivo + deep respects.

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agradecer [E3 ]

vt

1

(sentir gratitud por): se lo agradezco de veras I'm very grateful to you

le agradecería me llamara lo antes posible ( frml); I would be grateful o I would appreciate it if you would call me as soon as possible ( frml)

su ayuda es muy de agradecer your help is most appreciated

¡y así es como me agradece! and this is all the thanks I get!

2 (dar las gracias por) to thank

escribió para agradecerme el regalo he wrote to thank me for the gift

ni siquiera me lo agradeció she didn't even thank me o say thank you

practica un deporte, te lo agradecerá el cuerpo take up a sport, you'll feel better for it

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agradecer ( conjugate agradecer) verbo transitivo
a) ( sentir gratitud por) ‹ayuda/amabilidad› to appreciate, to be grateful for;

agradecerle algo a algn to be grateful to sb for sth;
◊ le agradecería (que) me llamara (frml) I would appreciate it if you would call me (frml)

b) ( dar las gracias por) to thank;

agradecerle algo a algn to thank sb for sth;
◊ ¡y así es como me lo agradece! and this is all the thanks I get!

agradecer verbo transitivo
1 (dar las gracias a alguien) to thank for: les agradezco su presencia, (I) thank you for being here
os lo agradezco mucho, thank you very much
2 (estar agradecido) to be grateful [a, to] [por, for]: te agradezco tu apoyo, I'm grateful for your support
se lo agradeceré siempre, I'll always be grateful to her ➣ Ver nota en appreciate 3 (impers) siempre se agradece una sonrisa, a smile is always welcome
' agradecer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agradezca
English:
acknowledge
- appreciate
- warmly

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agradecer vt

1. [sujeto: persona]
agradecer algo a alguien [dar las gracias] to thank sb for sth;
[estar agradecido] to be grateful to sb for sth;
quisiera agradecerles su presencia aquí I would like to thank you for coming o being here;

te lo agradezco mucho I'm very grateful to you;

le agradezco su interés thank you for your interest;

te agradecería que te callaras I'd be grateful o I'd appreciate it if you'd shut up

2. [sujeto: cosa]
esa pared agradecería una mano de pintura that wall could do with a lick of paint;

el campo agradecerá las lluvias the rain will be good for the countryside

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agradecer

v/t

:

agradecer algo a alguien thank s.o. for sth;

te lo agradezco I appreciate it;

se agradece como respuesta I really appreciate it

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agradecer {53} vt

1) : to be grateful for

2) : to thank

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agradecer vb (dar las gracias) to thank

le agradeció su ayuda he thanked her for her help

te agradezco la invitación thank you for the invitation

Spanish-English dictionary > agradecer
66 kunnen

kunnen¹

〈 het〉

1 capability ⇒ ability

♦voorbeelden:

1   zijn prestaties zijn beneden zijn kunnen • he can do better than this

————————

kunnen²

I 〈 onovergankelijk, overgankelijk werkwoord〉

1 [met betrekking tot bekwaamheid] 〈 tegenwoordige tijd〉 can/ 〈 verleden tijd〉 could ⇒ be able to

2 [met betrekking tot mogelijkheid inherent aan onderwerp] 〈 tegenwoordige tijd〉 can/ 〈 verleden tijd〉 could ⇒ it is/was/ 〈enz.〉 possible for … to

♦voorbeelden:

1   hij kon soms nachten doorwerken • sometimes he would work on into the night

     willen is kunnen • where there's a will there's a way

     hij kan goed zingen • 〈 ook〉 he's a good singer

     een handige man kan alles • a handy man can do anything

     had jij dat gekund? • could you have done that?

     〈 informeel〉 ik kan daar niets mee (doen) • that's no use to me

     hij kan er wat van • he's pretty good at it

     hij liep wat hij kon • he ran as fast as he could

     iets beter kunnen dan • be better at something than

     hij kon er niet onderuit • he couldn't escape (…ing), he just had to

     ik kan er niet in/uit • I can't get in/out

     hij kan er niet bij • 〈 figuurlijk〉 it's beyond him

     hij kan er niet over uit • he's always talking about it

     hij kan niet meer • he can't go on

     buiten iets kunnen • do without something

     ergens tegen kunnen • be able to take something

2   dat kan (niet) • it can('t) be done, it's/that's (im)possible

     〈 vaak ironisch〉 als dat zou kunnen • if you wouldn't mind

     het deksel kan er niet af • the lid won't come off

     morgen kan ik niet • tomorrow's impossible for me

     het kan niet op • there's more than enough

II 〈 onovergankelijk werkwoord, hulpwerkwoord〉

1 [met betrekking tot mogelijkheid zoals geschat door spreker] may, might, could ⇒ it is possible that …

♦voorbeelden:

1   het kan een vergissing zijn • it may be a mistake

     het zou kunnen • could be, maybe

III 〈 hulpwerkwoord〉

1 [met betrekking tot toelating] 〈 tegenwoordige tijd〉 can ⇒ be allowed to, 〈 formeel〉 may, 〈 verleden tijd〉 could, 〈 verleden tijd〉 be allowed to, 〈 verleden tijd, indirecte rede, formeel ook〉 might

2 [van een bekwaamheid/mogelijkheid gebruik maken] be able to

♦voorbeelden:

1   zoiets kun je niet doen • you can't do that sort of thing

     de juf zei dat ik naar huis kon gaan • teacher said that I could go home

     je had het me wel kunnen vertellen • you might/could have told me

2   de gevangene kon ontsnappen • the prisoner was able to/managed to escape

¶   〈 informeel〉 ze kán me wat • she can whistle (for all I care)

IV 〈 onovergankelijk werkwoord〉

1 [aanvaardbaar zijn] will do

♦voorbeelden:

1   zo kan het niet langer • it/things can't go on like this

     het kan ermee door • it'll do, it's alright

     die trui kán gewoon niet • that sweater's just impossible

     zo kan ie wel weer • here we go again

Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > kunnen
67 Ч-171

НИ ЗА ЧТО1 НИ ЗА ЧТО НА СВЕТЕ both coll PrepP these forms only adv used with negated verbs (more often pfv fut or subjunctive) fixed WO
under no conditions or circumstances

not for anything (in the world (on earth))
not for (all) the world on no (not on any) account not at any price nothing on earth (would (could) make one do sth.) (in limited contexts) not on your life! no way! no dice! nothing doing no matter what never. Cf. not for all the tea in China.
"...Мне ни за что не хотелось бы расстаться с вами» (Булгаков 9). "I would not like to part with you for anything" (9a).

Понять его (приказ) Руслан не то что не мог, но не согласился бы ни за что на свете (Владимов 1). It was not that Ruslan could not understand the order, he would not have accepted it for anything in the world (1a).

«...Вот какие у меня подозрения: они, то есть секунданты, должно быть, несколько переменили свой прежний план и хотят зарядить пулею один пистолет Грушниц-кого... Как вы думаете? Должны ли мы показать им, что догадались?» - «Ни за что на свете, доктор» (Лермонтов 1). "...Here are my suspicions: they, that is to say the seconds, have apparently altered somewhat their former plan and want to load, with a bullet, only Grushnitski's pistol.... What do you think, should we show them that we have found them out?" uNot for anything on earth, doctor!" (1a).

Кузнец, который был издавна не в ладах с ним, при нём ни за что не отважится идти к дочке, несмотря на свою силу (Гоголь 5)....The blacksmith, who had for a long time been on bad terms with him, would on no account have ventured, strong as he was, to visit the daughter when the father was at home (5a).

Он договорить ещё не успел, я уже понял: ни за что не поеду! (Солженицын 2). Before he had finished speaking, my mind was made up. Nothing on earth would make me go! (2a).

Бусыгин:) Мы едем домой. (Сильва:) Ни за что (Вампилов 4). (В.:) We're going home. (S..) Not on your life! (4a). (B.:) We're going home. (S.:) No dice (4b).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Ч-171
68 ни за что на свете

• НИ ЗА ЧТО; НИ ЗА ЧТО НА СВЕТЕ both coll

[PrepP; these forms only; adv; used with negated verbs (more often pfv fut or subjunctive); fixed WO]

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⇒ under no conditions or circumstances:

- not for anything (in the world < on earth>);

- not for (all) the world;

- on no < not on any> account;

- not at any price;

- nothing on earth (would (could) make one do sth.);

- [in limited contexts] not on your life!;

- no way! no dice!;

- nothing doing;

- no matter what;

- never. Cf. not for all the tea in China.

     ♦ "...Мне ни за что не хотелось бы расстаться с вами" (Булгаков 9). "I would not like to part with you for anything" (9a).

     ♦ Понять его [приказ] Руслан не то что не мог, но не согласился бы ни за что на свете (Владимов 1). It was not that Ruslan could not understand the order; he would not have accepted it for anything in the world (1a).

     ♦ "...Вот какие у меня подозрения: они, то есть секунданты, должно быть, несколько переменили свой прежний план и хотят зарядить пулею один пистолет Грушницкого... Как вы думаете? Должны ли мы показать им, что догадались?" - "Ни за что на свете, доктор" (Лермонтов 1). "...Here are my suspicions: they, that is to say the seconds, have apparently altered somewhat their former plan and want to load, with a bullet, only Grushnitski's pistol.... What do you think, should we show them that we have found them out?" "Not for anything on earth, doctor!" (1a).

     ♦...Кузнец, который был издавна не в ладах с ним, при нём ни за что не отважится идти к дочке, несмотря на свою силу (Гоголь 5)....The blacksmith, who had for a long time been on bad terms with him, would on no account have ventured, strong as he was, to visit the daughter when the father was at home (5a).

     ♦ Он договорить ещё не успел, я уже понял: ни за что не поеду! (Солженицын 2). Before he had finished speaking, my mind was made up. Nothing on earth would make me go! (2a).

     ♦ [Бусыгин:] Мы едем домой. [Сильва:] Ни за что( Вампилов 4). [В.:] We're going home. [S.:] Not on your life! (4a). [B.:] We're going home. [S.:] No dice (4b).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ни за что на свете
69 proseguir

v.

1 to go on, to continue.

2 to keep on, to keep, to go ahead.

Ella prosigue sin motivo She keeps on without a motive.

3 to go along, to walk along.

Ella prosigue la calle She goes along the street.

4 to carry on, to continue, to drive on, to follow on.

Ella prosigue sin parar She continues without stopping.

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proseguir

Conjugation model [ SEGUIR], like link=seguir seguir

► verbo transitivo

1 to continue, carry on

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verb

to continue, go on

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1.

VT (=seguir) [+ charla, reunión] to continue, carry on; [+ demanda] to go on with, press; [+ investigación, estudio] to pursue

2. VI

1)

proseguir en o con una actitud — to continue in one's attitude, maintain one's attitude

2) [condición] to continue, go on

prosiguió con el cuento — he went on with the story

¡por favor, prosiga! — please go on! o continue!

prosigue el mal tiempo — the bad weather continues

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1.
verbo intransitivo (frml) to continue

prosiga, por favor — please continue, please proceed (frml)

proseguir CON algo — to continue with something, proceed with something (frml)
2.
proseguir vt (frml) to continue

prosiguió su camino — he continued on his way

prosiguieron la discusión — they continued (with) the discussion

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= take + Nombre + further, go forth.

Ex. The project was being developed here until a few months ago, when we stopped banging our heads against funding agencies that apparently could not see the merit in taking it further.

Ex. Finally six men agreed to go forth in their underclothes and nooses around their necks in hopeful expectation that their sacrifice would satisfy the king's bloodlust and he would spare the rest of the citizens.

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1.
verbo intransitivo (frml) to continue

prosiga, por favor — please continue, please proceed (frml)

proseguir CON algo — to continue with something, proceed with something (frml)
2.
proseguir vt (frml) to continue

prosiguió su camino — he continued on his way

prosiguieron la discusión — they continued (with) the discussion

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= take + Nombre + further, go forth.

Ex: The project was being developed here until a few months ago, when we stopped banging our heads against funding agencies that apparently could not see the merit in taking it further.

Ex: Finally six men agreed to go forth in their underclothes and nooses around their necks in hopeful expectation that their sacrifice would satisfy the king's bloodlust and he would spare the rest of the citizens.

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proseguir [ I30 ]

vi

( frml); to continue

prosiga, por favor please continue o go on, please proceed ( frml)

prosigue la ola de calor the heatwave goes on o continues

proseguir CON algo to continue WITH sth

prosiguió con su trabajo he continued (with) his work, he carried on with o ( frml) proceeded with his work

prosigamos con la lección let's continue (with) the lesson, let's go on with the lesson

proseguimos con nuestras investigaciones we are continuing (with) o pursuing our investigations, we are proceeding with our investigations ( frml)

proseguir + GER to continue -ING

prosiguió escribiendo she continued writing, she carried on writing

■ proseguir

vt

( frml); to continue

prosiguió su camino he continued on his way, he continued his journey

prosiguieron la discusión en la sesión de la tarde they continued (with) the discussion in the afternoon session, they carried on the discussion in the afternoon session

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proseguir ( conjugate proseguir) vi/vt (frml) to continue
proseguir verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo to carry on, continue
' proseguir' also found in these entries:
English:
prosecute
- wage
- continue

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proseguir

♦ vt

to continue;

prosiguió sus estudios en el extranjero she continued her studies aboad

♦ vi

to go on, to continue ( con with);
la tormenta impidió proseguir con el concierto the storm prevented the concert from continuing;

prosigue con tu relato, por favor please go on o continue with your account;

prosiguen los ataques a colonos the attacks on settlers are continuing

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proseguir

I v/t carry on, continue

II v/i continue ( con with)

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proseguir {75} vt

1) continuar: to continue

2) : to pursue (studies, goals)

proseguir vi

: to continue, to go on

Spanish-English dictionary > proseguir
70 do

I 1. [duː] ( полная форма); [du], [də], [d] ( редуцированные формы) гл.; прош. вр. did; прич. прош. вр. done
1) делать, выполнять

to do one's lessons — готовить уроки

Has she agreed to do the work? — Она согласилась выполнить эту работу?

What are you doing? — Что вы делаете?

No sooner said than done. — Сказано - сделано.

No sooner thought upon than done. — Задумано - сделано.

Syn:

perform, execute, carry out

2) выполнять, осуществлять, исполнять

to do one's duty — выполнять свой долг

to do one's worst — из кожи вон лезть

Have you done what I told you? — Ты сделал то, что я тебе сказал?

She did her best to win the race. — Она приложила все свои силы, чтобы выиграть гонки.

I shall do my utmost to serve her. — Я сделаю всё, что в моих силах, чтобы быть ей полезным.

3) поступать, делать

to do right — поступать правильно

You have but to say, and they will do. — Вы должны только сказать, а они сделают.

All human talent is a talent to do. ( Carlyle) — Самый большой талант человека - это способность трудиться.

That does / did it. разг. — Это (было) уже слишком.

Do as you would be done by. — Поступай с другими так, как ты хотел бы, чтобы поступали с тобой.

Syn:

administer, practise

4) уст. совершать (грех, преступление)

crimes done deliberately — умышленно совершённые преступления

Syn:

commit, perpetrate

5) создавать, творить

Syn:

produce, bring into existence

6) разг. обманывать, надувать

to do in the eye — нагло обманывать

I think you've been done. — Мне кажется, тебя обманули.

They did him out of his inheritance. — Они обманом отобрали у него наследство.

Syn:

dupe, hoax

7) убирать, чистить, приводить в порядок

They do the kitchen and bathrooms every day. — Они убирают кухню и ванные комнаты каждый день.

He helped her do the dishes. — Он помог ей помыть посуду.

8) ( do for) убираться в доме и готовить еду (для кого-л.), вести хозяйство (в чьём-л. доме)

She used to come twice a week to do for us. — Она приходила два раза в неделю, чтобы приготовить для нас еду и убраться в доме.

Syn:

repair, prepare, clean

9) готовить, жарить, тушить

I like my meat very well done. — Я люблю, чтобы мясо было хорошо прожарено.

The potatoes will be done in 10 minutes. — Картошка будет готова через 10 минут.

10) устраивать, приготовлять, организовывать

11) приводить в порядок (лицо, волосы), украшать

to do one's hair — причёсываться

She wanted to do her face before the party. — Она хотела накраситься и напудриться, прежде чем идти на вечеринку.

She has done the flowers at innumerable society dinners. — Она украшала цветами бесчисленное количество банкетов.

Syn:

set, arrange, organize, decorate, furnish

12) заниматься (какой-л. деятельностью или делом)

A class of boys is doing arithmetic while another is doing Euclid. — Один класс мальчиков занимается арифметикой, другой - геометрией.

13) решать ( задачи)

I cannot do this problem. — Я не могу решить эту задачу.

Show me how to do this sum. — Покажи мне, как решить эту арифметическую задачу.

14) играть, исполнять ( роль)

to do Hamlet — исполнять роль Гамлета

15) разг. изображать (кого-л.); подражать (кому-л.); пародировать (кого-л.)

to do a Houdini — подражать Гудини

16) истощать, изнурять

done to the wide / the world — побеждённый; потерпевший полную неудачу

At the end of the race they were pretty well done. — К концу гонки они были почти полностью измотаны.

Syn:

exhaust

17) избивать; убивать; уничтожать

to do for smb. — погубить кого-л.; убить кого-л.

He is done for. — С ним покончено.

It was the drink that did for him. — Его погубила выпивка.

I'll do you even if it's my last act in life. — Я разделаюсь с тобой, даже если это будет стоить мне жизни.

I told him I'd do him if I ever saw his face again. — Я сказал ему, что если я снова увижу его физиономию, я поколочу его.

Syn:

undo, ruin, beat, kill

18) проходить, проезжать ( определённое расстояние); достигать (какого-л. места)

I did the four miles in less than twenty minutes. — Я преодолел четыре мили меньше чем за двадцать минут.

"That's a Rolls-Royce, isn't it?' 'Yes. It's practically new. Only done about a thousand." — "Это ведь Роллс-Ройс, правда?" - "Да. И практически новый. Прошёл всего тысячу".

Syn:

cover

19) разг. осматривать ( достопримечательности); посещать (в качестве туристов)

to do the sights — осматривать достопримечательности

During siesta the only activity comes from tourists "doing" St. Peter's, the Colosseum, and the Trevi Fountain. — Во время сиесты никто ничего не делает, кроме туристов, осматривающих собор Св. Петра, Колизей и фонтан Треви.

Last summer we did ten countries in three weeks. — Прошлым летом мы объехали десять стран за три недели.

Syn:

visit, stop in

20) разг. отбывать ( тюремное наказание)

He's done two terms in prison. — Он дважды сидел в тюрьме.

21) разг. обвинять, осуждать

He did not say that Kelly would only be "done" for robbery and not murder. — Он не сказал, что Келли обвинят только в ограблении, а не в ограблении и убийстве.

22) разг. хорошо принимать, угощать, обслуживать

to do oneself well — ни в чём себе не отказывать

23) австрал.; новозел.; разг. полностью истратить, просадить

Right now I've done my money. — Я только что просадил все деньги.

24) преим. амер.; нарк. принимать ( наркотики), курить ( марихуану)

25) ( do into) переводить ( на другой язык)

26) обходиться, довольствоваться

to do without sugar — обходиться без сахара

He does with very little sleep. — Он может обходиться почти без сна.

"Is that a good living wage?" he asked her; and she answered that they could just do on it. — "Этого жалованья достаточно, чтобы прожить?" - спросил он её. И она ответила, что его едва хватает на то, чтобы сводить концы с концами.

I could have done with a cuppa. — Я бы не отказался от чашки чая.

Syn:

contrive, manage

27) эвф. иметь половые сношения

Some service-man did your mother in Cyprus and then made an honest woman of her. (V. Canning) — Один вояка переспал с твоей матерью на Кипре, а потом на ней женился.

28) процветать, преуспевать

She's doing as well as can be expected. — Она живёт очень хорошо.

The farmers were doing badly. — У фермеров дела шли неважно.

Flowers will not do in this soil. — Цветы не будут расти на этой почве.

29) подходить, годиться; удовлетворять требованиям; быть достаточным

He will do for us. — Он нам подходит.

This sort of work won't do for him. — Эта работа ему не подойдёт.

It won't do to play all day. — Нельзя целый день играть.

This place would do me all right. — Это место меня полностью удовлетворяет.

This hat will do. — Эта шляпа подойдёт.

$ 20 will do. Thank you. — Двадцати долларов хватит. Спасибо.

Syn:

suffice, serve, be satisfactory, be enough

30) причинять (ущерб, вред и т. п.)

to do smb. harm — причинять кому-л. вред, вредить кому-л.

Sure he'll do the dear boy no harm. — Конечно, он не причинит милому мальчику никакого вреда.

31) приносить (пользу и т. п.)

to do smb. good — приносить кому-л. пользу

A swim will do me good. — Мне будет полезно немного поплавать.

32) воздавать (должное, справедливость)

to do smb. justice — воздавать должное, воздавать по заслугам

The book does him great credit. — Он может гордиться тем, что написал эту книгу.

33) оказывать ( услугу)

I did a gipsy a good turn once. ( Marryat)— Однажды я оказал одному цыгану хорошую услугу.

34) (be / have done) заканчивать

Have / Be done! — Хватит! Довольно!

Nobody interrupted me till I was done. — Никто меня не перебивал до тех пор, пока я не закончил свой рассказ.

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- do away
- do down
- do in
- do off
- do out
- do over
- do up
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to do the business for smb. разг. — погубить кого-л.

to do one's business разг. — делать свои дела ( испражняться)

to do a disappearing act разг. — исчезнуть

to do it разг. — трахаться, совокупляться

what's to do? — в чём дело?

done!, done with you! — ладно, по рукам!

well done! — отлично! молодец!

What is done cannot be undone. посл. — Что сделано, то сделано.

to do to death разг. — убить

it is not done, it isn't done разг. — это запрещено обычаями, нормами морали; это недопустимо

to have done it уст. — поступить чрезвычайно глупо; напутать, напортить

- nothing doing
- and have done with it 2. [duː] (полная форма); [du], [də], [d] (редуцированные формы) сущ.
1) разг. вечеринка; мероприятие

to have a bit of a do — устроить небольшую вечеринку

Christmas "dos" are especially important. — Рождественские представления особенно важны.

Her family has a "do" every year on the anniversary of the day her mother's father died. — Её семья каждый год устраивает вечер в день смерти её деда по матери.

Syn:

party, social event

2) преим. брит.; разг.

а) мошенничество, обман, жульничество

Syn:

cheat, fraud, swindle, imposture

б) бой

Syn:

battle

3) разг.; эвф. фекалии, экскременты

4) австрал.; новозел.; разг. успех

to make a do of it — добиться успеха

5) = hairdo

6) диал. суета, суматоха

Syn:

ado, fuss

7) уст. долг; дело

Syn:

duty, deed

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do's and don'ts — нормы, правила (то, что можно делать и то, что нельзя)
II [duː] ( полная форма); [du], [də], [d] ( редуцированные формы) гл.; прош. вр. did
1) вспомогательный глагол; образует отрицательные и вопросительные формы настоящего неопределённого и прошедшего неопределённого времени, а также отрицательные формы повелительного наклонения

I do not speak French. — Я не говорю по-французски.

Do you smoke? — Вы курите?

He did not see me. — Он меня не видел.

Did you not see me? — Разве вы меня не видели?

Do not (don't) open the window. — Не открывай окно.

2) употребляется для усиления значения действия

Do stop talking. — Замолчи же.

I did say so and I do say so now. — Я действительно так сказал и ещё раз это повторяю.

Well do I remember it. — Это я очень хорошо помню.

3) употребляется вместо другого глагола в настоящем и прошедшем неопределённом времени во избежание повторения этого глагола

He works as much as you do. — Он работает столько же, сколько и вы.

He likes bathing and so do I. — Он любит купаться, и я тоже.

He speaks as well as you do. — Он говорит так же хорошо, как и ты.
III [dəu] = doh IV [duː] сокр. от ditto
то же самое

Англо-русский современный словарь > do
71 Johnson, Thomas

SUBJECT AREA: Textiles

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fl. 1800s England

d. after 1846

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English developer of the sizing and beaming machine, and improver of the hand loom.

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Thomas Johnson was an assistant to William Radcliffe c.1802 in his developments of the sizing machine and hand looms. Johnson is described by Edward Baines (1835) as "an ingenious but dissipated young man to whom he [Radcliffe] explained what he wanted, and whose fertile invention suggested a great variety of expedients, so that he obtained the name of the “conjuror” among his fellow-workmen". Johnson's genius, and Radcliffe's judgement and perseverance, at length produced the dressing-machine that was soon applied to power looms and made their use economic. Cotton warps had to be dressed with a starch paste to prevent them from fraying as they were being woven. Up to this time, the paste had had to be applied as the warp was unwound from the back of the loom, which meant that only short lengths could be treated and then left to dry, holding up the weaver. Radcliffe carried out the dressing and beaming in a separate machine so that weaving could proceed without interruption. Work on the dressing-machine was carried out in 1802 and patents were taken out in 1803 and 1804. These were made out in Johnson's name because Radcliffe was afraid that if his own name were used other people, particularly foreigners, would discover his secrets. Two more patents were taken out for improvements to hand looms. The first of these was a take-up motion for the woven cloth that automatically wound the cloth onto a roller as the weaver operated the loom. This was later incorporated by H.Horrocks into his own power loom design.

Radcliffe and Johnson also developed the "dandy-loom", which was a more compact form of hand loom and later became adapted for weaving by power. Johnson was the inventor of the first circular or revolving temples, which kept the woven cloth at the right width. In the patent specifications there is a patent in 1805 by Thomas Johnson and James Kay for an improved power loom and another in 1807 for a vertical type of power loom. Johnson could have been involved with further patents in the 1830s and 1840s for vertical power looms and dressing-machines, which would put his death after 1846.

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Bibliography

1802, British patent no. 2,684 (dressing-machine).

1803, British patent no. 2,771 (dressing-machine).

1805, with James Kay, British patent no. 2,876 (power-loom). 1807, British patent no. 6,570 (vertical powerloom).

Further Reading

There is no general account of Johnson's life, but references to his work with Radcliffe may be found in A.Barlow, 1878, The History and Principles of Weaving by Hand and by Power, London; and in E.Baines, 1835, History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain, London.

D.J.Jeremy, 1981, Transatlantic Industrial Revolution. The Diffusion of Textile Technologies Between Britain and America, 1790–1830s, Oxford (for the impact of the dressing-machine in America).

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Biographical history of technology > Johnson, Thomas
72 so

so [səʊ]

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1. adverb

2. conjunction

3. compounds

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1. adverb

   a. (degree = to such an extent) si

• so easy/quickly si facile/rapidement

• is it really so tiring? est-ce vraiment si fatigant ?

• do you really need so long? vous faut-il vraiment autant de temps ?

► so... (that) si... que

• he was so nervous (that) he could hardly write il était si nerveux qu'il pouvait à peine écrire► so... as to do sth assez... pour faire qch

• he was so stupid as to tell her il a été assez stupide pour lui raconter► not so... as pas aussi... que

• it's not nearly so difficult as you think c'est loin d'être aussi difficile que vous le croyez

   b. ( = very, to a great extent) tellement

• I'm so tired! je suis tellement fatigué !

• there's so much to do il y a tellement à faire

• thanks so much (inf) merci beaucoup

• Elizabeth, who so loved France Elizabeth, qui aimait tant la France

   c. (unspecified amount) how tall is he? -- oh, about so tall (accompanied by gesture) quelle taille fait-il ? -- oh, à peu près comme ça

• so much per head tant par tête

   d. ( = thus, in this way) ainsi

• as he failed once so he will fail again il échouera comme il a déjà échoué

• so it was that... c'est ainsi que...

• so be it soit

• it so happened that... il s'est trouvé que...

   e. (set structures)

► or so environ

• how long will it take? -- a week or so combien de temps cela va-t-il prendre ? -- une semaine environ

• twenty or so une vingtaine► like so comme ceci

► so (that)

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► Note that pour que is followed by the subjunctive.

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• I brought it so (that) you could read it je l'ai apporté pour que vous puissiez le lire

• I'm going early so (that) I'll get a ticket j'y vais tôt pour obtenir un billet

• he arranged the timetable so that the afternoons were free il a organisé l'emploi du temps de façon à laisser les après-midi libres

► so as to do sth pour faire qch

• he stood up so as to see better il s'est levé pour mieux voir► so as not to do sth

• she put it down gently so as not to break it elle l'a posé doucement pour ne pas le casser

• he hurried so as not to be late il s'est dépêché pour ne pas être en retard

   f. (used as substitute for phrase, word) so I believe c'est ce que je crois

• is that so? ah bon !

• if that is so... s'il en est ainsi...

• I told you so! je te l'avais bien dit !

• so it seems! apparemment !

• he certainly said so c'est ce qu'il a dit

• please do so faites

• I think so je crois

• I hope so j'espère

• he said they would be there and so they were il a dit qu'ils seraient là, et en effet ils y étaient

• so do I!

• so have I!

• so am I! moi aussi !

• if you do that so will I si tu fais ça, j'en ferai autant

• it's raining -- so it is! il pleut -- en effet !

• I didn't say that! -- you did so! (inf) je n'ai pas dit ça ! -- mais si, tu l'as dit !

• so to speak pour ainsi dire

• and so on (and so forth) et ainsi de suite

• so long! (inf) salut ! (inf)

• I'm not going, so there! je n'y vais pas, là !

2. conjunction

   a. ( = therefore) donc

• he was late, so he missed the train il est arrivé en retard et a donc manqué le train

• the roads are busy so be careful il y a beaucoup de circulation, alors fais bien attention

   b. (exclamatory) so there he is! le voilà donc !

• so you're selling it? alors vous le vendez ?

• so he's come at last! il est donc enfin arrivé !

• and so you see... alors comme vous voyez...

• so what? (inf) et alors ? (inf)

3. compounds

► so-and-so (inf) noun

(plural so-and-sos)

• Mr/Mrs So-and-so Monsieur/Madame Untel

• he's an old so-and-so c'est un vieux schnock (inf !) ► so-called adjective soi-disant inv

► so-so (inf) adjective couci-couça (inf)

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[səʊ] 1.
adverb

1) ( so very) si, tellement

not so (colloq) thin as — pas aussi maigre que

I'm not feeling so good — (colloq) je ne me sens pas très bien

2) ( to limited extent)

we can only work so fast and no faster — nous ne pouvons vraiment pas travailler plus vite

you can only do so much (and no more) — tu ne peux rien faire de plus

3) ( in such a way)

so arranged that — organisé d'une telle façon que

walk so — marchez comme ça

and so on and so forth — et ainsi de suite

just as in the 19th century, so today — tout comme au XIX^e siècle, aujourd'hui

so be it! — soit!

she likes everything to be just so — elle aime que les choses soient parfaitement en ordre

4) ( for that reason)

so it was that — c'est ainsi que

she was young and so lacked experience — elle était jeune et donc sans expérience

5) ( true)

is that so? — c'est vrai?

if (that's) so — si c'est vrai

6) ( also) aussi

so is she — elle aussi

if they accept so do I — s'ils acceptent, j'accepte aussi

7) (colloq) ( thereabouts) environ

20 or so — environ 20

8) ( as introductory remark)

so there you are — te voilà donc

so that's the reason — voilà donc pourquoi

so you're going are you? — alors tu y vas?

9) ( avoiding repetition)

he's conscientious, perhaps too much so — il est consciencieux, peut-être même trop

he's the owner or so he claims — c'est le propriétaire du moins c'est ce qu'il prétend

he dived and as he did so... — il a plongé et en le faisant...

perhaps so — c'est possible

I believe so — je crois

so I believe — c'est ce que je crois

I'm afraid so — j'ai bien peur que oui or si

so it would appear — c'est ce qu'il semble

so to speak — si je puis dire

I told you so — je te l'avais bien dit

so I see — je le vois bien

who says so? — qui dit ça?

only more so — mais encore plus

the question is unsettled and will remain so — la question n'est pas résolue et ne le sera pas

10) sout ( referring forward or back)

if you so wish you may... — si vous le souhaitez, vous pouvez...

11) ( reinforcing a statement)

‘I thought you liked it?’ - ‘so I do’ — ‘je croyais que ça te plaisait’ - ‘mais ça me plaît’

‘it's broken’ - ‘so it is’ — ‘c'est cassé’ - ‘je le vois bien!’

‘I'm sorry’ - ‘so you should be’ — ‘je suis désolé’ - ‘j'espère bien’

it just so happens that — il se trouve justement que

12) (colloq) ( refuting a statement)

‘he didn't hit you’ - ‘he did so!’ — ‘il ne t'a pas frappé?’ - ‘si, il m'a frappé’

I can so make waffles — si, je sais faire les gaufres

13) (colloq) ( as casual response) et alors

‘I'm leaving’ - ‘so?’ — ‘je m'en vais’ - ‘et alors?’

so why worry! — et alors, il n'y pas de quoi t'en faire!
2.
so (that) conjunctional phrase

1) ( in such a way that) de façon à ce que

she wrote the instructions so that they'd be easily understood — elle a rédigé les instructions de façon à ce qu'elles soient faciles à comprendre

2) ( in order that) pour que
3.
so as conjunctional phrase pour
4.
so much adverbial phrase, pronominal phrase

1) (also so many) ( such large quantity) tant de

so much of her life — une si grande partie de sa vie

so many of her friends — un si grand nombre de ses amis

2) (also so many) ( limited amount)

I can only make so much bread — je ne peux pas faire plus de pain

there's only so much you can take — il y a des limites à ce qu'on peut supporter

3) ( to such an extent) tellement

so much worse — tellement pire

so much so that — à un tel point que

thank you so much — merci beaucoup

4) ( in contrasts)

not so much X as Y — moins X que Y
5.
so much as adverbial phrase ( even) même

he never so much as apologized — il ne s'est même pas excusé
6.
so much for prepositional phrase

1) ( having finished with)

so much for that problem, now for... — assez parlé de ce problème, parlons maintenant de...

2) (colloq) ( used disparagingly)

so much for equality — bonjour l'égalité

so much for saying you'd help — c'était bien la peine de dire que tu aiderais
7.
so long as (colloq) conjunctional phrase long

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so long! — (colloq) à bientôt!

so much the better — tant mieux

so so — comme ci comme ça

so there! — d'abord!

English-French dictionary > so
73 Adverbial clause of purpose

Придаточное цели

↑ Adverbial clause

1) Придаточное предложение со значением цели. Отвечает на вопросы What for? For what purpose? (зачем? с какой целью?). Вводится союзами so that, in order that, lest, for fear (that).

He slept with the key under his pillow so that no one could steal it. — Он спал, держа ключ под подушкой, так чтобы никто не мог его украсть.

2) Употребление союзов.

а) Если глагол в главном предложении употреблен в настоящем или будущем времени (Present simple, Present perfect или в одном из времен Future), то за союзами in order that, so that обычно следуют may / can / will. Возможно также и употребление настоящего времени. Союз so that более употребителен в разговорной речи, чем союз in order that.

Look at me as you talk, so that I may see your eyes. — Смотри на меня, когда говоришь, чтобы я мог видеть твои глаза.

б) Если в главном предложении используются формы прошедшего времени ( Past simple, Past continuous или Past perfect), то в придаточном предложении, вводимом союзом in order that или so that употребляются could, should, might или would.

A carpenter came to fix the bed so that it would be on a level with the window. — Пришел плотник установить кровать так, чтобы она была на уровне окна.

в) После союза lest обычно употребляется конструкция should + inf или форма сослагательного наклонения (Subjunctive).

That stern old man had sent his son away and hidden him from the world lest some scandal should come to light. — Этот безжалостный старик отослал прочь своего сына и спрятал его ото всех, чтобы избежать скандала.

I avoided mentioning the subject lest he be offended. — Я старался не затрагивать эту тему, чтобы не обидеть его.

г) В придаточном предложении с союзом for fear that обычно употребляется конструкция с глаголом might, однако в разговорной речи то же самое значение чаще выражается с помощью придаточного, вводимого союзом in case, в сочетании с прошедшим временем глагола.

I bought the car at once for fear that he might change his mind. (= in case he changed his mind). — Я сразу же купил машину, а то как бы он не передумал.

3) инфинитивный оборот со значением цели.

Довольно часто цель выражается не полноценным придаточным предложением, присоединенным союзом, а инфинитивным оборотом (см. Infinitive clause). Такие конструкции проще, они более употребительны в разговорной речи. Инфинитивный оборот присоединяется

а) либо выражениями so as to, in order to:

I leant again so as to look directly down into the shadowy pit. — Я снова наклонился, чтобы заглянуть в плохо освещенную впадину.

б) либо непосредственно:

I went to live in France to study French. — Я поехал во Францию изучать французский язык.

4) отрицание.

Более естественно при отрицании звучат конструкции с инфинитивным оборотом (см. Infinitive clause), оформленные выражениями so as not to, in order not to.

Let's try some other way, so as not to go through there. — Давай пойдем как-нибудь по-другому, чтобы не проходить там.

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— Союз so that, вводящий придаточные цели и следствия см. so that

English-Russian grammar dictionary > Adverbial clause of purpose
74 retirar

v.

1 to remove.

me ha retirado el saludo he's not speaking to me

2 to force to retire (jubilar) (a deportista).

una lesión lo retiró de la alta competición an injury forced him to retire from top-flight competition

3 to pick up, to collect.

puede pasar a retirar sus fotos el jueves you can pick your photos up o collect your photos on Thursday

4 to take back (retractarse de).

¡retira eso que o lo que dijiste! take that back!, take back what you said!

5 to withdraw, to draw off, to draw out, to retire.

Retiramos nuestro dinero We withdrew our money.

6 to call in, to call back.

La fábrica retiró diez piezas malas The factory called in ten damaged units.

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retirar

► verbo transitivo

1 (apartar - gen) to take away, remove; (- un mueble) to move away

2 (un carnet) to take away

3 (algo dicho) to take back

4 (dinero, ley, moneda) to withdraw

5 (jubilar) to retire

► verbo pronominal retirarse

1 MILITAR to retreat, withdraw

2 (apartarse del mundo) to go into seclusion

3 (apartarse) to withdraw, draw back, move back

■ retírate, no veo move back, I can't see

4 (alejarse) to move away

■ retírate de la ventana, te van a ver move away from the window, they'll see you

5 (marcharse) to leave

■ cuando acabó, se retiró when he finished, he left

6 (irse a descansar) to retire

■ se retiró a su habitación she retired to her bedroom

7 (jubilarse) to retire

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FRASEOLOGÍA

no se retire (al teléfono) hold on, don't hang up

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verb

1) to take away, remove

2) withdraw

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- retirarse

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1. VT

1) [+ acusación, apoyo, subvención] to withdraw; [+ demanda] to withdraw, take back

han retirado su apoyo al Gobierno — they have withdrawn their support for the Government

les retiraron las subvenciones — they had their subsidies taken away o withdrawn

retiró su candidatura a la Presidencia — he stood down from the presidential election, he withdrew his candidacy for the presidency

la mayoría del electorado le ha retirado la confianza — he has lost the confidence o trust of the majority of the electorate

retirar la palabra a algn — to stop speaking to sb

retirar el saludo a algn — to stop saying hello to sb

2) [+ moneda, sello] to withdraw (from circulation); [+ autobús, avión] to withdraw (from service)

estos aviones serán retirados de o del servicio — these planes are to be withdrawn from service

el producto fue retirado del mercado — the product was withdrawn from the market o taken off the market

3) [+ permiso, carnet, pasaporte] to withdraw, take away

le han retirado el permiso de conducir — he's had his driving licence taken away

4) [+ dinero] to withdraw

fui a retirar dinero de la cuenta — I went to withdraw some money from my account

5) [+ tropas] to withdraw; [+ embajador] to recall, withdraw; [+ atleta, caballo] to withdraw, scratch

6) (=quitar) to take away, remove

la camarera retiró las copas — the waitress took the glasses away

le retiraron todos los objetos afilados de la celda — all sharp objects were removed from his cell

7) [+ cabeza, cara] to pull back, pull away; [+ mano] to draw back, withdraw; [+ tentáculo] to draw in

8) (=jubilar) to retire, pension off

2.

See:

retirarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( quitar) to remove, take away; ( apartar) to move away

retíralo de ahí un poco — move it a bit further away from there

retiró la cacerola del fuego — he removed the saucepan from the heat, he took the saucepan off the heat

el autobús fue retirado del servicio — the bus was withdrawn from service

retirar de la circulación — to withdraw from circulation

b) <cabeza/mano> to pull... back

retiré la mano de la bolsa — I took my hand out of the bag

c) <embajador/tropas> to withdraw, pull out

d) < jugador> to take off, pull... out of the game; <corredor/ciclista> to withdraw, pull out

e) (+ me/te/le etc) < apoyo> to withdraw; <pasaporte/carnet> to withdraw, take away

me retiró la palabra — she stopped speaking to me

2) <afirmaciones/propuesta> to withdraw

retiro lo dicho — I take back what I said

3)

a) (de cuenta, fondo) < dinero> to withdraw

b) ( recoger) <carnet/entradas> to collect
2.
retirarse v pron

1)

a) ( apartarse) to move back o away; ( irse) to leave, withdraw

cuando las aguas se retiraron — when the waters receded

b) ejército/tropas to withdraw, pull out

c) ( irse a dormir) to go to bed, retire (frml)

2) ( jubilarse) to retire; ( de actividad) to withdraw

se retiró de la carrera — ( antes de iniciarse) he pulled out of o withdrew from the race; ( una vez iniciada) he pulled out of o retired from the race

* * *

= pick up, withdraw, retire, take back, perfect, revoke, haul away.

Ex. Then these suggestion can be picked up by the editor, and communicated to the author.

Ex. Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.

Ex. This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.

Ex. These are some of the questions the librarian may have to answer: 'Can you recommend a baby-sitter I can trust?', 'How can I stop the hire-purchase company taking back my furniture?', 'Which is the best shoe repairer's in the neighbourhood?'.

Ex. Even the fully-developed rotary, which soon included devices for cutting and folding the paper as well as for printing and perfecting it, remained fundamentally simple.

Ex. I would think that we would still charge for lost and damaged books and that we would revoke borrowing privileges of chronic offenders, or whatever we decide to call them.

Ex. City workers carried out orders to burn some of the library books, while others were buried with the aid of a bulldozer; the remaining books were loaded on trucks and hauled away to trash dumps on the outskirts of the city.

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* retirar del mercado = withdraw from + sale, take off + the market.

* retirar dinero = withdraw + cash.

* retirar paulatinamente = phase out.

* retirarse = retreat, pull back, bow out, draw back, stand down, back out, walk out.

* retirarse a los aposientos de Uno = retire + at night.

* retirarse (de) = pull out of, pull away (from).

* retirarse por cobardía = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).

* retirarse por miedo = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).

* retirar una acusación = drop + a charge.

* retirar una propuesta = withdraw + proposal.

* retirar un libro en préstamo = check out + book.

* sin retirar = uncleared, uncollected.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( quitar) to remove, take away; ( apartar) to move away

retíralo de ahí un poco — move it a bit further away from there

retiró la cacerola del fuego — he removed the saucepan from the heat, he took the saucepan off the heat

el autobús fue retirado del servicio — the bus was withdrawn from service

retirar de la circulación — to withdraw from circulation

b) <cabeza/mano> to pull... back

retiré la mano de la bolsa — I took my hand out of the bag

c) <embajador/tropas> to withdraw, pull out

d) < jugador> to take off, pull... out of the game; <corredor/ciclista> to withdraw, pull out

e) (+ me/te/le etc) < apoyo> to withdraw; <pasaporte/carnet> to withdraw, take away

me retiró la palabra — she stopped speaking to me

2) <afirmaciones/propuesta> to withdraw

retiro lo dicho — I take back what I said

3)

a) (de cuenta, fondo) < dinero> to withdraw

b) ( recoger) <carnet/entradas> to collect
2.
retirarse v pron

1)

a) ( apartarse) to move back o away; ( irse) to leave, withdraw

cuando las aguas se retiraron — when the waters receded

b) ejército/tropas to withdraw, pull out

c) ( irse a dormir) to go to bed, retire (frml)

2) ( jubilarse) to retire; ( de actividad) to withdraw

se retiró de la carrera — ( antes de iniciarse) he pulled out of o withdrew from the race; ( una vez iniciada) he pulled out of o retired from the race

* * *

= pick up, withdraw, retire, take back, perfect, revoke, haul away.

Ex: Then these suggestion can be picked up by the editor, and communicated to the author.

Ex: Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.

Ex: This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.

Ex: These are some of the questions the librarian may have to answer: 'Can you recommend a baby-sitter I can trust?', 'How can I stop the hire-purchase company taking back my furniture?', 'Which is the best shoe repairer's in the neighbourhood?'.

Ex: Even the fully-developed rotary, which soon included devices for cutting and folding the paper as well as for printing and perfecting it, remained fundamentally simple.

Ex: I would think that we would still charge for lost and damaged books and that we would revoke borrowing privileges of chronic offenders, or whatever we decide to call them.

Ex: City workers carried out orders to burn some of the library books, while others were buried with the aid of a bulldozer; the remaining books were loaded on trucks and hauled away to trash dumps on the outskirts of the city.

* retirar del mercado = withdraw from + sale, take off + the market.

* retirar dinero = withdraw + cash.

* retirar paulatinamente = phase out.

* retirarse = retreat, pull back, bow out, draw back, stand down, back out, walk out.

* retirarse a los aposientos de Uno = retire + at night.

* retirarse (de) = pull out of, pull away (from).

* retirarse por cobardía = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).

* retirarse por miedo = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).

* retirar una acusación = drop + a charge.

* retirar una propuesta = withdraw + proposal.

* retirar un libro en préstamo = check out + book.

* sin retirar = uncleared, uncollected.

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retirar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 (quitar) to remove, take away; (apartar) to move o take away

retiraron las sillas para que pudiéramos bailar they moved o took away the chairs so that we could dance

el camarero retiró los platos the waiter took o cleared the plates away

retiraron los dos vehículos accidentados the two vehicles involved in the accident were moved out of the way o were removed

los vehículos mal estacionados serán retirados badly-parked vehicles will be towed (away) o removed

sin retirar la tapadera without taking off o removing the lid

retiraremos a nuestro embajador we shall recall o withdraw our ambassador

retirar algo DE algo:

retíralo de la chimenea un poco move it back from the fireplace a little, move it a bit further away from the fire

retiró la cacerola del fuego he removed the saucepan from the heat, he took the saucepan off the heat

retiraron los tres coches de la calzada the three cars were removed from o moved off the road

el autobús tuvo que ser retirado del servicio the bus had to be withdrawn from service

retiró el ejército de la frontera he withdrew the army from the border

serán retirados de la circulación they will be withdrawn from circulation

2 ‹cabeza/mano›

en el último momento retiró la cabeza at the last moment she pulled her head back o away

no intentes retirar la mano don't try to pull your hand back ( o out etc), don't try to remove o withdraw your hand

retirar algo DE algo:

retiré la mano de la bolsa I took my hand out of the bag, I removed o withdrew my hand from the bag

3 «entrenador» ‹jugador› to take off, pull … out of the game; ‹corredor/ciclista› to withdraw, pull out

4 (+ me/te/le etc) ‹apoyo› to withdraw; ‹pasaporte/carnet› to withdraw, take away

me retiró el saludo/la palabra she stopped saying hello to me/speaking to me

B ‹afirmaciones/acusación› to withdraw; ‹candidatura/propuesta› to withdraw

retiro lo dicho I take back o withdraw what I said

C

1 (de una cuenta, un fondo) ‹dinero› to withdraw

2 (recoger) ‹certificado/carnet/entradas› to collect

■ retirarse

v pron

A

1 (apartarse) to move back o away; (irse) to leave, withdraw

me retiré de la puerta para dejarle paso I moved back from o away from o I stood back from the door to let him through

puede retirarse you may go o ( frml) withdraw

el ejército se retiró de la zona the army withdrew from o pulled out of the area

se retiró a un convento he retired o withdrew to a monastery

cuando las aguas se retiraron when the waters receded o retreated

2 (irse a dormir) to go to bed, retire ( frml)

B

1 (jubilarse) to retire

2 (de una actividad) to withdraw

se retiró una semana antes de la votación he withdrew one week before the vote

se retiró de la vida pública she retired o withdrew from public life

se retiró de la carrera/competición (antes de iniciarse) he pulled out of o withdrew from the race/competition; (una vez iniciada) he pulled out of o retired from the race/competition

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retirar ( conjugate retirar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( quitar) to remove, take away;

( apartar) to move away;
◊ retiró la cacerola del fuego he removed the saucepan from the heat;

retirar de la circulación to withdraw from circulation
b) ‹cabeza/mano› to pull … back

c) ‹embajador/tropas› to withdraw, pull out

d) (+ me/te/le etc) ‹ apoyo› to withdraw;

‹pasaporte/carnet› to withdraw, take away
2 ‹afirmaciones/propuesta› to withdraw;
◊ retiro lo dicho I take back what I said

3 ( de cuenta) ‹ dinero› to withdraw
retirarse verbo pronominal
1
a) ( apartarse) to move back o away;

( irse) to leave, withdraw
b) [ejército/tropas] to withdraw, pull out

c) ( irse a dormir) to go to bed, retire (frml)

2 ( jubilarse) to retire;
( de competición — antes de iniciarse) to withdraw, pull out;
(— una vez iniciada) to pull out
retirar verbo transitivo
1 (de un lugar) to remove, move away: ya hemos retirado todos los muebles, we've already removed all of the furniture
2 (de una actividad) to retire from
3 (una ayuda, dinero) to withdraw
4 (un comentario) to take back: espero que retires esas palabras, I hope you take back those words
5 (el pasaporte, carné) to take away
' retirar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
quitar
- saludo
- desautorizar
- sacar
English:
draw back
- ex
- ground
- ill health
- phase
- pull out
- recall
- retire
- retract
- take back
- take out
- withdraw
- call
- disengage
- drop
- pull
- reclaim
- take

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retirar

♦ vt

1. [quitar, sacar] to remove (a from); [moneda, producto] to withdraw (de from); [carné, pasaporte] to take away (a from); [ayuda, subvención, apoyo] to withdraw (a from); [ejército, tropas] to withdraw (de from); [embajador] to withdraw, to recall (de from);
retirar dinero del banco/de la cuenta to withdraw money from the bank/one's account;

el entrenador retiró a Claudio del terreno de juego/del equipo the manager took Claudio off/left Claudio out of the team;

me ha retirado el saludo she's not speaking to me

2. [apartar, quitar de en medio] [objeto] to move away;
[nieve] to clear; [mano] to withdraw;
habrá que retirar ese armario de ahí we'll have to move that wardrobe (away) from there;

retira el dedo o te cortarás move your finger back or you'll cut yourself

3. [recoger, llevarse] to pick up, to collect;

puede pasar a retirar sus fotos el jueves you can pick your photos up o collect your photos on Thursday

4. [retractarse de] [insultos, acusaciones, afirmaciones] to take back;
[denuncia] to drop;
¡retira eso que o [m5] lo que dijiste! take that back!, take back what you said!

5. [jubilar] [a empleado] to retire;

una lesión lo retiró de la alta competición an injury forced him to retire from top-flight competition

♦ See also the pronominal verb retirarse

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retirar

v/t silla, obstáculo take away, remove; acusación, dinero withdraw

* * *

retirar vt

1) : to remove, to take away, to recall

2) : to withdraw, to take out

♦ See also the reflexive verb retirarse

* * *

retirar vb

1. (en general) to withdraw [pt. withdrew; pp. withdrawn]

le han retirado el pasaporte his passport has been withdrawn

retiró todo su dinero del banco he withdrew all his money from the bank

retiró la denuncia she withdrew the complaint

retira la olla del fuego remove the pan from the heat

2. (acusación, palabras) to take back [pt. took; pp. taken]

retiro lo dicho I take back what I said

Spanish-English dictionary > retirar
75 swing

swiŋ
1. past tense, past participle - swung; verb
1) (to (cause to) move or sway in a curve (from side to side or forwards and backwards) from a fixed point: You swing your arms when you walk; The children were swinging on a rope hanging from a tree; The door swung open; He swung the load on to his shoulder.) balancearse; girar, doblar

2) (to walk with a stride: He swung along the road.) caminar a zancadas, caminar a paso ligero

3) (to turn suddenly: He swung round and stared at them; He is hoping to swing the voters in his favour.) girar(se); cambiar

2. noun
1) (an act, period, or manner, of swinging: He was having a swing on the rope; Most golfers would like to improve their swing.) balanceo, vaivén, oscilación; (golf) swing

2) (a swinging movement: the swing of the dancers' skirts.) vaivén, balanceo, oscilación

3) (a strong dancing rhythm: The music should be played with a swing.) ritmo; (jazz) swing

4) (a change in public opinion etc: a swing away from the government.) giro, viraje, cambio

5) (a seat for swinging, hung on ropes or chains from a supporting frame etc.) columpio

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- swinging
- swing bridge
- swing door
- be in full swing
- get into the swing of things
- get into the swing
- go with a swing

swing¹ n columpio

be careful on the swing, you might fall off cuidado en el columpio, puedes caerte

swing² vb

1. columpiarse

the boy was swinging on a rope el chico se columpiaba en una cuerda

2. mecerse / oscilar / balancearse

the door was swinging in the wind la puerta se mecía con el viento

El pasado y participio pasado de swing es swung

swing m inv
1 Mús (estilo de jazz) swing
2 fig (tensión interpretativa) ese cantante tiene mucho swing, this singer has got rhythm
3 Dep (efecto de golpear la pelota de golf) ese jugador tiene muy buen swing, this player has a good swing ' swing' also found in these entries: Spanish: balancear - balancearse - bambolearse - columpiar - columpiarse - columpio - desplazarse - mecerse - oscilar - vaivén - contonearse - hamaca - hamacar - mecer - puente English: cat - follow through - forehand - swing - swing door - swung - swinging - wave

swing

tr[swɪŋ]

noun

1 (movement) balanceo, vaivén nombre masculino; (of pendulum) oscilación nombre femenino, vaivén nombre masculino; (of hips) contoneo

2 (plaything) columpio

3 (change, shift) giro, viraje nombre masculino, cambio

4 SMALLSPORT/SMALL (in golf, boxing) swing nombre masculino

5 SMALLMUSIC/SMALL (jazz style) swing nombre masculino; (rhythm) ritmo

intransitive verb (pt & pp swung tr[swʌŋ])

1 (hanging object) balancearse, bambolearse; (pendulum) oscilar; (arms, legs) menearse; (child on swing) columpiarse; (on a pivot) mecerse

■ the lightbulb was swinging from a flex la bombilla se balanceaba de un cable

■ the gate was swinging in the wind la puerta se mecía con el viento

2 (drive) girar, doblar; (walk) caminar con energía; (jump) saltar

■ the car swung into the drive el coche dobló por el camino de entrada

■ the monkey swung from tree to tree el mono saltaba de árbol en árbol

3 (shift) cambiar, oscilar, virar

■ the electorate has swung to the right el electorado ha virado a la derecha

■ her moods swing drastically tiene muchos cambios de humor

4 (music, band) tener ritmo; (party) estar muy animado,-a

transitive verb

1 (gen) balancear, bambolear; (arms, legs) balancear; (child on swing) columpiar, balancear; (object on rope) hacer oscilar

■ she swung her bag as she walked along balanceaba la bolsa al andar

■ she swings her hips se contonea

2 (cause to move) hacer girar

■ he swung the rucksack onto his back se echó la mochila a la espalda

3 (change) cambiar

■ they are trying to swing public opinion intentan cambiar la opinión pública

4 familiar (arrange, achieve) arreglar

■ I'll see if I can swing it for you to come miraré de arreglarlo para que puedas venir

■ he managed to swing the deal logró cerrar el trato

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

in full swing en plena marcha, en pleno apogeo

it's swings and roundabouts lo que se pierde acá se gana allá

to get into the swing of something coger el ritmo de algo, cogerle el tranquillo a algo

to go with a swing ir sobre ruedas

to swing for something colgarle algo a alguien

to swing into action ponerse en marcha

to swing open/shut (door) abrirse/cerrarse (de golpe)

to swing the lead (intentar) escaquearse, poner excusas para no trabajar

to take a swing at somebody/something asestar un golpe a alguien/algo, intentar darle a alguien/algo

swing bridge puente nombre masculino giratorio

swing door puerta giratoria

swing ['swɪŋ] v, swung ['swʌŋ] ; swinging vt

1) : describir una curva con

he swung the ax at the tree: le dio al arbol con el hacha

2) : balancear (los brazos, etc.), hacer oscilar

3) suspend: colgar

swing vi

1) sway: balancearse (dícese de los brazos, etc.), oscilar (dícese de un objeto), columpiarse, mecerse (en un columpio)

2) swivel: girar (en un pivote)

the door swung shut: la puerta se cerró

3) change: virar, cambiar (dícese de las opiniones, etc.)

swing n

1) swinging: vaivén m, balanceo m

2) change, shift: viraje m, movimiento m

3) : columpio m (para niños)

4)

to take a swing at someone : intentar pegarle a alguien

swing

n.

• balanceo s.m.

• columpio s.m.

• oscilación s.f.

• vaivén s.m.

v.

(§ p.,p.p.: swung) = balancear v.

• balancearse v.

• bambalear v.

• cimbrar v.

• columpiar v.

• girar v.

• hacer oscilar v.

• hamaquear v.

• mecer v.

• menear v.

• ondear v.

• remecer v.

I
1. swɪŋ
(past & past p swung) intransitive verb

1)

a) (hang, dangle) balancearse; ( on a swing) columpiarse or (RPl) hamacarse*; \<\<pendulum\>\> oscilar

b) ( convey oneself)

the monkeys swung from tree to tree — los monos saltaban de árbol en árbol colgados or (Col, Méx, Ven) guindados de las ramas (or de las lianas etc)

2)

a) ( move on pivot)

the door swung open/shut o to — la puerta se abrió/se cerró

the door was swinging in the wind — la puerta se mecía con el viento

b) ( turn) girar or doblar ( describiendo una curva)

the ball swung away — la pelota salió desviada

3) (shift, change) \<\<opinion/mood\>\> cambiar, oscilar

his views swing from one extreme to another — sus ideas pasan de un extremo a otro

the country is swinging to the left — el país está virando or dando un viraje hacia la izquierda

4)

a)

to swing into something — \<\<into action/operation\>\>

the emergency plans swung into operation/action — se pusieron en marcha los planes de emergencia

b) ( attempt to hit)

to swing AT somebody/something — intentar pegarle or darle a alguien/algo

5) (be lively, up to date) (colloq) \<\<party\>\> estar* muy animado

2.

vt

1) ( move to and fro) \<\<arms/legs\>\> balancear; \<\<object on rope\>\> hacer* oscilar

to swing one's hips — contonearse, contonear or menear las caderas

2)

a) ( convey)

he swung himself into the saddle — se montó en la silla de un salto

he swung his suitcase up onto the rack — subío la maleta al portaequipaje de un envión

b) (wave, brandish) \<\<club/hammer\>\> blandir

3)

a) (colloq) ( manage) arreglar

if you want that job, I think I can swing it — si quieres ese puesto, creo que puedo arreglarlo

b) ( shift)

this could swing the vote our way — esto podría inclinar la votación a nuestro favor

he managed to swing public opinion behind him — logró poner a la opinión pública de su lado

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Phrasal Verbs:

- swing around

II

noun

1)

a) c u ( movement) oscilación f, vaivén m

b) c ( distance) arco que describe un objeto que oscila

c) c (blow, stroke) golpe m; (in golf, boxing) swing m

to take a swing at somebody/something — intentar darle a alguien/algo (con un palo, una raqueta etc)

2) c

a) ( shift) cambio m

a swing in public opinion — un cambio or un viraje en la opinión pública

a swing back to traditional values — una vuelta a los valores tradicionales

the swings of the market — ( Fin) las fluctuaciones del mercado

b) ( Pol) viraje m

a swing to the Democrats of 4% — un viraje del 4% en favor de los demócratas

3)

a) u c (rhythm, vitality)

there was a swing in her step — andaba con brío

to be in full swing — estar* en pleno desarrollo

the party was in full swing — la fiesta estaba ya muy animada

exams are in full swing — estamos (or están etc) en plena época de exámenes

to get into the swing of something — agarrarle el ritmo or (Esp) cogerle* el tranquillo a algo

to go with a swing — \<\<business/conference\>\> marchar sobre ruedas; \<\<party\>\> estar* muy animado

b) u ( Mus) swing m

4) c ( Leisure) columpio m or (RPl) hamaca f

to have a swing — columpiarse or (RPl) hamacarse*

it's a question of swings and roundabouts — (BrE) lo que se pierde en una cosa se gana en la otra

[swɪŋ] (vb: pt, pp swung)
1. N

1) (=movement) [of needle, pointer, boom] movimiento m ; [of pick, axe] movimiento m (amplio); [of pendulum] oscilación f, movimiento m ; (Boxing, Cricket, Golf) (=technique) swing m

with a quick swing of his axe he felled the young tree — con un amplio y rápido movimiento del hacha taló el arbolito

he was out on the course practising his swing — estaba en el campo de golf practicando su swing

• to take a swing at sb * — (with fist) intentar darle un puñetazo a algn; (with weapon) intentar darle un golpe a algn

the golfer took a swing at the ball — el golfista intentó darle a la pelota

2) (=change) (in opinion) cambio m ; (in vote) desplazamiento m

• a sudden swing in opinion — un cambio repentino de opinión

• they need a swing of 5% to win — necesitan un desplazamiento de los votos de un 5% para ganar

the swings of the market — las fluctuaciones del mercado

• a swing to the left — un viraje or desplazamiento hacia la izquierda

3) (=rhythm) (in dance etc) ritmo m

to walk with a swing (in one's step) — andar rítmicamente

music/poetry with a swing to it or that goes with a swing — música/poesía con ritmo or que tiene ritmo

- go with a swing

- be in full swing

- get into the swing of things

4) (also: swing music) swing m, música f swing

5) (=scope, freedom)

• he was given full swing to make decisions — le dieron carta blanca para que tomara decisiones

he gave his imagination full swing — dio rienda suelta a su imaginación

6) (=garden swing) columpio m

• to have a swing — columpiarse

- it's swings and roundabouts

2. VI

1) (=move to and fro) [hanging object, hammock] balancearse; [pendulum, pointer] oscilar; [person] (on swing, hammock) columpiarse

it swings in the wind — se balancea al viento

he was sitting on the end of the table, his legs swinging — estaba sentado en el borde de la mesa, columpiando las piernas

• her handbag swung back and forth or to and fro as she walked — su bolso se balanceaba (de un lado al otro) al andar

the pendulum swung back and forth or to and fro — el péndulo oscilaba or se movía de un lado para otro

• a revolver swung from his belt — un revólver colgaba de su cinturón

he was swinging from a trapeze — se columpiaba colgado de un trapecio

2) (=pivot) girar

the door swings on its hinges — la puerta gira sobre sus goznes

• he was hit by the car door as it swung back — la puerta del coche le golpeó al volver a cerrarse

• to swing open/ shut — abrirse/cerrarse

• the bar swung round and hit him in the jaw — la barra giró y le dio en la mandíbula

- now the pendulum has swung back the other way

3)

• to swing at sb (with one's fist) — intentar dar un puñetazo a algn

he swung at me with an axe — intentó darme (un golpe) con un hacha

he swung at the ball — intentó dar a la pelota

4) (=turn)

• the car swung into the square — el coche viró or dio un viraje y entró en la plaza

he swung out to overtake — viró or dio un viraje para adelantar
swing round
5) (=jump)

• he swung across the river on a rope — cruzó el río colgado de una cuerda

• I swung down from my bunk — salté de mi litera

• the orang-utang swung from tree to tree — el orangután se columpiaba de árbol en árbol

- swing into action

6) (=move rhythmically)

a group of schoolchildren were swinging along up the road — un grupo de colegiales subían por la calle, andando al compás

as the military band went swinging along up the road... — a medida que la banda militar marchaba siguiendo el compás calle arriba...

music that really swings — música que tiene mucho ritmo

7) * (=be hanged)

he'll swing for it — le colgarán por eso

8) (=change)

• local opinion could swing against the company — la opinión local podría cambiar y ponerse en contra de la empresa

• the balance of power is swinging away from him — la balanza del poder se está inclinando hacia el lado contrario al suyo

• the currency should swing back to its previous level — es de esperar que las divisas vuelvan a su nivel anterior

• to swing to the left/right — dar un viraje hacia la izquierda or derecha

9) (Psych) [mood] cambiar

his mood swings wildly — le cambia el humor de forma descontrolada

10) * (=be lively) [entertainment, party] ambientarse; [place] tener ambiente

the party's beginning to swing — la fiesta está empezando a ambientarse

11) ** (sexually)

everyone seemed to be swinging in those days — en aquellos tiempos parecía que a todo el mundo le iba la marcha **

- swing both ways

3. VT

1) (=move to and fro) [+ bag, arms, legs] columpiar, balancear

• he was swinging his bag back and forth or to and fro — columpiaba or balanceaba la bolsa de un lado al otro

• to swing one's hips — andar contoneándose

- there isn't enough room in here to swing a cat

- swing the lead

2) (=pivot) [+ door]

he swung the door open/closed — abrió/cerró la puerta de un golpe

3) (=move)

a) [+ weapon] blandir

• he swung his sword above his head — blandió la espada por encima de la cabeza

• he swung his axe at the tree — blandió el hacha con intención de darle al árbol

he swung his racket at the ball — intentó darle a la pelota con la raqueta

• he swung his case down from the rack — bajó su maleta de la rejilla portaequipajes con un rápido movimiento del brazo

• Roy swung his legs off the couch — Roy quitó rápidamente las piernas del sofá

• he swung the box up onto the roof of the car — con un amplio movimiento de brazos, puso la caja en el techo del coche

he swung the case up onto his shoulder — se echó la maleta a los hombros

b) (reflexive)

• he swung himself across the stream — cruzó el arroyo de un salto

• to swing o.s. (up) into the saddle — subirse a la silla de montar de un salto

• he swung himself over the wall — saltó la tapia apoyándose en un brazo

4) (=turn)

• he swung the car off the road — viró con el coche y se salió de la carretera

5) (=influence) [+ opinion, decision, vote, voters] decidir; [+ outcome] determinar, decidir

• his speech swung the decision against us — su discurso dio un giro a la decisión desfavorable para nosotros

• the promised tax cuts could swing the vote in our favour — los recortes prometidos en los impuestos podrían hacer cambiar el voto a nuestro favor

• she managed to swing it so that we could all go — consiguió arreglarlo para que todos pudiéramos ir

what swung it for me was... — lo que me decidió fue...

• it could swing the election his way — podría decidir el resultado de las elecciones a su favor

6) (Mus) [+ tune] tocar con swing

4.

CPD

swing band N — (Mus) banda f de música swing

swing bin N — cubo m de la basura (con tapa oscilante)

swing bridge N — puente m giratorio

swing door N — puerta f de batiente, puerta f de vaivén

swing music N — música f swing

swing vote N — (esp US) voto m de los indecisos

swing voter N — (esp US) indeciso(-a) m / f

- swing by

- swing round

- swing to

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I
1. [swɪŋ]
(past & past p swung) intransitive verb

1)

a) (hang, dangle) balancearse; ( on a swing) columpiarse or (RPl) hamacarse*; \<\<pendulum\>\> oscilar

b) ( convey oneself)

the monkeys swung from tree to tree — los monos saltaban de árbol en árbol colgados or (Col, Méx, Ven) guindados de las ramas (or de las lianas etc)

2)

a) ( move on pivot)

the door swung open/shut o to — la puerta se abrió/se cerró

the door was swinging in the wind — la puerta se mecía con el viento

b) ( turn) girar or doblar ( describiendo una curva)

the ball swung away — la pelota salió desviada

3) (shift, change) \<\<opinion/mood\>\> cambiar, oscilar

his views swing from one extreme to another — sus ideas pasan de un extremo a otro

the country is swinging to the left — el país está virando or dando un viraje hacia la izquierda

4)

a)

to swing into something — \<\<into action/operation\>\>

the emergency plans swung into operation/action — se pusieron en marcha los planes de emergencia

b) ( attempt to hit)

to swing AT somebody/something — intentar pegarle or darle a alguien/algo

5) (be lively, up to date) (colloq) \<\<party\>\> estar* muy animado

2.

vt

1) ( move to and fro) \<\<arms/legs\>\> balancear; \<\<object on rope\>\> hacer* oscilar

to swing one's hips — contonearse, contonear or menear las caderas

2)

a) ( convey)

he swung himself into the saddle — se montó en la silla de un salto

he swung his suitcase up onto the rack — subío la maleta al portaequipaje de un envión

b) (wave, brandish) \<\<club/hammer\>\> blandir

3)

a) (colloq) ( manage) arreglar

if you want that job, I think I can swing it — si quieres ese puesto, creo que puedo arreglarlo

b) ( shift)

this could swing the vote our way — esto podría inclinar la votación a nuestro favor

he managed to swing public opinion behind him — logró poner a la opinión pública de su lado

•

Phrasal Verbs:

- swing around

II

noun

1)

a) c u ( movement) oscilación f, vaivén m

b) c ( distance) arco que describe un objeto que oscila

c) c (blow, stroke) golpe m; (in golf, boxing) swing m

to take a swing at somebody/something — intentar darle a alguien/algo (con un palo, una raqueta etc)

2) c

a) ( shift) cambio m

a swing in public opinion — un cambio or un viraje en la opinión pública

a swing back to traditional values — una vuelta a los valores tradicionales

the swings of the market — ( Fin) las fluctuaciones del mercado

b) ( Pol) viraje m

a swing to the Democrats of 4% — un viraje del 4% en favor de los demócratas

3)

a) u c (rhythm, vitality)

there was a swing in her step — andaba con brío

to be in full swing — estar* en pleno desarrollo

the party was in full swing — la fiesta estaba ya muy animada

exams are in full swing — estamos (or están etc) en plena época de exámenes

to get into the swing of something — agarrarle el ritmo or (Esp) cogerle* el tranquillo a algo

to go with a swing — \<\<business/conference\>\> marchar sobre ruedas; \<\<party\>\> estar* muy animado

b) u ( Mus) swing m

4) c ( Leisure) columpio m or (RPl) hamaca f

to have a swing — columpiarse or (RPl) hamacarse*

it's a question of swings and roundabouts — (BrE) lo que se pierde en una cosa se gana en la otra

English-spanish dictionary > swing
76 instinto de supervivencia

(n.) = instinct of self-preservation, survival instinct

Ex. Her instinct of self-preservation was so strongly developed that he could without difficulty select the tone, the gesture, and the look that he felt would best serve his purpose.

Ex. They should be encouraged to be aware that any fears they may have are based on very real survival instincts and that they should be guided by those instincts.

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(n.) = instinct of self-preservation, survival instinct

Ex: Her instinct of self-preservation was so strongly developed that he could without difficulty select the tone, the gesture, and the look that he felt would best serve his purpose.

Ex: They should be encouraged to be aware that any fears they may have are based on very real survival instincts and that they should be guided by those instincts.

Spanish-English dictionary > instinto de supervivencia
77 en absoluto

en absoluto

not at all, by no means

* * *

not at all

* * *

= at all, in the slightest, whatsoever, not at all, in any shape or form

Ex. Despite this overlap, the other side of the picture is that some materials are covered inadequately or even not at all.

Ex. Without wishing in the slightest to discourage you, I would suggest that an academic orientation of this kind is questionable.

Ex. I have had not experience whatsoever with academic collections.

Ex. There's a big difference between returning a book late and not at all.

Ex. Many librarians were literally incredulous that weeding could be considered, in any shape or form, as a timesaver; others begged to differ.

* * *

= at all, in the slightest, whatsoever, not at all, in any shape or form

Ex: Despite this overlap, the other side of the picture is that some materials are covered inadequately or even not at all.

Ex: Without wishing in the slightest to discourage you, I would suggest that an academic orientation of this kind is questionable.

Ex: I have had not experience whatsoever with academic collections.

Ex: There's a big difference between returning a book late and not at all.

Ex: Many librarians were literally incredulous that weeding could be considered, in any shape or form, as a timesaver; others begged to differ.

Spanish-English dictionary > en absoluto
78 servirse

servirse

► verbo pronominal

1 (comida etc) to serve oneself, help oneself

■ sírvete más patatas help yourself to more crisps

2 (usar) to use (de, -), make use of (de, -)

3 formal (en carta) to be kind enough to

■ sírvase responder lo antes posible please reply as soon as possible

* * *

to help oneself

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VPR

1) (=ponerse) [+ comida] to help o.s. to; [+ bebida] to pour o.s., help o.s. to

sírvete más ensalada — have some more salad, help yourself to more salad

yo misma me serviré el café — I'll pour myself some coffee, I'll help myself to some coffee

¿qué se van a servir? — LAm what will you have?

2) (=utilizar)

• servirse de — [+ herramienta, objeto] to use, make use of; [+ amistad, influencia] to use

se han servido de su cargo para enriquecerse — they used their position to make money

se sirvieron de la oscuridad para escapar — liter they availed themselves of the darkness to make good their escape liter

3) frm (=hacer el favor de)

• servirse hacer algo, sírvase volver por aquí mañana — (would you) please come back tomorrow

le ruego que se sirva acompañarme — (would you) come with me, please

si la señora se sirve pasar por aquí — if madam would care to come this way

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(v.) = help + Reflexivo

Ex. There was a need for more basic information materials, i.e. laymen's guides, so that people could help themselves.

* * *

(v.) = help + Reflexivo

Ex: There was a need for more basic information materials, i.e. laymen's guides, so that people could help themselves.

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■servirse verbo reflexivo
1 (utilizar, valerse) to use
2 (un plato de comida) to help oneself
' servirse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
repetir
- servir
- tomar
- valer
English:
help
- muffin

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vpr

1. [aprovecharse, utilizar]
servirse de algo to make use of sth;

servirse de alguien to use sb

2. [comida, bebida] to help oneself;

¿no te sirves más? is that all you're having?;

sírvase usted mismo [en letrero] self-service;

me serví un coñac I poured myself a brandy, I helped myself to a glass of brandy;

que cada uno se sirva lo que prefiera help yourselves to whatever you like;

sírvase (bien) frío [en etiqueta] serve chilled

3. Formal [tener a bien]
se ha servido ayudarnos she has been good enough to help us;

sírvase llamar cuando quiera please call whenever you wish;

sírvanse cerrar la puerta [en letrero] please close the door

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servirse

v/r

1

:

servirse de algo use sth, make use of sth

2 comida help o.s. to

* * *

vr

1) : to help oneself to

2) : to be kind enough

sírvase enviarnos un catálogo: please send us a catalog

* * *

servirse vb

1. to help yourself

sírvase usted mismo help yourself

sírvete más pan help yourself to more bread

2. (utilizar) to use

se sirvió de todas sus influencias he used all his contacts

Spanish-English dictionary > servirse
79 despedir

v.

1 to say goodbye to.

nos despidió con la mano he waved goodbye to us

fuimos a despedirle a la estación we went to see him off at the station

2 to make redundant, to lay off (de un empleo) (por cierre, reducción de plantilla).

3 to fling.

salir despedido de/por/hacia algo to fly out of/through/toward something

4 to give off.

despide un olor insoportable it gives off an unbearable smell

5 to emit, to cast, to send forth, to discharge.

María despide buenas vibraciones Mary emits good vibrations.

6 to fire, to boot, to kick out, to lay off.

El jefe despidió a la secretaria The boss dismissed the secretary.

7 to see off.

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despedir

Conjugation model [ SERVIR], like link=servir servir

► verbo transitivo

1 (lanzar) to shoot, fire

■ la catapulta despedía piedras contra el muro the catapult fired stones against the wall

2 (echar) to throw out

3 (emitir) to emit, give off

■ las flores despedían buen olor the flowers gave off a nice smell

4 (del trabajo) to dismiss, fire, sack

5 (decir adiós) to see off, say goodbye to

■ me despidió en la puerta she saw me off at the door

► verbo pronominal despedirse

1 (decirse adiós) to say goodbye (de, to)

■ se despidió de todos she said goodbye to everyone

2 (de un empleo) to leave (de, -)

3 figurado (olvidarse, renunciar) to forget (de, -), give up (de, -)

■ puedes despedirte de volverla a ver you can forget the idea of ever seeing her again

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

despedirse a la francesa to take French leave

salir despedido,-a to shoot off

* * *

verb

1) to dismiss, fire

2) give, emit

3) see out

•

- despedirse

* * *

1. VT

1) (=decir adiós a) [gen] to say goodbye to; [+ visita] to see out; [+ cliente] to show out

fuimos a despedirlo a la estación — we went to see him off at the station

¿cómo vais a despedir el año? — how are you going to see the new year in?

2) (=librarse de) [+ empleado] to dismiss, sack *; [+ inquilino] to evict

despedir algo de sí — to get rid of sth

despedir un pensamiento de sí — to put a thought out of one's mind

3) (=lanzar) [+ objeto] to hurl, fling; [+ flecha] to fire; [+ jinete] to throw

salir despedido — to fly off *

- despedir el espíritu

4) (=desprender) [+ olor, calor] to give off

2.

See:

despedirse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( decir adiós)

vinieron a despedirme al aeropuerto — they came to see me off at the airport

despedir los restos de alguien — to pay one's last respects to somebody

2) ( del trabajo) to dismiss, fire (colloq); ( por reducción de personal) to lay off

despidieron a 300 trabajadores — they laid off 300 workers

3) < olor> to give off; <humo/vapor> to emit, give off

salir despedido — corcho/pelota to shoot out

el conductor salió despedido de su asiento — the driver was thrown out of his seat
2.
despedirse v pron

1) ( decir adiós) to say goodbye

se despide atentamente — (Corresp) sincerely yours (AmE), yours sincerely (BrE)

despedirse de alguien — to say goodbye to somebody

2) ( dar por perdido)

despedirse de algo: si se lo prestate ya te puedes despedir de él if you lent it to him, you can kiss it goodbye; despídete de la idea — you can forget the whole idea

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( decir adiós)

vinieron a despedirme al aeropuerto — they came to see me off at the airport

despedir los restos de alguien — to pay one's last respects to somebody

2) ( del trabajo) to dismiss, fire (colloq); ( por reducción de personal) to lay off

despidieron a 300 trabajadores — they laid off 300 workers

3) < olor> to give off; <humo/vapor> to emit, give off

salir despedido — corcho/pelota to shoot out

el conductor salió despedido de su asiento — the driver was thrown out of his seat
2.
despedirse v pron

1) ( decir adiós) to say goodbye

se despide atentamente — (Corresp) sincerely yours (AmE), yours sincerely (BrE)

despedirse de alguien — to say goodbye to somebody

2) ( dar por perdido)

despedirse de algo: si se lo prestate ya te puedes despedir de él if you lent it to him, you can kiss it goodbye; despídete de la idea — you can forget the whole idea

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despedir¹

¹ = kiss + Nombre + goodbye.

Ex: The article 'Don't kiss Boolean goodbye' criticizes the recent trend away from Boolean searching and towards natural language searching in online systems.

* despedir (a) = say + goodbye (to).

* despedirse = bid + Nombre + goodbye, part, bid + adieu, bid + farewell.

* despedirse de Alguien deseándole que todo vaya bien = wish + well.

despedir²

² = fire, lay off, discharge, terminate, axe [ax, -USA], let + go, sack, make + redundant, give + Nombre + the boot, boot (out), give + Nombre + the sack, send + Nombre + packing, turf out, cashier.

Ex: It began when Balzac and Pershing had an altercation (theirs was another of the 'running feuds' in the library), and Pershing was fired.

Ex: I've been sitting here wondering how best to select the people to be laid off.

Ex: By the beginning of the nineteenth century many British printers had come to rely for most of their work on relays of apprentices, who were simply discharged at the end of their terms and replaced by new apprentices.

Ex: At coffee yesterday Jeff Gordon had apprised her of the fact that three of his engineers had been summarily terminated.

Ex: 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.

Ex: Suddenly she piped triumphantly, almost getting to her feet: 'We could let the student assistants go!'.

Ex: The author warns that shortsighted companies that believe all the information they need is on the Web may sack information professionals.

Ex: Many people have been made redundant in the takeover and those who joined last were the first to go -- the principle of devil take the hindmost applied.

Ex: He was given the boot for being discovered with a camera taking a photo of hula dancers.

Ex: As Hartwick got older, the feds decided he was a major security risk and booted him out of the program.

Ex: Justin pointed out that the government would not compromise and those found protecting illegal immigrants would be given the sack.

Ex: Those who hold this view argued that the state government lacks the political will to send them packing for good.

Ex: You will be disliked and turfed out as a sacrificial goat once your job is done but there will be many others queuing up for your services.

Ex: His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.

* despedir a discreción = fire at + will.

* despedir a un empleado = dismiss + employee.

* despedir del trabajo = make + redundant.

* despedir mano de obra = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.

* despedir obreros = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.

despedir³

³ = give off, spout.

Ex: Once the fronds have given off their spores, they die and can be cut back.

Ex: The weather cleared enough that we could get in to the volcanic islands (still spouting plumes of smoke) by copter in safety.

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despedir [ I14 ]

vt

A

(decir adiós): vinieron a despedirme al aeropuerto they came to see me off at the airport

despidió a su hijo con lágrimas en los ojos she saw her son off o said goodbye to her son with tears in her eyes

organizaron una fiesta para despedir el año they organized a party to see in the New Year, they organized a New Year's party

despedir los restos de algn to pay one's last respects to sb

B (del trabajo) to dismiss, fire ( colloq)

no estaba a la altura del trabajo y lo despidieron he wasn't up to the job and he was dismissed o ( colloq) fired

cerraron dos departamentos y despidieron a 300 trabajadores they closed two departments and laid off 300 workers o made 300 workers redundant o ( euph) let 300 workers go

C

1 ‹olor› to give off; ‹humo/vapor› to emit, give off

2 (arrojar) ‹flecha/bola› to fire

el corcho salió despedido con fuerza the cork shot out

el conductor salió despedido de su asiento the driver was thrown out of his seat

■ despedirse

v pron

A (decir adiós) to say goodbye

se despidieron en el aeropuerto they said goodbye (to each other) at the airport

se despide atentamente ( Corresp) sincerely yours ( AmE), yours sincerely ( BrE), yours faithfully ( BrE)

despedirse DE algn to say goodbye TO sb, take one's leave OF sb ( frml) francés¹ (↑ francés (1))

B (dar por perdido) despedirse DE algo:

¿se lo prestaste? ya te puedes ir despidiendo de él did you lend it to him? well you can say o ( colloq) kiss goodbye to that

despídete de la idea, no quedan entradas you can forget the whole idea, there are no tickets left

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despedir ( conjugate despedir) verbo transitivo
1 ( decir adiós):
◊ vinieron a despedirme al aeropuerto they came to see me off at the airport

2 ( del trabajo) to dismiss, fire (colloq);
( por reducción de personal) to lay off
3 ‹ olor› to give off;
‹humo/vapor› to emit, give off;
◊ salir despedido [corcho/pelota] to shoot out;

el conductor salió despedido del asiento the driver was thrown out of his seat
despedirse verbo pronominal ( decir adiós) to say goodbye;
despedirse de algn to say goodbye to sb
despedir verbo transitivo
1 (a un empleado) to sack, fire
2 (a alguien que se va) to see off
3 to say goodbye to
4 (aroma, humo, etc) to give off
' despedir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
atufar
- botar
- despedirse
- echar
- largar
- soltar
- tranquilidad
- desahuciar
- despida
- destituir
- oler
English:
ax
- axe
- chop
- discharge
- dismiss
- emit
- fire
- give off
- keep on
- lay off
- must
- push
- redundant
- release
- remove
- sack
- see off
- send away
- terminate
- fume
- give
- keep
- lay
- see
- send

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despedir

♦ vt

1. [decir adiós a] to say goodbye to;

fuimos a despedirle a la estación we went to see him off at the station;

nos despidió con la mano he waved goodbye to us;

despídeme de tus padres say goodbye to your parents for me;

despedimos así nuestra serie de documentales sobre la India this will be the last in our series of documentaries on India;

muchos acudieron a despedir el féretro al paso del cortejo fúnebre many came to see the coffin off as the funeral procession passed;

¡vaya manera de despedir el año! what a way to see the New Year in!

2. [de un empleo] [por cierre, reducción de plantilla] to lay off, Br to make redundant;
[por razones disciplinarias] to fire, to sack
3. [lanzar, arrojar] to fling;

la manguera despedía un chorro enorme the hose sent out o shot out a huge jet of water;

el volcán dejó de despedir lava the volcano stopped spewing out lava;

salir despedido de/por/hacia algo to fly out of/through/towards sth;

el copiloto salió despedido the copilot shot out of his seat

4. [desprender] to give off;

despide un olor insoportable it gives off an unbearable smell

♦ See also the pronominal verb despedirse

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despedir

v/t

1 see off

2 empleado dismiss

3 perfume give off

4 de jinete throw;

salir despedido del coche be thrown out of the car

* * *

despedir {54} vt

1) : to see off, to show out

2) : to dismiss, to fire

3) emitir: to give off, to emit

despedir un olor: to give off an odor

♦ See also the reflexive verb despedirse

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despedir vb

1. (decir adiós) to say goodbye to [pt. & pp. said]

me despidió con un beso he gave me a goodbye kiss

2. (acompañar) to see off [pt. saw; pp. seen]

fuimos al aeropuerto a despedirle we went to the airport to see him off

3. (echar del trabajo) to fire / to sack

lo han despedido de la fábrica he's been sacked from the factory

4. (desprender) to give off [pt. gave; pp. given]

tus zapatillas despiden un olor asqueroso your trainers smell disgusting

Spanish-English dictionary > despedir
80 MEGA

(má, mátta, mátt), v.

1) to be able to do, with acc.; eigi eru Asynjur úhelgari ok eigi megu þær minna, they are not less powerful; svá at vér mættim ekki, so that we could do nothing; m. betr, to be the stronger; m. við e-m, to be able to withstand one (hann mun ekki m. einn við mörgum); skulu mikit þín orð m. við mik, thy words shall have much weight with me;

2) of health; m. vel, to be well; m. lítt, illa, to be poorly (hann spurpi, hversu hann mætti. — Eigi má ek nú vel, sagði hann); m. e-m, to do for one (má yðr þat, er yfir margan gengr);

3) with infin., to be able; mátt þú sjá hana, ef þú vill, thou canst see her, if thou wilt; hann mátti ekki mæla, he could say nothing;

4) to be permitted, allowed (hann mátti aldri tala til Kjartans, svá at Þorkell var hjá); nú man eigi m. sitjanda hlut í eiga, one must not remain sitting, be inactive;

5) ellipt., the verb being understood (lemja man ek bogann, ef ek má); ferr þat sem má, go that as it may; má, at, it is possible that; þeir spurðu hversu þat mætti, how that could be.

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pres. in a pret. form má, mátt, má; plur. megum, megut, megu, later and mod. megit, mega; pret. mátti; subj. pres. megi, pret. mætti; part. mátt; with suff. má’k = má ek, Og. 33; mætta’k = mætta ek, Þkv. 3; máttú = mátt-þú, passim: with neg. suff. pres. 1st pers. má’k-a, I cannot, Stor. 18; má’k-at ek, Am. 12; má’k-a’k, 52; má’kk-at-ek, Hallfred (Fs. 107): pret. mátti’g-a’k, I could not, Og. 32: [Ulf. magan = δύνασθαι; A. S. magan; Engl. may, might; Germ. mögen; Dan. maae.]

B. To have strength to do, avail; svá at vér mættim ekki, so that we availed not, Am. 17; mega betr, to be the stronger, Karl. 423; allt má þó nauðigr skyldi, a saying, i. e. necessity is a great schoolmaster, Sturl. iii. 255; eigi megu þær minna, they are not less powerful, Edda 13; hverr er sá Guð, eða hvat má hann? 2: with dat., mega við e-m, to be able to withstand one; hann mun ekki mega einn við mörgum, Art. 22; ekki má við marginum, none can withstand the many, Fms. xi. 278; mega sér, var honum haldit til vinnu þegar er hann mátti sér nokkut, as soon as he grew strong, had any strength, Bs. i. 35; skulu mikit þín orð mega við mik, thy words shall go for much, Nj. 175; jafnmikit mega níu momentur ok tólf, Rb. 458.

2. of health, like Lat. valere; mega vel, to be well; mega ílla, lítt, to be poorly, and so on; Komtú í Hitardal? segir Sturla—Já, sagði ferðamaðr—Hversu mátti Þorleifr?—Vel mátti hann, ok því var betr, at hann mátti vel, Sturl. i. 89; Hallr spurði, hversu þær mætti,—Harðla vel megum vit, Fms. ii. 201; hann var spurðr hversu hann mætti,—Má ek harða ílla, vi. 237; hann spyrr at Sigvalda, honum er sagt, at hann mátti lítið, xi. 102; hann spurði hversu hann mætti,—Eigi má ek nú vel, sagði hann, Bs. i. 182:—to do for one, má yðr þat er yfir margan gengr, it will do for one, what all others must bear, Eb. 168.

II. followed by an infinitive, to be able; mátt þú sjá hana ef þú vill, thou canst see her if thou wilt, Nj. 3; þóttusk menn eigi mega leita hans, Eg. 230; at hann mætti fá sæmd sína, Fms. vi. 398; allt þat hann má miðla, Grág. i. 250; fé máttu þeir ekki bjarga, Nj. 267; hann mátti ekki mæla, Band. 14; sá einn hlutr var svá, at Njáli féll svá nær, at hann mátti aldri úklökvandi um tala, Nj. 171; þaðan sem þú mátt vel eta, 75; litlar sögur megu ganga frá hesti mínum, 90; fá mættim vér betr; landtöku, id.; í öllu er prýða má góðan höfðingja, Fms. x. 230; dyrr þær er ganga mátti upp í húsit, Eg. 421; svá at hann mátti kveða um morguninn, id.; má vera, it may be, Nj. 75: hvat megi! as adverb, hvat megi til vita! nema þér vilit bíða vár hér, may be ye will wait here for us, Band. 40 new Ed.; hvat megi vinna okkrum ástum? Konnak; and so in countless instances.

2. to be permitted, allowed; hann mátti aldri tala til Kjartans svá at Þorkell væri hjá, Ld. 232; halda máttú þessu sæti þótt hón komi sjálf til, Nj. 6; graut má göra hvárt er sygnt er eða heilagt, N. G. L. i. 349; kynfylgju spell, svá at hann má eigi ( cannot) lag eiga við konu sína, þá megu þau ( then they may) skiljast, H. E. i. 248; nú man eigi mega sitjanda hlut í eiga, in that case one must not remain sitting, be inactive, a looker on, Nj. 110; hann kvað þat eigi mega (that would not do, not be lawful) er maðr var sekr orðinn, 117.

3. ellipt., the verb göra or vera being understood; lemja man ek bogann, ef ek má (viz. göra þat), Fms. x. 362; þat má vel, sagði Özurr. I may as well do so, I will, Nj. 6, Barl. 2, 4, 25: ef svá má (viz. vera), if so be, Grág. i. 411: the saying, ungr má en gamall skal, the young may, the old must (die); nálgastú mik ef þú megir, if thou canst, Gm.; þeir spurðu, hversu þat mætti, Fms. ix. 239; ok má (it may be, perhaps), at hans menn fari á land, Fbr. 74 new Ed.; en þá, verðr eptir þat sem má, leave the rest to luck, Gullþ. 7; ferr þat sem má, fare that as it may, go that as it may, Nj. 38; en þat mætti (viz. vera) at vér vikim þá skammt inn at leginu, Fms. vii. 361; má ok, at sumir sé vinhollir nokkut, ix. 331; má, at hana hendi eigi slík úgipta í annat sinn, Nj. 23; má, at ek leiti þagat vináttu. Fms. vi. 399: the ellipt. mættim (hafa), ix. 239 (lines 17, 18), is a mere slip.

III. part. megandi, availing, mighty, strong; athafnarlauss ok ekki megandi, listless and of no avail, Fms. iii. 154; fylldi hann þat heit, er hann var megandi maðr, as soon as he grew to be a man of might, Bs. i. 791; lítt megandi, ‘of little main,’ feeble, helpless, Vsp. 17; ú-megandi, poor, destitute; cp. ú-magi.

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