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101 plain
1. adjectivemake something plain [to somebody] — [jemandem] etwas klarmachen
make it plain that... — klarstellen, dass...
the reason is plain [to see] — der Grund liegt auf der Hand; see also academic.ru/24358/English">English 2. 1); pikestaff
2) (frank, straightforward) ehrlich; offen; schlicht [Wahrheit]be plain with somebody — mit jemandem od. jemandem gegenüber offen sein
be [all] plain sailing — (fig.) [ganz] einfach sein
3) (unsophisticated) einfach; schlicht [Kleidung, Frisur]; klar [Wasser]; einfach, bescheiden [Lebensstil]; (not lined) unliniert [Papier]; (not patterned) [Stoff] ohne Muster4) (unattractive) wenig attraktiv [Mädchen]5) (sheer) rein2. adverb1) (clearly) deutlich2) (simply) einfach3. noun1) Ebene, die2) (Knitting) rechte Masche* * *[plein] 1. adjective1) (simple or ordinary; without ornament or decoration: plain living; good, plain food.) einfach2) (easy to understand; clear: His words were quite plain.) klar3) (absolutely open or honest, with no attempt to be tactful: I'll be quite plain with you; plain speaking.) ehrlich4) (obvious: It's plain (to see) you haven't been practising your music.) klar5) (not pretty: a rather plain girl.) unscheinbar2. noun1) (a large flat level piece of land: the plains of central Canada.) das Flachland2) (a kind of knitting stitch.) der Flachstich•- plainly- plainness
- plain chocolate
- plain clothes
- plain sailing
- plain-spoken
- in plain English* * *[pleɪn]I. adj\plain food einfaches Essenmy father says he likes good \plain food mein Vater sagt, er isst gerne einfache Hausmannskost\plain omelette Omelette nature f\plain yoghurt Naturjoghurt m o nt2. (uncomplicated) einfach\plain folks [or people] einfache Leute\plain and simple ganz einfach3. (clear) klar, offensichtlichher meaning was \plain es war klar, was sie meinteit's \plain that they... sie wollen ganz offensichtlich, dass...the sign was \plain enough — we just didn't see it das Schild war klar und deutlich — wir haben es nur einfach übersehento be perfectly \plain ganz offensichtlich seinthe reason is perfectly \plain der Grund liegt auf der Handto make sth \plain etw klarstellenhave I made myself \plain to you? habe ich mich klar ausgedrückt?▪ to be \plain with sb jdm gegenüber [ganz] offen seinit was \plain torture es war die reinste Torturthe \plain truth is that... die traurige Wahrheit ist, dass...5. (unattractive) unscheinbar, unansehnlich\plain Jane Mauerblümchen nt6.▶ to be as \plain as the nose on one's face [or BRIT also as a pikestaff] ganz offensichtlich [o ÖSTERR fam a. sonnenklar] sein, klar wie Kloßbrühe sein BRD famII. adv1. (simply) ohne großen Aufwandthe fish had been grilled and served \plain der Fisch war gegrillt und kam ohne weitere Zutaten auf den Tisch\plain awful einfach furchtbarIII. nthe Great P\plains die Great Plains (in den USA)2. (in knitting) rechte Masche* * *[pleɪn]1. adj (+er)1) klar; (= obvious) offensichtlich, klar; tracks, differences deutlichit is plain to see that... — es ist offensichtlich, dass...
I'd like to make it quite plain that... — ich möchte gern klarstellen, dass...
to make one's view plain — seine Meinung klar zum Ausdruck bringen
to be plain with sb —
in plain language or English — unmissverständlich, auf gut Deutsch
in plain language or English, the answer is no — um es klar or auf gut Deutsch zu sagen: die Antwort ist nein
it won't all be plain sailing — es wird gar nicht so einfach sein
from now on it'll be plain sailing — von jetzt an geht es ganz einfach
3) (= simple, with nothing added) einfach; dress, design, living schlicht, einfach; cooking, food (gut)bürgerlich; cook einfach, gutbürgerlich; water klar; paper unliniert; envelope einfach; colour einheitlich; cigarette filterlos, ohne Filterunder plain cover — in neutraler Verpackung
5) (= not beautiful) person, appearance, face unattraktiv2. adv1) (inf: simply, completely) (ganz) einfachplain stupid/wrong — einfach dumm/falsch
2)3. nthe plains — das Flachland, die Ebene; (in North America) die Prärie
* * *plain1 [pleın]A adj (adv plainly)1. einfach, gewöhnlich, schlicht:in plain clothes in Zivil;plain cooking gutbürgerliche Küche;plain fare Hausmannskost f;plain living schlichte oder einfache Lebensweise;plain paper unlin(i)iertes Papier;plain postcard gewöhnliche Postkarte;plain scale natürlicher Maßstab;2. schlicht, schmucklos, kahl (Zimmer etc), ungemustert, einfarbig (Stoff), unkoloriert (Fotos etc), glatt (Spitzen etc):plain knitting Rechts-, Glattstrickerei f;plain sewing Weißnäherei f3. unscheinbar, farb-, reizlos, wenig anziehend:4. klar (u. deutlich), unmissverständlich, offen:in plain terms rundheraus (gesagt);the plain truth die nackte Wahrheit5. klar, offensichtlich, offenbar, -kundig, deutlich, leicht verständlich:a) ohne Umschweife, klipp und klar,b) Telegrafie etc im Klartext, offen, unverschlüsselt;make sth plain etwas klarstellen;a) jemandem etwas klarmachen,b) jemandem etwas klar zu verstehen geben;6. unverdünnt, pur (alkoholisches Getränk)7. ausgesprochen, rein, bar (Unsinn etc):plain folly heller Wahnsinn8. offen (u. ehrlich):plain dealing Redlichkeit f;be plain with sb jemandem gegenüber offen sein9. a) mittelmäßig, unbedeutend, Durchschnitts…plain country flaches Land;plain bearing Gleitlager n;plain fit Schlichtpassung f;plain roll Glattwalze fB adv umg völlig:he’s just plain stupid er ist ganz einfach dummC s1. Ebene f, Flachland nplain2 [pleın] v/i obs oder poet (weh)klagen* * *1. adjectivemake something plain [to somebody] — [jemandem] etwas klarmachen
make it plain that... — klarstellen, dass...
2) (frank, straightforward) ehrlich; offen; schlicht [Wahrheit]be plain with somebody — mit jemandem od. jemandem gegenüber offen sein
be [all] plain sailing — (fig.) [ganz] einfach sein
3) (unsophisticated) einfach; schlicht [Kleidung, Frisur]; klar [Wasser]; einfach, bescheiden [Lebensstil]; (not lined) unliniert [Papier]; (not patterned) [Stoff] ohne Muster4) (unattractive) wenig attraktiv [Mädchen]5) (sheer) rein2. adverb1) (clearly) deutlich2) (simply) einfach3. noun1) Ebene, die2) (Knitting) rechte Masche* * *adj.ehrlich adj.einfach adj.einfarbig adj.flach adj.leicht verständlich adj.vollständig adj. n.Ebene -n f. -
102 timing
1)that was perfect timing! — (as somebody arrives) du kommst gerade im richtigen Augenblick!
2) (Theatre) Timing, das* * *1) (the measuring of the amount of time taken.) zeitliche Abmessung2) (the regulating of speech or actions to achieve the best effect: All comedians should have a good sense of timing.) das Timing* * *tim·ing[ˈtaɪmɪŋ]n1. no pl (of words, actions) Timing nt, Wahl nt des richtigen Zeitpunktsperfect \timing! I was just hoping someone would call dein Anruf kommt gerade richtig! ich hatte gehofft, dass jemand anrufen würdegood \timing gutes Timingyour \timing is off dein Einsatz ist vorbei4. (measuring of time) Zeitmessung f, Zeitabnahme f; of a race, runners also Stoppen nt kein pl; (in factories) Zeitkontrolle f* * *['taImɪŋ]nit's all a question of timing — es ist eine Frage (der Wahl) des richtigen Zeitpunkts or des Timings
perfect timing, I'd just opened a bottle — ihr kommt gerade richtig, ich habe eben eine Flasche aufgemacht
the timing of the statement was wrong/excellent — die Erklärung kam zum falschen/genau zum richtigen Zeitpunkt
the actors' timing was terrible —
to improve one's timing the dancer showed a good sense of timing — sein Timing verbessern der Tänzer bewies ein gutes Gefühl fürs Timing
* * *timing [ˈtaımıŋ] s2. zeitliche Abstimmung3. zeitliche Reg(e)lung, TECH Einstellung f (des Zündzeitpunkts etc):timing gear Steuergetriebe n* * *noun, no pl.1)that was perfect timing! — (as somebody arrives) du kommst gerade im richtigen Augenblick!
2) (Theatre) Timing, das* * *n.zeitliche Regulierung f. -
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adverb schreiend* * *glar·ing·ly[ˈgleəʳɪŋli, AM ˈgler-]adv offensichtlichthat's \glaringly obvious das liegt ganz klar auf der Hand* * *['glɛərIŋlɪ]adv1) shine grell2)it was glaringly obvious that he had no idea — es war nur zu ersichtlich, dass er keine Ahnung hatte
a glaringly obvious error — ein Fehler, der einem geradezu ins Auge springt
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104 agree
agree [əˈgri:]a. ( = consent) accepterb. ( = admit) reconnaîtrec. ( = come to an agreement) convenir ( to do sth de faire qch ) ; [+ time, price] se mettre d'accord sur• the delivery was three days later than agreed la livraison a été effectuée trois jours après la date convenuea. ( = hold same opinion) être d'accordb. ( = come to terms) se mettre d'accord• to agree about or on sth se mettre d'accord sur qchc. [ideas, stories, assessments] concorder* * *[ə'griː] 1.transitive verb (prét, pp agreed)I agree it sounds unlikely — ça a l'air peu probable, j'en conviens
it's dangerous, don't you agree? — c'est dangereux, tu ne crois pas?
3) ( consent)4) (settle on, arrange) se mettre d'accord sur [date, price, candidate, solution]2.intransitive verb (prét, pp agreed)1) ( hold same opinion) être d'accord ( with avec; about, on sur; about doing pour faire)‘I agree!’ — ‘je suis bien d'accord!’
2) ( reach mutual understanding) se mettre d'accord, tomber d'accord (about, on sur)3) ( consent) accepterto agree to — consentir à [plan, suggestion, terms]
4) (hold with, approve)to agree with — approuver [belief, idea, practice]
6) ( suit)to agree with somebody — [climate, weather] être bon pour quelqu'un; [food] réussir à quelqu'un
7) Linguistics s'accorder ( with avec; in en)3.agreed past participle adjective [date, time, venue, amount, budget, rate, terms, signal] convenuto be agreed on — être d'accord sur [decision, statement, policy]
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105 back
back [bæk]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun2. adjective3. adverb6. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. [of person, animal] dos m• to stand or sit with one's back to sb/sth tourner le dos à qn/qch• my boss is always on my back j'ai sans arrêt mon patron sur le dos► to get off sb's back (inf) laisser qn tranquille• that's what gets my back up c'est ce qui me hérisse► to put one's back into sth mettre toute son énergie dans qch• you can't just turn your back on your parents tu ne peux quand même pas tourner le dos à tes parents• he turned his back on the past il a tourné la page► on the back of ( = by means of) en profitant de• at the very back tout au fond► at the back of [+ building] derrière ; [+ book] à la fin de ; [+ cupboard, hall] au fond de• he's at the back of all this trouble c'est lui qui est derrière tous ces problèmes► in back (US) [of building, car] à l'arrière► in the back [of car] à l'arrière• to sit in the back of the car être assis à l'arrière► out or round the back (inf) (British) derrièred. (Football, hockey) arrière m2. adjectiveb. [taxes] arriéré3. adverb━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. (in space, time) (stand) back! reculez !• stay well back! n'approchez pas !━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When followed by a preposition, back is often not translated.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• meanwhile, back in London... pendant ce temps-là, à Londres...• he little suspected how worried they were back at home il était loin de se douter que sa famille s'inquiétait autant► to go back and forth, to go back and forward [person] faire des allées et venues ; [phone calls, emails, letters] être échangéb. ( = returned)► to be back [person] être rentré• everything's back to normal tout est rentré dans l'ordre► ... and backc. ( = reimbursed) I got/want my money back j'ai récupéré/je veux récupérer mon argenta. ( = support) soutenir ; [+ statement] confirmerb. ( = finance) financerc. ( = bet on) parier surd. [+ vehicle] reculer• to back the car in/out entrer/sortir en marche arrière( = move backwards) reculer6. compounds• to do sth by or through the back door faire qch par des moyens détournés ► back line noun (Sport) ligne f d'arrières• to take a back seat (to sth) (inf) passer au second plan (par rapport à qch) ► back-seat driver noun• he's a back-seat driver il est toujours à donner des conseils au conducteur ► back street noun ruelle f• he grew up in the back streets of Leeds il a grandi dans les quartiers pauvres de Leeds ► back-to-back adjective dos à dos• a row of back-to-back houses (British) une rangée de maisons adossées les unes aux autres adverb• they showed two episodes back-to-back ils ont passé deux épisodes à la suite ► back tooth noun (plural back teeth) molaire f• to back away from [+ problem] prendre ses distances par rapport à► back down intransitive verb revenir sur sa position( = draw back) reculer[house][person] sortir à reculons ; [car] sortir en marche arrière ; (of undertaking) revenir sur ses engagements[+ deal, agreement] se retirer de ; [+ undertaking] se soustraire à► back upa. ( = reverse) faire marche arrièrea. [+ theory, claim] confirmer ; [+ person] soutenirb. [+ vehicle] faire reculerc. [+ computer file] faire une copie de sauvegarde de* * *[bæk] 1.1) Anatomy, Zoology dos mto be (flat) on one's back — lit être (à plat) sur le dos; fig être au lit
to turn one's back on somebody/something — lit, fig tourner le dos à quelqu'un/quelque chose
to do something behind somebody's back — lit, fig faire quelque chose dans le dos de quelqu'un
2) ( reverse side) (of page, cheque, hand, fork, envelope) dos m; ( of fabric) envers m; (of medal, coin) revers m3) ( rear-facing part) (of vehicle, head) arrière m; ( of electrical appliance) face f arrière; (of shirt, coat) dos m; (of chair, sofa) dossier mon the back of the door/head — derrière la porte/tête
the shelves are oak but the back is plywood — les étagères sont en chêne mais le fond est en contreplaqué
4) ( area behind building)to be out back —
to be in the back — US être dans le jardin or la cour
there's a small garden out back ou round the back — il y a un petit jardin derrière (la maison)
5) (of car, plane) arrière m6) (of cupboard, drawer, fridge, bus, stage) fond mat ou in the back of the drawer — au fond du tiroir
7) Sport arrière m8) ( end) fin f2.1) ( at the rear) [leg, paw, edge, wheel] arrière; [bedroom] du fond; [page] dernier/-ière (before n); [garden, gate] de derrière2) ( isolated) [road] petit (before n)back alley ou lane — ruelle f
3) Finance, Commerce3.back interest/rent/tax — arriérés mpl d'intérêts/de loyer/d'impôts
1) ( after absence)the mini-skirt is back — ( in fashion) les mini-jupes sont de nouveau à la mode
2) ( in return)to call ou phone back — rappeler
3) ( backwards) [glance, jump, step, lean] en arrière4) ( away)ten pages back — dix pages (avant or plus tôt)
5) ( ago)a week/five minutes back — il y a une semaine/cinq minutes
6) ( a long time ago)7) ( once again)we walked there and took the train back — nous y sommes allés à pied et nous avons pris le train pour rentrer
9) ( in a different location)4.meanwhile, back in France, he... — pendant ce temps, en France, il...
back and forth adverbial phraseto swing back and forth — [pendulum] osciller
5.the film cuts ou moves back and forth between New York and Paris — le film se passe entre New York et Paris
transitive verb1) ( support) soutenir [party, person, bid, bill, strike, action]; appuyer [application]; apporter son soutien à [enterprise, project]2) ( finance) financer [project, undertaking]3) ( endorse) garantir [currency]to back a bill — Commerce, Finance endosser or avaliser une traite
4) ( substantiate) justifier [argument, claim] ( with à l'aide de)5) ( reverse)6) ( bet on) parier sur [horse, favourite, winner]7) (stiffen, line) consolider, renforcer [structure]; endosser [book]; renforcer [map]; maroufler [painting]; doubler [fabric]6.- backed combining form1) ( of furniture)a high-/low-backed chair — une chaise avec un dossier haut/bas
2) (lined, stiffened)canvas-/foam-backed — doublé de toile/de mousse
3) ( supported)4) ( financed)•Phrasal Verbs:- back off- back out- back up••he's always on my back — (colloq) il est toujours sur mon dos
to break the back of a journey/task — faire le plus gros du voyage/travail
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106 context
['kɔntɛkst]nkontekst min the context of — w kontekście +gen
* * *['kontekst](the parts directly before or after a word or phrase (written or spoken) which affect its meaning: This statement, taken out of its context, gives a wrong impression of the speaker's opinions.) kontekst -
107 erroneous
[ɪ'rəunɪəs]adjbłędny, mylny* * *[i'rouniəs]((not used of a person) wrong; incorrect: an erroneous statement.) błędny- erroneousness -
108 order
['ɔːdə(r)] 1. n( command) rozkaz m; (from shop, company, in restaurant) zamówienie nt; (sequence, organization, discipline) porządek m; ( REL) zakon m2. vt( command) nakazywać (nakazać perf), rozkazywać (rozkazać perf); (from shop, company, in restaurant) zamawiać (zamówić perf); (also: put in order) porządkować (uporządkować perf)in order to/that — żeby +infin
out of order — ( not working) niesprawny; ( in wrong sequence) nie po kolei; resolution, behaviour niezgodny z przepisami
to order sb to do sth — kazać (kazać perf) komuś coś zrobić
to place an order for sth with sb — składać (złożyć perf) u kogoś zamówienie na coś
of/in the order of — rzędu +gen
Phrasal Verbs:* * *['o:də] 1. noun1) (a statement (by a person in authority) of what someone must do; a command: He gave me my orders.) rozkaz, polecenie2) (an instruction to supply something: orders from Germany for special gates.) zamówienie3) (something supplied: Your order is nearly ready.) zamówienie4) (a tidy state: The house is in (good) order.) porządek5) (a system or method: I must have order in my life.) ład6) (an arrangement (of people, things etc) in space, time etc: in alphabetical order; in order of importance.) kolejność7) (a peaceful condition: law and order.) porządek8) (a written instruction to pay money: a banker's order.) przekaz9) (a group, class, rank or position: This is a list of the various orders of plants; the social order.) rząd, porządek10) (a religious society, especially of monks: the Benedictine order.) zakon2. verb1) (to tell (someone) to do something (from a position of authority): He ordered me to stand up.) rozkazywać2) (to give an instruction to supply: I have ordered some new furniture from the shop; He ordered a steak.) zamawiać3) (to put in order: Should we order these alphabetically?) uporządkować•- orderly3. noun1) (a hospital attendant who does routine jobs.) sanitariusz2) (a soldier who carries an officer's orders and messages.) ordynans•- order-form
- in order
- in order that
- in order
- in order to
- made to order
- on order
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109 refute
[rɪ'fjuːt]vt* * *[rə'fju:t](to prove that (a person, statement etc) is wrong: You can easily refute his argument.) podważyć, obalić- refutation -
110 true
[truː]adj(not false, real, genuine) prawdziwy; (accurate, faithful) wierny; wall etc dobrze wypionowanyto come true — dreams spełniać się (spełnić się perf); predictions sprawdzać się (sprawdzić się perf)
* * *[tru:]1) ((negative untrue) telling of something that really happened; not invented; agreeing with fact; not wrong: That is a true statement; Is it true that you did not steal the ring?) prawdziwy2) ((negative untrue) accurate: They don't have a true idea of its importance.) dokładny3) ((negative untrue) faithful; loyal: He has been a true friend.) wierny, oddany4) (properly so called: A spider is not a true insect.) prawdziwy•- trueness- truly -
111 context
['kontekst](the parts directly before or after a word or phrase (written or spoken) which affect its meaning: This statement, taken out of its context, gives a wrong impression of the speaker's opinions.) konteksts* * *konteksts -
112 erroneous
[i'rouniəs]((not used of a person) wrong; incorrect: an erroneous statement.) kļūdains (uzskats, paziņojums u.tml.)- erroneousness* * *kļūdains -
113 refute
[rə'fju:t](to prove that (a person, statement etc) is wrong: You can easily refute his argument.) atspēkot- refutation* * *atspēkot -
114 true
[tru:]1) ((negative untrue) telling of something that really happened; not invented; agreeing with fact; not wrong: That is a true statement; Is it true that you did not steal the ring?) patiess; pareizs2) ((negative untrue) accurate: They don't have a true idea of its importance.) īsts; patiess3) ((negative untrue) faithful; loyal: He has been a true friend.) uzticams; uzticīgs4) (properly so called: A spider is not a true insect.) īsts•- trueness- truly* * *pareizi uzstādīt, noregulēt; īsts, patiess; pareizs; uzticīgs; pareizi, patiesi; precīzi -
115 context
['kontekst](the parts directly before or after a word or phrase (written or spoken) which affect its meaning: This statement, taken out of its context, gives a wrong impression of the speaker's opinions.) kontekstas -
116 erroneous
[i'rouniəs]((not used of a person) wrong; incorrect: an erroneous statement.) klaidingas- erroneousness -
117 refute
[rə'fju:t](to prove that (a person, statement etc) is wrong: You can easily refute his argument.) atmesti, paneigti, sugriauti- refutation -
118 true
[tru:]1) ((negative untrue) telling of something that really happened; not invented; agreeing with fact; not wrong: That is a true statement; Is it true that you did not steal the ring?) tikras2) ((negative untrue) accurate: They don't have a true idea of its importance.) teisingas, tikslus3) ((negative untrue) faithful; loyal: He has been a true friend.) ištikimas, atsidavęs4) (properly so called: A spider is not a true insect.) tikras•- trueness- truly -
119 context
n. sammanhang, kontext* * *['kontekst](the parts directly before or after a word or phrase (written or spoken) which affect its meaning: This statement, taken out of its context, gives a wrong impression of the speaker's opinions.) sammanhang, kontext -
120 erroneous
adj. fel, missledande, fel-* * *[i'rouniəs]((not used of a person) wrong; incorrect: an erroneous statement.) felaktig, oriktig- erroneousness
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