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do

Pronunciation: /də; stressed duː/

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A. v.t. (neg. (coll.) don't /dəʊnt/ pres.t., he does /dʌz/ neg. (coll.), doesn't /ˈdʌznt/ p.t., did /dɪd/ neg. (coll.), didn't /ˈdɪdnt/ pres.p., doing /ˈduːɪŋ/ p.p., done /dʌn/)

  • 1 machen [Hausaufgaben, Hausarbeit, Examen, Übersetzung, Kopie, Bett, Handstand]; erfüllen [Pflicht]; verrichten [Arbeit]; vorführen [Trick, Nummer, Tanz]; durchführen [Test]; schaffen [Pensum]; (clean) putzen; (arrange) [zurecht]machen [Haare]; schminken [Lippen, Augen, Gesicht]; machen (ugs.) [Nägel]; (cut) schneiden [Nägel]; (paint) machen (ugs.) [Zimmer]; streichen [Haus, Möbel]; (repair) in Ordnung bringen do the shopping/washing-up/cleaning = einkaufen [gehen]/abwaschen/sauber machen what can I do for you? (in shop) = was darfs sein? do sth. about sth./sb. = etw. gegen etw./jmdn. unternehmen
  • 3 (solve) lösen [Problem, Rätsel]; machen [Puzzle, Kreuzworträtsel]
  • 4 (coll.) (swindle) reinlegen (ugs.) do sb. out of sth. = jmdn. um etw. bringen

B. v.i.

forms as do 1
  • 1 (act) tun do as they do = mach es wie sie
  • 2 (fare) how are you doing? = wie gehts dir?
  • 4how do you do? (formal) = guten Tag/Morgen/Abend!

C. v.

  • substitute, forms as do 1 you mustn't act as he does = du darfst nicht so wie er handeln You went to Paris, didn't you? – Yes, I did = Du warst doch in Paris, nicht wahr? – Ja[, stimmt] come in, do! = komm doch herein!

D. v. aux.

  • forms as do 1 I do love Greece = Griechenland gefällt mir wirklich gut little did he know that … = er hatte keine Ahnung, dass … do you know him? = kennst du ihn? what does he want? = was will er? I don't or do not wish to take part = ich möchte nicht teilnehmen don't be so noisy! = seid [doch] nicht so laut!

E. n. (pl. do's or, dos /duːz/ (Brit.) (coll.))

/duː/

Phrasal verbs

do aˈway with

v.t. abschaffen

ˈdo for

v.t. (coll.) do for sb. = jmdn. fertig machen (ugs.) be done for = erledigt sein

do ˈin

v.t. (sl.) kaltmachen (salopp)

do ˈup

v.t. a (fasten) zumachen; binden [Schnürsenkel, Fliege] b (wrap) einpacken

ˈdo with

v.t. I could do with … = ich brauche …

ˈdo without

v.t. do without sth. = auf etw. (Akk.) verzichten

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