himself

himself
pronoun
1) (emphatic) selbst
2) refl. sich. See also academic.ru/34615/herself">herself
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pronoun
1) (used as the object of a verb or preposition when a male person or animal is the object of an action he performs: He kicked himself; He looked at himself in the mirror.) sich
2) (used to emphasize he, him or the name of a male person or animal: John himself played no part in this.) selbst
3) (without help etc: He did it himself.) allein
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him·self
[hɪmˈself]
pron reflexive
1. after vb sich; (not others) sich selbst
2. after prep sich; (not others) sich selbst
Jack talks to \himself when he works Jack spricht bei der Arbeit mit sich [selbst]
3. (form: him)
the whole group, including \himself die ganze Gruppe, er [o ihn] eingeschlossen
4. (emph: personally) selbst
the chairman \himself der Vorsitzende persönlich
Fred has nobody but \himself to blame Fred ist ganz allein schuld
Thomas \himself laid down what we should do Thomas erklärte uns persönlich, was wir tun sollten
for \himself selbst
5. (alone)
[all] by \himself ganz allein [o fam alleine]
all to \himself ganz für sich
for \himself für sich
6. (normal)
to be \himself er selbst sein
he's now \himself again er ist jetzt wieder ganz der Alte
7. IRISH (important person) der Herr; (master of the house) der Herr des Hauses
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[hɪm'self]
1. pers pron
1) (dir and indir obj, with prep) sich → also myself
See:
→ also myself
2) (emph) (er) selbst
2. n (Ir inf)

it was himself who told me — er selbst hat es mir gesagt

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himself pron
1. reflexiv sich:
he cut himself;
he thought himself wise er hielt sich für klug
2. sich (selbst):
he needs it for himself
3. (er oder ihn oder ihm) selbst:
he himself said it, he said it himself er selbst sagte es, er sagte es selbst;
he’s married to a woman very much younger than himself die sehr viel jünger ist als er;
by himself von selbst, allein, ohne Hilfe;
he is not quite himself
a) er ist nicht ganz auf der Höhe umg,
b) er ist nicht ganz normal oder umg bei Trost;
he is quite himself again er ist wieder ganz der Alte
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pronoun
1) (emphatic) selbst
2) refl. sich. See also herself

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