bedroom area

Ex: The open-plan flexible library can be enonomical since overseeing is facilitated by the openness rather than be dividing the building into rooms or halls, thereby requiring less staff.

una casa en un barrio residencial — a house in a residential area o district o (EEUU) neighborhood

mi barrio — my part of town, my neighborhood (EEUU)

los barrios de la periferia — the outlying suburbs o areas, the outskirts

tiendas de barrio — local shops, corner shops, neighborhood stores (EEUU)

barrio bruja — And shanty town

barrio chino — [de mayoría china] Chinatown, Chinese quarter; [de prostitución] Esp red-light district

barrio comercial — [de negocios] business quarter, commercial district; [de tiendas] shopping area, shopping district

barrio de tolerancia — And red-light district

Barrio Gótico — historic district with principally Gothic architecture

barrio miseria — † shanty town

barrio obrero — working-class area, working-class district, working-class neighborhood (EEUU)

Ex: And what really hurt was that one of them lives on my block and is in no way what you would call a 'delinquent' child.

se levanta temprano para ir a la ciudad — he gets up early to go into the city o into town

la Ciudad Condal — name for the city of Barcelona

la Ciudad del Turia — name for the city of Valencia

ciudad dormitorio — dormitory town, bedroom community (EEUU)

ciudad perdida — Méx shanty town

centro ciudad — town o city center

centro ciudad — town o city center

Ex: PSS has nodes in many major cities: users pay ordinary call charges to the nearest node, plus a charge for the use of PSS.

Ex: This town enjoys a relatively placid existence as a well-appointed dormitory for thousands of commuters to a large metropolitan area of 250,000.

quartiere commerciale, operaio — shopping, working class area o district

di quartiere — [vita, poliziotto] local; [negozio, scuola] neighbourhood attrib.

quartiere dormitorio — dormitory BE o bedroom AE suburb

quartier generale — mil. general headquarters (anche fig.)

faire installer une antenne parabolique — to have a satellite dish put up ou installed

faire installer [gaz, électricité] — to have put in

to be (flat) on one's back — essere, stare (coricato) sulla schiena, supino; fig. essere a letto

to turn one's back on sb., sth. — voltare le spalle, la schiena a qcn., qcs. (anche fig.)

to do sth. behind sb.'s back — fare qcs. alle spalle di qcn. (anche fig.)

to be out back to be in the back AE (in the garden) essere in giardino; (in the yard) essere in cortile; there's a small garden out back o round the back c'è un piccolo giardino sul retro; the steps at the back of the building — la scala sul retro dell'edificio

to put one's back into it — colloq. darci dentro o mettercela tutta

he's always on my back — colloq. mi sta sempre addosso

to be at the back of — essere dietro a [conspiracy, proposal]

to arrive o come back tornare (indietro); he's back at work è tornato al lavoro o ha ripreso a lavorare; she's back in (the) hospital è di nuovo in ospedale o è tornata in ospedale; when is he due back? quando deve tornare? the mini-skirt is back — la minigonna è di nuovo di moda

a week, five minutes back — una settimana, cinque minuti prima o fa

to swing back and forth — [ pendulum] oscillare (avanti e indietro)

to back a bill — comm. econ. avallare una cambiale

to be (flat) on one's back — essere, stare (coricato) sulla schiena, supino; fig. essere a letto

to turn one's back on sb., sth. — voltare le spalle, la schiena a qcn., qcs. (anche fig.)

to do sth. behind sb.'s back — fare qcs. alle spalle di qcn. (anche fig.)

to be out back to be in the back AE (in the garden) essere in giardino; (in the yard) essere in cortile; there's a small garden out back o round the back c'è un piccolo giardino sul retro; the steps at the back of the building — la scala sul retro dell'edificio

to put one's back into it — colloq. darci dentro o mettercela tutta

he's always on my back — colloq. mi sta sempre addosso

to be at the back of — essere dietro a [conspiracy, proposal]

to arrive o come back tornare (indietro); he's back at work è tornato al lavoro o ha ripreso a lavorare; she's back in (the) hospital è di nuovo in ospedale o è tornata in ospedale; when is he due back? quando deve tornare? the mini-skirt is back — la minigonna è di nuovo di moda

a week, five minutes back — una settimana, cinque minuti prima o fa

to swing back and forth — [ pendulum] oscillare (avanti e indietro)

to back a bill — comm. econ. avallare una cambiale

at the front of — in testa a [ line]; sul davanti di [ house]

changes on the domestic o home front — pol. cambiamenti di politica interna

front panel — (in car radio) frontalino

to front onto — BE o

on — AE [ house] guardare, dare su [ main road]; essere di fronte a, essere su [ sea]

at the front of — in testa a [ line]; sul davanti di [ house]

changes on the domestic o home front — pol. cambiamenti di politica interna

front panel — (in car radio) frontalino

to front onto — BE o

on — AE [ house] guardare, dare su [ main road]; essere di fronte a, essere su [ sea]

extension cable N, extension cord (US) N — alargador m, alargadera f

extension courses NPL — cursos externos organizados por una universidad

extension ladder N — escalera f extensible

extension lead N — (Elec) alargador m, alargadera f

extension number N — (número m de) extensión f or (Arg, Uru) interno m or (Chile, Peru) anexo m

rooms to hire o for rent o (BrE also) to let — se alquilan habitaciones; (before n)

room temperature — temperatura f ambiente

there's room for one more — cabe uno más, hay espacio or sitio or lugar para uno más

there is no room for delay/error — no hay ningún margen para retrasos/errores; cat

I'm rooming with another student — vivo con or comparto una habitación (or un apartamento etc) con otro estudiante

in room 504 — (hotel) en la habitación número 504

• double room — habitación f etc doble

• furnished room — cuarto m amueblado

• ladies' room — servicios mpl de señoras

• this is my room — esta es mi habitación

• single room — habitación f individual

• is there room for this? — ¿cabe esto?, ¿hay cabida para esto?

• to make room for sb — hacer sitio a algn

• there's no room for anything else — no cabe más

• standing room only! — no queda asiento

• there is no room for doubt — no hay lugar a dudas

• to leave room for imponderables — dar cabida a un margen de imponderables

• there is room for improvement — esto se puede mejorar todavía