her university career

emprendí una loca carrera en dirección a la salida — I made a mad dash o rush for the exit

nos fuimos de una carrera y llegamos en cinco minutos — we ran for it o rushed over and got there in five minutes

tuvo que hacer el trabajo a la carrera — he had to rush through the job o do the job in a rush

carrera contrarreloj — (lit) time trial; (fig) race against time

carrera de ensacados — Cono Sur sack race

la Carrera de Indias — ( Hist) the Indies run

carrera de obstáculos — (Atletismo, Equitación) steeplechase; [para niños] obstacle race

carrera de vallas — (Atletismo) hurdles; (Equitación) steeplechase

no sabe qué hará cuando termine la carrera — he doesn't know what he'll do after university o when he finishes his course

• dar carrera a algn — to pay sb through college

• hacer una carrera, estoy haciendo la carrera de Económicas — I'm doing a degree in economics

• tener carrera — to have a (university) degree

• diplomático de carrera — career diplomat

• hacer carrera — to advance one's career, pursue a career

quiso hacer carrera en el partido — he tried to pursue a career o advance his career in the party

no hago carrera con este niño — I can't make any headway o I'm getting nowhere with this child

carrera artística — [de actor] career as an actor; [de pintor, escultor] artistic career

te echo or (RPl) te juego una carrera — I'll race you

tendremos que echar una carrera si queremos alcanzar el tren — we'll have to run if we want to catch the train (colloq)

darse or pegarse una carrera — to run as fast as one can

me fui de una carrera a su casa — I tore o raced o rushed round to her house (colloq)

a la(s) carrera(s): siempre anda a la(s) carrera(s) she's always in a hurry o rush; hice la última parte a la(s) carrera(s) — I really rushed through the last part

hacer la carrera — to turn tricks (AmE sl), to be on the game (BrE sl)

seguir or hacer una carrera universitaria — to do a degree course, to study for a degree

dejó la carrera a medias — he dropped out halfway through college (AmE) o (BrE) university

les dieron (una) carrera a sus hijos — they put their children through college (AmE) o (BrE) university

no poder hacer carrera de or con alguien: no puedo hacer carrera de este hijo mío — I can't do a thing with this son of mine

te echo or (RPl) te juego una carrera — I'll race you

tendremos que echar una carrera si queremos alcanzar el tren — we'll have to run if we want to catch the train (colloq)

darse or pegarse una carrera — to run as fast as one can

me fui de una carrera a su casa — I tore o raced o rushed round to her house (colloq)

a la(s) carrera(s): siempre anda a la(s) carrera(s) she's always in a hurry o rush; hice la última parte a la(s) carrera(s) — I really rushed through the last part

hacer la carrera — to turn tricks (AmE sl), to be on the game (BrE sl)

seguir or hacer una carrera universitaria — to do a degree course, to study for a degree

dejó la carrera a medias — he dropped out halfway through college (AmE) o (BrE) university

les dieron (una) carrera a sus hijos — they put their children through college (AmE) o (BrE) university

no poder hacer carrera de or con alguien: no puedo hacer carrera de este hijo mío — I can't do a thing with this son of mine

Ex: Equality of opportunity is a myth: whilst some people start the race highly trained and wearing spikes others have balls and chains attached to their ankles and wear hobnailed boots = La igualdad de oportunidades es un mito: mientras que algunas personas empiezan la carrera muy preparados y llevan zapatillas de clavos, otras arrastran grilletes y cadenas en sus tobillos y llevan botas con clavos.

Ex: She began her career at Central Missouri State University where she was Head of the Documents Depository.

a trechos — (=en parte) in parts, here and there; (=cada tanto) intermittently, by fits and starts

aún nos queda un buen trecho — we still have a good distance o a fair way to go

aún nos queda un buen trecho — we still have a good distance o a fair way to go

Ex: All these locations share a common inaccessibility with book exchanges completing the last leg of their journey by water.

tenía mucha pena después de la muerte de su hijo — she grieved a lot o was extremely upset after her son's death

• alma en pena — lost soul

• dar pena, da pena verlos sufrir así — it's sad to see them suffer like that

me daba pena dejar España — I was sad o sorry to leave Spain

• morir de (la) pena — to die of a broken heart

¿no podéis venir? ¡qué pena! — you can't come? what a shame o a pity!

¡es una pena que no tengamos más tiempo! — it's a shame o a pity that we haven't got more time!, it's too bad we haven't got more time! (EEUU)

mi habitación está que da pena verla — my room is in a terrible state *

• de pena, la economía va de pena — the economy is in a terrible state

• estar hecho una pena — to be in a sorry state

• ahorrarse la pena — to save o.s. the trouble, save o.s. the bother *

• merecer o valer la pena — to be worth

• bajo o so pena de — [+ castigo, multa, prisión] on o under penalty of

bajo pena de muerte — on pain of death, on o under penalty of death

tiene prohibido hacerlo, so pena de ser expulsado — he is forbidden to do it, on o under penalty of expulsion

pena máxima — maximum sentence; (Ftbl) penalty

sentir o tener pena — to be o feel embarrassed, be o feel ill at ease

tenía/sentía mucha pena — he was o felt very sad

me da pena verlo — it upsets me o it makes me sad to see it

qué pena! — what a pity o shame!

de pena — (Esp) terrible

estar hecho una pena — to be in a sorry o terrible state

vale or merece la pena — it's worth it

no vale la pena intentar convencerlo — there's no point o it's not worth trying to persuade him

me contó sus penas — he told me his troubles o (liter or hum) woes

a duras penas — ( apenas) hardly; ( con dificultad) with difficulty

bajo or so pena de — (frml) on pain of (frml)

quitado de la pena — (Méx) blithely, gaily

tenía/sentía mucha pena — he was o felt very sad

me da pena verlo — it upsets me o it makes me sad to see it

qué pena! — what a pity o shame!

de pena — (Esp) terrible

estar hecho una pena — to be in a sorry o terrible state

vale or merece la pena — it's worth it

no vale la pena intentar convencerlo — there's no point o it's not worth trying to persuade him

me contó sus penas — he told me his troubles o (liter or hum) woes

a duras penas — ( apenas) hardly; ( con dificultad) with difficulty

bajo or so pena de — (frml) on pain of (frml)

quitado de la pena — (Méx) blithely, gaily

Ex: 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.

fotos con los bordes en blanco — photos with white borders o edges

sembró semillas en los bordes del césped — he sowed some seeds at the sides o edges of the lawn

iba andando por el borde de la carretera — she was walking by the roadside o by the side of the road

borde de ataque — (Aer) leading edge

borde de la acera — kerb, curb (EEUU)

borde de salida — (Aer) trailing edge

el régimen está al borde del colapso — the regime is on the verge of collapse o on the point of collapsing

están al borde de los cuarenta años — they're close to forty, they're hitting o pushing forty *

• al borde del mar — beside the sea

• al borde de la muerte — at death's door

estuvo toda la mañana en plan borde — he was in a strop ** o in a foul mood * all morning

ponerse borde (con algn) — to get stroppy (with sb) *, get nasty (with sb)

¡eres un borde! — you're a nasty piece of work! *

al borde de algo — <de la guerra/locura> on the brink of something; <del caos/ruina> on the verge of something

al borde de algo — <de la guerra/locura> on the brink of something; <del caos/ruina> on the verge of something

Ex: As used in an index each card acts as a surrogate for one document, and the index terms for that document are encoded around the edge of the card.