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it's a ragbag of a book

  • 1 ragbag

    tr['rægbæg]
    1 familiar mezcolanza, batiburrillo
    noun batiburrillo m, mezcolanza f
    ['ræɡbæɡ]
    N (=mixture) mezcolanza f ; (Sew) bolsa f de recortes

    it's a ragbag of a book — es un libro muy farragoso, el libro es todo un fárrago

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    noun batiburrillo m, mezcolanza f

    English-spanish dictionary > ragbag

  • 2 pasar por

    v.
    1 to go by, to pass along, to drive by, to drive through.
    Yo paso por la tienda I go by the store.
    2 to pass through, to run through.
    Pasé por toda esa calamidad I suffered through all that misfortune
    El aire pasa por el filtro The air passes through the filter.
    3 to get through, to run through.
    Pasaron un peine por sus cabellos They ran a comb through their hair.
    4 to pass through, to suffer through, to experience.
    Pasé por toda esa calamidad I suffered through all that misfortune
    5 to put oneself through.
    Pasé por la universidad I put myself through college.
    6 to be taken as a, to give the impression of being, to be taken as an.
    Pasé por tonto en esa reunión I was taken as a fool in that meeting.
    7 to drop by, to go to, to go down to.
    Yo pasé por su casa I dropped by his house.
    8 to look like.
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    to pass for
    * * *
    (v.) = cross, pass through, reach down, step through, go by, go through, pass for, pass across, run + Nombre + through + Nombre, make + Posesivo + way through, run through
    Ex. Some of the cases presented in this book are concerned with broad policy issues, while others are less encompassing and present some of the narrower problems that cross the library manager's desk.
    Ex. The scheme has passed through nineteen editions.
    Ex. The cord which trips its shutter may reach down a man's sleeve within easy reach of his fingers.
    Ex. If he deflects the lever further to the right, he steps through the book 10 pages at a time.
    Ex. She started to turn back, but realized she did not want to go by Bernice Washington's door.
    Ex. A shock of resistance and antagonism went through Zachary Ponder.
    Ex. All these passages are raked together into a kind of anthological ragbag which passes for 'research,' for a 'child-centered learning situation'.
    Ex. The reader is like her: he sits watching the diverse pageant of human thought and human feeling passing across the gleaming mirror of literature.
    Ex. Thus, after we run our cards through the format recognition programs, there will still be many corrections to make at immense cost.
    Ex. By the time the Invincible Armada had made its way through the Channel it was dispersed and shattered and broken.
    Ex. The water is turquoise due to high concentrations of dissolved lime picked up as it runs through sedimentary rock.
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    (v.) = cross, pass through, reach down, step through, go by, go through, pass for, pass across, run + Nombre + through + Nombre, make + Posesivo + way through, run through

    Ex: Some of the cases presented in this book are concerned with broad policy issues, while others are less encompassing and present some of the narrower problems that cross the library manager's desk.

    Ex: The scheme has passed through nineteen editions.
    Ex: The cord which trips its shutter may reach down a man's sleeve within easy reach of his fingers.
    Ex: If he deflects the lever further to the right, he steps through the book 10 pages at a time.
    Ex: She started to turn back, but realized she did not want to go by Bernice Washington's door.
    Ex: A shock of resistance and antagonism went through Zachary Ponder.
    Ex: All these passages are raked together into a kind of anthological ragbag which passes for 'research,' for a 'child-centered learning situation'.
    Ex: The reader is like her: he sits watching the diverse pageant of human thought and human feeling passing across the gleaming mirror of literature.
    Ex: Thus, after we run our cards through the format recognition programs, there will still be many corrections to make at immense cost.
    Ex: By the time the Invincible Armada had made its way through the Channel it was dispersed and shattered and broken.
    Ex: The water is turquoise due to high concentrations of dissolved lime picked up as it runs through sedimentary rock.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pasar por

  • 3 cajón de sastre

    figurado jumble
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    (n.) = catch-all, mixed bag, rag-bag [ragbag], grab-bag
    Ex. The assistant's position frequently degenerates into a ' catch-all' position, with the assistant ending up with a number of miscellaneous odd-jobs (sometimes 'keep-busy' type jobs, well below his or her capabilities).
    Ex. The book trade is a mixed bag of ups and downs even within one broad category of publishing.
    Ex. In practice the generalia class, as we shall see, is also used as a rag-bag for miscellaneous items that will not fit anywhere else.
    Ex. This emphasis on specialisation turns the core curricula into a superficial grab-bag.
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    (n.) = catch-all, mixed bag, rag-bag [ragbag], grab-bag

    Ex: The assistant's position frequently degenerates into a ' catch-all' position, with the assistant ending up with a number of miscellaneous odd-jobs (sometimes 'keep-busy' type jobs, well below his or her capabilities).

    Ex: The book trade is a mixed bag of ups and downs even within one broad category of publishing.
    Ex: In practice the generalia class, as we shall see, is also used as a rag-bag for miscellaneous items that will not fit anywhere else.
    Ex: This emphasis on specialisation turns the core curricula into a superficial grab-bag.

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    fam
    hodgepodge fam, Br
    hotchpotch fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > cajón de sastre

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