lost lands

Ex: Heroic fantasy set in lost lands, often featuring dinosaurs, continues to thrive = La fantasía heróica ambientada en tierras perdidas, en los que a menudo aparecen dinosaurios, continúan prosperando.

objetos perdidos — lost property sing

un pueblo perdido en las montañas — a remote o isolated village in the mountains

estaba borracho perdido — he was totally o dead * drunk

estar perdido por algn — to be mad o crazy about sb

de perdido — (Méx fam) at least

si se enteran, estás perdido — if they find out, you've had it o you're done for (colloq)

ponerse perdido DE algo — de aceite/barro to get covered with something

de perdido — (Méx fam) at least

si se enteran, estás perdido — if they find out, you've had it o you're done for (colloq)

ponerse perdido DE algo — de aceite/barro to get covered with something

Ex: A recitation of the best thought out principles for a cataloging code is easily drowned out by the clatter of a bank of direct access devices vainly searching for misplaced records.

Ex: She is a certified TV-addict -- you simply cannot talk to her when she's glued to the box.

• tierra adentro — inland

• por tierra — overland, by land

atravesar un país por tierra — to go overland o by land across a country

• tomar tierra — to reach port, get in

• tocar tierra — to touch down

• tomar tierra — to land

tierra firme — (=no aire) solid ground; (=no agua) land

• caer a tierra — to fall down

• caer por tierra — [persona] to fall to the ground; [argumento, teoría] to fall apart

• dar con algo en tierra — to knock sth over

• echar a tierra — [+ construcción, rival] to knock down

• echarse a tierra — to throw o.s. on o to the ground

con los zapatos llenos de tierra — (=polvo) with his shoes covered in dust; (=barro) with his shoes covered in mud

viviendas con suelo de tierra — houses with earth o dirt floors

• sacudir la tierra — Cono Sur, Méx to dust

le vienes a echar tierra a mi carro con tu descapotable — your convertible makes my car look ridiculous o really bad

tierra caliente — LAm land below 1000m approximately

tierra fría — LAm land above 2000m approximately

tierra quemada — (Pol) scorched earth

tierra templada — LAm land between 1000m and 2000m approximately

todo refugiado siente nostalgia de su tierra — every refugee feels homesick for or misses his native land o homeland

• de la tierra — [vino, queso] local, locally produced; [fruta, verduras] locally grown

la expropiación de tierras palestinas — the expropriation of Palestinian land o lands

conectar un aparato a tierra — to earth o (EEUU) ground an appliance

tierra labrantía or de cultivo — arable o cultivated land

poner tierra de por medio — to make oneself scarce (colloq)

ésta es muy buena tierra — this is very good land o soil

un camino de tierra — a dirt road o track

cuerpo a tierra! — hit the ground! (colloq)

echar algo por tierra — <edificio/monumento> to pull o knock down; < planes> to wreck, ruin; < argumentos> to demolish, destroy; < esperanzas> to dash

echarle tierra a algo/alguien — (Col fam) to put something/somebody to shame, make something/somebody look bad

echar tierra a or sobre algo — ( ocultarlo) to cover o hush something up; ( olvidarlo) to forget about something

tragarse la tierra a alguien: como si se lo hubiera tragado la tierra as if he'd vanished off the face of the earth; deseé que me tragara la tierra — I just wanted the earth to open and swallow me up

estar conectado a tierra or (AmL) hacer tierra — to be grounded o earthed

tierra a la vista! — land ho o ahoy!

viajar por tierra — to travel overland o by land

decidió volver a su tierra — he decided to return to his homeland o to his native land

costumbres de aquellas tierras — customs in those places o countries

tierra labrantía or de cultivo — arable o cultivated land

poner tierra de por medio — to make oneself scarce (colloq)

ésta es muy buena tierra — this is very good land o soil

un camino de tierra — a dirt road o track

cuerpo a tierra! — hit the ground! (colloq)

echar algo por tierra — <edificio/monumento> to pull o knock down; < planes> to wreck, ruin; < argumentos> to demolish, destroy; < esperanzas> to dash

echarle tierra a algo/alguien — (Col fam) to put something/somebody to shame, make something/somebody look bad

echar tierra a or sobre algo — ( ocultarlo) to cover o hush something up; ( olvidarlo) to forget about something

tragarse la tierra a alguien: como si se lo hubiera tragado la tierra as if he'd vanished off the face of the earth; deseé que me tragara la tierra — I just wanted the earth to open and swallow me up

estar conectado a tierra or (AmL) hacer tierra — to be grounded o earthed

tierra a la vista! — land ho o ahoy!

viajar por tierra — to travel overland o by land

decidió volver a su tierra — he decided to return to his homeland o to his native land

costumbres de aquellas tierras — customs in those places o countries

Ex: Until recently all libraries and some architects have maintained that an academic library should be capable of extension and that land should be reserved for future expansion.

per terra — (appoggiare, sedersi) on the ground, (cadere) to the ground

un pezzo di terra — (gen) a piece of land, (fabbricabile, per orto) a plot of land

le sue terre — (possedimento) his estate

via terra — (viaggiare) by land, overland

tattica della terra bruciata Mil — scorched earth policy

mettere a terra — to earth o ground

essere a terra — (fig : depresso) to be at rock bottom

terra terra — (fig : persona, argomento) prosaic, pedestrian

stare con i piedi per terra fig — to have both feet on the ground

mettere a terra — (buttare giù) to knock down [ persona]; fig. (privare delle forze) to strike down

toccare terra — [ aereo] to touch ground, to land; [ nave] to reach o make land, to land

scendere a terra — [ passeggeri] to land

di terra — [ esercito] ground(-based), land; [hostess, personale] ground

terra rossa, argillosa — red, clayey earth o soil

una terra sconosciuta — an undiscovered o unknown land

in terra straniera — on foreign land o soil

abbandonare o lasciare questa terra eufem. to depart this world; scendi o torna sulla terra! — fig. come down to earth!

collegare o mettere a terra to earth BE, to ground AE; messa a terra — earthing BE, grounding AE

essere, sentirsi a terra — (fisicamente) to be, feel low o run-down; (moralmente) to be, feel down o low(-spirited) o flat

essere a terra — (finanziariamente) to be broke o penniless

piano terra — ground floor BE, bottom floor BE, first floor AE

terra battuta — (nel tennis) clay

campo in terra battuta clay o hard court; terra di nessuno mil. no man's land; terra promessa Promised Land (anche fig.); terra di Siena art. sienna; -e emerse lands above sea level; -e sommerse lands below sea level; Terra Santa — Holy Land

tenere i piedi per terra, stare coi piedi per terra — to keep both o one's feet on the ground

sotto terra — sottoterra

Ex: Feudalism was built upon a relationship of obligation and mutual service between vassals and lords, vassals holding their lands, or fief, as a grant from their lords.