mendigos

Ex: The basic needs of any worker are food, water, shelter, sleep, which sustain life on its most minimal level.

Ex: The article 'The librarian in the hospice' describes how the librarian seeks to support St Christopher's hospice staff in caring for dying patients while also handling many requests from health-care workers in the UK and abroad for information.

голь перека́тная — miseria f

голь на вы́думки хитра́ погов. ≈≈ la necesidad agudiza el ingenio, la necesidad es la madre de la astucia; hombre pobre todo es trazas

голь перека́тная — miseria f

голь на вы́думки хитра́ погов. — ≈ la necesidad agudiza el ingenio, la necesidad es la madre de la astucia; hombre pobre todo es trazas

he rid them of their fears/doubts — (frml) disipó su miedo/sus dudas

to get rid of something/somebody — ( of unwanted object) deshacerse* de; ( sell) deshacerse* de, vender; (of boring person, cold) quitarse de encima; \<\<smell\>\> eliminar (frml), quitar; ( kill) eliminar

to be rid of something/somebody: I'm glad to be rid of the responsibility me alegro de haberme librado de or quitado de encima esa responsabilidad; you're well rid of him — estás mejor sin él

• to be rid of sth/sb: she was glad to be rid of him — estaba contenta de haberse librado de él, estaba contenta de habérselo quitado de encima *

will I never be rid of these debts? — ¿me libraré alguna vez de estas deudas?, ¿me quitaré algún día estas deudas de encima? *

• to get rid of — [+ unwanted item] deshacerse de; [+ habit] quitarse; [+ rats, smell, waste, corruption] eliminar; (=sell) vender, deshacerse de

to get rid of sb — librarse de algn; [+ tedious person] quitarse a algn de encima *; euph (=kill) deshacerse de algn, eliminar a algn

you won't get rid of me that easily — no te librarás or desharás de mí tan fácilmente

• to rid o.s. of sth/sb, I couldn't rid myself of the feeling that I was being watched — no me podía librar de la sensación de que alguien me estaba vigilando

• to rid sth/sb of sth, I couldn't rid my mind of these thoughts — no podía quitarme estos pensamientos de la cabeza

he rid them of their fears/doubts — (frml) disipó su miedo/sus dudas

to get rid of something/somebody — ( of unwanted object) deshacerse* de; ( sell) deshacerse* de, vender; (of boring person, cold) quitarse de encima; \<\<smell\>\> eliminar (frml), quitar; ( kill) eliminar

to be rid of something/somebody: I'm glad to be rid of the responsibility me alegro de haberme librado de or quitado de encima esa responsabilidad; you're well rid of him — estás mejor sin él

I'll ask her, but I'm not too hopeful — le preguntaré, pero no me hago demasiadas ilusiones or no tengo muchas esperanzas

to be hopeful that — tener esperanzas de que, esperar que + subjun

• to be hopeful about sth — tener esperanzas con respecto a algo

• in the hopeful anticipation that... — con la esperanza de que...

• ever hopeful, he never gave up the fight — con las esperanzas intactas, nunca abandonó la lucha

• to feel hopeful — sentirse optimista

• I am hopeful of a positive outcome — tengo esperanzas de que las cosas salgan bien

presidential hopefuls — aspirantes mpl a la presidencia

to raise somebody TO something — ascender* or elevar a alguien a algo

• to raise one's eyebrows — (lit) arquear las cejas

her behaviour raised a lot of eyebrows — (fig) su comportamiento escandalizó a mucha gente

• to raise one's eyes — alzar la vista or la mirada, levantar los ojos or la vista

• to raise one's glass to sth/sb — brindar por algo/algn

• he raised his hands in horror/surrender — levantó or alzó las manos horrorizado/rindiéndose

• to raise o.s. — levantarse, alzarse

• we want to raise the profile of rugby — queremos realzar la imagen del rugby

• don't you raise your voice to me! — ¡no me levantes or alces la voz!

• his speech raised a cheer from the crowd — su discurso suscitó una ovación del público

• his forlorn attempts to raise a few laughs — sus intentos desesperados por provocar unas cuantas risas

• she could barely raise a smile — apenas pudo sonreír

• to raise suspicion in sb's mind — levantar or despertar las sospechas de algn

you'll have to raise that with the director — tendrás que plantearle or comentarle eso al director

• to raise objections to sth — poner objeciones or peros a algo

• this raises the prospect of civil war — esto plantea la posibilidad de una guerra civil

• he gets embarrassed whenever the subject is raised — se pone violento cada vez que se saca el tema

• they couldn't raise his bail — no pudieron reunir el dinero de su fianza

• they raised a loan against the house — consiguieron un préstamo con la casa como garantía

• to raise money for charity — recaudar dinero con fines benéficos

we tried to raise him on the radio — intentamos contactar con él or localizarlo por radio

• to raise sb from the dead — resucitar a algn, levantar a algn de entre los muertos

to raise somebody TO something — ascender* or elevar a alguien a algo

ocurrió unos momentos antes — it happened a few moments earlier o before

el edificio que habían comenzado dos años antes — the building that had been started two years before o previously

no te vayas sin antes consultarle — don't go without o before consulting her first, don't go without consulting her beforehand, don't go until you've consulted her

lo vio antes que yo — he saw it first o before I did o before me

• antes de algo — before sth

la cena estará lista para antes de las nueve — dinner will be ready by o before nine

una semana antes de la firma del contrato — a week before o prior to más frm signing the contract

• el año 27 antes de Cristo — 27 BC, 27 before Christ

• antes de hacer algo — before doing sth

antes de salir del coche, asegúrese de que están las ventanillas cerradas — before you get o before getting out of the car, make sure that the windows are closed

• mucho antes de algo — long before sth

mucho antes de conocerte — a long time before I met you o meeting you, long before I met you o meeting you más frm

• antes de o que nada — [en el tiempo] first of all; [indicando preferencia] above all

• poco antes de algo — just o shortly before sth

• antes de que — + subjun before

antes no pasaban estas cosas — these things didn't use to happen before o in the past

• de antes, nuestra casa de antes — our old house, our previous house

ya no soy el mismo de antes — I'm not the same person I was o I used to be

ya no se hacen películas como las de antes — they don't make films like they used to o like they did in the old days

no te he podido llamar antes — I couldn't call you sooner o earlier

• cuanto antes — as soon as possible

• lo antes posible — as soon as possible

cada vez se casan los hijos antes — kids get married at a younger o an earlier age these days

• antes de algo — before sth

no cederemos: antes gastamos todo nuestro dinero — we shall never give up: we would rather o sooner spend all our money

• antes bien, antes al contrario — but rather

• antes no — Chile, Méx just as well, luckily

vi lo furiosa que estaba, antes no te pegó — I saw how angry she was, just as well o luckily she didn't hit you

• antes que hacer algo — rather than doing sth

me lo deberías haber dicho antes — you should have told me before o earlier

llámame antes de salir — call me before leaving o you leave

antes me muero! — I'd rather o sooner die!

me lo deberías haber dicho antes — you should have told me before o earlier

llámame antes de salir — call me before leaving o you leave

antes me muero! — I'd rather o sooner die!

Ex: It will be a long time before all documents are available in machine-readable form.

Ex: These will be established in keeping with the principles established earlier.

infestado de — [+ parásitos, gérmenes] infested with

infestado de algo — (de insectos, parásitos) infested with something

infestado de algo — (de insectos, parásitos) infested with something