pre-school education

Educación Secundaria Obligatoria — Esp secondary education, for 12- to 16-year-olds

• buena educación — good manners pl

• con educación, se lo pedí con educación — I asked her politely

• falta de educación, eso es una falta de educación — that's rude

• mala educación — bad manners pl

es de mala educación comportarse así — it's bad manners o rude to behave like that

Ex: The social sciences class, 300, subsumes Economics, Politics, Law and education.

centro de educación preescolar — kindergarten, nursery school (BrE)

centro de educación preescolar — kindergarten, nursery school (BrE)

Ex: The author describes how, as a teacher, she introduced pre-school children to books by reading to them, and developed older children's critical interest by reading, discussing and enacting popular fables.

enseñanza general básica — education course in Spain from 6 to 14

enseñanza programada — programmed learning, programed learning (EEUU)

Ex: Probably in most libraries instruction in library use and the use of information retrieval tools needs to be available in a number of different modes.

bachillerato elemental — lower examination, ≈ GCSE

bachillerato laboral — certificate in agricultural o technical studies

bachillerato superior — higher certificate, ≈ A level

Ex: Those who now say we don't need standards, or that's a waste of time, remind me of those who say that high school education is no longer needed for all children.

• el trabajo de la casa — the housework

• ropa de trabajo — work clothes

• estar sin trabajo — to be unemployed

trabajo manual — manual labour, manual labor (EEUU)

trabajos forzados — hard labour sing, hard labor (EEUU) sing

trabajos manuales — (Escol) handicrafts

no encuentro trabajo — I can't find work o a job

vivo cerca de mi trabajo — I live near work o near my workplace

• ahorrarse el trabajo — to save o.s. the trouble

• costar trabajo, le cuesta trabajo hacerlo — he finds it hard to do

• dar trabajo, reparar la casa nos ha dado mucho trabajo — it was hard work o a real job repairing the house

• tomarse el trabajo de hacer algo — to take the trouble to do sth

conseguir trabajo — to get o find work, to get o find a job

buscar trabajo — to look for work o for a job

un trabajo de media jornada or (AmL) de medio tiempo or (Esp) a tiempo parcial — a part-time job

trabajo de jornada completa or de or a tiempo completo — full-time work o job

limpiar el horno es un trabajo que odio — cleaning the oven is a job o chore I hate

conseguir trabajo — to get o find work, to get o find a job

buscar trabajo — to look for work o for a job

un trabajo de media jornada or (AmL) de medio tiempo or (Esp) a tiempo parcial — a part-time job

trabajo de jornada completa or de or a tiempo completo — full-time work o job

limpiar el horno es un trabajo que odio — cleaning the oven is a job o chore I hate

Ex: Under WOMEN -- EMPLOYMENT, for instance, are listed works on the health and safety hazards of employment, the wages of employment, the problems of mothers, married and/or single women and employment, and so on.

Ex: The problems and assignments presented are real problems and assignments, and the people involved are real people, all suitably disguised to protect their identity.

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!