social history

Ex: But he will soon discover that even then all the accidents of birth, upbringing, education, and social history will prevent his truly knowing the very thing he wants to know -- how can a white man experience directly what it means to be a black man.

la historia del cine — the history of film o cinema

nuestro problema ya pasó a la historia — our problem is a thing of the past o has long since disappeared

Historia Sagrada — Biblical history; [en la escuela] † Scripture

la historia de siempre o la misma historia o la historia de todos los días — the same old story

seguro que te viene con alguna historia — she's sure to give you some excuse o tell you some story

¿así que has estado trabajando hasta ahora? ¡no me vengas con historias o déjate de historias! — so you've been working right up to now, have you? don't give me any of your stories!

andan metidos en una historia un poco rara — they're mixed up in a rather funny business *

tener una historia con algn — to have a fling with sb *

hacer historia — to make history

pasar a la historia — ( por ser importante) to go down in history; ( perder actualidad) (fam)

aquello ya pasó a la historia — that's ancient history now (colloq)

me vino con la historia de que... — he came up with this story o tale about...

se quejó de no sé qué historias — he complained about something or other (colloq)

una historia de drogas — some business to do with drugs (colloq)

hacer historia — to make history

pasar a la historia — ( por ser importante) to go down in history; ( perder actualidad) (fam)

aquello ya pasó a la historia — that's ancient history now (colloq)

me vino con la historia de que... — he came up with this story o tale about...

se quejó de no sé qué historias — he complained about something or other (colloq)

una historia de drogas — some business to do with drugs (colloq)

Ex: It is important to recognise, then, that a variety of different indexing approaches are inevitable, not only for reasons of history and indexer preference, but because different situations demand different approaches.

Ex: There were lessons in this story which appear to have been ignored but remain valid for the future.

Ex: Information is held on topics such as: medals; uniform; regimental histories and increasingly the social history of the armed forces = La información se organiza por temas como, por ejemplo, medallas, uniformes, historia de los regimientos y, cada vez, historia social de las fuerzas armadas.

Ex: The effort involved in creating an hospitable niche is repaid by the stimulus such courses provide to staff members.

Ex: As one wag quipped, 'She came here saying that she never met a person she didn't like -- then she met Tilly the Hun!'.

Ex: The best path, the film implies, is a middle way, combining worldliness with a folksy morality, one that respects family and individual alike.

hacerse el chistoso — ( hacerse el gracioso) (Andes) to act up, play the fool; ( hacerse el loco) (Méx) to act dumb (colloq)

hacerse el chistoso — ( hacerse el gracioso) (Andes) to act up, play the fool; ( hacerse el loco) (Méx) to act dumb (colloq)

Ex: However, his attempt to make cultural and social history more accessible to a wider audience by adopting a homey, jokey style often seems counterproductive.

Ex: But he will soon discover that even then all the accidents of birth, upbringing, education, and social history will prevent his truly knowing the very thing he wants to know -- how can a white man experience directly what it means to be a black man.

una situación muy graciosa — a very funny o amusing situation

es de lo más gracioso — he's really funny o amusing

estás tú muy graciosillo hoy — iró you're very witty o funny today

• lo gracioso del caso es que... — the funny o amusing thing about it is that...

• ¡ qué gracioso! — how funny!

has visto cómo me ha adelantado ese coche ¡qué gracioso! — iró did you see how that car overtook me - now that was really clever, wasn't it?

un sombrerito muy gracioso — a lovely o cute little hat

habrá sido algún gracioso — it must have been some joker *

• hacerse el gracioso — to try to be funny

lo gracioso del caso es que... — the funny o amusing thing about it is that...

sería gracioso que nos hicieran pagar si nos han invitado — (iró) that would be great, making us pay after they'd invited us (colloq & iro)

las pecas le dan un aspecto muy gracioso — those freckles make her look really cute o sweet

hacerse el gracioso — to play the fool

lo gracioso del caso es que... — the funny o amusing thing about it is that...

sería gracioso que nos hicieran pagar si nos han invitado — (iró) that would be great, making us pay after they'd invited us (colloq & iro)

las pecas le dan un aspecto muy gracioso — those freckles make her look really cute o sweet

hacerse el gracioso — to play the fool

Ex: This might, perhaps, be considered a facetious example; however, consider the effect of the indiscriminate use of LATIN AMERICA and SPANISH AMERICA.

Ex: However, his attempt to make cultural and social history more accessible to a wider audience by adopting a homey, jokey style often seems counterproductive.

Ex: But he will soon discover that even then all the accidents of birth, upbringing, education, and social history will prevent his truly knowing the very thing he wants to know -- how can a white man experience directly what it means to be a black man.

Ex: Take, for example, this jocular tale recorded in northern England, a tale found in variation in the U.S.A = Pongamos, por ejemplo, este cuento jocoso recogido en el norte de Inglaterra, un cuento que también se encuentra en USA con diferentes variaciones.

Ex: This exhibit discusses the agricultural and social history of popcorn in the United States.

Ex: This exhibit discusses the agricultural and social history of popcorn in the United States.

coche familiar — estate car, station wagon (EEUU)

envase familiar — family-sized o family pack

Ex: Here, families from many different communities were up-rooted and resettled on greenfield sites, many miles away from relatives and friends.

Ex: For anyone involved with online searching, the equipment needed for electronic mail will be familiar: in addition to the microcomputer itself (which is the terminal), an acoustic coupler or modem will be needed.