took the form of

form and content — forma y contenido or fondo

as a matter of form — por educación or cortesía

to be bad/good form — (esp BrE) ser* de mala/buena educación

form and content — forma f y contenido

to take form — concretarse, tomar or cobrar forma

form of payment — modo m de pago

application form — solicitud f

to fill in or out a form — rellenar un formulario or un impreso

she's in the first form — está haciendo primer curso de secundaria or primero de secundaria

he formed it out of clay — lo modeló or moldeó en arcilla

form feed N — (Comput) salto m de página

form letter N — (US) carta f tipo

form of words N — (=formulation) formulación f

form and content — forma y contenido or fondo

as a matter of form — por educación or cortesía

to be bad/good form — (esp BrE) ser* de mala/buena educación

in human form — in menschlicher Gestalt; in Menschengestalt

in the form of — in Form von od. + Gen.

in book form — in Buchform; als Buch

take form — Gestalt annehmen od. gewinnen

peak form — Bestform, die

out of form — außer Form; nicht in Form

in [good] form — (lit. or fig.) [gut] in Form

she was in great form at the party — (fig.) bei der Party war sie groß in Form

on/off form — (lit. or fig.) in/nicht in Form

on/judging by [past/present] form — (fig.) nach der Papierform

true to form — (fig.) wie üblich od. zu erwarten

be formed from something — aus etwas entstehen

form of government — Regierungsform f

form of address — Anrede f

forms of worship — Formen pl der Gottesverehrung

in the form of — in Form von or +gen; (with reference to people) in Gestalt von or +gen

to take form (lit, fig) — Form or Gestalt annehmen

he did it for form's sake — er tat es der Form halber

it's bad form — so etwas tut man einfach nicht

what's the form? (inf) — was ist üblich?

to be in fine or good form — gut in Form sein, in guter Form or Verfassung sein

to study (the) form (Horse-racing) — die Form prüfen

past form — Papierform f

on past form — auf dem Papier

= criminal record) to have form — vorbestraft sein

or line (US) — eine Schlange bilden

to form into a square to form into battle order — sich im Karree aufstellen sich zur Schlachtordnung formieren

in the form of — in Form von od. + Gen.

take form — Gestalt annehmen od. gewinnen

peak form — Bestform, die

in [good] form — (lit. or fig.) [gut] in Form

she was in great form at the party — (fig.) bei der Party war sie groß in Form

on/off form — (lit. or fig.) in/nicht in Form

on/judging by [past/present] form — (fig.) nach der Papierform

true to form — (fig.) wie üblich od. zu erwarten

Hamlet: "...suit the action to the word, the word to the action, with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature; for anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and is, to hold, as't were, the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time, his form and pressure." (W. Shakespeare, ‘Hamlet’, act III, sc. 2) — Гамлет: "...сообразуйте действие с речью, речь с действием; причем особенно наблюдайте, чтобы не переступать простоты природы; ибо все, что так преувеличено, противно назначению лицедейства, чья цель, как прежде, так и теперь, была и есть - держать как бы зеркало перед природой: являть добродетели ее же черты, спеси - ее же облик, а всякому веку и сословию - его подобие и отпечаток." (перевод М. Лозинского)

In Washington he settled down long enough to write ‘Main Street’, and from its reception discovered that at thirty-five he held up to America what it took, or angrily refused to take, as a mirror to its nature. (C. Van Doren, ‘The American Novel’, Kenk) — В Вашингтоне Синклер Льюис прожил достаточно долгий срок, чтобы создать свой роман "Главная улица". По тому, как публика отнеслась к этому роману, он понял, что ему в тридцать пять лет удалось дать Америке то, что одни с восторгом приняли как зеркало американской жизни, другие же с негодованием отвергли.

In Sinclair Lewis, it was a mirror held up to a whole society. (R. E. Spiller, ‘Litetary History of the United States’, Kenk) — Синклер Льюис в своих произведениях, как в зеркале, отразил жизнь всего американского общества.

sacudir el yugo — (fig) to throw off the yoke

mañana de vuelta al yugo — (fam) it's back to the grindstone tomorrow (colloq)

mañana de vuelta al yugo — (fam) it's back to the grindstone tomorrow (colloq)

Ex: An alternative form of hose, probably invented in Holland in the earlier seventeenth century, took the form of an iron yoke on either side of the spindle in place of the wooden box = Una forma alternativa de matriz, inventada probablemente en Holanda a comienzos del siglo XVII, consistía en un yugo de hierro a ambos lados del husillo en lugar del cajón de madera.

Ex: An alternative form of hose, probably invented in Holland in the earlier seventeenth century, took the form of an iron yoke on either side of the spindle in place of the wooden box = Una forma alternativa de matriz, inventada probablemente en Holanda a comienzos del siglo XVII, consistía en un yugo de hierro a ambos lados del husillo en lugar del cajón de madera.

Ex: An alternative form of hose, probably invented in Holland in the earlier seventeenth century, took the form of an iron yoke on either side of the spindle in place of the wooden box = Una forma alternativa de matriz, inventada probablemente en Holanda a comienzos del siglo XVII, consistía en un yugo de hierro a ambos lados del husillo en lugar del cajón de madera.

Ex: Once a user is registered, a password will be issued which provides access to all or most of the data bases offered by the host as and when the user wishes.

Ex: There were abrupt fluctuations in his output from one week to the next.

Ex: Capital funding usually took the form of end-of-year 'windfalls' needing to be spent in hectic haste necessitating hurried decision making.

Ex: The countermark, which was commonly placed near one of the corners of the mould, usually took the form of the maker's name or initials, the date (of the mould, of course, not necessarily of the paper made in it), and occasionally the vat number.

Ex: The countermark, which was commonly placed near one of the corners of the mould, usually took the form of the maker's name or initials, the date (of the mould, of course, not necessarily of the paper made in it), and occasionally the vat number.

con precipitación — hastily, precipitately frm

lo hizo con mucha precipitación — she did it in a rush o hurry

no hace falta tanta precipitación — there's no need to rush o hurry

habrá precipitaciones débiles — there will be some light rain (o snow etc)

lo hizo con mucha precipitación — she did it in a rush o hurry

no hace falta tanta precipitación — there's no need to rush o hurry

habrá precipitaciones débiles — there will be some light rain (o snow etc)

Ex: Then, with a kind of energetic abruptness, Bough said that they could try to build a case for keeping the budget intact.

• a prisa — quickly, hurriedly

• correr prisa — Esp to be urgent

• darse prisa — to hurry, hurry up

• de prisa — quickly, hurriedly

• meter prisa a algn — to make sb get a move on, make sb hurry up

• tener prisa — to be in a hurry

¿a qué viene tanta prisa? — what's the rush o hurry?

no me metas prisa — don't rush o hurry me

tengo prisa — (Esp, Méx) I'm in a rush o a hurry

a or de prisa — deprisa

correr prisa: éstos no (me) corren prisa there's no rush for these; sin prisa pero sin pausa slowly but surely; hazlo sin prisa pero sin pausa — take your time

¿a qué viene tanta prisa? — what's the rush o hurry?

no me metas prisa — don't rush o hurry me

tengo prisa — (Esp, Méx) I'm in a rush o a hurry

a or de prisa — deprisa

correr prisa: éstos no (me) corren prisa there's no rush for these; sin prisa pero sin pausa slowly but surely; hazlo sin prisa pero sin pausa — take your time

Ex: Capital funding usually took the form of end-of-year 'windfalls' needing to be spent in hectic haste necessitating hurried decision making.