what are my options

to keep o leave one's options open — dejar todas las puertas abiertas, no descartar ninguna posibilidad or opción

• I have no option — no tengo más or otro remedio, no tengo otra opción

• to have the option of doing sth — tener la posibilidad de hacer algo

imprisonment without the option of bail — (Jur) prisión f preventiva

• to keep one's options open — no descartar ninguna posibilidad

• at the option of the purchaser — a opción del comprador

• stock option — (Econ) compra f opcional de acciones

• to take out an option on another 100 — suscribir una opción para la compra de otros 100

• with the option to buy — con opción de compra

options market N — mercado m de opciones

to keep o leave one's options open — dejar todas las puertas abiertas, no descartar ninguna posibilidad or opción

no existe posibilidad de que venga — there's no chance o possibility that he'll come

me han dado la posibilidad de elegir — they have given me the choice o the chance to choose

hay dos posibilidades: operación o radioterapia — there are two alternatives o possibilities: an operation or radiotherapy

un deportivo no está dentro de mis posibilidades — a sports car is beyond my means o out of my price range

hemos previsto todas las posibilidades — we have anticipated every eventuality (frml)

¿qué posibilidad(es) tiene de ganar? — what chance does she have o what are her chances of winning?

vivir más allá/dentro de or por encima de las posibilidades de uno — to live beyond/within one's means

hemos previsto todas las posibilidades — we have anticipated every eventuality (frml)

¿qué posibilidad(es) tiene de ganar? — what chance does she have o what are her chances of winning?

vivir más allá/dentro de or por encima de las posibilidades de uno — to live beyond/within one's means

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juega como yo — he plays like me o like I do

como este hay pocos — there are few like this o him

tiene ventajas, como son la resistencia y durabilidad — it has advantages, such as o like strength and durability

hazlo como te dijo ella — do it like * o the way she told you

toca como canta — she plays like * o the same way as she sings

no es como me lo imaginaba — it isn't as o like * I imagined it

• tal como, tal como lo había planeado — just as o the way I had planned it

hazlo como quieras — do it however you want o like

• como sea — at all costs

había como cincuenta — there were about o around fifty

vino como a las dos — he came at about o around two

sentía como tristeza — she felt a sort o kind of sadness

como no tenía dinero — as o since I had no money

• tal (y) como están las cosas — the way things are, as things stand

• de tanto como, tienen las manos doloridas de tanto como aplaudieron — they clapped so much their hands hurt

• como no, como no lo haga en seguida... — if he doesn't do it at once..., unless he does it at once...

siguió leyendo, como si no hubiera oído nada — he kept on reading, as if o as though he hadn't heard

sentí como si fuera a caerme — I felt as if o as though I was about to fall

como si no hubiera pasado nada — as if o as though nothing had happened

se comporta como si me odiara — he behaves as if o as though he hated me

como si fuera a llover — as if o as though it was going to rain

a como dé o diera lugar — at any cost

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before

así como — (frml) as well as

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!; como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least; como nadie: cocina como nadie nobody cooks like her; como que...: conduce muy bien - como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well - well, he is a racing driver, after all; y no me lo dijiste - como que no lo sabía! and you didn't tell me about it - that's because I didn't know about it!; como ser (CS) such as, for example; como si (+ subj) as if, as though; ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa — she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all o in the least worried

no voy - como quieras — I'm not going - please yourself o as you like

como era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta — since o as it was early, we went for a walk

cansado como estaba, me ayudó — tired though o tired as he was, he helped me

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before

así como — (frml) as well as

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!; como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least; como nadie: cocina como nadie nobody cooks like her; como que...: conduce muy bien - como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well - well, he is a racing driver, after all; y no me lo dijiste - como que no lo sabía! and you didn't tell me about it - that's because I didn't know about it!; como ser (CS) such as, for example; como si (+ subj) as if, as though; ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa — she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all o in the least worried

no voy - como quieras — I'm not going - please yourself o as you like

como era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta — since o as it was early, we went for a walk

cansado como estaba, me ayudó — tired though o tired as he was, he helped me

Ex: This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.

apoya la cabeza en mi hombro — rest o lean your head on my shoulder

no apoyes los codos en la mesa — don't put o lean your elbows on the table

apóyalo contra la pared — lean o rest it against the wall

nadie la apoyó en su iniciativa — no one backed o supported her initiative

apóyalo contra la pared — lean o rest it against the wall

nadie la apoyó en su iniciativa — no one backed o supported her initiative

Ex: Co-operative, carefully planned and financed internationally backed efforts have been the keynote of more recent activity.