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nunca nos dio un disgusto — he never caused us any worry o trouble

vas a matar a tu madre a disgustos * — you'll be the death of your mother *, you'll send your mother to an early grave *

-la han despedido -¡qué disgusto! — "they've fired her" - "that's terrible o awful!"

estar o sentirse a disgusto — to be o feel ill at ease

Ex: False drops are perhaps less of an annoyance in a computer-based system when brief records can be quickly scanned and rejected as necessary.

coche blindado — armoured car, armored car (EEUU)

coche celular — police van, patrol wagon (EEUU)

coche de choque — bumper car, dodgem (Brit)

coche de línea — coach, long distance bus ( esp EEUU)

coche de punto — † taxi

coche escoba — (Ciclismo) sag wagon

coche cama — sleeping car, sleeper, Pullman (EEUU)

coche de equipajes — luggage van, baggage car (EEUU)

coche de monte — wild pig o boar

coches usados or de segunda mano or de ocasión — used o (BrE) secondhand cars

en el coche de San Fernando — on shanks's mare (AmE) o (BrE) pony

coches usados or de segunda mano or de ocasión — used o (BrE) secondhand cars

en el coche de San Fernando — on shanks's mare (AmE) o (BrE) pony

Ex: It was a dozen years later that the first central electric power station was built; a decade was to pass before the automobile was invented, and nearly three decades before the first airplane flew.

soy muy torpe para la informática — I'm very dim o slow when it comes to computers

es bastante torpe y nunca entiende las lecciones — he's a bit dim o slow, he never understands the lessons

¡qué torpe soy! me temo que la he ofendido — how clumsy o stupid of me! I'm afraid I've offended her

Ex: Such solutions after repeated application cause the catalog to become a clumsy, inefficient tool, and serve only to compound future problems.

• de cuando en cuando, de vez en cuando — from time to time, now and again, every so often

tardaremos, cuando más, una semana — it will take us a week at (the) most o at the outside

• cuando menos — at least

• cuando mucho — at (the) most

• cuando no — if not

cuando niño yo era muy travieso — as a child o when I was a child I was very naughty

ven cuando quieras — come when o whenever you like

cada cuando — (esp AmL) every so often

cuando más or mucho — at (the) most, at the outside

ven cuando quieras — come when o whenever you like

cada cuando — (esp AmL) every so often

cuando más or mucho — at (the) most, at the outside

Ex: This order is consistent with the established relationships between subjects at the time that the scheme was first published (1876).

montar a algn en o sobre algo — to lift sb onto sth, sit sb on sth

montar una casa — to set up house o home

montar un negocio — to set up o start up a business

montar una bronca o un escándalo — to kick up a fuss/scandal *

¡menudo escándalo se montó con lo de la boda! — what a fuss they kicked up about that wedding! *

montar un número o un show — to make a scene

montaron la obra con muy bajo presupuesto — they staged o put on the play on a small budget

montar la clara a punto de nieve — to whisk o beat the egg white until stiff

ayúdame a montar — help me up, help me to get on o to mount

montar en avión — to fly, travel by air o by plane

aprendí a montar en bici a los seis años — I learned to ride a bike o to cycle when I was six

el total monta (a) 2.500 euros — the total amounts o comes to 2,500 euros

tanto monta que vengas o no — it makes no difference o it's all the same whether you come or not

¿me ayudas a montar la tienda de campaña? — can you help me to put up o pitch the tent?

montar un número or lío or escándalo — (Esp) to make o cause a scene

qué bien te lo montas! — you're on to a good thing (colloq)

¿me ayudas a montar la tienda de campaña? — can you help me to put up o pitch the tent?

montar un número or lío or escándalo — (Esp) to make o cause a scene

qué bien te lo montas! — you're on to a good thing (colloq)

Ex: There are now over 2000 data bases mounted on a number of computers spread at various locations throughout the world.

lo más prudente sería ir ahora mismo al médico — the most sensible o prudent thing to do would be to go straight to the doctor

se marchó a una hora prudente — she left at a reasonable o sensible hour

consideró prudente no decir nada — she thought it wise o prudent not to say anything

se marchó a una hora prudente — she left at a reasonable o sensible hour

consideró prudente no decir nada — she thought it wise o prudent not to say anything

Ex: Just as in the establishment of headings for use in catalogues and indexes a code was deemed useful so a code is a wise precaution in any search for standard filing orders.