(en una emergencia)

Ex: In an emergency situation when someone is ill, sometimes the best help available will come from librarians who are able to work only part time.

Ex: Pre-emergency planning in the library should cover displaying of emergency telephone numbers, marking locations of fire extinguishers, and organising alternative storage sites.

de emergencia — emergency antes de s

Ex: In UDC under 361 SOCIAL RELIEF we find.9 Relief or aid in emergencies, disasters;.91 Earthquakes, storms, hurricanes;.92 Floods;.93 War, civil war;.94 Epidemics;.95 Famine; and.96 Fires, conflagrations.

Ex: These circumvent many of the problems that must be tackled in subject indexing such as the emergence of new terms and new meanings for old words.

Ex: In an emergency situation when someone is ill, sometimes the best help available will come from librarians who are able to work only part time.

lanzaron botes de humo contra los manifestantes — they threw o hurled smoke bombs at the demonstrators

la explosión lanzó algunas piedras al cielo — the explosion threw o flung stones into the sky

lanzar algo/a algn al suelo — [gen] to throw sth/sb to the ground; [con violencia] to hurl sth/sb to the ground

lanzar una falta — (Ftbl) to take a free kick

lanzar críticas contra algn — to criticize sb, level criticism against sb frm

lanzar una mirada — to shoot a glance o look

lanzar la bala or (Esp) el peso — to put the shot

lanzarse en paracaídas — to parachute; ( en una emergencia) to parachute, to bale out

se lanza a hacer las cosas sin pensar — (fam) she rushes into things without thinking

lanzar la bala or (Esp) el peso — to put the shot

lanzarse en paracaídas — to parachute; ( en una emergencia) to parachute, to bale out

se lanza a hacer las cosas sin pensar — (fam) she rushes into things without thinking

Ex: It describes an attempt by leaders in the CD-ROM business to launch a logical file structure standard for CD-ROM.

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!

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!

Ex: It will be a long time before all documents are available in machine-readable form.

Ex: These will be established in keeping with the principles established earlier.

estos chicos tienen grandes reservas de energía — these kids have endless amounts o reserves of energy

de reserva — [precio, jugador, fondo] reserve antes de s ; [zapatos, muda] spare

reserva de caja — cash reserves pl

reserva en efectivo, reserva en metálico — cash reserves pl

reservas monetarias — [de un país] currency reserves

no se cobra por la reserva de asientos — there is no booking o reservation charge

se pueden hacer reservas por teléfono — you can book by phone, you can make a telephone booking o reservation

ya he hecho la reserva de plaza en la academia de baile — I've reserved o booked my place at the dance school

reservas de trigo — reserves o stocks of wheat

habló sin reservas — he talked openly o freely

a reserva de que + subj: iremos a reserva de que (no) llueva — we'll go as long as o provided it doesn't rain

reservas de trigo — reserves o stocks of wheat

habló sin reservas — he talked openly o freely

a reserva de que + subj: iremos a reserva de que (no) llueva — we'll go as long as o provided it doesn't rain

Ex: News of boundless timber reserves spread, and before long lumberjacks from the thinning hardwood forests of New England swarmed into the uncharted area with no other possessions than their axes and brawn and the clothing they wore.

Ex: If holds have been placed on the title, an 'X' appears in the hold column.

ser una lanza — (AmL fam) to be on the ball (colloq)

ser una lanza — (AmL fam) to be on the ball (colloq)

Ex: This article surveys hunting themes incorporated into coats of arms, including prey animals, such as stags, wolves, bears, and foxes; hounds and falcons; and hunting equipment such as horns, bows and arrows, and spears.