(hoja de ventana)

la hoja — LAm ** pot *, hash *

hojas sueltas — loose sheets, loose-leaf paper sing

volver la hoja — (lit) to turn the page; (=cambiar de tema) to change the subject; (=cambiar de actividad) to turn over a new leaf

hoja de ruta — waybill; (fig) road map

hoja de trabajo — (Inform) worksheet

hoja de vida — And curriculum vitae, résumé (EEUU), CV

hoja plegadiza — flap ( of table etc)

temblar como una hoja — to shake like a leaf

temblar como una hoja — to shake like a leaf

Ex: Just as Ivan finds that by taking pleasure in finding and managing to keep a broken and discarded hacksaw blade he makes survival possible and beats Stalin and his jailors at heir own game.

tirar algo por la ventana — (lit) to throw sth out of the window; (fig) to throw sth away, fail to make any use of sth

ventanas dobles — double glazing [sing]

ventana emergente — (Inform) pop-up (window)

tirar algo por la ventana — ( literal) to throw something out of the window; ( desperdiciar) to throw something away

tirar algo por la ventana — ( literal) to throw something out of the window; ( desperdiciar) to throw something away

Ex: In the Search Section window, we start by entering the cited author's name.

hoja de trébol — Kleeblatt n

hoja informativa — Merkblatt n

la onda expansiva rompió los cristales — the shock wave broke o smashed the windows

¡cuidado, que vas a romper las cortinas! — careful, you'll tear o rip the curtains!

se disgustó tanto con la carta que la rompió en pedazos — he was so angry about the letter that he tore o ripped it up

romper el servicio a algn — (Tenis) to break sb's service

deja de romperme — stop pissing me off ***

los manifestantes rompieron entre el cordón de seguridad — the demonstrators broke o burst through the security cordon

rompió a proferir insultos contra todo el mundo — he suddenly started hurling o to hurl insults at everyone

romper con — [+ novio, amante] to split up with, break up with; [+ amigo, familia] to fall out with; [+ aliado] to break off relations with; [+ tradición, costumbre, pasado] to break with; [+ imagen, tópico, leyenda] to break away from

ha roto con su novio — she has broken o split up with her boyfriend

romper A + INF — to begin o start to + inf

romper CON algn — con novio to split o break up with sb

romper CON algo — con el pasado to break with sth; con tradición to break away from sth

de rompe y rasga — < decidir> suddenly

romper A + INF — to begin o start to + inf

romper CON algn — con novio to split o break up with sb

romper CON algo — con el pasado to break with sth; con tradición to break away from sth

de rompe y rasga — < decidir> suddenly

Ex: The document arrangement adopted is often broken, in the sense that documents in libraries are rarely shelved in one single and self-evident sequence.

• doble acristalamiento — Esp double glazing

• de doble cara — [disquete, hoja, espejo] double-sided; [abrigo, chaqueta] reversible

• doble cristal — double glazing

• doble espacio — double-spacing

• doble falta — (Baloncesto, Tenis) double fault

• doble fondo — false bottom

• doble intención — double intention

no iba con doble intención — he did not have ulterior motives o double intentions

• doble juego — double-dealing

• doble página — two-page spread, double-page spread

• doble personalidad — split personality

• de doble sentido — [calle] two-way antes de s ; [chiste, palabra] with a double meaning

• doble tracción — four-wheel drive

• visión doble — double vision

• el doble, ahora gana el doble — now he earns twice as much, now he earns double

necesitamos una casa el doble de grande — we need a house twice as big as this o double the size

• el doble que — twice as much as

gana el doble que yo — he earns double what I do o twice as much as me

calle de doble sentido or dirección — two-way street

calle de doble sentido or dirección — two-way street

Ex: These descriptors are still alive: boatmen, city council-men, firemen, foremen, longshoremen, stunt men, statesmen, watchmen, man and manpower.

Ex: Double KWIC and Permuterm indexes arrange pairs of keywords, so that the entries under one keyword are organised according to the second keyword.