(más alejado)

Ex: The number of users of mobile libraries is falling because of improved transport facilities which allow users to visit library services further afield.

Ex: Nothing could be further from the truth, for Balzac had accomplished miracles since he arrived in Rolling Ridge six years ago.

alejado de — [lugar] distant from; [persona] away from

viven completamente alejados de la realidad — they live completely cut off from the real world o from reality

su casa está algo alejada — her house is a little out of the way o remote

alejado de algo/alguien: hace tiempo que está alejado de la política he's been away from o out of politics for some time; está alejado de su familia — he's estranged from his family

su casa está algo alejada — her house is a little out of the way o remote

alejado de algo/alguien: hace tiempo que está alejado de la política he's been away from o out of politics for some time; está alejado de su familia — he's estranged from his family

Ex: Attempts were made to reach beyond the larger cities through the use of mobile vans to visit outlying towns and rural areas.

Ex: Each step of subdivision involves an extra character (see below).

no entiende nada — he doesn't understand a thing o anything

• nada de, no sabe nada de español — he knows no Spanish at all, he doesn't know any Spanish at all

-¿qué te cuentas? -nada de particular — "what's new?" - "nothing much" o "not a lot"

• estuvo en nada que lo perdiesen — they very nearly lost it

• no me falta de nada — I've got everything I need

• hace nada — just a moment ago

• no se parecen en nada — they're not at all alike

• quedar(se) en nada — to come to nothing

• no reparar en nada — to stop at nothing

• no servir para nada — to be utterly useless

• no ha sido nada — it's nothing, it doesn't matter

• antes de nada, antes de nada tengo que telefonear — before I do anything else I must make a phone call

• a cada nada — LAm * constantly

• casi nada, no costó casi nada — it cost next to nothing

• como si nada, se lo advertí, pero como si nada — I warned him but it was as if I hadn't spoken

• de nada, -¡gracias! -de nada — "thanks!" - "don't mention it" o "you're welcome"

• dentro de nada — very soon

• nada más, -¿desea algo más? -nada más, gracias — "can I get you anything else?" - "no, that's all thank you"

estas flores aparecen nada más terminado el invierno — these flowers come out just after the winter o as soon as the winter is over

nada más que estoy muy cansado — And, Méx it's just that I'm very tired

• (nada más y) nada menos que... — (no more and) no less than...

• ni nada — or anything

pues no es feo ni nada — iró he's not ugly... much!

• para nada — at all

• por nada, por nada se echa a llorar — she's always crying over nothing o for no reason at all

¡por nada! — Cono Sur not at all!, don't mention it!

pues no eres tú nada ambicioso — iró well you're not very ambitious, are you?... much!

antes que or de nada — first of all

nada de nada — (fam) not a thing

nada más: no hay nada más there's nothing else; ¿algo más? - nada más anything else? - no, that's it o that's all; nada más fui yo (Méx) I was the only one who went; salí nada más comer I went out right o straight after lunch; sacó (nada más ni) nada menos que el primer puesto she came first no less; nada más que: no se lo dije nada más que a él he's the only one I told; para nada: no me gustó para nada I didn't like it at all; como si nada (fam): me lo dijo como si nada! she told me as if it was nothing; se quedó como si nada she didn't even bat an eyelid; no hay nada que hacerle — (fam) that's all there is to it

con or de nada se rompe — it breaks just like that

pues nada, ya veremos qué pasa — well o anyway, we'll see what happens

no está nada preocupado — he isn't at all o the least bit worried

esto no me gusta nada — I don't like this at all o (colloq) one bit

se creó de la nada — it was created from nothing o from the void

antes que or de nada — first of all

nada de nada — (fam) not a thing

nada más: no hay nada más there's nothing else; ¿algo más? - nada más anything else? - no, that's it o that's all; nada más fui yo (Méx) I was the only one who went; salí nada más comer I went out right o straight after lunch; sacó (nada más ni) nada menos que el primer puesto she came first no less; nada más que: no se lo dije nada más que a él he's the only one I told; para nada: no me gustó para nada I didn't like it at all; como si nada (fam): me lo dijo como si nada! she told me as if it was nothing; se quedó como si nada she didn't even bat an eyelid; no hay nada que hacerle — (fam) that's all there is to it

con or de nada se rompe — it breaks just like that

pues nada, ya veremos qué pasa — well o anyway, we'll see what happens

no está nada preocupado — he isn't at all o the least bit worried

esto no me gusta nada — I don't like this at all o (colloq) one bit

se creó de la nada — it was created from nothing o from the void

Ex: As an inveterate user of the British Museum Library he was able to confirm that 'a library is not worth anything without a catalogue'.