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  • 81 correctamente

    adv.
    1 correctly; accurately.
    2 regularly.
    3 politely; properly, fittingly.
    4 correctly, duly, truly, right.
    * * *
    1 (sin errores) correctly, accurately
    2 (con educación) correctly, politely, properly
    * * *
    ADV
    1) (=exactamente) correctly, accurately
    2) (=decentemente) correctly, politely
    * * *
    a) ( sin errores) correctly
    b) ( con cortesía) politely
    c) ( honestamente) honorably
    * * *
    = accurately, correctly, properly, successfully, rightly, aright, with due process, rightfully.
    Ex. Headings tend to be broad and cannot represent complex or specific subjects accurately.
    Ex. Computers are reliable, and less prone to error provided they are instructed or programmed appropriately and correctly.
    Ex. This group of fields should be completed before the fixed fields are entered, because the record type is needed for handling these fields properly.
    Ex. Without AACR is doubtful whether computerised cataloguing would have been implemented so relatively painlessly and successfully = Sin las RCAA es dudoso que la catalogación automatizada se hubiera implementado tan fácilmente y con tanto éxito, relativamente hablando.
    Ex. Democracy, rightly understood, is a positive creed and its political and social values would be greatly strengthened if the library service was planned on national lines to support them.
    Ex. Another wise precaution at this preliminary stage is to make sure that he has heard aright.
    Ex. One must be able to prove that a new staff member was selected with due process and with clearly delineated criteria.
    Ex. It must be remembered that AACR does not follow the Paris Principles completely, as Mr. Lubetzky quite rightfully and disappointedly pointed out.
    ----
    * actuar correctamente = do + the right thing, get on + the right side of.
    * comportarse correctamente = get on + the right side of.
    * no actuar correctamente = be remiss.
    * * *
    a) ( sin errores) correctly
    b) ( con cortesía) politely
    c) ( honestamente) honorably
    * * *
    = accurately, correctly, properly, successfully, rightly, aright, with due process, rightfully.

    Ex: Headings tend to be broad and cannot represent complex or specific subjects accurately.

    Ex: Computers are reliable, and less prone to error provided they are instructed or programmed appropriately and correctly.
    Ex: This group of fields should be completed before the fixed fields are entered, because the record type is needed for handling these fields properly.
    Ex: Without AACR is doubtful whether computerised cataloguing would have been implemented so relatively painlessly and successfully = Sin las RCAA es dudoso que la catalogación automatizada se hubiera implementado tan fácilmente y con tanto éxito, relativamente hablando.
    Ex: Democracy, rightly understood, is a positive creed and its political and social values would be greatly strengthened if the library service was planned on national lines to support them.
    Ex: Another wise precaution at this preliminary stage is to make sure that he has heard aright.
    Ex: One must be able to prove that a new staff member was selected with due process and with clearly delineated criteria.
    Ex: It must be remembered that AACR does not follow the Paris Principles completely, as Mr. Lubetzky quite rightfully and disappointedly pointed out.
    * actuar correctamente = do + the right thing, get on + the right side of.
    * comportarse correctamente = get on + the right side of.
    * no actuar correctamente = be remiss.

    * * *
    1 (sin errores) correctly
    2 (con cortesía) politely
    * * *

    correctamente adverbio



    ' correctamente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acertar
    - bien
    - esclusa
    English:
    function
    - properly
    - right
    - rightly
    - correctly
    - politely
    * * *
    1. [contestar] correctly
    2. [comportarse] courteously;
    se comportó distantemente con nosotros pero correctamente he was distant but very correct in the way he behaved towards us
    * * *
    1. (sin errores) correctly
    2. (con educación) properly / politely

    Spanish-English dictionary > correctamente

  • 82 creerse

    1 (aceptar) to believe
    ■ no me lo creo I don't believe it, I can't believe it
    2 (considerarse) to think
    ■ ¿quién te has creído que eres? who do you think you are?
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=considerar cierto) to believe

    ¡que te crees tú eso! — * you must be joking! *

    ¡no te lo crees ni tú! — * come off it! *

    2) (=pensar) to think

    ¿de dónde te crees que sacan el dinero? — where do you think they get the money?

    ¿pero tú qué te crees, que soy millonario? — what do you think I am, a millionaire or something?

    3) (=considerarse) to think

    ¿quién te crees que eres? — who do you think you are?

    ¿qué se ha creído? — who does he think he is?

    * * *
    Ex. This description suggests that OPAC searching is less dauntingly complex than it is often made out to be.
    * * *

    Ex: This description suggests that OPAC searching is less dauntingly complex than it is often made out to be.

    * * *

    ■creerse verbo reflexivo to consider oneself to be: ¿quién te has creído que eres?, who do you think you are?
    ' creerse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    creer
    - tragar
    English:
    salt
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [considerarse] to believe oneself to be;
    se cree Dios he thinks he's God;
    se creen muy inteligentes they think they're very intelligent;
    ¿qué te has creído, que soy tu esclava? do you think I'm your slave or something?;
    ¿pero tú quién te has creído que eres? just who do you think you are?;
    invítame a una cerveza – ¡que te lo has creído o [m5] que te crees tú eso! buy me a beer – get real! o you must be joking!;
    Fam
    es un buen jugador pero se lo cree mucho he's a good player but he's very full of himself o Br he really fancies himself
    2. [dar por cierto] to believe completely;
    no me lo creo o [m5] puedo creerse I can't o don't believe it;
    aunque no te lo creas, es una buena persona she's a good person, whatever you think, you may not think so, but she's a good person;
    no te creas, parece travieso pero es un buen chaval not really, I know he seems naughty, but he's a good lad;
    se cree todo lo que lee he believes o swallows everything he reads;
    no te creas que es tan fácil don't imagine it's as easy as that, it isn't that simple;
    ¡no te vas a creerse quién nos visitó ayer! you'll never guess o believe who visited us yesterday!;
    eso no te lo crees ni tú in your dreams!
    * * *
    v/r
    :
    creerse que … believe that …;
    se cree muy lista she thinks she’s very clever;
    ¡qué te has creído! you must be joking!
    * * *
    vr
    1) : to believe, to think
    2) : to regard oneself as
    se cree guapísimo: he thinks he's so handsome
    * * *
    creerse vb to believe

    Spanish-English dictionary > creerse

  • 83 decreciente

    adj.
    declining, decreasing.
    * * *
    1 decreasing, diminishing
    * * *
    ADJ decreasing, diminishing
    * * *
    adjetivo decreasing (before n)
    * * *
    = decreasing, fading, waning, declining, shrinking, sinking, ebbing.
    Ex. It is impossible to read the library press today without reading about the increasing costs of maintaining, and the decreasing budgets of libraries, and particularly about the increasing costs of technical services.
    Ex. With the fading significance of these physical forms, some of the rationale for unit entries has disappeared.
    Ex. This article discusses the impact of growing number of students and waning financial resources on library services and acquisition focusing on book shortages, security problems and inadequacy of staffing.
    Ex. The public library is a complex institution, evolving through many decades of human history and colliding today with the perplexing realities of change, declining funding, and shifting purpose.
    Ex. Many challenges lie ahead for those selling children's books with increased competition and shrinking profit margins.
    Ex. It has not yet been decided what strategies libraries will use to face the crisis of rising personnel costs and sinking funds for book acquisitions.
    Ex. Every publisher, materials vendor, systems vendor and bibliographic utility that serve libraries face sharp competition for a share of the ebbing library market.
    ----
    * no decreciente = non-decreasing.
    * rendimiento decreciente = diminishing returns.
    * * *
    adjetivo decreasing (before n)
    * * *
    = decreasing, fading, waning, declining, shrinking, sinking, ebbing.

    Ex: It is impossible to read the library press today without reading about the increasing costs of maintaining, and the decreasing budgets of libraries, and particularly about the increasing costs of technical services.

    Ex: With the fading significance of these physical forms, some of the rationale for unit entries has disappeared.
    Ex: This article discusses the impact of growing number of students and waning financial resources on library services and acquisition focusing on book shortages, security problems and inadequacy of staffing.
    Ex: The public library is a complex institution, evolving through many decades of human history and colliding today with the perplexing realities of change, declining funding, and shifting purpose.
    Ex: Many challenges lie ahead for those selling children's books with increased competition and shrinking profit margins.
    Ex: It has not yet been decided what strategies libraries will use to face the crisis of rising personnel costs and sinking funds for book acquisitions.
    Ex: Every publisher, materials vendor, systems vendor and bibliographic utility that serve libraries face sharp competition for a share of the ebbing library market.
    * no decreciente = non-decreasing.
    * rendimiento decreciente = diminishing returns.

    * * *
    ‹orden› decreasing ( before n)
    el decreciente interés por estos temas the decreasing o diminishing o waning interest in these matters
    * * *

    decreciente adjetivo
    decreasing ( before n)
    decreciente adjetivo decreasing
    ' decreciente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    descend
    - wane
    * * *
    [tasa, porcentaje, tipo] declining, decreasing, falling;
    una tendencia decreciente a downward trend;
    anote estas cantidades por o [m5] en orden decreciente note down these quantities in descending order
    * * *
    adj decreasing, diminishing

    Spanish-English dictionary > decreciente

  • 84 definir

    v.
    1 to define.
    Ricardo definió las políticas ayer Richard defined the policies yesterday.
    2 to describe.
    3 to circumscribe, to delimit.
    La cerca define mi territorio The fence circumscribes my territory.
    4 to explain.
    El sabio definió los conceptos The sage explained the concepts.
    * * *
    1 to define
    1 to be defined
    2 (explicarse) to make oneself clear, define one's position
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ concepto, palabra] to define
    2) (=calificar) to describe
    3) (=aclarar) [+ actitud, posición] to define; [+ contorno, silueta] to define, make sharp
    4) (=establecer) [+ poder, jurisdicción] to define, establish

    esta ley define las competencias de cada administración — this law defines o establishes the powers of each authority

    5) (Inform) to define
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <palabra/concepto> to define
    b) <postura/actitud> to define
    c) <contorno/línea> to define, make... sharp
    2.
    definirse v pron
    * * *
    = define, delineate, state, structure, construe, scope.
    Ex. AACR2 defines authorship in terms of the intellectual responsibility for a work.
    Ex. PRECIS relies upon citation order (sometimes with the support of prepositions) to record syntactical relationships, and to delineate two similar subjects.
    Ex. Short abstracts are generally preferred, but there are instances where the most effective approach is to cite the original unamended, and to state that this is what has been done.
    Ex. The large cataloguing record data bases are structured according to a format known as the MARC format.
    Ex. This is not to be construed as a suggestion that the library should attempt to set itself up as pedagogue to the nation.
    Ex. Information policy is highly complex and that it presents considerable difficulties in terms of scoping meaningful studies.
    ----
    * definir de un modo predeterminado e inamobible = hard code [hardcode].
    * definir de un modo predeterminado e inamovible = hardwire [hard wire].
    * definir por uno mismo = self-define.
    * definir relaciones = structure + relationships.
    * definir una función = formulate + role.
    * definir una misión = formulate + mission.
    * definir un problema = delineate + problem.
    * fácil de definir = easy-to-define.
    * no definirse = sit on + the fence.
    * ser hora de definirse = time to climb off the fence.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <palabra/concepto> to define
    b) <postura/actitud> to define
    c) <contorno/línea> to define, make... sharp
    2.
    definirse v pron
    * * *
    = define, delineate, state, structure, construe, scope.

    Ex: AACR2 defines authorship in terms of the intellectual responsibility for a work.

    Ex: PRECIS relies upon citation order (sometimes with the support of prepositions) to record syntactical relationships, and to delineate two similar subjects.
    Ex: Short abstracts are generally preferred, but there are instances where the most effective approach is to cite the original unamended, and to state that this is what has been done.
    Ex: The large cataloguing record data bases are structured according to a format known as the MARC format.
    Ex: This is not to be construed as a suggestion that the library should attempt to set itself up as pedagogue to the nation.
    Ex: Information policy is highly complex and that it presents considerable difficulties in terms of scoping meaningful studies.
    * definir de un modo predeterminado e inamobible = hard code [hardcode].
    * definir de un modo predeterminado e inamovible = hardwire [hard wire].
    * definir por uno mismo = self-define.
    * definir relaciones = structure + relationships.
    * definir una función = formulate + role.
    * definir una misión = formulate + mission.
    * definir un problema = delineate + problem.
    * fácil de definir = easy-to-define.
    * no definirse = sit on + the fence.
    * ser hora de definirse = time to climb off the fence.

    * * *
    definir [I1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹palabra/concepto› to define
    2 ‹postura/actitud› to define
    3 ‹contorno/línea› to define, make … sharp
    aún no se ha definido con respecto a este problema he has yet to define his position o to say where he stands on this issue
    tenemos que definirnos por una u otra opción we have to come down in favor of o choose one or other of the options
    el pueblo se definió por la alternativa pacífica the people came out o decided in favor of a peaceful solution
    * * *

     

    definir ( conjugate definir) verbo transitivo
    to define
    definir verbo transitivo to define
    ' definir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    concretar
    - de
    English:
    define
    - item
    - thing
    - delineate
    - determine
    - pin
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [explicar, precisar] to define;
    debes definir tu postura you must define your position, you must say where you stand
    2. [describir] to describe;
    la generosidad define su carácter generosity typifies his character;
    se define a sí mismo como de derechas he describes himself as right-wing
    * * *
    v/t define
    * * *
    1) : to define
    2) : to determine
    * * *
    definir vb to define

    Spanish-English dictionary > definir

  • 85 delimitar

    v.
    1 to set out the boundaries of (terreno).
    2 to delimit, to delimitate, to bound, to define.
    Ella determina los límites She determines=demarcates the limits.
    3 to confine.
    * * *
    1 (terreno) to delimit, mark off
    2 (definir) to define, specify
    * * *
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <terreno/espacio> to demarcate (frml), to delimit (frml)
    b) <poderes/responsabilidades> to define, specify
    * * *
    = delimit, delineate, demarcate, flag, isolate, mark off, redefine, map out, scope, mark out, narrow down.
    Ex. 'Reinforced concrete bridges' contain two differences 'Reinforced' and 'Concrete', both of which delimit 'Bridges' in some sense.
    Ex. PRECIS relies upon citation order (sometimes with the support of prepositions) to record syntactical relationships, and to delineate two similar subjects.
    Ex. The framework was designed to demarcate certain of those elements by means of prescribed punctuation.
    Ex. Since the fields are of different lengths in different records it is necessary that the beginning and end of fields be flagged in some way.
    Ex. How were such educational practicalities to be isolated and discussed?.
    Ex. Human intervention may also be necessary to mark off the area in the string on the title page that should be indexed, and possibly to add an imprint date if not present.
    Ex. This article redefines the archival principle of provenance as the entire history of an item's origin, its use and custody.
    Ex. Down the years, the information industry has mapped out for itself the categories of information with which it is prepared to deal.
    Ex. Information policy is highly complex and that it presents considerable difficulties in terms of scoping meaningful studies.
    Ex. And once again fundamental features mark out the landscape.
    Ex. By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.
    ----
    * delimitar una búsqueda = narrow + search, qualify + search, refine + search.
    * delimitar un problema = isolate + problem.
    * imposible de delimitar = unmappable.
    * sin delimitar = unmapped.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <terreno/espacio> to demarcate (frml), to delimit (frml)
    b) <poderes/responsabilidades> to define, specify
    * * *
    = delimit, delineate, demarcate, flag, isolate, mark off, redefine, map out, scope, mark out, narrow down.

    Ex: 'Reinforced concrete bridges' contain two differences 'Reinforced' and 'Concrete', both of which delimit 'Bridges' in some sense.

    Ex: PRECIS relies upon citation order (sometimes with the support of prepositions) to record syntactical relationships, and to delineate two similar subjects.
    Ex: The framework was designed to demarcate certain of those elements by means of prescribed punctuation.
    Ex: Since the fields are of different lengths in different records it is necessary that the beginning and end of fields be flagged in some way.
    Ex: How were such educational practicalities to be isolated and discussed?.
    Ex: Human intervention may also be necessary to mark off the area in the string on the title page that should be indexed, and possibly to add an imprint date if not present.
    Ex: This article redefines the archival principle of provenance as the entire history of an item's origin, its use and custody.
    Ex: Down the years, the information industry has mapped out for itself the categories of information with which it is prepared to deal.
    Ex: Information policy is highly complex and that it presents considerable difficulties in terms of scoping meaningful studies.
    Ex: And once again fundamental features mark out the landscape.
    Ex: By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.
    * delimitar una búsqueda = narrow + search, qualify + search, refine + search.
    * delimitar un problema = isolate + problem.
    * imposible de delimitar = unmappable.
    * sin delimitar = unmapped.

    * * *
    delimitar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹terreno/espacio› to demarcate ( frml), to delimit ( frml)
    2 ‹poderes/responsabilidades› to define, specify
    * * *

    delimitar ( conjugate delimitar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹terreno/espacio› to demarcate (frml), to delimit (frml)

    b) ‹poderes/responsabilidades› to define, specify

    delimitar verbo transitivo to delimit
    ' delimitar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    define
    - mark out
    * * *
    1. [terreno, zona] to fix the boundaries of, to delimit, to demarcate
    2. [funciones, tareas, responsabilidades] to define, to demarcate
    * * *
    v/t delimit
    * * *
    1) : to demarcate
    2) : to define, to specify

    Spanish-English dictionary > delimitar

  • 86 demarcar

    v.
    1 to demarcate, to mark out.
    2 to confine.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 to demarcate
    * * *
    * * *
    = mark off, scope, mark out.
    Ex. Human intervention may also be necessary to mark off the area in the string on the title page that should be indexed, and possibly to add an imprint date if not present.
    Ex. Information policy is highly complex and that it presents considerable difficulties in terms of scoping meaningful studies.
    Ex. And once again fundamental features mark out the landscape.
    * * *
    = mark off, scope, mark out.

    Ex: Human intervention may also be necessary to mark off the area in the string on the title page that should be indexed, and possibly to add an imprint date if not present.

    Ex: Information policy is highly complex and that it presents considerable difficulties in terms of scoping meaningful studies.
    Ex: And once again fundamental features mark out the landscape.

    * * *
    demarcar [A2 ]
    vt
    to demarcate, mark out
    * * *

    demarcar ( conjugate demarcar) to demarcate
    ' demarcar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    determine
    * * *
    to demarcate, to mark out
    * * *
    v/t demarcate
    * * *
    demarcar {72} vt
    : to demarcate

    Spanish-English dictionary > demarcar

  • 87 descomponer

    v.
    la humedad descompone ciertos alimentos dampness makes some foods rot
    2 to break down.
    descomponer algo en to break something down into
    3 to mess up.
    4 to damage, to break.
    la cena le descompuso el vientre the dinner gave him an upset stomach
    creo que comí algo que me descompuso (el cuerpo) I think I ate something that didn't agree with me
    5 to annoy.
    6 to put out of order, to impair, to rack up, to disarrange.
    Ricardo descompuso la máquina Richard put the machine out of order.
    7 to upset, to disturb, to unsettle.
    Su ataque descompuso a María His attack upset Mary.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ PONER], like link=poner poner (pp descompuesto,-a)
    1 (separar) to break down, split up
    2 (estropear) to break
    3 (desorganizar) to mess up, upset
    4 (desordenar) to mess up
    5 FÍSICA to resolve
    6 QUÍMICA to decompose
    7 MATEMÁTICAS to split up
    8 figurado (molestar) to disturb, upset; (irritar) irritate
    9 (pudrir) to rot
    1 (pudrirse) to decompose, rot
    2 (estropearse) to break down
    3 (enfermar) to feel ill
    4 (enfadarse) to lose one's temper, get angry
    5 FÍSICA to resolve
    6 QUÍMICA to decompose
    7 MATEMÁTICAS to split
    * * *
    verb
    •
    * * *
    ( pp descompuesto)
    1. VT
    1) (=dividir) [+ palabra, frase] to break down, break up; [+ sustancia, molécula, número] to break down; [+ luz] to break up, split up
    2) (=pudrir) [+ alimento] to rot; [+ cadáver, cuerpo] to decompose
    3) * (=alterar)
    4) * (=romper) to break
    5) frm [+ peinado] to disturb, disarrange; [+ planes] to upset, disrupt
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <alimento/cadáver> to rot, cause... to decompose o rot
    2) (esp AmL) <máquina/aparato> to break; < peinado> to mess up
    3) < persona>
    a) ( producir malestar) olor to make... queasy
    b) ( producir diarrea) to give... diarrhea*
    2.
    1) luz to split; sustancia to break down, separate
    2) cadáver/alimento to rot, decompose (frml)
    3) cara (+ me/te/le etc)
    4) (esp AmL) máquina/aparato to break down
    b) ( del estómago) to have an attack of diarrhea*
    6) (CS) tiempo to become unsettled; día to cloud over
    * * *
    = break down, break into + parts, break up, pull apart, disaggregate, dissect, parse, break out, break out into.
    Ex. The holdings are broken down into several volumes, shown as the next level of the pyramid.
    Ex. Break complex statements into parts if you'are not sure how to apply the restrictor.
    Ex. Subarrangement at entry terms can break up long sequences of entries listed under the same keyword.
    Ex. All these bits of raw material -- these 'chunks of reality' as McNair calls them -- are encapsulated in a carefully organized and well-rounded whole, which the reader must pull apart and put together again.
    Ex. Outcomes can be disaggregated along age, class, ethnic, racial, & gender dimensions.
    Ex. GMMA has developed a layered approach to visual indexing that dissects the objects, style and implication of each image, so that the indexing system can accommodate all potential approaches to the material.
    Ex. This is only possible if the incoming message has an identifiable structure that can be parsed and converted to resemble a protocol message.
    Ex. Turnaround managers want current financial and working capital analyses broken out by cost/profit centres.
    Ex. The categories in Figure 1 could easily be broken out into additional subdivisions = Las cagegorías de la Figura 1 se puede descomponer fácilmente en subdivisiones adicionales.
    ----
    * descomponer en = break down into, break up into.
    * descomponerse = disintegrate, rot, decompose, putrefy.
    * descomponerse en = break into.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <alimento/cadáver> to rot, cause... to decompose o rot
    2) (esp AmL) <máquina/aparato> to break; < peinado> to mess up
    3) < persona>
    a) ( producir malestar) olor to make... queasy
    b) ( producir diarrea) to give... diarrhea*
    2.
    1) luz to split; sustancia to break down, separate
    2) cadáver/alimento to rot, decompose (frml)
    3) cara (+ me/te/le etc)
    4) (esp AmL) máquina/aparato to break down
    b) ( del estómago) to have an attack of diarrhea*
    6) (CS) tiempo to become unsettled; día to cloud over
    * * *
    = break down, break into + parts, break up, pull apart, disaggregate, dissect, parse, break out, break out into.

    Ex: The holdings are broken down into several volumes, shown as the next level of the pyramid.

    Ex: Break complex statements into parts if you'are not sure how to apply the restrictor.
    Ex: Subarrangement at entry terms can break up long sequences of entries listed under the same keyword.
    Ex: All these bits of raw material -- these 'chunks of reality' as McNair calls them -- are encapsulated in a carefully organized and well-rounded whole, which the reader must pull apart and put together again.
    Ex: Outcomes can be disaggregated along age, class, ethnic, racial, & gender dimensions.
    Ex: GMMA has developed a layered approach to visual indexing that dissects the objects, style and implication of each image, so that the indexing system can accommodate all potential approaches to the material.
    Ex: This is only possible if the incoming message has an identifiable structure that can be parsed and converted to resemble a protocol message.
    Ex: Turnaround managers want current financial and working capital analyses broken out by cost/profit centres.
    Ex: The categories in Figure 1 could easily be broken out into additional subdivisions = Las cagegorías de la Figura 1 se puede descomponer fácilmente en subdivisiones adicionales.
    * descomponer en = break down into, break up into.
    * descomponerse = disintegrate, rot, decompose, putrefy.
    * descomponerse en = break into.

    * * *
    vt
    A (dividir, separar) ‹número› to factorize, break … down into factors; ‹luz› to split up, break up; ‹sustancia› to break down, separate … into compounds
    B ‹alimento/cadáver› to rot, cause … to decompose o rot
    C ( esp AmL)
    1 ‹máquina/aparato› to break
    2 ‹peinado/juego› to mess up
    D ‹persona›
    1
    (producir malestar): ese olor penetrante me descompone that strong smell makes me feel queasy o nauseous
    la noticia del accidente la descompuso she felt quite ill when she heard about the accident
    2 (producir diarrea) to give … diarrhea*
    A «luz» to split; «sustancia» to break down, separate; «partícula/isótopo» to decay
    B «cadáver/alimento» to rot, decompose ( frml)
    C
    «cara» (+ me/te/le etc): se le descompuso la cara cuando se lo dije he looked really upset o his face dropped a mile when I told him
    D ( esp AmL) «máquina/aparato» to break down
    E «persona»
    1
    (sentir malestar): hacía tanto calor que se descompuso it was so hot that he started feeling sick o queasy
    se descompuso cuando supo la noticia he felt quite ill when he heard the news
    2 (del estómago) to have an attack of diarrhea*
    F (CS) «tiempo» to become unsettled, change for the worse; «día» to cloud over
    amaneció un día precioso, pero más tarde se descompuso it started out as a lovely day, but it clouded over later
    * * *

    descomponer ( conjugate descomponer) verbo transitivo
    1 ‹alimento/cadáver› to rot, cause … to decompose o rot
    2 (esp AmL) ‹máquina/aparato› to break;
    ‹ peinado› to mess up
    3 ‹ persona›
    a) ( producir malestar) [ olor] to make … queasy

    b) ( producir diarrea) to give … diarrhea( conjugate diarrhea)

    descomponerse verbo pronominal
    1 [ luz] to split;
    [ sustancia] to break down, separate
    2 [cadáver/alimento] to rot, decompose (frml)
    3 (esp AmL) [máquina/aparato] to break down
    4 [ persona] ( sentir malestar) to feel sick;
    ( del estómago) to have an attack of diarrhea( conjugate diarrhea)
    6 (CS) [ tiempo] to become unsettled;
    [ día] to cloud over
    descomponer verbo transitivo
    1 (dividir) to break up, split
    2 (pudrir) to rot, decompose
    3 (poner nervioso) to get on sb's nerves
    4 (el rostro) to distort
    ' descomponer' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    descompuse
    - pudrir
    English:
    break
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [pudrir] [fruta, comida, cuerpo] to rot;
    un organismo que descompone los cadáveres an organism that causes bodies to decompose o rot;
    la humedad descompone ciertos alimentos dampness makes some foods rot
    2. [dividir] [sustancia, molécula] to break down;
    [luz] to split up; [átomo] to split;
    descomponer algo en to break sth down into
    3. [desordenar] to mess up
    4. [estropear] [aparato, motor] to break
    5. [indisponer]
    la cena le descompuso el vientre the dinner gave him an upset stomach;
    creo que comí algo que me descompuso (el cuerpo) I think I ate something that didn't agree with me
    6. [turbar, alterar] to disturb, to upset;
    algo que dije pareció descomponerlo something I said seemed to upset him
    7. [enojar] to annoy;
    su pasividad me descompone his passivity annoys me
    * * *
    <part descompuesto> v/t
    1 ( dividir) break down
    2 L.Am. ( romper) break
    3 ( pudrir) cause to decompose
    4 plan upset
    * * *
    descomponer {60} vt
    1) : to rot, to decompose
    2) desbaratar: to break, to break down
    * * *
    descomponer vb (sustancia) to break down [pt. broke; pp. broken]

    Spanish-English dictionary > descomponer

  • 88 dividir en partes

    (v.) = break into + parts
    Ex. Break complex statements into parts if you'are not sure how to apply the restrictor.
    * * *
    (v.) = break into + parts

    Ex: Break complex statements into parts if you'are not sure how to apply the restrictor.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dividir en partes

  • 89 en un momento determinado

    = at a particular point in time, on any one occasion
    Ex. This method has been defined as a nonobtrusive observation 'during which the personal characteristics and behavior of sedentary individuals in a complex are recorded at a particular point in time' = Se ha definido este método como la observación no intrusiva por parte del investigador "durante la cual se tomaba nota de las características personales y el comportamiento de las personas que no estaban desplazándose en un gran edificio en un momento concreto".
    Ex. On any one occasion there will always be children who do not want to borrow or buy, but they are still learning to live with books and how to search out the ones that interest them.
    * * *
    = at a particular point in time, on any one occasion

    Ex: This method has been defined as a nonobtrusive observation 'during which the personal characteristics and behavior of sedentary individuals in a complex are recorded at a particular point in time' = Se ha definido este método como la observación no intrusiva por parte del investigador "durante la cual se tomaba nota de las características personales y el comportamiento de las personas que no estaban desplazándose en un gran edificio en un momento concreto".

    Ex: On any one occasion there will always be children who do not want to borrow or buy, but they are still learning to live with books and how to search out the ones that interest them.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en un momento determinado

  • 90 enojosamente

    adv.
    1 vexatiously, crossly.
    2 angrily.
    * * *
    1 angrily
    * * *
    = vexingly, annoyingly.
    Ex. The writer sheds light on the at times vexingly complex topic of exchange rates and their role in the serials marketplace.
    Ex. Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.
    * * *
    = vexingly, annoyingly.

    Ex: The writer sheds light on the at times vexingly complex topic of exchange rates and their role in the serials marketplace.

    Ex: Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > enojosamente

  • 91 enterrar el hacha de guerra

    * * *
    (v.) = bury + the hatchet, bury + the tomahawk, bury + the war axe
    Ex. Idioms such as ' bury the hatchet' were presented to 48 college students in sentential contexts that either biased the subject toward a literal or a figurative interpretation or left the interpretation ambiguous.
    Ex. Now is the time of all times to bury the tomahawk, throw aside all differences and unite in one great purpose of saving the State from further turmoil.
    Ex. Long ago when tribes exchanged gifts and agreed to wash the spears or bury the war axe things were not as complex as they became later on.
    * * *
    (v.) = bury + the hatchet, bury + the tomahawk, bury + the war axe

    Ex: Idioms such as ' bury the hatchet' were presented to 48 college students in sentential contexts that either biased the subject toward a literal or a figurative interpretation or left the interpretation ambiguous.

    Ex: Now is the time of all times to bury the tomahawk, throw aside all differences and unite in one great purpose of saving the State from further turmoil.
    Ex: Long ago when tribes exchanged gifts and agreed to wash the spears or bury the war axe things were not as complex as they became later on.

    Spanish-English dictionary > enterrar el hacha de guerra

  • 92 esforzarse al máximo

    (v.) = do + Posesivo + utmost, stretch + Reflexivo, stretch + Nombre + to the limit, give + Posesivo + utmost, lean over + backwards, work + hard, give + Posesivo + best
    Ex. But all of them did their utmost and knew that their position was a key one within the school.
    Ex. She told him that these management techniques seemed to her designed to harness people to treadmills, to make them slaves to their schedules, and to convert them into employees crippled by anxiety, stretching themselves incessantly against unrealistic goals.
    Ex. All agencies, it was found, were stretched to the limit, but by pooling resources these might be made to go further.
    Ex. Many Swiss colleagues are giving their utmost, after all preparatory meetings, to make a grand final.
    Ex. In his commentary, Briggs leans over backwards to avoid all but the barest possible mention of the darker side of the complex relationship between occupiers and occupied.
    Ex. Not only are the standards written, but there is a body called the Peer Council which works very hard at enforcing the standards.
    Ex. This year's football tournament was held on a very hot afternoon and all the teams gave their best despite the heat.
    * * *
    (v.) = do + Posesivo + utmost, stretch + Reflexivo, stretch + Nombre + to the limit, give + Posesivo + utmost, lean over + backwards, work + hard, give + Posesivo + best

    Ex: But all of them did their utmost and knew that their position was a key one within the school.

    Ex: She told him that these management techniques seemed to her designed to harness people to treadmills, to make them slaves to their schedules, and to convert them into employees crippled by anxiety, stretching themselves incessantly against unrealistic goals.
    Ex: All agencies, it was found, were stretched to the limit, but by pooling resources these might be made to go further.
    Ex: Many Swiss colleagues are giving their utmost, after all preparatory meetings, to make a grand final.
    Ex: In his commentary, Briggs leans over backwards to avoid all but the barest possible mention of the darker side of the complex relationship between occupiers and occupied.
    Ex: Not only are the standards written, but there is a body called the Peer Council which works very hard at enforcing the standards.
    Ex: This year's football tournament was held on a very hot afternoon and all the teams gave their best despite the heat.

    Spanish-English dictionary > esforzarse al máximo

  • 93 estar orientado a/para

    (v.) = be geared to
    Ex. Many of the problems facing society are so complex, the narrowness and resistance to change by many professions may lead to their extinction because they are not geared to contribute to the solution of those problems.
    * * *

    Ex: Many of the problems facing society are so complex, the narrowness and resistance to change by many professions may lead to their extinction because they are not geared to contribute to the solution of those problems.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estar orientado a/para

  • 94 estrechez de miras

    (n.) = narrowness, tunnel vision
    Ex. Many of the problems facing society are so complex, the narrowness and resistance to change by many professions may lead to their extinction because they are not geared to contribute to the solution of those problems.
    Ex. The endless pursuit of market share, the tunnel vision without regard to right and wrong, is what we are paying for.
    * * *
    (n.) = narrowness, tunnel vision

    Ex: Many of the problems facing society are so complex, the narrowness and resistance to change by many professions may lead to their extinction because they are not geared to contribute to the solution of those problems.

    Ex: The endless pursuit of market share, the tunnel vision without regard to right and wrong, is what we are paying for.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estrechez de miras

  • 95 estudiante que trabaja como auxiliar

    (n.) = student assistant, student aid
    Ex. They believed that taking on student assistants would not solve the problem because they cannot handle the complex problems involved in the work.
    Ex. France has the same problem which the US and other places do: student aides and part-timers and other non-professionals increasingly perform many library functions, including 'answering the fones...'.
    * * *
    (n.) = student assistant, student aid

    Ex: They believed that taking on student assistants would not solve the problem because they cannot handle the complex problems involved in the work.

    Ex: France has the same problem which the US and other places do: student aides and part-timers and other non-professionals increasingly perform many library functions, including 'answering the fones...'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estudiante que trabaja como auxiliar

  • 96 excesivamente

    adv.
    excessively, beyond measure, all too, immoderately.
    * * *
    1 excessively, too
    * * *
    * * *
    = excessively, unduly, inordinately, extortionately.
    Ex. If this appears to be excessively difficult, maybe it is time to question whether the tool is too complex.
    Ex. Library usage was not unduly affected after the advent of television.
    Ex. As a result of the study, 3 suppliers with inordinately low scores were dropped by the library.
    Ex. Publishers charge extortionately while paying nothing to authors and these are increasingly bypassing publishers by publishing on the Web.
    ----
    * calentarse excesivamente = overheat.
    * excesivamente + Adjetivo = too narrowly + Adjetivo, unreasonably + Adjetivo, outrageously + Adjetivo.
    * excesivamente ansioso = overeager [over-eager].
    * excesivamente beato = over-pious.
    * excesivamente comedido = mealy-mouthed.
    * excesivamente entusiasmado = overeager [over-eager].
    * usado excesivamente = overused [over-used].
    * usar excesivamente = overuse.
    * * *
    = excessively, unduly, inordinately, extortionately.

    Ex: If this appears to be excessively difficult, maybe it is time to question whether the tool is too complex.

    Ex: Library usage was not unduly affected after the advent of television.
    Ex: As a result of the study, 3 suppliers with inordinately low scores were dropped by the library.
    Ex: Publishers charge extortionately while paying nothing to authors and these are increasingly bypassing publishers by publishing on the Web.
    * calentarse excesivamente = overheat.
    * excesivamente + Adjetivo = too narrowly + Adjetivo, unreasonably + Adjetivo, outrageously + Adjetivo.
    * excesivamente ansioso = overeager [over-eager].
    * excesivamente beato = over-pious.
    * excesivamente comedido = mealy-mouthed.
    * excesivamente entusiasmado = overeager [over-eager].
    * usado excesivamente = overused [over-used].
    * usar excesivamente = overuse.

    * * *
    excessively
    * * *

    excesivamente adverbio excessively: no te muestres excesivamente alegre cuando te den la noticia, don't act overly happy when they give you the news
    ' excesivamente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    empalagosa
    - empalagoso
    - alebrestarse
    English:
    excessively
    - immoderately
    - over
    - race
    - rich
    - spoon-feed
    - unduly
    - whom
    - brash
    - fulsome
    - labor
    - slimy
    * * *
    excessively

    Spanish-English dictionary > excesivamente

  • 97 formativo

    adj.
    formative, educational.
    * * *
    1 (que forma) formative
    2 (que educa) educational
    * * *
    * * *
    - va adjetivo formative
    * * *
    = formative, instructional.
    Ex. The formative period of library automation was characterized by an initiation ritual in which librarians were asked to explain principles in terms of a logic with which they were not entirely conversant.
    Ex. The advent of complex information technologies requires a new paradigm for library instruction and the instructional role of academic librarians.
    ----
    * fondo de lectura "formativo-recreativa" = browser collection.
    * * *
    - va adjetivo formative
    * * *
    = formative, instructional.

    Ex: The formative period of library automation was characterized by an initiation ritual in which librarians were asked to explain principles in terms of a logic with which they were not entirely conversant.

    Ex: The advent of complex information technologies requires a new paradigm for library instruction and the instructional role of academic librarians.
    * fondo de lectura "formativo-recreativa" = browser collection.

    * * *
    formative
    * * *

    formativo,-a adjetivo formative: está en un proceso formativo, he's in a learning process
    ' formativo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    formativa
    English:
    formative
    * * *
    formativo, -a adj
    formative
    * * *
    adj jornada, curso, materiales, centro training atr
    * * *
    formativo, -va adj
    : formative

    Spanish-English dictionary > formativo

  • 98 formato

    m.
    1 format (gen) & (computing).
    formato apaisado landscape (orientation)
    2 formate.
    * * *
    1 (gen) format
    2 (del papel) size
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM (Tip, Inform) format; (=tamaño) [de papel] size

    ¿de qué formato lo quiere? — what size do you want?

    formato apaisado — landscape format, landscape

    formato vertical — portrait format, portrait

    * * *
    1) (tamaño, forma) format
    2) (Méx) (formulario, solicitud) form
    * * *
    = form, format, format, formatting, medium [media, -pl.], media carrier.
    Ex. If this is not available, a record can be created on a form online.
    Ex. The command function 'FORMAT' is used to specify the format to be displayed.
    Ex. A format is the number of times the printed sheet has been folded to make the leaves of a book, e.g., folio (one fold giving two leaves), quarto (two folds giving four leaves), etc.
    Ex. They can also convey complex instructions concerning the formatting and organisation necessary for computer inputting.
    Ex. When the term was coined the predominant information and text-carrying medium in libraries was the book.
    Ex. At present digital audio tape formats are considered to be a vulnerable media carrier.
    ----
    * adaptarse a un formato = meet + format.
    * cambiar de formato = reformat [re-format].
    * conservación en formato electrónico = electronic preservation [e-preservation].
    * contenido web en formato RSS = RSS feed.
    * con un formato predefinido = preformatted [pre-formatted].
    * creado originariamente en formato digital = born digital [born-digital].
    * de gran formato = oversized, oversize.
    * en distintos formatos = multiform.
    * en diversos formatos = multiform.
    * en formato de libro moderno = in codex form.
    * en formato digital = digitally.
    * en formato electrónico = in electronic form.
    * en formato impreso y electrónico = print-and-electronic.
    * en formato MARC = in MARC form.
    * en formato papel = in hard copy, paper-based.
    * en gran formato = oversize, oversized.
    * en varios formatos = multiform.
    * explicación del formato = format statement.
    * formato CD-ROM = CD-ROM format.
    * formato de intercambio = exchange format.
    * formato delimitado = delimited format.
    * formato de presentación con identificadores = labelled format.
    * formato de presentación en columnas = tabular format.
    * formato de presentación en pantalla = display format, screen display format.
    * formato de presentación en papel = hard copy format.
    * formato de registro = record format.
    * formato destino = target format.
    * formato digital = digital format, digital form.
    * formato electrónico = electronic format.
    * formato fuente = source format.
    * formato generalizado para la codificación de documentos web = generalised markup format.
    * formato impreso = hard copy [hardcopy], hard copy print-out.
    * formato ISBD = ISBD format.
    * formato legible por máquina = machine-readable form, machine readable format, machine scannable format.
    * formato libro = book form [bookform].
    * formato MARC = MARC format, MARC record format.
    * formato multimedia = media format.
    * formato normalizado = standard form.
    * formato patentado = proprietary format.
    * formato propietario = proprietary format.
    * formato RSS = RSS [Real Simple Syndication].
    * formato RTF = RTF format.
    * formato UNIBID = UNIBID record format.
    * formato Word = Word format.
    * mención del formato = format statement.
    * mención específica del formato de música impresa = musical presentation statement.
    * noticia web en formato RSS = RSS feed.
    * regla de formato = rule.
    * sin un formato determinado = unformatted.
    * sólo en formato electrónico = electronic-only.
    * sólo en formato impreso = print-only.
    * * *
    1) (tamaño, forma) format
    2) (Méx) (formulario, solicitud) form
    * * *
    = form, format, format, formatting, medium [media, -pl.], media carrier.

    Ex: If this is not available, a record can be created on a form online.

    Ex: The command function 'FORMAT' is used to specify the format to be displayed.
    Ex: A format is the number of times the printed sheet has been folded to make the leaves of a book, e.g., folio (one fold giving two leaves), quarto (two folds giving four leaves), etc.
    Ex: They can also convey complex instructions concerning the formatting and organisation necessary for computer inputting.
    Ex: When the term was coined the predominant information and text-carrying medium in libraries was the book.
    Ex: At present digital audio tape formats are considered to be a vulnerable media carrier.
    * adaptarse a un formato = meet + format.
    * cambiar de formato = reformat [re-format].
    * conservación en formato electrónico = electronic preservation [e-preservation].
    * contenido web en formato RSS = RSS feed.
    * con un formato predefinido = preformatted [pre-formatted].
    * creado originariamente en formato digital = born digital [born-digital].
    * de gran formato = oversized, oversize.
    * en distintos formatos = multiform.
    * en diversos formatos = multiform.
    * en formato de libro moderno = in codex form.
    * en formato digital = digitally.
    * en formato electrónico = in electronic form.
    * en formato impreso y electrónico = print-and-electronic.
    * en formato MARC = in MARC form.
    * en formato papel = in hard copy, paper-based.
    * en gran formato = oversize, oversized.
    * en varios formatos = multiform.
    * explicación del formato = format statement.
    * formato CD-ROM = CD-ROM format.
    * formato de intercambio = exchange format.
    * formato delimitado = delimited format.
    * formato de presentación con identificadores = labelled format.
    * formato de presentación en columnas = tabular format.
    * formato de presentación en pantalla = display format, screen display format.
    * formato de presentación en papel = hard copy format.
    * formato de registro = record format.
    * formato destino = target format.
    * formato digital = digital format, digital form.
    * formato electrónico = electronic format.
    * formato fuente = source format.
    * formato generalizado para la codificación de documentos web = generalised markup format.
    * formato impreso = hard copy [hardcopy], hard copy print-out.
    * formato ISBD = ISBD format.
    * formato legible por máquina = machine-readable form, machine readable format, machine scannable format.
    * formato libro = book form [bookform].
    * formato MARC = MARC format, MARC record format.
    * formato multimedia = media format.
    * formato normalizado = standard form.
    * formato patentado = proprietary format.
    * formato propietario = proprietary format.
    * formato RSS = RSS [Real Simple Syndication].
    * formato RTF = RTF format.
    * formato UNIBID = UNIBID record format.
    * formato Word = Word format.
    * mención del formato = format statement.
    * mención específica del formato de música impresa = musical presentation statement.
    * noticia web en formato RSS = RSS feed.
    * regla de formato = rule.
    * sin un formato determinado = unformatted.
    * sólo en formato electrónico = electronic-only.
    * sólo en formato impreso = print-only.

    * * *
    A (tamaño, forma) format
    han cambiado el formato de esta revista they've changed the format of this magazine
    Compuesto:
    portable document format, PDF
    B ( Méx) (formulario, solicitud) form
    * * *

     

    formato sustantivo masculino
    1
    a) (tamaño, forma) format

    b) (Inf) format;


    2 (Méx) (formulario, solicitud) form
    formato sustantivo masculino format
    (de papel, fotografía) size
    ' formato' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    apaisada
    - apaisado
    English:
    broadsheet
    - format
    - tabloid
    - broad
    * * *
    1. [de libro, fotografía, película] format
    2. Informát format
    formato de archivo file format;
    formato ASCII ASCII format
    * * *
    m format;
    en gran/pequeño formato dibujo, mueble large-/small-format, large-/small-size
    * * *
    : format
    * * *
    formato n format

    Spanish-English dictionary > formato

  • 99 gatito

    m.
    kitty, kitten, pussy, small cat.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar kitty, pusy
    * * *
    gatito, -a
    SM / F [gen] kitten; [como término cariñoso] pussycat
    * * *
    - ta masculino, femenino kitten
    * * *
    = kitten, puss.
    Ex. Parentheses help to clarify complex search requests, e.g. dog and (cat or kitten) vs. (dog and cat) or kitten.
    Ex. The family puss should be taught not to meddle with birds; for cats are their worst enemies, destroying thousands of nestlings every year.
    * * *
    - ta masculino, femenino kitten
    * * *
    = kitten, puss.

    Ex: Parentheses help to clarify complex search requests, e.g. dog and (cat or kitten) vs. (dog and cat) or kitten.

    Ex: The family puss should be taught not to meddle with birds; for cats are their worst enemies, destroying thousands of nestlings every year.

    * * *
    gatito -ta
    masculine, feminine
    kitten
    * * *

    gatito
    ◊ -ta sustantivo masculino, femenino

    kitten

    ' gatito' also found in these entries:
    English:
    curl up
    - frighten
    - kitten
    - little
    - puss
    - pussy
    * * *
    gatito, -a nm,f
    kitten
    * * *
    gatito, -ta n
    : kitten
    * * *
    gatito n kitten

    Spanish-English dictionary > gatito

  • 100 hacer las paces

    to make up
    * * *
    (v.) = heal + the breach, heal + the rift, bury + the hatchet, make + (the) peace, smoke + the peace pipe, smoke + the pipe of peace, bury + the tomahawk, bury + the war axe
    Ex. There is no doubt that since DCD and BNB healed the breach the LC scheme has gained in popularity.
    Ex. His initiatives helped heal the rift between authors and librarians.
    Ex. Idioms such as ' bury the hatchet' were presented to 48 college students in sentential contexts that either biased the subject toward a literal or a figurative interpretation or left the interpretation ambiguous.
    Ex. They used these relics to compel Flemish knights to cease feuding & make peace with their enemies, exploiting the fear of the miraculous powers of saints.
    Ex. If the Americans and the Russians can smoke the peace pipe, so can the Indians and the Pakistanis; however, it has to be done on the basis of dignity and mutual respect.
    Ex. There he and his braves met with white settlers to smoke the pipe of peace and settle their differences.
    Ex. Now is the time of all times to bury the tomahawk, throw aside all differences and unite in one great purpose of saving the State from further turmoil.
    Ex. Long ago when tribes exchanged gifts and agreed to wash the spears or bury the war axe things were not as complex as they became later on.
    * * *
    (v.) = heal + the breach, heal + the rift, bury + the hatchet, make + (the) peace, smoke + the peace pipe, smoke + the pipe of peace, bury + the tomahawk, bury + the war axe

    Ex: There is no doubt that since DCD and BNB healed the breach the LC scheme has gained in popularity.

    Ex: His initiatives helped heal the rift between authors and librarians.
    Ex: Idioms such as ' bury the hatchet' were presented to 48 college students in sentential contexts that either biased the subject toward a literal or a figurative interpretation or left the interpretation ambiguous.
    Ex: They used these relics to compel Flemish knights to cease feuding & make peace with their enemies, exploiting the fear of the miraculous powers of saints.
    Ex: If the Americans and the Russians can smoke the peace pipe, so can the Indians and the Pakistanis; however, it has to be done on the basis of dignity and mutual respect.
    Ex: There he and his braves met with white settlers to smoke the pipe of peace and settle their differences.
    Ex: Now is the time of all times to bury the tomahawk, throw aside all differences and unite in one great purpose of saving the State from further turmoil.
    Ex: Long ago when tribes exchanged gifts and agreed to wash the spears or bury the war axe things were not as complex as they became later on.

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