(para adornar)

cinta aislante, cinta de aislar — CAm, Méx insulating tape

cinta de equipajes — baggage o luggage carousel

cinta cinematográfica — movie (AmE), film (BrE)

cinta cinematográfica — movie (AmE), film (BrE)

Ex: Dot matrix printers have a matrix or 'grid' of pins which are pushed against the ribbon by solenoids in response to CPU signals.

Ex: They were particularly concerned with the application of computer visualisation to the reconstruction of the Altar of Pergamon, Greece..

le dio una piña — he thumped him (colloq)

agarrarse a piñas — to come to blows (colloq)

le dio una piña — he thumped him (colloq)

agarrarse a piñas — to come to blows (colloq)

Ex: This peat is rich in beaver chewed wood fragments, twigs, sedge, seeds, husks, coleoptera parts, small bones, and conifer cones.

Ex: Caribbean Indians placed pineapples outside the entrances to their dwellings as symbols of friendship and hospitality.

compuso la música de varios ballets — he composed o wrote the music for several ballets

a este no hay quien le componga — * he's a hopeless case

componérselas — (fam)

que se las componga como pueda — that's his problem, he'll have to sort that out himself

componérselas — (fam)

que se las componga como pueda — that's his problem, he'll have to sort that out himself

Ex: Each volume is make up of several issues which appear in the next lower level.

Ex: There is always a need to fix manually the formatting of articles taken from an online service such as DIALOG.

Ex: His career in composition produced some of the most idiomatic and popular short violin pieces ever penned.

Ex: Although most London book houses owned galley presses for making slip proofs by the 1870, it appears that companionship bookwork was generally made up into pages and imposed before proofing until the mid 1880s.

guarnecer algo de algo — to adorn something with something (liter)

guarnecer algo de algo — to adorn something with something (liter)

Ex: Plenty of light, with a display spotlight if possible, should illuminate the exhibition (a number of inexpensive, safe little spotlights intended for the job are now on the market).

¿cuánto te ha costado arreglar el coche? — how much did it cost you to have your car repaired o fixed?

tengo que llevar estos zapatos a arreglar — I have to take these shoes to the mender's o to be mended

¡a ti te voy a arreglar yo! — iró I'll show you! *

no te preocupes por el dinero, yo lo arreglaré — don't worry about the money, I'll sort it out o I'll take care of that

intentaron arreglar el conflicto de forma diplomática — they tried to sort out o settle the conflict by diplomatic means

si te crees que vas a arreglar el mundo, vas listo — iró if you think you're going to put the world to rights, you've got another think coming *

• arreglar cuentas con algn — to settle accounts with sb

ya lo tenemos todo arreglado para la mudanza — we have got everything ready o arranged for the move

lo arregló todo para que la entrevista fuera el lunes — he fixed up o arranged everything so the interview could be on Monday

le trabajé un mes y todavía no me arregla — Chile I worked for him for a month and still haven't been paid

el dentista me está arreglando la boca — (fam) the dentist is fixing my teeth (colloq)

esto te arreglará el estómago — (fam) this'll sort your stomach out (colloq)

ya está todo arreglado — it's all sorted out o settled now

ya te arreglaré yo a ti — I'll show you! (colloq)

me tengo que arreglar las manos — I have to do my nails (colloq)

arreglarse con algo: nos tendremos que arreglar con tu sueldo we'll have to get by o manage on your wages; se tendrán que arreglar con lo que hay they'll have to make do with what there is; arreglárselas (fam) to manage; no sé cómo se las arreglan I don't know how they manage; arréglatelas como puedas sort o work it out as best you can; sabe arreglárselas solo he can look after himself; ya me las arreglaré para llegar — I'll find a way of getting there

el dentista me está arreglando la boca — (fam) the dentist is fixing my teeth (colloq)

esto te arreglará el estómago — (fam) this'll sort your stomach out (colloq)

ya está todo arreglado — it's all sorted out o settled now

ya te arreglaré yo a ti — I'll show you! (colloq)

me tengo que arreglar las manos — I have to do my nails (colloq)

arreglarse con algo: nos tendremos que arreglar con tu sueldo we'll have to get by o manage on your wages; se tendrán que arreglar con lo que hay they'll have to make do with what there is; arreglárselas (fam) to manage; no sé cómo se las arreglan I don't know how they manage; arréglatelas como puedas sort o work it out as best you can; sabe arreglárselas solo he can look after himself; ya me las arreglaré para llegar — I'll find a way of getting there

Ex: After 1728, the initiative for investigating and remedying the state of the public records passed to the House of Commons.

vestir al desnudo — (Biblia) to clothe the naked

vistió de gravedad su rostro — he assumed o adopted a serious expression

siempre viste a la última moda — she always dresses in o wears the latest fashions

• vestir de, le gusta vestir de gris — he likes to wear grey

• vestir de paisano — [policía] to be in plain clothes; [soldado] to be in civilian clothes o in civvies *o in mufti *

• vestir de sport — to dress casually

• vestir de uniforme — [policía, soldado] to wear a uniform, be in uniform; [alumno] to wear a uniform

tener un coche así sí que viste — *owning a car like that is really flashy *

ahora lo que viste es viajar al Caribe — *the Caribbean is the trendy o the in place to go these days *

•de vestir — [ropa, zapatos] smart; [traje] formal

necesito algo un poco más de vestir — I need something a bit smarter o more formal

ese traje es de mucho vestir — that suit's too dressy *o formal

• saber vestir — to know how to dress, have good dress sense

el mismo que viste y calza — (fam) the very same

de vestir — <traje/zapatos> smart