(portero eléctrico)

Ex: It presents a case study based on an actual situation which arose between the chief librarian of a public library and the library janitor, and offer 4 different views as to how the situation could have been managed.

Ex: It was a dozen years later that the first central electric power station was built; a decade was to pass before the automobile was invented, and nearly three decades before the first airplane flew.

Ex: The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.

night fell — cayó la noche (liter)

she woke up in the middle of the night — se despertó por la noche or durante la noche

the night before last — anteanoche, antenoche (AmL)

to spend a sleepless night — pasar una noche en vela or en blanco

to have a late/an early night — acostarse* tarde/temprano; (before n) <flight, patrol> nocturno

night shift — turno m nocturno or de la noche

first night — ( Theat) noche f del estreno

it is night — liter es de noche

• all night (long) — toda la noche

• at night — por la noche, de noche

• to have a bad night — dormir mal, pasar una mala noche

• the night before the ceremony — la víspera de la ceremonia

• by night — de noche, por la noche

• night and day — noche y día

• to have an early night — acostarse temprano

• good night! — ¡buenas noches!

• in the night — durante la noche

• last night — (=late) anoche; (=in the evening) ayer por la tarde

• to have a late night — acostarse muy tarde

• we decided to make a night of it and go to a club afterwards — decidimos prolongar la velada e irnos a una discoteca después

• to have a night out — salir por la noche

• I can't sleep nights — (US) no puedo dormir la noche

• to spend the night — pasar la noche

to spend the night together — euph (=to have sex) pasar la noche juntos

• tomorrow night — mañana por la noche

• to work nights — trabajar de noche

• first night — estreno m

• last night — última representación f

night bird N — ave f nocturna

night blindness N — ceguera f nocturna

night bus N — autobús m nocturno

night fighter N — caza m nocturno, cazabombardero m nocturno

night nurse N — enfermera f de noche

night out N —

girls' night out — salida f de chicas

boys' night out — salida f de chicos

night owl * N — (fig) ave f nocturna

night porter N — guarda m nocturno

night safe N — caja f de seguridad nocturna

night school N — escuela f nocturna

night shelter N — albergue m

night shift N — turno m nocturno, turno m de noche

night stand N (US) — = night table

night storage heater N — acumulador m eléctrico nocturno

night table N — mesita f de noche

night vision N — visión f nocturna

night watch N — (=shift) turno m de noche; (Hist) ronda f nocturna (=individual)

night watchman N — (in factory) vigilante m nocturno; (in street) sereno m

night work N — trabajo m nocturno

night fell — cayó la noche (liter)

she woke up in the middle of the night — se despertó por la noche or durante la noche

the night before last — anteanoche, antenoche (AmL)

to spend a sleepless night — pasar una noche en vela or en blanco

to have a late/an early night — acostarse* tarde/temprano; (before n) <flight, patrol> nocturno

night shift — turno m nocturno or de la noche

first night — ( Theat) noche f del estreno

viven en el campo — they live in the country o countryside

la gente del campo — country people o folk

campo de cultivo — (lit) farm land; (fig) breeding ground

el portero tuvo que abandonar el campo — the goalkeeper had to leave the pitch o field

Campo de Gibraltar — Spanish territory around the border with Gibraltar

Campos Elíseos — [en París] Champs Elysées; (Mit) Elysian Fields

levantar el campo — (Mil) to break camp, strike camp; (=irse) to make tracks *

campo de aviación — airfield, airdrome (EEUU)

campo de trabajo — [de castigo] labour o (EEUU) labor camp; [de vacaciones] work camp

campo de acción, campo de actuación — scope, room for manoeuvre o (EEUU) maneuver

no hay campo — there's no room o space

campo a través or a campo traviesa — <cruzar/ir> cross-country

perdieron en su campo or en campo propio — they lost at home

esto no está dentro de mi campo de acción — this does not fall within my area o field of responsibility

dejarle el campo libre a alguien — to leave the field clear for somebody

levantar el campo — to make tracks (colloq)

hagan or abran campo — make room

campo a través or a campo traviesa — <cruzar/ir> cross-country

perdieron en su campo or en campo propio — they lost at home

esto no está dentro de mi campo de acción — this does not fall within my area o field of responsibility

dejarle el campo libre a alguien — to leave the field clear for somebody

levantar el campo — to make tracks (colloq)

hagan or abran campo — make room

Ex: But in the country the processes of printing always provoke such lively curiosity that the customers preferred to go in by a glazed door set in the shop-front and giving onto the street.

Ex: The area in which standards for bibliographic description have had the most impact is in catalogues and catalogue record data bases.

Ex: Records are normally divided into fields.

Ex: Her experiences in Namibia involved cycling along dirt roads through the bush to village schools in order to read stories and help children make their own books = Sus experiencias en Namibia supusieron ir en bicicleta por caminos de tierra por el campo a las escuelas de las aldeas para leer cuentos y ayudar a los niños a hacer sus propios libros.