(sin elaboración)

se sirve al natural — (=a temperatura ambiente) it is served at room temperature

al natural — < mejillones> in brine

es más bonita al natural — she's prettier without makeup

al natural — < mejillones> in brine

es más bonita al natural — she's prettier without makeup

Ex: Also, title entries were ordered by grammatical arrangement, rather than in natural word order.

parten de unos presupuestos falsos — they are basing their theory on false assumptions o premises

parten de unos presupuestos falsos — they are basing their theory on false assumptions o premises

Ex: Also, in controlled indexing language data bases, there is often an assumption that a user will be prepared to chase strings of references or to consult a sometimes complex thesaurus.

una caña de cerveza — a glass of beer o lager

cerveza de barril — draught beer, draft beer (EEUU)

cerveza de sifón CAm —

Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.

pasar un trapo por — [+ suelo] to give a wipe over o down; [+ muebles] to dust

trapo de cocina — [para secar los platos] tea towel, dish towel (EEUU); [para limpiar] dish cloth

trapo del polvo — duster, dust cloth (EEUU)

como o hecho un trapo * —

dejar a algn como un trapo — * to tear sb to shreds *

estar como un trapo — * to be like a limp rag *

poner a algn como un trapo — * to lay into sb *, slag sb off **

hecho un trapo * —

iban a todo trapo — they were going at full speed o flat out *

en la cena sacaron los trapos sucios (a relucir o Esp a la luz) — everyone at the dinner party washed their dirty linen in public

a todo trapo — ( sin ahorrar) (AmS fam) with no expense spared

dejar a alguien hecho un trapo — (fam) to tear somebody to shreds (colloq)

sacar los trapos sucios al sol or a relucir (fam) — to reveal personal secrets (o inside information etc)

soltar el trapo — (fam) to burst into tears

a todo trapo — ( sin ahorrar) (AmS fam) with no expense spared

dejar a alguien hecho un trapo — (fam) to tear somebody to shreds (colloq)

sacar los trapos sucios al sol or a relucir (fam) — to reveal personal secrets (o inside information etc)

soltar el trapo — (fam) to burst into tears

Ex: But edition binding in leather was at least as early as edition binding in cloth.

al cruzar la puerta o el umbral del palacio — when you set foot inside the palace

• cruzar los dedos — (lit, fig) to cross one's fingers

• cruzar las piernas — to cross one's legs

cruzar (los) aros — to celebrate the engagement ceremony ( involving the exchange of rings)

con los brazos cruzados — with my/your/his arms crossed o folded

seguro que nos cruzaremos por el camino — ( nos veremos) we're sure to meet o pass each other on the way; ( no nos veremos) we're sure to miss each other along the way

cruzarse con alguien — to see o pass somebody

con los brazos cruzados — with my/your/his arms crossed o folded

seguro que nos cruzaremos por el camino — ( nos veremos) we're sure to meet o pass each other on the way; ( no nos veremos) we're sure to miss each other along the way

cruzarse con alguien — to see o pass somebody

Ex: Some of the cases presented in this book are concerned with broad policy issues, while others are less encompassing and present some of the narrower problems that cross the library manager's desk.

Ex: The gangplank (illustrated by the dotted line in Figure 1) can be thrown across without weakening the chain of command, as long as this relationship is advisory and not policy making = La pasarela (ilustrada por la línea de puntos de la Figura 1) se puede cruzar sin debilitar la cadena de mando, en tanto en cuanto esta relación sea consultiva y no para la elaboración de políticas.

pedir informes de o sobre algo — to ask for information about sth

pedir informes de o sobre algn — [para trabajo] to follow up sb's references

informe del juez — summing-up, summation (EEUU)

informe jurídico — pleadings pl

Ex: In the interests of clarity an integrated account of the appropriate added entry headings is to be found in 21.29 and 21.30.

según el contrato — по контракту или договору

aceptar el contrato — принимать контракт или договор

de acuerdo con el contrato — в соответствии с контрактом или договором

ajustar el contrato — подправлять [вносить изменения в] контракт или договор

anexo al contrato — приложенный к контракту или договору

anular el contrato — аннулировать контракт или договор

a base de contrato — на основе контракта или договора; на договорных началах

celebrar [concertar] el contrato — заключать контракт или договор

concluir el contrato en nombre de... — заключать контракт или договор от имени...

confeccionar el texto del contrato — составлять текст контракта или договора

conforme con el contrato — в соответствии с контрактом или договором

consumar el contrato — выполнять контракт или договор

cumplir el contrato a su debido tiempo — своевременно выполнять контракт или договор

cumplir el contrato con exactitud — точно [с точностью] выполнять контракт или договор

determinado en el contrato — предусмотренный контрактом или договором

discutir el contrato — обсуждать контракт или договор

ejecutar el contrato — выполнять контракт или договор

eludir el contrato — уклоняться от выполнения контракта или договора