a makeshift set-up

ɛ̃stalasjɔ̃
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2.
ɛ̃stalasjɔ̃

= Construcciones Aeronáuticas, S.A.

Ex: Qualifiers function as an integral part of the index terms, so that terms of the form 'Moving ( House)', 'Mergers (Industrial)' are created and used.

Ex: For the two-car family, living in the countryside can present few problems, but most households are not in such an advantageous position.

Ex: In comparing the residential experiences of single-family dwelling inhabitants with those living in townhouses, duplexes, & apartments, only apartment dwellers seem to experience adverse effects.

Ex: The ongoing threat of terrorist attacks on North American soil and assets abroad, have brought asymmetric warfare to the home front.

* alfabetización en casa = family literacy.

* ama de casa = housewife [housewives, -pl.], homemaker, housekeeper.

* amo de casa = homemaker.

* artículos de la casa = household goods.

* asuntos de la casa, los = home affairs.

* banco en casa = home banking.

* barrer para casa = look after + number one, feather + Posesivo/the + nest.

* bata de casa = housedress.

* cambiarse de casa = move + house.

* casa adosada = terrace(d) house, terrace(d) home, townhouse [town-house], semidetached house, duplex, duplex house.

* casa alquilada = house let.

* casa ancestral = ancestral home.

* Casa Blanca, la = White House, the.

* casa comercial = house.

* casa consistorial = civic hall.

* casa de acogida = shelter home, foster home.

* casa de beneficiencia = almshouse.

* casa de campo = holiday home, country residence.

* casa de empeño = pawnshop, hock shop [hockshop].

* casa de huéspedes = guesthouse [guest house], bed and breakfast (B&B).

* casa de ladrillos de adobe = mud-brick house.

* casa de la moneda = mint.

* casa de la playa = beach house.

* casa del guarda = lodge.

* casa de locos = lunatic asylum, madhouse, bedlam.

* casa de los locos = asylum, mental asylum, madhouse.

* casa del párroco = parsonage house, parsonage.

* casa de madera = log house, wood house.

* casa de maternidad = maternity home.

* casa de muñecas = doll's house.

* casa de oficios = vocational school.

* casa de pisos = tenement, apartment block, apartment building, apartment complex.

* casa de placer = house of pleasure, house of pleasure.

* casa de putas = brothel, bawdy house [bawdyhouse].

* casa de té = teahouse.

* casa de tres plantas = three-storeyed house.

* casa de troncos de madera = log house.

* casa de vacaciones = vacation home.

* casa de veraneo = holiday home.

* casa editorial = publishing house.

* casa frecuentada por los espíritus = haunted house.

* casa móvil = mobile home.

* casa pareada = duplex, duplex house.

* casa parroquial = parsonage house, parsonage.

* casa particular = private home.

* casa piloto = show home, show house.

* casa prefabricada = manufactured home, prefabricated house.

* casa proveedora = components supplier.

* casa remolque = mobile home.

* casa rural = farmhouse.

* casa rústica = cottage.

* casa señorial = manor house, stately home.

* casa social = community house.

* casa solariega = ancestral home, country house, stately home, manor house.

* cine en casa = home theatre, home cinema.

* cocinero de casa = home cook.

* comer en casa = eat in.

* como en casa = like home (away) from home.

* como en casa no se está en ningún sitio = there's no place like home.

* compra desde casa = armchair shopping.

* confinado a la casa = housebound [house-bound].

* construcción de casas = building construction.

* dueño de la casa = householder.

* el enemigo en casa = the enemy within.

* empezar la casa por el tejado = tail wagging the dog.

* en casa = in the home.

* en casa de herrero cuchillo de palo = the cobbler's children run barefoot.

* encontrar casa = find + a home.

* encontrarse en casa = be in.

* enseñanza escolar en casa = homeschooling [home schooling].

* equipo de casa = home team.

* equipo de casa, el = home side, the.

* escolarización en casa = homeschool, homeschooling [home schooling].

* escolarizar en casa = homeschool.

* especialidad de la casa, la = house specialty, the.

* estar en casa = be in.

* esterilla de la entrada de la casa = welcome mat.

* estilo de la casa = house style.

* fuera de la casa = out-of-home.

* hacer que Algo se haga en casa = bring + Nombre + in-house.

* hecho en casa = homespun, homemade.

* hora de volver a casa = curfew.

* imposibilitado para salir de casa = housebound [house-bound], homebound [home-bound].

* ir a casa de = make + house calls.

* irse a casa = go + home.

* irse de casa = leave + home.

* joven que huye de su casa = runaway.

* lejía de casa = household bleach.

* llave de la casa = house key.

* llegar a casa = get + home.

* llegar tarde a casa = stay out + late.

* llevar a casa = bring + home.

* llevarse los problemas a casa = bring + problems home.

* menú de la casa = set menu.

* mudarse de casa = move + house.

* para el inglés su casa es su castillo = an Englishman's home is his castle.

* partido que se juega en casa = home game.

* partido que se juega fuera de casa = away game.

* personas confinadas a permanecer en casa por cualquier impedimento, las = housebound, the.

* personas que no pueden salir de casa = homebound, the.

* pisar + Posesivo + casa = darken + Posesivo + door.

* poner la casa al revés = turn + everything upside down.

* poner la casa patas arriba = turn + the house upside down.

* poner los pies en + Posesivo + casa = darken + Posesivo + door.

* quedarse a dormir en la casa de un amigo = sleepover.

* quedarse dentro de casa = stay + indoors.

* quedarse en casa = stay + indoors.

* quehaceres de la casa = housework.

* que trabaja desde casa = home-based.

* realización de los estudios escolares en casa = homeschooling [home schooling].

* regresar a casa = go + home again.

* regreso a casa = homecoming, journey home.

* revolver toda la casa = turn + the house upside down.

* ropa de casa = loungewear.

* ropa de estar en casa = loungewear.

* salir de casa = leave + home.

* segunda casa = second home.

* seguro de la casa = home insurance.

* sentirse como en casa = feel + at home, feel like + home (away) from home.

* tirar la casa por la ventana = lash out (on), go to + town on.

* todo queda en casa = all in the family.

* trabajador desde casa = homeworker.

* trabajos de la casa = housework.

* traer a casa = bring + back home.

* vender de casa en casa = peddle.

* volver a casa = go + home again.

* volver la casa al revés = turn + everything upside down.

* volver tarde a casa = stay out + late.

* vuelta a casa = homecoming, journey home.

 

Del verbo casar: ( conjugate casar)

casa es:



Multiple Entries:
casa    
casar
casa sustantivo femenino
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casita del perro kennel;
casa adosada or pareada semi-detached o terraced house;
Ccasa Blanca White House;
casa de acogida refuge;
casa de huéspedes boardinghouse;
casa de socorro first-aid post;
casa de vecinos or (Méx) de vecindad tenement house;
Ccasa Real Royal Household;
casa refugio refuge o hostel for battered women;
casa rodante (CS) trailer (AmE), caravan (BrE)

a los 18 años se fue de casa or (AmL) de la casa she left home at 18;
no está nunca en casa or ( AmL) en la casa he's never (at) home;

¿por qué no pasas por casa or (AmL) por la casa? why don't you drop in?;
de or para andar por casa ‹ vestido› for wearing around the house;

‹definición/terminología› crude, rough;
echar or tirar la casa por la ventana to push the boat out
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casa de cambios bureau de change


invita la casa it's on the house
3 (Dep):

casar ( conjugate casar) verbo transitivo [cura/juez] to marry
verbo intransitivo

[ piezas] to fit together;
[ cuentas] to match, tally

casa con algo to go well with sth
casarse verbo pronominal
to get married;

se casó con un abogado she married a lawyer;
casase en segundas nupcias to marry again, to remarry
casa sustantivo femenino
1 (edificio) house ➣ Ver nota en chalet
2 (hogar) home: vete a casa, go home
estábamos en casa de Rosa, we were at Rosa's
hay mucha gente que no tiene casa, there are a lot of homeless people
3 (empresa) company, firm
casa matriz, head office
4 (estirpe) la casa de los Austria, the House of Habsburg
5 casa de empeños, pawnshop
casa de huéspedes, boarding house
familiar casa de locos, madhouse
casa de socorro, first aid post
casa de la villa, town hall
♦ Locuciones: tengo que salir a pasear, si no, se me cae la casa encima, I've got to go out for a walk or this house is going to drive me up the wall
familiar como Pedro por su casa, as if I/you/he owned the place
de andar por casa, (ropa) everyday
(explicación) crude, rough
no parar en casa, to be on the go
tirar la casa por la ventana, to roll out the red carpet
casar
I verbo transitivo (unir en matrimonio) to marry
(dar en matrimonio) to marry (off): casó muy bien a sus dos hijos, she successfully married off her two sons
II verbo intransitivo (encajar) to match, go o fit together: las cuentas no le casan, he can't make the figures balance, figurado things don't seem to be right to him

' casa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- abajo
- abstraerse
- acercar
- acoger
- acogedor
- acogedora
- acuerdo
- adosada
- adosado
- afuera
- agencia
- ajena
- ajeno
- alquilar
- alquiler
- ama
- amañarse
- amo
- ampliación
- andar
- antirrobo
- arriba
- así
- ático
- atusar
- aviar
- barrer
- bata
- benjamín
- benjamina
- bienvenida
- bienvenido
- borde
- cabida
- cacho
- calentar
- cambiar
- camino
- cara
- cargar
- carpintería
- casera
- casero
- chalet
- cocina
- comedor
- comedora
- consentir
- convivir
English:
address
- advantage
- agent
- amenities
- ancestral
- anyone
- appraisal
- appreciate
- approximately
- around-the clock
- as
- ask round
- at
- attractive
- back
- be
- bed
- before
- below
- better
- big
- blast away
- bleak
- boarding house
- body
- bookshelf
- break into
- built-in
- burglar alarm
- burglarize
- burglary
- busline
- bustle
- buyer
- call
- caller
- care
- caretaker
- clean up
- come out
- congregate
- convenience
- cottage
- curious
- customary
- cut out
- daily
- dear
- decorate
- design
[apartamento] Br flat, US apartment; Fam casa adosada Br terraced house, US row house; CSur, Perú [casa de arriba] upstairs Br flat o US apartment; Esp casa cuartel [de la Guardia Civil] = police station also used as living quarters by Guardia Civil; Arg casa de departamentos Br block of flats, US apartment building; Am casa habitación residential building; RP casa de inquilinato = communal dwelling where poor families each live in a single room and share bathroom and kitchen with others; Méx casa llena: RP casa rodante Br caravan, US trailer; Esp Fam Esp Fam Esp Fam casa mortuoria home of the deceased; [linaje] house; Hist la casa de Austria the Hapsburgs; Hist la casa de Borbón the Bourbons; casa de apuestas bookmaker's, Br betting shop; Méx casa de asistencia boarding house; Com casa central head office; Com casa matriz [de empresa] head office; [de grupo de empresas] parent company; muy Fam casa de putas whorehouse; Am casa de tolerancia brothel Fin casa de cambio Br bureau de change, US foreign-exchange bureau; [guardería] nursery; CSur casa de estudios educational establishment; Am casa de gobierno = workplace of the head of state, governor, mayor etc; Fig [de monjes] monastery; RP casa de reposo rest home; RP casa de salud rest home;

ɛ̃pʀɔvize
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ɛ̃pʀɔvize

1. 2. 1. 2.

Ex: A quality design cannot be thrown together on short notice.

Ex: The main problem lay in deciding which subjects were to be treated in which way, and staff played things by ear.

Ex: ' Winging it' becomes necessary when something unexpected comes up and the teacher has to improvise at the last minute.

Ex: Why grub has to be ' rustled up' is anyone's guess; that is just the way it was on the Wild West.

Ex: By cobbling together these essays without any attempt to integrate them, Mills reveals a disregard for his audience.

Ex: One of the persistent arguments about Mr. Gorbachev is whether he ever had a clear strategic vision, or was flying by the seat of his pants.

improvisar ( conjugate improvisar) verbo transitivo
to improvise;

verbo intransitivo [actor/músico] to improvise
improvisar verbo transitivo to improvise
Mús to extemporize

' improvisar' also found in these entries:
English:
ad-lib
- cobble together
- ear
- improvise
- rig up
- jam
- knock
- put
- throw
- whip
[discurso, plan, actuación artística] to improvise; [comida] to rustle up, to improvise; [músico, orador, actor] to improvise; [al olvidar el diálogo] to ad-lib

Ex: As Willoughby says 'Wing's bibliography is a dangerous work to handle lazily'.

Ex: Putting books on show is a way of making recommendations by, as it were, remote control and anything tatty, botched-up and sloppily makeshift should be avoided.

Ex: When people mindlessly do something without knowing any reason for doing it, they become like two-legged cattle.

[conducir, actuar] carelessly; [vestir] untidily

ɛ̃stale
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2.
ɛ̃stale vt

( pp expuesto) 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3.

Ex: This may help explain why many working in this field fail to practise what they preach.

Ex: These complications were not hidden or implicit; they were clearly set out at the beginning of the volume under 'Rules for the Compilation of the Catalog'.

Ex: The philosophy of building CD-ROM data bases with files with common subject interests is expounded with reference to the OSH-ROM, CHEM-BANK and CANCER-CD data bases.

* exponer las razones = discuss + the reasons.

* exponer las razones de = set out + the reasons for.

* exponer una cuestión = raise + point.

Ex: These headings, therefore, in addition to exhibiting a bias in favor of the majority, actively hinder access.

Ex: The reputation of the information and its authority will be more exposed to examination.

Ex: Putting books on show is a way of making recommendations by, as it were, remote control and anything tatty, botched-up and sloppily makeshift should be avoided.

Ex: This is a 'sneak peek' at new products that systems vendors will have on exhibit at the conference = Este es un "avance" de los nuevos productos que los vendedores de sistemas expondrán en el congreso.

* exponer a la luz = expose to + light.

* exponer a la luz del día = expose to + daylight.

* exponer a la luz del sol = expose to + sunlight.

* exponerse a = expose + Reflexivo + to.

 

exponer ( conjugate exponer) verbo transitivo
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2 ‹razones/hechos› to set out, state;
‹ideas/teoría› to put forward;
‹ tema› to present
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verbo intransitivo
to exhibit, exhibit o show one's work
exponerse verbo pronominal exponerse (a algo) to expose oneself (to sth);

exponer verbo transitivo
1 (en un discurso, escrito) to expound, put forward
2 (en una galería, escaparate) to exhibit, display
3 (someter, poner) to expose: la expuso al peligro, he exposed her to danger

' exponer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desarrollar
- poner
- vitrina
- asolear
- plantear
- presentar
English:
argue
- candid
- case
- display
- exhibit
- expose
- expound
- post
- put forward
- set out
- show
- state
- trace
- detail
- put
- set
[tema] to present; [ideas, propuesta] to set out, to explain; [argumentos, razones] to set out, to state; [objetos en vitrinas] to display [en una galería, museo] to exhibit

meik
1. past tense, past participle - made; verb
2. noun - making
- make-believe
- make-over
- makeshift
- make-up
- have the makings of
- in the making
- make a/one's bed
- make believe
- make do
- make for
- make it
- make it up
- make something of something
- make of something
- make something of
- make of
- make out
- make over
- make up
- make up for
- make up one's mind
- make up to

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[meɪk] (pt, pp made) When make is part of a set combination, eg make an attempt, make a bow, make a case, make sure, look up the other word. show 2., 4) to make sb sth (=cause to be) to make sb/sth ({+ adjective/past participle}28}) ill 1., 1), sick 1., 2), unhappy to make sth/sb into sth convertir algo/a algn en algo to make sb do sth (=cause to do sth) hacer a algn hacer algo; (=force to do sth) hacer a algn hacer algo, obligar a algn a hacer algo to make o.s. do sth obligarse a hacer algo to make sth do, make [do] with sth arreglárselas or apañárselas con algo to make good [+ promise] cumplir; [+ accusation] hacer bueno, probar; [+ claim] justificar; [+ loss] compensar; [+ damage] reparar; (=pay) pagar make 2. to make sth of sth (=understand) (=give importance to) issue 1., 1)
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