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101 de principio a fin
= from start to finish, gavel to gavel, from beginning to endEx. This concept permeates all bibliothecal activities from start to finish, especially indexing and abstracting.Ex. A survey of state legislators finds that lawmakers support expanding television coverage of legislative proceedings to include gavel to gavel programming.Ex. This new drapers' guild commissioned a series of paintings illustrating the textile production steps from beginning to end.* * *de principio a fin (documento)Ex: Virtually every discipline in the sciences, from astronomy through zoology, is represented since journals are indexed cover to cover.
= from start to finish, gavel to gavel, from beginning to endEx: This concept permeates all bibliothecal activities from start to finish, especially indexing and abstracting.
Ex: A survey of state legislators finds that lawmakers support expanding television coverage of legislative proceedings to include gavel to gavel programming.Ex: This new drapers' guild commissioned a series of paintings illustrating the textile production steps from beginning to end. -
102 el fin del mundo
the end of the world* * *Ex. Having journeyed to the ends of the earth and the land of the dead, Heracles could therefore suggest closing down the Eleusian mysteries.* * *Ex: Having journeyed to the ends of the earth and the land of the dead, Heracles could therefore suggest closing down the Eleusian mysteries.
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103 llegar a su fin
to come to an end* * *(v.) = wind down, draw to + a close, draw to + an endEx. As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.Ex. In 1971 the experimental phase of PRECIS was drawing to a close as the system became operational in the British national bibliography.Ex. As the war drew to an end, the horrendous scenes of misery and destitution came to light.* * *(v.) = wind down, draw to + a close, draw to + an endEx: As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.
Ex: In 1971 the experimental phase of PRECIS was drawing to a close as the system became operational in the British national bibliography.Ex: As the war drew to an end, the horrendous scenes of misery and destitution came to light. -
104 no tener fin
to be endless* * *(n.) = there + be + no end toEx. Chilton Book Company is probably the largest publisher of repair guides for automobiles and motorcycles, and there is no end to the clamor for these tools at a reference desk.* * *(n.) = there + be + no end toEx: Chilton Book Company is probably the largest publisher of repair guides for automobiles and motorcycles, and there is no end to the clamor for these tools at a reference desk.
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105 poner fin a
to put an end to* * *(v.) = put + paid to, put + an end to, put + a stop to, call + a halt on, bring + an end to, bring to + an end, sound + the death knell for, kill offEx. Following in the footsteps of Beeching's axe which put paid to the branch-line era of the railways, many rural bus routes have now been threatened by rising petrol costs.Ex. The abolition of the central and of the district libraries in 1803 put an end to a project which had met too many problems.Ex. Distressed, anxious, not a little angry, she at first decided to confront her daughter and put a stop to the affair at once, brooking no argument.Ex. These are the people who say that libraries should call a halt on 'business as usual', based on what is felt 'to be good for the community'.Ex. He became famous as the leader of illegal metalworkers' strikes that helped bring an end to the military dictatorship in the mid-1970s.Ex. Serial swindler Kenneth Broad was this afternoon jailed for 15 months bringing to an end a playboy lifestyle lived at other people's expense.Ex. Terror threats have sounded the death knell for traditional Christmas festivities in Peshawar.Ex. 'Hyperindividualised' news was always one of the reasons the internet was supposed to be going to kill off print.* * *(v.) = put + paid to, put + an end to, put + a stop to, call + a halt on, bring + an end to, bring to + an end, sound + the death knell for, kill offEx: Following in the footsteps of Beeching's axe which put paid to the branch-line era of the railways, many rural bus routes have now been threatened by rising petrol costs.
Ex: The abolition of the central and of the district libraries in 1803 put an end to a project which had met too many problems.Ex: Distressed, anxious, not a little angry, she at first decided to confront her daughter and put a stop to the affair at once, brooking no argument.Ex: These are the people who say that libraries should call a halt on 'business as usual', based on what is felt 'to be good for the community'.Ex: He became famous as the leader of illegal metalworkers' strikes that helped bring an end to the military dictatorship in the mid-1970s.Ex: Serial swindler Kenneth Broad was this afternoon jailed for 15 months bringing to an end a playboy lifestyle lived at other people's expense.Ex: Terror threats have sounded the death knell for traditional Christmas festivities in Peshawar.Ex: 'Hyperindividualised' news was always one of the reasons the internet was supposed to be going to kill off print. -
106 sin fin
adj.without an end, boundless, endless, infinite.adv.ad infinitum.* * *endless* * *(adj.) = never-finishing, never-ending, bottomless, interminably, unendingEx. And becoming aware (a never-finishing process of intelligent life) is in itself action.Ex. His, he concludes, is the never-ending search for what is new in the world out yonder.Ex. The novel is a bottomless quagmire of melodramatic weirdness.Ex. Also unfortunately common is the lonely soul who visits interminably with whomever is on the desk -- and occasionally with other readers.Ex. In the mean time, the piles outside the library are multiplying and shapeshifting and, for every 100 books the library SWAT team rescues, 100 are added by the unending delivery trucks.* * *(adj.) = never-finishing, never-ending, bottomless, interminably, unendingEx: And becoming aware (a never-finishing process of intelligent life) is in itself action.
Ex: His, he concludes, is the never-ending search for what is new in the world out yonder.Ex: The novel is a bottomless quagmire of melodramatic weirdness.Ex: Also unfortunately common is the lonely soul who visits interminably with whomever is on the desk -- and occasionally with other readers.Ex: In the mean time, the piles outside the library are multiplying and shapeshifting and, for every 100 books the library SWAT team rescues, 100 are added by the unending delivery trucks. -
107 (noche de) Fin de Año
New Year's Eve -
108 a fin de que
so that -
109 a fin de
in order to, so as to -
110 con buen fin
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111 con el fin expreso de
with the express purpose of -
112 correa sin fin
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113 dar fin a
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114 en fin
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115 hasta el fin de sus días
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116 ¡al fin!
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117 ¡por fin!
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118 generación del fin del milenio
la generación del fin del milenio(n.) = Millennial Generation, the, Millennium Generation, theEx: The 'Millennial Generation' -- also known as Generation Y -- are those who will graduate from high school in the first decade of the new millennium.
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119 por fin llegó la hora
por fin llegó la hora(de)Ex: It's about time that we go back to these principles and make sure that the quality of cataloging is upheld.
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120 liquidación de fin de temporada
end of season saleSpanish-English dictionary > liquidación de fin de temporada
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