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siempre está con el mismo disco, no cambia de disco — * he's like a cracked record *

grabar un disco — to make a record o disc

parecer un disco rayado — (fam) to be like a worn-out gramophone record (colloq)

grabar un disco — to make a record o disc

parecer un disco rayado — (fam) to be like a worn-out gramophone record (colloq)

Ex: Chapter 6 covers discs, tapes, piano rolls and sound recordings on film.

te cambio el rotulador verde por el rojo — I'll exchange my green pen for that red one, I'll swap you the green pen for the red one *

¿me cambias el sitio? — can we change places?, can we swap places? *

¿me lo puede cambiar por otra talla? — could I change o exchange this for another size?

tengo que cambiar 800 euros en o LAm a libras — I have to change 800 euros into pounds

• cambiar de — [+ actitud, canal, dirección] to change; [+ casa] to move

• cambiar de dueño — to change hands

• cambiar de idea u opinión — to change one's mind

• cambiar para mejor/peor — to change for the better/worse

si no le queda bien lo puede cambiar — if it doesn't fit, you can exchange o change it

cambiar algo por algo — <sellos/estampas> to swap o (esp AmE) trade something for something; < compra> to exchange o change something for something

te cambio este libro por tu pluma — I'll swap you o trade this book for your pen

cambiarle algo a alguien: ¿quieres que te cambie el lugar? — do you want me to swap o change places with you?

¿me puedes cambiar este billete? — can you change this bill (AmE) o (BrE) note for me?

cambiar algo a or (Esp) en algo — to change something into something

cambié 100 libras a or (Esp) en dólares — I changed 100 pounds into dollars

cambio y corto or fuera — over and out

cambiar de idea or opinión — to change one's mind

si no le queda bien lo puede cambiar — if it doesn't fit, you can exchange o change it

cambiar algo por algo — <sellos/estampas> to swap o (esp AmE) trade something for something; < compra> to exchange o change something for something

te cambio este libro por tu pluma — I'll swap you o trade this book for your pen

cambiarle algo a alguien: ¿quieres que te cambie el lugar? — do you want me to swap o change places with you?

¿me puedes cambiar este billete? — can you change this bill (AmE) o (BrE) note for me?

cambiar algo a or (Esp) en algo — to change something into something

cambié 100 libras a or (Esp) en dólares — I changed 100 pounds into dollars

cambio y corto or fuera — over and out

cambiar de idea or opinión — to change one's mind

Ex: Even the same collection some years on will have altered, and the device, in order to remain effective, must evolve in keeping with the development of the collection.

medidas encaminadas a reducir el número de parados — measures designed to reduce o bring down o cut the number of unemployed

han reducido las listas de espera en los hospitales — they have reduced o cut hospital waiting lists

• reducir algo en algo — to reduce sth by sth, cut sth by sth

tenemos que reducir la producción en un 20% — we have to reduce o cut production by 20%

• reducir a la mínima expresión — to reduce to the bare minimum

• reducir algo al mínimo — to reduce o cut sth to the minimum

• reducir algo a la mitad — to cut sth by half

han reducido la mili a nueve meses — they have reduced o cut military service to nine months

• reducir algo a algo —

• reducir a algn a la obediencia — to bring sb to heel

• reducir a algn al silencio — [por la fuerza, por miedo] to silence sb; [por vergüenza, humillación] to reduce sb to silence

reducir al mínimo los riesgos — to minimize o to reduce the risks to a minimum

le redujeron la pena — they shortened o reduced his sentence

reducir algo a su mínima expresión — (Mat) to reduce something to its simplest form

reducir al mínimo los riesgos — to minimize o to reduce the risks to a minimum

le redujeron la pena — they shortened o reduced his sentence

reducir algo a su mínima expresión — (Mat) to reduce something to its simplest form

Ex: Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.

bumper car N — auto m de choque

bumper sticker N — pegatina f de parachoques

bumper issue N — edición f especial

frenar en seco — to brake sharply o suddenly

Ex: At the heart of the debate on Community budget and agricultural reforms has been the UK's insistence on the need to put the brakes on runaway spending on agriculture.