bowl off the cam

batir el monte — to beat ( for game)

echarse or tirarse al monte — to take to the hills

vive en el monte — he lives out in the sticks o the wilds (colloq)

batir el monte — to beat ( for game)

echarse or tirarse al monte — to take to the hills

vive en el monte — he lives out in the sticks o the wilds (colloq)

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.

Ex: The library is poorly sited outside the shopping centre and on the brow of a hill, and faces competition from adjoining libraries.

pelota de goma — (Mil) rubber bullet

¿que te deje el coche? ¡las pelotas! — you expect me to lend you the car? what a bloody cheek! **

en pelotas — (=desnudo) stark naked, starkers **; (=sin dinero) broke *

coger o pillar a algn en pelotas — to catch sb with their trousers down *

dejar a algn en pelotas — to strip sb clean o naked; [en un juego] to clean sb out *

una pelota de fútbol — (AmL) a football

darle pelota a alguien — (CS fam) to take notice of somebody

hacerle la pelota a alguien — (Esp fam) to suck up to somebody (colloq)

la pelota está/estaba en el tejado — (Esp period) it's/it was all up in the air

le devolví/devolvió la pelota — I/she gave as good as I/she got

pasar la pelota — (fam) to pass the buck

en pelotas — (vulg) ( sin ropa) stark naked; ( sin dinero) flat broke (colloq)

estar hasta las pelotas de algo/alguien — (vulg) to be really pissed off with something/somebody (sl)

hincharle or tocarle las pelotas a alguien — (vulg) to get up somebody's nose (colloq)

tener pelotas — (AmS arg) to have balls (vulg), to have guts (colloq)

una pelota de fútbol — (AmL) a football

darle pelota a alguien — (CS fam) to take notice of somebody

hacerle la pelota a alguien — (Esp fam) to suck up to somebody (colloq)

la pelota está/estaba en el tejado — (Esp period) it's/it was all up in the air

le devolví/devolvió la pelota — I/she gave as good as I/she got

pasar la pelota — (fam) to pass the buck

en pelotas — (vulg) ( sin ropa) stark naked; ( sin dinero) flat broke (colloq)

estar hasta las pelotas de algo/alguien — (vulg) to be really pissed off with something/somebody (sl)

hincharle or tocarle las pelotas a alguien — (vulg) to get up somebody's nose (colloq)

tener pelotas — (AmS arg) to have balls (vulg), to have guts (colloq)

Ex: People are positively delighted to find that there are motion picture loops on how to throw a ball properly, art slides, and all this sort of thing.

Ex: He campaigned under the guise of a moderate 'new Democrat' but now we know he's simply a toady to labor bosses and the old vestiges of his party.

juega como yo — he plays like me o like I do

como este hay pocos — there are few like this o him

tiene ventajas, como son la resistencia y durabilidad — it has advantages, such as o like strength and durability

hazlo como te dijo ella — do it like * o the way she told you

toca como canta — she plays like * o the same way as she sings

no es como me lo imaginaba — it isn't as o like * I imagined it

• tal como, tal como lo había planeado — just as o the way I had planned it

hazlo como quieras — do it however you want o like

• como sea — at all costs

había como cincuenta — there were about o around fifty

vino como a las dos — he came at about o around two

sentía como tristeza — she felt a sort o kind of sadness

como no tenía dinero — as o since I had no money

• tal (y) como están las cosas — the way things are, as things stand

• de tanto como, tienen las manos doloridas de tanto como aplaudieron — they clapped so much their hands hurt

• como no, como no lo haga en seguida... — if he doesn't do it at once..., unless he does it at once...

siguió leyendo, como si no hubiera oído nada — he kept on reading, as if o as though he hadn't heard

sentí como si fuera a caerme — I felt as if o as though I was about to fall

como si no hubiera pasado nada — as if o as though nothing had happened

se comporta como si me odiara — he behaves as if o as though he hated me

como si fuera a llover — as if o as though it was going to rain

a como dé o diera lugar — at any cost

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before

así como — (frml) as well as

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!; como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least; como nadie: cocina como nadie nobody cooks like her; como que...: conduce muy bien - como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well - well, he is a racing driver, after all; y no me lo dijiste - como que no lo sabía! and you didn't tell me about it - that's because I didn't know about it!; como ser (CS) such as, for example; como si (+ subj) as if, as though; ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa — she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all o in the least worried

no voy - como quieras — I'm not going - please yourself o as you like

como era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta — since o as it was early, we went for a walk

cansado como estaba, me ayudó — tired though o tired as he was, he helped me

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before

así como — (frml) as well as

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!; como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least; como nadie: cocina como nadie nobody cooks like her; como que...: conduce muy bien - como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well - well, he is a racing driver, after all; y no me lo dijiste - como que no lo sabía! and you didn't tell me about it - that's because I didn't know about it!; como ser (CS) such as, for example; como si (+ subj) as if, as though; ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa — she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all o in the least worried

no voy - como quieras — I'm not going - please yourself o as you like

como era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta — since o as it was early, we went for a walk

cansado como estaba, me ayudó — tired though o tired as he was, he helped me

Ex: This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.