cancha de aterrizaje

cancha de bolos — LAm bowling alley

cancha de golf — LAm golf course

medios de difusión que dan mucha cancha a los terroristas — media that give a lot of coverage o exposure to terrorists

cancha de aterrizaje — Cono Sur landing strip, runway

darle cancha a alguien — (Col fam) to give somebody an advantage

dejarle la cancha libre a alguien — (CS fam) to leave somebody room to maneuver; ( hacerse a un lado) to leave the way clear for somebody

sentirse en su cancha — (CS fam) to be in one's element

darle cancha a alguien — (Col fam) to give somebody an advantage

dejarle la cancha libre a alguien — (CS fam) to leave somebody room to maneuver; ( hacerse a un lado) to leave the way clear for somebody

sentirse en su cancha — (CS fam) to be in one's element

Ex: Students were required to work through geometric concepts in designing a playground.

hacer un aterrizaje forzoso — to make a forced o an emergency landing

hacer un aterrizaje forzoso — to make a forced o an emergency landing

Ex: The Normandy landings of June 1944 marked the beginning of the end of World War II.

estar sobre la pista de algn — to be on sb's trail o track, be after sb

seguir la pista de algn — [gen] to be on sb's trail o track; [de cerca] to shadow sb

pista falsa — [gen] false trail; (=ardid) red herring

pista de aterrizaje — [en aeropuerto] runway; [para aviones militares, privados] landing strip

se me/le puso pesada la pista — (Chi fam) I/he found it heavy o tough going

se me/le puso pesada la pista — (Chi fam) I/he found it heavy o tough going

Ex: Other physical details, including, as appropriate, type of recording, playing speed, groove characteristics, track configuration, number of tracks, number of sound channels, recording and reproduction characteristics.

Ex: Certainly it will always be necessary to examine the document content, concentrating particularly on the clues offered by the title, the contents page, chapter headings, and any abstracts, introduction, prefaces or other preliminary matter.

viven en el campo — they live in the country o countryside

la gente del campo — country people o folk

campo de cultivo — (lit) farm land; (fig) breeding ground

el portero tuvo que abandonar el campo — the goalkeeper had to leave the pitch o field

Campo de Gibraltar — Spanish territory around the border with Gibraltar

Campos Elíseos — [en París] Champs Elysées; (Mit) Elysian Fields

levantar el campo — (Mil) to break camp, strike camp; (=irse) to make tracks *

campo de aviación — airfield, airdrome (EEUU)

campo de trabajo — [de castigo] labour o (EEUU) labor camp; [de vacaciones] work camp

campo de acción, campo de actuación — scope, room for manoeuvre o (EEUU) maneuver

no hay campo — there's no room o space

campo a través or a campo traviesa — <cruzar/ir> cross-country

perdieron en su campo or en campo propio — they lost at home

esto no está dentro de mi campo de acción — this does not fall within my area o field of responsibility

dejarle el campo libre a alguien — to leave the field clear for somebody

levantar el campo — to make tracks (colloq)

hagan or abran campo — make room

campo a través or a campo traviesa — <cruzar/ir> cross-country

perdieron en su campo or en campo propio — they lost at home

esto no está dentro de mi campo de acción — this does not fall within my area o field of responsibility

dejarle el campo libre a alguien — to leave the field clear for somebody

levantar el campo — to make tracks (colloq)

hagan or abran campo — make room

Ex: But in the country the processes of printing always provoke such lively curiosity that the customers preferred to go in by a glazed door set in the shop-front and giving onto the street.

Ex: The area in which standards for bibliographic description have had the most impact is in catalogues and catalogue record data bases.

Ex: Records are normally divided into fields.

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.