club de tiro

Ex: The sharing of expertise through membership of a club of existing users can be valuable.

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.

to go diving — ir* a hacer submarinismo or a bucear

he dived for cover under the table — se tiró or se metió debajo de la mesa para protegerse

(full-length) dive — ( in soccer) estirada f

to make a dive for sth — lanzarse or abalanzarse sobre algo

to take a dive — (Ftbl) tirarse a la piscina (dejarse caer deliberadamente con la intención de conseguir un tiro libre o un penalty)

his reputation has taken a dive * — su reputación ha caído en picado

to go diving — ir* a hacer submarinismo or a bucear

he dived for cover under the table — se tiró or se metió debajo de la mesa para protegerse

(full-length) dive — ( in soccer) estirada f

• ¡no para! siempre está haciendo algo — he never stops! he's always doing something

¡y no para! — [hablante] he just goes on and on!

no parará hasta conseguirlo — he won't stop o give up until he gets it

• parar en seco — to stop dead

• sin parar, los teléfonos sonaban sin parar — the phones never stopped ringing

estuvo una semana lloviendo sin parar — it rained uninterruptedly o without a break for a week

¡dónde va a parar! * —

¿dónde habrá ido a parar todo aquel dinero? — what can have become of o happened to all that money?

dónde vas a parar! — (Esp fam) there's no comparison!

a dónde iremos a parar! — I don't know what the world's coming to

el ruido no paró en toda la noche — the noise didn't let up o stop all night

no he parado en todo el día — I've been on the go all day (colloq)

y para de contar — (fam) and that's it

pararla(s) — (Chi, Per fam) to catch on (colloq)

¿no la(s) paras? — don't you get it? (colloq)

dónde vas a parar! — (Esp fam) there's no comparison!

a dónde iremos a parar! — I don't know what the world's coming to

el ruido no paró en toda la noche — the noise didn't let up o stop all night

no he parado en todo el día — I've been on the go all day (colloq)

y para de contar — (fam) and that's it

pararla(s) — (Chi, Per fam) to catch on (colloq)

¿no la(s) paras? — don't you get it? (colloq)

Ex: Consequently, a freeze-frame or still-picture effect can be achieved by simply halting the movement of the head across the disc.

los zapatos me están matando — these shoes are killing me *

me mata tener que trabajar en sábado — it's a pain having to work on a Saturday *

¿se van a casar? ¡me has matado! — they're getting married? you're kidding! *

no matarás — (Rel) thou shalt not kill

entrar a matar — (Taur) to go in for the kill

hubo que matar al caballo — the horse had to be put down o destroyed

entrar a matar — (Taur) to go in for the kill

entre todos la mataron (y ella sola se murió) — (fr hecha) they are all to blame

matarlas — (Chi fam) to blow it (colloq)

es para matarlos — I could murder o kill them (colloq)

cuando se entere me mata — she'll kill me when she finds out (colloq)

me mata tener que estudiar tanto — it kills me having to study so much (colloq)

me mataste, no tengo ni idea! — (fam) you've really got me there, I haven't a clue! (colloq)

estar or llevarse a matar — to be at daggers drawn

me maté estudiando or (Esp) a estudiar — I studied like crazy o mad (colloq)

se mató trabajando — he nearly killed himself working (colloq)

hubo que matar al caballo — the horse had to be put down o destroyed

entrar a matar — (Taur) to go in for the kill

entre todos la mataron (y ella sola se murió) — (fr hecha) they are all to blame

matarlas — (Chi fam) to blow it (colloq)

es para matarlos — I could murder o kill them (colloq)

cuando se entere me mata — she'll kill me when she finds out (colloq)

me mata tener que estudiar tanto — it kills me having to study so much (colloq)

me mataste, no tengo ni idea! — (fam) you've really got me there, I haven't a clue! (colloq)

estar or llevarse a matar — to be at daggers drawn

me maté estudiando or (Esp) a estudiar — I studied like crazy o mad (colloq)

se mató trabajando — he nearly killed himself working (colloq)

Ex: When I saw what he was up to, I drew back for a punch and hit him so hard on the nose that he fell on his back and lay there for some time, so that his wife stood over him and cried out 'Mercy! You've done my husband in!'.