database dictionary

Ex: A catalogue is a list of the materials or items in a library, with the entries representing the items arranged in some systematic order.

es mejor que consultes a un médico — you'd better go to o see a doctor

Ex: This arrangement may facilitate browsing across different kinds of materials.

adaptó la obra al or para el cine — he adapted the play for the screen

adaptó la obra al or para el cine — he adapted the play for the screen

Ex: Order forms A and B can be adapted for local use.

esta mesa tiene múltiples usos — this table has many o numerous uses, this is a multipurpose table

Ex: Title indexes, despite their manifold weaknesses, have two important points in their favour which make them attractive for some library and information applications.

no tengo palabras o me faltan palabras para expresar lo que siento — I haven't got the o there aren't words to express how I feel, words fail to express how I feel

sin decir o chistar * palabra — without a word

• con buenas palabras, me lo dijo con muy buenas palabras — he told me as cool as you like *

• medias palabras — hints

• en una palabra — in a word

palabras cruzadas — LAm (=crucigrama) crossword sing

palabras gruesas — crude language sing

palabras mayores — † offensive language sing

ser palabras mayores (=ser importante) —

tiene el don de la palabra, es de palabra fácil — he has a way with words, he has the gift of the gab *

• de palabra, he pecado solo de palabra — I've sinned in word only

• dirigir la palabra a algn, hace tiempo que no me dirige la palabra — he hasn't spoken to me for a long time

• ceder la palabra a algn, conceder la palabra a algn — to give sb the floor, invite sb to speak

• pedir la palabra — to ask for the floor, ask to be allowed to speak

• tener la palabra — to have the floor

• tomar la palabra — to take the floor, speak

• hacer uso de la palabra — to take the floor, speak

palabra que yo no tengo nada que ver — * I've got nothing to do with it, (I) promise!

-¿de verdad que no sabías nada? -¡palabra! o hum ¡palabrita del Niño Jesús! — "you really didn't know anything?" - "cross my heart and hope to die!"

• bajo palabra — (Mil) on parole

• dar o empeñar su palabra — to give one's word

• faltar a su palabra — to go back on o break one's word

palabra de honor — word of honour, word of honor (EEUU)

yo no sabía ni una palabra del asunto — I didn't know a thing o anything about it

eso ya son palabras mayores — (refiriéndose - a insulto, acusación) those are strong words; (- a propuesta excesiva) that's taking things too far

quitarle las palabras de la boca a alguien — to take the words right out of somebody's mouth

tener la última palabra — to have the final say

tener unas palabras con alguien — to have words with somebody (colloq)

nunca falta a su palabra — he never breaks o goes back on his word

se lo devolví palabra! — I gave it back to her, honest! (colloq)

cobrarle la palabra a alguien — (Chi fam) to hold somebody to his/her word (colloq)

dejar a alguien con la palabra en la boca: me dejó con la palabra en la boca — ( me interrumpió) he cut me off in mid-sentence; ( no me dejó hablar) he didn't give me a chance to open my mouth

tener/tomar la palabra — to have/to take the floor (frml)

ceder (le) la palabra a alguien — to give the floor to somebody (frml), to call upon somebody to speak

yo no sabía ni una palabra del asunto — I didn't know a thing o anything about it

eso ya son palabras mayores — (refiriéndose - a insulto, acusación) those are strong words; (- a propuesta excesiva) that's taking things too far

quitarle las palabras de la boca a alguien — to take the words right out of somebody's mouth

tener la última palabra — to have the final say

tener unas palabras con alguien — to have words with somebody (colloq)

nunca falta a su palabra — he never breaks o goes back on his word

se lo devolví palabra! — I gave it back to her, honest! (colloq)

cobrarle la palabra a alguien — (Chi fam) to hold somebody to his/her word (colloq)

dejar a alguien con la palabra en la boca: me dejó con la palabra en la boca — ( me interrumpió) he cut me off in mid-sentence; ( no me dejó hablar) he didn't give me a chance to open my mouth

tener/tomar la palabra — to have/to take the floor (frml)

ceder (le) la palabra a alguien — to give the floor to somebody (frml), to call upon somebody to speak

Ex: A subject index has alphabetical terms or words as headings; These terms represent concepts or subjects.

Ex: These four types of information retrieval tools have a number of common features.

Ex: If the language consists primarily of relatively general terms, the searcher may have to sift through long lists of document citations.

con los brazos cruzados — with one's arms folded o crossed

Ex: This article reviews the work of Professor Kaula, the staunch crusader of librarianship in India.