de mala nota

nota de inhabilitación — (Aut) endorsement ( on licence)

nota de quita y pon — Post-it ®

tomar (buena) nota (de algo) — [fijarse] to take (good) note (of sth)

ir para o a por nota — * to go o aim for a high mark

dar la nota — (lit) to give the keynote; (fig) to get oneself noticed, act up

nota discordante — (lit) discordant note, discord

nota dominante — (lit) dominant note; (fig) dominant feature o element

tomar nota de algo — ( apuntar) to make a note of something; ( fijarse) to take note of something

sacar buenas notas — to get good grades o marks

dar la nota — (fam) to stand out; ( por algo censurable) to make a spectacle of oneself

dar la nota discordante — to be difficult (o different etc)

ser la nota discordante — to strike a sour note

tomar nota de algo — ( apuntar) to make a note of something; ( fijarse) to take note of something

sacar buenas notas — to get good grades o marks

dar la nota — (fam) to stand out; ( por algo censurable) to make a spectacle of oneself

dar la nota discordante — to be difficult (o different etc)

ser la nota discordante — to strike a sour note

Ex: An annotation is a note added to the title and/or other bibliographic information concerning a document, by way of comment or explanation.

Ex: The public library's sole reason for being is to help people get along in the world, to help school children get better grades, to help preachers write better sermons that will keep the congregation awake, to help newspapermen find facts.

corre la fama de que... — it is rumoured o (EEUU) rumored that...

cría fama y échate a dormir — ( hablando de buena fama) people think they can rest on their laurels; ( hablando de mala fama) once you have a bad reputation it is very difficult to get rid of it

cría fama y échate a dormir — ( hablando de buena fama) people think they can rest on their laurels; ( hablando de mala fama) once you have a bad reputation it is very difficult to get rid of it

Ex: She urges a boycott of California as a library conference venue until the state improves its current record of the worst school library provision in the US.

hierba artificial — artificial playing surface, Astroturf ®

hierba mate — esp Cono Sur maté

Ex: In 'upper town' streets are broad, quiet, and tree-shaded; the homes are tall and heavy and look like battleships, each anchored in its private sea of grass.

estrella de cine — film star, movie star (EEUU)

ver (las) estrellas — to see stars

unos nacen con estrella y otros nacen estrellados — (fam & hum) some are born under a lucky star and some are born seeing stars (hum)

ver (las) estrellas — to see stars

unos nacen con estrella y otros nacen estrellados — (fam & hum) some are born under a lucky star and some are born seeing stars (hum)

Ex: The two sat gravely in silence, Modjeski fingering the stars on her necklace while she thought.

ese tío bestia le ha vuelto a pegar a su mujer — that brute o animal * has been beating his wife again

no lo vayas a asustar ¡no seas bestia! — you're not going to frighten him, are you? don't be such a brute o such an animal! *

los hinchas llegaron en plan bestia — Esp the supporters came looking for trouble

poner a algn bestia Esp *** —

esa tía me pone bestia — I've really got the hots for her **

lo tuyo son mentiras a lo bestia — your lies are real whoppers *

comimos a lo bestia — we really stuffed ourselves *, we pigged out *

es tan bestia que no sabe ni sumar — he's so thick he can't even add up *

¡qué bestia! ¡ha ganado todos los partidos! — she's amazing o incredible! she's won all the matches!

¡eres un bestia! — you're a brute!, you're an animal! *

el muy bestia se ha bebido media botella de whisky él solo — that animal drank half a bottle of whisky on his own *

es un bestia con el trabajo — he works like a dog *

bestia de arrastre — draught animal, draft animal (EEUU)

bestia de tiro — draught animal, draft animal (EEUU)

qué hombre más bestia! ha vuelto a pegarle — what a brute o an animal! he's hit her again

a lo bestia — (fam)

comen a lo bestia — they eat an incredible o a massive amount!

conducen a lo bestia — they drive like madmen (colloq)

bestia salvaje or feroz — wild animal

ser una mala bestia — (fam) to be a nasty piece of work (colloq)

qué hombre más bestia! ha vuelto a pegarle — what a brute o an animal! he's hit her again

a lo bestia — (fam)

comen a lo bestia — they eat an incredible o a massive amount!

conducen a lo bestia — they drive like madmen (colloq)

bestia salvaje or feroz — wild animal

ser una mala bestia — (fam) to be a nasty piece of work (colloq)

Ex: In Little Gidding T.S. Eliot gives us some lines that express what I mean not just by saying it but by demonstrating it too: Last season's fruit is eaten And the fullfed beast shall kick the empty pail.

ropa de mujer — women's clothes o clothing

mujer bandera — † striking woman

mujer de la vida euf —

mujer pública — euf prostitute

hacerse mujer — (euf) to reach puberty, become a woman (euph)

hacerse mujer — (euf) to reach puberty, become a woman (euph)

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!'.