development activity

están realizando una investigación sobre el ADN — they're doing research into o on DNA

Ex: A threshold weight appropriate to the specificity of the searcher's enquiry must be established.

una de sus tareas es repartir la correspondencia — one of his tasks o jobs is to hand out the mail

tareas domésticas — housework sing, household chores

las tareas — homework sing

Ex: The problems and assignments presented are real problems and assignments, and the people involved are real people, all suitably disguised to protect their identity.

es de colección — Méx it's a collector's item

Ex: We should realize that a library is not simply an aggregation of discrete recorded materials; rather, it represents a collection, or more precisely collection of works.

apoya la cabeza en mi hombro — rest o lean your head on my shoulder

no apoyes los codos en la mesa — don't put o lean your elbows on the table

apóyalo contra la pared — lean o rest it against the wall

nadie la apoyó en su iniciativa — no one backed o supported her initiative

apóyalo contra la pared — lean o rest it against the wall

nadie la apoyó en su iniciativa — no one backed o supported her initiative

Ex: Co-operative, carefully planned and financed internationally backed efforts have been the keynote of more recent activity.

Ex: IFLA is the International Federation of Library Associations whose purpose is to promote development in all fields of library activity.

Ex: Military applications of information technology often pave the way for its introduction into other spheres of activity.

Ex: Military applications of information technology often pave the way for its introduction into other spheres of activity.

Ex: The process of information system development requires a continuum of activity and fragmentation of the process is undesirable.

Ex: The article 'Automated ILL analysis and collection development: a hi-tech marriage of convenience' concludes that through the use of ILL data base management packages, ILL activity analysis can be easily into incorporated collection development.

la fecha de caducidad viene en la base del paquete — the use-by date is on the base o the bottom of the pack

• carecer de base — [acusación] to lack foundation, be unfounded; [argumento] to lack justification, be unjustified

• de base — [error, dato] basic, fundamental; [activista, apoyo] grass-roots antes de s

• en base a [uso periodístico] —

• partir de una base, un juez tiene que partir de una base de neutralidad absoluta — a judge must start out from a position of absolute neutrality

• sentar las bases de algo — to lay the foundations of sth

su visita sentó las bases para una futura cooperación — her visit paved the way for o laid the foundations of future cooperation

• sobre la base de algo — on the basis of sth

• a base de algo, una dieta a base de arroz — a rice-based diet, a diet based on rice

• a base de hacer algo — by doing sth

a base de insistir, la convenció para comprar la casa — by o through his insistence, he persuaded her to buy the house

a base de bien Esp * —

hoy hemos trabajado a base de bien — we've done loads of work today *

nos divertimos a base de bien — we had a whale of a time *

base imponible — (Econ) taxable income

han aprobado el texto base para el nuevo convenio — they have approved the provisional o draft text of the new agreement

• alimento base — staple (food)

• color base — base colour o (EEUU) color

a base de: a base de descansar se fue recuperando by resting she gradually recovered; un régimen a base de verdura a vegetable-based diet; vive a base de pastillas he lives on pills; de base <planteamiento/error> fundamental, basic; < militante> rank-and-file (before n), ordinary (before n); < movimiento> grass-roots (before n); en base a (crit) on the basis of; a base de bien (Esp fam): comimos a base de bien — we ate really well

a base de: a base de descansar se fue recuperando by resting she gradually recovered; un régimen a base de verdura a vegetable-based diet; vive a base de pastillas he lives on pills; de base <planteamiento/error> fundamental, basic; < militante> rank-and-file (before n), ordinary (before n); < movimiento> grass-roots (before n); en base a (crit) on the basis of; a base de bien (Esp fam): comimos a base de bien — we ate really well

Ex: The reader should now have a reasonably firm base from which to begin a more detailed reading of the specification of elements.