different of cubic number

• nubes de humo con forma de hongo — mushroom-shaped clouds of smoke

• dar forma a — [+ objeto, joya] to shape; [+ idea, teoría] to give shape to

• en forma de U — U-shaped

• tomar forma — to take shape

solo conozco una forma llegar hasta allí — I only know one way of getting there o one way to get there

• de forma directa/inmediata/natural — directly/immediately/naturally

• de esta forma — [gen] in this way; (=por consecuencia) thus

• de todas formas — anyway, in any case

él intentó contestar la pregunta de forma que no le comprometiese — he tried to answer the question so as o in such a way as not to commit himself

el número de socios fue creciendo cada año, de forma que en 1989 eran ya varios miles — the number of members grew every year, so that o such that by 1989 there were several thousand

• de tal forma que — (=en un modo que) in such a way that; (=tanto que) so much that; (=por eso) so that

la empresa ha crecido de tal forma que es irreconocible — the company has grown so much o to such an extent that it is unrecognizable

el jugador ha recuperado su forma física — the player is fit again, the player has regained fitness o form

• estar en (buena) forma — [para hacer deporte] to be fit, be in good shape; [para realizar otra actividad] to be in (good) form

estar en baja forma — (lit) to be not fully fit; (fig) to be in bad shape

• defecto de forma — (Jur) technicality

• guardar o mantener las formas — to keep up appearances

• la Sagrada Forma — the Host

• en forma, una fiesta en forma — a proper party, a blowout *

va a celebrar su cumpleaños en forma — he's going to have a proper o a serious * birthday party

nos aburrimos en forma — we were seriously bored *

dar forma a algo — ( al barro) to shape something; ( a proyecto) to give shape to something

en forma — (AmL fam)

una comida en forma — a good square meal (colloq)

nos divertimos en forma — (AmL fam) we had a really good time

de forma que — (frml) in such a way that

de cualquier forma or de todas formas — anyway, in any case

dar forma a algo — ( al barro) to shape something; ( a proyecto) to give shape to something

en forma — (AmL fam)

una comida en forma — a good square meal (colloq)

nos divertimos en forma — (AmL fam) we had a really good time

de forma que — (frml) in such a way that

de cualquier forma or de todas formas — anyway, in any case

Ex: During the last twenty years the variety of approaches to the organisation of knowledge has proliferated with the introduction of computer-based methods.

ein Holz — a piece of wood or timber or lumber (esp US)

flüssiges Holz (Tech) — plastic wood

aus Holz — made of wood, wooden

Holz fällen — to fell trees, to cut down trees

Holz sägen (lit) — to saw wood; (inf

aus einem anderen Holz (geschnitzt) sein (fig) — to be cast in a different mould (Brit) or mold (US)

aus grobem Holz geschnitzt sein (fig) — to be insensitive

aus hartem or härterem Holz geschnitzt sein (fig) — to be made of stern or sterner stuff

aus demselben Holz geschnitzt sein (fig) — to be cast in the same mould (Brit) or mold (US)

er saß da wie ein Stück Holz — he sat there like a block of wood

ich bin nicht aus Holz! — I'm not made of stone, I am made of flesh and blood

Holz vor der Hütte or Tür haben (inf) — to be well-endowed or well-stacked (inf), to have big boobs (inf)

Holz! (Tennis etc) — wood!

Dummheit und Stolz wachsen auf einem Holz (Prov) — stupidity and pride grow on the same tree (prov)

Holz schieben — to play skittles or ninepins

bearbeitetes Holz — timber (Brit.); lumber (Amer.)

[viel] Holz vor der Hütte od. Tür haben — (fig. ugs. scherzh.) be well stacked (coll.) or well endowed

aus dem gleichen Holz [geschnitzt] sein — (fig.) be cast in the same mould

bearbeitetes Holz — timber (Brit.); lumber (Amer.)

[viel] Holz vor der Hütte od. Tür haben — (fig. ugs. scherzh.) be well stacked (coll.) or well endowed

aus dem gleichen Holz [geschnitzt] sein — (fig.) be cast in the same mould