dig out around

estuvieron buscando a los montañeros — they were searching for o looking for the mountaineers

el ejército busca a un comando enemigo — the army is searching for o looking for an enemy commando unit

lo busqué entre el público pero no lo vi — I tried to spot him o looked for him in the crowd but I didn't see him

no sé lo que buscas con esa actitud — I don't know what you're aiming to o trying to achieve with that attitude

con esta novela se busca la creación de un estilo diferente — this novel attempts to o aims to create a different style

solo buscaba su dinero — he was only out for o after her money

• buscar excusas — to make excuses

• buscar hacer algo — to seek to do sth, try to do sth

siempre buscaba hacerlo lo mejor posible — she always sought o tried to do the best possible thing

• ir a buscar algo/a algn, ha ido a buscar una servilleta — she's gone to fetch o get a napkin

ve a buscar a tu madre — go and fetch o get your mother

vino buscando pelea — he was looking for trouble o a fight, he was spoiling for a fight *

¿vais a ir a buscarme a la estación? — are you going to pick me up o fetch me from the station?

vino a buscar sus plantas — she came to pick up o fetch her plants

¡busca! — [al perro] fetch!

vengo a buscar mis cosas — I've come to collect o pick up my things

el libro busca destruir ese mito — the book sets out o tries o attempts to explode that myth

busca en el cajón — look o have a look in the drawer

el que busca encuentra or busca y encontrarás — seek and ye shall find

debería buscarse (a) alguien que le cuidara los niños — she should look for o find somebody to look after the children

buscársela(s) — (fam)

te la estás buscando — you're asking for trouble, you're asking for it (colloq)

vengo a buscar mis cosas — I've come to collect o pick up my things

el libro busca destruir ese mito — the book sets out o tries o attempts to explode that myth

busca en el cajón — look o have a look in the drawer

el que busca encuentra or busca y encontrarás — seek and ye shall find

debería buscarse (a) alguien que le cuidara los niños — she should look for o find somebody to look after the children

buscársela(s) — (fam)

te la estás buscando — you're asking for trouble, you're asking for it (colloq)

Ex: Also, in controlled indexing language data bases, there is often an assumption that a user will be prepared to chase strings of references or to consult a sometimes complex thesaurus.

escarbar en algo — en cajón/armario to rummage (about o around) in something

escarbar en algo — en asunto to pry into something

escarbar la tierra — ( hacer un hoyo) to dig a hole; ( superficialmente) to scratch around in the soil

escarbar en algo — en cajón/armario to rummage (about o around) in something

escarbar en algo — en asunto to pry into something

escarbar la tierra — ( hacer un hoyo) to dig a hole; ( superficialmente) to scratch around in the soil

Ex: Anecdotal records describe habitat destruction through soil erosion due to burrowing by puffins, shearwaters and stoats.

- rsi d'impaccio — fig. to get out of trouble

- rsi gli occhi — fig. to strain one's eyes

me la sono cavata con qualche graffio — I escaped o came out of it with only a few scratches; (riuscire)

cavarsela alla meno peggio — to muddle o struggle through

•a la vez, hablaban todos a la vez — they were all talking at once o at the same time

•¿has estado alguna vez en...? — have you ever been to...?

• las más de las veces — mostly, in most cases

• por primera vez — for the first time

• toda vez que... — since..., given that...

• por última vez — for the last time

lo he hecho cien veces — I've done it hundreds o lots of times *

•a veces, [algunas] veces — sometimes, at times

• contadas veces — seldom

• de vez en cuando — now and again, from time to time, occasionally

•¿ cuántas veces? — how often?, how many times?

• dos veces — twice

•en... veces, se fríen las patatas en dos veces — fry the potatoes in two batches

• por enésima vez — for the umpteenth time *

• muchas veces — often

• otra vez — again

• pocas veces — seldom, rarely

• rara vez, [raras] veces — seldom, rarely

• repetidas veces — again and again, over and over again

• una vez — once

érase o había una vez una princesa... — once upon a time there was a princess...

• varias veces — several times

• de una vez — (=en una sola ocasión) in one go; (=definitivamente) once and for all *

¡acabemos de una vez! — let's get it over with (once and for all)! *

¡cállate de una vez! — for the last time, shut up! *

•en vez de — instead of

• hacer las veces de — to serve as

• una vez que — once

• de una vez para siempre, de una vez por [todas] — once and for all *, for good

• ceder la vez — (gen) to give up one's turn; (en cola) to give up one's place

• pedir la vez — to ask who's last in the queue

• quitar la vez a algn — to push in in front of sb

mil veces or miles de veces — a thousand times o thousands of times

la de veces or las veces que se lo dije! — the (number of) times I told him!

érase or había una vez — (liter) once upon a time (liter)

¿por qué no lo dejamos para otra vez? — why don't we leave it for another time o day?

una vez más — once again o more

cada vez — every o each time

se utiliza cada vez más — it's being used increasingly o more and more

de una vez — ( expresando impaciencia) once and for all; ( simultáneamente) in one go

una vez que hayan terminado — once o when you have finished

hacer las veces de algo — caja/libro to serve as something; persona to act as something

¿quién tiene or me da la vez? — who's last?

mil veces or miles de veces — a thousand times o thousands of times

la de veces or las veces que se lo dije! — the (number of) times I told him!

érase or había una vez — (liter) once upon a time (liter)

¿por qué no lo dejamos para otra vez? — why don't we leave it for another time o day?

una vez más — once again o more

cada vez — every o each time

se utiliza cada vez más — it's being used increasingly o more and more

de una vez — ( expresando impaciencia) once and for all; ( simultáneamente) in one go

una vez que hayan terminado — once o when you have finished

hacer las veces de algo — caja/libro to serve as something; persona to act as something

¿quién tiene or me da la vez? — who's last?

Ex: In particular note, for example by ticking them, those terms that merit a turn in the lead position, and those that do not.

faire ressortir — to bring to light [contradiction]; [maquillage] to bring out [yeux]; to set [something] off well [tableau]

faire ressortir que — [étude, rapport] to bring out the fact that

faire ressortir [défaut, beauté, couleur, aspect] — to bring out