downstream flow

río de lava — river o stream of lava

cuando el río suena agua or piedras trae — there's no smoke without fire

río de lava — river o stream of lava

cuando el río suena agua or piedras trae — there's no smoke without fire

Ex: Rivers, erosion, towns and glaciers are all phenomena studied by geography.

la cocaína era corriente en sus fiestas — cocaine was commonly used o commonplace was at their parties

una combinación de cualidades que no es corriente encontrar en una misma persona — a combination of qualities not commonly o often found in the same person

• poco corriente — unusual

• fuera de lo corriente — out of the ordinary

• normal y corriente — perfectly ordinary

• salirse de lo corriente — to be out of the ordinary

todo está corriente para nuestra partida — everything is ready o fixed up for our departure

• estar o ir corriente en algo — to be up to date with sth

• al corriente —

estoy al corriente de mis pagos a Hacienda — I'm up to date with o on my tax payments

• poner algo al corriente — to bring sth up to date

• estar al corriente (de algo) — to know (about sth)

• mantener a algn al corriente (de algo) — to keep sb up to date (on sth), keep sb informed (about sth)

• poner a algn al corriente (de algo) — to bring sb up to date (on sth), inform sb (about sth)

• ponerse al corriente (de algo) — to get up to date (with sth), catch up (on sth)

• tener a algn al corriente (de algo) — to keep sb up to date (on sth), keep sb informed (about sth)

el día 9 del corriente o de los corrientes — the 9th of this month

corriente de aire — [gen] draught, draft (EEUU); (Téc) air current, air stream

• dar corriente, no toques ese cable que da corriente — don't touch that wire, it's live

su atenta carta del 7 del corriente — (frml) your letter of the 7th of this month

dejarse arrastrar or llevar por la corriente — to go along with the crowd

ir or nadar or navegar contra (la) corriente — to swim against the tide

aquí hay or hace mucha corriente — there's a terrible draft in here

me dio (la) corriente — I got a shock o an electric shock

su atenta carta del 7 del corriente — (frml) your letter of the 7th of this month

dejarse arrastrar or llevar por la corriente — to go along with the crowd

ir or nadar or navegar contra (la) corriente — to swim against the tide

aquí hay or hace mucha corriente — there's a terrible draft in here

me dio (la) corriente — I got a shock o an electric shock

Ex: What has happened is that yet another institution has so overlapped with our own that we are being swept along on the tide of the technological revolution.

Ex: If no such standards can be observed then, it would seem, romantic fiction along with westerns and detective stories must be regarded as some sort of cul-de-sac and rather stagnant backwater quite separate from the main stream of 'literature'.

Ex: Current trends favour cataloguing practices which can be applied to a variety of library materials.

Ex: Control is exercised over which terms are used, but otherwise the terms are ordinary words.

am Fluss — by the river; Stadt on the river

unten am Fluss — down by the river(side)

den Fluss aufwärtsfahren/abwärtsfahren — to go upstream or upriver/downstream or downriver

im Fluss sein — to be molten

etw kommt or gerät in Fluss — sth gets underway or going

die Dinge sind im Fluss — things are in a state of flux

la vostra lettera del 5 corrente mese — (in lettere commerciali) in your letter of the 5th of this month, in your letter of the 5th inst. Brit frm

tagliare la corrente Elettr — to cut off the power

è andata via la corrente Elettr — the electricity's gone off

andare contro corrente (anche) fig — to swim against the stream

seguire la corrente fig — to follow the trend

di uso corrente — in current o common o everyday use

essere al corrente — to be in the know (di qcs. about sth.); to be aware (di qcs. of sth.)

mettere qcn. al corrente — to put sb. in the picture, to fill sb. in (di qcs. about sth.)

tenere qcn. al corrente — to keep sb. posted, to let sb. know (di qcs. about sth.)

tenersi al corrente — to keep up to date (di qcs. on sth.)

contro corrente — [ nuotare] against the current o tide; fig. [ andare] against the tide o trend

seguire la corrente — to go with the tide o current, to go downstream; fig. to go with the flow

staccare la corrente — to switch o turn off the power o electricity

corrente atmosferica — aer. air flow; meteor. airstream