durante seis meses

¿qué hiciste durante las vacaciones? — what did you do in o during the holidays?

¿ha llovido durante el fin de semana? — did it rain at o over the weekend?

durante 1980 — during o in 1980

durante 1980 — during o in 1980

Ex: At the stage of subject analysis the indexer decides which, and there how many, concepts are selected for indexing purposes.

no han cobrado el dinero prometido — they haven't been paid o received the money they were promised

cobran un sueldo anual de nueve millones — they get o earn o receive an annual salary of nine million

¿cuánto cobras al año? — how much do you get o earn a year?

cantidades a o por cobrar — amounts payable, amounts due

cuentas a o por cobrar — accounts receivable

• cobrar actualidad — to become topical

• cobrar cariño a algn — to grow fond of sb

• cobrar fama — to become famous

• cobrar fuerzas — to gather one's strength

• cobrar vida — [personaje, juego] to come alive

los atletas cobran por participar en la carrera — the athletes get paid o receive a fee for taking part in the race

nos cobran 30.000 pesos de alquiler — they charge us o we pay 30,000 pesos in rent

cobrar la pensión — to collect o draw one's pension

nos cobra un alquiler altísimo — he charges us o we pay him a very high rent

vino a cobrar el alquiler — she came for the rent o to collect the rent

vas a cobrar! — you're going to get it! (colloq)

nos cobran 30.000 pesos de alquiler — they charge us o we pay 30,000 pesos in rent

cobrar la pensión — to collect o draw one's pension

nos cobra un alquiler altísimo — he charges us o we pay him a very high rent

vino a cobrar el alquiler — she came for the rent o to collect the rent

vas a cobrar! — you're going to get it! (colloq)

Ex: They have implemented a voluntary system for libraries of charging for photocopies with flat-rate 5 franc tokens, which can either be re-used by the recipient or cashed in for 4 francs.

estar con o tener el mes — to have one's period

nos deben dos meses — they owe us two months' rent (o pay etc)

nos deben dos meses — they owe us two months' rent (o pay etc)

Ex: For example, in a normal indexing service all the documents listed in the issue for a specific month will have been published in the last year or so.

cada cual busca la felicidad como quiere — we all seek o each one of us seeks happiness in our own way

• ¿cada cuánto tiempo? — how often?

• cada que — Méx whenever, every time (that)

• cada vez que — whenever, every time (that)

cada vez que voy al extranjero — whenever o every time (that) I go abroad

cada dos por tres sonaba el teléfono — the phone rang every other minute o all the time

• cada vez más — more and more

encontrar trabajo es cada vez más difícil — finding a job is increasingly difficult o is (getting) more and more difficult

• cada vez mejor — better and better

• cada vez menos — less and less

• cada vez peor — worse and worse

cada uno or cada cual sabe qué es lo que más le conviene — everyone o each individual knows what's best for him or her

hace cada día más calor — it's getting hotter every day o by the day

cada uno or cada cual sabe qué es lo que más le conviene — everyone o each individual knows what's best for him or her

hace cada día más calor — it's getting hotter every day o by the day

Ex: Both these hosts offers around thirty-five data bases each.

tenía mucha pena después de la muerte de su hijo — she grieved a lot o was extremely upset after her son's death

• alma en pena — lost soul

• dar pena, da pena verlos sufrir así — it's sad to see them suffer like that

me daba pena dejar España — I was sad o sorry to leave Spain

• morir de (la) pena — to die of a broken heart

¿no podéis venir? ¡qué pena! — you can't come? what a shame o a pity!

¡es una pena que no tengamos más tiempo! — it's a shame o a pity that we haven't got more time!, it's too bad we haven't got more time! (EEUU)

mi habitación está que da pena verla — my room is in a terrible state *

• de pena, la economía va de pena — the economy is in a terrible state

• estar hecho una pena — to be in a sorry state

• ahorrarse la pena — to save o.s. the trouble, save o.s. the bother *

• merecer o valer la pena — to be worth

• bajo o so pena de — [+ castigo, multa, prisión] on o under penalty of

bajo pena de muerte — on pain of death, on o under penalty of death

tiene prohibido hacerlo, so pena de ser expulsado — he is forbidden to do it, on o under penalty of expulsion

pena máxima — maximum sentence; (Ftbl) penalty

sentir o tener pena — to be o feel embarrassed, be o feel ill at ease

tenía/sentía mucha pena — he was o felt very sad

me da pena verlo — it upsets me o it makes me sad to see it

qué pena! — what a pity o shame!

de pena — (Esp) terrible

estar hecho una pena — to be in a sorry o terrible state

vale or merece la pena — it's worth it

no vale la pena intentar convencerlo — there's no point o it's not worth trying to persuade him

me contó sus penas — he told me his troubles o (liter or hum) woes

a duras penas — ( apenas) hardly; ( con dificultad) with difficulty

bajo or so pena de — (frml) on pain of (frml)

quitado de la pena — (Méx) blithely, gaily

tenía/sentía mucha pena — he was o felt very sad

me da pena verlo — it upsets me o it makes me sad to see it

qué pena! — what a pity o shame!

de pena — (Esp) terrible

estar hecho una pena — to be in a sorry o terrible state

vale or merece la pena — it's worth it

no vale la pena intentar convencerlo — there's no point o it's not worth trying to persuade him

me contó sus penas — he told me his troubles o (liter or hum) woes

a duras penas — ( apenas) hardly; ( con dificultad) with difficulty

bajo or so pena de — (frml) on pain of (frml)

quitado de la pena — (Méx) blithely, gaily

Ex: 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.