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• al alcance de algn — available to sb

• estar al alcance de algn — to be within sb's reach

el récord estaba a nuestro alcance — the record was within our grasp o reach

• estar fuera del alcance de algn — (=alejado, imposible) to be out of sb's reach, be beyond sb's reach; (=incomprensible) to be over sb's head; (=caro) to be beyond sb's means

• al alcance de la mano — at hand, within arm's reach

• al alcance del oído — within earshot

• poner algo al alcance de algn — to make sth available to sb

• al alcance de la vista — within sight

cuando el faro estuvo al alcance de nuestra vista — when the lighthouse came into view o was within sight

• al alcance de la voz — within call

• al alcance — within range

• de corto alcance — [arma, misil] short-range antes de s ; [objetivo, proyecto] short-term antes de s

• de gran o largo alcance — [faros] full beam antes de s, high beam antes de s (EEUU); [arma, misil, micrófono] long-range antes de s ; [vuelo] long haul antes de s ; [efecto, repercusiones] far-reaching

• de medio o mediano alcance — [arma, misil] medium-range

esta huelga tiene mayor alcance para los trabajadores — this strike has greater importance o significance for the workers

• andar o ir a los alcances de algn — to press close on sb

• dar alcance a algn — (=capturar) to capture sb; (=llegar a la altura) to catch up with sb

• andar o ir en los alcances a algn — to spy on sb

• seguir el alcance a algn — (Mil) to pursue sb

• de cortos o pocos alcances — not very bright

al alcance de la mano — ( literal) at hand; ( fácil de conseguir) within reach

hacer un alcance — (Chi) to add/clarify something

al alcance de la mano — ( literal) at hand; ( fácil de conseguir) within reach

hacer un alcance — (Chi) to add/clarify something

Ex: AACR1 is a weighty code, not because it contains extensive enumeration, but rather because of its comprehensive coverage.

Ex: The government will crush foreign elements trying to disrupt peace in the country with an iron hand.

Ex: Repayments is normally by equal half-yearly payments of capital and interest after a moratorium on capital repayments of up to five years, depending on project completion date.

Ex: In summary, when we get beyond all the pomposity and techno-babble that dominates discourse on our topic, we can see real problems and real issues.

Ex: By then the church was in ruins and Apaches delivered the coup de grâce by torching its remaining timbers and other wooden elements.

apenas consigo dormir — I can hardly o scarcely o barely sleep

• apenas nada — hardly anything

no sé apenas nada de ese tema — I hardly know anything about that subject, I know almost nothing o next to nothing about that subject

• apenas nadie — hardly anybody

• apenas si, apenas si nos habló durante toda la cena — he hardly o barely o scarcely said a word to us throughout the whole dinner

había muy pocos alumnos, apenas diez o doce — there were very few students, only o barely ten or twelve

apenas podíamos oírlo — we could hardly o barely hear him

apenas podíamos oírlo — we could hardly o barely hear him

Ex: It is hardly fair to assess the BM code by modern standards for catalogue codes, but there are obvious areas in which it would now be regarded as lacking.

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.

archivos — archives (pl), archive

los archivos de la policía — the police files o records

archivos — archives (pl), archive

los archivos de la policía — the police files o records

Ex: Archives are set of non-current archival documents preserved, with or without selection, by those responsible for their creation or by their successors for their own use or by other organizations because of their enduring value.

Ex: Information is held in files or databases, which are comprised of records, which in turn are comprised of fields or data items, which again may be comprised of subfields or data elements.

Ex: He was also the only of the partners in crime who administered the coup de grace to each of the murdered women.

Ex: The bibliographic entry consists of the set of elements forming the bibliographic description and the heading(s) for a document for inclusion in a catalogue or in a bibliography.

Ex: Pergamon-INFOLINE came into being in its present form in 1980 when it was taken over by Pergamon.

Ex: It might be striking to outline the instrumentalities of the future more spectacularly, rather than to stick closely to methods and elements now known.

qué atrocidad! — how atrocious! o how awful!

qué atrocidad! — how atrocious! o how awful!

Ex: It is very rare that a library will abandon a classification scheme and turn to another due to the enormity of the task of reclassifying.

se atribuyeron la autoría del atentado — (period) they claimed responsibility for the attack

se atribuyeron la autoría del atentado — (period) they claimed responsibility for the attack

Ex: This article presents a detailed discussion of the use of Hypermedia for authoring, organisation and presentation of information.

Ex: There seems little point in hundreds of cataloguers in separate locations wading through cataloguing codes and classification schemes in order to create a variety of catalogue records for the same work.

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