estaba sola

• dar suerte — to bring good luck

• día de suerte — lucky day

• mala suerte — bad luck

• por suerte — luckily, fortunately

• probar suerte — to try one's luck

• tener suerte — to be lucky

• tentar a la suerte — to try one's luck

• traer suerte — to be lucky, bring good luck

quiso la suerte que pasara por allí un médico — as luck o fate would have it a doctor was passing by

• correr la misma suerte que algn — to suffer the same fate as sb

• mejorar la suerte de algn — to improve sb's lot

• tentar a la suerte — to tempt fate

lo echaron a suertes — [con cerillas, papeletas] they drew lots; [con moneda] they tossed (a coin)

caerle o tocarle en suerte a algn —

hubo toda suerte de comentarios — there were all sorts o kinds of remarks

• de esta suerte — in this way

los molinos de agua pueden clasificarse de esta suerte — water wheels can be classified in the following way o in this way

• de suerte que — in such a way that

suerte de banderillas — the second stage of a bullfight, in which the "banderillas" are stuck into the bull's back

suerte de capa — stage of a bullfight where passes are made with the cape

suerte de varas — opening stage of a bullfight where the bull is weakened with the picador's lance

suerte suprema — final stage of a bullfight

me cayó or tocó en suerte — it fell to my lot (frml o hum)

echar algo a suertes — ( con monedas) to toss for something; ( con pajitas) to draw straws for something

la suerte está echada — (fr hecha) the die is cast

tiene la suerte de vivir en una casa grande — she is lucky o fortunate enough to live in a big house

por suerte no estaba sola — luckily o fortunately I wasn't alone

traer or dar mala suerte — to bring bad luck

tentar a la suerte — to tempt fate o providence

vino toda suerte de gente — all sorts o kinds of people came

de (tal) suerte que — (frml) so that

me cayó or tocó en suerte — it fell to my lot (frml o hum)

echar algo a suertes — ( con monedas) to toss for something; ( con pajitas) to draw straws for something

la suerte está echada — (fr hecha) the die is cast

tiene la suerte de vivir en una casa grande — she is lucky o fortunate enough to live in a big house

por suerte no estaba sola — luckily o fortunately I wasn't alone

traer or dar mala suerte — to bring bad luck

tentar a la suerte — to tempt fate o providence

vino toda suerte de gente — all sorts o kinds of people came

de (tal) suerte que — (frml) so that

Ex: The future importance of pre-coordinate indexing depends upon the fate of printed indexes.

Ex: As she sat alone in the staff lounge at the end of her exhausting day, she reflected grimly that she was on her own as far as the assignments were concerned = Mientras se sentaba sola en la sala de personal al final de un día agotador, reflexionaba sombríamente que estaba sola en lo relativo a sus tareas.

Ex: Index terms do not always stand alone, but are sometimes defined more precisely by the use of both qualifiers and scope notes.

Ex: Kate and Jones laughed merrily, while Hernandez and the fourth member of the group, head of technical services, Pershing, sat glumly by.

pasa los días solo en su cuarto — he spends the days alone o on his own in his room

iré solo — I'll go alone o on my own

se quedó solo a los siete años — he was left an orphan o alone in the world at seven

su sola preocupación es ganar dinero — his one o only concern is to make money

hay una sola dificultad — there is only o just one problem

solo quiero verlo — I only o just want to see it

me parece bien solo que no tengo tiempo — that's fine, only o but I don't have the time

lo dejaron solo — ( sin compañía) they left him on his own o by himself; ( para no molestar) they left him alone

quedarse más solo que la una — (fam & hum) to be left all by oneself

no puso ni una sola objeción — she didn't raise one o a single objection

su sola presencia me molestaba — her very o mere presence upset me

lo dejaron solo — ( sin compañía) they left him on his own o by himself; ( para no molestar) they left him alone

quedarse más solo que la una — (fam & hum) to be left all by oneself

no puso ni una sola objeción — she didn't raise one o a single objection

su sola presencia me molestaba — her very o mere presence upset me

Ex: I do not think I am alone in believing there is a need for significant change, for reshaping our educational programs as well as our institutional goals and philosophies.

pasa los días solo en su cuarto — he spends the days alone o on his own in his room

iré solo — I'll go alone o on my own

se quedó solo a los siete años — he was left an orphan o alone in the world at seven

su sola preocupación es ganar dinero — his one o only concern is to make money

hay una sola dificultad — there is only o just one problem

solo quiero verlo — I only o just want to see it

me parece bien solo que no tengo tiempo — that's fine, only o but I don't have the time

sólo quería ayudarte — I only wanted to help, I was only o just trying to help

pero si es sólo un niño! — but he's just o only a child!

sólo de pensarlo me dan escalofríos — just o merely thinking about it makes me shudder

lo dejaron solo — ( sin compañía) they left him on his own o by himself; ( para no molestar) they left him alone

quedarse más solo que la una — (fam & hum) to be left all by oneself

no puso ni una sola objeción — she didn't raise one o a single objection

su sola presencia me molestaba — her very o mere presence upset me

Ex: I do not think I am alone in believing there is a need for significant change, for reshaping our educational programs as well as our institutional goals and philosophies.

juega como yo — he plays like me o like I do

como este hay pocos — there are few like this o him

tiene ventajas, como son la resistencia y durabilidad — it has advantages, such as o like strength and durability

hazlo como te dijo ella — do it like * o the way she told you

toca como canta — she plays like * o the same way as she sings

no es como me lo imaginaba — it isn't as o like * I imagined it

• tal como, tal como lo había planeado — just as o the way I had planned it

hazlo como quieras — do it however you want o like

• como sea — at all costs

había como cincuenta — there were about o around fifty

vino como a las dos — he came at about o around two

sentía como tristeza — she felt a sort o kind of sadness

como no tenía dinero — as o since I had no money

• tal (y) como están las cosas — the way things are, as things stand

• de tanto como, tienen las manos doloridas de tanto como aplaudieron — they clapped so much their hands hurt

• como no, como no lo haga en seguida... — if he doesn't do it at once..., unless he does it at once...

siguió leyendo, como si no hubiera oído nada — he kept on reading, as if o as though he hadn't heard

sentí como si fuera a caerme — I felt as if o as though I was about to fall

como si no hubiera pasado nada — as if o as though nothing had happened

se comporta como si me odiara — he behaves as if o as though he hated me

como si fuera a llover — as if o as though it was going to rain

a como dé o diera lugar — at any cost

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before

así como — (frml) as well as

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!; como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least; como nadie: cocina como nadie nobody cooks like her; como que...: conduce muy bien - como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well - well, he is a racing driver, after all; y no me lo dijiste - como que no lo sabía! and you didn't tell me about it - that's because I didn't know about it!; como ser (CS) such as, for example; como si (+ subj) as if, as though; ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa — she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all o in the least worried

no voy - como quieras — I'm not going - please yourself o as you like

como era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta — since o as it was early, we went for a walk

cansado como estaba, me ayudó — tired though o tired as he was, he helped me