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eyeball-to-eyeball confrontations

  • 1 cara a cara

    face to face
    * * *
    = face-to-face [face to face], face-to-face [face to face], double-faced, head-to-head, confrontational, one-on-one, eyeball-to-eyeball, eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation, in person
    Ex. This may help to improve the service librarians can give face to face with clients.
    Ex. This may help to improve the service librarians can give face to face with clients.
    Ex. Information desks should be sited near the library entrance, be multi-staffed, designed for double-faced seating and easy use of microfilm readers and AV materials.
    Ex. The database will compete head-to-head with other information providers by making information freely available on the Internet.
    Ex. The authors report on a case study that highlights the problems of applying such a confrontational method in an Eastern culture, such as Hong Kong.
    Ex. The one-on-one training pattern predominates and is effective at this institution where education in the singular is stressed.
    Ex. Last night the Israeli prime minister announced that after nine days of eyeball-to-eyeball negotiations, he'd had enough and was going home.
    Ex. For Miller, though, two decades of eyeball-to-eyeball confrontations with the new chairman are proof enough.
    Ex. Telephone reference services have become problematic in recent years due to increased volume of patron demand, both in person and on the telephone.
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    = face-to-face [face to face], face-to-face [face to face], double-faced, head-to-head, confrontational, one-on-one, eyeball-to-eyeball, eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation, in person

    Ex: This may help to improve the service librarians can give face to face with clients.

    Ex: This may help to improve the service librarians can give face to face with clients.
    Ex: Information desks should be sited near the library entrance, be multi-staffed, designed for double-faced seating and easy use of microfilm readers and AV materials.
    Ex: The database will compete head-to-head with other information providers by making information freely available on the Internet.
    Ex: The authors report on a case study that highlights the problems of applying such a confrontational method in an Eastern culture, such as Hong Kong.
    Ex: The one-on-one training pattern predominates and is effective at this institution where education in the singular is stressed.
    Ex: Last night the Israeli prime minister announced that after nine days of eyeball-to-eyeball negotiations, he'd had enough and was going home.
    Ex: For Miller, though, two decades of eyeball-to-eyeball confrontations with the new chairman are proof enough.
    Ex: Telephone reference services have become problematic in recent years due to increased volume of patron demand, both in person and on the telephone.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cara a cara

  • 2 enfrentamiento cara a cara

    Ex. For Miller, though, two decades of eyeball-to-eyeball confrontations with the new chairman are proof enough.
    * * *

    Ex: For Miller, though, two decades of eyeball-to-eyeball confrontations with the new chairman are proof enough.

    Spanish-English dictionary > enfrentamiento cara a cara

  • 3 demostrarlo todo

    Ex. For Miller, though, two decades of eyeball-to-eyeball confrontations with the new chairman are proof enough.
    * * *

    Ex: For Miller, though, two decades of eyeball-to-eyeball confrontations with the new chairman are proof enough.

    Spanish-English dictionary > demostrarlo todo

  • 4 ser prueba suficiente

    Ex. For Miller, though, two decades of eyeball-to-eyeball confrontations with the new chairman are proof enough.
    * * *

    Ex: For Miller, though, two decades of eyeball-to-eyeball confrontations with the new chairman are proof enough.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ser prueba suficiente

  • 5 frontal

    adj.
    1 frontal (ataque).
    la parte frontal the front, the front part
    2 front, front-end, frontal.
    3 face-to-face, eyeball-to-eyeball.
    m.
    1 frontal.
    2 frontal bone.
    * * *
    1 ANATOMÍA frontal
    2 (choque etc) head-on
    3 (delantero) front
    1 ANATOMÍA frontal bone
    * * *
    adj.
    frontal, head-on
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [parte, posición] front; (Inform) front-end
    2) [enfrentamiento] direct, frontal; [rechazo] outright
    2.
    SM front, front part
    * * *
    a) < colisión> head-on; < ataque> direct, frontal (frml); < oposición> direct
    b) ( delantero)
    * * *
    = head-on, frontal.
    Ex. Behaviour Management encourages leadership that is positive, helps prevent situations that are already unsatisfactory from deteriorating, and avoids head-on confrontations between people.
    Ex. The bracelet is decorated with a trellis pattern containing frontal human heads, birds, hares and fruit.
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    * frontal de la tienda = shop-front [shopfront].
    * lóbulo frontal = frontal lobe.
    * ordenador frontal = head-end computer.
    * procesador frontal = front end [front-end].
    * * *
    a) < colisión> head-on; < ataque> direct, frontal (frml); < oposición> direct
    b) ( delantero)
    * * *
    = head-on, frontal.

    Ex: Behaviour Management encourages leadership that is positive, helps prevent situations that are already unsatisfactory from deteriorating, and avoids head-on confrontations between people.

    Ex: The bracelet is decorated with a trellis pattern containing frontal human heads, birds, hares and fruit.
    * frontal de la tienda = shop-front [shopfront].
    * lóbulo frontal = frontal lobe.
    * ordenador frontal = head-end computer.
    * procesador frontal = front end [front-end].

    * * *
    1 ‹colisión› head-on; ‹ataque› direct, frontal ( frml); ‹oposición› direct
    2
    (delantero): la parte frontal del vehículo the front of the vehicle
    1 ( Auto) hood ( AmE), bonnet ( BrE)
    2 ( Anat) frontal bone
    * * *

    frontal adjetivo ‹ colisión› head-on;
    ‹ ataque› direct, frontal (frml);
    ‹ oposición› direct
    frontal
    I adjetivo frontal
    choque frontal, head-on crash
    perspectiva frontal, front view
    II sustantivo masculino
    1 (de un edificio) façade
    2 (hueso) frontal bone
    ' frontal' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    choque
    - página
    English:
    front-load
    - head-on
    - head
    - home
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [ataque] frontal;
    [colisión] head-on;
    la parte frontal the front, the front part;
    cuenta con mi oposición frontal I am totally opposed to it
    2. Anat frontal
    ♦ nm
    1. Anat [hueso] frontal bone
    2. Anat [músculo] frontal muscle
    3. [de automóvil] front
    * * *
    I adj
    1 frontal; ataque etc head-on
    2 ( delantero) front atr
    II m
    1 ANAT frontal bone
    2 de coche front end
    * * *
    frontal adj
    : frontal, head-on
    un choque frontal: a head-on collision

    Spanish-English dictionary > frontal

  • 6 enfrentamiento

    m.
    confrontation.
    * * *
    1 confrontation
    * * *
    noun m.
    clash, confrontation
    * * *
    SM (=conflicto) confrontation; (=encuentro) (face to face) encounter, (face to face) meeting; (Dep) encounter
    * * *
    masculino clash
    * * *
    = clash [clashes, -pl.], conflict, confrontation, contest, collision, showdown, fighting, collision course, rumble, match, standoff.
    Ex. A seminar was held on community information last year which brought sharp clashes between librarians and social workers over their respective roles.
    Ex. On that basis, I should like to suggest a possible solution to the conflict.
    Ex. A library should be organised to impose maximum confrontation between books and readers.
    Ex. Anyway, experience had taught him that a subordinate who attempts to subdue a superordinate is almost always lost; the superordinate has too many advantages in such a contest.
    Ex. Libraries now face the realities of the wired campus environment and the collision between library automation tradition and the new world of networks.
    Ex. The article 'Search engine showdown' reports the results of lab tests carried out on 7 major World Wide Web (WWW) search engines available free of charge on the Internet.
    Ex. The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.
    Ex. A collision course can be avoided only if librarians work closely with the faculty in determining an appropriate policy.
    Ex. It is common practice for gang members to make sure that the police are informed of an impending rumble.
    Ex. That was one of the finest matches they ever played.
    Ex. A 12-hour standoff ended with a man lobbing Molotov cocktails at police before taking his own life rather than vacate a home he'd lost to foreclosure.
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    * enfrentamiento armado = armed encounter.
    * enfrentamiento cara a cara = eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation.
    * enfrentamiento de valores = conflict of values.
    * enfrentamiento entre rivales = grudge fight, grudge match, local derby.
    * enfrentamiento racial = racial conflict, ethnic conflict.
    * enfrentamientos sobre preferencias = flame war.
    * evitar el enfrentamiento = avoid + confrontation.
    * llevar camino de enfrentamiento con = be on a collision course with.
    * reglas de enfrentamiento = rules of engagement.
    * * *
    masculino clash
    * * *
    = clash [clashes, -pl.], conflict, confrontation, contest, collision, showdown, fighting, collision course, rumble, match, standoff.

    Ex: A seminar was held on community information last year which brought sharp clashes between librarians and social workers over their respective roles.

    Ex: On that basis, I should like to suggest a possible solution to the conflict.
    Ex: A library should be organised to impose maximum confrontation between books and readers.
    Ex: Anyway, experience had taught him that a subordinate who attempts to subdue a superordinate is almost always lost; the superordinate has too many advantages in such a contest.
    Ex: Libraries now face the realities of the wired campus environment and the collision between library automation tradition and the new world of networks.
    Ex: The article 'Search engine showdown' reports the results of lab tests carried out on 7 major World Wide Web (WWW) search engines available free of charge on the Internet.
    Ex: The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.
    Ex: A collision course can be avoided only if librarians work closely with the faculty in determining an appropriate policy.
    Ex: It is common practice for gang members to make sure that the police are informed of an impending rumble.
    Ex: That was one of the finest matches they ever played.
    Ex: A 12-hour standoff ended with a man lobbing Molotov cocktails at police before taking his own life rather than vacate a home he'd lost to foreclosure.
    * enfrentamiento armado = armed encounter.
    * enfrentamiento cara a cara = eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation.
    * enfrentamiento de valores = conflict of values.
    * enfrentamiento entre rivales = grudge fight, grudge match, local derby.
    * enfrentamiento racial = racial conflict, ethnic conflict.
    * enfrentamientos sobre preferencias = flame war.
    * evitar el enfrentamiento = avoid + confrontation.
    * llevar camino de enfrentamiento con = be on a collision course with.
    * reglas de enfrentamiento = rules of engagement.

    * * *
    clash
    se produjeron enfrentamientos entre los manifestantes y la policía there were clashes between demonstrators and police
    en el debate se produjo un enfrentamiento entre los dos dirigentes during the debate there was a confrontation o clash between the two leaders
    Compuestos:
    armed confrontation
    military confrontation
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    enfrentamiento sustantivo masculino
    clash;

    enfrentamiento sustantivo masculino confrontation

    ' enfrentamiento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    conflictividad
    - contienda
    - disputa
    - duelo
    - oposición
    - parte
    - refriega
    - sangrienta
    - sangriento
    - choque
    - conflicto
    - confrontación
    English:
    clash
    - showdown
    - confrontation
    - show
    * * *
    confrontation;
    hubo enfrentamientos con la policía there were confrontations with the police;
    un enfrentamiento entre las dos alas del partido a confrontation between the two wings of the party
    enfrentamiento armado armed confrontation o clash
    * * *
    m clash, confrontation;
    enfrentamiento verbal heated argument
    * * *
    : clash, confrontation
    * * *
    enfrentamiento n clash [pl. clashes]

    Spanish-English dictionary > enfrentamiento

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