hacerse a la idea

Ex: In this age of financial restriction we have to see ourselves, even at the smallest unit, as an international library resource network, and unless we can deal with this concept we can't rework the ISBD into a viable tool.

• formarse una idea de algo — to form an impression of sth

• hacerse una idea de algo — to get an idea of sth

• idea brillante, idea genial — brilliant idea, brainwave

mi idea era salir temprano — I had intended to leave early, my idea o intention was to leave early

• cambiar de idea — to change one's mind

• idea fija — fixed idea

• ir con la idea de hacer algo — to mean to do sth

• tiene muy mala idea — his intentions are not good, he's a nasty piece of work *

tuvo muy mala idea al hacer las preguntas — his questions were really malicious o nasty

• metérsele una idea en la cabeza a algn, cuando se le mete una idea en la cabeza no hay quien se la saque — once he gets an idea into his head no one can talk him out of it

• tener idea de hacer algo — [en el pasado] to mean to do sth; [en el futuro] to be thinking of doing sth

tenía idea de traerme varias botellas de vodka — I meant o I was meaning to bring some bottles of vodka

• tener idea de algo — to have an idea of sth

• no tener la menor idea — not to have the faintest o the foggiest idea

lo expulsaron por sus ideas políticas — they expelled him because of his political beliefs o ideas

• una persona de ideas conservadoras/liberales/radicales — a conservative/liberal/radical-minded person

la idea de libertad — the idea o concept of freedom

es de ideas conservadoras — she has conservative ideas o views

darse idea para algo — (RPl fam) to be good at something

hacerse (a) la idea de algo — to get used to the idea of something

idea de bombero — (Esp fam) crazy idea

la idea de libertad — the idea o concept of freedom

es de ideas conservadoras — she has conservative ideas o views

darse idea para algo — (RPl fam) to be good at something

hacerse (a) la idea de algo — to get used to the idea of something

idea de bombero — (Esp fam) crazy idea

Ex: Analytical cataloguing is valuable in respect of any type of media, but many of ideas have been tested most thoroughly in the context of monographs and serials.

hacerse algo — [uno mismo] to make o.s. sth; [otra persona] to have sth made

• hacerse caca — to soil one's pants

• hacerse pipí — to wet o.s.

esto se está haciendo pesado — this is getting o becoming tedious

se me hace que... — esp LAm it seems to me that..., I get the impression that...

se me hace que nos están engañando — it seems to me that o I get the impression that we're being deceived

• hacerse de nuevas — to act all innocent

• hacerse el sordo — to pretend not to hear

• hacerse atrás — to move back

• hacerse a un lado — [de pie] to move to one side; [sentado] to move over

• hazte para allá, que me siente — move up that way a bit so I can sit down

Ex: Quite obviously, however, everything rests in the end on the extent to which people grow up to be avid, thoughtful readers.

Ex: The writer goes out of her way to make her meaning plain, and to achieve a level of language and simplicity of structure she assumes most of her intended readers will feel at home with.

Ex: I have the ability to do this on my own, but it takes a helluva long time for me to warm up to people.

Ex: I have formed a deep impression about the relationship between libraries and economic development from my own life experience.

Ex: From time to time librarians do catch a fleeting glimpse of how others see them when some journalist or academic does articulate this widespread phobia.

Ex: Their daily experiences provide grist for the writer's mill, from which insights concerning management processes may be gleaned.

lo ha mentalizado para que haga ejercicio — she has made him realize o see that he needs to exercise

mentalizarse DE algo: fue muy difícil mentalizarme de que se había acabado — it was very difficult to come to terms with the idea that o to accept that it was over

lo ha mentalizado para que haga ejercicio — she has made him realize o see that he needs to exercise

mentalizarse DE algo: fue muy difícil mentalizarme de que se había acabado — it was very difficult to come to terms with the idea that o to accept that it was over