he lives up to his reputation

• en honor a la verdad — to be fair

• hacer honor a — to honour

hacer honor a su fama — to live up to its etc reputation

• tener el honor de hacer algo — to have the honour of doing sth, be proud to do sth

hacer honor a su fama or nombre — to live up to one's reputation

tengo el honor de... — it is my honor o I have the honor to...

le rindieron los honores correspondientes a su rango — he was accorded the honors befitting his rank (frml)

hacerle los honores a algo — to do justice to something

hacer honor a su fama or nombre — to live up to one's reputation

tengo el honor de... — it is my honor o I have the honor to...

le rindieron los honores correspondientes a su rango — he was accorded the honors befitting his rank (frml)

hacerle los honores a algo — to do justice to something

Ex: Metcalfe has received little attention outside his adopted country, Australia, and can be considered to be a prophet without honour save in his own country.

• jersey de cuello alto — polo neck jumper, turtleneck

• camino de alta montaña — high mountain path

• zapatos de tacón o Cono Sur, Perú taco alto — high-heeled shoes, high heels

• lanzar algo de o desde lo alto — to throw sth down, throw sth down from above

• alta burguesía — upper-middle class

• alto cargo — [puesto] high-ranking position; [persona] senior official, high-ranking official

• alta cocina — haute cuisine

• alto/a comisario/a — High Commissioner

• Alto Comisionado — High Commission

• alta costura — high fashion, haute couture

• de alta definición — high-definition antes de s

• alto/a ejecutivo/a — top executive

• alta escuela — (Hípica) dressage

• altas esferas — upper echelons

• alta fidelidad — high fidelity, hi-fi

• altas finanzas — high finance

• alta frecuencia — high frequency

• alto funcionario — senior official, high-ranking official

• oficiales de alta graduación — senior officers, high-ranking officers

• altos hornos — blast furnace

• altos mandos — senior officers, high-ranking officers

• de altas miras, es un chico de altas miras — he is a boy of great ambition

• alta presión — (Téc, Meteo) high pressure

• alta sociedad — high society

• alta tecnología — high technology

• temporada alta — high season

• alta tensión — high tension, high voltage

• alta traición — high treason

• alta velocidad — high speed

Alta Velocidad Española — Esp name given to high speed train system

• en voz alta — [leer] out loud; [hablar] in a loud voice

• estar alto — [río] to be high; [mar] to be rough

hablar alto — (=en voz alta) to speak loudly; (=con franqueza) to speak out, speak out frankly

• en alto, coloque los pies en alto — put your feet up

con las manos en alto — [en atraco, rendición] with one's hands up; [en manifestación] with one's hands in the air

• dar el alto a algn — to order sb to halt, stop sb

• hacer un alto — [en viaje] to stop off; [en actividad] to take a break

• poner el alto a algo — Méx to put an end to sth

alto el fuego — Esp ceasefire

zapatos de tacones altos or (AmS) de taco alto — high-heeled shoes

eso dejó en alto su buen nombre — (CS) that really boosted his reputation

tiene la tensión or presión alta — she has high blood pressure

pasar por alto — ver pasar I 6)

alto (ahí)! — (Mil) halt!; ( dicho por un policía) stop!, stay where you are!

viven en un alto — they live in a top floor apartment o (BrE) flat

pasarse el alto — ( un semáforo) to run the red light (AmE), to jump the lights (BrE); ( un stop) to go through the stop sign

zapatos de tacones altos or (AmS) de taco alto — high-heeled shoes

eso dejó en alto su buen nombre — (CS) that really boosted his reputation

tiene la tensión or presión alta — she has high blood pressure

pasar por alto — ver pasar I 6)

alto (ahí)! — (Mil) halt!; ( dicho por un policía) stop!, stay where you are!

viven en un alto — they live in a top floor apartment o (BrE) flat

pasarse el alto — ( un semáforo) to run the red light (AmE), to jump the lights (BrE); ( un stop) to go through the stop sign

Ex: It is certainly no accident that in Finland, a country that circulates an average of 17 books per capita per year through 1500 public libraries and 18,000 mobile-library stops, its public libraries are supported by both national and local monies.

Ex: The simultaneous interweaving of several melodic lines (usually four: soprano, alto, tenor, bass) in a musical composition is known as polyphony.

Ex: For a monograph the height of the book is normally given, in centimetres.

Ex: In fact, the area was well served by a very good neighbourhood advice centre which had a heavy workload of advice and information-giving.

Ex: Visitors would be surprised by the loud creaking and groaning of the presses as the timbers gave and rubbed against each other.

política de rentas — incomes o (EEUU) income policy

rentas públicas — revenue sing

vivir de las rentas: tiene dinero/propiedades y vive de las rentas she has some money and lives off the interest/some properties and lives off the rents; un escritor que lleva años viviendo de las rentas — a writer who has been living off past glories for years

vivir de las rentas: tiene dinero/propiedades y vive de las rentas she has some money and lives off the interest/some properties and lives off the rents; un escritor que lleva años viviendo de las rentas — a writer who has been living off past glories for years

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.