health and safety standard

• cierre de seguridad — [de pulsera, collar, arma] safety catch

• cinturón de seguridad — safety belt

• empresa de seguridad — security company

• medidas de seguridad — [ante accidente, incendio] safety measures; [ante delito, atentado] security measures

• consejo de seguridad — security council

seguridad ciudadana — the security of the public from crime

seguridad contra incendios — fire precautions pl

seguridad social — (=sistema de pensiones y paro) social security, welfare (EEUU); (=contribuciones) national insurance; (=sistema médico) national health service, ≈ NHS

habla con mucha seguridad — he speaks with great confidence o assurance

no puedo darle seguridad — I can't say for sure o for certain

• con seguridad, no lo sabemos con seguridad — we don't know for sure o for certain

• tener la seguridad de que... — to be sure o certain that...

tenía la seguridad de que algo iba a pasar — he was sure o certain that something was going to happen

tengan ustedes la seguridad de que... — (you may) rest assured that... frm

medidas de seguridad — (contra accidentes, incendios) safety measures; (contra robos, atentados) security measures

no te lo puedo decir con seguridad — I can't tell you for certain o for sure

medidas de seguridad — (contra accidentes, incendios) safety measures; (contra robos, atentados) security measures

no te lo puedo decir con seguridad — I can't tell you for certain o for sure

Ex: The program has been enhanced to provide system security and the various levels of fall-back operation in the event of system failure.

Ex: They sought to prevent occupational accidents and disease by incorporating health and safety standards in contracts.

Ex: For example, space medicine certainly requires a knowledge of medicine, but in addition involves problems related to space physics, mechanics (the phenomenon of weightlessness), diet, hygiene, the list is formidable.

• el trabajo de la casa — the housework

• ropa de trabajo — work clothes

• estar sin trabajo — to be unemployed

trabajo manual — manual labour, manual labor (EEUU)

trabajos forzados — hard labour sing, hard labor (EEUU) sing

trabajos manuales — (Escol) handicrafts

no encuentro trabajo — I can't find work o a job

vivo cerca de mi trabajo — I live near work o near my workplace

• ahorrarse el trabajo — to save o.s. the trouble

• costar trabajo, le cuesta trabajo hacerlo — he finds it hard to do

• dar trabajo, reparar la casa nos ha dado mucho trabajo — it was hard work o a real job repairing the house

• tomarse el trabajo de hacer algo — to take the trouble to do sth

conseguir trabajo — to get o find work, to get o find a job

buscar trabajo — to look for work o for a job

un trabajo de media jornada or (AmL) de medio tiempo or (Esp) a tiempo parcial — a part-time job

trabajo de jornada completa or de or a tiempo completo — full-time work o job

limpiar el horno es un trabajo que odio — cleaning the oven is a job o chore I hate

conseguir trabajo — to get o find work, to get o find a job

buscar trabajo — to look for work o for a job

un trabajo de media jornada or (AmL) de medio tiempo or (Esp) a tiempo parcial — a part-time job

trabajo de jornada completa or de or a tiempo completo — full-time work o job

limpiar el horno es un trabajo que odio — cleaning the oven is a job o chore I hate

Ex: Under WOMEN -- EMPLOYMENT, for instance, are listed works on the health and safety hazards of employment, the wages of employment, the problems of mothers, married and/or single women and employment, and so on.

Ex: The problems and assignments presented are real problems and assignments, and the people involved are real people, all suitably disguised to protect their identity.

• tomar las medidas a algn/algo — (lit) to measure sb/sth, take sb's/sth's measurements; (fig) to size sb/sth up *

• en cierta medida — to a certain extent

• en gran medida — to a great extent

• en menor medida — to a lesser extent

• en la medida de lo posible — as far as possible, insofar as it is possible

• a medida que — as

en la medida en que — + indic in that; + subjun if

• a (la) medida — [ropa, zapatos] made to measure; [trabajo, vacaciones] tailor-made

no tenemos un sombrero a su medida — we don't have a hat in your size o to fit you

• de o sobre medida — Chile [ropa, zapatos] made-to-measure

• venir a (la) medida — (lit) to be the right size; (fig) to be tailor-made

• ropa a sobre medida — Méx outsize clothing

• adoptar o tomar medidas — to take measures, take steps

una de las medidas urgentes adoptadas — one of the emergency measures o steps taken

medidas de seguridad — [contra ataques, robos] security measures; [contra incendios] safety measures

• con medida — in moderation

• sin medida — to excess

a (la) medida — <traje/zapato> custom-made (AmE), made-to-measure (BrE)

colmar la medida: eso colmó la medida — that was the last straw

tomar medidas — to take steps o measures

a (la) medida — <traje/zapato> custom-made (AmE), made-to-measure (BrE)

colmar la medida: eso colmó la medida — that was the last straw

tomar medidas — to take steps o measures

Ex: One measure of a library's market is the number of reference questions dealt with at the reference desk or through electronic reference.