high-strung

es un niño muy nervioso — he's a very highly strung o nervous child

¡no te pongas nervioso! — keep cool! *

últimamente se le nota nervioso — he's been on edge o (colloq) uptight lately

últimamente se le nota nervioso — he's been on edge o (colloq) uptight lately

Ex: Male librarians believed the public's image of themselves to be more submissive, meek, nervous, effeminate, reserved, following, subdued and less approachable, athletic, and attractive than the undergraduate sample actually saw them.

Ex: He had expected more from his highly-strung dramatic finessing but the author rarely focused on personal influences or special affinities.

• muy de, muy de noche — very late at night

es muy de sentir — frm it is much to be regretted

• el/la muy, el muy tonto de Pedro — that great idiot Pedro

• por muy, por muy cansado que estés — however tired you are, no matter how tired you are

muy bien, sigamos adelante — OK o fine, let's go on

por muy cansado que estés — however o no matter how tired you are

quedó muy dulce — it's rather o too sweet

muy bien, sigamos adelante — OK o fine, let's go on

por muy cansado que estés — however o no matter how tired you are

quedó muy dulce — it's rather o too sweet

Ex: Even for those items that are designated relevant some may be judged to be highly relevant, whilst others may be regarded as partially relevant or only marginally relevant.

Ex: She dismisses the usual interpretation of these riots as a textual argument between nervous, bourgeois Catholics and equally high-strung Anglo-Irish, avant-garde artists.

está casi terminado — it's almost o nearly finished

son ya casi las tres — it's almost o nearly three o'clock

¡huy!, casi me caigo — oops! I almost o nearly fell over

despidieron a la casi totalidad de la plantilla — they sacked virtually o practically the entire staff

ocurre lo mismo en casi todos los países — the same thing happens in virtually o practically all countries

-¿habéis terminado? -casi, casi — "have you finished?" - "just about o very nearly"

• casi nada — almost o virtually nothing, hardly anything

no sabemos casi nada de lo que está ocurriendo — we know almost o virtually nothing about what's going on, we know hardly anything about what's going on

100 dólares..., ¡casi nada! — iró 100 dollars, a mere trifle!

• casi nunca — hardly ever, almost never

• casi siempre — almost always

es casi imposible — it's virtually o almost impossible

¿200? casi nada! — (iró) $200? is that all? (iro)

es casi imposible — it's virtually o almost impossible

¿200? casi nada! — (iró) $200? is that all? (iro)

Ex: Documents rarely exactly match a user's requirements because information can be packaged in almost as many different ways as there are participants in a subject area.

paroxismo histérico — hysterics pl

¡me pone histérico! — * it drives me mad!, it drives me up the wall *

ponerse histérico — to have hysterics o a fit

ponerse histérico — to have hysterics o a fit

Ex: His selection of films suggests a temperamental bias toward strong, violent, edgy scenes with killings, face-slappings, and confrontations.

Ex: Nobody could have guessed from the librarian's placid demeanor that she was in a state of extreme agitation as she moved toward Edmonds' door.

Ex: She dismisses the usual interpretation of these riots as a textual argument between nervous, bourgeois Catholics and equally high-strung Anglo-Irish, avant-garde artists.

andar con muletas — to walk on o with crutches

encontraron una maleta con 800.000 dólares — they found a suitcase containing 800,000 dollars o with 800,000 dollars in it

amable con todos — kind to o towards everybody

ser insolente con el jefe — to be disrespectful to o towards the boss

once con siete — [11,7] eleven point seven ( 11.7)

con tantas dificultades, no se descorazonó — in spite of all o for all the difficulties he didn't lose heart

¡vaya con el niño! — * the cheeky monkey! *

con que + subjun —

con que me invite, me conformo — as long as o provided that she invites me, I don't mind

ella se lo ofreció, con lo que or con lo cual me puso a mí en un aprieto — she offered it to him, which put me in an awkward position

con todo lo que tengo que hacer! — on top of everything else I have to do!; todo III 2)

caray con la niña (or el vecino, etc)! — well would you believe it!

con + inf: con llorar no se arregla nada crying won't solve anything; con llamarlo por teléfono ya cumples if o as long as you call him, that should do; con decirte que... I mean, to give you an example...; me contento con que apruebes — as long as you pass I'll be happy; tal III 2)