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inmate

  • 1 recluso

    adj.
    1 imprisoned, confined, recluse in prison.
    2 withdrawn.
    m.
    prisoner, inmate, jailbird, recluse.
    * * *
    1 imprisoned
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 prisoner
    * * *
    (f. - reclusa)
    noun
    convict, inmate, prisoner
    * * *
    recluso, -a
    1.
    2. SM / F
    1) (Jur) inmate, prisoner

    recluso/a de confianza — trusty

    recluso/a preventivo/a — prisoner on remand, remand prisoner

    2) (=ermitaño) recluse
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino prisoner, inmate
    * * *
    = prisoner, fellow inmate, prison inmate, inmate, convict, recluse.
    Ex. At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with mudpies, leprechauns, senior power, red power, the Chinese New Year, prisoners' rights, and workers' control.
    Ex. One of the problems to be anticipated once a prison law library has been established is the possible 'extortion' by jailhouse lawyers demanding compensation from fellow inmates they legally advise.
    Ex. In Italy it is common to employ prison inmates for library tasks.
    Ex. This article examines library service in prisons from 1951, the stock, the range of prison readers, staffing, loans, and relations with administrative staff, prison warders and inmates.
    Ex. Artists or their families have often wished to erase the memory of convict or immigrant origins, youthful indiscretions, or previous marriages.
    Ex. Despite fast becoming one of the most famous women on the planet, Paris Hilton says she won't turn into a recluse.
    ----
    * reclusos, los = incarcerated, the.
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino prisoner, inmate
    * * *
    = prisoner, fellow inmate, prison inmate, inmate, convict, recluse.

    Ex: At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with mudpies, leprechauns, senior power, red power, the Chinese New Year, prisoners' rights, and workers' control.

    Ex: One of the problems to be anticipated once a prison law library has been established is the possible 'extortion' by jailhouse lawyers demanding compensation from fellow inmates they legally advise.
    Ex: In Italy it is common to employ prison inmates for library tasks.
    Ex: This article examines library service in prisons from 1951, the stock, the range of prison readers, staffing, loans, and relations with administrative staff, prison warders and inmates.
    Ex: Artists or their families have often wished to erase the memory of convict or immigrant origins, youthful indiscretions, or previous marriages.
    Ex: Despite fast becoming one of the most famous women on the planet, Paris Hilton says she won't turn into a recluse.
    * reclusos, los = incarcerated, the.

    * * *
    recluso1 -sa
    la población reclusa the prison population
    recluso2 -sa
    masculine, feminine
    prisoner, inmate
    * * *

    recluso
    ◊ -sa sustantivo masculino, femenino

    prisoner, inmate
    recluso,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino prisoner, inmate

    ' recluso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    reclusa
    English:
    inmate
    - prisoner
    - convict
    * * *
    recluso, -a nm,f
    [preso] prisoner
    * * *
    I adj reclusive;
    población reclusa prison population
    II m, reclusa f prisoner
    * * *
    recluso, -sa n
    1) : inmate, prisoner
    2) solitario: recluse
    * * *
    recluso n prisoner

    Spanish-English dictionary > recluso

  • 2 interno

    adj.
    1 internal, inward, from within, interior.
    2 in-house.
    3 in-store.
    4 in-patient, inpatient, hospital-stay.
    5 internus.
    f. & m.
    1 intern, internee, houseman.
    2 boarding pupil.
    3 hospital doctor.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: internar.
    * * *
    1 (órgano) internal
    2 (política) domestic, home
    3 (alumno) boarding
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (alumno) boarder
    2 (médico) intern
    3 (preso) prisoner
    \
    medicina interna internal medicine
    * * *
    1. (f. - interna)
    adj.
    2. (f. - interna)
    noun
    * * *
    interno, -a
    1.

    la política interna — internal politics, domestic politics

    por vía interna — (Med) internally

    2. SM / F
    1) (Escol) boarder
    2) (Med) houseman, intern (EEUU)
    3) (=preso) inmate, prisoner
    3.
    SM Cono Sur (Telec) extension, telephone extension
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    1)
    a) <llamada/correo/régimen> internal
    b) <producción/demanda> internal, domestic
    c) <dolor/hemorragia> internal
    2)
    a) (Educ)
    b) (Med)

    médico interno — ≈intern ( in US), ≈houseman ( in UK)

    II
    - na masculino, femenino
    1)
    a) (Educ) boarder
    b) ( en cárcel) inmate
    c) ( médico) ≈intern ( in US), ≈houseman ( in UK)
    2) (RPl) (Telec) ( extensión) extension
    * * *
    = in-built, internal, local, inner, inward, inwardly, indoor, backroom, near-side, embedded, in situ, domestic.
    Ex. A citation index seeks to exploit these in-built links between documents and facilitate the identification of networks of cited, and thus associated documents.
    Ex. Although internal arrangements and library services vary from place to place, generally recent academic libraries have a number of common factors.
    Ex. AACR2 generally recommends collocation although it is suggested that the extent of collocation and the need for uniform titles is a matter for local decisions.
    Ex. As he drove to the library, he harkened to those busy inner voices filling his mind with ominous portents.
    Ex. The questions of outward and inward gateways are addressed.
    Ex. An inwardly feverish but outwardly calm desperation possessed him.
    Ex. The old-time indoor apprentices, who had boarded and lodged with the printer and received only nominal wages, were mostly replaced by outdoor apprentices who found their own board and lodging and were paid wages according to their skill and experience.
    Ex. For many years, we have used the new technology to tinker with the existing system, to achieve cost savings in the backroom processes, and to produce paper products more cheaply and rapidly.
    Ex. The near-side press point was placed further in towards the middle of the tympan (and of the sheet) than the off-side point.
    Ex. It works a treat and handles the embedded CRLF perfectly.
    Ex. The author describes a new indexing algorithm designed to create large compressed inverted indexes in situ.
    Ex. Results indicate that bibliographers at these libraries depend on inadequate reviewing sources and domestic approval plans for developing these literatures.
    ----
    * auditor interno = internal auditor.
    * base de datos interna = in-house database.
    * boletín interno = in-house bulletin.
    * comunicado interno = internal memo.
    * de uso interno = in-house [inhouse].
    * formación interna = in-service training, in-service support, in-service.
    * limpieza interna = internal cleansing.
    * luchas internas = infighting [in-fighting].
    * mercado interno = internal market.
    * motor de explosión interna = internal combustion engine.
    * normas internas = in-house guidelines.
    * programa de trabajo como interno residente = residency programme.
    * querellas internas = infighting [in-fighting].
    * reloj interno = body clock, biological clock.
    * robo con cómplice interno = inside job.
    * sentimiento interno = inner feeling.
    * ser más interno = inner being.
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    1)
    a) <llamada/correo/régimen> internal
    b) <producción/demanda> internal, domestic
    c) <dolor/hemorragia> internal
    2)
    a) (Educ)
    b) (Med)

    médico interno — ≈intern ( in US), ≈houseman ( in UK)

    II
    - na masculino, femenino
    1)
    a) (Educ) boarder
    b) ( en cárcel) inmate
    c) ( médico) ≈intern ( in US), ≈houseman ( in UK)
    2) (RPl) (Telec) ( extensión) extension
    * * *
    = in-built, internal, local, inner, inward, inwardly, indoor, backroom, near-side, embedded, in situ, domestic.

    Ex: A citation index seeks to exploit these in-built links between documents and facilitate the identification of networks of cited, and thus associated documents.

    Ex: Although internal arrangements and library services vary from place to place, generally recent academic libraries have a number of common factors.
    Ex: AACR2 generally recommends collocation although it is suggested that the extent of collocation and the need for uniform titles is a matter for local decisions.
    Ex: As he drove to the library, he harkened to those busy inner voices filling his mind with ominous portents.
    Ex: The questions of outward and inward gateways are addressed.
    Ex: An inwardly feverish but outwardly calm desperation possessed him.
    Ex: The old-time indoor apprentices, who had boarded and lodged with the printer and received only nominal wages, were mostly replaced by outdoor apprentices who found their own board and lodging and were paid wages according to their skill and experience.
    Ex: For many years, we have used the new technology to tinker with the existing system, to achieve cost savings in the backroom processes, and to produce paper products more cheaply and rapidly.
    Ex: The near-side press point was placed further in towards the middle of the tympan (and of the sheet) than the off-side point.
    Ex: It works a treat and handles the embedded CRLF perfectly.
    Ex: The author describes a new indexing algorithm designed to create large compressed inverted indexes in situ.
    Ex: Results indicate that bibliographers at these libraries depend on inadequate reviewing sources and domestic approval plans for developing these literatures.
    * auditor interno = internal auditor.
    * base de datos interna = in-house database.
    * boletín interno = in-house bulletin.
    * comunicado interno = internal memo.
    * de uso interno = in-house [inhouse].
    * formación interna = in-service training, in-service support, in-service.
    * limpieza interna = internal cleansing.
    * luchas internas = infighting [in-fighting].
    * mercado interno = internal market.
    * motor de explosión interna = internal combustion engine.
    * normas internas = in-house guidelines.
    * programa de trabajo como interno residente = residency programme.
    * querellas internas = infighting [in-fighting].
    * reloj interno = body clock, biological clock.
    * robo con cómplice interno = inside job.
    * sentimiento interno = inner feeling.
    * ser más interno = inner being.

    * * *
    interno1 -na
    A
    1 ‹llamada/correo/régimen› internal
    había luchas internas en el seno del partido there were battles o there was in-fighting within the party
    2 ‹producción/demanda› internal, domestic
    3 ‹dolor/hemorragia› internal
    B
    1 ( Educ):
    su hijo está interno en un colegio inglés her son is a boarder at an English school, her son boards at an English school
    2 ( Med):
    médico interno ≈ intern ( in US), ≈ house officer ( in UK)
    interno2 -na
    masculine, feminine
    A
    1 ( Educ) boarder
    3 (médico) ≈ intern ( in US), ≈ house officer ( in UK)
    B
    ¿me da con el interno 25? can I have extension 25, please?
    * * *

     

    Del verbo internar: ( conjugate internar)

    interno es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    internó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    internar    
    interno
    internar ( conjugate internar) verbo transitivo:

    lo internoon en el hospital he was admitted to (the) hospital;
    tuvimos que internolo we had to take him to (the) hospital
    internarse verbo pronominal
    a) ( adentrarse) internose en algo ‹en bosque/espesura› to penetrate into sth, to go deep into sth


    interno 1
    ◊ -na adjetivo

    1 ( en general) internal
    2
    a) (Educ):


    b) (Med):

    ◊ médico interno ≈ intern ( in US), ≈ houseman ( in UK)

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    a) (Educ) boarder


    c) ( médico) ≈ intern ( in US), ≈ houseman ( in UK)

    interno 2 sustantivo masculino (RPl) (Telec) ( extensión) extension
    internar vtr (en un hospital) to admit
    (en un manicomio) to confine
    interno,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 internal
    medicina interna, internal medicine
    2 Pol domestic
    3 (espiritual) inward: en mi fuero interno me moría de la risa, inwardly I was laughing like mad
    II m,f (alumno) boarder
    Med (enfermo) patient
    (preso) inmate
    ' interno' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alumna
    - alumno
    - fuero
    - interna
    - íntima
    - íntimo
    - MIR
    - pupilo
    English:
    board
    - boarder
    - by-law
    - domestic
    - in-house
    - inmate
    - inner
    - inner ear
    - intern
    - internal
    - inwardly
    - live in
    - communal
    - extension
    * * *
    interno, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [de dentro] internal;
    [capa] inner;
    pinta la parte interna del cajón paint the inside of the box;
    escucha voces internas she hears voices
    2. [política] domestic;
    la política interna de un país a country's domestic policy
    3. [medicina] internal
    4. [hemorragia]
    ha sufrido una hemorragia interna she has suffered internal bleeding
    5. [alumno] boarding;
    estuvo interno en Suiza he went to a boarding school in Switzerland
    6.
    médico interno Br house officer, US intern
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [alumno] boarder
    2. [preso] prisoner, inmate
    3. [médico] Br house officer, US intern
    ♦ nm
    RP [extensión] (telephone) extension;
    interno 28, por favor extension 28, please
    * * *
    I adj internal; POL domestic, internal
    II m, interna f
    1 EDU boarder
    2 ( preso) inmate
    3 MED intern, Br
    houseman
    * * *
    interno, -na adj
    : internal
    ♦ internamente adv
    interno, -na n
    1) : intern
    2) : inmate, internee
    * * *
    interno1 adj
    1. (en general) internal
    2. (del país) domestic
    1. (alumno) boarder
    2. (preso) prisoner

    Spanish-English dictionary > interno

  • 3 asilado

    f. & m.
    refugee.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: asilar.
    * * *
    1→ link=asilar asilar
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    \
    asilado,-a político,-a political refugee
    condición de asilado refugee status
    * * *
    asilado, -a
    SM / F [en institución] inmate; (Pol) refugee, political refugee
    * * *
    - da masculino, femenino inmate
    * * *
    - da masculino, femenino inmate
    * * *
    asilado -da
    masculine, feminine
    inmate
    Compuesto:
    asilado político, asilada política
    political refugee ( who has been granted asylum)
    * * *

    Del verbo asilar: ( conjugate asilar)

    asilado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    asilado    
    asilar
    asilado
    ◊ -da sustantivo masculino, femenino

    inmate;
    asilado político political refugee ( who has been granted asylum)
    asilar ( conjugate asilar) verbo transitivo
    a) ( acoger) ‹anciano/huérfano› to take … into care;

    ‹ refugiado› to grant … asylum
    b) ( internar) to put … in a home

    asilarse verbo pronominal [anciano/huérfano] to take refuge;
    [ refugiado] to seek asylum
    ' asilado' also found in these entries:
    English:
    asylee
    * * *
    asilado, -a nm,f
    1. [huérfano, anciano] = person living in an old people's home, convalescent home etc
    2. [refugiado]
    asilado (político) person who has been granted political asylum
    * * *
    m, asilada f POL asylum seeker
    * * *
    asilado, -da n
    : exile, refugee

    Spanish-English dictionary > asilado

  • 4 presidiario

    m.
    convict, con, inmate.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 convict, prisoner
    * * *
    (f. - presidiaria)
    noun
    * * *
    presidiario, -a
    SM / F convict
    * * *
    - ria masculino, femenino convict, inmate, prisoner
    * * *
    - ria masculino, femenino convict, inmate, prisoner
    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    convict, inmate, prisoner
    * * *

    presidiario
    ◊ - ria sustantivo masculino, femenino

    convict, inmate, prisoner
    presidiario,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino prisoner, convict

    ' presidiario' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    presidiaria
    English:
    convict
    * * *
    presidiario, -a nm,f
    convict
    * * *
    m, presidiaria f prisoner
    * * *
    : convict, prisoner
    * * *
    presidiario n prisoner / convict

    Spanish-English dictionary > presidiario

  • 5 condenado a muerte

    (n.) = death row
    Ex. Participants commented on ethical aspects of two fictitious case studies: an inmate on a hunger strike and a death row inmate who wishes to be an organ donor.
    * * *
    (n.) = death row

    Ex: Participants commented on ethical aspects of two fictitious case studies: an inmate on a hunger strike and a death row inmate who wishes to be an organ donor.

    Spanish-English dictionary > condenado a muerte

  • 6 corredor de la muerte

    (n.) = death row
    Ex. Participants commented on ethical aspects of two fictitious case studies: an inmate on a hunger strike and a death row inmate who wishes to be an organ donor.
    * * *
    (n.) = death row

    Ex: Participants commented on ethical aspects of two fictitious case studies: an inmate on a hunger strike and a death row inmate who wishes to be an organ donor.

    Spanish-English dictionary > corredor de la muerte

  • 7 donante de órganos

    (n.) = organ donor
    Ex. Participants commented on ethical aspects of two fictitious case studies: an inmate on a hunger strike and a death row inmate who wishes to be an organ donor.
    * * *

    Ex: Participants commented on ethical aspects of two fictitious case studies: an inmate on a hunger strike and a death row inmate who wishes to be an organ donor.

    Spanish-English dictionary > donante de órganos

  • 8 huelga de hambre

    hunger strike
    * * *
    * * *
    Ex. Participants commented on ethical aspects of two fictitious case studies: an inmate on a hunger strike and a death row inmate who wishes to be an organ donor.
    * * *
    * * *

    Ex: Participants commented on ethical aspects of two fictitious case studies: an inmate on a hunger strike and a death row inmate who wishes to be an organ donor.

    * * *
    hunger strike

    Spanish-English dictionary > huelga de hambre

  • 9 pena de muerte

    death penalty
    * * *
    (n.) = death penalty, death row
    Ex. The book considers critical issues, such as civil disobedience, war crimes, and the death penalty.
    Ex. Participants commented on ethical aspects of two fictitious case studies: an inmate on a hunger strike and a death row inmate who wishes to be an organ donor.
    * * *
    (n.) = death penalty, death row

    Ex: The book considers critical issues, such as civil disobedience, war crimes, and the death penalty.

    Ex: Participants commented on ethical aspects of two fictitious case studies: an inmate on a hunger strike and a death row inmate who wishes to be an organ donor.

    * * *
    death penalty

    Spanish-English dictionary > pena de muerte

  • 10 seguir Algo a rajatabla

    (v.) = follow + Nombre + to the letter
    Ex. Treating everybody fairly without showing favoritism is equally important; that also means following policies and procedures to the letter both with inmate patrons and inmate library workers.
    * * *
    (v.) = follow + Nombre + to the letter

    Ex: Treating everybody fairly without showing favoritism is equally important; that also means following policies and procedures to the letter both with inmate patrons and inmate library workers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > seguir Algo a rajatabla

  • 11 seguir Algo al pie de la letra

    (v.) = follow + Nombre + to the letter
    Ex. Treating everybody fairly without showing favoritism is equally important; that also means following policies and procedures to the letter both with inmate patrons and inmate library workers.
    * * *
    (v.) = follow + Nombre + to the letter

    Ex: Treating everybody fairly without showing favoritism is equally important; that also means following policies and procedures to the letter both with inmate patrons and inmate library workers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > seguir Algo al pie de la letra

  • 12 comprobar

    v.
    1 to check.
    tengo que comprobar si lo tengo I have to check o see if I've got it
    ¿podrías comprobar a qué hora sale el tren? could you check what time the train leaves?
    Ricardo comprobó los resultados Richard checked the results.
    2 to prove.
    se ha comprobado que la vacuna es efectiva the vaccine has been proved to be effective
    3 to find.
    María comprobó la solución Mary found the solution.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ CONTAR], like link=contar contar
    1 (verificar) to verify, check
    2 (demostrar) to prove
    3 (observar) to see, observe
    4 (confirmar) to confirm
    * * *
    verb
    2) verify, probe
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=examinar) [+ billete, documento, frenos] to check

    tendré que comprobar si se han cumplido los objetivos — I shall have to see o check whether the objectives have been met

    necesito algún documento para comprobar su identidad — I need some document that proves your identity, I need some proof of identity

    2) (=confirmar) [+ teoría, existencia] to prove; [+ eficacia, veracidad] to verify, confirm

    pudimos comprobar que era verdad — we were able to verify o confirm o establish that it was true

    3) frm (=darse cuenta) to realize
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( verificar) <operación/resultado> to check

    comprueba si funciona — see o check if it works

    b) ( demostrar) to prove

    ¿tiene algún documento que compruebe su identidad? — do you have any proof of identity?

    c) ( darse cuenta) to realize
    d) prueba ( confirmar) to confirm
    * * *
    = check, cross check, make + sure, verify, vet, double-check [doublecheck], collate, test, check out, check for.
    Ex. This would be the last stage in the compilation of the scheme in order to check that the scheme seems likely to be effective.
    Ex. All Allibone's work reveals how important it is for bibliographers to cross check their references and not take earlier work at its face value.
    Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS first checks the borrower's number to make sure that it is in the files and is valid.
    Ex. Cataloguers use the NUC and other LC catalogues to verify authors and titles and as sources of authoritative catalogue records.
    Ex. All three types of material, when first received by DG XIII, are submitted to the Technological Information and Patents Division of DG XIII in order to vet items for possible patentable inventions.
    Ex. Duplicates should be double-checked before being handled as duplicates.
    Ex. It is no longer necessary to collate unaided, since copies can now be compared mechanically with a Hinman collating machine, which rapidly shows up all variation between them.
    Ex. Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.
    Ex. Where problems do arise it is sensible to check out the training programme before blaming the assistant for poor performance of duties.
    Ex. This was important before computers were invented, when calculations were all done by hand, and also were done repeatedly to check for calculation errors.
    ----
    * comprobar con = check against.
    * comprobar de antemano = pretest [pre-test], pilot-test.
    * comprobar en la práctica real = field-test.
    * comprobar las necesidades económicas = means test.
    * comprobar la validez = pilot-test.
    * comprobar la validez de = test + the validity of.
    * comprobar los ingresos = means test.
    * comprobar si el contenido de un vídeo es adecuado o no = vet + video.
    * comprobar si un dispositivo o dirección web está activa = ping.
    * comprobar una hipótesis = test + hypothesis.
    * haber sido comprobado exhaustivamente = be thoroughly tested.
    * sin comprobar = untested.
    * volver a comprobar = check back.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( verificar) <operación/resultado> to check

    comprueba si funciona — see o check if it works

    b) ( demostrar) to prove

    ¿tiene algún documento que compruebe su identidad? — do you have any proof of identity?

    c) ( darse cuenta) to realize
    d) prueba ( confirmar) to confirm
    * * *
    = check, cross check, make + sure, verify, vet, double-check [doublecheck], collate, test, check out, check for.

    Ex: This would be the last stage in the compilation of the scheme in order to check that the scheme seems likely to be effective.

    Ex: All Allibone's work reveals how important it is for bibliographers to cross check their references and not take earlier work at its face value.
    Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS first checks the borrower's number to make sure that it is in the files and is valid.
    Ex: Cataloguers use the NUC and other LC catalogues to verify authors and titles and as sources of authoritative catalogue records.
    Ex: All three types of material, when first received by DG XIII, are submitted to the Technological Information and Patents Division of DG XIII in order to vet items for possible patentable inventions.
    Ex: Duplicates should be double-checked before being handled as duplicates.
    Ex: It is no longer necessary to collate unaided, since copies can now be compared mechanically with a Hinman collating machine, which rapidly shows up all variation between them.
    Ex: Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.
    Ex: Where problems do arise it is sensible to check out the training programme before blaming the assistant for poor performance of duties.
    Ex: This was important before computers were invented, when calculations were all done by hand, and also were done repeatedly to check for calculation errors.
    * comprobar con = check against.
    * comprobar de antemano = pretest [pre-test], pilot-test.
    * comprobar en la práctica real = field-test.
    * comprobar las necesidades económicas = means test.
    * comprobar la validez = pilot-test.
    * comprobar la validez de = test + the validity of.
    * comprobar los ingresos = means test.
    * comprobar si el contenido de un vídeo es adecuado o no = vet + video.
    * comprobar si un dispositivo o dirección web está activa = ping.
    * comprobar una hipótesis = test + hypothesis.
    * haber sido comprobado exhaustivamente = be thoroughly tested.
    * sin comprobar = untested.
    * volver a comprobar = check back.

    * * *
    vt
    1 (verificar) ‹operación/resultado› to check
    ¿le compruebo el nivel del aceite? shall I check the oil for you?
    compruébalo tú mismo si no me crees check o see for yourself if you don't believe me
    voy a comprobar si funciona I'm going to see o check if it works
    2 (demostrar) to prove
    ¿tiene algún documento que compruebe su identidad? do you have any proof of identity o any identification?
    3 (darse cuenta) to realize
    al examinarlo comprobó que le faltaba una pieza when he examined it he realized that there was a part missing
    comprobé con tristeza que era cierto I was sad to discover that it was true
    4 «prueba» (confirmar) to confirm
    * * *

     

    comprobar ( conjugate comprobar) verbo transitivo
    a) ( verificar) ‹operación/resultado/funcionamiento› to check




    comprobar verbo transitivo to check: déjame que compruebe que llevas bien atada la corbata, let me check to see whether your necktie is tied correctly
    ' comprobar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    constatar
    - controlar
    - interesar
    - ver
    English:
    authenticity
    - check
    - crosscheck
    - double-check
    - pace
    - prove
    - try
    - verify
    - test
    * * *
    1. [revisar] to check;
    comprueba los frenos antes de salir de viaje check your brakes before setting out on a journey;
    tengo que comprobar si lo tengo I have to check o see if I've got it
    2. [averiguar] to check;
    ¿podrías comprobar a qué hora sale el tren? could you check what time the train leaves?;
    he comprobado en carne propia que estabas en lo cierto I found out o discovered through personal experience that you were right
    3. [demostrar] to prove;
    esto comprueba que yo tenía razón this proves that I was right;
    se ha comprobado que la vacuna es efectiva the vaccine has been proved to be effective
    * * *
    v/t
    1 check
    2 ( darse cuenta de) realize
    * * *
    comprobar {19} vt
    1) : to verify, to check
    2) : to prove
    * * *
    comprobar vb (verificar) to check

    Spanish-English dictionary > comprobar

  • 13 declararse en huelga

    to go on strike
    * * *
    (n.) = strike, stage + strike, strike + break out
    Ex. School teachers have decided to strike for more money.
    Ex. The prisoners later staged a strike to protest their fellow inmate's death.
    Ex. And then in April of the same year strikes broke out among waggonwrights and bricklayers in Liverpool.
    * * *
    (n.) = strike, stage + strike, strike + break out

    Ex: School teachers have decided to strike for more money.

    Ex: The prisoners later staged a strike to protest their fellow inmate's death.
    Ex: And then in April of the same year strikes broke out among waggonwrights and bricklayers in Liverpool.

    Spanish-English dictionary > declararse en huelga

  • 14 escaparse

    1 (huir) to escape, run away, get away
    2 (librarse) to escape, avoid
    3 (gas etc) to leak
    4 (autobús etc) to miss
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=huir) [preso] to escape; [niño, adolescente] to run away

    ven aquí, no te me escapes — come here, don't run away

    • escaparse de — [+ cárcel, peligro] to escape from; [+ jaula] to get out of; [+ situación opresiva] to escape from, get away from

    pelo 7)
    2) (=filtrarse) [gas, líquido] to leak, leak out ( por from)
    3) (=dejar pasar)

    me voy, que se me escapa el tren — I'm going, or I'll miss my train

    se me había escapado ese detalle — that detail had escaped my notice, I had overlooked o missed that detail

    • no se me escapa que... — I am aware that..., I realize that...

    escaparse de las manos —

    la realidad se me escapa de las manos — I'm losing touch with reality, I'm losing my grip on reality

    4) (=dejar salir)
    a) [grito, eructo]

    se le escapó un suspiro de alivio — she breathed o let out a sigh of relief

    b) [dato, noticia]
    5) (=soltarse)
    a) [globo, cometa] to fly away
    b) [punto de sutura] to come undone
    c) (Cos)
    6) (=hacerse público) [información] to leak, leak out
    7) (=olvidarse) to slip one's mind
    * * *
    (v.) = slip away, duck away, run away, fall through + the net, break out, slip out, make off, do + a bunk, flee away, flee, weasel (on/out of), duck out
    Ex. He gradually let his original aims slip away until he was attempting the impossible -- a universal bibliography -- albeit highly selectively.
    Ex. The difficulty for teachers is that they cannot just duck away when children, individually or corporately, are set against what is being asked of them.
    Ex. Street boys like Slake, a dodger used to running away, do not, even when they are myopic and dreamers, allow themselves to bump into lampposts.
    Ex. For several years the library has had a successful arrangement with a local bookstore to supply it with unusual and important local material that would otherwise fall through the net of its collection development effort = Desde hace varios años, la biblioteca mantiene un acuerdo satisfactorio con una librería local para que le suministre fondo local importante y poco común que, de otro modo, se le escaparía en el desarrollo de la colección.
    Ex. The article ' Breaking out with books' describes a pilot project involving the offering of library courses to inmate library assistants and prison librarians.
    Ex. The two deflated employees exchanged looks and slipped quietly out of the room.
    Ex. To pull off the heist, the thief stole a swipe card for the complex before using the wheelchair to make off.
    Ex. As soon as the advance was paid however the manager did a bunk with the money, around £100000, and was never seen nor heard of again.
    Ex. For this is the way with these common people; they will work up an enthusiasm one minute, and an hour later it will have fled away and left them cold and empty.
    Ex. The Ndzevane Refugee Settlement in south eastern Swaziland provides a home to Swazis displaced from South Africa and those fleeing the RENAMO terrorists in Mozambique.
    Ex. Christians have of course been weaseling on this issue since Jesus himself evasively weaseled on it.
    Ex. Everyone and their mother (literally) will be ducking out from work early today to be with their nearest and dearest for the long weekend.
    * * *
    (v.) = slip away, duck away, run away, fall through + the net, break out, slip out, make off, do + a bunk, flee away, flee, weasel (on/out of), duck out

    Ex: He gradually let his original aims slip away until he was attempting the impossible -- a universal bibliography -- albeit highly selectively.

    Ex: The difficulty for teachers is that they cannot just duck away when children, individually or corporately, are set against what is being asked of them.
    Ex: Street boys like Slake, a dodger used to running away, do not, even when they are myopic and dreamers, allow themselves to bump into lampposts.
    Ex: For several years the library has had a successful arrangement with a local bookstore to supply it with unusual and important local material that would otherwise fall through the net of its collection development effort = Desde hace varios años, la biblioteca mantiene un acuerdo satisfactorio con una librería local para que le suministre fondo local importante y poco común que, de otro modo, se le escaparía en el desarrollo de la colección.
    Ex: The article ' Breaking out with books' describes a pilot project involving the offering of library courses to inmate library assistants and prison librarians.
    Ex: The two deflated employees exchanged looks and slipped quietly out of the room.
    Ex: To pull off the heist, the thief stole a swipe card for the complex before using the wheelchair to make off.
    Ex: As soon as the advance was paid however the manager did a bunk with the money, around £100000, and was never seen nor heard of again.
    Ex: For this is the way with these common people; they will work up an enthusiasm one minute, and an hour later it will have fled away and left them cold and empty.
    Ex: The Ndzevane Refugee Settlement in south eastern Swaziland provides a home to Swazis displaced from South Africa and those fleeing the RENAMO terrorists in Mozambique.
    Ex: Christians have of course been weaseling on this issue since Jesus himself evasively weaseled on it.
    Ex: Everyone and their mother (literally) will be ducking out from work early today to be with their nearest and dearest for the long weekend.

    * * *

    ■escaparse verbo reflexivo
    1 to escape, run away, get away: le llamaré antes de que se me escape, I'll phone him before he gets away
    2 (una oportunidad, transporte) se me escapó el autobús, I missed the bus
    3 (gas, líquido) to leak, escape
    4 (salvarse) me escapé de una buena bronca, I escaped a good telling-off
    ' escaparse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    irse
    - salirse
    - deslizar
    - escabullirse
    - escapar
    - escurrir
    - ir
    English:
    break away
    - escape
    - get away
    - leak
    - run off
    - shave
    - slip
    - squeak
    - break
    - elude
    - get
    - run
    - skive off
    - turn
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [huir] to get away, to escape (de from);
    se escaparon de la cárcel they escaped from prison;
    escaparse de casa to run away from home;
    se me escaparon las cabras the goats got away from me;
    no te escapes, que quiero hablar contigo don't run off, I want to talk to you
    2. [librarse]
    me escapé de milagro [de accidente] I escaped by a miracle;
    siempre se escapa de hacer las camas he always gets out of making the beds;
    Fam
    ¡de esta no te escaparás! you're not going to get out of this one!
    3. [en carrera] to break away;
    Herrera se escapó en solitario Herrera broke away on his own
    4. [sujeto: gas, agua] to leak;
    el aire se escapa por un agujero the air is leaking out through a hole
    5. [sin querer]
    se me escapó la risa/una palabrota I let out a laugh/an expletive;
    Fam
    se me ha escapado un pedo I've just farted;
    ¡era un secreto! – lo siento, se me escapó it was a secret! - I'm sorry, it just slipped out
    6. [irse]
    se me escapó el tren I missed the train;
    se me escapó la ocasión the opportunity slipped by
    7. [quedar fuera del alcance] to escape, to elude;
    los motivos de su comportamiento se me escapan the reasons for her behaviour are beyond me
    8. [pasar inadvertido]
    a tu madre no se le escapa nada your mother doesn't miss a thing;
    se me escapó lo que dijo I missed what he said
    9. [sujeto: punto de tejido] to drop;
    se te han escapado unos puntos you've dropped a couple of stitches
    * * *
    v/r
    1 ( huir) escape (de from); de casa run away (de from);
    :
    se me ha escapado el tren I missed the train
    3
    :
    no se te escapa nada nothing gets past you o escapes you
    * * *
    vr
    : to escape notice, to leak out
    * * *
    1. (lograr salir, huir) to escape
    2. (líquido, gas, aire) to leak
    3. (transporte) to miss
    4. (secreto) to slip out [pt. & pp. slipped]
    no quería decírselo, pero se me escapó I didn't mean to tell him, but it slipped out
    escaparse de las manos to slip out of your hands [pt. & pp. slipped]
    escapársele la risa to burst out laughing [pt. & pp. burst]

    Spanish-English dictionary > escaparse

  • 15 evadirse

    1 (escaparse) to escape
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=huir) [gen] to escape; [de cárcel] to break out, escape
    2) LAm ** to trip **
    * * *
    (v.) = break out
    Ex. The article ' Breaking out with books' describes a pilot project involving the offering of library courses to inmate library assistants and prison librarians.
    * * *
    (v.) = break out

    Ex: The article ' Breaking out with books' describes a pilot project involving the offering of library courses to inmate library assistants and prison librarians.

    * * *

    ■evadirse verbo reflexivo to escape
    ' evadirse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    evadir
    English:
    break out
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [fugarse] to escape (de from)
    2. [distraerse] to escape (de from);
    evadirse de la realidad to escape from reality;
    pasear en bici es su forma de evadirse going for a bike ride is his way of taking his mind off things
    * * *
    v/r tb fig
    escape
    * * *
    vr
    : to escape, to slip away
    * * *
    evadirse vb to escape

    Spanish-English dictionary > evadirse

  • 16 examinar

    v.
    1 to examine.
    El científico examinó la evidencia The scientist examined the evidence.
    El médico examinó al paciente The doctor examined the patient.
    Ricardo examinó el libro Richard examined=perused the book.
    2 to interrogate.
    La policía examinó al testigo The police interrogated the witness.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to examine
    2 (investigar) to consider, inspect, go over
    1 to take an examination, sit an examination
    * * *
    verb
    •
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ alumno] to examine
    2) [+ producto] to test
    3) [+ problema] to examine, study
    4) [+ paciente] to examine
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <alumno/candidato> to examine
    2) (mirar detenidamente, estudiar) < objeto> to examine, inspect; <documento/proyecto/propuesta> to examine, study; <situación/caso> to study, consider; < enfermo> to examine
    2.
    examinarse v pron (Esp) to take an exam

    me examiné de latín — I had o took my Latin exam

    * * *
    = analyse [analyze, -USA], assess, discuss, examine, go over, look at, look into, overhaul, study, survey, probe into, offer + an account of, go through, vet, test, look over, check out, check up on, keep + tabs on, review, question, peruse, screen, probe.
    Ex. With a clear objective, the next step is to analyse the concepts that are present in a search.
    Ex. Without such guidelines each document would need to be assessed individually, and inconsistencies would be inevitable.
    Ex. This review also illustrates some of the issues which cataloguers have discussed over the years, and demonstrates other solutions to standards in cataloguing than those embodied in modern cataloguing codes.
    Ex. The article 'Home schoolers: a forgotten clientele?' examines ways in which the library can support parents and children in the home schooling situation.
    Ex. The person assigned as coach goes over the work of the new abstractor, makes editorial changes, and discusses these changes with the new man.
    Ex. This article looks at three interrelated issues regarding on-line services based on the recent literature.
    Ex. The main concern is to look into current use of, and interest in, electronic information services, and also to gauge opinion on setting up a data base concerned solely with development issues.
    Ex. It is difficult to overhaul the basic structure of an enumerative scheme without complete revision of sections of the scheme.
    Ex. Each of the binders is portable and can be separately studied.
    Ex. Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.
    Ex. If one probes more deeply into the question of truth and falsehood, one gets into difficult philosophical issues, which we prefer to leave to others.
    Ex. This article offers an account of the processes shaping the professionalisation of college and research librarianship within the framework of 4 contemporary sociological theories.
    Ex. I believe Mr. Freedman hired about 11 student assistants to go through this intentionally dirty file and clean it up.
    Ex. All three types of material, when first received by DG XIII, are submitted to the Technological Information and Patents Division of DG XIII in order to vet items for possible patentable inventions.
    Ex. Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.
    Ex. It would be of enormous help to us if you could put a few things together for us to look over.
    Ex. Where problems do arise it is sensible to check out the training programme before blaming the assistant for poor performance of duties.
    Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex. There is only space to review briefly the special problems associated with the descriptive cataloguing of nonbook materials.
    Ex. If this appears to be excessively difficult, maybe it is time to question whether the tool is too complex.
    Ex. A summary differs from an abstract in that it assumes that the reader will have the opportunity to peruse the accompanying text.
    Ex. Employers should take a preventive role in protecting women's general health, for example, screening women workers for cervical cancer.
    Ex. The librarian sometimes must probe to discover the context of the question and to be able to discuss various possible approaches and explore their merits.
    ----
    * al examinar Algo de cerca = on closer examination, on closer inspection.
    * examinar cómo = look at + ways in which.
    * examinar detenidamente = scrutinise [scrutinize, -USA], put + Nombre + under the spotlight, bring + Nombre + under the spotlight.
    * examinar el modo de = examine + way.
    * examinar el papel de Algo = investigate + role.
    * examinar la función de Algo = investigate + role.
    * examinar la posibilidad de (que) = examine + the possibility that/of.
    * examinar los conocimientos = test + knowledge.
    * examinar más detenidamente = look + closer, take + a closer look at, take + a close look.
    * examinar más minuciosamente = examine + in greater detail.
    * examinar minuciosamente = pull apart.
    * examinar + Posesivo + conciencia = search + Posesivo + conscience.
    * examinar rápidamente = scan.
    * examinar un tema = explore + theme.
    * sin examinar = unexamined.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <alumno/candidato> to examine
    2) (mirar detenidamente, estudiar) < objeto> to examine, inspect; <documento/proyecto/propuesta> to examine, study; <situación/caso> to study, consider; < enfermo> to examine
    2.
    examinarse v pron (Esp) to take an exam

    me examiné de latín — I had o took my Latin exam

    * * *
    = analyse [analyze, -USA], assess, discuss, examine, go over, look at, look into, overhaul, study, survey, probe into, offer + an account of, go through, vet, test, look over, check out, check up on, keep + tabs on, review, question, peruse, screen, probe.

    Ex: With a clear objective, the next step is to analyse the concepts that are present in a search.

    Ex: Without such guidelines each document would need to be assessed individually, and inconsistencies would be inevitable.
    Ex: This review also illustrates some of the issues which cataloguers have discussed over the years, and demonstrates other solutions to standards in cataloguing than those embodied in modern cataloguing codes.
    Ex: The article 'Home schoolers: a forgotten clientele?' examines ways in which the library can support parents and children in the home schooling situation.
    Ex: The person assigned as coach goes over the work of the new abstractor, makes editorial changes, and discusses these changes with the new man.
    Ex: This article looks at three interrelated issues regarding on-line services based on the recent literature.
    Ex: The main concern is to look into current use of, and interest in, electronic information services, and also to gauge opinion on setting up a data base concerned solely with development issues.
    Ex: It is difficult to overhaul the basic structure of an enumerative scheme without complete revision of sections of the scheme.
    Ex: Each of the binders is portable and can be separately studied.
    Ex: Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.
    Ex: If one probes more deeply into the question of truth and falsehood, one gets into difficult philosophical issues, which we prefer to leave to others.
    Ex: This article offers an account of the processes shaping the professionalisation of college and research librarianship within the framework of 4 contemporary sociological theories.
    Ex: I believe Mr. Freedman hired about 11 student assistants to go through this intentionally dirty file and clean it up.
    Ex: All three types of material, when first received by DG XIII, are submitted to the Technological Information and Patents Division of DG XIII in order to vet items for possible patentable inventions.
    Ex: Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.
    Ex: It would be of enormous help to us if you could put a few things together for us to look over.
    Ex: Where problems do arise it is sensible to check out the training programme before blaming the assistant for poor performance of duties.
    Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex: There is only space to review briefly the special problems associated with the descriptive cataloguing of nonbook materials.
    Ex: If this appears to be excessively difficult, maybe it is time to question whether the tool is too complex.
    Ex: A summary differs from an abstract in that it assumes that the reader will have the opportunity to peruse the accompanying text.
    Ex: Employers should take a preventive role in protecting women's general health, for example, screening women workers for cervical cancer.
    Ex: The librarian sometimes must probe to discover the context of the question and to be able to discuss various possible approaches and explore their merits.
    * al examinar Algo de cerca = on closer examination, on closer inspection.
    * examinar cómo = look at + ways in which.
    * examinar detenidamente = scrutinise [scrutinize, -USA], put + Nombre + under the spotlight, bring + Nombre + under the spotlight.
    * examinar el modo de = examine + way.
    * examinar el papel de Algo = investigate + role.
    * examinar la función de Algo = investigate + role.
    * examinar la posibilidad de (que) = examine + the possibility that/of.
    * examinar los conocimientos = test + knowledge.
    * examinar más detenidamente = look + closer, take + a closer look at, take + a close look.
    * examinar más minuciosamente = examine + in greater detail.
    * examinar minuciosamente = pull apart.
    * examinar + Posesivo + conciencia = search + Posesivo + conscience.
    * examinar rápidamente = scan.
    * examinar un tema = explore + theme.
    * sin examinar = unexamined.

    * * *
    examinar [A1 ]
    vt
    A ‹alumno/candidato› to examine
    B (mirar detenidamente, estudiar)
    1 ‹objeto› to examine, inspect; ‹contrato/documento› to examine, study
    2 ‹situación/caso› to study, consider; ‹proyecto/propuesta› to study, examine
    3 ‹paciente/enfermo› to examine
    ( Esp) to take o ( BrE) sit an exam
    ayer nos examinamos de latín we had o took o ( BrE) sat our Latin exam yesterday
    * * *

    Multiple Entries:
    examinar    
    examinar algo
    examinar ( conjugate examinar) verbo transitivo
    to examine;
    ‹situación/caso› to study, consider
    examinarse verbo pronominal (Esp) to take an exam
    examinar verbo transitivo to examine: quisiera examinar las pruebas detenidamente, I'd like to thoroughly examine the evidence
    ' examinar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mirar
    - pensar
    - tantear
    - analizar
    - escudriñar
    - ver
    English:
    examine
    - inspect
    - look into
    - look over
    - paper
    - reassess
    - review
    - scrutinize
    - search
    - see into
    - study
    - test
    - trace
    - view
    - look
    - peruse
    - reexamine
    - survey
    - vet
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [alumno] to examine
    2. [analizar] to examine;
    examinó detenidamente el arma he examined the weapon carefully;
    examinaremos su caso we shall examine her case;
    tienes que ir al médico a que te examine you must go and get the doctor to examine you
    * * *
    v/t examine
    * * *
    1) : to examine
    2) inspeccionar: to inspect
    * * *
    examinar vb to examine

    Spanish-English dictionary > examinar

  • 17 libertad provisional

    f.
    parole, provisional liberty.
    * * *
    bail
    * * *
    * * *
    (n.) = parole
    Ex. In the United States, the fastest growing inmate group is the elderly, primarily due to the less frequent use of parole.
    * * *
    (n.) = parole

    Ex: In the United States, the fastest growing inmate group is the elderly, primarily due to the less frequent use of parole.

    Spanish-English dictionary > libertad provisional

  • 18 organizar una huelga

    (v.) = stage + strike
    Ex. The prisoners later staged a strike to protest their fellow inmate's death.
    * * *
    (v.) = stage + strike

    Ex: The prisoners later staged a strike to protest their fellow inmate's death.

    Spanish-English dictionary > organizar una huelga

  • 19 pasar una prueba

    (v.) = endure + ordeal, pass + a test, stand up
    Ex. Thesis writing is on the whole an ordeal a student must endure to receive a degree.
    Ex. Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.
    Ex. The vocabulary stood up well when used by persons whose mother tongue was not Italian.
    * * *
    (v.) = endure + ordeal, pass + a test, stand up

    Ex: Thesis writing is on the whole an ordeal a student must endure to receive a degree.

    Ex: Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.
    Ex: The vocabulary stood up well when used by persons whose mother tongue was not Italian.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pasar una prueba

  • 20 poner a prueba

    to put to the test
    * * *
    (v.) = stretch, tax, try, strain, overtax, pilot, put to + the test, test, plumb + the depths of, trial, overstretch, push + the envelope, put + Nombre + to the test, try + Nombre + on, push + Nombre + to the edge
    Ex. Written in a telegram style, telegraphic abstracts stretch the skills of the abstractor in writing in an abbreviated yet unambiguous style.
    Ex. However, the definition of an 'author' has taxed cataloguers for many years.
    Ex. If we instruct it to ponder this question more leisurely, it will quickly try the user's patience with digressions concerning the less illustrious senior MOZART, LEOPOLD.
    Ex. His small foreign-made car strained with the added burden of an interior packed to capacity with personal belongings and a heavily laden U-Haul trailor attached to the rear.
    Ex. Currently, they are trying to charge Internet providers more because Internet use is overtaxing the telephone networks.
    Ex. This will be piloted during 1996 by academic libraries, systems vendors, publishers and intermediaries.
    Ex. There are 2 important areas where the librarian's interpretation of his role are put to the test: his involvement with audiovisual materials, and his attitude towards teaching.
    Ex. Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.
    Ex. The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.
    Ex. The concept was trialled in 1995 and subscribers to this service will be transferred with no additional charge.
    Ex. Reliance on court libraries is futile as the libraries are already overstretched by the needs of the Bench.
    Ex. This paper describes the contention existing between those who are pushing the envelope of free speech on the Internet, sometimes anarchically and those trying to limit it, sometimes oppressively.
    Ex. There's nothing flimsy about these leather boots, put them to the test this season - they'll pass with flying colours.
    Ex. The psychiatrist has been trying him on several different anti-depressants and group therapies, but none seems to be helping.
    Ex. But he was proved wrong as India pushed England to the edge and beat them hollow the following day.
    * * *
    (v.) = stretch, tax, try, strain, overtax, pilot, put to + the test, test, plumb + the depths of, trial, overstretch, push + the envelope, put + Nombre + to the test, try + Nombre + on, push + Nombre + to the edge

    Ex: Written in a telegram style, telegraphic abstracts stretch the skills of the abstractor in writing in an abbreviated yet unambiguous style.

    Ex: However, the definition of an 'author' has taxed cataloguers for many years.
    Ex: If we instruct it to ponder this question more leisurely, it will quickly try the user's patience with digressions concerning the less illustrious senior MOZART, LEOPOLD.
    Ex: His small foreign-made car strained with the added burden of an interior packed to capacity with personal belongings and a heavily laden U-Haul trailor attached to the rear.
    Ex: Currently, they are trying to charge Internet providers more because Internet use is overtaxing the telephone networks.
    Ex: This will be piloted during 1996 by academic libraries, systems vendors, publishers and intermediaries.
    Ex: There are 2 important areas where the librarian's interpretation of his role are put to the test: his involvement with audiovisual materials, and his attitude towards teaching.
    Ex: Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.
    Ex: The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.
    Ex: The concept was trialled in 1995 and subscribers to this service will be transferred with no additional charge.
    Ex: Reliance on court libraries is futile as the libraries are already overstretched by the needs of the Bench.
    Ex: This paper describes the contention existing between those who are pushing the envelope of free speech on the Internet, sometimes anarchically and those trying to limit it, sometimes oppressively.
    Ex: There's nothing flimsy about these leather boots, put them to the test this season - they'll pass with flying colours.
    Ex: The psychiatrist has been trying him on several different anti-depressants and group therapies, but none seems to be helping.
    Ex: But he was proved wrong as India pushed England to the edge and beat them hollow the following day.

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