intensive+study

1) Engineering: indepth review

2) Economy: In-depth study

3) Diplomatic term: searching study of (smth.) (чего-л.)

4) Business: elaboration

5) Makarov: detailed study, intensive study

. при тщательном изучении

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A close look at (or A careful study of) hail reveals that the stones differ in appearance.

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The system is now under intensive study.

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Approval is granted only after exhaustive (or painstaking) study by the Committee.

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Close inspection of the nuclei has shown that...

1) General subject: anatomization, careful examination (документа и т. п.), perscrutation, thorough study

2) Diplomatic term: examination, narrow examination

3) Oil: in-depth study

4) Advertising: severe scrutiny

5) Business: in-depth examination, scrutiny

6) Quality control: thorough examination (материала)

7) Makarov: close investigation, intensive study

SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy

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Of New England ancestry, his family returned there soon after his birth and later moved to Cleveland, Ohio. In 1884, Dow entered the Case School of Applied Science, graduating in science four years later. His thesis dealt partly with the brines of Ohio, and he was persuaded to present a paper on brine to the meeting of the American Association for he Advancement of Science being held in Cleveland the same year. That entailed visits to collect samples of brines from various localities, and led to the observation that their composition varied, one having a higher lithium content while another was richer in bromine. This study of brines proved to be the basis for his career in industrial chemistry. In 1888 Dow was appointed Professor of Chemistry at the Homeopathic Hospital College in Cleveland, but he continued to work on brine, obtaining a patent in the same year for extracting bromine by blowing air through slightly electrolysed brine. He set up a small company to exploit the process, but it failed; the process was taken up and successfully worked by the Midland Chemical Company in Midland, Michigan. The electrolysis required a direct-current generator which, when it was installed in 1892, was probably the first of its kind in America. Dow next set up a company to produce chlorine by the electrolysis of brine. It moved to Midland in 1896, and the Dow Central Company purchased the Midland Chemical Company in 1900. Its main concern was the manufacture of bleaching powder, but the company continued to grow, based on Dow's steady development of chemical compounds that could be derived from brines. His search for further applications of chlorine led to the making of insecticides and an interest in horticulture. Meanwhile, his experience at the Homeopathic Hospital doubtless fired an interest in pharmaceuticals. One of the substances found in brine was magnesium chloride, and by 1918 magnesium metal was being produced on a small scale by electrolysis. An intensive study of its alloys followed, leading to the large-scale production of these important light-metal alloys, under the name of Dowmetals. Two other "firsts" achieved by the company were the synthetic indigo process and the production of the element iodine in the USA. The Dow company became one of the leading chemical manufacturers in the USA, and at the same time Dow played an active part in public life, serving on many public and education boards.

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préparatoire [pʀepaʀatwaʀ]

[travail, conversation] preliminary

• classe préparatoire (aux Grandes Écoles) class which prepares students for the entry exams to the Grandes Écoles

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Classes préparatoires is the term given to the two years of intensive study required to sit the entrance examinations to the « grandes écoles ». They are extremely demanding post-baccalauréat courses, usually taken in a « lycée ». → BACCALAURÉAT  CONCOURS  GRANDES ÉCOLES  LYCÉE

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adjectif [réunion, entretien, phase] preliminary; [travail] preparatory, preliminary

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préparatoire adj [réunion, entretien, phase] preliminary; [travail] preparatory, preliminary.

[preparatwar] adjectif

préparatoire à preparatory to, in preparation for

SUBJECT AREA: Land transport, Railways and locomotives

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Chapelon's technical education at the Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures, Paris, was interrupted by extended military service during the First World War. From experience of observing artillery from the basket of a captive balloon, he developed a method of artillery fire control which was more accurate than that in use and which was adopted by the French army.

In 1925 he joined the motive-power and rolling-stock department of the Paris-Orléans Railway under Chief Mechanical Engineer Maurice Lacoin and was given the task of improving the performance of its main-line 4–6–2 locomotives, most of them compounds. He had already made an intensive study of steam locomotive design and in 1926 introduced his Kylchap exhaust system, based in part on the earlier work of the Finnish engineer Kyläla. Chapelon improved the entrainment of the hot gases in the smokebox by the exhaust steam and so minimized back pressure in the cylinders, increasing the power of a locomotive substantially. He also greatly increased the cross-sectional area of steam passages, used poppet valves instead of piston valves and increased superheating of steam. PO (Paris-Orléans) 4–6–2s rebuilt on these principles from 1929 onwards proved able to haul 800-ton trains, in place of the previous 500-ton trains, and to do so to accelerated schedules with reduced coal consumption. Commencing in 1932, some were converted, at the time of rebuilding, into 4–8–0s to increase adhesive weight for hauling heavy trains over the steeply graded Paris-Toulouse line.

Chapelon's principles were quickly adopted on other French railways and elsewhere.

H.N. Gresley was particularly influenced by them. After formation of the French National Railways (SNCF) in 1938, Chapelon produced in 1941 a prototype rebuilt PO 2–10–0 freight locomotive as a six-cylinder compound, with four low-pressure cylinders to maximize expansive use of steam and with all cylinders steam-jacketed to minimize heat loss by condensation and radiation. War conditions delayed extended testing until 1948–52. Meanwhile Chapelon had, by rebuilding, produced in 1946 a high-powered, three-cylinder, compound 4–8–4 intended as a stage in development of a proposed range of powerful and thermally efficient steam locomotives for the postwar SNCF: a high-speed 4–6–4 in this range was to run at sustained speeds of 125 mph (200 km/h). However, plans for improved steam locomotives were then overtaken in France by electriflcation and dieselization, though the performance of the 4–8–4, which produced 4,000 hp (3,000 kW) at the drawbar for the first time in Europe, prompted modification of electric locomotives, already on order, to increase their power.

Chapelon retired from the SNCF in 1953, but continued to act as a consultant. His principles were incorporated into steam locomotives built in France for export to South America, and even after the energy crisis of 1973 he was consulted on projects to build improved, high-powered steam locomotives for countries with reserves of cheap coal. The eventual fall in oil prices brought these to an end.

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SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy

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Merica graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1908. Before proceeding to the University of Berlin, he spent some time teaching in Wisconsin and in China. He obtained his doctorate in Berlin in 1914, and in that year he joined the US National Bureau of Standards (NBS) in Washington. During his five years there, he investigated the causes of the phenomenon of age-hardening of the important new alloy of aluminium, Duralumin.

This phenomenon had been discovered not long before by Dr Alfred Wilm, a German research metallurgist. During the early years of the twentieth century, Wilm had been seeking a suitable light alloy for making cartridge cases for the Prussian government. In the autumn of 1909 he heated and quenched an aluminium alloy containing 3.5 per cent copper and 0.5 per cent magnesium and found its properties unremarkable. He happened to test it again some days later and was impressed to find its hardness and strength were much improved: Wilm had accidentally discovered age-hardening. He patented the alloy, but he made his rights over to Durener Metallwerke, who marketed it as Duralumin. This light and strong alloy was taken up by aircraft makers during the First World War, first for Zeppelins and then for other aircraft.

Although age-hardened alloys found important uses, the explanation of the phenomenon eluded metallurgists until in 1919 Merica and his colleagues at the NBS gave the first rational explanation of age-hardening in light alloys. When these alloys were heated to temperatures near their melting points, the alloying constituents were taken into solution by the matrix. Quenching retained the alloying metals in supersaturated solid solution. At room temperature very small crystals of various intermetallic compounds were precipitated and, by inserting themselves in the aluminium lattice, had the effect of increasing the hardness and strength of the alloy. Merica's theory stimulated an intensive study of hardening and the mechanism that brought it about, with important consequences for the development of new alloys with special properties.

In 1919 Merica joined the International Nickel Company as Director of Research, a post he held for thirty years and followed by a three-year period as President. He remained in association with the company until his death.

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1 unity.

la fundación fracasó por falta de unidad the foundation failed for lack of unity

necesitamos unidad de acción we need unity of action, we need to act as one

2 unit (elemento, medida).

un euro la unidad one euro each

quiero comprar seis unidades I'd like to buy six

unidad de medida unit of measurement

3 unit.

unidad de CD-ROM (computing) CD-ROM drive

unidad central de proceso (computing) central processing unit

unidad de combate (military) combat unit

unidad de cuidados intensivos intensive care (unit)

unidad de disco (computing) disk drive

unidad móvil (television) mobile unit

unidad de vigilancia intensiva intensive care (unit)

4 drive, computer drive.

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► nombre femenino

1 unit

2 (barco) vessel; (avión) aircraft; (de tren) carriage, coach

■ el tren se componía de once unidades the train was made up of eleven carriages

3 (cohesión) unity

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unidad de cuidados intensivos intensive care unit

unidad de vigilancia intensiva intensive care unit

unidad móvil outside broadcasting unit

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1) unit

2) unity

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1) (=cohesión) unity

2) (Com, Mat) unit

3) (Med) (=pabellón, sala) unit

4) (Radio, TV)

5) (Inform)

6) (Ferro) (=vagón) coach, wagon, freight car (EEUU)

7) (Aer) (=avión) aircraft

8) (Mil) unit

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1)

a) (Com, Mat) unit

b) ( de ejército) unit; ( de flota) vessel; (Aviac) aircraft; ( de tren) carriage

c) ( de magnitud) unit

d) (en libro, texto) unit

- unidad central de proceso

- unidad de cuidados intensivos or de vigilancia intensiva or de terapia intensiva or de tratamiento intensivo

- unidad monetaria

- unidad móvil

2) (unión, armonía) unity

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= unit, unity, item, denomination, pod, stock item.

Ex. Therefore, during the concluding phase of the revision project, the representatives of ALA units and other organizations will function as a single group.

Ex. The part chosen should have a unity of its own, a wholeness that offers a complete experience without at the same time giving away everything.

Ex. Since only twenty or so items can be displayed on the screen at a time, the ↑ (Up), ↓ (Down), Page Up and Page Down keys are used to scroll through the listing.

Ex. Electric money will come in cent or less denominations to make high-volume, small-value transactions on the Internet practical.

Ex. There are 3 ' pods' designed to separate areas from the main library for children's activities, the African and Caribbean literature centres and for meeting rooms.

Ex. A new building will open in 1990, catering for 5 million stock items and 1,000 readers' seats.

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* como unidad global = as a whole.

* coste de la unidad = unit cost.

* por unidad = per unit.

* precio por unidad = unit price.

* Sistema Internacional de Unidades, el = International System of Units, the.

* unidad asociada = associate unit.

* unidad bibliográfica = bibliographic unit, bibliographical unit.

* unidad de análisis = unit of study.

* unidad de archivos de ordenador múltiples = multi-file item.

* unidad de catalogación = cataloguing unit.

* unidad de cinta = tape deck.

* unidad de cuidados intensivos = intensive care unit.

* unidad de datos = unit of data.

* unidad de disco = disc drive [disk drive], record deck.

* unidad de estudio = unit of study, study unit.

* unidad de información = unit of information, information division, information subdivision.

* unidad de potencia = unit of power.

* unidad didáctica = teaching unit, unit of study, study unit.

* unidad documental = document unit, record unit.

* unidad entera = unit.

* unidad física = item.

* unidad monetaria = currency unit.

* unidad móvil = mobile unit.

* unidad operativa = operational unit.

* unidad operativa, unidad de operaciones = operational unit.

* unidad simple = singleton.

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1)

a) (Com, Mat) unit

b) ( de ejército) unit; ( de flota) vessel; (Aviac) aircraft; ( de tren) carriage

c) ( de magnitud) unit

d) (en libro, texto) unit

- unidad central de proceso

- unidad de cuidados intensivos or de vigilancia intensiva or de terapia intensiva or de tratamiento intensivo

- unidad monetaria

- unidad móvil

2) (unión, armonía) unity

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1 ( Com, Mat) unit

unidades, decenas y centenas units, tens and hundreds

precio por unidad: 2 euros two euros each

2 (de un ejército) unit; (de una flota) ( Náut) vessel; ( Aviac) aircraft; (de un tren) car ( AmE), carriage ( BrE)

diversas unidades de transporte público fueron destruidas en el incendio a number of buses ( o trains etc) were destroyed in the fire

[ S ] tomamos su unidad en pago ( RPl); present vehicle taken in part exchange

el tren estaba compuesto por ocho unidades the train was made up of eight cars ( AmE) o carriages ( BrE) o coaches ( BrE)

3 (de una magnitud) unit

unidad métrica metric unit

unidad de peso/tiempo unit of weight/time

4 (en un libro, texto) unit

Primera Unidad Unit One

central processing unit

CD-ROM drive

tape streamer

combat unit

intensive care unit

disk drive

( Inf) optical disk drive

zip drive

( Chi) index-linked unit of currency ( used for loans etc)

(Arg, Méx) intensive care unit

( Chi) intensive care unit

intensive care unit

monetary unit

outside broadcasting unit

(Ur) index-linked unit of currency ( used for loans etc)

(Arg, Col) sealed unit

1 (unión, armonía) unity

su objetivo es preservar la unidad nacional his aim is to preserve national unity

la unidad de estilo de la plaza the overall style of the square

2 ( Lit):

las tres unidades the three unities

unidad de acción/lugar/tiempo unity of action/place/time

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◊ costo por unidad unit cost;

◊ unidad de disco (Inf) disk drive

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unidad nf

1. [cohesión, acuerdo] unity;

la fundación fracasó por falta de unidad the foundation failed for lack of unity;

necesitamos unidad de acción we need unity of action, we need to act as one;

no había unidad de criterio sobre el tema there was no consensus of opinion on the topic

2. [elemento] unit;

25 pesos la unidad 25 pesos each;

quiero comprar seis unidades I'd like to buy six

3. [sección] unit;

el jefe de la unidad de cirugía the head of the surgery unit

unidad de cuidados intensivos intensive care unit;

unidad didáctica teaching unit;

unidad móvil mobile unit;

unidad de vigilancia intensiva intensive care unit

4. [medida] unit

unidad de medida measurement unit, unit of measure;

unidad monetaria monetary unit;

unidad de tiempo unit of time

5. [el uno]

6. Mil unit

7. Am [vehículo] vehicle;

cinco unidades resultaron dañadas durante los disturbios five vehicles were damaged during the disturbances

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1 unit;

unidad de máxima seguridad en prisión maximum security unit

2 ( cohesión) unity

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unidad nf

1) : unity

2) : unit

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unidad n

1. (medida) unit

2. (unión) unity

I Adj. intensive; Gefühl, Interesse, Schmerz etc.: intense; (gründlich) intensive, thorough

II Adv. intensively; (stark) intensely; sich intensiv bemühen try very hard, make a great ( oder tremendous) effort; sich intensiv auf eine Prüfung vorbereiten study hard for an exam; intensiv nachdenken think hard; jemanden intensiv ansehen give s.o. a long, hard look

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intense; intensive

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2. adv

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1) (very great; showing or having great care etc: The police began an intensive search for the murderer; The hospital has just opened a new intensive care unit.) intensive

2) intensively

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I. adj

1. (gründlich) intensive

2. (eindringlich, durchdringend) intense, strong

\intensiver Duft strong fragrance

\intensiver Schmerz strong pain

II. adv

1. (gründlich) intensively

\intensiv bemüht sein, etw zu tun to make intense efforts to do sth

2. (eindringlich, durchdringend) strongly, intensely

die Suppe schmeckt \intensiv nach Curry the soup has a strong taste of curry

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Adjektiv intensive <research, efforts, cultivation, etc.>; (kräftig) intense; strong <smell, taste>

adverbial intensively; < think> hard; (kräftig) intensely; <smell, taste> strongly

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A. adj intensive; Gefühl, Interesse, Schmerz etc: intense; (gründlich) intensive, thorough

B. adv intensively; (stark) intensely;

sich intensiv bemühen try very hard, make a great ( oder tremendous) effort;

sich intensiv auf eine Prüfung vorbereiten study hard for an exam;

intensiv nachdenken think hard;

jemanden intensiv ansehen give sb a long, hard look

…intensiv im adj

1. in hohem Maß aufweisend:

gefühlsintensiv emotionally intense; (empfindlich) (highly) sensitive; (Kondom) extra sensitive;

lärmintensiv (extremely) noisy

2. in hohem Maß erfordernd:

arbeitsintensiv labo(u)r-intensive;

bewegungsintensiv Kinder, Tiere: (very) lively, (very) active; Trainingsform: very active, involving continual movement;

zeitintensiv time-consuming

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Adjektiv intensive <research, efforts, cultivation, etc.>; (kräftig) intense; strong <smell, taste>

adverbial intensively; < think> hard; (kräftig) intensely; <smell, taste> strongly

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acute adj.

intense adj.

intensive adj. adv.

intensely adv.

intensively adv.

a lot of, too much, much, plenty of.

1 a lot, much, very much, a great deal.

2 very often, too often.

a great deal, quite much, much, a lot.

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► adjetivo

1 (singular - en afirmativas) a lot of; (- en negativas, interrogativas) a lot of, much

■ hicieron mucho ruido they made a lot of noise

■ no tiene mucho dinero he hasn't got a lot of/much money

■ ¿nos queda mucha gasolina? have we got a lot of/much petrol left?

2 (plural - en afirmativas) a lot of, lots of; (- en negativas, interrogativas) a lot of, many

■ son muchos socios en ese club the club has a lot of members

■ hay mucha gente esperando there are a lot of people waiting

■ tiene muchos discos he's got lots of records

■ no hay muchas copas there aren't a lot of/many glasses

■ ¿tienes muchos libros? have you got a lot of/many books?

■ hace mucho calor/frío it's very hot/cold

■ tengo mucha hambre/sed I'm very hungry/thirsty

3 (demasiado - singular) too much; (- plural) too many

■ es mucho trabajo para una sola persona it's too much work for just one person

■ el proyecto supone demasiados problemas the project involves too many problems

■ ya son muchas preguntas that's far too many questions

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1 (singular) a lot, much; (plural) a lot, many

■ no me queda mucho por hacer I haven't got much left to do

■ muchos de ellos acudieron many of them came

■ muchos de mis amigos viven en el extranjero a lot of my friends live abroad

■ muchos dicen que no es apto para el trabajo a lot of people say he's not suitable for the job

► adverbio

1 (de cantidad) a lot, much

■ mucho mejor/peor much better/worse

■ era mucho más peligroso de lo que pensábamos it was much more dangerous than we thought

■ se preocupa mucho por ellos he worries a lot about them

■ me gusta mucho I like it a lot

■ lo siento mucho I'm really sorry

■ me alegro mucho de verte I'm very pleased to see you

■ ¿te ha gustado la película? --sí, mucho did you like the film? --yes, very much

■ ¿estaba buena la comida? --sí, mucho was the food good? --yes, very good

2 (de tiempo)

■ mucho antes/después much earlier/later

■ hace mucho que no nos vemos we haven't seen each other for a long time

3 (de frecuencia) often

■ no vienen mucho por aquí they don't come here often

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como mucho at the most

■ te pagarán como mucho treinta euros they'll pay you thirty euros at the most

con mucho by far

■ es con mucho el mejor concursante he's the best competitor by far

muy mucho familiar very much so

ni con mucho nowhere near as

■ no es ni con mucho tan inteligente he's nowhere near as clever

ni mucho menos far from

■ no es ni mucho menos tonto he's far from stupid

por mucho que however much

■ por mucho que lo intentes no lo conseguirás you won't get it however much you try

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1 image (figura).

a imagen y semejanza de identical to, exactly the same as

ser la viva imagen de alguien to be the spitting image of somebody

2 picture (television).

imágenes de archivo library pictures

imágenes del partido/de la catástrofe pictures of the game/the disaster

3 image.

los casos de corrupción han deteriorado la imagen del gobierno the corruption scandals have tainted the image of the government

tener buena/mala imagen to have a good/bad image

imagen corporativa o de empresa corporate image

imagen de marca brand image

4 statue (estatua).

5 image (literature).

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1 image

2 TELEVISIÓN picture

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ser la viva imagen de alguien to be the spitting image of somebody

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1) (Fot, Ópt) image; (=en foto, dibujo, TV) picture

- una imagen vale más que mil palabras

2) (=reflejo) reflection

- a la imagen y semejanza de uno

- ser la misma o la viva imagen de algn

- ser la viva imagen de algo

3) (=representación mental) image, picture

4) (=aspecto) image

5) (Rel) [de madera, pintura] image; [de piedra] statue

- quedar para vestir imágenes

6) (Literat) (=metáfora) image

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1)

a) (Fís, Ópt) image; (TV) picture, image

b) ( foto) picture

c) ( en espejo) reflection

d) ( en la mente) picture

2) (de político, cantante, país) image

3) (Art, Relig) ( estatua) statue, image (arch); ( estampa) picture

4) (Lit) image

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² = persona [personae, -pl.], image, record, stature, profile, street cred, street credibility.

Ex. In his early years he consciously emulated both the painterly style and persona of the much-admired artist Drouais, who became something of a cult figure in early 19th c. Paris.

Ex. As she tried to figure out how to change her and the library's image, she made some interesting observations.

Ex. She urges a boycott of California as a library conference venue until the state improves its current record of the worst school library provision in the US.

Ex. Merely having the materials available will not provide the desired boost to the library's stature unless the collection is exceptional.

Ex. There is also a further dilemma concerning formats such as film and audio which have tended to receive a lower profile in the library world (too awkward, too cluttered with copyright restrictions, too technically instable).

Ex. Barack Hussein Obama has lost a lot of street cred with the country as of late, but maybe not in his world.

Ex. These robbers carry out their vicious attacks for 'kicks' and street credibility rather than cash, a chilling study reveals.

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* adoptar una imagen = put on + image.

* arruinar + Posesivo + imagen = ruin + Posesivo + style, cramp + Posesivo + style.

* borrar una imagen = eradicate + image.

* cambio de imagen = makeover [make-over].

* creador de imagen = image maker.

* crear una imagen = build + an image, create + image.

* dar la imagen = give + the impression that.

* dar una imagen = convey + image, present + picture, paint + a picture, present + an image, present + a picture.

* dar una imagen de = give + an impression of.

* difundir buena imagen de = earn + credit for.

* difundir la imagen = spread + the good word, pass on + the good word.

* estropear + Posesivo + imagen = ruin + Posesivo + style, cramp + Posesivo + style.

* evocar una imagen de = conjure up + an image of, conjure up + a vision of.

* imagen comercial = brand image.

* imagen corporativa = corporate image.

* imagen crediticia = credit standing.

* imagen de la biblioteca = library's profile.

* imagen de uno mismo = self-presentation, body image.

* imagen pública = public image.

* mejorar + Posesivo + imagen = raise + Posesivo + profile, smarten up + Posesivo + image, enhance + Posesivo + identity, enhance + Posesivo + image, buff up + Posesivo + image.

* ofrecer una imagen = present + picture.

* presentar una imagen = present + picture, paint + a picture, present + an image.

* problema de imagen = image problem.

* proyectar imagen = project + image.

* ser la imagen de = be a picture of.

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1)

a) (Fís, Ópt) image; (TV) picture, image

b) ( foto) picture

c) ( en espejo) reflection

d) ( en la mente) picture

2) (de político, cantante, país) image

3) (Art, Relig) ( estatua) statue, image (arch); ( estampa) picture

4) (Lit) image

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imagen¹

¹ = frame, image, picture, shot.

² = persona [personae, -pl.], image, record, stature, profile, street cred, street credibility.

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1 ( Fís, Ópt) image; (TV) picture, image

dale más brillo a la imagen turn up the brightness

2 (foto) picture

3 (en un espejo) reflection