la televisión es una evasión de la realidad

to escape FROM something — \<\<from prison\>\> fugarse* or escapar(se) de algo; \<\<from cage/zoo\>\> escaparse de algo; \<\<from danger/routine\>\> escapar de algo

to make one's escape — escaparse; (before n)

escape attempt — intento m de fuga

to have a narrow/miraculous escape — salvarse or escaparse por muy poco/milagrosamente

press escape — pulse or oprima la tecla de escape; (before n) <key/routine> de escape

there is no escape from this prison — no hay forma de escapar or fugarse de esta cárcel

• to make one's escape — escapar(se)

• to have a lucky or narrow escape — (lit, fig) salvarse por los pelos

he had a lucky or narrow escape — (from death) tuvo suerte de escapar or salir con vida, se salvó por los pelos

• they managed to escape capture/ detection — consiguieron evitar que les capturaran/detectaran

• they jumped out of the window to escape the fire — saltaron por la ventana para escapar del fuego

• they were lucky to escape injury — tuvieron mucha suerte de salir ilesos

• there was no way I could escape meeting him — no había manera de poder evitar verme con él

• they left the country to escape the press — se fueron del país para escapar de la prensa

• he just escaped being run over — por poco lo atropellan

• it had escaped his notice or attention that... — se le había escapado que...

• to escape from — [+ prison] escapar(se) de, fugarse de; [+ cage] escaparse de; [+ danger, harm] huir de; [+ reality] evadirse de

• in winter I think of escaping to the sun — en invierno pienso en escaparme a un sitio con sol

• she escaped unhurt — salió ilesa

• he escaped with a few bruises — solo sufrió algunas magulladuras

escape artist N — escapista mf

escape attempt N — intento m de fuga

escape clause N — (in agreement) cláusula f de excepción

escape hatch N — (in plane, space rocket) escotilla f de salvamento

escape key N — (Comput) tecla f de escape

escape pipe N — tubo m de desagüe

escape plan N — plan m de fuga

escape route N — ruta f de escape

escape valve N — válvula f de escape

escape velocity N — (Aer) velocidad f de escape

to escape FROM something — \<\<from prison\>\> fugarse* or escapar(se) de algo; \<\<from cage/zoo\>\> escaparse de algo; \<\<from danger/routine\>\> escapar de algo

to make one's escape — escaparse; (before n)

escape attempt — intento m de fuga

to have a narrow/miraculous escape — salvarse or escaparse por muy poco/milagrosamente

press escape — pulse or oprima la tecla de escape; (before n) <key/routine> de escape

vía de escape — (lit) escape route; (fig) (form of) escape

utilizan el fútbol como una vía de escape de sus problemas — they use football as an escape from o as a way of escaping from their problems

salir/ir a escape — (Esp fam) to rush out/off

salir/ir a escape — (Esp fam) to rush out/off

Ex: The public library is a way of escape from the narrow area of our individual lives into the field, finite, no doubt, but unbounded, of the wisdom and experience of all mankind.

Ex: An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.

Ex: Secondly, there are characters or groups of characters which begin with an ' escape character'.