la+noticia+de+su+muerte

¡noticias frescas! — iró tell me a new one!

noticia bomba — * bombshell *

hacer noticia — to hit the headlines

no tenemos noticias suyas — ( provenientes de él) we haven't heard from him; ( provenientes de otra persona) we haven't had (any) news of him

hacer noticia — to hit the headlines

no tenemos noticias suyas — ( provenientes de él) we haven't heard from him; ( provenientes de otra persona) we haven't had (any) news of him

Ex: Printed current awareness bulletins may be produced from similar facilities to those in above, except that here the announcement will relate only to newly added items.

su muerte conmocionó al país — the country was shaken o shocked by his death

su muerte conmocionó al país — the country was shaken o shocked by his death

Ex: This will shake up library managers no end.

• arrojar o lanzar una bomba — [desde un avión] to drop a bomb; [desde el suelo] to throw a bomb

• poner una bomba — to plant a bomb

• a prueba de bomba(s) — bomb-proof

bomba de humo — (lit) smoke bomb; (fig) smokescreen

bomba de racimo — Cono Sur cluster bomb

• dar a la bomba — to pump, work the pump

bomba bencinera — Chile petrol station, gas station (EEUU)

bomba de cobalto — (Med) cobalt bomb

bomba corazón-pulmón — (Med) heart-lung machine

bomba de gasolina — [en motor] fuel pump; [en gasolinera] petrol o (EEUU) gas(oline) pump

• noticia bomba — bombshell

este disco será una bomba — this record will be a smash hit *

• estar bomba — [persona] to be gorgeous *

esa tía está bomba — that girl is gorgeous *

• éxito bomba — * phenomenal success

pasarlo bomba — to have a whale of a time *, have a super time *

caer como una bomba: la noticia cayó como una bomba the news came as a bombshell; pasarlo bomba (Esp fam) to have a great time o a ball (colloq); ser una bomba — (RPl fam) to be gorgeous (colloq)

se pegó una bomba — he got plastered (colloq)

caer como una bomba: la noticia cayó como una bomba the news came as a bombshell; pasarlo bomba (Esp fam) to have a great time o a ball (colloq); ser una bomba — (RPl fam) to be gorgeous (colloq)

se pegó una bomba — he got plastered (colloq)

Ex: A spoken dialogue between the system and the trainee would proceed as follows: System 'Try to assemble the air compressor' Trainee: 'How?' System: 'Install pump, install pump brace, install pulley, install belt housing cover.

Ex: The network itself is assumed to be unreliable; any portion of the network could disappear at any moment (pick your favorite catastrophe -- these days backhoes cutting cables are more of a threat than bombs).

Ex: Twenty years ago, I was moved by Lubetzky's document, as I was a library school student, and today I am just slightly disappointed because he has added confusion for me rather than clarity to the situation.

to shake something OFF/FROM something: I shook the dust off o from my coat me sacudí el polvo del abrigo; to shake something OUT OF something: she shook the sand out of the towel sacudió la toalla para quitarle la arena; to shake hands darse* la mano, darse* un apretón de manos; to shake hands with somebody darle* or estrecharle la mano a algn; to shake somebody's hand, to shake somebody by the hand darle* or estrecharle la mano a algn, darle* un apretón de manos a algn; to shake hands on a deal cerrar* un trato con un apretón de manos; to shake one's head — negar* con la cabeza; ( meaning yes) (AmE) asentir* con la cabeza

let's shake on it — choca esos cinco! (fam), chócala(s)! (fam)

in two shakes (of a lamb's tail) — (colloq) en un periquete or en un santiamén or en una patada (fam)

to be no great shakes — (colloq) no ser* gran cosa (fam)

he got the shakes — le dio or le entró la tembladera or (Méx) la temblorina (fam)

• to give sth/sb a shake, she gave the tin a shake — agitó la lata

I gave the boy a good shake — zarandeé or sacudí bien al chico

• she declined the drink with a shake of her head — rechazó la copa moviendo la cabeza or con un movimiento de la cabeza

no great shakes * —

he's no great shakes as a swimmer or at swimming * — no es nada del otro mundo or del otro jueves nadando *

• to get the shakes, I got a bad case of the shakes — me entró un tembleque * or una tembladera * muy fuerte

• to have the shakes — tener el tembleque * or la tembladera *

a fit of coughing that shook his entire body — un ataque de tos que le sacudió or le estremeció todo el cuerpo

• to shake hands — estrecharse la mano

• to shake one's head — (in refusal) negar con la cabeza; (in disbelief) mover la cabeza con gesto incrédulo; (in dismay) mover la cabeza con gesto de disgusto

• I shook the snow off my coat — me sacudí la nieve del abrigo

• to shake o.s., the dog shook itself — el perro se sacudió

• she shook some change out of her purse — sacudió el monedero para sacar calderilla

• to shake one's finger at sb — señalar a algn agitando el dedo

• to shake one's fist at sb — amenazar a algn con el puño

• the firm's reputation has been badly shaken — la reputación de la empresa se ha visto muy afectada

• he was shaken by the news of her death — la noticia de su muerte lo afectó mucho or lo conmocionó

• he needs to be shaken out of his smugness — necesita que se le bajen esos humos

• it shook me rigid — me dejó pasmado or helado

• seven days that shook the world — siete días que conmocionaron al mundo

• I was shaking all over — me temblaba todo el cuerpo

• he was shaking with rage/fear/cold — estaba temblando de rabia/miedo/frío

to shake something OFF/FROM something: I shook the dust off o from my coat me sacudí el polvo del abrigo; to shake something OUT OF something: she shook the sand out of the towel sacudió la toalla para quitarle la arena; to shake hands darse* la mano, darse* un apretón de manos; to shake hands with somebody darle* or estrecharle la mano a algn; to shake somebody's hand, to shake somebody by the hand darle* or estrecharle la mano a algn, darle* un apretón de manos a algn; to shake hands on a deal cerrar* un trato con un apretón de manos; to shake one's head — negar* con la cabeza; ( meaning yes) (AmE) asentir* con la cabeza

let's shake on it — choca esos cinco! (fam), chócala(s)! (fam)

in two shakes (of a lamb's tail) — (colloq) en un periquete or en un santiamén or en una patada (fam)

to be no great shakes — (colloq) no ser* gran cosa (fam)

he got the shakes — le dio or le entró la tembladera or (Méx) la temblorina (fam)

me impresionó muy bien — (RPl) he made a very good impression (on me)

verlo llorar me impresionó mucho — seeing him cry really moved me o made a deep impression on me

me impresionó muy bien — (RPl) he made a very good impression (on me)

verlo llorar me impresionó mucho — seeing him cry really moved me o made a deep impression on me

Ex: Twenty years ago, I was moved by Lubetzky's document, as I was a library school student, and today I am just slightly disappointed because he has added confusion for me rather than clarity to the situation.

my legs feel numb — (from bad circulation etc) se me han dormido las piernas

my fingers have gone numb — (gen) se me han dormido los dedos; (with cold) se me han entumecido los dedos

when I heard about the accident I just felt numb — cuando me enteré del accidente me quedé atontado or sin poder reaccionar

alcohol was the only thing that numbed the pain — (fig) el alcohol era la única cosa que aplacaba el dolor

I was numbed by the news of his death — la noticia de su muerte me dejó atontado or sin poder reaccionar

Ex: The best sequence in the movie takes place at a deserted train station where the children play hide and seek amongst the abandoned train cars.

Ex: A menu-based information retrieval system displays, on a television or other terminal connected to a computer, a list of categories from which the user must select one by keying the code which represents the chosen category.

se alteró con la noticia de su muerte — he was shaken o upset by the news of her death