le encanta ir al cine

me encantan las flores — I adore o love flowers

me encantó la obra — I loved o I thoroughly enjoyed the play

me encantó la obra — I loved o I thoroughly enjoyed the play

Ex: All these novels are about young women meeting handsome men, at first disliking them and then discovering that they love them, with the inescapable 'happy ending' which means matrimony in these cases.

Ex: We will see the mountains of lobster traps and the charming crooked streets and hazy seascapes that charmed painter Fitzhugh Lane.

técnicas de animación por computadora — Computeranimationstechniken f/pl

a flash in the pan — flor f de un día

(as) quick as a flash — como un rayo

to flash by o past — \<\<train/car/person\>\> pasar como una bala or un rayo or un bólido

to flash by — \<\<time/vacation\>\> pasar volando, volar*

a flash of anger — un arranque or un arrebato de cólera

a flash of inspiration — una ráfaga or un momento de inspiración

the affair was nothing more than a flash in the pan — el asunto no fue más que algo pasajero or flor de un día

their win was no flash in the pan — su victoria no se debió a un golpe de suerte, no ganaron por chiripa *

it all happened in a flash — todo sucedió en un abrir y cerrar de ojos or en un instante

quick as a flash — como un relámpago or un rayo

to flash one's (head)lights — (Aut) hacer señales con las luces

I flashed my card at the security guard — le enseñé or mostré brevemente mi tarjeta al guardia de seguridad

they're rich but they don't flash their money around — son ricos pero no van fardando de dinero por ahí *, son ricos pero no hacen alarde de su riqueza

headaches accompanied by flashing lights — dolores mpl de cabeza acompañados de destellos de luz en la visión

to flash by or past — [vehicle, person] pasar a toda velocidad, pasar como un rayo; [time] pasar volando

a flash restaurant — un restaurante ostentoso, un restaurante de esos impresionantes *

flash bulb N — bombilla f de flash

flash card N — tarjeta f

flash drive N — memoria f flash, llave f de memoria

flash fire N — fuego m repentino

flash flood N — riada f

flash gun N — (Phot) disparador m de flash

flash memory N — memoria f flash

flash photography N — fotografía f con flash

a flash in the pan — flor f de un día

(as) quick as a flash — como un rayo

to flash by o past — \<\<train/car/person\>\> pasar como una bala or un rayo or un bólido

to flash by — \<\<time/vacation\>\> pasar volando, volar*

juega como yo — he plays like me o like I do

como este hay pocos — there are few like this o him

tiene ventajas, como son la resistencia y durabilidad — it has advantages, such as o like strength and durability

hazlo como te dijo ella — do it like * o the way she told you

toca como canta — she plays like * o the same way as she sings

no es como me lo imaginaba — it isn't as o like * I imagined it

• tal como, tal como lo había planeado — just as o the way I had planned it

hazlo como quieras — do it however you want o like

• como sea — at all costs

había como cincuenta — there were about o around fifty

vino como a las dos — he came at about o around two

sentía como tristeza — she felt a sort o kind of sadness

como no tenía dinero — as o since I had no money

• tal (y) como están las cosas — the way things are, as things stand

• de tanto como, tienen las manos doloridas de tanto como aplaudieron — they clapped so much their hands hurt

• como no, como no lo haga en seguida... — if he doesn't do it at once..., unless he does it at once...

siguió leyendo, como si no hubiera oído nada — he kept on reading, as if o as though he hadn't heard

sentí como si fuera a caerme — I felt as if o as though I was about to fall

como si no hubiera pasado nada — as if o as though nothing had happened

se comporta como si me odiara — he behaves as if o as though he hated me

como si fuera a llover — as if o as though it was going to rain

a como dé o diera lugar — at any cost

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before

así como — (frml) as well as

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!; como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least; como nadie: cocina como nadie nobody cooks like her; como que...: conduce muy bien - como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well - well, he is a racing driver, after all; y no me lo dijiste - como que no lo sabía! and you didn't tell me about it - that's because I didn't know about it!; como ser (CS) such as, for example; como si (+ subj) as if, as though; ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa — she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all o in the least worried

no voy - como quieras — I'm not going - please yourself o as you like

como era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta — since o as it was early, we went for a walk

cansado como estaba, me ayudó — tired though o tired as he was, he helped me

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before

así como — (frml) as well as

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!; como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least; como nadie: cocina como nadie nobody cooks like her; como que...: conduce muy bien - como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well - well, he is a racing driver, after all; y no me lo dijiste - como que no lo sabía! and you didn't tell me about it - that's because I didn't know about it!; como ser (CS) such as, for example; como si (+ subj) as if, as though; ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa — she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all o in the least worried

no voy - como quieras — I'm not going - please yourself o as you like

como era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta — since o as it was early, we went for a walk

cansado como estaba, me ayudó — tired though o tired as he was, he helped me

Ex: This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.