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1 arremeter contra
v.to come against, to charge against, to charge at, to charge into.Los soldados acometieron el fuerte The soldiers rushed against the fort.* * *(v.) = lambast [lambaste], flail away at, hit out (at/against), take + a swipe at, swipe, lam, lam into, lay into, lash out at/against/on, have + a go at, go to + town on, lash out (on), take + a swat atEx. Correctly, the author finds that the realities of antebellum reform are too complex either to laud the reformers' benevolence or to lambast them as fanatics.Ex. His novels flailed away at ignorance and indecency and his editorials were partisan, personal, fervent, and emotional.Ex. She has hit out at rumours that she is a man-eater.Ex. Republicans have been taking a swipe at Canada by saying that the country doesn't do much when it comes to global problems.Ex. This time the pup simply got too close to the cat while she was just sitting there, so she swiped him.Ex. Pretty soon he was lamming me on every pretext he could find.Ex. The girl stared at him for a moment thunderstruck; then she lammed into the old horse with a stick she carried in place of a whip.Ex. How anyone can get a buzz from laying into someone is beyond me; it's not nice to see it happen - too many times have I seen people beaten up over nothing.Ex. McCain also lashed out at evangelicals in 2000 and now he's kissing their butt saying he's a Baptist.Ex. In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence.Ex. He was refering to the unbelievable action taken by the riot police who for no good reason decided to go to town on innocent fans.Ex. The company is too tight to lash out on anything for the employees, even tools to increase productivity.Ex. I get pretty tired of ignorant people taking swats at the Catholic religion for 'worshiping statues'.* * *(v.) = lambast [lambaste], flail away at, hit out (at/against), take + a swipe at, swipe, lam, lam into, lay into, lash out at/against/on, have + a go at, go to + town on, lash out (on), take + a swat atEx: Correctly, the author finds that the realities of antebellum reform are too complex either to laud the reformers' benevolence or to lambast them as fanatics.
Ex: His novels flailed away at ignorance and indecency and his editorials were partisan, personal, fervent, and emotional.Ex: She has hit out at rumours that she is a man-eater.Ex: Republicans have been taking a swipe at Canada by saying that the country doesn't do much when it comes to global problems.Ex: This time the pup simply got too close to the cat while she was just sitting there, so she swiped him.Ex: Pretty soon he was lamming me on every pretext he could find.Ex: The girl stared at him for a moment thunderstruck; then she lammed into the old horse with a stick she carried in place of a whip.Ex: How anyone can get a buzz from laying into someone is beyond me; it's not nice to see it happen - too many times have I seen people beaten up over nothing.Ex: McCain also lashed out at evangelicals in 2000 and now he's kissing their butt saying he's a Baptist.Ex: In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence.Ex: He was refering to the unbelievable action taken by the riot police who for no good reason decided to go to town on innocent fans.Ex: The company is too tight to lash out on anything for the employees, even tools to increase productivity.Ex: I get pretty tired of ignorant people taking swats at the Catholic religion for 'worshiping statues'. -
2 atacar a
(v.) = take + a swipe at, swipe, lash out at/against/on, have + a go atEx. Republicans have been taking a swipe at Canada by saying that the country doesn't do much when it comes to global problems.Ex. This time the pup simply got too close to the cat while she was just sitting there, so she swiped him.Ex. McCain also lashed out at evangelicals in 2000 and now he's kissing their butt saying he's a Baptist.Ex. In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence.* * *(v.) = take + a swipe at, swipe, lash out at/against/on, have + a go atEx: Republicans have been taking a swipe at Canada by saying that the country doesn't do much when it comes to global problems.
Ex: This time the pup simply got too close to the cat while she was just sitting there, so she swiped him.Ex: McCain also lashed out at evangelicals in 2000 and now he's kissing their butt saying he's a Baptist.Ex: In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence. -
3 darle caña a
(v.) = have + a go at, get + stuck intoEx. In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence.Ex. There are so many camels out and about causing damage to the landscape that we've decided to have a reasonably decent injection of funds to get stuck into this issue.* * *(v.) = have + a go at, get + stuck intoEx: In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence.
Ex: There are so many camels out and about causing damage to the landscape that we've decided to have a reasonably decent injection of funds to get stuck into this issue. -
4 de izquierdas
(n.) = left-wing, leftist, leftyEx. R. Lysholt Hansen warned against employing left-wing librarians.Ex. By the 1980s, leftist philosophies had fallen into disfavor, & globalization & neoliberalism nudged the unions to seek other alliances.Ex. Their last straw poll listed Hillary at a 6% popularity among its members, who are considered ' lefties'.* * *(n.) = left-wing, leftist, leftyEx: R. Lysholt Hansen warned against employing left-wing librarians.
Ex: By the 1980s, leftist philosophies had fallen into disfavor, & globalization & neoliberalism nudged the unions to seek other alliances.Ex: Their last straw poll listed Hillary at a 6% popularity among its members, who are considered ' lefties'. -
5 enfrentarse a
v.to face, to breast, to brave, to confront with.* * *(v.) = be faced with, come to + grips with, confront, face, face up to, meet, cope with, get to + grips with, clash with, grapple with, wrestle with, get + a grip on, go + head-to-head with, be up against, come up against, run up against, line up against, brave, breast, have + a go at, address, engage in + confrontation withEx. The indexer is faced with the choice of which off the themes of the document to provide access to via an index.Ex. Right now the management team is beginning to come to grips with our annual budget process, as it does every year.Ex. Resource sharing in libraries may be a way of confronting the impact of rising prices dictated by a few large publishing corporations.Ex. Hungary faces far-reaching socio-economic transformation which will inevitably affect libraries as well.Ex. Together we need to face up to the challenges of the Information Age.Ex. There may be a threat of over-capacity; if so, this could be met by diversification, an enlargement of the SLIS role.Ex. This latter period is when the air-conditioning has to work hardest to cope with high outside air temperature and solar gains through the building.Ex. The Treasure has made good use of a number of methodologies in getting to grips with the principles and applications of information management.Ex. The date of the book fair must be fitted into the school program so that it does not clash with any rival local or national event.Ex. Researchers have long grappled with predicting the readability of reading materials for children.Ex. Librarians believe they will have to wrestle with limited opportunities for career advancement = Los bibliotecarios piensan que tendrán que hacer frente a oportunidades limitadas para su promoción profesional.Ex. The article ' Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.Ex. We went head-to-head with those that wanted a uniform look for the whole library Website! = Nos enfrentamos a aquellos que querían un aspecto uniforme en el diseño de todo el sitio web de la biblioteca.Ex. British exporters have been up against tariff and non-tariff barriers all over the world for a very long time.Ex. We have come up against the extreme expense which change brings to an existing catalog.Ex. Some of the information from the EEC Government in Brussels is provided off the record, which sometimes runs up against the UK Government's wall of secrecy.Ex. The author examines claims by Microsoft's Bill Gates that networked computers have no future, and looks at the opposition lining up against him.Ex. The mammoth hunters braved sub-zero temperatures on desolate tundra at least 20000 years earlier than was thought.Ex. He has breasted an extraordinary amount of obloquy on behalf of our country's cause.Ex. In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence.Ex. The inclusion of vendors and publishers allows everyone to address sticky business relationships head-on.Ex. By running away he shows who he is -- a boneless coward who never engaged in direct confrontation with the enemy.* * *(v.) = be faced with, come to + grips with, confront, face, face up to, meet, cope with, get to + grips with, clash with, grapple with, wrestle with, get + a grip on, go + head-to-head with, be up against, come up against, run up against, line up against, brave, breast, have + a go at, address, engage in + confrontation withEx: The indexer is faced with the choice of which off the themes of the document to provide access to via an index.
Ex: Right now the management team is beginning to come to grips with our annual budget process, as it does every year.Ex: Resource sharing in libraries may be a way of confronting the impact of rising prices dictated by a few large publishing corporations.Ex: Hungary faces far-reaching socio-economic transformation which will inevitably affect libraries as well.Ex: Together we need to face up to the challenges of the Information Age.Ex: There may be a threat of over-capacity; if so, this could be met by diversification, an enlargement of the SLIS role.Ex: This latter period is when the air-conditioning has to work hardest to cope with high outside air temperature and solar gains through the building.Ex: The Treasure has made good use of a number of methodologies in getting to grips with the principles and applications of information management.Ex: The date of the book fair must be fitted into the school program so that it does not clash with any rival local or national event.Ex: Researchers have long grappled with predicting the readability of reading materials for children.Ex: Librarians believe they will have to wrestle with limited opportunities for career advancement = Los bibliotecarios piensan que tendrán que hacer frente a oportunidades limitadas para su promoción profesional.Ex: The article ' Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.Ex: We went head-to-head with those that wanted a uniform look for the whole library Website! = Nos enfrentamos a aquellos que querían un aspecto uniforme en el diseño de todo el sitio web de la biblioteca.Ex: British exporters have been up against tariff and non-tariff barriers all over the world for a very long time.Ex: We have come up against the extreme expense which change brings to an existing catalog.Ex: Some of the information from the EEC Government in Brussels is provided off the record, which sometimes runs up against the UK Government's wall of secrecy.Ex: The author examines claims by Microsoft's Bill Gates that networked computers have no future, and looks at the opposition lining up against him.Ex: The mammoth hunters braved sub-zero temperatures on desolate tundra at least 20000 years earlier than was thought.Ex: He has breasted an extraordinary amount of obloquy on behalf of our country's cause.Ex: In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence.Ex: The inclusion of vendors and publishers allows everyone to address sticky business relationships head-on.Ex: By running away he shows who he is -- a boneless coward who never engaged in direct confrontation with the enemy. -
6 izquierdista
adj.1 left-wing.2 leftist, left-wing, leftish, radical.f. & m.1 left-winger.2 leftist, leftie, left-winger.* * *► adjetivo1 left-wing1 left-winger* * *noun mf. adj.* * *1.ADJ left-wing2.SMF left-winger* * *Iadjetivo left-wing, leftist (before n)IImasculino y femenino left-winger* * *= left-wing, leftist, lefty.Ex. R. Lysholt Hansen warned against employing left-wing librarians.Ex. The New Year's Eve edition of the New York Times asserted that Argentines and Nicaraguans helped U.S.-trained Honduran troops to kill leftists in the 1980s.Ex. Their last straw poll listed Hillary at a 6% popularity among its members, who are considered ' lefties'.* * *Iadjetivo left-wing, leftist (before n)IImasculino y femenino left-winger* * *= left-wing, leftist, lefty.Ex: R. Lysholt Hansen warned against employing left-wing librarians.
Ex: The New Year's Eve edition of the New York Times asserted that Argentines and Nicaraguans helped U.S.-trained Honduran troops to kill leftists in the 1980s.Ex: Their last straw poll listed Hillary at a 6% popularity among its members, who are considered ' lefties'.* * *left-wing, leftist ( before n)left-winger* * *♦ adjleft-wing♦ nmfleft-winger* * *POLI adj left-wingII m/f left-winger* * *izquierdista adj & nmf: leftist -
7 izquierdoso
adj.leftish.* * *► adjetivo1 familiar leftish* * *izquierdoso, -a * pey1.ADJ leftish2.SM / F lefty *J* * *- sa adjetivo (pey) lefty (colloq & pej)* * *= lefty.Ex. Their last straw poll listed Hillary at a 6% popularity among its members, who are considered ' lefties'.* * *- sa adjetivo (pey) lefty (colloq & pej)* * *= lefty.Ex: Their last straw poll listed Hillary at a 6% popularity among its members, who are considered ' lefties'.
* * *izquierdoso -sa( pey); lefty ( colloq pej)* * *izquierdoso, -a adjFam leftish -
8 meterse con
v.1 to provoke, to annoy, to pick on, to bother.María se metió con su hermMaría Mary provoked her sister.2 to pick a quarrel with, to fool around with, to pick a fight with, to mess around with.Ricardo se metió con el matón Richard picked a quarrel with the bully.María se metió con el vecino Mary fooled around with her neighbor.3 to fool around with, to bugger about with, to bugger around with, to fool about with.María se metió con el vecino Mary fooled around with her neighbor.* * ** * *(v.) = needle, pick on, tease, twit, taunt, jeer, lam, have + a go at, roast, give + Nombre + a good roastingEx. She had been told from time to time that he seemed to derive satisfaction from needling the staff, but she had never been able to pin down specifically what he does that irks them.Ex. By the way, here I have stolen a phrase from the Library of Congress, not to pick on this wonderful institution, but because its mission statement resonates with a number of individuals like me, who work in research libraries.Ex. I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.Ex. Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.Ex. The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.Ex. Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.Ex. Pretty soon he was lamming me on every pretext he could find.Ex. In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence.Ex. The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.Ex. What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.* * *(v.) = needle, pick on, tease, twit, taunt, jeer, lam, have + a go at, roast, give + Nombre + a good roastingEx: She had been told from time to time that he seemed to derive satisfaction from needling the staff, but she had never been able to pin down specifically what he does that irks them.
Ex: By the way, here I have stolen a phrase from the Library of Congress, not to pick on this wonderful institution, but because its mission statement resonates with a number of individuals like me, who work in research libraries.Ex: I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.Ex: Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.Ex: The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.Ex: Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.Ex: Pretty soon he was lamming me on every pretext he could find.Ex: In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence.Ex: The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.Ex: What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time. -
9 política de clases
(n.) = class politicsEx. In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence.* * *(n.) = class politicsEx: In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence.
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10 progre
adj.liberal, permissive (informal).f. & m.1 progressive.2 trendy.3 lefty, leftie.4 liberal, sexual liberal.* * *► adjetivo1 familiar lefty1 familiar lefty* * *I IImasculino y femenino (fam) ( persona - moderna) trendy (colloq); (- liberal) liberal; (- de izquierdas) trendy lefty (colloq)* * *= trendy lefty.Ex. In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence.* * *I IImasculino y femenino (fam) ( persona - moderna) trendy (colloq); (- liberal) liberal; (- de izquierdas) trendy lefty (colloq)* * *= trendy lefty.Ex: In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence.
* * *la típica estudiante liberada y progre the typical liberated, trendy studentmis padres son muy progres y aceptan mi relación con él my parents are very liberal o progressive and they accept my relationship with himuno de estos pequeños partidos progres one of these small, trendy, left-wing parties( fam)* * *
progre adjetivo & mf fam liberal, progressive, trendy
' progre' also found in these entries:
English:
trendy
- right
* * *♦ adj[liberal] liberal; [moderno] trendy, hip;tengo unos padres muy progres I have really trendy parents;los miembros más progres del partido the more liberal members of the party♦ nmfprogressive* * *adj famtrendy -
11 rojillo
rojillo, -a* ADJ SM / F (=izquierdista) leftie *, pinko ** * *= lefty.Ex. Their last straw poll listed Hillary at a 6% popularity among its members, who are considered ' lefties'.* * *= lefty.Ex: Their last straw poll listed Hillary at a 6% popularity among its members, who are considered ' lefties'.
* * ** * *rojillo, -a Fam♦ adjes muy rojillo he's a real lefty♦ nm,flefty -
12 sondeo informal de opinión
(n.) = straw pollEx. Their last straw poll listed Hillary at a 6% popularity among its members, who are considered ' lefties'.* * *(n.) = straw pollEx: Their last straw poll listed Hillary at a 6% popularity among its members, who are considered ' lefties'.
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13 zocato
adj.left-handed, cack-handed, sinistromanual.* * *zocato, -a1. ADJ1) [fruta, legumbre] hard2) [persona] left-handed2.SM / F left-handed person3.SM And (=pan) stale bread* * *= left-handed, lefty.Ex. All subjects were right-handed except for three left-handed men and one ambidextrous male.Ex. Many people have actually believed that lefties were sinister and the very word, sinister, comes from the Latin word for left.* * *= left-handed, lefty.Ex: All subjects were right-handed except for three left-handed men and one ambidextrous male.
Ex: Many people have actually believed that lefties were sinister and the very word, sinister, comes from the Latin word for left.* * *( fam); left-handedmasculine, feminine( fam)left-handed person; (en deportes) left-handed player, left-hander, southpaw* * *
zocato,-a
I adj fam (zurdo) left-handed
II m,f fam left-handed person
' zocato' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
zocata
* * *zocato, -a adj1. [fruto] overripe3. Am [pan] stale -
14 zurdo
adj.left-handed, cack-handed, sinistromanual.m.left-handed person, south-paw, southpaw.* * *► adjetivo► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 left-hander, left-handed person1 (mano) left hand* * *1. (f. - zurda)noun2. (f. - zurda)adj.* * *zurdo, -a1.ADJ [mano] left; [persona] left-handeda zurdas — (lit) with the left hand; (fig) the wrong way, clumsily
2. SM / F1) (=persona) [gen] left-handed person; (Tenis) left-hander2) Cono Sur (Pol) pey lefty *, left-winger* * *I- da adjetivoa) < persona> left-handed; < futbolista> left-footed; <boxeador/lanzador> southpaw (before n)no soy/es zurdo — (Esp fam) I'm/he's not stupid
b) <mano/pie> leftII- da masculino, femenino ( persona) left-handed person; ( tenista) left-hander; ( boxeador) southpaw* * *= left-handed, lefty, left-footed.Nota: De pies.Ex. All subjects were right-handed except for three left-handed men and one ambidextrous male.Ex. Many people have actually believed that lefties were sinister and the very word, sinister, comes from the Latin word for left.Ex. To tell you the truth, I never even thought of people being left-footed and right-footed but now that you say it, it makes sense.* * *I- da adjetivoa) < persona> left-handed; < futbolista> left-footed; <boxeador/lanzador> southpaw (before n)no soy/es zurdo — (Esp fam) I'm/he's not stupid
b) <mano/pie> leftII- da masculino, femenino ( persona) left-handed person; ( tenista) left-hander; ( boxeador) southpaw* * *= left-handed, lefty, left-footed.Nota: De pies.Ex: All subjects were right-handed except for three left-handed men and one ambidextrous male.
Ex: Many people have actually believed that lefties were sinister and the very word, sinister, comes from the Latin word for left.Ex: To tell you the truth, I never even thought of people being left-footed and right-footed but now that you say it, it makes sense.* * *A1 ‹persona› left-handed; ‹futbolista› left-footed; ‹boxeador/lanzador› southpaw ( before n)2 ‹mano/pie/ojo› leftB ( Pol) left-wingmasculine, feminineunas tijeras para zurdos left-handed scissors* * *
zurdo◊ -da adjetivo
left-handed;
‹ futbolista› left-footed;
‹boxeador/lanzador› southpaw ( before n)
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
left-handed person;
( tenista) left-hander;
( boxeador) southpaw
zurdo,-a
I m,f (persona) left-handed person
II adjetivo left-handed
' zurdo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
diestra
- diestro
- O
- zocata
- zocato
- zurda
English:
left-handed
- left
* * *zurdo, -a♦ adj[mano, pierna] left; [persona] left-handed; [boxeador] southpaw♦ nm,f[persona] left-handed person; [boxeador] southpaw* * *I adj left-handedII m, zurda f left-hander* * *zurdo, -da adj: left-handedzurdo, -da n: left-handed person* * * -
15 progresía
* * *SF1)la progresía — (=personas) [de moda] the trendies; [en política] the lefties *, the liberals; [en lo sexual] the sexual liberals
2) (=actitud) [gen] trendiness; (Pol) leftish outlook* * *( fam)toda la progresía de Barcelona all the trendies in Barcelona ( colloq)* * *progresía nfFam [liberales] liberals; [modernos] trendies
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