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121 poner fin a
to put an end to* * *(v.) = put + paid to, put + an end to, put + a stop to, call + a halt on, bring + an end to, bring to + an end, sound + the death knell for, kill offEx. Following in the footsteps of Beeching's axe which put paid to the branch-line era of the railways, many rural bus routes have now been threatened by rising petrol costs.Ex. The abolition of the central and of the district libraries in 1803 put an end to a project which had met too many problems.Ex. Distressed, anxious, not a little angry, she at first decided to confront her daughter and put a stop to the affair at once, brooking no argument.Ex. These are the people who say that libraries should call a halt on 'business as usual', based on what is felt 'to be good for the community'.Ex. He became famous as the leader of illegal metalworkers' strikes that helped bring an end to the military dictatorship in the mid-1970s.Ex. Serial swindler Kenneth Broad was this afternoon jailed for 15 months bringing to an end a playboy lifestyle lived at other people's expense.Ex. Terror threats have sounded the death knell for traditional Christmas festivities in Peshawar.Ex. 'Hyperindividualised' news was always one of the reasons the internet was supposed to be going to kill off print.* * *(v.) = put + paid to, put + an end to, put + a stop to, call + a halt on, bring + an end to, bring to + an end, sound + the death knell for, kill offEx: Following in the footsteps of Beeching's axe which put paid to the branch-line era of the railways, many rural bus routes have now been threatened by rising petrol costs.
Ex: The abolition of the central and of the district libraries in 1803 put an end to a project which had met too many problems.Ex: Distressed, anxious, not a little angry, she at first decided to confront her daughter and put a stop to the affair at once, brooking no argument.Ex: These are the people who say that libraries should call a halt on 'business as usual', based on what is felt 'to be good for the community'.Ex: He became famous as the leader of illegal metalworkers' strikes that helped bring an end to the military dictatorship in the mid-1970s.Ex: Serial swindler Kenneth Broad was this afternoon jailed for 15 months bringing to an end a playboy lifestyle lived at other people's expense.Ex: Terror threats have sounded the death knell for traditional Christmas festivities in Peshawar.Ex: 'Hyperindividualised' news was always one of the reasons the internet was supposed to be going to kill off print. -
122 poner punto final a
(v.) = put + an end to, bring + an end to, bring to + an end, close + the book onEx. The abolition of the central and of the district libraries in 1803 put an end to a project which had met too many problems.Ex. He became famous as the leader of illegal metalworkers' strikes that helped bring an end to the military dictatorship in the mid-1970s.Ex. Serial swindler Kenneth Broad was this afternoon jailed for 15 months bringing to an end a playboy lifestyle lived at other people's expense.Ex. Obama, who tries to steer clear of the political thicket of race and politics, accepted the apology and said he wanted to close the book on the episode.* * *(v.) = put + an end to, bring + an end to, bring to + an end, close + the book onEx: The abolition of the central and of the district libraries in 1803 put an end to a project which had met too many problems.
Ex: He became famous as the leader of illegal metalworkers' strikes that helped bring an end to the military dictatorship in the mid-1970s.Ex: Serial swindler Kenneth Broad was this afternoon jailed for 15 months bringing to an end a playboy lifestyle lived at other people's expense.Ex: Obama, who tries to steer clear of the political thicket of race and politics, accepted the apology and said he wanted to close the book on the episode. -
123 poner una tienda
(v.) = pitch + tentEx. He lived in a tent pitched on the central reservation of the Wolverhampton ring road for over 30 years.* * *(v.) = pitch + tentEx: He lived in a tent pitched on the central reservation of the Wolverhampton ring road for over 30 years.
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124 porquero
m.swineherd, pigman.* * *► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 swineherd* * *= swineherd, swineherder.Ex. Thus the prince was appointed imperial swineherd, and as such he lived in a wretchedly small room near the pigsty where he worked all day long.Ex. In the story, Syphilis was a swineherder who had the disease, but people misunderstood the book title and thus the name came to mean the disease.* * *= swineherd, swineherder.Ex: Thus the prince was appointed imperial swineherd, and as such he lived in a wretchedly small room near the pigsty where he worked all day long.
Ex: In the story, Syphilis was a swineherder who had the disease, but people misunderstood the book title and thus the name came to mean the disease.* * *porquero -ramasculine, feminineswineherd* * *porquero, -a nm,fswineherd -
125 precursor
adj.1 precursive, precursory.2 trendsetting.m.1 forerunner, herald, pioneer, predecessor.2 precursor, forerunner.* * *► adjetivo1 precursory► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 precursor* * *(f. - precursora)nounforerunner, pioneer* * *precursor, -aSM / F precursor, forerunner* * *- sora masculino, femenino precursor, forerunner* * *= forerunner [fore-runner], precursor, progenitor, bellwether.Ex. The forerunner of many recent ideas, and the force behind some of the remaining traditional systems was Charles Ammi Cutter.Ex. These Centres were usually thought of initially as being a part of a national library or, indeed, a precursor to the development of a national library.Ex. These shifts were actually adaptations to events that altered the environmental conditions in which our progenitors lived.Ex. Scientists have long suspected amphibians are good bellwethers for impending alterations in biodiversity during rapid climate change.* * *- sora masculino, femenino precursor, forerunner* * *= forerunner [fore-runner], precursor, progenitor, bellwether.Ex: The forerunner of many recent ideas, and the force behind some of the remaining traditional systems was Charles Ammi Cutter.
Ex: These Centres were usually thought of initially as being a part of a national library or, indeed, a precursor to the development of a national library.Ex: These shifts were actually adaptations to events that altered the environmental conditions in which our progenitors lived.Ex: Scientists have long suspected amphibians are good bellwethers for impending alterations in biodiversity during rapid climate change.* * *1(de una tendencia, un suceso): un movimiento precursor del Cubismo a movement which was a precursor o forerunner of Cubismmasculine, feminineprecursor, forerunner* * *
precursor◊ - sora sustantivo masculino, femenino
precursor, forerunner
precursor,-ora sustantivo masculino y femenino precursor: ese autor es el precursor del modernismo, that author is the precursor of modernism
' precursor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
antesala
- precursora
English:
forerunner
- harbinger
- precursor
* * *precursor, -ora♦ adjprecursory;un movimiento precursor del impresionismo a movement which anticipated the Impressionists♦ nm,fprecursor* * *m, precursora f precursor, forerunner* * *: forerunner, precursor -
126 progenitor
m.progenitor, father, forefather, parent.* * *► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 parents* * *progenitor, -aSM / F (=antepasado) ancestor; (=padre) father/mother pl progenitores hum parents* * *- tora masculino, femeninoa) ( antepasado) ancestor* * *= progenitor, ancestor, forefather.Ex. These shifts were actually adaptations to events that altered the environmental conditions in which our progenitors lived.Ex. The corruptions were often established by the ancestors of LC's hypothetical reader.Ex. I will stand for your rights as my forefathers did before me!.* * *- tora masculino, femeninoa) ( antepasado) ancestor* * *= progenitor, ancestor, forefather.Ex: These shifts were actually adaptations to events that altered the environmental conditions in which our progenitors lived.
Ex: The corruptions were often established by the ancestors of LC's hypothetical reader.Ex: I will stand for your rights as my forefathers did before me!.* * *masculine, feminine1 (antepasado) ancestor¿cómo están las cosas con tus progenitores? ( hum); how are things with your parents o ( colloq) your folks?* * *
progenitor◊ - tora sustantivo masculino, femenino
(f) ( madre) mother
progenitor,-ora sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 (padre) father
(madre) mother
2 progenitores, parents
' progenitor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
progenitora
* * *progenitor, -ora nm,ffather, f mother;progenitores parents* * *m, progenitora f ancestor;progenitores pl parents* * *progenitor, - tora nantepasado: ancestor, progenitor -
127 punzada de remordimiento
(n.) = sting of remorseEx. The stings of remorse never left her for as long as she lived.* * *(n.) = sting of remorseEx: The stings of remorse never left her for as long as she lived.
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128 reabastecer
v.to replenish, to restock, to refill, to reload.Ellos recargan el tanque They replenish the tank.* * *1 (alimentos) to revictual; (combustible) to refuel* * *1.VT [de combustible, de gasolina] to refuel2.See:* * *1. 2.reabastecerse v pron ejército to replenish supplies (frml); familia (fam) to get more supplies o provisionsreabastecerse de algo — de combustible to refuel; de víveres to get more supplies
* * *= resupply.Ex. He needed to resupply his exhausted army -- most of his men were hungry and had lived off the land for more than two weeks.* * *1. 2.reabastecerse v pron ejército to replenish supplies (frml); familia (fam) to get more supplies o provisionsreabastecerse de algo — de combustible to refuel; de víveres to get more supplies
* * *= resupply.Ex: He needed to resupply his exhausted army -- most of his men were hungry and had lived off the land for more than two weeks.
* * *reabastecer [E3 ]vt1 ( Transp) (de combustible) to refuel2 (de víveres) to resupply, revictualto replenish supplies ( frml)tenemos que bajar al pueblo a reabastecernos we have to go down into the village to get more supplies o provisionsreabastecerse DE algo:reabastecerse de combustible to refuelpensaban reabastecerse de víveres en Trujillo they planned to get more supplies in Trujillo* * *reabastecer vt[avión] to refuel; [tropas] to reprovision, to resupply
См. также в других словарях:
-lived — / līvd or sometimes livd/ combining form Denoting having life (eg long lived) • • • Main Entry: ↑live * * * lived «lyvd», combining form. having a life: »Long lived = having a long life. * * * /ˌlıvd/ combining form : having a life of a specified … Useful english dictionary
lived-in — adj 1.) lived in places or clothes look as though they have been used or worn a lot use this to show approval a lived in look/feel ▪ The most fashionable jeans this winter have a lived in look. 2.) someone who has a lived in face looks fairly old … Dictionary of contemporary English
Lived — (l[imac]vd), a. Having life; used only in composition; as, long lived; short lived. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lived-in — adj. having residents; as, a house with a lived in look. Syn: inhabited, tenanted. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lived-in — [ lıvd ın ] adjective 1. ) a lived in place looks comfortable and not new or completely neat 2. ) INFORMAL someone who has a lived in face is quite old, but looks as if they have had an interesting life … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
-lived — see long lived; short lived … Modern English usage
-lived — [līvd, livd] 〚< ME lyved: see LIFE & ED〛 combining form having (a specified kind or duration of) life [long lived] * * * … Universalium
-lived — [līvd, livd] [< ME lyved: see LIFE & ED] combining form having (a specified kind or duration of) life [long lived] … English World dictionary
lived-in — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a room or building) showing comforting signs of wear and habitation. 2) informal (of a person s face) marked by experience … English terms dictionary
lived — /luyvd, livd/, adj. having life, a life, or lives, as specified (usually used in combination): a many lived cat. [1350 1400; ME; see LIFE, ED3] Pronunciation. LIVED, meaning having a certain kind or extent of life, is not derived from the… … Universalium
lived — [[t]laɪvd, lɪvd[/t]] adj. having life, a life, or lives, as specified (usu. in combination): long lived[/ex] • Etymology: 1350–1400 pron: The adjective lived is not derived from the verb live [[t]lɪv[/t]] but from the noun life [[t]laɪf[/t]] to… … From formal English to slang