local transport

local comercial — [gen] business premises pl ; [sin ocupar] shop unit

Ex: Solutions include constructing compact shelving, on-site remote storage or building new library facilities.

Ex: Results indicate that bibliographers at these libraries depend on inadequate reviewing sources and domestic approval plans for developing these literatures.

Ex: The legal and organisational frameworks for local public transport are undergoing significant changes in order to ensure quality of service.

Ministerio de Transportes — Ministry of Transport, Department of Transportation (EEUU)

transporte colectivo — public transport, public transportation (EEUU)

transporte escolar — school buses pl

transporte público — public transport, public transportation (EEUU)

sistema de transporte — transport o (AmE) transit system

sistema de transporte — transport o (AmE) transit system

Ex: This article gives instructions for installing an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) in a mobile library van (bookmobile) thus enabling the carrying of a computer on board.

Ex: This document contains information on such concepts as settlement, urban growth, field patterns, forest clearance and many others.

Ex: Furthermore, such visitors spend larger sums on shopping, meals, hotel bills, local transport, etc.

Ex: Furthermore, such visitors spend larger sums on shopping, meals, hotel bills, local transport, etc.

Ex: The legal and organisational frameworks for local public transport are undergoing significant changes in order to ensure quality of service.

• colegio público — state school

• dinero público — public money, government funds pl

• es un peligro público en la carretera — he is a danger to the public, he's a public menace on the roads *

• la vía pública — the street, the public highway frm

• hacer algo público — to make sth public

• su incompetencia fue pública y notoria — his incompetence was blatantly obvious o was plain for all to see

apta para todos los públicos — certificate U, G movie (EEUU)

un programa con gran audiencia de público — a programme with a large number of viewers o a large audience

• en público — [actuar, hablar] in public; [actuación, presentación, aparición] public

• el gran público — [gen] the general public

un programa de televisión dirigido al público infantil — a television programme for children o aimed at a children's audience

público objetivo — (Com) target customers pl ; (TV) target audience

no es lo que quiere nuestro público — it's not what our readers want o our readership wants

horario de atención al público — [en bancos] hours of business; [en tiendas] opening hours

horario de atención al público — ( en oficinas públicas) opening hours; ( en bancos) hours of business

la exposición está abierta al público — the exhibit (AmE) o (BrE) exhibition is open to the public

película apta para todos los públicos or (CS) para todo público — `G' movie (AmE), `U' film (BrE)

un manual escrito para el gran público — a manual written for the layperson o non-specialist

salir al público — (Andes) periódico/revista to come out, appear; noticia/información to be published

horario de atención al público — ( en oficinas públicas) opening hours; ( en bancos) hours of business

la exposición está abierta al público — the exhibit (AmE) o (BrE) exhibition is open to the public

película apta para todos los públicos or (CS) para todo público — `G' movie (AmE), `U' film (BrE)

un manual escrito para el gran público — a manual written for the layperson o non-specialist

salir al público — (Andes) periódico/revista to come out, appear; noticia/información to be published

Ex: Various publishers have reputations for specific styles, subject areas or works for specific audiences.

Ex: Data-capture units are light pens, and such units can be made available at various locations in the library for public consultation.

Agencia de Protección de Datos — Esp data protection agency

agencia inmobiliaria — estate agent's (office), real estate agency (EEUU)

agencia tributaria — Inland Revenue, Internal Revenue (EEUU)

Ex: It is often not clear which agency can best provide for the needs of a client = Con frecuencia no está claro qué organismo puede satisfacer mejor las necesidades de un cliente.

• tierra adentro — inland

• por tierra — overland, by land

atravesar un país por tierra — to go overland o by land across a country

• tomar tierra — to reach port, get in

• tocar tierra — to touch down

• tomar tierra — to land

tierra firme — (=no aire) solid ground; (=no agua) land

• caer a tierra — to fall down

• caer por tierra — [persona] to fall to the ground; [argumento, teoría] to fall apart

• dar con algo en tierra — to knock sth over

• echar a tierra — [+ construcción, rival] to knock down

• echarse a tierra — to throw o.s. on o to the ground

con los zapatos llenos de tierra — (=polvo) with his shoes covered in dust; (=barro) with his shoes covered in mud

viviendas con suelo de tierra — houses with earth o dirt floors

• sacudir la tierra — Cono Sur, Méx to dust

le vienes a echar tierra a mi carro con tu descapotable — your convertible makes my car look ridiculous o really bad

tierra caliente — LAm land below 1000m approximately

tierra fría — LAm land above 2000m approximately

tierra quemada — (Pol) scorched earth

tierra templada — LAm land between 1000m and 2000m approximately

todo refugiado siente nostalgia de su tierra — every refugee feels homesick for or misses his native land o homeland

• de la tierra — [vino, queso] local, locally produced; [fruta, verduras] locally grown

la expropiación de tierras palestinas — the expropriation of Palestinian land o lands

conectar un aparato a tierra — to earth o (EEUU) ground an appliance

tierra labrantía or de cultivo — arable o cultivated land

poner tierra de por medio — to make oneself scarce (colloq)

ésta es muy buena tierra — this is very good land o soil

un camino de tierra — a dirt road o track

cuerpo a tierra! — hit the ground! (colloq)

echar algo por tierra — <edificio/monumento> to pull o knock down; < planes> to wreck, ruin; < argumentos> to demolish, destroy; < esperanzas> to dash

echarle tierra a algo/alguien — (Col fam) to put something/somebody to shame, make something/somebody look bad

echar tierra a or sobre algo — ( ocultarlo) to cover o hush something up; ( olvidarlo) to forget about something

tragarse la tierra a alguien: como si se lo hubiera tragado la tierra as if he'd vanished off the face of the earth; deseé que me tragara la tierra — I just wanted the earth to open and swallow me up

estar conectado a tierra or (AmL) hacer tierra — to be grounded o earthed

tierra a la vista! — land ho o ahoy!

viajar por tierra — to travel overland o by land

decidió volver a su tierra — he decided to return to his homeland o to his native land

costumbres de aquellas tierras — customs in those places o countries

tierra labrantía or de cultivo — arable o cultivated land

poner tierra de por medio — to make oneself scarce (colloq)

ésta es muy buena tierra — this is very good land o soil

un camino de tierra — a dirt road o track

cuerpo a tierra! — hit the ground! (colloq)

echar algo por tierra — <edificio/monumento> to pull o knock down; < planes> to wreck, ruin; < argumentos> to demolish, destroy; < esperanzas> to dash

echarle tierra a algo/alguien — (Col fam) to put something/somebody to shame, make something/somebody look bad

echar tierra a or sobre algo — ( ocultarlo) to cover o hush something up; ( olvidarlo) to forget about something

tragarse la tierra a alguien: como si se lo hubiera tragado la tierra as if he'd vanished off the face of the earth; deseé que me tragara la tierra — I just wanted the earth to open and swallow me up

estar conectado a tierra or (AmL) hacer tierra — to be grounded o earthed

tierra a la vista! — land ho o ahoy!

viajar por tierra — to travel overland o by land

decidió volver a su tierra — he decided to return to his homeland o to his native land

costumbres de aquellas tierras — customs in those places o countries

Ex: Until recently all libraries and some architects have maintained that an academic library should be capable of extension and that land should be reserved for future expansion.