localidades

Ex: To overcome these problems users must think of all the various names that might have been applied, and must understand something of the geography and administration of the locality concerned.

despacho de billetes, despacho de boletos — LAm booking office

despacho de oficial — (Mil) commission

despacho telegráfico — telegram, wire (EEUU)

despacho de pan — baker's shop ( selling bread made off the premises)

despacho de pan — baker's shop ( selling bread made off the premises)

Ex: The principal sprang up from her chair and began to perambulate with swift, precise movements about her spacious office.

Ex: If you repeatedly deadhead - trim off the spent flowers - the plant goes into overdrive.

Ex: He is notorious for poking fun at those who advance jaded, esoteric ideas about the importance of studying classical languages.

Ex: This article describes how INNOVACQ acquisitions system can be used to process order requests for out of print materials.

sol y luna — Caribe * machete, cane knife

entra mucho sol en el comedor — the dining room gets a lot of sun o sunshine

hay o hace sol — it is sunny, the sun is shining

¡sol mío, ven con mamá! — come with Mummy, darling o pet! *

localidades de sol — the cheapest seats in a bullring with no shade

ayer hizo or hubo sol — it was sunny yesterday

en esa habitación no da el sol — that room doesn't get any sunlight o sun

arrimarse al sol que más calienta — to keep in with the right people

de sol a sol — from morning to o till night

no dejar a alguien ni a sol ni a sombra: no la deja ni a sol ni a sombra he doesn't leave her alone for a minute; tomar el sol or (CS) tomar sol to sunbathe; un sol de justicia — a blazing sun

localidades de sol — cheaper seats ( in the sun)

es un sol — she's an angel (colloq)

ven aquí, sol mío or mi sol — come here, sweetie o darling (colloq)

ayer hizo or hubo sol — it was sunny yesterday

en esa habitación no da el sol — that room doesn't get any sunlight o sun

arrimarse al sol que más calienta — to keep in with the right people

de sol a sol — from morning to o till night

no dejar a alguien ni a sol ni a sombra: no la deja ni a sol ni a sombra he doesn't leave her alone for a minute; tomar el sol or (CS) tomar sol to sunbathe; un sol de justicia — a blazing sun

localidades de sol — cheaper seats ( in the sun)

es un sol — she's an angel (colloq)

ven aquí, sol mío or mi sol — come here, sweetie o darling (colloq)

Ex: Standing in the early morning on the balcony of her apartment, she was smote as she always was by the grandeur of the sky turning to scarlet as the rim of darkness in the east released the sun for its sluggish trek through the heavens.

Ex: And making matters worse, this uncomfortable group sat in a suburban sitting-room flooded with afternoon sunlight like dutifully polite guests at a formal coffee party.

Ex: Work in a duly ordered community should be made attractive by the consciousness of usefulness, by variety, and by being exercised amidst pleasurable surroundings.

dar o hacer sombra — to cast a shadow

el ciprés da o hace una sombra alargada — cypress trees cast a long shadow

un árbol que da o hace sombra — a shady tree

sombras chinescas — shadow play sing, pantomime sing

tiene muy buena sombra para contar chistes — he's got a knack o gift for telling jokes, he's very funny telling jokes

es una sombra en su carácter — it is a stain o blot on his character

sentarse a or en la sombra — to sit in the shade

quítate que me haces or das sombra — move out of the way, you're blocking (out) the sun

a la sombra de alguien — under the protection o the wing of somebody

tener mala sombra — to be a nasty piece of work (colloq)

localidades a la sombra — more expensive seats ( in the shade)

se pasó ocho años a la sombra — he spent eight years inside (colloq)

sentarse a or en la sombra — to sit in the shade

quítate que me haces or das sombra — move out of the way, you're blocking (out) the sun

a la sombra de alguien — under the protection o the wing of somebody

tener mala sombra — to be a nasty piece of work (colloq)

localidades a la sombra — more expensive seats ( in the shade)

se pasó ocho años a la sombra — he spent eight years inside (colloq)

Ex: This earliest wove paper was only partially successful, since the mesh was fastened as usual to the bars of the frame, and the shadows of the bars showed clearly in the paper.

he comido — I have o I've eaten

había ido al cine — he had gone o he'd gone to the cinema

¡hubieran visto la casa! — esp LAm * you should have seen the house!