música rock

Ex: When Ed Blume was asked at a meeting about LC's failure to have established a heading for rock music for so long, he remarked: 'Today's horse may be tomorrow's carrion'.

Ex: This article briefly describes the development of rock video since the 1950s and the types of video the rock companies now market.

Ex: This article briefly describes the development of rock video since the 1950s and the types of video the rock companies now market.

¡vete con la música a otra parte! — clear off! *

sus ideas me suenan a música celestial — iró his ideas sound like hot air to me

música PARA algo — hopeless at something (colloq)

música en directo or en vivo — live music

la música amansa las fieras — (fr hecha) music has a great calming effect

irse con la música a otra parte — (fam)

vámonos con la música a otra parte — let's get out of here (colloq)

vete con la música a otra parte — clear off! (colloq)

sonar a/ser música celestial — (fam) to be music to one's ears

música PARA algo — hopeless at something (colloq)

música en directo or en vivo — live music

la música amansa las fieras — (fr hecha) music has a great calming effect

irse con la música a otra parte — (fam)

vámonos con la música a otra parte — let's get out of here (colloq)

vete con la música a otra parte — clear off! (colloq)

sonar a/ser música celestial — (fam) to be music to one's ears

Ex: Music can include a variety of forms, such as works about musicians and music, music scores and recordings.

rock duro or (AmL) pesado — hard rock

rock duro or (AmL) pesado — hard rock

Ex: There is now an even better (or worse) example that supplants rock music as the classical example of, not cultural lag, but musical lag, and that's gospel music or GOSPEL SONGS, which has just now been established.

se escucha muy mal — (Telec) it's a very bad line o (EEUU) connection

Ex: When the correctly scanned number appears on the screen, the keyboard clicks so that the user can both see the number on the screen and hear that is has been read correctly.

Ex: The article is an examination of the 'Seattle sound' or ' grunge' as a form of alternative rock music in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

registrar o grabar en vídeo — to video, (video)tape

vídeo compuesto — (Inform) composite video

vídeo inverso — (Inform) reverse video

Ex: As video continues to gain ground, budgets will be reassessed and more money will be channelled into supporting this new library service.

templo metodista — Methodist church o chapel

Ex: From then until the 19th century books and libraries were almost always associated with temples or royal patronage.

pasé la tarde en compañía de unos amigos — I spent the afternoon with o frm in the company of some friends

Ex: Among the companies offering 'Mice' are Microsoft, Vision and Apple, but more are anticipated.

Ex: A companionship was a team of piecework compositors, led by one of their number, who co-operated in the setting of a book and submitted a single bill for the work, the proceeds of which were then divided amongst themselves.

• los bajos fondos — the underworld

• una maletín con doble fondo — a case with a false bottom, a false-bottomed case

• irse al fondo — to sink to the bottom

• en el fondo del mar — [gen] at the bottom of the sea; (=en el lecho marino) on the sea bed

• sin fondo — bottomless

la economía tocó fondo y el gobierno tuvo que devaluar la moneda — the economy reached o hit rock bottom and the government had to devalue the currency

• al fondo, su oficina está al fondo a la izquierda — her office is at the end on the left

• tener mucho fondo — to be deep

• tener poco fondo — [bañera] to be shallow; [cajón, armario] not to be deep enough

en el fondo de esta polémica late el miedo al cambio — at the heart o bottom of this controversy lies a fear of change

• la cuestión de fondo — the basic o fundamental issue

el problema de fondo — the basic o fundamental o underlying problem

• la forma y el fondo — form and content

• llegar al fondo de la cuestión — to get to the bottom of the matter

• música de fondo — background music

• ruido de fondo — background noise

fondo de escritorio, fondo de pantalla — (Inform) (desktop) wallpaper

• a fondo —

• una investigación a fondo — [policial] a thorough investigation; [de estudio] an in-depth study

• una limpieza a fondo — a thorough clean

no conoce a fondo la situación del país — he does not have a thorough o an in-depth knowledge of the country's situation

• emplearse a fondo, tuvo que emplearse a fondo para disuadirlos — he had to use all his skill to dissuade them

• pisar a fondo el acelerador — to put one's foot down ( on the accelerator)

• en el fondo —

• en el fondo de su corazón — in his heart of hearts, deep down

lo que se debatirá en la reunión, en el fondo, es el futuro de la empresa — what is actually o really going to be debated in the meeting is the future of the company

en el fondo ambos sistemas son muy parecidos — fundamentally o essentially, both systems are very similar

• carrera de fondo — long-distance race

• esquí de fondo — cross-country skiing

• corredor de medio fondo — middle-distance runner

• pruebas de medio fondo — middle-distance events

• a fondo perdido — [crédito, inversión] non-recoverable, non-refundable

Fondo de Compensación Interterritorial — system of financial redistribution between the autonomous regions of Spain

fondo ético — (Econ) ethical investment fund

• recaudar fondos — to raise funds

• estar sin fondos — to be out of funds, be broke *

cheque o talón sin fondos — bounced cheque, rubber check (EEUU)

de fondo jovial — of cheery o cheerful disposition, cheerful-natured

• con o de fondo — serious

• medio fondo — slip

estaban al or en el fondo de la sala — they were at the back of the room

hacer un fondo común — to start a joint fund o (colloq) a kitty

un cheque sin fondos — a dud o (AmE) rubber check (colloq)

estoy mal de fondos — (fam) I'm short of cash (colloq)

de fondo — <corredor/carrera/prueba> long-distance

a fondo — (loc adj) <estudio/investigación> in-depth; (loc adv) <prepararse/entrenar> thoroughly

de fondo — <ruido/música> background (before n); <error/discrepancia> fundamental

en el fondo: en el fondo no es malo deep down he's not a bad person; en el fondo nos llevamos bien we get on all right, really; fondo blanco! (AmL fam) bottoms up! (colloq); tener buen fondo to be a good person at heart; tocar fondo to bottom out; su credibilidad ha tocado fondo — his credibility has hit o reached rock bottom

estaban al or en el fondo de la sala — they were at the back of the room

hacer un fondo común — to start a joint fund o (colloq) a kitty

un cheque sin fondos — a dud o (AmE) rubber check (colloq)

estoy mal de fondos — (fam) I'm short of cash (colloq)

de fondo — <corredor/carrera/prueba> long-distance

a fondo — (loc adj) <estudio/investigación> in-depth; (loc adv) <prepararse/entrenar> thoroughly

de fondo — <ruido/música> background (before n); <error/discrepancia> fundamental

en el fondo: en el fondo no es malo deep down he's not a bad person; en el fondo nos llevamos bien we get on all right, really; fondo blanco! (AmL fam) bottoms up! (colloq); tener buen fondo to be a good person at heart; tocar fondo to bottom out; su credibilidad ha tocado fondo — his credibility has hit o reached rock bottom

Ex: In the background has often been the need, at a time of declining financial resources, to demonstrate the relevance of the library to all sectors of society and there can sometimes be detected an element of patronization.

Ex: They not only provide detailed information about new books and those soon to be published, but also continue to list all of their books still in print (frequently called a ' backlist').