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muddling along

  • 1 ir tirando

    v.
    to get by.
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    (espabilarse) to manage, get by 2 (tener buena salud) to be okay
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    to get by
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    to get by, manage
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    (v.) = get along + in the world, shuffle along, tick over, muddle along, keep + the wolves from the door
    Ex. The public library's sole reason for being is to help people get along in the world, to help school children get better grades, to help preachers write better sermons that will keep the congregation awake, to help newspapermen find facts.
    Ex. So I say, we're just a bunch of poor, old, Midwestern pig farmers shuffling along trying to do what we can = Por eso digo que somos tan sólo un puñado de criadores de cerdos, viejos y pobres, de la región central de los Estados Unidos que vamos tirando como podemos.
    Ex. It seems to me that the Dewey engine is still ticking over, though there's an occasional knocking and it could no doubt do with a good tuning.
    Ex. For our small academic center, we're trying to do something for free, and muddling along at a snail's pace.
    Ex. Some can afford this as they are semi-retired or have other sources of income to keep the wolves from the door.
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    (v.) = get along + in the world, shuffle along, tick over, muddle along, keep + the wolves from the door

    Ex: The public library's sole reason for being is to help people get along in the world, to help school children get better grades, to help preachers write better sermons that will keep the congregation awake, to help newspapermen find facts.

    Ex: So I say, we're just a bunch of poor, old, Midwestern pig farmers shuffling along trying to do what we can = Por eso digo que somos tan sólo un puñado de criadores de cerdos, viejos y pobres, de la región central de los Estados Unidos que vamos tirando como podemos.
    Ex: It seems to me that the Dewey engine is still ticking over, though there's an occasional knocking and it could no doubt do with a good tuning.
    Ex: For our small academic center, we're trying to do something for free, and muddling along at a snail's pace.
    Ex: Some can afford this as they are semi-retired or have other sources of income to keep the wolves from the door.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ir tirando

  • 2 lentamente

    adv.
    slowly, heavily, lazily, lingeringly.
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    1 slowly
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    adv.
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    ADV slowly

    la libra ha subido lentamente en el último año — the pound has edged upwards in the last year, the pound has risen slowly in the last year

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    = at a snail's pace, slowly.
    Ex. For our small academic center, we're trying to do something for free, and muddling along at a snail's pace.
    Ex. However, lengthy and complex consultative committees can hinder revision, and make for a slowly changing scheme.
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    * arder lentamente = smoulder [smolder, -USA].
    * avanzar lentamente = creep, creep along.
    * muy lentamente = very slowly.
    * que arde lentamente = smouldering [smoldering, -USA].
    * que avanza lentamente = crawling.
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    = at a snail's pace, slowly.

    Ex: For our small academic center, we're trying to do something for free, and muddling along at a snail's pace.

    Ex: However, lengthy and complex consultative committees can hinder revision, and make for a slowly changing scheme.
    * arder lentamente = smoulder [smolder, -USA].
    * avanzar lentamente = creep, creep along.
    * muy lentamente = very slowly.
    * que arde lentamente = smouldering [smoldering, -USA].
    * que avanza lentamente = crawling.

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    slowly
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    slowly

    Spanish-English dictionary > lentamente

  • 3 a paso de tortuga

    at a snail's pace
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    Ex. For our small academic center, we're trying to do something for free, and muddling along at a snail's pace.
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    Ex: For our small academic center, we're trying to do something for free, and muddling along at a snail's pace.

    Spanish-English dictionary > a paso de tortuga

  • 4 poco a poco

    slowly, gradually, bit by bit
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    = gradually, piecemeal, slowly, incrementally, at a snail's pace, little by little, bit by bit
    Ex. The indexing changes gradually with time, as the natural language of the documents covered by the index evolves.
    Ex. The current practice of promotion and projection of public library services tends to be amateurish, piecemeal, unsustained and difficult to evaluate.
    Ex. However, lengthy and complex consultative committees can hinder revision, and make for a slowly changing scheme.
    Ex. These changes occurring incrementally reflected the growing complexity of chemical methodology.
    Ex. For our small academic center, we're trying to do something for free, and muddling along at a snail's pace.
    Ex. Little by little his heath improved and he was able to walk further and further each day.
    Ex. I love movies like that -- where slowly, gradually, bit by bit, all the characters realize that the villain was really disastrously mendacious and criminal.
    * * *
    = gradually, piecemeal, slowly, incrementally, at a snail's pace, little by little, bit by bit

    Ex: The indexing changes gradually with time, as the natural language of the documents covered by the index evolves.

    Ex: The current practice of promotion and projection of public library services tends to be amateurish, piecemeal, unsustained and difficult to evaluate.
    Ex: However, lengthy and complex consultative committees can hinder revision, and make for a slowly changing scheme.
    Ex: These changes occurring incrementally reflected the growing complexity of chemical methodology.
    Ex: For our small academic center, we're trying to do something for free, and muddling along at a snail's pace.
    Ex: Little by little his heath improved and he was able to walk further and further each day.
    Ex: I love movies like that -- where slowly, gradually, bit by bit, all the characters realize that the villain was really disastrously mendacious and criminal.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poco a poco

  • 5 hacer Algo con dificultad

    (v.) = muddle through, plod (along/through)
    Ex. The average user is not only frustrated by a library, but is working under the false notion that most of what he needs can be found by muddling through the card catalog.
    Ex. He or she has to plod through the menu each time, and so it is useful if mnemonics and/or abbreviated commands can be provided.
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    (v.) = muddle through, plod (along/through)

    Ex: The average user is not only frustrated by a library, but is working under the false notion that most of what he needs can be found by muddling through the card catalog.

    Ex: He or she has to plod through the menu each time, and so it is useful if mnemonics and/or abbreviated commands can be provided.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer Algo con dificultad

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