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  • 121 de modo egoísta

    Ex. But we are not then acting quite so much out of blindness or inarticulateness; we are selfishly or fearfully or wilfully trying to short-circuit what we know underneath to be more nearly the true state of things.
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    Ex: But we are not then acting quite so much out of blindness or inarticulateness; we are selfishly or fearfully or wilfully trying to short-circuit what we know underneath to be more nearly the true state of things.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de modo egoísta

  • 122 de piel gruesa

    (adj.) = thick-skinned
    Ex. The manatee is a nearly hairless, thick-skinned marine mammal without hindlimbs and with paddle-like forelimbs.
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    (adj.) = thick-skinned

    Ex: The manatee is a nearly hairless, thick-skinned marine mammal without hindlimbs and with paddle-like forelimbs.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de piel gruesa

  • 123 de textura fina

    = fine grain, fine-grained
    Ex. The rise of documentation in this country takes a rather different turn, due largely to the development of fine grain photographic emulsions and the miniature camera using a film with an acetate, non-explosive, base.
    Ex. Fine-grained hardwoods were preferred, nearly always cut across the grain, although the largest size types were sometimes cut on the plank.
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    = fine grain, fine-grained

    Ex: The rise of documentation in this country takes a rather different turn, due largely to the development of fine grain photographic emulsions and the miniature camera using a film with an acetate, non-explosive, base.

    Ex: Fine-grained hardwoods were preferred, nearly always cut across the grain, although the largest size types were sometimes cut on the plank.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de textura fina

  • 124 de vicio

    = for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason
    Ex. When women frequently go to family restaurants, this leads to them going out of their homes excessively for no reason, which goes against the command of Allah.
    Ex. On February 20, 2000, she was arrested at home by police for no specific reason and illegally detained for fifteen days.
    Ex. Nearly a third of internet users go online on a typical day for no particular reason, just for fun or to pass the time.
    Ex. He was refering to the unbelievable action taken by the riot police who for no good reason decided to go to town on innocent fans.
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    = for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason

    Ex: When women frequently go to family restaurants, this leads to them going out of their homes excessively for no reason, which goes against the command of Allah.

    Ex: On February 20, 2000, she was arrested at home by police for no specific reason and illegally detained for fifteen days.
    Ex: Nearly a third of internet users go online on a typical day for no particular reason, just for fun or to pass the time.
    Ex: He was refering to the unbelievable action taken by the riot police who for no good reason decided to go to town on innocent fans.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de vicio

  • 125 dejar de pie

    (v.) = leave + standing
    Ex. On the beach nearly everything was flattened with only one restaurant left standing although damaged: otherwise nothing is left except debris.
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    (v.) = leave + standing

    Ex: On the beach nearly everything was flattened with only one restaurant left standing although damaged: otherwise nothing is left except debris.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dejar de pie

  • 126 dejar dormido

    (v.) = put + Nombre + to sleep
    Ex. You wait a little and catch your breath and hear the song of the mourning dove, its cooing nearly putting you to sleep.
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    (v.) = put + Nombre + to sleep

    Ex: You wait a little and catch your breath and hear the song of the mourning dove, its cooing nearly putting you to sleep.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dejar dormido

  • 127 deliberadamente

    adv.
    deliberately.
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    1 deliberately
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    adverbio deliberately, on purpose
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    = deliberately, wilfully [willfully, -USA], wittingly, advisedly, purposely, by design, on purpose, knowingly, studiously, designedly.
    Ex. Some categories of headings are deliberately omitted from Sears'.
    Ex. But we are not then acting quite so much out of blindness or inarticulateness; we are selfishly or fearfully or wilfully trying to short-circuit what we know underneath to be more nearly the true state of things.
    Ex. Wittingly or unwittingly, they mask other questions that users do not know how to ask or are uncertain that they want to divulge to someone else.
    Ex. Advisedly, this monograph is not called an 'Introduction to information science' and anyone who buys it on the mistaken assumption that it is such an introduction will be disappointed = Prudentemente, esta monografría no se titula "Introducción a la documentación" y cualquiera que lo compre pensando que es una introducción se sentirá decepcionado.
    Ex. I have purposely refrained from discussing the theory of comparative librarianship which has up to now characterized much of the writing on the subject.
    Ex. The victims had been herded onto a wooden landing craft by the captain of a Honduras-registered ship who then proceeded, by accident or design, to ram the craft, killing the majority of people aboard.
    Ex. Most consumers felt confident that once a letter is written and posted, no one will read it either accidently or on purpose except for the intended addressee.
    Ex. The ways in which library professionals -- knowingly and unknowingly -- undermine intellectual freedom are discussed = Se analizan las formas en las que los profesionales de las bibliotecas, consciente o inconscientemente, socavan la libertad intelectual.
    Ex. Previous economic historians have, by and large, studiously ignored the British slave trade.
    Ex. In respect of those defects, the seller may be held liable where he has designedly concealed their existence from the purchaser.
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    * deliberadamente inexpresivo = deadpan.
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    adverbio deliberately, on purpose
    * * *
    = deliberately, wilfully [willfully, -USA], wittingly, advisedly, purposely, by design, on purpose, knowingly, studiously, designedly.

    Ex: Some categories of headings are deliberately omitted from Sears'.

    Ex: But we are not then acting quite so much out of blindness or inarticulateness; we are selfishly or fearfully or wilfully trying to short-circuit what we know underneath to be more nearly the true state of things.
    Ex: Wittingly or unwittingly, they mask other questions that users do not know how to ask or are uncertain that they want to divulge to someone else.
    Ex: Advisedly, this monograph is not called an 'Introduction to information science' and anyone who buys it on the mistaken assumption that it is such an introduction will be disappointed = Prudentemente, esta monografría no se titula "Introducción a la documentación" y cualquiera que lo compre pensando que es una introducción se sentirá decepcionado.
    Ex: I have purposely refrained from discussing the theory of comparative librarianship which has up to now characterized much of the writing on the subject.
    Ex: The victims had been herded onto a wooden landing craft by the captain of a Honduras-registered ship who then proceeded, by accident or design, to ram the craft, killing the majority of people aboard.
    Ex: Most consumers felt confident that once a letter is written and posted, no one will read it either accidently or on purpose except for the intended addressee.
    Ex: The ways in which library professionals -- knowingly and unknowingly -- undermine intellectual freedom are discussed = Se analizan las formas en las que los profesionales de las bibliotecas, consciente o inconscientemente, socavan la libertad intelectual.
    Ex: Previous economic historians have, by and large, studiously ignored the British slave trade.
    Ex: In respect of those defects, the seller may be held liable where he has designedly concealed their existence from the purchaser.
    * deliberadamente inexpresivo = deadpan.

    * * *
    deliberately, on purpose
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    deliberately, on purpose

    Spanish-English dictionary > deliberadamente

  • 128 demoler

    v.
    1 to demolish, to pull down (edificio).
    Los arquitectos demolieron la casa The architects demolished the house.
    2 to rout, to demolish.
    Los Vaqueros demolieron a los Delfines The Cowboys routed the Dolphins.
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    Conjugation model [ MOVER], like link=mover mover
    1 to demolish, pull down, tear down
    2 figurado to demolish, tear to pieces
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    verb
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    VT [+ edificio] to demolish, pull down; [+ argumento, teoría] to demolish
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    verbo transitivo
    a) < edificio> to demolish, pull down
    b) <mito/teoría> (fam) to debunk, demolish
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    = demolish, tear down, bulldoze, wreck, knock out, raze.
    Ex. Having just demolished enumerative classification to some extent in the previous section, it is reasonable to ask how effective menu-based information retrieval systems might be.
    Ex. A group opposing the incumbent alderman decided that the board's feasibility study amounted to a covert plan to tear down the house that served as the library and erect an ugly building.
    Ex. Nothing is left except debris and there remains nothing to salvage: only to bulldoze, clear and throw into rubbish dumps.
    Ex. They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.
    Ex. Two years ago Hurricane Hugo nearly knocked out Charleston.
    Ex. The motel, which was built in 1953, will be razed to make way for a parking lot.
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    * demoler aparatosamente = bring + crashing down.
    * demoler completamente = raze + Nombre + to the ground.
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    verbo transitivo
    a) < edificio> to demolish, pull down
    b) <mito/teoría> (fam) to debunk, demolish
    * * *
    = demolish, tear down, bulldoze, wreck, knock out, raze.

    Ex: Having just demolished enumerative classification to some extent in the previous section, it is reasonable to ask how effective menu-based information retrieval systems might be.

    Ex: A group opposing the incumbent alderman decided that the board's feasibility study amounted to a covert plan to tear down the house that served as the library and erect an ugly building.
    Ex: Nothing is left except debris and there remains nothing to salvage: only to bulldoze, clear and throw into rubbish dumps.
    Ex: They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.
    Ex: Two years ago Hurricane Hugo nearly knocked out Charleston.
    Ex: The motel, which was built in 1953, will be razed to make way for a parking lot.
    * demoler aparatosamente = bring + crashing down.
    * demoler completamente = raze + Nombre + to the ground.

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    demoler [E9 ]
    vt
    1 ‹edificio› to demolish, pull down
    2 ‹organización/sistema› to do away with, destroy
    3 ‹mito/teoría› ( fam); to debunk, demolish
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    demoler ( conjugate demoler) verbo transitivo

    b) ‹mito/teoría› (fam) to debunk, demolish

    demoler verbo transitivo to demolish
    ' demoler' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tirar
    English:
    demolish
    - level
    - bull
    - devastate
    - wreck
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    1. [edificio] to demolish, to pull down
    2. [organización, sistema] to destroy
    3. [argumentos, teorías] to demolish
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    v/t demolish
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    demoler {47} vt
    derribar, derrumbar: to demolish, to destroy

    Spanish-English dictionary > demoler

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