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21 hacer Algo de cara a la galería
to play to the gallery* * *(v.) = play to + the galleryEx. A crowd-pleaser at any tournament, Didrikson played to the gallery with wisecracks and displays of athleticism.* * *(v.) = play to + the galleryEx: A crowd-pleaser at any tournament, Didrikson played to the gallery with wisecracks and displays of athleticism.
Spanish-English dictionary > hacer Algo de cara a la galería
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22 hacer Algo para la galería
to play to the gallery* * *(v.) = play to + the galleryEx. A crowd-pleaser at any tournament, Didrikson played to the gallery with wisecracks and displays of athleticism.* * *(v.) = play to + the galleryEx: A crowd-pleaser at any tournament, Didrikson played to the gallery with wisecracks and displays of athleticism.
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23 hacer ademanes
to gesture, make signs* * *(v.) = flail about, gesticulateEx. Your exaggerated coughs and annoyed looks and the oh so dramatic flailing about of your hands and arms when he lights up drive him up a wall.Ex. He gesticulates with an almost Latin frequency, but the range and direction of his movements are within the Anglo tradition.* * *(v.) = flail about, gesticulateEx: Your exaggerated coughs and annoyed looks and the oh so dramatic flailing about of your hands and arms when he lights up drive him up a wall.
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24 hacer alarde de
to flaunt, show off, parade* * *(v.) = boast, flaunt, brag, show offEx. In fact, he boasts that he knows more about library work than all of us who have our master's degrees put together.Ex. After some sort of formal training, they flaunt the so-called basic rules of management.Ex. While pirates and ancient mariners may have bragged about sailing the seven seas, the phrase is merely figurative.Ex. The district will proudly show off its historical heritage: the monastic library at Broumov, founded in the 13th century by Benedictine monks.* * *(v.) = boast, flaunt, brag, show offEx: In fact, he boasts that he knows more about library work than all of us who have our master's degrees put together.
Ex: After some sort of formal training, they flaunt the so-called basic rules of management.Ex: While pirates and ancient mariners may have bragged about sailing the seven seas, the phrase is merely figurative.Ex: The district will proudly show off its historical heritage: the monastic library at Broumov, founded in the 13th century by Benedictine monks. -
25 hacer borrón y cuenta nueva
to wipe the slate clean* * *(=olvidar el pasado) to let bygones be bygones; (=empezar de nuevo) to wipe the slate clean* * *(v.) = start with + a clean slate, cut + Posesivo + losses, turn over + a new leafEx. What I mean is, I can't then start with a clean slate toward everybody.Ex. Both the newspapers and the unions want to cut their losses by concluding a deal in advance of a court hearing that is scheduled to decide on the original causes of the strike.Ex. The article is entitled ' Turning over a new leaf: the public library service: a report'.* * *(v.) = start with + a clean slate, cut + Posesivo + losses, turn over + a new leafEx: What I mean is, I can't then start with a clean slate toward everybody.
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26 hacer caso omiso de
to ignore, pay no attention to* * *(v.) = be oblivious of/toEx. The advocacy of title entry for serials generally implies an ideology which is oblivious of the aims our catalog was designed to serve.* * *(v.) = be oblivious of/toEx: The advocacy of title entry for serials generally implies an ideology which is oblivious of the aims our catalog was designed to serve.
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27 hacer de tripas corazón
figurado to pluck up courage* * ** * *(v.) = bite + the bulletEx. The article ' Biting the Bullet on Education' discusses the crisis in science education which reflects larger educational problems and signals a possible economic disaster.* * *(v.) = bite + the bulletEx: The article ' Biting the Bullet on Education' discusses the crisis in science education which reflects larger educational problems and signals a possible economic disaster.
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28 hacer dedo
familiar to hitchhike* * *Esp * to hitch ** * *(v.) = hitch + a ride, thumb + a liftEx. After the music festival, campers began straggling out of town -- many of them looking to hitch a ride.Ex. The article 'Exploiting new technologies -- or ' thumbing a lift on the communications highways of tomorrow'' reviews current trends in telecommunications and their application to information services.* * *(v.) = hitch + a ride, thumb + a liftEx: After the music festival, campers began straggling out of town -- many of them looking to hitch a ride.
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29 hacer diana
to hit the bull's eye* * *(v.) = hit + homeEx. With our students, with our employees, the stress of the pulp and paper mill's shutdown is starting to hit home.* * *(v.) = hit + homeEx: With our students, with our employees, the stress of the pulp and paper mill's shutdown is starting to hit home.
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30 hacer el amor
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31 hacer el paripé
to put on an act* * *(v.) = keep up + facade, put on + an actEx. Tom Hernandez tried not to show how sad he felt about his friends' leaving, and managed to keep up a cheerful facade until the party broke up.Ex. Singers, dancers, and actors must now all know how to sing, dance and put on an act.* * *(v.) = keep up + facade, put on + an actEx: Tom Hernandez tried not to show how sad he felt about his friends' leaving, and managed to keep up a cheerful facade until the party broke up.
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32 hacer el ridículo
to make a fool of oneself* * *(v.) = make + a fool of + Reflexivo, make + an arse of + Reflexivo, make + a spectacle of + ReflexivoEx. He made a fool of himself at a private function and was asked to leave.Ex. Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.Ex. He began to show signs of being an entertainer by singing in the streets, juggling and just plain making a spectacle of himself.* * *(v.) = make + a fool of + Reflexivo, make + an arse of + Reflexivo, make + a spectacle of + ReflexivoEx: He made a fool of himself at a private function and was asked to leave.
Ex: Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.Ex: He began to show signs of being an entertainer by singing in the streets, juggling and just plain making a spectacle of himself. -
33 hacer esquina con
to be on the corner of* * *(v.) = form + right angles withEx. The new library extension is in the style of the old farm houses and forms right angles with the old, now restored, main building which houses offices and local history collection.* * *(v.) = form + right angles withEx: The new library extension is in the style of the old farm houses and forms right angles with the old, now restored, main building which houses offices and local history collection.
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34 hacer gala de
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35 hacer huelga
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36 hacer la cama
to make the bed* * *(v.) = make + the bedEx. Income is the payment people receive for doing work, such as earning a weekly allowance for making beds and emptying the wastebaskets.* * *(v.) = make + the bedEx: Income is the payment people receive for doing work, such as earning a weekly allowance for making beds and emptying the wastebaskets.
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37 hacer la vista gorda
familiar to turn a blind eye* * *to turn a blind eye, pretend not to notice* * *(v.) = look + the other way, turn + a blind eye to, pretend + not to have seenEx. 'Catching 10' while the supervisor is looking the other way is both a salve to the tired body & a little act of opposition.Ex. Teachers and librarians cannot afford to turn a blind eye to the literature a child is brought up with at home, no matter how anemic and worthless it may seem to be.Ex. She deliberately refused to rise to her feet when he entered a room as was customary, often pretending not to have seen him.* * *(v.) = look + the other way, turn + a blind eye to, pretend + not to have seenEx: 'Catching 10' while the supervisor is looking the other way is both a salve to the tired body & a little act of opposition.
Ex: Teachers and librarians cannot afford to turn a blind eye to the literature a child is brought up with at home, no matter how anemic and worthless it may seem to be.Ex: She deliberately refused to rise to her feet when he entered a room as was customary, often pretending not to have seen him. -
38 hacer las paces
to make up* * *(v.) = heal + the breach, heal + the rift, bury + the hatchet, make + (the) peace, smoke + the peace pipe, smoke + the pipe of peace, bury + the tomahawk, bury + the war axeEx. There is no doubt that since DCD and BNB healed the breach the LC scheme has gained in popularity.Ex. His initiatives helped heal the rift between authors and librarians.Ex. Idioms such as ' bury the hatchet' were presented to 48 college students in sentential contexts that either biased the subject toward a literal or a figurative interpretation or left the interpretation ambiguous.Ex. They used these relics to compel Flemish knights to cease feuding & make peace with their enemies, exploiting the fear of the miraculous powers of saints.Ex. If the Americans and the Russians can smoke the peace pipe, so can the Indians and the Pakistanis; however, it has to be done on the basis of dignity and mutual respect.Ex. There he and his braves met with white settlers to smoke the pipe of peace and settle their differences.Ex. Now is the time of all times to bury the tomahawk, throw aside all differences and unite in one great purpose of saving the State from further turmoil.Ex. Long ago when tribes exchanged gifts and agreed to wash the spears or bury the war axe things were not as complex as they became later on.* * *(v.) = heal + the breach, heal + the rift, bury + the hatchet, make + (the) peace, smoke + the peace pipe, smoke + the pipe of peace, bury + the tomahawk, bury + the war axeEx: There is no doubt that since DCD and BNB healed the breach the LC scheme has gained in popularity.
Ex: His initiatives helped heal the rift between authors and librarians.Ex: Idioms such as ' bury the hatchet' were presented to 48 college students in sentential contexts that either biased the subject toward a literal or a figurative interpretation or left the interpretation ambiguous.Ex: They used these relics to compel Flemish knights to cease feuding & make peace with their enemies, exploiting the fear of the miraculous powers of saints.Ex: If the Americans and the Russians can smoke the peace pipe, so can the Indians and the Pakistanis; however, it has to be done on the basis of dignity and mutual respect.Ex: There he and his braves met with white settlers to smoke the pipe of peace and settle their differences.Ex: Now is the time of all times to bury the tomahawk, throw aside all differences and unite in one great purpose of saving the State from further turmoil.Ex: Long ago when tribes exchanged gifts and agreed to wash the spears or bury the war axe things were not as complex as they became later on. -
39 hacer los deberes
to do one's homework* * *(v.) = do + homeworkEx. Children seek education deliberately when they use the library to do their homework while many of the other borrowers are looking for recreational fare.* * *(v.) = do + homeworkEx: Children seek education deliberately when they use the library to do their homework while many of the other borrowers are looking for recreational fare.
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40 hacer malabarismos
to juggle* * *(v.) = juggleEx. He began to show signs of being an entertainer by singing in the streets, juggling and just plain making a spectacle of himself.* * *(v.) = juggleEx: He began to show signs of being an entertainer by singing in the streets, juggling and just plain making a spectacle of himself.
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