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121 lector de microformas
(n.) = microform reader, reader, viewerEx. Microforms are portable, but must be read with the intercession of a reader, and although portable models exist, microform readers, in general, are less portable.Ex. Microforms are portable, but must be read with the intercession of a reader, and although portable models exist, microform readers, in general, are less portable.Ex. All the library records are in this small folder and can be retrieved by projection through a viewer.* * *(n.) = microform reader, reader, viewerEx: Microforms are portable, but must be read with the intercession of a reader, and although portable models exist, microform readers, in general, are less portable.
Ex: Microforms are portable, but must be read with the intercession of a reader, and although portable models exist, microform readers, in general, are less portable.Ex: All the library records are in this small folder and can be retrieved by projection through a viewer. -
122 lectura rápida buscando algo
(n.) = scanningEx. With online display, the alphabetical arrangement can become less significant, since all look-ups can be achieved with the computer, and there is less need for the scanning of alphabetical lists.* * *(n.) = scanningEx: With online display, the alphabetical arrangement can become less significant, since all look-ups can be achieved with the computer, and there is less need for the scanning of alphabetical lists.
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123 malos tiempos
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124 menos de + Cantidad
= under + Cantidad, less than + CantidadEx. The cheapest of these machines costs under $100 and they can be bought in stores, supermarkets and by mail-order.Ex. Microcomputers with Winchester disks are now widely available for less than $5000.* * *= under + Cantidad, less than + CantidadEx: The cheapest of these machines costs under $100 and they can be bought in stores, supermarkets and by mail-order.
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125 menos probable
(adj.) = least likely, less likelyEx. That is to say, class numbers were used in the first place to screen out parts of the data base which seemed least likely to contain relevant items.Ex. The same is not true, of course, of the humanities or social sciences, where the method is less likely to be successful.* * *(adj.) = least likely, less likelyEx: That is to say, class numbers were used in the first place to screen out parts of the data base which seemed least likely to contain relevant items.
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126 menos usado
(adj.) = less usedEx. The original objective was to promote interlibrary cooperation by arranging a national storage and interlending centre for less used library material.* * *(adj.) = less usedEx: The original objective was to promote interlibrary cooperation by arranging a national storage and interlending centre for less used library material.
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127 merodear
v.to snoop, to prowl.Nos merodea la mafia The Mafia marauds around us.* * *1 (curiosear) to prowl about2 MILITAR to maraud* * *VI1) (=rondar) to prowl (about); [pandillas, tropas] to maraud2) Méx to make money by illicit means* * *verbo intransitivo to prowl* * *= hang around, loiter (about/around), loaf (about/around), bum around, prowl, hang about.Ex. His characters are gullible and easily led, dependent on the kindness of strangers and vulnerable to parasites and touts who hang around train stations and hotels.Ex. A high-pitched sound said to be only audible to young people will be used to deter teenagers from loitering at night.Ex. The less you work, the less you spend and the more time you have for loafing about.Ex. He spent his early twenties bumming around the world and became fascinated by the differences and similarities in all of us.Ex. Told in rhyme, this is the story of a slinky black cat who prowls at night and becomes a thief.Ex. A new report says that we waste three hours a day faffing around, doing nothing in particular, pootling, dawdling, pottering, hanging about.* * *verbo intransitivo to prowl* * *= hang around, loiter (about/around), loaf (about/around), bum around, prowl, hang about.Ex: His characters are gullible and easily led, dependent on the kindness of strangers and vulnerable to parasites and touts who hang around train stations and hotels.
Ex: A high-pitched sound said to be only audible to young people will be used to deter teenagers from loitering at night.Ex: The less you work, the less you spend and the more time you have for loafing about.Ex: He spent his early twenties bumming around the world and became fascinated by the differences and similarities in all of us.Ex: Told in rhyme, this is the story of a slinky black cat who prowls at night and becomes a thief.Ex: A new report says that we waste three hours a day faffing around, doing nothing in particular, pootling, dawdling, pottering, hanging about.* * *merodear [A1 ]vito prowllo vi merodeando por aquí I saw him prowling around here* * *
merodear ( conjugate merodear) verbo intransitivo
to prowl
merodear verbo intransitivo to prowl, loiter: le he visto merodeando por aquí antes, I've seen him prowling around here before
' merodear' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
rondar
English:
hover
- loiter
- lurk
- prowl
- skulk
* * *merodear vi* * *v/i loiter* * *merodear vi1) : to maraud, to pillage2) : to prowl around, to skulk -
128 moderar + Posesivo + aspiraciones
(v.) = lower + Posesivo + sightsEx. Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence -- a nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sights = Menos fácil de medir pero no menos profunda es la pérdida de confianza, un temor continuo de que el declive de Estados Unidos es inevitable y de que la próxima generación tiene que moderar sus aspiraciones.* * *(v.) = lower + Posesivo + sightsEx: Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence -- a nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sights = Menos fácil de medir pero no menos profunda es la pérdida de confianza, un temor continuo de que el declive de Estados Unidos es inevitable y de que la próxima generación tiene que moderar sus aspiraciones.
Spanish-English dictionary > moderar + Posesivo + aspiraciones
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