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21 costes por las nubes
(n.) = soaring cost, spiralling costsEx. The soaring cost of US health care in the 1980s have affected the size and stature of Michigan hospital libraries.Ex. Listed below are a number of alternatives which could be implemented to maintain our vitality under the conditions of declining enrollment, spiraling costs, and different outlooks.* * *(n.) = soaring cost, spiralling costsEx: The soaring cost of US health care in the 1980s have affected the size and stature of Michigan hospital libraries.
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22 ponerse por las nubes
[persona]to go up the wall*; [precio]to rocket, soar* * *(v.) = go + ballisticEx. Reducing demand and converting to alternative sources of energy are necessary steps toward accepting the reality of a natural increase in the price of petroleum, which is likely to go ballistic in the next ten years.* * *(v.) = go + ballisticEx: Reducing demand and converting to alternative sources of energy are necessary steps toward accepting the reality of a natural increase in the price of petroleum, which is likely to go ballistic in the next ten years.
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23 por las nubes
(adj.) = soaringEx. And to make matters worse, retirees on fixed incomes have recently presented the mayor with a petition deploring the soaring property taxes.* * *(adj.) = soaringEx: And to make matters worse, retirees on fixed incomes have recently presented the mayor with a petition deploring the soaring property taxes.
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24 precio + ponerse por las nubes
(v.) = price + go through the roof, price + spiral out of control, price + spiral out of control, price + soar through the roofEx. And, just as many people had predicted, prices went through the roof.Ex. Banks have put the cat among the pigeons by warning that without heavy increases in interest rates house prices would spiral out of control.Ex. Banks have put the cat among the pigeons by warning that without heavy increases in interest rates house prices would spiral out of control.Ex. With the price of milk soaring through the roof lots of folks are reconsidering powdered milk for it's economy.* * *(v.) = price + go through the roof, price + spiral out of control, price + spiral out of control, price + soar through the roofEx: And, just as many people had predicted, prices went through the roof.
Ex: Banks have put the cat among the pigeons by warning that without heavy increases in interest rates house prices would spiral out of control.Ex: Banks have put the cat among the pigeons by warning that without heavy increases in interest rates house prices would spiral out of control.Ex: With the price of milk soaring through the roof lots of folks are reconsidering powdered milk for it's economy. -
25 precios + ponerse por las nubes
(n.) = prices + spiralEx. Academic librarians have seen their budgets levelled and shrinking and have witnessed serials prices spiralling out of control.* * *(n.) = prices + spiralEx: Academic librarians have seen their budgets levelled and shrinking and have witnessed serials prices spiralling out of control.
Spanish-English dictionary > precios + ponerse por las nubes
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26 precios por las nubes
(n.) = spiralling pricesEx. The problem of spiraling prices for periodicals in academic libraries cannot be solved simply by reducing staff.* * *(n.) = spiralling pricesEx: The problem of spiraling prices for periodicals in academic libraries cannot be solved simply by reducing staff.
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27 sentirse como flotando en las nubes
(v.) = float on + airEx. She felt the rush of adrenaline and sense of floating on air as the plane lifted off for a tour over the harbor.* * *(v.) = float on + airEx: She felt the rush of adrenaline and sense of floating on air as the plane lifted off for a tour over the harbor.
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28 sin nubes
adj.without a cloud, unclouded, cloudless.* * *(adj.) = unclouded, uncloudy, cloudlessEx. As they grow up in those heady post-war years, in the blue unclouded weather of the late 1940s, these are the sisters you'll never forget.Ex. In that case, the peak of solar energy could be at an uncloudy moment in the morning or afternoon, even though the sun wasn't highest in the sky at that moment.Ex. This is the first cloudless image of the Earth from space.* * *(adj.) = unclouded, uncloudy, cloudlessEx: As they grow up in those heady post-war years, in the blue unclouded weather of the late 1940s, these are the sisters you'll never forget.
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29 vivir en las nubes
(v.) = be in cloud cuckoo land, live in + cloud cuckoo landEx. There are always those, who, if they cannot see any immediate relationship between what is being taught and the present state of practice, declare that the schools of librarianship are ' in cloud cuckoo land' or some other improbable location.Ex. He argued that those who believe the status quo is the best way forward for sustainable development were living in cloud cuckoo land.* * *(v.) = be in cloud cuckoo land, live in + cloud cuckoo landEx: There are always those, who, if they cannot see any immediate relationship between what is being taught and the present state of practice, declare that the schools of librarianship are ' in cloud cuckoo land' or some other improbable location.
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30 estar en las nubes
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31 los precios están por las nubes
Spanish-English dictionary > los precios están por las nubes
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32 poner a algn en o por o sobre las nubes
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33 andar en las nubes
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34 andar por las nubes
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35 bajar de las nubes
• bring down to reality• come back to earth• come down to earth• come down to reality -
36 bajarse de las nubes
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39 capa de nubes
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40 castillos en las nubes
• castles in the sky• false illusions
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