pensativo

Ex: The philosophical, brooding Hippopotamians have suffered many attacks by the neighbouring Crocs who are well known for their purposefulness and efficiency.

Ex: 'You know, Tilly wasn't bad during my interview with her,' Datto said pensively.

Ex: He'll be sitting in the corner and brooding.

la ilusión es lo único que lo mantiene vivo — hope is the only thing that keeps him alive o going

• mantener algo caliente — to keep sth hot

• mantener algo en equilibrio — to balance sth, keep sth balanced

• mantener algo en secreto — to keep sth a secret

un alto porcentaje mantenía su opinión sobre la crisis — a high percentage maintained o held their opinion about the crisis

una civilización que lucha por mantener sus tradiciones — a civilization struggling to uphold o maintain its traditions

• al conducir hay que mantener la distancia de seguridad — you have to keep (at) a safe distance when driving

• mantener el equilibrio — to keep one's balance

• mantener el fuego — to keep the fire going

• mantener la línea — to keep one's figure, keep in shape

• mantener la paz — to keep the peace, maintain peace

ahora tiene una familia que mantener — now he has a family to support o maintain

ya no pienso mantenerla más — I refuse to keep o support o maintain her any longer

es incapaz de mantener una conversación coherente — he is incapable of maintaining o holding a coherent conversation

mantenga limpia su ciudad — keep Norwich (o York etc) tidy

mantenga limpia su ciudad — keep Norwich (o York etc) tidy

Ex: The organization was trembling on the brink of financial disaster, and only the journal, American Documentation, was holding it together.

los han distribuido del siguiente modo — they have been distributed in the following way o frm manner

a mi modo de pensar o ver — in my view, the way I see it

• a mi/tu modo — (in) my/your (own) way

• a modo de — as

• en cierto modo — in a way, to a certain extent

• de cualquier modo — [antes de verbo] anyway, in any case; (=después de verbo) anyhow

de cualquier modo, ahora tenemos que irnos — we have to go now anyway o in any case

hazlo de cualquier modo — do it anyway you like, do it anyhow, do it any old how *

• de modo + adj —

• de ese modo — [antes de verbo] (in) this way; [después de verbo] like that

• grosso modo — broadly speaking

• de mal modo — rudely

• del mismo o de igual modo — in the same way

todos van vestidos del mismo o de igual modo — they are all dressed the same o in the same way

del mismo modo que — in the same way as o that, just as

• de ningún modo o en modo alguno, no quiero de ningún modo o en modo alguno implicarla en esto — I don't want to involve her in this in any way

¡de ningún modo! — certainly not!, no way! *

• de todos modos — anyway, all the same, in any case

aunque no me dejes, me iré de todos modos — even if you don't let me, I'll go anyway o all the same o in any case

¡ni modo! — (=de ninguna manera) no way *, not a chance *; (=no hay otra alternativa) what else can I/you etc do?

• buenos modos — good manners

• malos modos — bad manners

de modo — manner antes de s

me lo pidió de muy mal modo — (AmL) she asked me (for it) very rudely

a modo de: se puso una manta a modo de poncho he put a blanket round his shoulders like a poncho; a modo de introducción by way of introduction; de cualquier modo ( de todas formas) (indep) in any case, anyway; ( sin cuidado) anyhow; del mismo or de igual modo que just as, in the same way (that); de modo que ( así que) so; ( para que) (+ subj) so that; ¿de modo que se van? so they're going, are they?; de modo que se vean desde aquí so that they can be seen from here; de ningún modo no way; de ningún modo puedo aceptar there's no way I can accept; de todos modos anyway, anyhow; en cierto modo in a way; ni modo (AmL exc CS fam): ¿pudieron entrar? - no, ni modo did they get in? - no, no way (colloq); traté de persuadirlo pero ni modo I tried to persuade him but it was no good; ni modo, yo soy como soy that's tough o too bad, I am the way I am (colloq); ni modo que te quedes aquí — there's no way you're staying here (colloq)

con buenos/malos modos — politely/rudely o impolitely

me lo pidió de muy mal modo — (AmL) she asked me (for it) very rudely

a modo de: se puso una manta a modo de poncho he put a blanket round his shoulders like a poncho; a modo de introducción by way of introduction; de cualquier modo ( de todas formas) (indep) in any case, anyway; ( sin cuidado) anyhow; del mismo or de igual modo que just as, in the same way (that); de modo que ( así que) so; ( para que) (+ subj) so that; ¿de modo que se van? so they're going, are they?; de modo que se vean desde aquí so that they can be seen from here; de ningún modo no way; de ningún modo puedo aceptar there's no way I can accept; de todos modos anyway, anyhow; en cierto modo in a way; ni modo (AmL exc CS fam): ¿pudieron entrar? - no, ni modo did they get in? - no, no way (colloq); traté de persuadirlo pero ni modo I tried to persuade him but it was no good; ni modo, yo soy como soy that's tough o too bad, I am the way I am (colloq); ni modo que te quedes aquí — there's no way you're staying here (colloq)

con buenos/malos modos — politely/rudely o impolitely

Ex: During the last twenty years the variety of approaches to the organisation of knowledge has proliferated with the introduction of computer-based methods.

Ex: I believe that literature is certainly in one sense 'play' -- grave and absorbed play.

Ex: Librarians are inner-directed, meditative, liberal people whose rewards and motivations come from self-fulfillment.

permaneció en silencio — he was o remained silent

permaneció en silencio — he was o remained silent

Ex: The song may be forgotten but among library users the sentiment lingers on.