pieces of news

¡noticias frescas! — iró tell me a new one!

noticia bomba — * bombshell *

hacer noticia — to hit the headlines

no tenemos noticias suyas — ( provenientes de él) we haven't heard from him; ( provenientes de otra persona) we haven't had (any) news of him

hacer noticia — to hit the headlines

no tenemos noticias suyas — ( provenientes de él) we haven't heard from him; ( provenientes de otra persona) we haven't had (any) news of him

Ex: Printed current awareness bulletins may be produced from similar facilities to those in above, except that here the announcement will relate only to newly added items.

Ex: Intelligent agents are specialized software designed to search through electronic mail and databases, and scan networks for interesting pieces of news and information on behalf of a single searcher.

Ex: The cards in the index are liable to become disorganized if inexperienced information seekers tamper with the index.

Ex: Other walls, where security and privacy are absolutely essential, are not structural and are designed to be easily demounted and erected elsewhere.

¡ven acá o aquí! — come (over) here!

•¿y todo esto a quéviene? — what's all this in aid of?

• hacer venir a algn, le hicieron venir desde Londres — they had him come (all the way) from London

• venir (a) por algn/algo — to come for sb/sth

¡enseguida o ahora vengo! — I'll be right back! *

la guerra y todo lo que vino después — the war and everything that happened o came afterwards

• la honestidad le viene de familia — honesty runs in her family

el abrigo te viene algo pequeño — the coat is rather small on o for you

este puesto de trabajo me viene grande o ancho — this job is beyond me, this job is too much for me

• venir bien, ¿te viene bien el sábado? — is Saturday all right for you?

eso vendrá bien para el invierno — that will come in handy for the winter *

me vendría bien una copita — I could do with a drink *

• venir mal, mañana me viene mal — tomorrow is inconvenient

lo peor está por venir — the worst is yet o still to come

yo no tenía dinero y el niño venga a pedir chucherías — I didn't have any money and my boy was always o forever asking for little treats

vino a parar o dar a la cárcel — he ended up in jail

• venir a ser, viene a ser 84 en total — it comes to 84 all together

viene a ser lo mismo — it comes to o amounts to the same thing

venía hecho polvo — *he was shattered *

-¡hasta luego! -¡venga! — "see you later!" - "O.K.!" o"right!"

-me ha tocado la lotería -¡venga ya! — "I've won the lottery" - "you're kidding! *"

¿a qué vino? — what did he come by o around for?

venir por or (Esp) a por alguien/algo — to come for somebody/something, come to pick somebody/something up

no vengas tarde — don't be late home o back

venir con algo: me vino con un cuento he came up with some excuse; no me vengas con exigencias don't start making demands; no me vengas con eso ahora don't give me that (colloq); y ahora viene con que necesita el doble — and now he says he needs double

me vino una gripe — I came o went down with flu

¿te viene bien a las ocho? — is eight o'clock all right o OK for you?

venirse abajo — persona to go to pieces; techo to fall in, collapse; estante to collapse; ilusiones to go up in smoke; proyectos to fall through

¿a qué vino? — what did he come by o around for?

venir por or (Esp) a por alguien/algo — to come for somebody/something, come to pick somebody/something up

no vengas tarde — don't be late home o back

venir con algo: me vino con un cuento he came up with some excuse; no me vengas con exigencias don't start making demands; no me vengas con eso ahora don't give me that (colloq); y ahora viene con que necesita el doble — and now he says he needs double

me vino una gripe — I came o went down with flu

¿te viene bien a las ocho? — is eight o'clock all right o OK for you?

venirse abajo — persona to go to pieces; techo to fall in, collapse; estante to collapse; ilusiones to go up in smoke; proyectos to fall through

Ex: This article urges children's librarians to attack 'aliteracy' (lack of a desire to read) as well as illiteracy by taking programmes, e.g. story hours, to children who do not come to libraries.

la Última Cena — (Rel) the Last Supper

• a lo último — * in the end

• por último — finally, lastly

por último, el conferenciante hizo referencia a... — finally o lastly, the speaker mentioned...

• por última vez — for the last time

los dos últimos cuadros que ha hecho no son tan innovadores — his two latest o his latest two paintings are not so innovative

durante la última década — in o over the last decade

• ahora último — Chile recently

• en los últimos años — in o over the last few years, in recent years

• en los últimos tiempos — lately

el último escalón — the bottom o last step

el equipo en última posición — the team in last o bottom place

las noticias llegan hasta el último rincón del país — news gets to the most remote o the furthest parts of the country

en último caso, iría yo — as a last resort o if all else fails, I would go

• lo último * —

estar a la última — to be bang up-to-date *

en el último momento or a última hora — at the last minute o moment

en los últimos tiempos — recently, in recent years (o months etc)

último aviso a los pasajeros del vuelo... — last o final call for passengers on flight...

ser lo último — (fam) ( el colmo) to be the last straw o the limit; ( lo más reciente) to be the latest thing

¿te cuento la última? — (fam) do you want to hear the latest? (colloq)

a últimos de — (Esp) toward(s) the end of

en (Col) or (Ven) de últimas — as a last resort, if the worst comes to the worst

a la última — (fam)

estar en las últimas — ( estar a punto de morir) to be at death's door; ( no tener dinero) (fam) to be broke (colloq)

tomar la última — (fam) to have one for the road (colloq)

en el último momento or a última hora — at the last minute o moment

en los últimos tiempos — recently, in recent years (o months etc)

último aviso a los pasajeros del vuelo... — last o final call for passengers on flight...

ser lo último — (fam) ( el colmo) to be the last straw o the limit; ( lo más reciente) to be the latest thing

¿te cuento la última? — (fam) do you want to hear the latest? (colloq)

a últimos de — (Esp) toward(s) the end of

en (Col) or (Ven) de últimas — as a last resort, if the worst comes to the worst

a la última — (fam)

estar en las últimas — ( estar a punto de morir) to be at death's door; ( no tener dinero) (fam) to be broke (colloq)

tomar la última — (fam) to have one for the road (colloq)

Ex: We now come to the sixth and last condition of authorship.