popular work

un barrio popular — a working-class neighbourhood o (EEUU) neighborhood

Ex: The cult of information forms the catalyst for a discussion of the ways in which information has acquired folkloristic status as the major way in which people look at the world.

Ex: Their work constitutes a new art movement, drawing on, and straddling divisions between, pop art, performing arts, popular culture, and fashion.

Ex: I can see the barbarising of our own culture by wealth - wealth retreating more and more into fewer and fewer hands and anarchy outside that.

la fecha de caducidad viene en la base del paquete — the use-by date is on the base o the bottom of the pack

• carecer de base — [acusación] to lack foundation, be unfounded; [argumento] to lack justification, be unjustified

• de base — [error, dato] basic, fundamental; [activista, apoyo] grass-roots antes de s

• en base a [uso periodístico] —

• partir de una base, un juez tiene que partir de una base de neutralidad absoluta — a judge must start out from a position of absolute neutrality

• sentar las bases de algo — to lay the foundations of sth

su visita sentó las bases para una futura cooperación — her visit paved the way for o laid the foundations of future cooperation

• sobre la base de algo — on the basis of sth

• a base de algo, una dieta a base de arroz — a rice-based diet, a diet based on rice

• a base de hacer algo — by doing sth

a base de insistir, la convenció para comprar la casa — by o through his insistence, he persuaded her to buy the house

a base de bien Esp * —

hoy hemos trabajado a base de bien — we've done loads of work today *

nos divertimos a base de bien — we had a whale of a time *

base imponible — (Econ) taxable income

han aprobado el texto base para el nuevo convenio — they have approved the provisional o draft text of the new agreement

• alimento base — staple (food)

• color base — base colour o (EEUU) color

a base de: a base de descansar se fue recuperando by resting she gradually recovered; un régimen a base de verdura a vegetable-based diet; vive a base de pastillas he lives on pills; de base <planteamiento/error> fundamental, basic; < militante> rank-and-file (before n), ordinary (before n); < movimiento> grass-roots (before n); en base a (crit) on the basis of; a base de bien (Esp fam): comimos a base de bien — we ate really well

a base de: a base de descansar se fue recuperando by resting she gradually recovered; un régimen a base de verdura a vegetable-based diet; vive a base de pastillas he lives on pills; de base <planteamiento/error> fundamental, basic; < militante> rank-and-file (before n), ordinary (before n); < movimiento> grass-roots (before n); en base a (crit) on the basis of; a base de bien (Esp fam): comimos a base de bien — we ate really well

Ex: The reader should now have a reasonably firm base from which to begin a more detailed reading of the specification of elements.

artes — (Univ) arts

arte poética — poetics sing

malas artes — trickery sing

sin arte — [como adj] clumsy; [como adv] clumsily

arte mayor — Spanish verse of eight lines each of twelve syllables dating from the 15th century

arte menor — Spanish verse usually of four lines each of six or eight syllables

arte de pesca — (=red) fishing net; (=caña etc) fishing tackle

no trabajo por amor al arte — (hum) I'm not working for the good of my health (hum)

tiene arte para arreglar flores — she has a flair o gift for flower arranging

empleé todas mis artes para... — I used every trick I could think of to...

no trabajo por amor al arte — (hum) I'm not working for the good of my health (hum)

tiene arte para arreglar flores — she has a flair o gift for flower arranging

empleé todas mis artes para... — I used every trick I could think of to...

Ex: In less well structured schemes, the application of chain indexing is more of an art.

tienen una serie de características comunes — they share a series of features, they have a series of common features o features in common

• común a algn/algo — common to sb/sth

• tener algo en común — to have sth in common

• hacer algo en común — to do sth together

• poner en común — [+ iniciativas, problemas] to share

el consumo de alcohol es una práctica común — alcohol consumption is very common o widespread

• común y corriente — perfectly ordinary

• fuera de lo común — exceptional, extraordinary

tiene una voz única, algo fuera de lo común — she has a unique voice, quite exceptional o extraordinary

• por lo común — as a rule

• común y silvestre — LAm perfectly ordinary

común y corriente — (normal, nada especial) ordinary; < expresión> common

común y corriente — (normal, nada especial) ordinary; < expresión> common

Ex: Microfilm and microfiche formats are now commonplace in most libraries.