protest song

ya estamos otra vez con la misma canción — here we go again! (colloq)

ya estamos otra vez con la misma canción — here we go again! (colloq)

Ex: Songs, poems, fingergames and picture books are shared with parents and their young children, from infancy to age 3.

en señal de protesta contra o por algo — in protest against sth

hacer una protesta — to make o lodge a protest

cumplieron con su protesta — they kept their promise o word

hacer una protesta — to make o lodge a protest

cumplieron con su protesta — they kept their promise o word

Ex: The cry is often heard that it is impossible to put nonbook materials on open shelves because they will be stolen.

Ex: Barnes uses a combination of spirituals, popular and protest songs that were adapted to introduce, review, or heighten students' interest in the 1950s and 1960s.

Ex: Barnes uses a combination of spirituals, popular and protest songs that were adapted to introduce, review, or heighten students' interest in the 1950s and 1960s.

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.

¡fuera de aquí, aire! — * get out of here! scram! *

• al aire, lanzar algo al aire — to throw sth into the air

• estar en el aire — [balón, paracaidista] to be in the air; (Radio) to be on (the) air

• al aire libre — [con verbo] outdoors, in the open air; [con sustantivo] outdoor antes de s, open-air antes de s

el concierto se celebró al aire libre — the concert was held outdoors o in the open air

una piscina al aire libre — an outdoor o open-air pool

• salir al aire — (Radio) to go on (the) air

• saltar por los aires — to blow up, explode

• tomar el aire — to get some fresh air

salió a tomar un poco el aire — he went out to get o for some fresh air

¡vete a tomar el aire! — * scram! *, clear off! *

• aire viciado — [en habitación cerrada] stale air; [en fábrica, ciudad contaminada] foul air

• volar por los aires — to blow up, explode

ir a su aire — to go one's own way, do one's own thing *

aire colado — cold draught, cold draft (EEUU)

• dar aire a algn — to fan sb

aires de cambio — (Pol) winds of change

eso te pasa por darte aires de superioridad — that's what happens when you think you're better than everyone else o when you put on airs

• darse un aire a algn — to look a bit like sb

lleva la ropa con mucho aire — she wears her clothes with great style o panache

a mi/tu/su aire: ellos salen en grupo, yo prefiero ir a mi aire they go out in a group, I prefer doing my own thing (colloq); cambiar or mudar de aire(s): necesito cambiar de aires I need a change of scene o air; dejar a alguien en el aire to leave somebody in suspense; quedar en el aire: todo quedó en el aire everything was left up in the air; su futuro quedó en el aire his future hung in the balance; saltar or volar por los aires to explode, blow up; vivir del aire — to live on air

salir al aire — to go out

darse aires (de grandeza) — to put on o give oneself airs

aires populares — traditional tunes o airs

a mi/tu/su aire: ellos salen en grupo, yo prefiero ir a mi aire they go out in a group, I prefer doing my own thing (colloq); cambiar or mudar de aire(s): necesito cambiar de aires I need a change of scene o air; dejar a alguien en el aire to leave somebody in suspense; quedar en el aire: todo quedó en el aire everything was left up in the air; su futuro quedó en el aire his future hung in the balance; saltar or volar por los aires to explode, blow up; vivir del aire — to live on air

salir al aire — to go out

darse aires (de grandeza) — to put on o give oneself airs

aires populares — traditional tunes o airs

Ex: This article diagnoses the information needs of those who work in the area of pollution of air, soil and earth.

reclamar contra una sentencia — (Jur) to appeal against a sentence

Ex: Periodicals control -- the procedures for receiving, ( claiming), and binding single issues of periodicals and serials -- is restricted to authorized users.

Ex: Barnes uses a combination of spirituals, popular and protest songs that were adapted to introduce, review, or heighten students' interest in the 1950s and 1960s.

Ex: There is now an even better (or worse) example that supplants rock music as the classical example of, not cultural lag, but musical lag, and that's GOSPEL MUSIC or gospel songs, which has just now been established.

letra bastardilla, letra cursiva — italics pl, italic type (EEUU)

escriba su nombre en letras de imprenta o de molde — please print your name in block letters

letra redonda — roman, roman type (EEUU)

no le entiendo la letra — I can't read his handwriting o writing

atarse a la letra — frm to stick to the literal meaning

letra de patente — letters patent pl

Ex: The database contains 12 of the most requested songs and screens the lyrics in time with the music = La base de datos contiene 12 de las canciones más solicitadas y muestra en pantalla las letras junto con la música.

Ex: A fixed length field is a field which has the same length, that is, contains the same number of characters in each record.