purpose rule

• la necesidad de hacer algo — the need to do sth

• tener necesidad de algo — to need sth

• artículos o productos de primera necesidad — basic essentials, staple items

• pasar necesidades — to suffer hardship o hardships

la necesidad hace maestros or aguza el ingenio — necessity is the mother of invention

la necesidad lo impulsó a robar — he stole out of necessity o need

la necesidad hace maestros or aguza el ingenio — necessity is the mother of invention

la necesidad lo impulsó a robar — he stole out of necessity o need

Ex: The main inconveniences of item record indexes arise from the necessity of searching the entire file.

Ex: Several possible rules governing the reference interview are examined; one calls for inquiry into client's underlying wants, 'the face value rule', another for inquiry into underlying needs, 'the purpose rule'.

Ex: Several possible rules governing the reference interview are examined; one calls for inquiry into client's underlying wants, 'the face value rule', another for inquiry into underlying needs, 'the purpose rule'.

Ex: Several possible rules governing the reference interview are examined; one calls for inquiry into client's underlying wants, 'the face value rule', another for inquiry into underlying needs, 'the purpose rule'.

las cuatro reglas — addition, subtraction, multiplication and division

• en regla — in order

• por regla general — generally, as a rule

• salir de regla — to overstep the mark

• en toda regla, hacer algo en toda regla — to do sth properly

¿por qué regla de tres...? — Esp * why on earth...?

Ex: In so doing the indexes act as an organized guide to large sections of the literature of a subject area.

Ex: The apparent size of the face is measured directly with a finely graduated scale and a magnifying glass.

Ex: The debate on whether or not a woman can get pregnant during her period has been going on for decades now.

mi mayor deseo es encontrar un trabajo — my dearest wish o greatest desire is to find a job

ardo en deseos de conocerla — liter I have a burning desire to meet her

pedir o formular un deseo — to make a wish

tus deseos son órdenes para mí — (fr hecha) your wish is my command (set phrase)

deseos de algo: con mis mejores deseos de felicidad/éxito wishing you every happiness/success; ardía en deseos de verla — (liter) he had a burning desire to see her

tus deseos son órdenes para mí — (fr hecha) your wish is my command (set phrase)

deseos de algo: con mis mejores deseos de felicidad/éxito wishing you every happiness/success; ardía en deseos de verla — (liter) he had a burning desire to see her

Ex: We need to know what and how consumers' information appetites have changed.

Ex: Several possible rules governing the reference interview are examined; one calls for inquiry into client's underlying wants, 'the face value rule', another for inquiry into underlying needs, 'the purpose rule'.

están realizando una investigación sobre el ADN — they're doing research into o on DNA

Ex: A threshold weight appropriate to the specificity of the searcher's enquiry must be established.

hacer una pregunta — to ask o put a question

presentar una pregunta — (Pol) to put down a question, table a question

pregunta sugestiva — (Jur) leading question

Ex: A threshold weight appropriate to the specificity of the searcher's enquiry must be established.

juega como yo — he plays like me o like I do

como este hay pocos — there are few like this o him

tiene ventajas, como son la resistencia y durabilidad — it has advantages, such as o like strength and durability

hazlo como te dijo ella — do it like * o the way she told you

toca como canta — she plays like * o the same way as she sings

no es como me lo imaginaba — it isn't as o like * I imagined it

• tal como, tal como lo había planeado — just as o the way I had planned it

hazlo como quieras — do it however you want o like

• como sea — at all costs

había como cincuenta — there were about o around fifty

vino como a las dos — he came at about o around two

sentía como tristeza — she felt a sort o kind of sadness

como no tenía dinero — as o since I had no money

• tal (y) como están las cosas — the way things are, as things stand

• de tanto como, tienen las manos doloridas de tanto como aplaudieron — they clapped so much their hands hurt

• como no, como no lo haga en seguida... — if he doesn't do it at once..., unless he does it at once...

siguió leyendo, como si no hubiera oído nada — he kept on reading, as if o as though he hadn't heard

sentí como si fuera a caerme — I felt as if o as though I was about to fall

como si no hubiera pasado nada — as if o as though nothing had happened

se comporta como si me odiara — he behaves as if o as though he hated me

como si fuera a llover — as if o as though it was going to rain

a como dé o diera lugar — at any cost

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before

así como — (frml) as well as

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!; como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least; como nadie: cocina como nadie nobody cooks like her; como que...: conduce muy bien - como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well - well, he is a racing driver, after all; y no me lo dijiste - como que no lo sabía! and you didn't tell me about it - that's because I didn't know about it!; como ser (CS) such as, for example; como si (+ subj) as if, as though; ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa — she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all o in the least worried

no voy - como quieras — I'm not going - please yourself o as you like

como era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta — since o as it was early, we went for a walk

cansado como estaba, me ayudó — tired though o tired as he was, he helped me