raising (verb)

to muster (up) — \<\<team/army\>\> lograr formar

to pass muster: that kind of excuse will not pass muster ese tipo de excusa no va a colar (fam); the car didn't pass muster — el coche no pasó la inspección

to muster (up) — \<\<team/army\>\> lograr formar

to pass muster: that kind of excuse will not pass muster ese tipo de excusa no va a colar (fam); the car didn't pass muster — el coche no pasó la inspección

Ex: The time has come when organised knowledge should recognise and reward librarianship and its offspring information science.

to hang fire — Military faire long feu; fig [plans, project, person] traîner

he'll never set the world on fire — (colloq) il ne fera jamais de miracles; house

(table of) contents — ( of book) índice m de materias, sumario m; ( in magazine) sumario m

to content oneself WITH something/-ING — contentarse or conformarse con algo/+ inf

he is content to watch — se conforma or se contenta con mirar

to content o.s. with sth/with doing sth — contentarse or darse por contento con algo/con hacer algo

content provider N — proveedor m de contenidos

contents insurance N — seguro m de contenido

contents page N — (in book) índice m

(table of) contents — ( of book) índice m de materias, sumario m; ( in magazine) sumario m

to content oneself WITH something/-ING — contentarse or conformarse con algo/+ inf

to raise somebody TO something — ascender* or elevar a alguien a algo

• to raise one's eyebrows — (lit) arquear las cejas

her behaviour raised a lot of eyebrows — (fig) su comportamiento escandalizó a mucha gente

• to raise one's eyes — alzar la vista or la mirada, levantar los ojos or la vista

• to raise one's glass to sth/sb — brindar por algo/algn

• he raised his hands in horror/surrender — levantó or alzó las manos horrorizado/rindiéndose

• to raise o.s. — levantarse, alzarse

• we want to raise the profile of rugby — queremos realzar la imagen del rugby

• don't you raise your voice to me! — ¡no me levantes or alces la voz!

• his speech raised a cheer from the crowd — su discurso suscitó una ovación del público

• his forlorn attempts to raise a few laughs — sus intentos desesperados por provocar unas cuantas risas

• she could barely raise a smile — apenas pudo sonreír

• to raise suspicion in sb's mind — levantar or despertar las sospechas de algn

you'll have to raise that with the director — tendrás que plantearle or comentarle eso al director

• to raise objections to sth — poner objeciones or peros a algo

• this raises the prospect of civil war — esto plantea la posibilidad de una guerra civil

• he gets embarrassed whenever the subject is raised — se pone violento cada vez que se saca el tema

• they couldn't raise his bail — no pudieron reunir el dinero de su fianza

• they raised a loan against the house — consiguieron un préstamo con la casa como garantía

• to raise money for charity — recaudar dinero con fines benéficos

we tried to raise him on the radio — intentamos contactar con él or localizarlo por radio

• to raise sb from the dead — resucitar a algn, levantar a algn de entre los muertos

to raise somebody TO something — ascender* or elevar a alguien a algo

sich od. seine Leistung[en] steigern — improve one's performance

sich od. seine Leistung[en] steigern — improve one's performance

lever la main or le doigt — ( pour parler) to put up one's hand

lever la main sur quelqu'un — ( frapper) to raise a hand to somebody

lever les bras au ciel — to throw up one's hands (de in)

lever les yeux or la tête — ( regarder) to look up (sur, vers at)

sans lever les yeux — [dire, répondre] without looking up; [travailler, étudier] without a break

lever son verre — to raise one's glass (à to)

lever le rideau — Théâtre to raise the curtain

lever les filets — ( à la pêche) to haul in the nets

lever un lièvre — lit to start a hare

il faut se lever de bonne heure (colloq) pour comprendre ce qu'il dit — fig you need to be pretty (colloq) clever to understand what he says

‘accusé, levez-vous!’ — Droit ‘the accused will stand’