reader+error

segunda lectura — Esp (Pol) second reading

Ex: Computer searching has many facilities and permits a more flexible approach to index searching, but printed indexes have the advantage of ease of perusal.

Ex: All these networks have standard record formats, although it is regrettable that they all operate to different standards.

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.

este pasillo conduce a los pasajeros al avión — this corridor leads o takes passengers to the plane

esto no nos conduce a ninguna parte o a nada — this is getting us nowhere

conducir a algo — camino/sendero to lead to something

esa actitud no conduce a nada or ninguna parte — that attitude won't achieve anything o (colloq) won't get us anywhere

¿sabes conducir? — can o do you drive?

conducir a algo — camino/sendero to lead to something

esa actitud no conduce a nada or ninguna parte — that attitude won't achieve anything o (colloq) won't get us anywhere

¿sabes conducir? — can o do you drive?

Ex: A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific topics are considered, or on which specific names appear.

haremos lo posible para evitarlo — we'll do everything we can to avoid o prevent it

para evitar que sufran — to avoid o prevent them suffering

evitarle algo a alguien — <molestia/preocupación> to save o spare somebody something

haremos lo posible para evitarlo — we'll do everything we can to avoid o prevent it

para evitar que sufran — to avoid o prevent them suffering

evitarle algo a alguien — <molestia/preocupación> to save o spare somebody something

Ex: This situation requires a very skilled information worker if total disaster is to be avoided.