revelar algo

Ex: 'Let me know how you think we should break the news, uh?,' Cissy Bogardus replied and took her leave.

no quiso revelar su identidad — he did not want to reveal o disclose his identity, he did not want to identify himself

revelar un secreto — to reveal o give away a secret

su expresión revelaba desprecio — his expression revealed o showed contempt

Ex: But Stanton kew that this remark belied James' impatience with the situation.

Ex: In order to render the image visible, the copy paper must be developed.

al revisar las cuentas ha descubierto numerosas irregularidades — when he went over the accounts he discovered o found numerous irregularities

los análisis han descubierto la presencia de un virus — the tests have revealed o shown up the presence of a virus

he descubierto la causa de su malhumor — I've found out o discovered why he's in such a bad mood

descubrió que era alérgica a las gambas — she found out o discovered she was allergic to prawns

la seda le descubría el escote — the silk revealed o exposed her cleavage

me descubro! — I take my hat off to you/him/them

me descubro! — I take my hat off to you/him/them

Ex: The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.

el café me desvela — coffee keeps me awake o stops me from getting to sleep

desvelarse por algo/alguien: se desvela por que no les falte nada a sus hijos she does her utmost o very best to make sure her children do not lack for anything; yo me desvelo por él — I go out of my way for him

desvelarse por algo/alguien: se desvela por que no les falte nada a sus hijos she does her utmost o very best to make sure her children do not lack for anything; yo me desvelo por él — I go out of my way for him

Ex: But Stanton kew that this remark belied James' impatience with the situation.

este sismógrafo acusa la menor vibración — this seismometer picks up o registers the least vibration

lo acusó a or con la maestra — she went to the teacher and told on him (colloq)

acusar recibo de algo — (Corresp) to acknowledge receipt of something

lo acusó a or con la maestra — she went to the teacher and told on him (colloq)

acusar recibo de algo — (Corresp) to acknowledge receipt of something

Ex: He accused her of lying when they said she was at the movies when she had called in sick.

Ex: A study of the major general schemes reveals a wide gulf between theory, as outlined in the previous chapter, and practice, as reflected in the major schemes.

confiar o contar un secreto a algn — to tell sb a secret

estar en el secreto — frm to be in on the secret

hacer secreto de algo — frm to be secretive about sth, keep sth secret

secreto de confesión — (Rel) confessional secret

secreto de Polichinela — frm open secret

secreto de sumario, secreto sumarial, debido al secreto del sumario o sumarial — because the matter is sub judice

los preparamos en secreto — we prepared them secretly o in secret

revelar un secreto — to give away o reveal a secret

los preparamos en secreto — we prepared them secretly o in secret

revelar un secreto — to give away o reveal a secret

Ex: That book is a source document; it's something in the hand for somebody interested in censorship and secrecy in government.

Ex: It is the breadth, not the depth, of librarians' knowledge that enables them quickly to provide a productive context for even the most apparently arcane questions.

no entiende nada — he doesn't understand a thing o anything

• nada de, no sabe nada de español — he knows no Spanish at all, he doesn't know any Spanish at all

-¿qué te cuentas? -nada de particular — "what's new?" - "nothing much" o "not a lot"

• estuvo en nada que lo perdiesen — they very nearly lost it

• no me falta de nada — I've got everything I need

• hace nada — just a moment ago

• no se parecen en nada — they're not at all alike

• quedar(se) en nada — to come to nothing

• no reparar en nada — to stop at nothing

• no servir para nada — to be utterly useless

• no ha sido nada — it's nothing, it doesn't matter

• antes de nada, antes de nada tengo que telefonear — before I do anything else I must make a phone call

• a cada nada — LAm * constantly

• casi nada, no costó casi nada — it cost next to nothing

• como si nada, se lo advertí, pero como si nada — I warned him but it was as if I hadn't spoken

• de nada, -¡gracias! -de nada — "thanks!" - "don't mention it" o "you're welcome"

• dentro de nada — very soon

• nada más, -¿desea algo más? -nada más, gracias — "can I get you anything else?" - "no, that's all thank you"

estas flores aparecen nada más terminado el invierno — these flowers come out just after the winter o as soon as the winter is over

nada más que estoy muy cansado — And, Méx it's just that I'm very tired

• (nada más y) nada menos que... — (no more and) no less than...

• ni nada — or anything

pues no es feo ni nada — iró he's not ugly... much!

• para nada — at all

• por nada, por nada se echa a llorar — she's always crying over nothing o for no reason at all

¡por nada! — Cono Sur not at all!, don't mention it!

pues no eres tú nada ambicioso — iró well you're not very ambitious, are you?... much!

antes que or de nada — first of all

nada de nada — (fam) not a thing

nada más: no hay nada más there's nothing else; ¿algo más? - nada más anything else? - no, that's it o that's all; nada más fui yo (Méx) I was the only one who went; salí nada más comer I went out right o straight after lunch; sacó (nada más ni) nada menos que el primer puesto she came first no less; nada más que: no se lo dije nada más que a él he's the only one I told; para nada: no me gustó para nada I didn't like it at all; como si nada (fam): me lo dijo como si nada! she told me as if it was nothing; se quedó como si nada she didn't even bat an eyelid; no hay nada que hacerle — (fam) that's all there is to it

con or de nada se rompe — it breaks just like that

pues nada, ya veremos qué pasa — well o anyway, we'll see what happens

no está nada preocupado — he isn't at all o the least bit worried

esto no me gusta nada — I don't like this at all o (colloq) one bit

se creó de la nada — it was created from nothing o from the void

antes que or de nada — first of all

nada de nada — (fam) not a thing

nada más: no hay nada más there's nothing else; ¿algo más? - nada más anything else? - no, that's it o that's all; nada más fui yo (Méx) I was the only one who went; salí nada más comer I went out right o straight after lunch; sacó (nada más ni) nada menos que el primer puesto she came first no less; nada más que: no se lo dije nada más que a él he's the only one I told; para nada: no me gustó para nada I didn't like it at all; como si nada (fam): me lo dijo como si nada! she told me as if it was nothing; se quedó como si nada she didn't even bat an eyelid; no hay nada que hacerle — (fam) that's all there is to it

con or de nada se rompe — it breaks just like that

pues nada, ya veremos qué pasa — well o anyway, we'll see what happens

no está nada preocupado — he isn't at all o the least bit worried

esto no me gusta nada — I don't like this at all o (colloq) one bit

se creó de la nada — it was created from nothing o from the void

Ex: As an inveterate user of the British Museum Library he was able to confirm that 'a library is not worth anything without a catalogue'.