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21 callejón sin salida
cul-de-sac, dead end, blind alley* * *a) ( calle) dead end, blind alleyb) ( situación desesperada): el gobierno se encuentra en un callejón sin salida the government can't see its way out of its present situation* * *(n.) = blind alley, catch 22, cul-de-sac, dead end, impasse, dead end street, deadlock, standoffEx. It is of course possible to stamp 'Withdrawn' on the accessions card, but it would be better not to lead the reader up this blind alley if it can be avoided.Ex. The catch 22 aspect of this attempt to reconcile the needs of research and nonresearch libraries is that our central cataloging agency, the Library of Congress (LC), does not provide dual cataloging copy.Ex. If no such standards can be observed then, it would seem, romantic fiction along with westerns and detective stories must be regarded as some sort of cul-de-sac and rather stagnant backwater quite separate from the main stream of 'literature'.Ex. Shannon's approach proved something of a dead end.Ex. This apparent impasse between what we may want to communicate and the way we communicate is resolved by separating the content of information from its representation.Ex. The article is entitled 'The Internet: superhighways, virtual alleys and dead end streets'.Ex. By doing so, they could help break a deadlock that seems to have paralyzed cooperative effort in Britain.Ex. A 12-hour standoff ended with a man lobbing Molotov cocktails at police before taking his own life rather than vacate a home he'd lost to foreclosure.* * *a) ( calle) dead end, blind alleyb) ( situación desesperada): el gobierno se encuentra en un callejón sin salida the government can't see its way out of its present situation* * *(n.) = blind alley, catch 22, cul-de-sac, dead end, impasse, dead end street, deadlock, standoffEx: It is of course possible to stamp 'Withdrawn' on the accessions card, but it would be better not to lead the reader up this blind alley if it can be avoided.
Ex: The catch 22 aspect of this attempt to reconcile the needs of research and nonresearch libraries is that our central cataloging agency, the Library of Congress (LC), does not provide dual cataloging copy.Ex: If no such standards can be observed then, it would seem, romantic fiction along with westerns and detective stories must be regarded as some sort of cul-de-sac and rather stagnant backwater quite separate from the main stream of 'literature'.Ex: Shannon's approach proved something of a dead end.Ex: This apparent impasse between what we may want to communicate and the way we communicate is resolved by separating the content of information from its representation.Ex: The article is entitled 'The Internet: superhighways, virtual alleys and dead end streets'.Ex: By doing so, they could help break a deadlock that seems to have paralyzed cooperative effort in Britain.Ex: A 12-hour standoff ended with a man lobbing Molotov cocktails at police before taking his own life rather than vacate a home he'd lost to foreclosure.* * *blind alley; figdead end -
22 carencia
f.1 lack (ausencia).sufrir carencias afectivas to be deprived of love and affectionsufrir muchas carencias to suffer great need2 scarcity, shortage, lack, insufficiency.3 deprivation.* * *1 lack (de, of)* * *noun f.1) lack2) shortage* * *SF1) (=ausencia) lack; (=escasez) lack, shortage, scarcity frmla carencia de agua y alimentos empieza a ser preocupante — the lack o shortage o scarcity of water is starting to become worrying
sufrió graves carencias emocionales y materiales — he suffered extreme emotional and material deprivation
2) (Econ) (=periodo) period free of interest payments and debt repayments* * *a) ( escasez) lack, shortageb) (Med) deficiency* * *= anaemia [anemia, -USA], deprivation, gap, scarcity, shortcoming, gap, lack, gaping hole.Ex. His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.Ex. Findings emphasised the escalating deprivation of applied social scientists in general and the local government and voluntary sectors in particular.Ex. New editions will be essentially cumulations and therefore a longer gap will exist between editions.Ex. The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.Ex. He wrote to James explaining the shortcomings of his catalog.Ex. The picture in many cities was a patchwork one, with frequent overlapping and often gaps in coverage.Ex. The greatest lack in this film adaptation of Virginia Woolf's novel is some sort of unifying vision to replace the author's controlling prose.Ex. Questia contains thousands of books in the liberal arts, but gaping holes and many old titles diminish its value as a library collection.----* carencia de = lack of.* carencia de propiedad rural = landlessness.* carencias = lacuna [lacunae, -pl.], rough edges.* tener carencias = find + wanting.* * *a) ( escasez) lack, shortageb) (Med) deficiency* * *= anaemia [anemia, -USA], deprivation, gap, scarcity, shortcoming, gap, lack, gaping hole.Ex: His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.
Ex: Findings emphasised the escalating deprivation of applied social scientists in general and the local government and voluntary sectors in particular.Ex: New editions will be essentially cumulations and therefore a longer gap will exist between editions.Ex: The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.Ex: He wrote to James explaining the shortcomings of his catalog.Ex: The picture in many cities was a patchwork one, with frequent overlapping and often gaps in coverage.Ex: The greatest lack in this film adaptation of Virginia Woolf's novel is some sort of unifying vision to replace the author's controlling prose.Ex: Questia contains thousands of books in the liberal arts, but gaping holes and many old titles diminish its value as a library collection.* carencia de = lack of.* carencia de propiedad rural = landlessness.* carencias = lacuna [lacunae, -pl.], rough edges.* tener carencias = find + wanting.* * *1 (escasez) lack, shortagecarencia de recursos financieros lack of financial resources2 ( Med) deficiencytiene una carencia de vitamina A he has a vitamin A deficiency3 (de un seguro) exclusion period* * *
carencia sustantivo femenino
b) (Med) deficiency;
carencia sustantivo femenino (falta, privación) lack [de, of]
(escasez) shortage [de, of]
' carencia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
grosería
- incomodidad
- falta
- limitación
- privación
- subsanar
English:
acute
- deficiency
- want
- woeful
- lack
* * *carencia nf1. [ausencia] lack;[defecto] deficiency;sufrir carencias afectivas to be deprived of love and affection;sufrir muchas carencias to suffer great need2. [en la dieta] deficiencycarencia vitamínica vitamin deficiency* * *f lack (de of)* * *carencia nf1) falta: lack2) escasez: shortage3) deficiencia: deficiency* * *carencia n lack -
23 circulación del aire
(n.) = air flow, airflowEx. 'I don't know, but there must be some sort of mechanical air flow system that could be installed'.Ex. Asthma attacks can last minutes to days and can become dangerous if the airflow becomes severely restricted.* * *(n.) = air flow, airflowEx: 'I don't know, but there must be some sort of mechanical air flow system that could be installed'.
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24 cirugía maxilofacial
(n.) = oral surgery, maxillofacial surgeryEx. Oral surgery is slightly more invasive than your typical cavity filling or root canal since it usually requires some sort of anesthesia.Ex. These problems can be corrected thanks to maxillofacial surgery.* * *(n.) = oral surgery, maxillofacial surgeryEx: Oral surgery is slightly more invasive than your typical cavity filling or root canal since it usually requires some sort of anesthesia.
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25 cirugía oral
f.oral surgery.* * *(n.) = oral surgeryEx. Oral surgery is slightly more invasive than your typical cavity filling or root canal since it usually requires some sort of anesthesia.* * *(n.) = oral surgeryEx: Oral surgery is slightly more invasive than your typical cavity filling or root canal since it usually requires some sort of anesthesia.
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26 confiscación
f.confiscation, expropriation, appropriation, forfeiture.* * *1 confiscation* * *SF confiscation* * *femenino confiscation* * *= dispossession, confiscation, seizure, forfeiture, sequestration, expropriation.Ex. The article ' Dispossession of the general public: a dispute on fundamentals' records the text of an interview with Hans Martin Sonn covering fundamental cultural and political questions.Ex. This is a historical survey of the management of the stocks derived from the revolutionary confiscations and gathered in literary stores.Ex. Penalties that can be imposed range from seizure and forfeiture of the articles and the means by which they were produced to fines or imprisonment.Ex. Penalties that can be imposed range from seizure and forfeiture of the articles and the means by which they were produced to fines or imprisonment.Ex. Ignoring saturation leads to an overstatement of the potential importance of sequestration strategies.Ex. Expropriation is legal in just about every country, but most developed countries have laws providing for some sort of compensation.* * *femenino confiscation* * *= dispossession, confiscation, seizure, forfeiture, sequestration, expropriation.Ex: The article ' Dispossession of the general public: a dispute on fundamentals' records the text of an interview with Hans Martin Sonn covering fundamental cultural and political questions.
Ex: This is a historical survey of the management of the stocks derived from the revolutionary confiscations and gathered in literary stores.Ex: Penalties that can be imposed range from seizure and forfeiture of the articles and the means by which they were produced to fines or imprisonment.Ex: Penalties that can be imposed range from seizure and forfeiture of the articles and the means by which they were produced to fines or imprisonment.Ex: Ignoring saturation leads to an overstatement of the potential importance of sequestration strategies.Ex: Expropriation is legal in just about every country, but most developed countries have laws providing for some sort of compensation.* * *confiscation* * *
confiscación sustantivo femenino Jur confiscation: la policía procedió a la confiscación de los bienes, the police proceeded to confiscate the goods
' confiscación' also found in these entries:
English:
seizure
* * *confiscación nfconfiscation, appropriation* * *f confiscation -
27 de mediana calidad
(adj.) = in the middle range, medium-qualityEx. As we have seen, authorship and publishing are extremely chancy occupations and, whilst it is very common for books to fall below expectations in both sales and critical acclaim, it is also not uncommon for books to exceed their expectations and this can happen with general books in the middle range.Ex. Not all paper was watermarked but most medium-quality paper, and nearly all the fine, had watermarks of some sort.* * *(adj.) = in the middle range, medium-qualityEx: As we have seen, authorship and publishing are extremely chancy occupations and, whilst it is very common for books to fall below expectations in both sales and critical acclaim, it is also not uncommon for books to exceed their expectations and this can happen with general books in the middle range.
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28 defender los intereses de
(v.) = go to + bat for, bat forEx. To everyone's surprise he responded that he'would be willing to go to bat for a replacement of some sort'.Ex. The article ' Batting for the British Library' discusses the scope of the project to develop a new British Library site.* * *(v.) = go to + bat for, bat forEx: To everyone's surprise he responded that he'would be willing to go to bat for a replacement of some sort'.
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29 desamortización
f.disentailment.* * *1 disentailment* * *SF1) (Jur) disentailment2) Esp ( Hist) sale of Church lands* * *femenino freeing of encumbrance; (Hist) confiscation, seizure* * *= confiscation, seizure, expropriation.Ex. This is a historical survey of the management of the stocks derived from the revolutionary confiscations and gathered in literary stores.Ex. Penalties that can be imposed range from seizure and forfeiture of the articles and the means by which they were produced to fines or imprisonment.Ex. Expropriation is legal in just about every country, but most developed countries have laws providing for some sort of compensation.* * *femenino freeing of encumbrance; (Hist) confiscation, seizure* * *= confiscation, seizure, expropriation.Ex: This is a historical survey of the management of the stocks derived from the revolutionary confiscations and gathered in literary stores.
Ex: Penalties that can be imposed range from seizure and forfeiture of the articles and the means by which they were produced to fines or imprisonment.Ex: Expropriation is legal in just about every country, but most developed countries have laws providing for some sort of compensation.* * *1 ( Der) freeing of encumbrance2 ( Hist) confiscation, seizure* * *[de propiedades] disentailment, alienation -
30 dirigir la mirada hacia
(v.) = look toward(s)Ex. Libraries are looking towards some sort of cooperative system.* * *(v.) = look toward(s)Ex: Libraries are looking towards some sort of cooperative system.
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31 echarle una mano a
(v.) = bat for, go to + bat forEx. The article ' Batting for the British Library' discusses the scope of the project to develop a new British Library site.Ex. To everyone's surprise he responded that he'would be willing to go to bat for a replacement of some sort'.* * *(v.) = bat for, go to + bat forEx: The article ' Batting for the British Library' discusses the scope of the project to develop a new British Library site.
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32 empaste
m.1 filling.2 bookbinding.3 dental filling, filling of the teeth, filling.4 plaster, impasto.pres.subj.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: empastar.* * *1 (de diente) filling2 (encuadernación) binding3 (pintura) impasting* * *noun m.* * *SM1) [de diente] filling2) (Tip) binding* * ** * *= filling, cavity filling.Ex. This study also reports on the prevalence of fillings decay and gingivitis in this population.Ex. Oral surgery is slightly more invasive than your typical cavity filling or root canal since it usually requires some sort of anesthesia.----* empaste dental = dental filling.* material de empaste = filling material.* * ** * *= filling, cavity filling.Ex: This study also reports on the prevalence of fillings decay and gingivitis in this population.
Ex: Oral surgery is slightly more invasive than your typical cavity filling or root canal since it usually requires some sort of anesthesia.* empaste dental = dental filling.* material de empaste = filling material.* * *1 ( Odont) filling* * *
Del verbo empastar: ( conjugate empastar)
empasté es:
1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo
empaste es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
empastar
empaste
empastar ( conjugate empastar) verbo transitivo ‹diente/muela› to fill
empaste sustantivo masculino (Odont) filling;
(Chi) ( pasta) filler
empastar vtr (una muela) to fill
empaste m (de una muela) filling
' empaste' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
saltarse
English:
filling
* * *empaste nm[de diente] filling;hacerle un empaste a alguien to put a filling in sb's tooth* * *m filling* * *empaste nm: filling (of a tooth)* * *empaste n filling -
33 en casi todos los + Nombre
= in just about every + NombreEx. Expropriation is legal in just about every country, but most developed countries have laws providing for some sort of compensation.* * *= in just about every + NombreEx: Expropriation is legal in just about every country, but most developed countries have laws providing for some sort of compensation.
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34 endodoncia
f.endodontics.* * *SF endodontics sing* * *= root canal.Ex. Oral surgery is slightly more invasive than your typical cavity filling or root canal since it usually requires some sort of anesthesia.* * *= root canal.Ex: Oral surgery is slightly more invasive than your typical cavity filling or root canal since it usually requires some sort of anesthesia.
* * ** * *endodoncia nf1. [tratamiento] root canal treatment;hacer una endodoncia a alguien to give sb root canal treatment2. [especialidad] endodontics [singular] -
35 expropriación
Ex. Expropriation is legal in just about every country, but most developed countries have laws providing for some sort of compensation.* * *Ex: Expropriation is legal in just about every country, but most developed countries have laws providing for some sort of compensation.
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36 hacer alarde de
to flaunt, show off, parade* * *(v.) = boast, flaunt, brag, show offEx. In fact, he boasts that he knows more about library work than all of us who have our master's degrees put together.Ex. After some sort of formal training, they flaunt the so-called basic rules of management.Ex. While pirates and ancient mariners may have bragged about sailing the seven seas, the phrase is merely figurative.Ex. The district will proudly show off its historical heritage: the monastic library at Broumov, founded in the 13th century by Benedictine monks.* * *(v.) = boast, flaunt, brag, show offEx: In fact, he boasts that he knows more about library work than all of us who have our master's degrees put together.
Ex: After some sort of formal training, they flaunt the so-called basic rules of management.Ex: While pirates and ancient mariners may have bragged about sailing the seven seas, the phrase is merely figurative.Ex: The district will proudly show off its historical heritage: the monastic library at Broumov, founded in the 13th century by Benedictine monks. -
37 historia de detectives
(n.) = detective storyEx. If no such standards can be observed then, it would seem, romantic fiction along with westerns and detective stories must be regarded as some sort of cul-de-sac and rather stagnant backwater quite separate from the main stream of 'literature'.* * *(n.) = detective storyEx: If no such standards can be observed then, it would seem, romantic fiction along with westerns and detective stories must be regarded as some sort of cul-de-sac and rather stagnant backwater quite separate from the main stream of 'literature'.
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38 incautación
f.incautation, confiscation, expropriation, embargo.* * *1 seizure* * *SF seizure, confiscation* * *femenino (frml) seizure, confiscation* * *= dispossession, confiscation, seizure, expropriation.Ex. The article ' Dispossession of the general public: a dispute on fundamentals' records the text of an interview with Hans Martin Sonn covering fundamental cultural and political questions.Ex. This is a historical survey of the management of the stocks derived from the revolutionary confiscations and gathered in literary stores.Ex. Penalties that can be imposed range from seizure and forfeiture of the articles and the means by which they were produced to fines or imprisonment.Ex. Expropriation is legal in just about every country, but most developed countries have laws providing for some sort of compensation.* * *femenino (frml) seizure, confiscation* * *= dispossession, confiscation, seizure, expropriation.Ex: The article ' Dispossession of the general public: a dispute on fundamentals' records the text of an interview with Hans Martin Sonn covering fundamental cultural and political questions.
Ex: This is a historical survey of the management of the stocks derived from the revolutionary confiscations and gathered in literary stores.Ex: Penalties that can be imposed range from seizure and forfeiture of the articles and the means by which they were produced to fines or imprisonment.Ex: Expropriation is legal in just about every country, but most developed countries have laws providing for some sort of compensation.* * *( frml)seizure, confiscation* * *incautación nfseizure, confiscation* * *f seizure* * * -
39 mentalidad tribal
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40 novela del oeste
(n.) = western, western storyEx. If no such standards can be observed then, it would seem, romantic fiction along with westerns and detective stories must be regarded as some sort of cul-de-sac and rather stagnant backwater quite separate from the main stream of 'literature'.Ex. Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.* * *(n.) = western, western storyEx: If no such standards can be observed then, it would seem, romantic fiction along with westerns and detective stories must be regarded as some sort of cul-de-sac and rather stagnant backwater quite separate from the main stream of 'literature'.
Ex: Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
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