sports novel

novela de aprendizaje — Bildungsroman, novel concerned with a person's formative years

novela iniciática — Bildungsroman, novel concerned with a person's formative years

novela policíaca — detective story, whodunit *

Ex: One part of a novel or long text may be read in order to whet the listeners' appetites for reading the book themselves.

unas zapatillas de deporte — a pair of sports shoes o trainers o (EEUU) sneakers

deporte blanco — winter sports pl ; [esp] skiing

deporte náutico — [con lancha] water sports pl ( in which a boat is used); [con velero] yachting

no practican ningún deporte — they don't play o do any sport(s)

hace deporte para estar en forma — she does sports (AmE) o (BrE) some sport to keep fit

no practican ningún deporte — they don't play o do any sport(s)

hace deporte para estar en forma — she does sports (AmE) o (BrE) some sport to keep fit

Ex: Of the 10 most cited journals in physical education the most important was 'Research Quarterly for Exercise and sport'.

Ex: Naturally, one thinks of sports novels in the gym and biographies of scientists in the labs.

Ex: It's not altogether its fault because the critics have been so far more or less characterized as freaks and flakes who are not to be taken seriously.

• ir a peor — to get worse

• y lo que es peor — and what's worse

• peor es nada — LAm it's better than nothing

• en el peor de los casos — if the worst comes to the worst

• lo peor, lo peor de todo es que no podemos hacer nada — the worst thing is that there is nothing we can do

• la peor parte — the worst part

• si no le gusta, peor para él — if he doesn't like it, that's his loss o that's just too bad

esta es la carta peor redactada que he leído nunca — this is the most badly o the worst written letter I've ever read

pues peor para él — that's his loss

y si vienen los dos, tanto peor or peor que peor — and it'll be even worse if the two of them come

los enfermos que estaban peor or peores — the patients who were most seriously ill

son los que están peor or peores de dinero — they're the worst off (for money)

el/la peor — ( de dos) the worse; ( de varios) the worst

pues peor para él — that's his loss

y si vienen los dos, tanto peor or peor que peor — and it'll be even worse if the two of them come

los enfermos que estaban peor or peores — the patients who were most seriously ill

son los que están peor or peores de dinero — they're the worst off (for money)

el/la peor — ( de dos) the worse; ( de varios) the worst

Ex: Thus far we seem to be worse off than before -- for we can enormously extend the record; yet even in its present bulk we can hardly consult it.

¡a mi me lo vas a contar! — you're telling me! *, tell me about it! *

cuenta que es más fuerte que tú — remember o don't forget he's stronger than you are

parar de contar * —

• contar por dos, los domingos una hora cuenta por dos — on Sundays one hour counts as two

• contar con —

cuenta conmigo — you can rely o count on me

tienes que contar con el mal estado de la carretera — you have to take into account o remember the bad state of the road

cuenta con que es más fuerte que tú — bear in mind o remember he's stronger than you are

el polideportivo cuenta con una piscina olímpica — the sports centre has o boasts an Olympic-size swimming pool

contaba ya veinte años — (frml o liter) she was then twenty years old

cuéntame qué es de tu vida — tell me what you've been up to (colloq)

a mí me lo vas a contar! — (fam) you're telling me!

¿qué cuentas (de nuevo)? — (fam) how're things? (colloq)

ella no cuenta para nada — what she says (o thinks etc) doesn't count for anything

cuento contigo para la fiesta — I'm counting o relying on you being at the party

contarse entre algo: se cuenta entre los pocos que tienen acceso she is numbered among the few who have access (frml); me cuento entre sus partidarios I count myself as one of their supporters; su nombre se cuenta entre los finalistas her name figures o appears among the finalists; su novela se cuenta entre las mejores — his novel is among the best

contaba ya veinte años — (frml o liter) she was then twenty years old

cuéntame qué es de tu vida — tell me what you've been up to (colloq)

a mí me lo vas a contar! — (fam) you're telling me!

¿qué cuentas (de nuevo)? — (fam) how're things? (colloq)

ella no cuenta para nada — what she says (o thinks etc) doesn't count for anything

cuento contigo para la fiesta — I'm counting o relying on you being at the party

contarse entre algo: se cuenta entre los pocos que tienen acceso she is numbered among the few who have access (frml); me cuento entre sus partidarios I count myself as one of their supporters; su nombre se cuenta entre los finalistas her name figures o appears among the finalists; su novela se cuenta entre las mejores — his novel is among the best

Ex: To ease the cataloguer's job and save him the trouble of counting characters, DOBIS/LIBIS uses a special function.