system setting-up

pasé la tarde en compañía de unos amigos — I spent the afternoon with o frm in the company of some friends

Ex: Among the companies offering 'Mice' are Microsoft, Vision and Apple, but more are anticipated.

Ex: A companionship was a team of piecework compositors, led by one of their number, who co-operated in the setting of a book and submitted a single bill for the work, the proceeds of which were then divided amongst themselves.

• doble acristalamiento — Esp double glazing

• de doble cara — [disquete, hoja, espejo] double-sided; [abrigo, chaqueta] reversible

• doble cristal — double glazing

• doble espacio — double-spacing

• doble falta — (Baloncesto, Tenis) double fault

• doble fondo — false bottom

• doble intención — double intention

no iba con doble intención — he did not have ulterior motives o double intentions

• doble juego — double-dealing

• doble página — two-page spread, double-page spread

• doble personalidad — split personality

• de doble sentido — [calle] two-way antes de s ; [chiste, palabra] with a double meaning

• doble tracción — four-wheel drive

• visión doble — double vision

• el doble, ahora gana el doble — now he earns twice as much, now he earns double

necesitamos una casa el doble de grande — we need a house twice as big as this o double the size

• el doble que — twice as much as

gana el doble que yo — he earns double what I do o twice as much as me

calle de doble sentido or dirección — two-way street

calle de doble sentido or dirección — two-way street

Ex: These descriptors are still alive: boatmen, city council-men, firemen, foremen, longshoremen, stunt men, statesmen, watchmen, man and manpower.

Ex: Double KWIC and Permuterm indexes arrange pairs of keywords, so that the entries under one keyword are organised according to the second keyword.

empresa funeraria — undertaker's, mortician's (EEUU)

Ex: To a small or mid-sized business, information is critical for effective planning, growth and development.

Ex: Only those who have attempted to edit the proceedings of a conference can appreciate the magnitude and scope of such an enterprise.

trabajo manual — manual labour, manual labor (EEUU)

Ex: Function key <F3> provides a handbook to the database.

Ex: These principles are being applied in an ever increasing variety of contexts, both manual and automated.

operación retorno — Esp effort to control traffic returning to a big city after a major holiday

una operación bursátil — a stock market transaction o deal

una operación bursátil — a stock market transaction o deal

Ex: With the advent of micro-computers even much smaller cataloguing operations can effectively be computerised.

Ex: After attending weekly teaching rounds in surgery, pediatrics and obstetrics and noting the questions asked during discussion of the cases, librarians send out photocopies of relevant articles to interested individuals and interested individuals.

una organización sindical — a labor (AmE) o (BrE) trade union

una organización sindical — a labor (AmE) o (BrE) trade union

Ex: Since BC adheres closely to the educational and scientific consensus, BC found most favour with libraries in educational establishments.

Ex: Donald P Hammer, Executive Secretary of LITA, and Dorothy Butler, the Division's Administrative Secretary, handled all of the administrative details, arrangements, and logistics.

los pilares que sostienen el puente — the pillars which hold up o support the bridge

las piernas apenas me sostenían — my legs could barely hold me up o support me

entró borracho, sostenido por dos amigos — he came in drunk, held up o supported by two friends

la tierra no da para sostener a todo el mundo — the land does not provide enough to support o frm sustain everyone

una mayoría capaz de sostener al Gobierno — a majority large enough to keep o support the government in power

sostiene un punto de vista muy diferente — he has o holds a very different point of view

no tiene datos suficientes para sostener esa afirmación — she doesn't have enough information to back up o support that statement

la investigación no ha terminado, como sostiene el juez — the investigation has not concluded, as the judge maintains o holds

• sostener que — to maintain o hold that

sigue sosteniendo que es inocente — she still maintains o holds that she is innocent

no podrán sostener su puesto en la clasificación — they won't be able to maintain o keep up their place in the ranking

los campesinos han sostenido desde siempre una fuerte lucha con el medio — country people have always kept up o carried on a hard struggle against the environment

• sostener la mirada de algn — to hold sb's gaze

tenían que sostenerlo los dos — it needed both of them to support him o hold him up o prop him up

no tengas miedo, yo te sostengo — don't be afraid, I've got you o I'm holding you

yo siempre he sostenido que... — I have always maintained o held that...

se sostuvo en el poder — she managed to stay o remain in power

se sostiene a base de leche — she lives on o survives on milk

tenían que sostenerlo los dos — it needed both of them to support him o hold him up o prop him up

no tengas miedo, yo te sostengo — don't be afraid, I've got you o I'm holding you

yo siempre he sostenido que... — I have always maintained o held that...

se sostuvo en el poder — she managed to stay o remain in power

se sostiene a base de leche — she lives on o survives on milk

Ex: Publishers in the United Stated benefit from a larger home market which serves to sustain the production of an information tool.

Ex: It is our contention that an understanding of such basic principles is fundamental to an appreciation of the many and varied contexts that the individual is likely to encounter.