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task-set

  • 121 deshacer el entuerto

    (v.) = sort out + the mess
    Ex. The new governement has set itself the task of sorting out the mess that Labour have created.
    * * *
    (v.) = sort out + the mess

    Ex: The new governement has set itself the task of sorting out the mess that Labour have created.

    Spanish-English dictionary > deshacer el entuerto

  • 122 despejar la carretera

    (v.) = clear + route
    Ex. In order to execute this mammoth task, the route to the theatre was completely cleared immediately before the convoy set off.
    * * *
    (v.) = clear + route

    Ex: In order to execute this mammoth task, the route to the theatre was completely cleared immediately before the convoy set off.

    Spanish-English dictionary > despejar la carretera

  • 123 despiadadamente

    adv.
    cruelly; mercilessly, relentlessly; heartlessly.
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    1 ruthlessly
    * * *
    ADV mercilessly, relentlessly
    * * *
    adverbio mercilessly, relentlessly
    * * *
    = brutally, mercilessly, relentlessly, ruthlessly, implacably.
    Ex. These two extraordinary, brutally honest autobiographical works deal with Spiegelman's attempts to record his father's recollections of experiences in the Nazi death camps.
    Ex. Low was possibly the most celebrated political cartoonist of the 20th century, best remembered for the way he mercilessly ridiculed Hitler and Mussolini in a humorous vein.
    Ex. Computers, on the other hand adhere to their initial instructions and execute these relentlessly until the task that is set is completed.
    Ex. The traditional lending services were revamped and the book collection ruthlessly weeded to books that are used frequently.
    Ex. And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.
    * * *
    adverbio mercilessly, relentlessly
    * * *
    = brutally, mercilessly, relentlessly, ruthlessly, implacably.

    Ex: These two extraordinary, brutally honest autobiographical works deal with Spiegelman's attempts to record his father's recollections of experiences in the Nazi death camps.

    Ex: Low was possibly the most celebrated political cartoonist of the 20th century, best remembered for the way he mercilessly ridiculed Hitler and Mussolini in a humorous vein.
    Ex: Computers, on the other hand adhere to their initial instructions and execute these relentlessly until the task that is set is completed.
    Ex: The traditional lending services were revamped and the book collection ruthlessly weeded to books that are used frequently.
    Ex: And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.

    * * *
    mercilessly, relentlessly
    * * *
    pitilessly, mercilessly

    Spanish-English dictionary > despiadadamente

  • 124 documento de archivo

    (n.) = archival document, archival record, archival file, archival print
    Ex. Archives are set of non-current archival documents preserved, with or without selection, by those responsible for their creation or by their successors for their own use or by other organizations because of their enduring value.
    Ex. Lawyers and historians have different and possibly conflicting needs with regard to archival records and archivists should consider the requirements of both professions to maintain a balanced collection.
    Ex. The initial task of the Archive, which in 1960 had a stock of 521 archival files, was to complete the transfer of stock from other archival workplaces and to make its stock available to research workers.
    Ex. The combination will yield an archival print that will last for many decades or up to a century without fading or degradation of colour.
    * * *
    (n.) = archival document, archival record, archival file, archival print

    Ex: Archives are set of non-current archival documents preserved, with or without selection, by those responsible for their creation or by their successors for their own use or by other organizations because of their enduring value.

    Ex: Lawyers and historians have different and possibly conflicting needs with regard to archival records and archivists should consider the requirements of both professions to maintain a balanced collection.
    Ex: The initial task of the Archive, which in 1960 had a stock of 521 archival files, was to complete the transfer of stock from other archival workplaces and to make its stock available to research workers.
    Ex: The combination will yield an archival print that will last for many decades or up to a century without fading or degradation of colour.

    Spanish-English dictionary > documento de archivo

  • 125 el peso de

    = brunt of, the
    Ex. However, the brunt of the task necessarily fell upon the Commission which was obliged to set up the most elaborate procedures to organize its publications.
    * * *
    = brunt of, the

    Ex: However, the brunt of the task necessarily fell upon the Commission which was obliged to set up the most elaborate procedures to organize its publications.

    Spanish-English dictionary > el peso de

  • 126 elevado

    adj.
    1 elevated, upland, high, towering.
    2 lofty, elevated, rarified, rarefied.
    3 dignified.
    4 high.
    5 elevated, high, steep.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: elevar.
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    1→ link=elevar elevar
    1 (gen) high
    2 figurado lofty, noble
    \
    elevado,-a a MATEMÁTICAS raised to
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    (f. - elevada)
    adj.
    1) high
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    1. ADJ
    1) [en nivel] [precio, temperatura, cantidad] high; [velocidad] high, great; [ritmo] great
    2) [en altura] [edificio] tall; [montaña, terreno] high
    paso II, 1., 2)
    3) (=sublime) [estilo] elevated, lofty; [pensamientos] noble, lofty
    4) [puesto, rango] high, important
    2.
    SM Cuba (Ferro) overhead railway; (Aut) flyover, overpass (EEUU)
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) <terreno/montaña> high; < edificio> tall, high
    2) < cantidad> large; <precio/impuestos/índice> high; < pérdidas> heavy, substantial
    3) <categoría/calidad> high; <puesto/posición> high
    4) <ideas/pensamientos> noble, elevated; < estilo> lofty, elevated
    * * *
    = sharply rising, steep [steeper -comp., steepest -sup.], heightened, raised, lofty [loftier -comp., loftiest -sup.], elevated, soaring, hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.].
    Ex. The end of the eighteenth century saw a sharply rising demand for cheap print, associated with increases in population and in literacy which occurred all over Europe.
    Ex. The graph of the growth of the subject shows an initial flat, a steep climb, a small flat, and a rapid decline.
    Ex. The heightened level of community awareness has led some local authorities to take the initiative and to become information disseminators in their own right.
    Ex. The cords themselves could be placed either outside the backs of the folded sheets, where they would show as raised bands across the spine of the book, or in slots sawn into the folds to give the book a flat back.
    Ex. Librarians across the world should set themselves the lofty task of striving to create a global society in which people enjoy peaceful coexistence.
    Ex. Public investment in rebuilding the church and the gifts of individual donors were important indications of its elevated social standing.
    Ex. Detailed images of soaring aisles, delicate carvings, and stained-glass windows from the 12th and 13th centuries are captured on this new Web site.
    Ex. Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.
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    * aljibe elevado = water tower.
    * camino elevado = causeway.
    * carretera elevada = causeway.
    * cisterna elevada = water tower.
    * depósito de agua elevado = water tower.
    * excepcionalmente elevado = exceptionally high.
    * ferrocarril elevado = elevated railroad.
    * lo bastante elevado = high enough.
    * Número + elevado a la potencia de + Número = Número + to the power of + Número.
    * paso elevado = overpass.
    * paso elevado de peatones = pedestrian overpass.
    * paso elevado para peatones = pedestrian overpass.
    * posición elevada = high ground.
    * ser elevado = be steep.
    * temperatura elevada = elevated temperature.
    * terreno elevado = high ground.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) <terreno/montaña> high; < edificio> tall, high
    2) < cantidad> large; <precio/impuestos/índice> high; < pérdidas> heavy, substantial
    3) <categoría/calidad> high; <puesto/posición> high
    4) <ideas/pensamientos> noble, elevated; < estilo> lofty, elevated
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    = sharply rising, steep [steeper -comp., steepest -sup.], heightened, raised, lofty [loftier -comp., loftiest -sup.], elevated, soaring, hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.].

    Ex: The end of the eighteenth century saw a sharply rising demand for cheap print, associated with increases in population and in literacy which occurred all over Europe.

    Ex: The graph of the growth of the subject shows an initial flat, a steep climb, a small flat, and a rapid decline.
    Ex: The heightened level of community awareness has led some local authorities to take the initiative and to become information disseminators in their own right.
    Ex: The cords themselves could be placed either outside the backs of the folded sheets, where they would show as raised bands across the spine of the book, or in slots sawn into the folds to give the book a flat back.
    Ex: Librarians across the world should set themselves the lofty task of striving to create a global society in which people enjoy peaceful coexistence.
    Ex: Public investment in rebuilding the church and the gifts of individual donors were important indications of its elevated social standing.
    Ex: Detailed images of soaring aisles, delicate carvings, and stained-glass windows from the 12th and 13th centuries are captured on this new Web site.
    Ex: Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.
    * aljibe elevado = water tower.
    * camino elevado = causeway.
    * carretera elevada = causeway.
    * cisterna elevada = water tower.
    * depósito de agua elevado = water tower.
    * excepcionalmente elevado = exceptionally high.
    * ferrocarril elevado = elevated railroad.
    * lo bastante elevado = high enough.
    * Número + elevado a la potencia de + Número = Número + to the power of + Número.
    * paso elevado = overpass.
    * paso elevado de peatones = pedestrian overpass.
    * paso elevado para peatones = pedestrian overpass.
    * posición elevada = high ground.
    * ser elevado = be steep.
    * temperatura elevada = elevated temperature.
    * terreno elevado = high ground.

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    elevado1 -da
    A ‹terreno/montaña› high; ‹edificio› tall, high
    B ‹cantidad› large; ‹precio/impuestos› high
    un número elevado de casos a large number of cases
    las pérdidas han sido elevadas there have been heavy o substantial losses
    un elevado índice de abstención a high rate of abstention
    C ‹categoría/calidad› high
    tiene un puesto muy elevado he has a very high o important position
    D ‹ideas/pensamientos› noble, elevated; ‹estilo› lofty, elevated
    la conversación adquirió un tono elevado the tone of the conversation became rather highbrow o elevated
    fly
    * * *

    Del verbo elevar: ( conjugate elevar)

    elevado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    elevado    
    elevar
    elevado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    1 ‹terreno/montaña› high;
    ‹ edificio› tall, high
    2
    a) ‹ cantidad› large;

    ‹precio/impuestos› high;
    ‹ pérdidas› heavy, substantial
    b) ‹categoría/calidad/posición› high

    c) ‹ideas/pensamientos› noble, elevated;

    ‹ estilo› lofty, elevated
    elevar ( conjugate elevar) verbo transitivo
    1 (frml)

    b) ‹espíritu/mente› to uplift

    c) ‹muro/nivel› to raise, make … higher

    2 (frml)
    a) ( aumentar) ‹precios/impuestos› to raise, increase;

    ‹ nivel de vida› to raise
    b) ‹voz/tono› to raise

    elevarse verbo pronominal
    1 ( tomar altura) [avión/cometa] to climb, gain height;
    [ globo] to rise, gain height
    2 (frml) ( aumentar) [ temperatura] to rise;
    [precios/impuestos] to rise, increase;
    [tono/voz] to rise
    3 (frml) ( ascender):
    ◊ la cifra se elevaba ya al 13% the figure had already reached 13%

    elevado,-a adjetivo
    1 (temperatura) high
    (torre, construcción) tall
    2 (altruista, espiritual) noble
    elevar verbo transitivo
    1 to raise
    2 Mat to raise (to the power of)
    elevar al cuadrado, to square
    elevar al cubo, to cube
    elevado a la cuarta, etc, potencia, to raise to the power of four, etc
    ' elevado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alta
    - alto
    - elevar
    - elevada
    - carestía
    - cuadrado
    - grande
    - paso
    English:
    elevate
    - flyover
    - high
    - overhead
    - overpass
    - causeway
    - elevated
    - fly
    - grand
    - lofty
    - over
    - upper
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    elevado, -a adj
    1. [alto] [monte, terreno, precio, inflación] high;
    un elevado edificio a tall building;
    era de elevada estatura he was tall in stature;
    una persona de elevada estatura a person tall in stature;
    un elevado número de accidentes a large o high number of accidents;
    consiguieron elevados beneficios they made a large profit;
    ocupa un elevado cargo en la empresa she has a high-ranking position in the company
    2. [noble] lofty, noble;
    elevados ideales lofty o noble ideals
    3. [estilo, tono, lenguaje] elevated, sophisticated;
    emplea un vocabulario muy elevado she uses very sophisticated vocabulary
    * * *
    adj high; fig
    elevated
    * * *
    elevado, -da adj
    1) : elevated, lofty
    2) : high
    * * *
    elevado adj high

    Spanish-English dictionary > elevado

  • 127 gotear

    v.
    1 to drip.
    Esta vieja cafetera chorrea demasiado This old coffeepot drips too much.
    2 to spit, to drizzle.
    3 to be dripping, to be running.
    Me gotea la nariz My nose is running.
    * * *
    1 (grifo) to drip; (tejado) to leak
    2 (Used in 3rd person only; it does not take a subject) (lluvia) to drizzle
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    verb
    2) leak
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    VI
    1) [líquido, grifo, vela] to drip; [cañería, recipiente] to leak
    2) (Meteo) to rain lightly
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    1.
    verbo intransitivo líquido/grifo to drip; vela to drip; cañería to leak
    2.
    gotear v impers ( lloviznar) to spit, drizzle
    * * *
    = trickle, dribble, leak, drip, spring + a leak.
    Ex. Data buffers receive data from the computer and let it ' trickle through' to the printer at the appropriate speed, thus freeing the computer for the next task.
    Ex. Beaten stuff was dribbled steadily across the width of an endless belt of woven wire which carried it away from the vat in an even film = La pasta de papel goteaba constantemente sobrre una cinta sin fin hecha de tela metálica, o tamiz, que la transportaba desde la tina formando una capa uniforme.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Sometimes the roof doesn't just leak, it caves in!'.
    Ex. The film seemed like a cross between theatrics and hippiedom, including the disembowelment of a bull, a unison hooting of brass bands, and the creation of paintings by dripping blood onto white surfaces.
    Ex. While the region grapples with fixing its sewer infrastructure, another set of underground pipes are springing leaks.
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    * que gotea = leaky [leakier -comp., leakiest -sup], leaking.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo líquido/grifo to drip; vela to drip; cañería to leak
    2.
    gotear v impers ( lloviznar) to spit, drizzle
    * * *
    = trickle, dribble, leak, drip, spring + a leak.

    Ex: Data buffers receive data from the computer and let it ' trickle through' to the printer at the appropriate speed, thus freeing the computer for the next task.

    Ex: Beaten stuff was dribbled steadily across the width of an endless belt of woven wire which carried it away from the vat in an even film = La pasta de papel goteaba constantemente sobrre una cinta sin fin hecha de tela metálica, o tamiz, que la transportaba desde la tina formando una capa uniforme.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Sometimes the roof doesn't just leak, it caves in!'.
    Ex: The film seemed like a cross between theatrics and hippiedom, including the disembowelment of a bull, a unison hooting of brass bands, and the creation of paintings by dripping blood onto white surfaces.
    Ex: While the region grapples with fixing its sewer infrastructure, another set of underground pipes are springing leaks.
    * que gotea = leaky [leakier -comp., leakiest -sup], leaking.

    * * *
    gotear [A1 ]
    vi
    «líquido» to drip; «grifo/vela» to drip; «cañería» to leak
    ■
    * * *

    gotear ( conjugate gotear) verbo intransitivo [líquido/grifo/vela] to drip;
    [ cañería] to leak
    gotear v impers ( lloviznar) to spit, drizzle
    gotear verbo intransitivo & impers to drip: el grifo gotea, the tap o faucet is dripping
    ' gotear' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    estilar
    English:
    dribble
    - drip
    - leak
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    ♦ vi
    [líquido] to drip; [techo, depósito] to leak; Fig to trickle through;
    el grifo gotea the tap is dripping
    ♦ v impersonal
    [chispear] to spit, to drizzle
    * * *
    v/i drip; filtrarse leak
    * * *
    1) : to drip
    2) : to leak
    gotear v impers
    lloviznar: to drizzle
    * * *
    gotear vb
    1. (grifo) to drip [pt. & pp. dripped]
    2. (cañería) to leak

    Spanish-English dictionary > gotear

  • 128 implacablemente

    adv.
    1 implacably, relentlessly.
    2 inexorably, implacably, relentlessly, remorselessly.
    * * *
    1 implacably
    * * *
    ADV implacably, relentlessly
    * * *
    = inexorably, remorselessly, relentlessly, ruthlessly, unrelentingly, implacably.
    Ex. It is still the same inexorably literal logic which must ultimately glance into the chaos, and small differences create infinite displacements between records.
    Ex. The number of abstracts has increased remorselessly; at present over 350,000 a year, the figure seems likely to reach the 400,000 mark in the foreseeable future.
    Ex. Computers, on the other hand adhere to their initial instructions and execute these relentlessly until the task that is set is completed.
    Ex. The traditional lending services were revamped and the book collection ruthlessly weeded to books that are used frequently.
    Ex. This book explains why 'the good old days' were only good for a privileged few and why they were unrelentingly hard for most.
    Ex. And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.
    ----
    * continuar implacablemente = march on.
    * * *
    = inexorably, remorselessly, relentlessly, ruthlessly, unrelentingly, implacably.

    Ex: It is still the same inexorably literal logic which must ultimately glance into the chaos, and small differences create infinite displacements between records.

    Ex: The number of abstracts has increased remorselessly; at present over 350,000 a year, the figure seems likely to reach the 400,000 mark in the foreseeable future.
    Ex: Computers, on the other hand adhere to their initial instructions and execute these relentlessly until the task that is set is completed.
    Ex: The traditional lending services were revamped and the book collection ruthlessly weeded to books that are used frequently.
    Ex: This book explains why 'the good old days' were only good for a privileged few and why they were unrelentingly hard for most.
    Ex: And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.
    * continuar implacablemente = march on.

    * * *
    implacably, relentlessly
    * * *
    relentlessly

    Spanish-English dictionary > implacablemente

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