television service shop

compra a granel — (Com) bulk buying

compra a plazos — hire purchase, installment plan (EEUU)

compra proteccionista — (Com) support buying

están muy ocupados con la compra de la casa — they're very busy with buying the house o (frml) with the house purchase

hacer las compras or (Esp) la compra — to do the shopping o (colloq) shop

están muy ocupados con la compra de la casa — they're very busy with buying the house o (frml) with the house purchase

hacer las compras or (Esp) la compra — to do the shopping o (colloq) shop

Ex: Mergers and acquisitions are playing an increasing important part in corporate strategies, stimulated by the scramble for market position in the new Europe.

cliente asiduo or habitual — regular customer (o client etc)

cliente asiduo or habitual — regular customer (o client etc)

Ex: Regular monthly outputs can be supplied, or other arrangements can be made to suit the client.

station de métro — tube GB ou subway US station

station météorologique — meteorological ou weather station

station debout or verticale — upright posture or position

juega como yo — he plays like me o like I do

como este hay pocos — there are few like this o him

tiene ventajas, como son la resistencia y durabilidad — it has advantages, such as o like strength and durability

hazlo como te dijo ella — do it like * o the way she told you

toca como canta — she plays like * o the same way as she sings

no es como me lo imaginaba — it isn't as o like * I imagined it

• tal como, tal como lo había planeado — just as o the way I had planned it

hazlo como quieras — do it however you want o like

• como sea — at all costs

había como cincuenta — there were about o around fifty

vino como a las dos — he came at about o around two

sentía como tristeza — she felt a sort o kind of sadness

como no tenía dinero — as o since I had no money

• tal (y) como están las cosas — the way things are, as things stand

• de tanto como, tienen las manos doloridas de tanto como aplaudieron — they clapped so much their hands hurt

• como no, como no lo haga en seguida... — if he doesn't do it at once..., unless he does it at once...

siguió leyendo, como si no hubiera oído nada — he kept on reading, as if o as though he hadn't heard

sentí como si fuera a caerme — I felt as if o as though I was about to fall

como si no hubiera pasado nada — as if o as though nothing had happened

se comporta como si me odiara — he behaves as if o as though he hated me

como si fuera a llover — as if o as though it was going to rain

a como dé o diera lugar — at any cost

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before

así como — (frml) as well as

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!; como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least; como nadie: cocina como nadie nobody cooks like her; como que...: conduce muy bien - como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well - well, he is a racing driver, after all; y no me lo dijiste - como que no lo sabía! and you didn't tell me about it - that's because I didn't know about it!; como ser (CS) such as, for example; como si (+ subj) as if, as though; ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa — she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all o in the least worried

no voy - como quieras — I'm not going - please yourself o as you like

como era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta — since o as it was early, we went for a walk

cansado como estaba, me ayudó — tired though o tired as he was, he helped me

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before

así como — (frml) as well as

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!; como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least; como nadie: cocina como nadie nobody cooks like her; como que...: conduce muy bien - como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well - well, he is a racing driver, after all; y no me lo dijiste - como que no lo sabía! and you didn't tell me about it - that's because I didn't know about it!; como ser (CS) such as, for example; como si (+ subj) as if, as though; ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa — she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all o in the least worried

no voy - como quieras — I'm not going - please yourself o as you like

como era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta — since o as it was early, we went for a walk

cansado como estaba, me ayudó — tired though o tired as he was, he helped me

Ex: This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.

maison de quatre pièces — four-room(ed) house ( excluding kitchen and bathroom)

donner or glisser la pièce à quelqu'un — (colloq) to give somebody a tip

mettre en pièces — ( briser) to smash [something] to pieces; ( déchirer) to pull [something] to pieces; fig to pull [something/somebody] to pieces

créé de toutes pièces — fig created from nothing

c'est forgé or inventé de toutes pièces — fig it's a complete fabrication

vendu à la pièce — sold separately ou individually

travailler à la pièce or aux pièces — to do piecework

un trois-pièces cuisine — a three-roomed flat GB ou apartment US with kitchen

on n'est pas aux pièces — (colloq) we're not in a sweat-shop

un deux-pièces cuisine — a two-room flat Grande-Bretagne with kitchen, a two-room apartment USA with kitchen

un cinq pièces — a five-roomed flat Grande-Bretagne a five-roomed apartment USA

tout d'une pièce (personne) (= entier) — straightforward