the facilities are not as described

descriptif, -ive [dεskʀiptif, iv]

1. adjective

2. masculine noun

( = brochure) brochure ; [de travaux] specifications ; [de projet] outline

• les prestations ne sont pas conformes au descriptif the facilities are not as described

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- ive deskʀiptif, iv adjectif ( tous contextes) descriptive

nom masculin ( notice explicative) gén detailed description; Construction, Bâtiment specification

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1. adj

2. nm

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descriptif, - ive

A adj ( tous contextes) descriptive.

B nm ( notice explicative) gén detailed description; Constr specification.

( féminin descriptive) [dɛskriptif, iv] adjectif

1. [présentation, texte] descriptive

2. ART & LINGUISTIQUE & LITTÉRATURE descriptive

3. GÉOMÉTRIE solid

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nom masculin

[d'un appartement] description

[de travaux] specification

SUBJECT AREA: Architecture and building

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The name of Le Corbusier is synonymous with the International style of modern architecture and city planning, one utilizing functionalist designs carried out in twentieth-century materials with modern methods of construction. Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, born in the watch-making town of La Chaux-de-Fonds in the Jura mountain region, was the son of a watch engraver and dial painter. In the years before 1918 he travelled widely, studying building in many countries. He learned about the use of reinforced concrete in the studio of Auguste Perret and about industrial construction under Peter Behrens. In 1917 he went to live in Paris and spent the rest of his life in France; in 1920 he adopted the name of Le Corbusier, one derived from that of his ancestors (Le Corbesier), and ten years later became a French citizen.

Le Corbusier's long working life spanned a career divided into three distinct parts. Between 1905 and 1916 he designed a number of simple and increasingly modern houses; the years 1921 to 1940 were ones of research and debate; and the twenty years from 1945 saw the blossoming of his genius. After 1917 Le Corbusier gained a reputation in Paris as an architect of advanced originality. He was particularly interested in low-cost housing and in improving accommodation for the poor. In 1923 he published Vers une architecture, in which he planned estates of mass-produced houses where all extraneous and unnecessary features were stripped away and the houses had flat roofs and plain walls: his concept of "a machine for living in". These white boxes were lifted up on stilts, his pilotis, and double-height living space was provided internally, enclosed by large areas of factory glazing. In 1922 Le Corbusier exhibited a city plan, La Ville contemporaine, in which tall blocks made from steel and concrete were set amongst large areas of parkland, replacing the older concept of city slums with the light and air of modern living. In 1925 he published Urbanisme, further developing his socialist ideals. These constituted a major reform of the industrial-city pattern, but the ideas were not taken up at that time. The Depression years of the 1930s severely curtailed architectural activity in France. Le Corbusier designed houses for the wealthy there, but most of his work prior to 1945 was overseas: his Centrosoyus Administration Building in Moscow (1929–36) and the Ministry of Education Building in Rio de Janeiro (1943) are examples. Immediately after the end of the Second World War Le Corbusier won international fame for his Unité d'habitation theme, the first example of which was built in the boulevard Michelet in Marseille in 1947–52. His answer to the problem of accommodating large numbers of people in a small space at low cost was to construct an immense all-purpose block of pre-cast concrete slabs carried on a row of massive central supports. The Marseille Unité contains 350 apartments in eight double storeys, with a storey for shops half-way up and communal facilities on the roof. In 1950 he published Le Modular, which described a system of measurement based upon the human male figure. From this was derived a relationship of human and mathematical proportions; this concept, together with the extensive use of various forms of concrete, was fundamental to Le Corbusier's later work. In the world-famous and highly personal Pilgrimage Church of Notre Dame du Haut at Ronchamp (1950–5), Le Corbusier's work was in Expressionist form, a plastic design in massive rough-cast concrete, its interior brilliantly designed and lit. His other equally famous, though less popular, ecclesiastical commission showed a contrasting theme, of "brutalist" concrete construction with uncompromisingly stark, rectangular forms. This is the Dominican Convent of Sainte Marie de la Tourette at Eveux-sur-l'Arbresle near Lyon, begun in 1956. The interior, in particular, is carefully worked out, and the lighting, from both natural and artificial sources, is indirect, angled in many directions to illuminate vistas and planes. All surfaces are carefully sloped, the angles meticulously calculated to give optimum visual effect. The crypt, below the raised choir, is painted in bright colours and lit from ceiling oculi.

One of Le Corbusier's late works, the Convent is a tour de force.

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1 warning (advertencia, amenaza).

andar sobre aviso to be on the alert

estar sobre aviso to be forewarned

poner sobre aviso a alguien to warn somebody

¡que te sirva de aviso! let that be a warning to you!

aviso de bomba bomb warning

2 notice.

hasta nuevo aviso until further notice

llegó sin previo aviso he arrived without warning

último aviso para los pasajeros del vuelo IB 257 last call for passengers of flight IB 257

aviso de vencimiento (commerce) due-date reminder

3 advertisement, advert. ( Latin American Spanish)

4 ad, commercial, advertisement, advert.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: avisar.

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► nombre masculino

1 (información) notice

2 (advertencia) warning

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andar/estar sobre aviso (estar atento) to be on the alert, keep one's eyes open 2 (estar enterado) to know what's going on, be in on it 3 (estar avisado) to have been warned

hasta nuevo aviso until further notice

mandar aviso to send word

poner sobre aviso to forewarn

sin previo aviso without prior notice

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1) notice

2) warning

3) advertisement

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1) (=notificación) notice

2) (=advertencia) warning

3) (Com, Econ) demand note

4) (Inform) prompt

5) esp LAm (Com) advertisement

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1)

a) ( notificación) notice

b) ( advertencia) warning

c) (Cin, Teatr) bell

d) (Taur) warning

2) (AmL) (anuncio, cartel) advertisement, ad

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- aviso clasificado or de ocasión or oportuno

- aviso fúnebre

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= word of caution, announcement, notice, reminder notice, warning, word of warning, follow-up, reminder, cautionary note, cautionary word, alert, heads up, wake-up call.

Ex. Finally a word of caution: do not expect too much.

Ex. Printed current awareness bulletins may be produced from similar facilities to those in above, except that here the announcement will relate only to newly added items.

Ex. Notices may be useful in this context for the user who wishes to familiarise himself with the workings of the catalogue before approaching a terminal.

Ex. The circulation staff also looks after overdues -- sending out reminder notices, making follow-up telephone calls, etc..

Ex. No, he was not one to take off like a deer at the first warning of certain dangers.

Ex. One word of warning before starting: products, concepts, applications of information technology are currently in a state of rapid evolution.

Ex. The circulation staff also looks after overdues -- sending out reminder notices, making follow-up telephone calls, etc..

Ex. A constant reminder that, these days, retrospective bibliography and technology are hand in hand is the realization that all of the items listed in both Pollard and Redgrave and Wing are available to purchase in microform editions.

Ex. The different standards involved are described with cautionary notes on their limitations and the balance between standardisation and innovation.

Ex. The article 'A few cautionary words about electronic publishing' argues that advances in microform technology have obviously fallen far behind their potential.

Ex. The author reviews a number of Web sites that offer product warnings and business scam alerts.

Ex. The article is entitled ' Heads up: confronting the selection and access issues of electronic journals'.

Ex. These incidents should serve as a wake-up call for libraries planning a move.

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* aviso de advertencia = warning label.

* aviso de encuadernación = binding trigger.

* aviso de vencimiento = overdue notice.

* aviso para los aviadores = NOTAM (Notice for Airmen).

* casi sin previo aviso = without much notice.

* dar un aviso = make + warning.

* hasta nuevo aviso = until further notice.

* luz de aviso = warning light.

* mensaje de aviso = warning message.

* piloto de aviso = warning light.

* poner sobre aviso = alert to.

* poner una señal de aviso = post + a warning, post + a warning sign.

* señal de aviso = early warning signal, warning sign, warning signal.

* señal de aviso de incendio = fire warning.

* sin aviso previo = without warning.

* sin previo aviso = unannounced, without warning, without notice, without prior notice, without prior notification, on spec, at the drop of a hat, without (any) further notice.

* sistema de aviso de reclamaciones = claims warning system.

* temporizador de aviso = egg timer.

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1)

a) ( notificación) notice

b) ( advertencia) warning

c) (Cin, Teatr) bell

d) (Taur) warning

2) (AmL) (anuncio, cartel) advertisement, ad

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- aviso clasificado or de ocasión or oportuno

- aviso fúnebre

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1 (notificación) notice

[ S ] aviso al público notice to the public, public notice

alguien dio aviso a la policía someone notified o informed the police, someone reported it to the police

llegó sin previo aviso he arrived without prior warning o unexpectedly o out of the blue

hasta nuevo aviso until further notice

último aviso para los pasajeros … last call for passengers …

2 (advertencia) warning

sobre aviso: estás sobre aviso you've been warned

me puso sobre aviso de lo que ocurriría he warned me what would happen

3 ( Cin, Teatr) bell

4 ( Taur) warning

remittance advice

B ( AmL) (anuncio, cartel) advertisement, ad, advert ( BrE)

classified advertisement

( Chi) aviso clasificado

death notice

( Méx) aviso clasificado

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1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

a) ( notificar):

◊ ¿por qué no me avisaste que venías? why didn't you let me know you were coming?;

b) (Esp, Méx) ( llamar) to call;

◊ aviso al médico to call the doctor

c) ( advertir) to warn;

◊ llegó sin aviso she showed up without any prior warning o unexpectedly;

a) ( notificación) notice;

◊ dio aviso a la policía he notified o informed the police;

b) ( advertencia) warning;

◊ poner sobre aviso a algn to warn sb

c) (Cin, Teatr) bell

d) (Taur) warning

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aviso nm

1. [advertencia, amenaza] warning;

andar sobre aviso to be on the alert;

estar sobre aviso to be forewarned;

poner sobre aviso a alguien to warn sb;

¡que te sirva de aviso! let that be a warning to you!

2. [notificación] notice;

hasta nuevo aviso until further notice;

último aviso para los pasajeros del vuelo IB 257 last call for passengers for flight IB 257;

sin previo aviso without notice;

llegó sin previo aviso he arrived without warning

3. Taurom = warning to matador not to delay the kill any longer

4. Am [anuncio] advertisement, advert;

no te deja pasar un aviso she doesn't let you get a word in edgeways

aviso fúnebre death notice;

aviso publicitario advertisement, advert

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1 ( comunicación) notice;

hasta nuevo aviso until further notice;

sin previo aviso without any notice o warning;

último aviso AVIA final call;

aviso de llamada por vibración TELEC vibration mode

2 ( advertencia) warning;

estar sobre aviso have been warned;

poner a alguien sobre aviso give s.o. a warning, warn s.o.

3 L.Am. ( anuncio) advertisement

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aviso nm

1) : notice

2) : advertisement, ad

3) advertencia: warning

estar sobre aviso : to be on the alert

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aviso n

1. (advertencia) warning

2. (anuncio) notice

1 reception, acceptance, admission.

2 reception room, lobby, entrance hall, waiting room.

3 reception, function.

4 front desk, counter, hotel reception desk, reception desk.

5 reception, radio reception.

6 admissions office.

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► nombre femenino

1 (gen) reception

2 (de documento, carta etc) receipt

3 (oficina etc) reception, reception desk

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1) (=acto) reception

2) (Radio) reception

3) (=ceremonia) reception

4) (=cuarto) drawing room; [de hotel] reception, reception desk

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1)

a) ( de mercancías) receipt (frml)

b) (Rad, Telec) reception

c) ( acogida) reception

2) (fiesta, ceremonia) reception

3) ( en hotel) reception

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= check-in, receipt, reception, reception, check-in desk.

Nota: Generalmente en hoteles, hospitales, consultas, etc.

Ex. The Serials Control System handles check-in, claiming and union list of serial publications.

Ex. Facilities for check-in of issues, receipt of indexes, claiming of missing and overdue issues, routing, and binding are described.

Ex. Radio transmission and reception was a new technology at the turn of the century = La transmisión y recepción por radio era una nueva tecnología al comienzo del siglo.

Ex. Many receptions this year will serve sufficient snacks and hors d'oeuvres, so you may not have to plan to have a meal afterwards.

Ex. For the two therapists, conducting therapy in the supermarket presented some logistical problems, such as limited access to telephones and the absence of a check-in desk.

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* centro de recepción de ovejas = sheep station.

* centro de recepción y envío = shipping point.

* demora de la recepción = receipt lag.

* gala de recepción = gala reception.

* historial de recepción = receipt history.

* mostrador de recepción = reception desk.

* ofrecer una recepción = host + reception.

* personal de recepción = reception staff.

* punto de recepción y envío = shipping point.

* recepción de apertura = opening reception.

* recepción de bienvenida = opening reception.

* recepción de gala = gala reception.

* recepción de pedidos = receiving.

* recepción de publicaciones periódicas = checking in [checking-in].

* recepción de publicaciones seriadas = accessioning of serials.

* recepción inaugural = opening reception.

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1)

a) ( de mercancías) receipt (frml)

b) (Rad, Telec) reception

c) ( acogida) reception

2) (fiesta, ceremonia) reception

3) ( en hotel) reception

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= check-in, receipt, reception, reception, check-in desk.

Nota: Generalmente en hoteles, hospitales, consultas, etc.

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1 (de mercancías) receipt ( frml)

la recepción de solicitudes será de nueve a cinco applications will be accepted from nine to five

2 ( Rad, Telec) reception

3 (acogida) reception

una calurosa recepción a warm reception

1 (fiesta) reception

2 (ceremonia) reception

C (en un hotel) reception

pregunta en recepción ask at reception o at the desk

deja la llave en recepción leave the key in o at reception o at the desk

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recepción nf

1. [de carta, paquete] receipt;

pagar a la recepción to pay on delivery;

el pago se efectuará a la recepción del envío payment will be made on receipt of the goods

2. [de hotel] reception;

te veré en recepción I'll see you in reception

3. [fiesta] reception;

ofrecer una recepción a alguien to lay on a reception for sb

4. [de sonido, imagen] reception

5. [en béisbol] catch;

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1 en hotel reception

2 en béisbol catch

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recepción nf, pl - ciones : reception

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recepción n reception

1. TECH., Abteilung, Verfahren etc.: attr. engineering...; (wissenschaftlich) technological; technische Anlagen technical facilities ( oder installations); im Krankenhaus etc.: auch technology; Technische Hochschule college ( oder institute) of technology; Technische Universität technological university, (university-level) institute of advanced technology ( oder science and technology), Am. auch polytechnic institute; technische Einzelheiten technicalities, technical details; technischer Leiter technical director; technisches Personal technical staff; technischer Kundendienst customer engineering fachspr., (after-sales) technical support ( oder back-up umg.); Technisches Werken Schulfach: (Craft, Design and) Technology; technischer Zeichner technical ( oder engineering) draughtsman; technische Zeichnung technical drawing; technische Schwierigkeiten technical problems ( oder difficulties); technische Lösung / Grenzen technical solution / limitations; aus ( verfahrens) technischen Gründen on technical grounds, for technical reasons; Technischer Überwachungs-Verein TÜV

2. (bes. betriebstechnisch, auch Kunst, SPORT etc.) technical; technische Disziplinen field events; technischer K.o. technical knockout, TKO; er verfügt über keine besonderen technischen Fertigkeiten he is not skilled, he has no (technical) qualifications

3. fig. (sachlich, rein formal, theoretisch) technical

II Adv.: technisch begabt / interessiert with an aptitude for things technical / technical(ly)-minded; technisch ausgereift / hoch entwickelt technologically mature ( oder sophisticated) / technologically very advanced; eine technisch schwierige Kür a (free) program(me) of great technical difficulty, a technically demanding (free) program(me)

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technical; engineering; technic

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1. adj

1) (= technologisch) technological; Studienfach technical

2) (= die Ausführung betreffend) Schwierigkeiten, Gründe technical; (= mechanisch) mechanical

2. adv

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1) (in a technical way; He described the machine in simple terms, then more technically.) technically

2) (as far as skill and technique are concerned: The pianist gave a very good performance technically, although she seemed to lack feeling for the music.) technically

3) (having, or relating to, a particular science or skill, especially of a mechanical or industrial kind: a technical college; technical skill; technical drawing.) technical

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I. adj

1. attr (technologisch) technical

die \technischen Einzelheiten finden Sie in der beigefügten Bedienungsanleitung you'll find the technical details in the enclosed operating instructions

\technische Anlagen und Maschinen plant and machinery

2. (technisches Wissen vermittelnd) technical

\technische Hochschule college [or university] of technology

3. (Ausführungsweise) technical

\technisches Können technical ability

unvorhergesehene \technische Probleme unforeseen technical problems

II. adv (auf technischem Gebiet) technically

ein \technisch fortgeschrittenes Land a technologically advanced country

er ist \technisch begabt he is technically gifted; s.a. Zeichner, Unmöglichkeit

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Adjektiv technical < fault>; technological <progress, age>

adverbial technically; technologically < advanced>

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A. adj

1. TECH, Abteilung, Verfahren etc: attr engineering …; (wissenschaftlich) technological;

technische Anlagen technical facilities ( oder installations); im Krankenhaus etc: auch technology;

technische Hochschule college ( oder institute) of technology;

technische Universität technological university, (university-level) institute of advanced technology ( oder science and technology), US auch polytechnic institute;

technische Einzelheiten technicalities, technical details;

technischer Leiter technical director;

technisches Personal technical staff;

technischer Kundendienst customer engineering fachspr, (after-sales) technical support ( oder back-up umg);

Technisches Werken Schulfach: (Craft, Design and) Technology;

technischer Zeichner technical ( oder engineering) draughtsman;

technische Zeichnung technical drawing;

technische Schwierigkeiten technical problems ( oder difficulties);

technische Lösung/Grenzen technical solution/limitations;

aus (verfahrens)technischen Gründen on technical grounds, for technical reasons;

Technischer Überwachungs-Verein → TÜV

2. (besonders betriebstechnisch, auch KUNST, SPORT etc) technical;

technische Disziplinen field events;

technischer K.o. technical knockout, TKO;

er verfügt über keine besonderen technischen Fertigkeiten he is not skilled, he has no (technical) qualifications

3. fig (sachlich, rein formal, theoretisch) technical

B. adv:

technisch begabt/interessiert with an aptitude for things technical/technical(ly)-minded;

technisch ausgereift/hoch entwickelt technologically mature ( oder sophisticated)/technologically very advanced;

eine technisch schwierige Kür a (free) program(me) of great technical difficulty, a technically demanding (free) program(me)

…technisch im adj: of …, …-related, …-specific;

drucktechnisch printing …, technical;

fertigungstechnisch production …, manufacturing …, … of production (engineering);

steuertechnisch tax …, revenue …, … of taxation

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Adjektiv technical < fault>; technological <progress, age>

adverbial technically; technologically < advanced>

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engineering adj.

physical adj.

technic adj.

technical adj. adv.

technically adv.