the oil embargo

to strike oil — (colloq) dar* con una mina de oro or con la gallina de los huevos de oro (fam); (lit: reach oil) encontrar* petróleo; (before n)

oil pipeline — oleoducto m

oil refinery — refinería f de petróleo

oil tanker — ( ship) petrolero m; ( truck) camión m cisterna ( para petróleo)

to burn the midnight oil — quemarse las cejas

to check the oil — (Aut etc) revisar el nivel del aceite

to strike oil — encontrar petróleo; (fig) encontrar un filón

oil change N — (Aut) cambio m de aceite

oil colours NPL — (Art) óleos mpl

oil deposits NPL — (Geol) yacimientos mpl de petróleo

oil embargo N — embargo m petrolífero

oil filter N — (Aut) filtro m de aceite

oil gauge N — (Aut) indicador m de(l) aceite

oil industry N — industria f del petróleo

oil lamp N — lámpara f de aceite, quinqué m

oil level N — nivel m del aceite

oil paint N — (Art) óleo m, pintura f al óleo

oil painting N — (Art) pintura f al óleo

she's no oil painting * — no es ninguna belleza

oil pipeline N — oleoducto m

oil platform N — plataforma f petrolífera

oil pollution N — contaminación f petrolífera

oil pressure N — (Aut) presión f del aceite

oil refinery N — refinería f de petróleo

oil rig N — torre f de perforación; (Naut) plataforma f de perforación submarina

oil slick N — (large) marea f negra; (small) mancha f de petróleo, capa f de petróleo (en el agua)

oil spill N — (=act) fuga f de petróleo (=substance)

oil stove N — (for cooking) cocina f de petróleo; (for heating) estufa f de petróleo

oil tanker N — petrolero m

oil terminal N — terminal f petrolífera

oil well N — pozo m de petróleo

to strike oil — (colloq) dar* con una mina de oro or con la gallina de los huevos de oro (fam); (lit: reach oil) encontrar* petróleo; (before n)

oil pipeline — oleoducto m

oil refinery — refinería f de petróleo

oil tanker — ( ship) petrolero m; ( truck) camión m cisterna ( para petróleo)

to burn the midnight oil — quemarse las cejas

to end one's embargo on smth — отменять эмбарго на что-л.

to exempt smth from a trade embargo — не распространять торговое эмбарго на что-л.

to impose / to lay an embargo on / upon smth — вводить / налагать эмбарго на что-л.

to maintain an embargo on a country — продолжать эмбарго против какой-л. страны

to place an embargo on smth — вводить / налагать эмбарго на что-л.

oil/arms/trade embargo — Öl-/Waffen-/Handelsembargo nt

to impose or place or put an embargo on sth — etw mit einem Embargo belegen, ein Embargo über etw (acc) verhängen

to lift an embargo on sth — ein Embargo über etw (acc) aufheben

держать под запретом — to maintain a ban (on)

налагать запрет — to enjoin, to impose / to place an embargo (on / upon), to ban, to embargo

поддержать запрет — to uphold the ban (on)

налагать / накладывать эмбарго — to impose / to lay / to place an embargo (on); to embargo

to follow up a lead — seguir or investigar una pista

planta baja — ground floor, first floor (EEUU)

los bajos fondos — the underworld sing

• estar bajo de algo, estar bajo de ánimo o de moral — to be in low spirits

hablar en voz baja — to speak quietly o in a low voice

bajo comercial — ground-floor o (EEUU) first-floor business premises

hablar bajo — (=en voz baja) to speak quietly, speak softly; (=tener una voz suave) to be softly spoken, be soft spoken

• bajo cero — below zero

• bajo la lluvia — in the rain

• bajo tierra — underground

tiene la tensión or presión baja — he has low blood pressure

bajo el cielo estrellado — (liter) beneath the starry sky (liter)

tiene la tensión or presión baja — he has low blood pressure

bajo el cielo estrellado — (liter) beneath the starry sky (liter)

Ex: Russian singer Vladimir Ognovenko is one of the most arresting basses on the opera scene today.

Ex: The ground floor of the library contains a foyer with separate entrance to different departments.

Ex: Carlton Duncan discussed the difficulties built into the educational processes which led to under-performance at school and the resulting low representation in higher education and low entry into the professions.

Ex: One of the outcomes of entry under title has been the proliferation of serials titles.

Ex: The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.

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