the school year

Curso de Orientación Universitaria — = COU

seguimos por la tele el curso de la carrera — we watched the progress o course of the race on TV

• en curso, el proceso judicial está en curso — the case is under way o in progress

• en el curso de, en el curso de la entrevista — during the interview, in o during the course of the interview

• dar curso a algo, dar curso a una solicitud — to deal with an application

el año/el mes en curso — (frml) the current year/month (frml)

dar curso a algo — (a una instancia/solicitud) to start to process something; ( a la imaginación) to give free rein to something

el año/el mes en curso — (frml) the current year/month (frml)

dar curso a algo — (a una instancia/solicitud) to start to process something; ( a la imaginación) to give free rein to something

Ex: Earlier in this course we defined a compound subject as consisting, at the level of summarization, of a basic subject and two or more of its isolates.

Ex: The course of the race contains many steep hills, often paved with cobblestones.

• fin de la cita — end of quote, unquote

• fin de curso — end of the school year

• dar fin a — [+ ceremonia, actuación] to bring to a close; [+ obra, libro] to finish; [+ guerra, conflicto] to bring to an end

• llegar a buen fin — [aventura] to have a happy ending; [plan] to turn out well

• llevar algo a buen fin — to bring sth to a successful conclusion

• poner fin a algo — to end sth, put an end to sth

esta ley pondrá fin a la discriminación sexual en el trabajo — this law will end o will put an end to sexual discrimination in the workplace

los acuerdos pusieron fin a doce años de guerra — the agreements ended o put an end to twelve years of war

• sin fin — endless

fin de fiesta — (Teat) grand finale

• al fin y al cabo — after all

• a fin de cuentas — at the end of the day

en fin, otro día seguiremos hablando del tema — anyway o oh, well, we will carry on discussing this another day

¡en fin, qué se le va a hacer! — anyway o oh, well, there's nothing we can do about it!

hemos tenido bastantes problemas este año, pero en fin, seguimos adelante — we've had quite a few problems this year, but still o anyway, we're still going

• a fin de hacer algo — in order to do sth

a fin de que — + subjun so that, in order that frm

se le ha citado como testigo a fin de que explique sus relaciones con el acusado — he has been called as a witness in order to explain o in order that he explain frm o so that he can explain his relationship with the defendant

• con el fin de hacer algo — in order to do sth

• a tal fin — with this aim in mind, to this end

hasta el fin de los siglos or tiempos — until the end of time

no es el fin del mundo — (fam) it's not the end of the world (colloq)

por or al fin — at last

a fin de cuentas — in the end, at the end of the day

tocar a su fin — (liter) to draw to a close o to an end

el fin de esta visita — the aim o purpose of this visit

una institución sin fines lucrativos or de lucro — a not-for-profit organization (AmE), a non-profit-making organisation (BrE)

a fin de que — (frml) in order to

con este fin or a este fin or a tal fin — (frml) with this aim (frml), to this end (frml)

con el fin or a fin de — (frml) with the aim o purpose of

el fin justifica los medios — the end justifies the means

hasta el fin de los siglos or tiempos — until the end of time

no es el fin del mundo — (fam) it's not the end of the world (colloq)

por or al fin — at last

a fin de cuentas — in the end, at the end of the day

tocar a su fin — (liter) to draw to a close o to an end

el fin de esta visita — the aim o purpose of this visit

una institución sin fines lucrativos or de lucro — a not-for-profit organization (AmE), a non-profit-making organisation (BrE)

a fin de que — (frml) in order to

con este fin or a este fin or a tal fin — (frml) with this aim (frml), to this end (frml)

con el fin or a fin de — (frml) with the aim o purpose of

el fin justifica los medios — the end justifies the means

Ex: The aim of SWALCAP is to provide integrated computer services for library housekeeping purposes and to keep these services up to date.

año o curso escolar — school year

Ex: Schoolchildren, students, and other whose native language is written in a non-Roman script may find alphabetical order according to Roman characters an almost insurmountable hurdle in the use of catalogues and indexes.

Ex: School events may be regular and seasonal, like Christmas and vacations, or occasional and minor like sports matches.

Ex: Periodically, the paid fines can be removed from the fines file (for instance, at the end of a fiscal or academic year).

Ex: At last we were ready to tackle our most ambitious and anxiously awaited project of the school year.

Ex: At last we were ready to tackle our most ambitious and anxiously awaited project of the school year.

las condiciones del contrato — the terms o conditions of the contract

• a condición de que..., con la condición de que... — on condition that...

te dejaré salir con la condición de que no vuelvas tarde — I'll let you go out provided (that) o on condition (that) you don't come back late

• condición indispensable — essential condition

• condición previa — precondition

• entregarse o rendirse sin condiciones — to surrender unconditionally

• condición sine qua non — essential condition, sine qua non

condiciones económicas — [de contrato] financial terms; [de profesional] fees

en condiciones normales — under normal conditions o circumstances

• estar en (buenas) condiciones — [lugar, máquina] to be in good condition; [alimentos] to be fresh; [deportista] to be fit

• estar en condiciones de o para hacer algo — [enfermo] to be well o fit enough to do sth; [deportista] to be fit (enough) to do sth

• estar en malas condiciones — [coche, libro, campo de juego] to be in bad condition

me devolvieron el libro en pésimas condiciones — they returned the book to me in a terrible state o condition

condiciones físicas — physical condition sing

condiciones sanitarias — [de bar, restaurante] health requirements; [de hospital] sanitary conditions

el derecho a no ser discriminada por su condición de mujer — the right not to be discriminated against on the grounds of being o because one is a woman

a condición or con la condición de que — on condition (that)

te lo presto a condición de que me lo devuelvas mañana — I'll lend it to you as long as o provided (that) you give it back tomorrow

las condiciones de un contrato — the terms o conditions of a contract

su condición de extranjero le impide participar — as o being a foreigner he is not allowed to take part

de condición humilde — of humble condition o origins

estar en perfectas condiciones — coche/mueble to be in perfect condition; persona to be in good shape

a condición or con la condición de que — on condition (that)

te lo presto a condición de que me lo devuelvas mañana — I'll lend it to you as long as o provided (that) you give it back tomorrow

las condiciones de un contrato — the terms o conditions of a contract

su condición de extranjero le impide participar — as o being a foreigner he is not allowed to take part

de condición humilde — of humble condition o origins

estar en perfectas condiciones — coche/mueble to be in perfect condition; persona to be in good shape

Ex: Chapter 9 considered the provisions for selecting headings for added entries.

Ex: This may help to improve the service librarians can give face to face with clients.

los recién llegados — [a un lugar] the newcomers; [a una reunión] the latecomers

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.