the slide in standards

empuñar la vara — to take over, take (up) office (as mayor etc)

vara alta — (=autoridad) authority, power; (=peso) influence; (=dominio) dominance

depende de la vara con que lo midas — it depends on the standards o criteria you're judging it by

depende de la vara con que lo midas — it depends on the standards o criteria you're judging it by

Ex: The sweeper had 2 hand-operated blowing wands to help move the jojoba seeds from under the bushes into the sweeper's path.

to give somebody the slip — (colloq) lograr zafarse de algn

a slip of paper — un papelito, un papel; deposit II 1) a)

a slip of a girl — una chiquilla, una chiquilina (AmL)

you're slipping — tu trabajo (or aplicación etc) ya no es lo que era

to let slip an opportunity to let an opportunity slip dejar escapar una oportunidad; they let the contract slip through their fingers se dejaron quitar el contrato de las manos; I didn't mean to say that: it just slipped out no quería decirlo, pero se me escapó or salió; I let (it) slip that... — se me escapó que...

to slip somebody's mind o memory: it completely slipped my mind — me olvidé or se me olvidó por completo

I wrote the number on a slip of paper — escribí el número en un papelito or un trocito de papel

the glass slipped from her hand — el vaso se le fue or se le resbaló de la mano

we let the game slip through our fingers — dejamos que el partido se nos escapara or se nos fuera de las manos

you're slipping hum — estás decayendo

he slipped an arm around her waist — le pasó or deslizó el brazo por la cintura

I slipped a note under his door — deslicé or le pasé una nota por debajo de la puerta

I meant to do it but it slipped my mind — lo quise hacer pero se me olvidó or se me pasó

slip road N — (on motorway) vía f de acceso

slip stitch N — (Knitting) punto m sin hacer

to give somebody the slip — (colloq) lograr zafarse de algn

a slip of paper — un papelito, un papel; deposit II 1) a)

a slip of a girl — una chiquilla, una chiquilina (AmL)

you're slipping — tu trabajo (or aplicación etc) ya no es lo que era

to let slip an opportunity to let an opportunity slip dejar escapar una oportunidad; they let the contract slip through their fingers se dejaron quitar el contrato de las manos; I didn't mean to say that: it just slipped out no quería decirlo, pero se me escapó or salió; I let (it) slip that... — se me escapó que...

to slip somebody's mind o memory: it completely slipped my mind — me olvidé or se me olvidó por completo

let a chance/opportunity slip — sich (Dat.) eine Chance/Gelegenheit entgehen lassen

slip to the butcher's — [rasch] zum Fleischer rüberspringen (ugs.)

slip from the room — aus dem Zimmer schlüpfen

everything slipped into place — (fig.) alles fügte sich zusammen

slip the dress over one's head — das Kleid über den Kopf streifen

the boat slipped its mooring — das Boot löste sich aus seiner Verankerung

slip somebody's attention — jemandes Aufmerksamkeit (Dat.) entgehen

slip somebody's memory or mind — jemandem entfallen

after his slip — nachdem er ausgerutscht [und gestürzt] war

slip of metal/plastic — Metall-/Plastikstreifen, der

slip [of paper] — Zettel, der

to make a (bad) slip — sich (übel) vertun (inf), einen (ganz schönen) Bock schießen (inf)

a slip of the pen — ein Flüchtigkeitsfehler m

a slip of the tongue — ein Versprecher m

there's many a slip ( 'twixt cup and lip) (Prov) — man soll den Tag nicht vor dem Abend loben (Prov), zwischen Lipp und Kelchesrand (schwebt der finstern Mächte Hand) (liter)

waist slip — Halbunterrock m

full-length slip — Unterkleid nt

slips of paper — Zettel pl

withdrawal slip — Auszahlungsschein m

sales slip — Kassenzettel m

to slip sth across to sb — jdm etw zuschieben; (unobtrusively) jdm etw zuschmuggeln

she slipped the dress over her head — sie streifte sich (dat) das Kleid über den Kopf

to slip one over on sb (inf) — jdn reinlegen (inf)

to slip sb some money (inf) — jdm etwas Geld zustecken (inf)

to slip anchor (Naut) — den Anker kappen (form)

it/his birthday slipped my mind or memory — ich habe es/seinen Geburtstag vergessen or verschwitzt (inf)

to slip a disc — sich (dat) einen Bandscheibenschaden zuziehen

a slipped disc — ein Bandscheibenschaden m

it slipped from her hand — es rutschte ihr aus der Hand

money slips through her fingers — das Geld rinnt ihr (nur so) durch die Finger

to let sth slip through one's fingers — sich (dat) etw entgehen lassen

the police let the thief slip through their fingers — die Polizei ließ sich (dat) den Dieb in letzter Minute durch die Finger schlüpfen

I'll slip round to the shop — ich spring schnell zum Laden

you're slipping! (inf) — du lässt nach (inf)

let a chance/opportunity slip — sich (Dat.) eine Chance/Gelegenheit entgehen lassen

slip to the butcher's — [rasch] zum Fleischer rüberspringen (ugs.)

everything slipped into place — (fig.) alles fügte sich zusammen

slip somebody's attention — jemandes Aufmerksamkeit (Dat.) entgehen

slip somebody's memory or mind — jemandem entfallen

slip of metal/plastic — Metall-/Plastikstreifen, der

slip [of paper] — Zettel, der

von etw abgleiten — to slip off sth

in Nebensächlichkeiten abgleiten — to wander off or go off into side issues

er gleitet in Gedanken immer ab — his thoughts always wander

apenas consigo dormir — I can hardly o scarcely o barely sleep

• apenas nada — hardly anything

no sé apenas nada de ese tema — I hardly know anything about that subject, I know almost nothing o next to nothing about that subject

• apenas nadie — hardly anybody

• apenas si, apenas si nos habló durante toda la cena — he hardly o barely o scarcely said a word to us throughout the whole dinner

había muy pocos alumnos, apenas diez o doce — there were very few students, only o barely ten or twelve

apenas podíamos oírlo — we could hardly o barely hear him

apenas podíamos oírlo — we could hardly o barely hear him

Ex: It is hardly fair to assess the BM code by modern standards for catalogue codes, but there are obvious areas in which it would now be regarded as lacking.

ATTRIBUTES: accessory 2. 1), advance 3. 2), aerial 3. 1), agricultural, air 2. 1),

alternative 2. 3), ambient 1. 1), audiovisual, auxiliary 2. 1), block 1. 4) а), boastful, broadcast 2. 1), n1, classified 1. 1), commercial 1. 4) а), comparative, competing 1. 1) а), competitive 1. 2) а), concept 1. 2) а), consumer 1. 1) а), continuity 1. 1) а), controversial 1. 1) а), cooperative 2. 1), n2, coordinated, corporate 1. 2) а), б, corrective 1. 1), creative, deceptive, demographic, denigratory, dissipative, domestic 1. 2) а),

foreign 1) б), global, professional 1. 3) б), regional, repeat 3. 3) б), strategic, superior 3. 1) б), test 3. 3) б), traditional

cálculo de costo — costing, pricing (EEUU)

eso no entraba en mis cálculos — I hadn't allowed for that in my plans o calculations

fue un error de cálculo — I/he/they misjudged o miscalculated

eso no entraba en mis cálculos — I hadn't allowed for that in my plans o calculations

fue un error de cálculo — I/he/they misjudged o miscalculated

Ex: Since the system's arithmetic depends upon the way amounts of money are entered, standards for entry for the various currencies must be established.