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121 per cent
adverb (, noun (often written % with figures) (of numbers, amounts etc) stated as a fraction of one hundred: Twenty-five per cent of one hundred and twenty is thirty; 25% of the people did not reply to our letters.) por cientoper cent n por cientopor ciento[pǝ'sent]N por cientothere's a ten per cent discount — hay un descuento del diez por cien(to), hay un diez por ciento de descuento
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122 personnel
pə:sə'nel(the people employed in a firm, factory, shop etc; the staff: Our personnel are very highly trained; (also adjective) a personnel manager.) personaltr[pɜːsə'nel]1 personal nombre masculino\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLpersonnel department departamento de personal, sección nombre femenino de personalpersonnel manager jefe,-a de personalpersonnel [.pərsən'ɛl] n: personal mn.• dotación s.f.• elenco s.m.• personal s.m.• séquito s.m.'pɜːrsṇ'el, ˌpɜːsə'nela) ( staff) (+ pl vb) personal m; (before n)personnel manager — jefe, -fa m,f de personal
b) Personnel ( department) (+ sing vb) sección f de personalc) ( field) (+ sing vb) administración f or gestión f de personal[ˌpɜːsǝ'nel]1. N1) (=staff) personal m2) (=department) departamento m de personal, sección f de personalhead of personnel — jefe(-a) m / f de personal
3) (Mil) personal mantipersonnelmilitary personnel — personal m militar
2.CPDpersonnel agency N — agencia f de personal
personnel carrier N — vehículo m militar para transporte de tropas
armoured or (US) armored personnel carrier — camión m blindado
personnel department N — departamento m de personal, sección f de personal
personnel director N — director(a) m / f de personal
personnel file N — historial m personal
personnel management N — administración f de personal, gestión f de personal
personnel manager N — jefe(-a) m / f de personal
personnel officer N — jefe(-a) m / f de personal (subordinado al "personnel manager" si lo hay)
personnel policy N — política f en materia de personal
personnel record N — historial m personal
* * *['pɜːrsṇ'el, ˌpɜːsə'nel]a) ( staff) (+ pl vb) personal m; (before n)personnel manager — jefe, -fa m,f de personal
b) Personnel ( department) (+ sing vb) sección f de personalc) ( field) (+ sing vb) administración f or gestión f de personal -
123 selective
- tivadjective (having the power of choice and using it, especially carefully: She is very selective about clothes.) selectivotr[sɪ'lektɪv]1 (specific) selectivo,-a; (not general) parcial2 (discriminating, choosy) exigente, selectivo,-a■ she's very selective about the people she goes out with es muy selectiva con la gente con quien sale\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLselective service SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL servicio militar obligatorioselective [sə'lɛktɪv] adj: selectivoadj.• selectivo, -a adj.sɪ'lektɪva) <control/recruitment> selectivo; < reporting> parcialselective education — sistema que emplea un procedimiento selectivo para la admisión de alumnos en determinadas escuelas
selective service — (AmE) servicio m militar obligatorio, conscripción f (AmL)
b) ( discriminating)[sɪ'lektɪv]to be selective: he's fairly selective about who he mixes with — elige or escoge mucho sus amistades
1.ADJ selectivo2.CPDselective breeding N — cría f selectiva
selective memory N — memoria f selectiva
* * *[sɪ'lektɪv]a) <control/recruitment> selectivo; < reporting> parcialselective education — sistema que emplea un procedimiento selectivo para la admisión de alumnos en determinadas escuelas
selective service — (AmE) servicio m militar obligatorio, conscripción f (AmL)
b) ( discriminating)to be selective: he's fairly selective about who he mixes with — elige or escoge mucho sus amistades
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124 self-government
(government by the people of the country without outside control.) autonomía, autogobiernotr[self'gʌvənmənt]1 autonomía, autogobiernoself-government [.sɛlf'gʌvərmənt, -vərn-] n: autogobierno mn.• autogobierno s.m.• autonomía s.f.'self'gʌvərnmənt, ˌself'gʌvənməntmass noun autogobierno m, autonomía f[ˌself'ɡʌvǝmǝnt]N autonomía f, autogobierno m* * *['self'gʌvərnmənt, ˌself'gʌvənmənt]mass noun autogobierno m, autonomía f -
125 socialism
noun (the belief or theory that a country's wealth (its land, mines, industries, railways etc) should belong to the people as a whole, not to private owners.) socialismosocialism n socialismotr['səʊʃəlɪzəm]1 socialismosocialism ['so:ʃə.lɪzəm] n: socialismo mn.• socialismo s.m.'səʊʃəlɪzəmmass noun socialismo m['sǝʊʃǝlɪzǝm]N socialismo m* * *['səʊʃəlɪzəm]mass noun socialismo m -
126 three-quarters
I 'θriː'kwɔːrtərz, ˌθriː'kwɔːtəzpronoun las tres cuartas partes
II
[ˌθriː'kwɔːtǝz]it's three-quarters full — contiene el 75% or las tres cuartas partes de su capacidad
1.N tres cuartos mpl, tres cuartas partes fpl2.ADV* * *
I ['θriː'kwɔːrtərz, ˌθriː'kwɔːtəz]pronoun las tres cuartas partes
II
it's three-quarters full — contiene el 75% or las tres cuartas partes de su capacidad
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127 warpaint
noun (paint applied to the face etc by the people of some primitive societies before going into battle.) pintura de guerramass noun pintura f de guerrashe's putting on her warpaint — (colloq & hum) se está poniendo el revoque (fam & hum)
* * *mass noun pintura f de guerrashe's putting on her warpaint — (colloq & hum) se está poniendo el revoque (fam & hum)
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128 to be up in arms
estar en pie de guerra
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