there's no progress or headway to be made

da ist kein Vórwärtskommen (auch fig) — there's no progress or headway to be made

da ist kein Vórwärtskommen (auch fig) — there's no progress or headway to be made

el ejército avanzó de madrugada — the army advanced o moved forward at dawn

estudio mucho pero no avanzo — I work hard but I don't make any progress o headway

las conversaciones de paz no parecen avanzar — the peace talks do not seem to be progressing o making (any) progress

la genética avanza a ritmo vertiginoso — genetics is progressing o advancing at a dizzy speed

avanzar hacia la democracia — to move o advance toward(s) democracy

avanzó un peón — he moved o pushed a pawn forward

avanzar hacia la democracia — to move o advance toward(s) democracy

avanzó un peón — he moved o pushed a pawn forward

Ex: Standardisation of formats is less developed; however UNIMARC is gaining ground as a national exchange format, whilst USMARC is also used by university and public libraries.

progresser de 3% — [production] to rise by 3%; [candidat, parti] to gain 3%

no adelantemos acontecimientos — let's not get ahead of ourselves, let's not jump the gun *

ha adelantado las líneas generales de su plan — he has disclosed o revealed the outline of his plan

"prohibido adelantar" — "no overtaking", "no passing" (EEUU)

llevamos un mes negociando sin adelantar nada — we have spent a month negotiating without making any progress o headway

prohibido adelantar — no passing (AmE), no overtaking (BrE)

prohibido adelantar — no passing (AmE), no overtaking (BrE)

Ex: Although the age for receiving old-age pension is 65 years, an individual can decide to bring it forward to a maximum of 5 years.

avancer un siège à quelqu'un — to pull ou draw up a seat for somebody

avancer de l'argent — [banque] to advance money; [parent, ami] to lend money

elle avança vers le guichet — ( elle alla) she went up to the ticket office; ( elle vint) she came up to the ticket office

et votre projet? ça avance? — (colloq) and your project? how is it coming along?

s'avancer vers quelqu'un — ( aller) to go toward(s) somebody; ( venir) to come up to somebody

un avance de la programación matinal — (TV) a look ahead at the morning's programmes

Ex: Better flexibility is achieved if the heating, ventilation and lighting can accommodate this move without the need for any alterations.

Ex: I think that the most important advance that we can look forward to is a great increase in the amount of authority data in MARC form.

Ex: A trailer is a short motion picture film consisting of selected scenes from a film to be shown at a future date, used to advertise that film.

Ex: The mobile library was based on a converted pickup truck with a camper shell, plus a tent shelter, and camp lantern for night services.

to bar smb from talks — не допускать кого-л. к участию в переговорах

to bring a country into the talks between smb — вовлекать / подключать какую-л. страну к переговорам между кем-л.

to call for urgent talks with smb — призывать срочно начать переговоры с кем-л.

to come to the talks empty-handed — приходить на переговоры с пустыми руками ( без новых предложений)

to expel smb from the talks — исключать кого-л. из состава участников переговоров

to extend talks amid reports of smth — продлевать переговоры, в то время как поступают сообщения о чем-л.

to extend one's talks for another day — продлевать переговоры еще на один день

to force smb into talks — принуждать кого-л. к переговорам

to go somewhere for more talks with smb — ехать куда-л. для продолжения переговоров с кем-л.

to have a second round of talks with smb — проводить второй тур переговоров с кем-л.

to have / to hold further / more talks with smb — проводить дальнейшие переговоры / продолжать переговоры с кем-л.

to hold talks at the request of smb — проводить переговоры по чьей-л. просьбе

to join smb in the talks — включаться в чьи-л. переговоры, принять участие в чьих-л. переговорах

to leave smb out of talks — не допускать кого-л. к участию в переговорах

to maintain one's talks for 10 days — продолжать переговоры еще 10 дней

to make smb more flexible in the talks — заставлять кого-л. занять более гибкую позицию на переговорах

to offer unconditional talks to smb — предлагать кому-л. провести переговоры, не сопровождаемые никакими условиями

to seek talks with smb — добиваться переговоров с кем-л.

to soften one's position in talks — смягчать позицию на переговорах

to steer a diplomatic course in one's talks — проводить дипломатическую линию на переговорах

to talk about smth — вести переговоры о чем-л.

to talk directly to smb — вести прямые переговоры с кем-л.

to talk for oneself — высказывать свою личную точку зрения

to talk to smb direct — вести с кем-л. прямые переговоры

to talk to smb through a third party — вести переговоры с кем-л. через посредника

to begin talking with smb — начинать переговоры с кем-л.

• a saltos, cruzamos el río a saltos — we jumped across the river

• dar o pegar un salto — [persona, animal] to jump; [corazón] to leap

los niños les acompañaban dando saltos — the kids went with them, jumping o hopping about

al hablar da muchos saltos de un tema a otro — when he speaks, he jumps from o leaps around from one subject to the next

• de un salto, se puso en pie de un salto — he leapt o sprang to his feet

• el libro supuso su salto a la fama — the book marked his leap to fame, the book was his springboard to fame

vivir a salto de mata — (=sin organización) to lead a haphazard life; (=sin seguridad) to live from hand to mouth

le gustaría dar el salto al teatro profesional — he would like to make the leap o jump into professional theatre

• triple salto — triple jump

salto alto — LAm high jump

salto con garrocha LAm —

salto en paracaídas — (=salto) parachute jump; (=deporte) parachuting

salto inicial — (Baloncesto) jump ball

salto largo — LAm long jump

salto de línea — (Inform) line break