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81 en un dos por tres
familiar in a flash* * *seis* * *= in a flash, at the drop of a hat, in the blink of an eye, in no time, right away, in a jiffy, in a triceEx. In a flash, without a moment wasted on intelligent astonishment, the poor accosted earthling gives a detailed description of the instrument he apparently assumes without further investigation the stranded space man needs.Ex. Sometimes these tantrums start at the drop of a hat for often no apparent reason other than the fact that he's 2 years old.Ex. Society has moved from micro to macro scale in almost the blink of an eye.Ex. Follow each of these tips, and you'll be on the road to success in no time.Ex. Forms that are required right away are printed immediately.Ex. The article is entitled 'Chemistry in a Jiffy'.Ex. In a trice we find ourselves left without civilisation -- just a push of a wrong button and everything goes straight to a primitive state.* * *= in a flash, at the drop of a hat, in the blink of an eye, in no time, right away, in a jiffy, in a triceEx: In a flash, without a moment wasted on intelligent astonishment, the poor accosted earthling gives a detailed description of the instrument he apparently assumes without further investigation the stranded space man needs.
Ex: Sometimes these tantrums start at the drop of a hat for often no apparent reason other than the fact that he's 2 years old.Ex: Society has moved from micro to macro scale in almost the blink of an eye.Ex: Follow each of these tips, and you'll be on the road to success in no time.Ex: Forms that are required right away are printed immediately.Ex: The article is entitled 'Chemistry in a Jiffy'.Ex: In a trice we find ourselves left without civilisation -- just a push of a wrong button and everything goes straight to a primitive state. -
82 en un instante
in a minute* * *= in a flash, at a moment's notice, in a twinkling, in a snap, in a heartbeat, in a jiffy, in a second, in a triceEx. In a flash, without a moment wasted on intelligent astonishment, the poor accosted earthling gives a detailed description of the instrument he apparently assumes without further investigation the stranded space man needs.Ex. Be sure any mechanical equipment required (tape machines, film projectors, etc.) does actually work, can be replaced at a moment's notice if it breaks down, and is handled by a competent operator.Ex. You can send an email message from Boston to Addis Ababa in a twinkling of an eye, but that message may be expunged in a second twinkling.Ex. Firefox installs in a snap, and it's free.Ex. Life is too short, and it can be over in a heartbeat.Ex. The article is entitled 'Chemistry in a Jiffy'.Ex. A potato can be peeled in a second by steaming first for an hour before dipping it in ice water.Ex. In a trice we find ourselves left without civilisation -- just a push of a wrong button and everything goes straight to a primitive state.* * *= in a flash, at a moment's notice, in a twinkling, in a snap, in a heartbeat, in a jiffy, in a second, in a triceEx: In a flash, without a moment wasted on intelligent astonishment, the poor accosted earthling gives a detailed description of the instrument he apparently assumes without further investigation the stranded space man needs.
Ex: Be sure any mechanical equipment required (tape machines, film projectors, etc.) does actually work, can be replaced at a moment's notice if it breaks down, and is handled by a competent operator.Ex: You can send an email message from Boston to Addis Ababa in a twinkling of an eye, but that message may be expunged in a second twinkling.Ex: Firefox installs in a snap, and it's free.Ex: Life is too short, and it can be over in a heartbeat.Ex: The article is entitled 'Chemistry in a Jiffy'.Ex: A potato can be peeled in a second by steaming first for an hour before dipping it in ice water.Ex: In a trice we find ourselves left without civilisation -- just a push of a wrong button and everything goes straight to a primitive state. -
83 helpless
عاجِز \ helpless: lacking help; unable to look after oneself or act without help: a helpless child. incapable: not able to do sth.; not having the power or nature to do sth.: flowers are incapable of growing without light. She is incapable of being unkind to people. powerless: lacking power: She was powerless to stop the fight. stranded: left helpless or without means of support; left without the means of returning home: I lost my money and was stranded in the mountains. \ See Also منقطع (مُنْقَطِع) -
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عاجِز \ helpless: lacking help; unable to look after oneself or act without help: a helpless child. incapable: not able to do sth.; not having the power or nature to do sth.: flowers are incapable of growing without light. She is incapable of being unkind to people. powerless: lacking power: She was powerless to stop the fight. stranded: left helpless or without means of support; left without the means of returning home: I lost my money and was stranded in the mountains. \ See Also منقطع (مُنْقَطِع) -
85 powerless
عاجِز \ helpless: lacking help; unable to look after oneself or act without help: a helpless child. incapable: not able to do sth.; not having the power or nature to do sth.: flowers are incapable of growing without light. She is incapable of being unkind to people. powerless: lacking power: She was powerless to stop the fight. stranded: left helpless or without means of support; left without the means of returning home: I lost my money and was stranded in the mountains. \ See Also منقطع (مُنْقَطِع) -
86 colgado
adj.hanging, hung-up, hung, underslung.past part.past participle of spanish verb: colgar.* * *1→ link=colgar colgar► adjetivo1 hanging (de, from)2 (ahorcado) hanged3 familiar (pendiente de resolución) pending■ le ha quedado una asignatura colgada she has to resit one exam, she has to do one retake4 familiar (totalmente pendiente) dependent (de, on)► nombre masculino,nombre femenino\dejar a alguien colgado,-a familiar to leave somebody in the lurch, leave somebody high and dry, leave somebody strandedestar colgado,-a (en apuros) to be in a fix, be in a tight spot* * *(f. - colgada)adj.hanging, hanged, hung* * *1.PP de colgar2. ADJ1) (=pendiente)colgar 2.este cuadro estuvo colgado muchos años en el museo de la ciudad — this picture hung for many years in the city museum
2) (=ahorcado) hanged, hung3) * [asignatura]tengo la física colgada — I have to resit o retake physics
4)• dejar colgado a algn — * [en una situación difícil] to leave sb in the lurch *; [en una cita] to stand sb up *
se fue del país y me dejó colgado con todas las facturas del negocio — he's left the country and left me in the lurch with all the company invoices to sort out *
vendrás ¿no?, espero que no me dejes colgado — you'll be there, won't you? I hope you're not going to stand me up *
5) ** (=drogado) spaced out **; (=chiflado) nuts *; (=sin dinero) broke *, short of money6) ** (=enviciado)•
colgado de algo — hooked on sth *7) ** (=enamorado)8) Chile * (=ignorante) clueless *estoy muy colgado en geografía — I haven't got a clue about geography *, I'm clueless in geography *
3. SMF **1) (=drogadicto) druggie *2) (=chiflado) nutter ** * *1) ( plantado)2)a) (Esp arg) < asignatura>b) (Esp arg) ( por drogas) spaced out (colloq)c) (Chi, Esp fam or arg) (que no entiende, no sabe)estar colgado — to be completely lost (colloq)
d) (Col fam) ( atrasado) behinde) (Col, Esp fam or arg) ( de dinero) short of money* * *----* colgado de un lazo continuo = looped.* dejar a Alguien colgado = hang + Nombre + out to dry.* * *1) ( plantado)2)a) (Esp arg) < asignatura>b) (Esp arg) ( por drogas) spaced out (colloq)c) (Chi, Esp fam or arg) (que no entiende, no sabe)estar colgado — to be completely lost (colloq)
d) (Col fam) ( atrasado) behinde) (Col, Esp fam or arg) ( de dinero) short of money* * ** colgado de un lazo continuo = looped.* dejar a Alguien colgado = hang + Nombre + out to dry.* * *(ver tb colgar)A(plantado): me dejó colgada con la comida hecha I had the food all ready and he didn't show o turn upme dejó colgado y tuve que hacerlo todo yo she didn't turn up o she left me in the lurch o she let me down and I had to do it all myselfB1 ( arg) ‹asignatura›¿te ha quedado alguna asignatura colgada para septiembre? do you have to do any retakes in September?3( Chi fam) (que no entiende, no sabe): quedé más colgado con su explicación … his explanation left me completely in the darken física estamos todos colgados none of us has a clue about physicsestoy colgado de trabajo I'm behind with my workviven colgados they're always short of money, they live from hand to mouthmasculine, feminine* * *
Del verbo colgar: ( conjugate colgar)
colgado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
colgado
colgar
colgado◊ -da adjetivo: dejar a algn colgado ( dejarlo en la estacada) to leave sb in the lurch;
ver tb colgar
colgar ( conjugate colgar) verbo transitivo
‹ lámpara› to put up;
‹ ropa lavada› to hang (out);
colgado algo de algo to hang sth on sth;
verbo intransitivo
el vestido me cuelga de un lado my dress is hanging down on one sideb) (Telec) to hang up;◊ no cuelgue, por favor hold the line please, please hold;
me colgó he hung up on me
colgarse verbo pronominal ( refl)
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b) (agarrarse, suspenderse):
no te cuelges de mí don't cling on to me;
se pasa colgada del teléfono (fam) she spends her time on the phone
2 (Chi, Méx) (Elec):
colgado,-a adjetivo
1 (suspendido) hanging
2 argot (extravagante, temerario) weird
(drogado) high
♦ Locuciones: familiar dejar a alguien colgado, to leave sb in the lurch
quedarse colgado, to be disappointed
colgar
I verbo transitivo
1 (un cuadro) to hang (up)
(tender la ropa) to hang (out)
2 (suspender) to fail
3 (ahorcar) to hang
4 (el teléfono) to hang up o put down
II verbo intransitivo
1 to hang [de, from]
2 Tel (cortar la comunicación) to hang up
' colgado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
colgada
- sambenito
- colgar
English:
dangle
- strand
- wasted
- hang
* * *colgado, -a♦ adj2. [teléfono] on the hook;deben tener el teléfono mal colgado they can't have put the receiver back properlycancelaron la excursión y me quedé colgado todo el fin de semana they cancelled the trip and I was left with nothing to do all weekendestá colgado de María he's stuck on Maria;está colgado del alcohol he can't stay off the drink;se pasa el día colgado del teléfono he's on the phone all day long6. Fam [pendiente]tengo colgado el inglés del curso pasado I have to resit the exam for last year's English course♦ nm,fFam1. [atontado, loco] loony, Br nutter2. [desamparado] drip3. [drogadicto] junkie* * *adj1:dejar colgado a alguien fam let s.o. down;estar oquedarse colgado be (left) on one’s own2:estar colgado por alguien fam be nuts about s.o. fam* * *colgado, -da adj1) : hanging, hanged2) : pending3)dejar colgado a : to disappoint, to let down* * *colgado adj1. (en general) hanging2.¿te ha quedado alguna asignatura colgada? have you got to resit any exams? -
87 канат
( тали или подъемного блока) fall, cable мор., line, rope* * *кана́т м.
ropeкана́т бьёт о борта́ — rope flails against the hull sideволочи́ть кана́т по земле́ — drag a rope on the groundзапу́тывать кана́т — foul a ropeкана́т изгота́вливают с направле́нием сви́вки, противополо́жным сви́вке пря́дей — a rope is laid with a twist opposite to that of the strandsкана́т «моча́лится» — the rope fraysнайто́вить кана́т — frap a ropeослабля́ть кана́т — slack (off) a ropeпереки́дывать кана́т вокру́г бло́ка — pass a rope over a blockпропуска́ть кана́т че́рез блок — rove a rope through a blockрасплета́ть пови́в кана́та — unlay a ropeраспусти́ть [распуши́ть] коне́ц кана́та — feaze a ropeсвё́ртывать кана́т в бу́хту — coil a ropeсвё́ртывать кана́т в пло́скую бу́хту — flemish down a ropeтащи́ть кана́т по земле́ — drag a rope on the groundтрави́ть кана́т — ease away [pay out] a ropeкана́т трёт о блок или шкив — a rope chafes against a pulley block or sheaveбесконе́чный кана́т — endless ropeбукси́рный кана́т — towing rope, tow-ropeбурово́й кана́т — drilling cableвито́й кана́т — twisted ropeкана́т гре́йфера, замыва́ющий — closing rope of a grab bucketкана́т гре́йфера, подде́рживающий — holding rope of a grab bucketкана́т гре́йфера, подъё́мный — holding rope of a grab bucketгрузоподъё́мный кана́т — hoisting ropeджу́товый кана́т — jute ropeкана́т драгла́йна, подъё́мный — hoist cableкана́т драгла́йна, тя́говый — drag cableкана́т закры́той констру́кции — locked-coil ropeкана́т ка́бельтовой сви́вки — came-laid [water-laid] ropeка́бельтовый кана́т — cable-laid [water-laid] ropeкана́т кана́тной доро́ги, несу́щий — track cableкана́т кана́тной доро́ги, тя́говый — traction cableкручё́ный кана́т — twisted ropeкана́т ле́вой сви́вки — left lay ropeмногопря́дный кана́т — stranded ropeнаправля́ющий кана́т — guide ropeнераскру́чивающийся кана́т — non-spinning [non-rotating] ropeотбо́йный кана́т — balance ropeпенько́вый кана́т — hemp ropeплетё́ный кана́т — plaited ropeпло́ский кана́т — flat ropeподъё́мный кана́т — hoist ropeкана́т полиспа́ста — runnerкана́т пра́вой сви́вки — right lay ropeприводно́й кана́т — driving [transmission] ropeпро́волочный кана́т — wire ropeраскру́чивающийся кана́т — spinning ropeрудни́чный кана́т — mining ropeкана́т с секторообра́зным сече́нием пря́дей — sector-shaped ropeстально́й кана́т — wire ropeтрёхпря́дный кана́т — tree-stranded ropeтрёхстре́нговый кана́т — three-stranded ropeкана́т тро́совой сви́вки — plain-laid ropeтро́совый кана́т — plain-laid ropeтя́говый кана́т — haulage ropeуравнове́шивающий кана́т — balancing ropeхвостово́й кана́т — tail ropeча́лочный кана́т — pull(ing) ropeя́корный кана́т — anchor cable, anchor chain -
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сокр. от deoxyribonucleic acidДНК, дезоксирибонуклеиновая кислота-
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1. a вытащенный или выброшенный на берег2. a имеющий отлогий берег или пляж3. a уст. галечный, покрытый галькойСинонимический ряд:1. aground (adj.) aground; grounded; stranded2. stuck (adj.) abandoned; alone; deserted; high and dry; left in the lurch; stuck; without transportation3. shipwrecked (verb) cast away; piled up; shipwrecked; stranded; wrecked -
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a влюблённыйСинонимический ряд:1. stranded (adj.) abandoned; alone; beached; deserted; high and dry; left in the lurch; stranded; without transportation2. bonded (verb) adhered; bonded; cleave; cleaved; clung; cohered3. caught (verb) caught; fixed; lodged4. demurred (verb) balked; boggled; demurred; gagged; jibbed; scrupled; shied; stickled; strained; stumbled5. fleeced (verb) bled; fleeced; milked; mulcted; rooked; sweat or sweated6. nonplused (verb) beat/beaten; buffaloed; got/got or gotten; nonplused; stumped7. overcharged (verb) clipped; overcharged; skinned; soaked8. ran (verb) drove; drove/driven; dug; plunged; rammed; ran; ran/run; sank; sank or sunk/sunk; stabbed; thrust9. set (verb) established; laid; placed; put; set; settled -
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DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid ДНК, дезоксирибонуклеиновая кислотаalkali-denatured DNA денатурированная щелочью ДНКamended DNA измененная ДНКannealed DNA гибридизованная ДНКannealed DNA отожженная ДНКapurinic DNA апуриновая ДНКapyrimidinic DNA апиримидиновая ДНКbiotinylated DNA биотинилированная ДНКcarrier DNA ДНК-носительchloroplast DNA ДНК хлоропластовchromosomal DNA хромосомная ДНКcircular DNA кольцевая ДНКclosed circular DNA замкнутая кольцевая ДНКclosed-circular DNA замкнутая кольцевая ДНКcohesive encystments of DNA связующие концы ДНКconcatameric DNA конкатамерная ДНКcovalently closed-circular DNA замкнутая ковалентно-непрерывная кольцевая ДНКcuring of DNA удаление из клетки ДНКcuring of DNA утрата клеткой ДНКcytoplasmic DNA цитоплазматическая ДНКdark repair of DNA темная репарация ДНКdaughter DNA дочерняя ДНКdenatured DNA денатурированная ДНКdense satellite DNA сателлитная ДНКdepurinated DNA апуриновая ДНКdepyrimidinated DNA апиримидиновая ДНКdouble-stranded DNA двунитевая ДНКduplex DNA двуцепочечная ДНКextrachromosomal DNA внехромосомная ДНКforeign DNA чужеродная ДНКforeign DNA экзогенная ДНКhaptenized DNA модифицированная гаптеном ДНКheat-denatured DNA денатурированная нагреванием ДНКheteroduplex DNA гетеродуплексная ДНКhighly repetitive DNA ДНК с высоким содержанием повторяющихся последовательностейhost DNA хозяйская ДНКhybrid DNA гибридная ДНКintertwind DNA спиральная ДНКisolated DNA выделенная ДНКleft-handed DNA левозакрученная спираль ДНКlinear DNA линейная ДНКlinear duplex DNA двунитевая линейная ДНКmediated DNA ДНК-посредникmelted DNA денатурированная ДНКmelted DNA расплавленная ДНКmitochondrial DNA митохондриальная ДНКnative DNA нативная ДНКnomadic DNA блуждающая ДНКnuclear DNA ядерная ДНКnucleolar DNA ДНК ядрышкаparental DNA родительская ДНКphage DNA фаговая ДНКplasmid DNA плазмидная ДНКprimer DNA ДНК-затравкаprogeny DNA ДНК потомстваpulse-labelled DNA пульс-меченая ДНКrandom DNA случайная ДНКrecombinant DNA рекомбинантная ДНКrelaxation of DNA переход сверхскрученной формы ДНК в открытую кольцевуюrenatured DNA ренатурированнаяrepetitive DNA ДНК, содержащая повторяющиеся последовательностиribosomal DNA рибосомная ДНКright-handed DNA правозакрученная спираль ДНКsalmon sperm DNA ДНК из молок лососевыхsatellite DNA сателлитная ДНКselfish DNA эгоистичная ДНКsingle-stranded DNA однонитевая ДНКsticky encystments of DNA липкие концы ДНКsupercoiled DNA сверхскрученная ДНКsuperhelical circular DNA кольцевая сверхспиральная ДНКsuperhelical DNA сверхспиральная ДНКthymus DNA ДНК из тимуса теленкаvector DNA векторная ДНКviral DNA вирус-специфическая ДНКviral DNA вирусная ДНКvirion DNA вирионная ДНКEnglish-Russian dictionary of biology and biotechnology > DNA
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93 zda|ć
pf — zda|wać1 impf Ⅰ vt 1. (przekazać) to turn [sth] over, to turn over, to hand [sth] over, to hand over [klucze, pieniądze]- zdać walizki na bagaż to send one’s luggage as freight2. (pomyślnie odbyć egzamin) to pass- zdać (egzamin) celująco to pass (an exam) with flying colours- nie zdała egzaminu z fizyki she failed her exam in physics- w czerwcu zdawał egzamin wstępny in June he took a. sat an entrance exam- we wrześniu zdawali egzamin poprawkowy in September they resat the exam- wszyscy zdali do następnej klasy the whole class got through to the next year- zdał/nie zdał na studia he passed/failed an entrance exam- zdał maturę rok temu he passed his secondary school-leaving examination a year ago3. (skazać) być zdanym wyłącznie na siebie to be left to one’s own devices a. resources- był zdany na własne siły he was left to his own devices a. resources, he had to draw on his resources- turyści/wspinacze zdani na własne siły stranded tourists/climbersⅡ zdać się — zdawać się 1. (zaufać) to count (na kogoś/coś on sb/sth)- zdać się na los to take pot luck- zdać się na własny rozum to use one’s own discretion- zdać się na czyjąś łaskę to put oneself at sb’s mercy- zdaj się na mnie, wszystkiego dopilnuję you can count a. rely on me, I’ll see to everything2. (wywołać wrażenie) to appear, to seem- chwila zdała się trwać wieki the moment seemed a. felt like an eternity- zdawał się spać he seemed to be asleepⅢ zdać się pot. to come in handy- to mi się na nic nie zda it’s no use to me- zdałoby się trochę pieniędzy some money would come in handy- na nic/na niewiele się zdały wszelkie jego starania all his efforts were of no/little availⅣ zdaje się v imp. (wyrażać przypuszczenie) it seems- czy mi się zdaje, czy to twój sąsiad?/czy to już piąta? could it be your neighbour?/five o’clock already?- zdaje się, że będzie deszcz it looks like rain- zdaje mi się, że mam temperaturę I think I’ve got a temperature■ zdać sobie sprawę z czegoś to realize sth- zdać sobie sprawę ze swoich błędów to see the error of one’s ways- zdaję sobie sprawę z tego, że… I appreciate the fact that…- nagle zdała sobie sprawę, że… it suddenly registered with her that…- to się (nie) zda psu na budę pot. it’s of no use at allThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > zda|ć
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94 rade
I.n. m.1. Bar (in pub or café). Prendre un verre au rade: To have a drink at the bar.2. (Prostitutes' slang): Pavement. ( Faire le rade can have two meanings, either to solicit perched on a bar stool, or more prosaically to 'pound the beat'.)II.n. f. Etre en rade: To be 'stranded', to be left to cope on one's own. Tomber en rade:a (of motorist): To break down.b (fig., of plans, projects, etc.): To 'grind to a halt', to come to nothing. (These expressions make colloquial use of the French word for harbour; a maritime-flavoured translation of être laissé en rade could be 'to be left high and dry'—like a ship at low tide.) -
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Adj. penniless, destitute; (verarmt) impoverished* * *unprovided for; impecunious; penniless; impoverished; destitute; indigent* * *mịt|tel|losadjwithout means; (= arm) impoverished* * *(in great need of food, shelter etc: They were left destitute when he died.) destitute* * *mit·tel·losadj destitute, penniless* * ** * ** * ** * *adj.destitute adj.impecunious adj.indigent adj.penniless adj.stranded adj. adv.impecuniously adv.pennilessly adv. -
96 abandonado
adj.1 abandoned, forlorn, forsaken, uncared-for.2 abandoned, sloppy, neglectful, negligent.3 abandoned, deserted, desert-like, phantom.4 abandoned, dissipated, dissolute, incontinent.5 abandoned, derelict.past part.past participle of spanish verb: abandonar.* * *1→ link=abandonar abandonar► adjetivo1 abandoned2 (descuidado) neglected3 (desaseado) untidy, unkempt* * *(f. - abandonada)adj.1) abandoned, deserted2) derelict3) neglected* * *ADJ1) (=sin gente) [pueblo, vivienda vacía] abandoned, deserted; [fábrica, cantera] disused; [edificio en ruinas] derelict2) (=desatendido) [jardín, terreno] neglectedla casa estaba muy abandonada, toda cubierta de polvo — the house was really neglected, completely covered in dust
¡abandonado me tenías! — you'd forgotten all about me!
el autobús nos dejó abandonados en la carretera — the bus left us stranded o abandoned us by the roadside
3) (=despreocupado) slack4) (=desaliñado) scruffy, shabbya ver si no eres tan abandonado y te arreglas un poco — come on, tidy yourself up a bit and stop looking so scruffy o shabby
5) (=solitario) desolate, forlorn frm* * *- da adjetivo1) [ESTAR] ( deshabitado) deserted2) [ESTAR] <niño/perro/coche> abandoned3) [estar] (desatendido, descuidado) <jardín/parque> neglected* * *- da adjetivo1) [ESTAR] ( deshabitado) deserted2) [ESTAR] <niño/perro/coche> abandoned3) [estar] (desatendido, descuidado) <jardín/parque> neglected* * *abandonado11 = relegated, neglected, deserted, abandoned, lorn, forsaken, disused.Ex: The recommendations seemed to indicate that the British Library would have been swamped with relegated books from the low-use stock of university libraries.
Ex: The work of the Belgian internationalist and documentalist, Paul Otlet (1868-1944) forms an important and neglected part of the history of information.Ex: The best sequence in the movie takes place at a deserted train station where the children play hide and seek amongst the abandoned train cars.Ex: It tells the story of a young detective who stumbles across a stash of jewel thieves hiding out in an abandoned house.Ex: I felt lorn and bereft, then suddenly it was gone, leaving me empty and shaken the way a storm shakes the land and the sea.Ex: She was his only intimate friend for years before he died, for he was a most lonely forsaken man.Ex: There is also a museum of mining which is partly housed in a disused mine shaft.* abandonado y en ruinas = derelict.* niño abandonado = waif.abandonado22 = sloppy [sloppier -comp., sloppiest -sup.], scruffy [scruffier -comp., scuffiest -sup.].Ex: Even the best abstractors and indexers may be subject to sloppy practices and grammatical indiscretions from time to time.
Ex: The article 'Surprise: Scruffy Students Now Don Glad Rags for Class' reports that high school students throughout the country are dressing up these days and that what is chic varies from region to region.* * *abandonado -daA [ ESTAR] (deshabitado) ‹pueblo/casa› deserted, abandonedB [ ESTAR] ‹niño/perro/coche› abandonedC1 [ ESTAR](desatendido, descuidado): el jardín está muy abandonado the garden is really neglected o overgrownnos tienes muy abandonados, ya no nos visitas you've forgotten o deserted o abandoned us, you never come and see us anymoretiene a su familia muy abandonada he hardly spends any time with o he neglects his family2 (dejado, desaliñado) ‹persona›es muy abandonado en el vestir he's very sloppy in the way he dresses, he dresses very scruffilyúltimamente está muy abandonada she's really let herself go recentlyno seas abandonado y pon un poco de orden en esta habitación don't be a slob, straighten up this room a bit¡qué abandonado es! hace años que no va al dentista he doesn't look after himself, he hasn't been to the dentist for yearses tan abandonado, todo lo deja para mañana he's so slack about everything, he's always putting things off* * *
Del verbo abandonar: ( conjugate abandonar)
abandonado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
abandonado
abandonar
abandonado◊ -da adjetivo
1 [ESTAR] ( deshabitado) deserted
2 [ESTAR] ‹niño/perro/coche› abandoned
3 [estar] (desatendido, descuidado) ‹jardín/parque› neglected
abandonar ( conjugate abandonar) verbo transitivo
1
‹marido/amante› to leave;
‹coche/barco› to abandon;
2 [ fuerzas] to desert
3
◊ abandonado los estudios to drop out of school/college
verbo intransitivo (Dep)
(en boxeo, lucha) to concede defeat
abandonarse verbo pronominal
1 ( entregarse) abandonadose a algo ‹a vicios/placeres› to abandon oneself to sth
2 ( en el aspecto personal) to let oneself go
abandonado,-a adjetivo
1 (lugar) deserted
(persona, perro) abandoned
tiene a su madre completamente abandonada, he takes absolutely no care of his mother
2 (aspecto) neglected, untidy, unkempt
abandonar
I verbo transitivo
1 (irse de) to leave, quit: tenemos que vernos hoy, porque mañana abandono Madrid, we've got to see eachother today because I'm leaving Madrid tomorrow
2 (a una persona, a un animal) to abandon
abandonar a alguien a su suerte, to leave someone to his fate
3 (un proyecto, los estudios) to give up
4 Dep (retirarse de una carrera) to drop out of
(un deporte) to drop
II vi (desfallecer) to give up: los resultados no son los esperados, pero no abandones, the results aren't as good as we expected, but don't give up
' abandonado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abandonada
- abandonarse
- guacho
English:
abandoned
- derelict
- deserted
- disused
- forlorn
- godforsaken
- marooned
- neglect
- neglected
* * *abandonado, -a adj1. [desierto] deserted;una casa abandonada [desocupada] a deserted house;[en mal estado] a derelict house;viven en un cobertizo abandonado they live in a disused shed2. [niño, animal, vehículo] abandoned3. [descuidado] [persona] unkempt;[jardín, casa] neglected;es muy abandonado he neglects o doesn't look after his appearance;tiene muy abandonadas a sus plantas she's been neglecting o hasn't been looking after her plants;tiene la tesis muy abandonada he has hardly done any work on his thesis (recently)* * *I adj abandonedII part → abandonar* * *abandonado, -da adj1) : abandoned, deserted2) : neglected3) : slovenly, unkempt -
97 desierto
adj.deserted, bare, bleak, desolate.m.desert, wilderness, wasteland.* * *► adjetivo1 (sin habitantes) uninhabited, deserted2 (vacío) deserted, empty3 (no adjudicado) void1 desert\clamar en el desierto figurado to cry in the desertpredicar en el desierto figurado to preach in the desert————————1 desert* * *1. noun m. 2. (f. - desierta)adj.1) deserted2) empty* * *1. ADJ2)declarar desierto — [+ oposiciones, premio] to declare void
2.SM desert* * *I- ta adjetivo1) < lugar> deserted2) (frml) <premio/vacante>IImasculino desertpredicar or clamar en el desierto — to preach in the wilderness
* * *I- ta adjetivo1) < lugar> deserted2) (frml) <premio/vacante>IImasculino desertpredicar or clamar en el desierto — to preach in the wilderness
* * *desierto11 = desert.Ex: The author points to the 900 or more airliners parked in the world's deserts as an example of the type of stranded investment that can arise when competition is taken too far.
* como el desierto = desert-like.* desierto interior de Australia, el = outback, the.* en el desierto = in the wilderness.* habitante del desierto = desert dweller.* parecido a un desierto = desert-like.* rata del desierto = desert rat.* rosa del desierto = desert rose.* un grano de arena en el desierto = a drop of water in a bucket.* un grano de arena en el desierto = a drop in the ocean.desierto22 = deserted.Ex: The best sequence in the movie takes place at a deserted train station where the children play hide and seek amongst the abandoned train cars.
* isla desierta = deserted island, desert island.* * *A ‹calles/pueblo› deserteden verano Madrid se queda desierto Madrid is deserted in summerB ( frml) ‹plaza/premio›el premio fue declarado or quedó desierto the prize was not awardedla plaza quedó desierta the vacancy remained unfilleddesertpredicar or clamar en el desierto to preach in the wilderness* * *
desierto 1
desierto 2 sustantivo masculino
desert
desierto,-a
I sustantivo masculino desert
II adjetivo
1 (una población) uninhabited
2 (un local) empty, deserted
3 (premio, plaza) void
♦ Locuciones: predicar en el desierto, to waste one's breath
' desierto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desierta
- habitar
- media
- medio
- vagar
- Sahara
English:
caravan
- desert
- desolate
- godforsaken
- lifeless
- mirage
- ocean
- wilderness
- deserted
* * *desierto, -a♦ adj1. [vacío] deserted, empty;una isla desierta a desert island;la ciudad se queda desierta en agosto the city is deserted in August;las gradas se quedaron desiertas the stands were deserted o emptyel premio quedó desierto the prize was not awarded;declararon el concurso desierto the competition was declared void♦ nmdesert;un desierto de arena a sandy desert;el desierto de Atacama the Atacama Desert;el desierto de Gobi the Gobi Desert;el desierto del Sáhara the Sahara Desert* * *I adj1 lugar empty, deserted;isla desierta desert island2:el premio fue declarado desierto the prize was not awardedII m desert;predicar oclamar en el desierto cry in the wilderness* * *desierto, -ta adj: deserted, uninhabiteddesierto nm: desert* * *desierto1 adj1. (calle, etc) deserted2. (isla) desertdesierto2 n desert -
98 jerk the rug from under smb.
(jerk the rug (out) from under smb. (или from under smb.'s feet))выбивать у кого-л. почву из-под ног...it jerks the rug out from under your feet as far as your defense is concerned. (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Hesitant Hostess’, ch. 12) —...это обстоятельство выбивает у тебя почву из-под ног: ты не сможешь защитить своего клиента.
‘A year or so ago something happened in my life,’ Gwynn Elston said. ‘The rug was jerked out from under me. I was left emotionally stranded and financially broke.’ (J. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Bigamous Spouse’, ch. 2) — - Около года тому назад что-то произошло в моей жизни, - сказала Гвин Элстон. - Почва ушла у меня из-под ног. Состояние финансов самое плачевное, в душе полное опустошение.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > jerk the rug from under smb.
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