to+tidy+up

Ex: If asked for statistics on the incidence of tapeworms he would first want to know whether national figures or world figures are wanted.

Ex: The author provides an overview of the research into the use of tinted lenses for the amelioration of reading difficulties.

• dejar abandonado — [+ cónyuge, hijo] to abandon, desert; [+ animal, casa, vehículo] to abandon

el autobús nos dejó abandonados en la carretera — the bus left us stranded o abandoned us by the roadside

a 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

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: Even the best abstractors and indexers may be subject to sloppy practices and grammatical indiscretions from time to time.

hacer apanado a alguien — to give somebody a beating, to beat somebody up (colloq)

hacer apanado a alguien — to give somebody a beating, to beat somebody up (colloq)

¿te lo hiciste tú? qué apañada! — did you make it yourself? aren't you smart o clever!

estar or ir apañado — (fam & iró)

estás apañado si crees que puedes ganarle — if you think you can beat him, you've got another think coming! (colloq)

si tengo que esperar a que él acabe estoy apañado — if I have to wait till he's finished I'm done for

hacer apanado a alguien — to give somebody a beating, to beat somebody up (colloq)

cuarto de aseo — toilet, cloakroom, bathroom (EEUU)

cuarto frío — (Culin) cold store

cuarto intermedio Arg, Uru —

cuarto oscuro — (Fot) darkroom; (=trastero) broom cupboard; Arg, Uru voting booth

en otros países ocurre tres cuartos de lo mismo — it's the same story o it's more of the same in other countries

son las seis menos cuarto, es un cuarto para las seis — LAm it's a quarter to six

tuvo su cuarto de hora, ahora nadie lo lleva — it had its day o it was all the rage, now nobody wears it anymore

tardó tres cuartos de hora — it took him o he took three quarters of an hour

es hombre de muchos cuartos — he's got pots of money *

de tres al cuarto — (fam) third-rate

qué... ni qué ocho cuartos! — (fam)

tres cuartos de lo mismo — (fam)

tu hermana es una vaga... y tú, tres cuartos de lo mismo — your sister's bone-idle... and you're not much better (colloq)

la una y cuarto — (a) quarter after (AmE) o (BrE) past one, one fifteen

es un cuarto para las dos or (Esp, RPl) son las dos menos cuarto — it is a quarter to two

tener su cuarto de hora — (AmS) to have had one's day

estoy sin un cuarto — I'm absolutely broke (colloq)

tiene muchos cuartos — he's loaded (colloq)

le pagan cuatro cuartos — he gets paid peanuts (colloq)

de tres al cuarto — (fam) third-rate

qué... ni qué ocho cuartos! — (fam)

tres cuartos de lo mismo — (fam)

tu hermana es una vaga... y tú, tres cuartos de lo mismo — your sister's bone-idle... and you're not much better (colloq)

la una y cuarto — (a) quarter after (AmE) o (BrE) past one, one fifteen

es un cuarto para las dos or (Esp, RPl) son las dos menos cuarto — it is a quarter to two

tener su cuarto de hora — (AmS) to have had one's day

estoy sin un cuarto — I'm absolutely broke (colloq)

tiene muchos cuartos — he's loaded (colloq)

le pagan cuatro cuartos — he gets paid peanuts (colloq)

Ex: Further post-co-ordinate indexes covering in excess of 9999 documents can be compiled by starting a second and possibly a third or fourth set of cards.

Ex: The open-plan flexible library can be enonomical since overseeing is facilitated by the openness rather than be dividing the building into rooms or halls, thereby requiring less staff.

¿qué le debo? — [en bares, tiendas] how much (is it)?, how much do I owe you?

como debe ser — as it ought to o should be

debería cambiarse cada mes — it ought to o should be changed every month

habrías debido traerlo — you ought to have o should have brought it

debíamos haber salido ayer — we were to have o should have left yesterday

deber + inf: debes decírselo you have to o you must tell her; deberías or debías habérselo dicho you ought to have o you should have told her; la trató respetuosamente, como debe ser he treated her with respect, as he should; no debes usarlo you are not to o you must not use it; no se debe mentir you mustn't tell lies; no deberías haberlo dejado solo — you shouldn't have left him alone

deberse a algo: se debió a un fallo humano it was caused by o was due to human error; todo se debe a que no estudia it's all due o down to the fact that she doesn't study; ¿a qué se debe este escándalo? — what's all this racket about?

cumplió con su deber — he carried out o did his duty

deber + inf: debes decírselo you have to o you must tell her; deberías or debías habérselo dicho you ought to have o you should have told her; la trató respetuosamente, como debe ser he treated her with respect, as he should; no debes usarlo you are not to o you must not use it; no se debe mentir you mustn't tell lies; no deberías haberlo dejado solo — you shouldn't have left him alone

deberse a algo: se debió a un fallo humano it was caused by o was due to human error; todo se debe a que no estudia it's all due o down to the fact that she doesn't study; ¿a qué se debe este escándalo? — what's all this racket about?

cumplió con su deber — he carried out o did his duty

Ex: Organisations often expect an information officer or librarian to prepare such abstracts as are necessary, in addition to performing various other information duties.

Ex: Even the same collection some years on will have altered, and the device, in order to remain effective, must evolve in keeping with the development of the collection.