un amigo nuestro

los nuestros — (=nuestra familia) our people, our family; (Dep) (=nuestro equipo) our men, our side

ése es nuestro coche or ése es el coche nuestro — that's our car

el nuestro la nuestra etc ours; los nuestros son azules ours are blue; es de los nuestros he's one of us; nosotros a lo nuestro let's just get on with our own business; sabe lo nuestro — he knows about us

ése es nuestro coche or ése es el coche nuestro — that's our car

el nuestro la nuestra etc ours; los nuestros son azules ours are blue; es de los nuestros he's one of us; nosotros a lo nuestro let's just get on with our own business; sabe lo nuestro — he knows about us

Ex: It seems appropriate to take a retrospective look at the evolution of our catalog and the ideology which has shaped it.

me jode que crea que he sido yo — it pisses me off that he thinks it was me ***

me jodió mucho que perdiera Colombia — I was really pissed off when Colombia lost ***

me jode tener que pagarlo yo todo — it's a bugger having to pay for it all myself ***, it pisses me off having to pay for it all myself ***

¡deja ya de joderme de una vez! — stop bugging me! *, stop being such a pain in the arse! **

si te deniegan la prórroga esta vez, te han jodido — if they refuse you an extension this time, you've had it * o you're fucked ***

no te jode Esp —

si yo tuviera un coche así también podría ir a esa velocidad,¡no te jode! — if I had a car like that I could go that fast as well, no problem o (EEUU) * no sweat

¡me has jodido el reloj! — you've bust * o buggered up *** my watch!, you've busted my watch (EEUU) *

lo que hacen es jodernos la vida al resto — what they do is fuck *** o screw * o bugger *** things up for the rest of us

en cuanto abres la boca la jodes — as soon as you open your mouth you mess o screw * things up

¡la jodimos! — now we've blown it! *

ya sé que jode tener que levantarse tan temprano — I know it's a drag * o a pain in the arse *** o ass (EEUU) *** having to get up so early

juega como yo — he plays like me o like I do

como este hay pocos — there are few like this o him

tiene ventajas, como son la resistencia y durabilidad — it has advantages, such as o like strength and durability

hazlo como te dijo ella — do it like * o the way she told you

toca como canta — she plays like * o the same way as she sings

no es como me lo imaginaba — it isn't as o like * I imagined it

• tal como, tal como lo había planeado — just as o the way I had planned it

hazlo como quieras — do it however you want o like

• como sea — at all costs

había como cincuenta — there were about o around fifty

vino como a las dos — he came at about o around two

sentía como tristeza — she felt a sort o kind of sadness

como no tenía dinero — as o since I had no money

• tal (y) como están las cosas — the way things are, as things stand

• de tanto como, tienen las manos doloridas de tanto como aplaudieron — they clapped so much their hands hurt

• como no, como no lo haga en seguida... — if he doesn't do it at once..., unless he does it at once...

siguió leyendo, como si no hubiera oído nada — he kept on reading, as if o as though he hadn't heard

sentí como si fuera a caerme — I felt as if o as though I was about to fall

como si no hubiera pasado nada — as if o as though nothing had happened

se comporta como si me odiara — he behaves as if o as though he hated me

como si fuera a llover — as if o as though it was going to rain

a como dé o diera lugar — at any cost

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before

así como — (frml) as well as

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!; como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least; como nadie: cocina como nadie nobody cooks like her; como que...: conduce muy bien - como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well - well, he is a racing driver, after all; y no me lo dijiste - como que no lo sabía! and you didn't tell me about it - that's because I didn't know about it!; como ser (CS) such as, for example; como si (+ subj) as if, as though; ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa — she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all o in the least worried

no voy - como quieras — I'm not going - please yourself o as you like

como era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta — since o as it was early, we went for a walk

cansado como estaba, me ayudó — tired though o tired as he was, he helped me

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before

así como — (frml) as well as

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!; como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least; como nadie: cocina como nadie nobody cooks like her; como que...: conduce muy bien - como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well - well, he is a racing driver, after all; y no me lo dijiste - como que no lo sabía! and you didn't tell me about it - that's because I didn't know about it!; como ser (CS) such as, for example; como si (+ subj) as if, as though; ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa — she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all o in the least worried

no voy - como quieras — I'm not going - please yourself o as you like

como era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta — since o as it was early, we went for a walk

cansado como estaba, me ayudó — tired though o tired as he was, he helped me

Ex: This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.

han mejorado la calidad de la enseñanza — they have improved the quality o standard of education, they have raised standards in education

de (buena) calidad — good-quality, quality antes de s

su calidad de presidente se lo prohíbe — his position o status as president prohibits him from doing so

productos de mala or baja calidad — poor-quality products

en calidad de — (frml) as

productos de mala or baja calidad — poor-quality products

en calidad de — (frml) as

Ex: The limits are set by the graininess of the film, the excellence of the optical system, and the efficiency of the light sources employed.