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1 dejarse llevar
v.1 to get carried away, to be moved, to be carried away, to be carried away with emotion.Ellos se dejaron llevar por la ira They got carried away with anger.2 to let oneself be led without resistance, to go without resistance.El chico se dejó llevar a la casa The kid let himself be led without...3 to sway.* * *(v.) = become + carried away by, drift along, drift, coast along, go with + the flow, let + go, go along with + the flowEx. It is easy to become carried away by the sheer size of the so-called 'information explosion' and to regard the growth of literature as a phenomenon as threatening to civilization as a virulent epidemic or the 'population explosion' in the third world.Ex. The group of employees seems to ' drift along'.Ex. Now that libraries have been catapulted out of the ice age by the online catalogue, they cannot afford to drift through the strong, variable winds of technological change.Ex. Unless more of us refuse to be content to coast along, living off the fat of the land and leaving others to pay the tab, there is no guarantee that America will be a better place for our children than it was for us.Ex. The author takes this case as a model to illustrate how academic libraries can go with the flow instead of being swept upstream.Ex. To be the life and soul of a party or social gathering requires you to come out of your shell and let go.Ex. Finally, we have someone who is not just folding his arms and going along with the flow.* * *(v.) = become + carried away by, drift along, drift, coast along, go with + the flow, let + go, go along with + the flowEx: It is easy to become carried away by the sheer size of the so-called 'information explosion' and to regard the growth of literature as a phenomenon as threatening to civilization as a virulent epidemic or the 'population explosion' in the third world.
Ex: The group of employees seems to ' drift along'.Ex: Now that libraries have been catapulted out of the ice age by the online catalogue, they cannot afford to drift through the strong, variable winds of technological change.Ex: Unless more of us refuse to be content to coast along, living off the fat of the land and leaving others to pay the tab, there is no guarantee that America will be a better place for our children than it was for us.Ex: The author takes this case as a model to illustrate how academic libraries can go with the flow instead of being swept upstream.Ex: To be the life and soul of a party or social gathering requires you to come out of your shell and let go.Ex: Finally, we have someone who is not just folding his arms and going along with the flow. -
2 deslizarse
1 (gen) to slide; (sobre agua) to glide3 (fluir) to flow, run4 (transcurrir) to go by, fly* * *VPR1) (=resbalarse) to slideel coche se deslizó unos metros — the car slid o slipped forward a few metres
gotas de sudor se deslizaban por su frente — beads of sweat ran o slid down his forehead
el esquiador se desliza por la pista — the skier slips o skis down the slope
2) (=avanzar) [serpiente] to slither; [barco] to glide, slipel tren se desliza a 300km/h — the train glides along at 300km/h
* * *(v.) = slither, drift, skid, glideEx. 'Trouble slithering underfoot in the Garden of Eden?', the librarian shook his head sheepishly.Ex. Now that libraries have been catapulted out of the ice age by the online catalogue, they cannot afford to drift through the strong, variable winds of technological change.Ex. As a result of the snow they skidded across the road into a lorry.Ex. 'Ciao!' I shouted to the gondoliers as they glided past, their passengers waving up to me as I stood on the balcony of my room.* * *(v.) = slither, drift, skid, glideEx: 'Trouble slithering underfoot in the Garden of Eden?', the librarian shook his head sheepishly.
Ex: Now that libraries have been catapulted out of the ice age by the online catalogue, they cannot afford to drift through the strong, variable winds of technological change.Ex: As a result of the snow they skidded across the road into a lorry.Ex: 'Ciao!' I shouted to the gondoliers as they glided past, their passengers waving up to me as I stood on the balcony of my room.* * *
■deslizarse verbo reflexivo
1 (sobre una superficie) to slide
2 (un río, una corriente) to flow: las lágrimas se deslizaban por su mejilla, tears flowed down her cheeks
3 (en un lugar, silenciosamente) to glide: se deslizó en la oficina y consultó los informes reservados, she slipped into the office and went through the confidential reports
' deslizarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escabullirse
- deslizar
- escurrir
English:
glide
- slide
- slip in
- slip into
- slither
- coast
- roll
- skid
* * *vpr1. [resbalar] to slide;deslizarse por to slide along;el barco se deslizaba por la superficie the boat glided along the surface;los esquiadores se deslizaban por la nieve the skiers slid across the snow;los niños se deslizaron por el tobogán the children slid down the chute;las lágrimas se deslizaban por sus mejillas tears ran down his cheeks;el agua se desliza mansamente río abajo the water flows gently downriver2. [escabullirse] to slip;una lagartija se deslizó entre las rocas a lizard slipped in between the rocks;para entrar/salir tuvo que deslizarse sin que lo viera el portero to get in/out he had to slip past the porter without being seen4. [sujeto: tiempo, vida] to slip away o by* * *v/r1 slide;deslizarse sobre el hielo slide over the ice2:se me ha deslizado un error I’ve slipped up* * *vr1) : to slide, to glide2) : to slip away* * *deslizarse vb -
3 desplazarse lentamente
(v.) = driftEx. Now that libraries have been catapulted out of the ice age by the online catalogue, they cannot afford to drift through the strong, variable winds of technological change.* * *(v.) = driftEx: Now that libraries have been catapulted out of the ice age by the online catalogue, they cannot afford to drift through the strong, variable winds of technological change.
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4 sacar de
v.1 to draw from, to draw out of, to scoop from, to scoop out of.Sacó la respuesta de lo obvio He deducted the answer from the obvious.Sacó el anillo del barro He drew the ring from the mud.2 to take off, to drive out of, to remove from.Sacaron la mancha de la camisa They removed the stain from the shirt.3 to take outside, to haul out of.Sacó el conejo de la casa He took the rabbit outside the house.4 to get out of, to force out from, to force from, to force out of.Sacó el libro de la caja He got the book out of the box.5 to draw from, to deduct from.Sacó la respuesta de lo obvio He deducted the answer from the obvious.6 to obtain from, to get out of.Sacó información de María He obtained information from Mary.7 to get out of.8 to take out of, to extract from.9 to be thrown out from, to be turned out from.La sacaron del club She was turned out from the club.* * *(v.) = carry out of, wretch from, tilt + Nombre + out of, take from, catapult + Nombre + out ofEx. The first printing presses had two moving parts: the carriage assembly, which carried the type and paper in and out of the press, and the impression assembly, by means of which the paper was pressed down on to the inked type.Ex. When these studies are wrenched from their historical contexts the readers are given an impoverished version of the development of the field.Ex. The appearance of a cafeteria worker to re-fill the salt and pepper shakers tilted her out of her fantasy.Ex. Like the popular image of a prehistoric iceman taken from a glacier and warmed back to life, libraries were startled awake to a new information era = Como la imagen popular de un hombre prehistórico de la edad del hielo sacado de un glaciar y devuelto a la vida, las bibliotecas se despertaron sobresaltadas en una nueva era de la información.Ex. Now that libraries have been catapulted out of the ice age by the online catalogue, they cannot afford to drift through the strong, variable winds of technological change.* * *(v.) = carry out of, wretch from, tilt + Nombre + out of, take from, catapult + Nombre + out ofEx: The first printing presses had two moving parts: the carriage assembly, which carried the type and paper in and out of the press, and the impression assembly, by means of which the paper was pressed down on to the inked type.
Ex: When these studies are wrenched from their historical contexts the readers are given an impoverished version of the development of the field.Ex: The appearance of a cafeteria worker to re-fill the salt and pepper shakers tilted her out of her fantasy.Ex: Like the popular image of a prehistoric iceman taken from a glacier and warmed back to life, libraries were startled awake to a new information era = Como la imagen popular de un hombre prehistórico de la edad del hielo sacado de un glaciar y devuelto a la vida, las bibliotecas se despertaron sobresaltadas en una nueva era de la información.Ex: Now that libraries have been catapulted out of the ice age by the online catalogue, they cannot afford to drift through the strong, variable winds of technological change. -
5 intensidad
f.intensity (fuerza).de poca intensidad dim, weak (luz)llovía con poca intensidad light rain was fallingintensidad de corriente strength of current* * *1 (gen) intensity2 (del viento) force; (de un ruido) loudness, high volume3 (de una enfermedad) severity; (del dolor) acuteness4 (de la luz, del color) brightness, intensity; (del amor, de la fe) strength* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (Elec, Téc) strength; [de terremoto, sonido] intensity2) [de color, olor, dolor] intensity; [de recuerdo] vividness; [de emoción, sentimiento] strength* * *a) ( de terremoto) intensity, strength; ( del viento) strength; (de dolor, sentimiento) intensityb) (Elec, Fís) intensity* * *= darkness, extent, intensity, momentum, severity, relentlessness, vividness.Ex. At every instant the darkness of the line being drawn is made equal to the darkness of the point on the picture being observed by the photocell.Ex. The extent of searchable elements will vary from one data base to another.Ex. DOBIS/Leuven displays information typed by the user and all error messages in high intensity; all other information is displayed in normal intensity.Ex. They were splendid starters of projects but like so many bibliographers poor sustainers of momentum.Ex. Exuberance and enthusiasm are proper to the young, as Quintillian remarked: 'The young should be daring and inventive and should rejoice in their inventions, even though correctiveness and severity are still to be acquired'.Ex. The problem with this book lies in the relentlessness of Webb's interpretation and interpretative technique.Ex. He recorded with great vividness the literary life of London at that time, describing the wit, anxieties and insights of a tightly knit and highly gifted group of writers.----* alta intensidad = high-rate.* cobrar intensidad = gather + momentum, gain + momentum, pick up + speed, gather + pace.* con más intensidad aun = with a vengeance.* de baja intensidad = low-intensity [low intensity].* mostrar por medio de cambio de intensidad en el brillo = flash up.* * *a) ( de terremoto) intensity, strength; ( del viento) strength; (de dolor, sentimiento) intensityb) (Elec, Fís) intensity* * *= darkness, extent, intensity, momentum, severity, relentlessness, vividness.Ex: At every instant the darkness of the line being drawn is made equal to the darkness of the point on the picture being observed by the photocell.
Ex: The extent of searchable elements will vary from one data base to another.Ex: DOBIS/Leuven displays information typed by the user and all error messages in high intensity; all other information is displayed in normal intensity.Ex: They were splendid starters of projects but like so many bibliographers poor sustainers of momentum.Ex: Exuberance and enthusiasm are proper to the young, as Quintillian remarked: 'The young should be daring and inventive and should rejoice in their inventions, even though correctiveness and severity are still to be acquired'.Ex: The problem with this book lies in the relentlessness of Webb's interpretation and interpretative technique.Ex: He recorded with great vividness the literary life of London at that time, describing the wit, anxieties and insights of a tightly knit and highly gifted group of writers.* alta intensidad = high-rate.* cobrar intensidad = gather + momentum, gain + momentum, pick up + speed, gather + pace.* con más intensidad aun = with a vengeance.* de baja intensidad = low-intensity [low intensity].* mostrar por medio de cambio de intensidad en el brillo = flash up.* * *1 (de un terremoto) intensity, strength; (del viento) strength; (de un dolor, sentimiento) intensity* * *
intensidad sustantivo femenino
( del viento) strength;
(de dolor, sentimiento) intensityb) (Elec, Fís) intensity
intensidad sustantivo femenino intensity: soplarán vientos de intensidad variable, there will be variable winds
' intensidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agudeza
- clarear
- débil
- decaer
- desear
- fuerte
- medida
- pequeña
- pequeño
- remitir
- seísmo
- temblor
- tono
- acento
- alto
- grande
English:
depth
- fade
- ferocity
- flare up
- intensity
- intersection
- low
- poignancy
- severity
- strength
* * *intensidad nf1. [fuerza] intensity;[de dolor] intensity, acuteness; [de lluvia] heaviness; [de viento] strength; [de luz, color] brightness; [de amor, odio] strength; [de vivencia] intensity;de poca intensidad [luz] dim, weak;llovía con poca intensidad light rain was fallingintensidad luminosa luminous intensity2. Elec intensity* * *f1 intensity2 ( fuerza) strength* * *intensidad nf: intensity* * *1. (en general) intensity2. (de luz, colores) strength / brightness
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