vegetable

Ex: Plaster was mixed with water and poured over the type, and allowed to set; when it had hardened it was lifted off the page (the oil preventing it from sticking to the type), and baked hard in an oven.

Ex: The low saturated fatty acid concentration of rape oil relative to other vegetable oils has resulted in a favourable market share for rape.

Ex: The low saturated fatty acid concentration of rape oil relative to other vegetable oils has resulted in a favourable market share for rape.

Ex: This paper presents a hedge (a list of terms, synonyms or variant spellings, of words, compiled and verified once, then saved in the memory of the host computer) for searching nutritional aspects of disease on MEDLINE.

arrimar el ascua a su sardina — (fam) to work things to one's own advantage

estar en or sobre ascuas — (fam) to be on tenterhooks

tener a alguien en ascuas — (fam) to keep somebody on tenterhooks

arrimar el ascua a su sardina — (fam) to work things to one's own advantage

estar en or sobre ascuas — (fam) to be on tenterhooks

tener a alguien en ascuas — (fam) to keep somebody on tenterhooks

Ex: The director continued speaking amid the embers of their mirth.

Ex: This article gives an overview of the state of culture in a time of acute economic crisis in the Faroe Islands occasioned by the disappearance of the cod fishing industry.

la fecha de caducidad viene en la base del paquete — the use-by date is on the base o the bottom of the pack

• carecer de base — [acusación] to lack foundation, be unfounded; [argumento] to lack justification, be unjustified

• de base — [error, dato] basic, fundamental; [activista, apoyo] grass-roots antes de s

• en base a [uso periodístico] —

• partir de una base, un juez tiene que partir de una base de neutralidad absoluta — a judge must start out from a position of absolute neutrality

• sentar las bases de algo — to lay the foundations of sth

su visita sentó las bases para una futura cooperación — her visit paved the way for o laid the foundations of future cooperation

• sobre la base de algo — on the basis of sth

• a base de algo, una dieta a base de arroz — a rice-based diet, a diet based on rice

• a base de hacer algo — by doing sth

a base de insistir, la convenció para comprar la casa — by o through his insistence, he persuaded her to buy the house

a base de bien Esp * —

hoy hemos trabajado a base de bien — we've done loads of work today *

nos divertimos a base de bien — we had a whale of a time *

base imponible — (Econ) taxable income

han aprobado el texto base para el nuevo convenio — they have approved the provisional o draft text of the new agreement

• alimento base — staple (food)

• color base — base colour o (EEUU) color

a base de: a base de descansar se fue recuperando by resting she gradually recovered; un régimen a base de verdura a vegetable-based diet; vive a base de pastillas he lives on pills; de base <planteamiento/error> fundamental, basic; < militante> rank-and-file (before n), ordinary (before n); < movimiento> grass-roots (before n); en base a (crit) on the basis of; a base de bien (Esp fam): comimos a base de bien — we ate really well

a base de: a base de descansar se fue recuperando by resting she gradually recovered; un régimen a base de verdura a vegetable-based diet; vive a base de pastillas he lives on pills; de base <planteamiento/error> fundamental, basic; < militante> rank-and-file (before n), ordinary (before n); < movimiento> grass-roots (before n); en base a (crit) on the basis of; a base de bien (Esp fam): comimos a base de bien — we ate really well

Ex: The reader should now have a reasonably firm base from which to begin a more detailed reading of the specification of elements.

con un caldito te sentirás mejor — you'll feel better with some nice hot soup o broth inside you

la salsa se hace con el caldo de la carne — the sauce is made from the stock o juice of the meat

poner a alguien a caldo — (Esp fam) to tell somebody what you think of him/her (colloq)

poner a alguien a caldo — (Esp fam) to tell somebody what you think of him/her (colloq)

Ex: The word 'restaurant' originally referred to a restorative broth served to people with weakened digestive systems.

tener un camote con algn — to have a crush on sb *

poner a algn como camote — to give sb a telling off *

hacerse camote — (Méx fam) to get mixed up, get in a muddle (colloq)

poner a alguien como camote — (Méx fam); ( reprenderlo) to give somebody a telling off

ser un camote — (Chi, Méx fam) to be a pain in the neck (colloq)

hacerse camote — (Méx fam) to get mixed up, get in a muddle (colloq)

poner a alguien como camote — (Méx fam); ( reprenderlo) to give somebody a telling off

ser un camote — (Chi, Méx fam) to be a pain in the neck (colloq)

Ex: The author discusses the shortcomings of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme in the indexing of African staple crops, namely cassava, cocoyam, ginger, Irish potato, sweet potato and yam.

Ex: The professions included auto mechanic, snack bar employee at a beach club, vegetable and fruit stand owner, bus person at a restaurant, meteorologist, and land surveyor.

Ex: They serve a range of Spannish dishes like a heart of lettuce served with filet of whitefish and fresh vegetables.

comenzamos el rodaje ayer — we began o started o commenced frm filming yesterday

comenzó la charla con un agradecimiento — she began o started the talk with a word of thanks

¿puedo comenzar? — may I start o begin?, can I start o begin?

el partido comienza a las ocho — the match starts o begins at eight

comenzó a los diez años haciendo recados — he began o started at the age of ten as a messenger boy

al comenzar el año — at the start o beginning of the year

• comenzar a hacer algo — to start o begin doing sth, start o begin to do sth

comencé a trabajar a los dieciocho años — I started o began working at eighteen

los invitados ya han comenzado a llegar — the guests have started arriving o to arrive

• comenzar con algo, la película comienza con una pelea — the film starts o begins with a fight

• para comenzar — to start with

• comenzar por, no sé por dónde comenzar — I don't know where to start o begin

la reforma ha comenzado por la educación — reform has started o begun with education

comenzó por agradecernos nuestra presencia — she started o began by thanking us for coming

comenzar a + inf — to start -ing o to + inf

comenzaron a disparar — they started firing o to fire