vivir de la pluma

pluma atómica — Méx ballpoint pen

pluma esferográfica — LAm ballpoint pen

pesar menos que una pluma — to be as light as a feather

ser ligero or (esp AmL) liviano como una pluma — to be as light as a feather

a vuela pluma — < anotar> to jot down

vivir de la pluma — to make a living out of writing o as a writer

pesar menos que una pluma — to be as light as a feather

ser ligero or (esp AmL) liviano como una pluma — to be as light as a feather

a vuela pluma — < anotar> to jot down

vivir de la pluma — to make a living out of writing o as a writer

Ex: If none of these terms is appropriate, give the specific name of the item or the names of the parts of the item as concisely as possible; e.g., 2 feather headbands, 1 pair beaded moccasins.

Ex: Not until 1543 were these 2 different approaches reconciled with the idea of the surgeon wielding both pen and scalpel.

Ex: They supply capstans and winches powered by electric motors to the industrial marine industry and shipyards.

Ex: The contrast between the fine feathers of these superb bindings and their jackdaw contents is often quaint.

• todavía vive — he's still alive

• vivir bien — to live well

• no dejar vivir a algn, su marido no la deja vivir — her husband is always on at her *, her husband doesn't give her a moment's peace

• saber vivir — to know how to live

• viven juntos — (como pareja) they live together; (compartiendo casa) they live together, they share a house (together)

la fotografía no me da para vivir — I can't make o earn a living from photography, photography doesn't give me enough to live on

• vivir de algo — to live on sth

• vivir al día — to live from day to day

• vivir de la pluma — to live by one's pen

• vivir de las rentas — (lit) to have a private income

publicó un libro hace años y desde entonces vive de las rentas — years ago he published a book and he's lived off it o lived on the strength of it ever since

tú dedícate a vivir la vida — go ahead and live life to the full o get the most out of life

parece que estoy viviendo ese momento otra vez — it's as if I were o was experiencing that moment all over again

• de mal vivir, una mujer de mal vivir — a loose woman

¿quién vive? — (Mil) who goes there?

no dejar vivir a alguien: los dolores de cabeza no la dejan vivir the headaches are making her life a misery; este niño no me deja vivir this child doesn't give me a moment's peace; vivir para ver! who would believe o credit it!; vive y deja vivir — live and let live

viven de la pesca — they live from o by fishing

vivir de ilusiones — to live on dreams o hopes

vive solo — he lives alone o on his own

¿quién vive? — (Mil) who goes there?

no dejar vivir a alguien: los dolores de cabeza no la dejan vivir the headaches are making her life a misery; este niño no me deja vivir this child doesn't give me a moment's peace; vivir para ver! who would believe o credit it!; vive y deja vivir — live and let live

viven de la pesca — they live from o by fishing

vivir de ilusiones — to live on dreams o hopes

vive solo — he lives alone o on his own

Ex: This is a story about a thirteen-year-old boy who lives in New York and is so often the victim of street bullies that he hides in the subway, where he manages to make a home for himself.

te cambio el rotulador verde por el rojo — I'll exchange my green pen for that red one, I'll swap you the green pen for the red one *

¿me cambias el sitio? — can we change places?, can we swap places? *

¿me lo puede cambiar por otra talla? — could I change o exchange this for another size?

tengo que cambiar 800 euros en o LAm a libras — I have to change 800 euros into pounds

• cambiar de — [+ actitud, canal, dirección] to change; [+ casa] to move

• cambiar de dueño — to change hands

• cambiar de idea u opinión — to change one's mind

• cambiar para mejor/peor — to change for the better/worse

si no le queda bien lo puede cambiar — if it doesn't fit, you can exchange o change it

cambiar algo por algo — <sellos/estampas> to swap o (esp AmE) trade something for something; < compra> to exchange o change something for something

te cambio este libro por tu pluma — I'll swap you o trade this book for your pen

cambiarle algo a alguien: ¿quieres que te cambie el lugar? — do you want me to swap o change places with you?

¿me puedes cambiar este billete? — can you change this bill (AmE) o (BrE) note for me?

cambiar algo a or (Esp) en algo — to change something into something

cambié 100 libras a or (Esp) en dólares — I changed 100 pounds into dollars

cambio y corto or fuera — over and out

cambiar de idea or opinión — to change one's mind

si no le queda bien lo puede cambiar — if it doesn't fit, you can exchange o change it

cambiar algo por algo — <sellos/estampas> to swap o (esp AmE) trade something for something; < compra> to exchange o change something for something

te cambio este libro por tu pluma — I'll swap you o trade this book for your pen

cambiarle algo a alguien: ¿quieres que te cambie el lugar? — do you want me to swap o change places with you?

¿me puedes cambiar este billete? — can you change this bill (AmE) o (BrE) note for me?

cambiar algo a or (Esp) en algo — to change something into something

cambié 100 libras a or (Esp) en dólares — I changed 100 pounds into dollars

cambio y corto or fuera — over and out

cambiar de idea or opinión — to change one's mind

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.

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