acaparar
overtax ; hoard ; monopolise [monopolize, -USA] ; overtake.
Currently, they are trying to charge Internet providers more because Internet use is overtaxing the telephone networks.
What one might call 'fetishistic bibliomania' is a disease - and few serious book-readers, let alone librarians, are free from a squirrel-like proclivity to hoard books.
The fact that this catalogue is in book form means that there is less likelihood of one reader monopolizing the catalogue.
E-Books, while a curiosity and a lot of fun, do not seem to be overtaking the mass market.
acaparar el mercado
dominate + the scene
corner + the market
This may have something to do with the absence of CABx, who seem to have dominated the scene in other states.
The article 'Cornering the market' argues that if bookshops want to capture a slice of the market, they need to experiment with multimedia products.
acaparar el tiempo de Alguien
monopolise + time
Reference librarians must have the capability of kindly and tactfully disentangling themselves from hangers-on who would monopolize their time, to the detriment of others.
acaparar la atención de Alguien
monopolise + attention
Sometimes the reference librarian will have to explain to the readers they cannot monopolize his attention.
acaparar las noticias
grab + the headlines
hit + the headlines
Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.
This is the same airport which hit the headlines earlier this month when the country's first walkalator opened for passenger use.
acaparar toda la atención [De manera inesperada, sin ser lo previsto] [De manera inesperada, sin ser lo previsto]
steal + the limelight
steal + Posesivo + show
steal + Posesivo + thunder
steal + Posesivo + scene
steal + the spotlight
Little in general is said about the retrieval side of the systems: document analysis has stolen the limelight.
The article is entitled 'Did Paris Steal the Show for American Library Innovations?'.
She said some of the most hurtful things a person could say and it was all because she was afraid I was going to steal her thunder.
But once again her little sister, famous as Kate if not more, is stealing her scene.
It is her big screen debut tonight, so Katy Perry would have wanted to ensure nobody stole the spotlight.
competir por acaparar la atención de Alguien
compete for + attention
The two media, rather than competing for children's attention, have complementary roles to play in the literary development of young people.
para acaparar la atención
attention-grabbing
for effect
Another way to come up with attention-grabbing headlines is to put yourself in your client's shoes.
This article argues in favour of the term 'conservator' rather than 'restorer' of books as the former does not conjure up a picture of the Victorian artisan vandalising documents with irreversible treatments simply for effect.
que acapara la atención
attention-grabbing
Another way to come up with attention-grabbing headlines is to put yourself in your client's shoes.
que busca acaparar la atención
attention-seeking
Actress Megan Fox has claimed that to avoid the attention, she does not wear attention-seeking clothes when she goes out.
que intenta acaparar la atención
attention-seeking
Actress Megan Fox has claimed that to avoid the attention, she does not wear attention-seeking clothes when she goes out.
