acosar
plague ; press upon ; bait ; besiege ; harass ; bully ; dog ; persecute ; hound ; nag (at) ; pelt ; pressurise [pressurize, -USA] ; importune ; pester ; nobble ; stalk ; bedevil ; bear down on ; harry ; breathe down + Posesivo + neck ; sledge ; pressure ; chivvy [chivy] ; dun.
Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.
For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.
I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.
Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.
I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.
The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.
The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.
Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.
Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.
This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.
Every day, Internet users are pelted with spam, hoaxes, urban legends, and scams - in other words, untrustworthy data.
Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.
He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.
He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.
So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.
The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.
And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.
They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.
They have to realize that their kids are grown up and can make their own decisions and don't need their parents breathing down their necks anymore.
The batsman were sledged beyond words, harassed and were pressured into making mistakes.
I know she has difficulty talking about their breakup and I didn't want to pressure her or put her in an awkward situation.
To be fair, she was being chivvied by some atheists over some other comment she had made on a talk show .
Someone applied for credit cards in my name and besides being dunned by collection agencies, my credit is ruined.
acosar a Alguien con preguntas
pepper + Nombre + with questions
She spent long hours in a cramped conference room, her fractured ankle propped on a trash can, as lawyers took turns peppering her with questions.
espectáculo en el que perros acosan a un oso
bear-baiting
By modern morality, the sport of bear-baiting is a repugnant form of blood sport: a bear would be chained to a post in the ring, still able to move, but not escape, and dogs would be set on the animal.
problema + acosar
problem + dog
The author describes the many problems and difficulties which dogged the building of the Library right up until the start of construction in summer 75.
