casa
home ; house ; household ; townhouse [town-house] ; home front.
It is recommended for a variety of applications, amongst which are records of suppliers, staff, household possessions and so on, and is likely to find users in both the home and business worlds.
Qualifiers function as an integral part of the index terms, so that terms of the form 'Moving (House)', 'Mergers (Industrial)' are created and used.
For the two-car family, living in the countryside can present few problems, but most households are not in such an advantageous position.
In comparing the residential experiences of single-family dwelling inhabitants with those living in townhouses, duplexes, & apartments, only apartment dwellers seem to experience adverse effects.
The ongoing threat of terrorist attacks on North American soil and assets abroad, have brought asymmetric warfare to the home front.
alegría de la casa
busy lizzy
Tender annuals such as begonias, impatiens, busy lizzies and French marigolds are best planted out in early June in Scotland.
alfabetización en casa
family literacy
Family literacy programmes help the parent or caregiver to fulfil his role as the first and foremost teacher of his children.
ama de casa [Expresión neutra para referirse tanto al hombre como a la mujer que se encarga principalmente de las tareas domésticas de la casa]
housewife [housewives, -pl.]
homemaker
housekeeper
Manoeuvres that have been used, as the the percipient observer well knows, include simplifications and routines to save time, such a stereotyping users ('students', 'housewives', etc.).
Homemaker, widow and volunteer are acceptable terms and roles.
In Poland over 70 percent of married women are gainfully employed performing traditional female roles as wives, mothers and housekeepers, as well as the modern role of employee.
amo de casa [Expresión neutra para referirse tanto al hombre como a la mujer que se encarga principalmente de las tareas domésticas de la casa]
homemaker
Homemaker, widow and volunteer are acceptable terms and roles.
andar rodando por la casa
lie (a)round + the house
If you happen to have a couple of turntables lying around the house, we've got the perfect project for you this weekend.
artículos de la casa
household goods
The experiments studied the feasibility of keeping children away from harmful household goods through the use of odorous chemical substances which elicit inherent aversive reactions.
asuntos de la casa, los
home affairs
Women were encouraged to manage home affairs thriftily.
banco en casa
home banking
Applications include home banking, booking holidays and theatre tickets and ordering from mail order companies.
barrer para casa
look after + number one
feather + Posesivo/the + nest
look out for + number one
The article is entitled 'Looking after number one'.
The article 'Feathering the nest' explains how much publishers need their bestsellers in recessionary times.
Never allow anything to have a higher priority than looking out for number one - you are all you have.
bata de casa
housedress
Illustrated sources indicate that in the 18th Century women gave the same importance to change in their housedress, as they did to street clothes.
cambiarse de casa
move + house
move out
Most important, moving house is very thirsty work for everyone involved so keep the kettle boiling and the biscuits flowing.
This booklet covers how to give notice, legal ways to move out early, and what can happen if you do not follow the rules about moving out.
casa adosada
terrace(d) house
terrace(d) home
townhouse [town-house]
semidetached house
duplex
duplex house
A group of parents and teachers, however, established temporary school facilities in the area pending the building of a new school, 2 terrace houses being put to use for this purpose.
A study centre has recently been developed in one of Hove's terrace homes.
In comparing the residential experiences of single-family dwelling inhabitants with those living in townhouses, duplexes, & apartments, only apartment dwellers seem to experience adverse effects.
In addition, records describing 'semi-detached' houses may also be retrieved if the retrieval system treats a hyphen as a space.
In comparing the residential experiences of single-family dwelling inhabitants with those living in townhouses, duplexes, & apartments, only apartment dwellers seem to experience adverse effects.
That system is increasingly insufficient due to more housing in the area built recently, more people living in duplex houses, and more apartment buildings.
casa alquilada
house let
We started in Hawaii, in a small house let that we shared with several geckos on the isolated eastern end of Molokai.
casa ancestral
ancestral home
After lunch we'll travel southwards to Culzean Castle, the ancestral home of the Kennedy family.
Casa Blanca, la
White House, the
In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House - or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.
casa comercial
house
Many packages are available for purchase or lease, but there are also strictly in-house packages and packages developed by specific software houses under contract from one organisation.
casa consistorial
civic hall
The planned library will be part of a complex including a civic hall, information lobby, exhibition rooms and a restaurant.
casa cuna
foundling home
foundling hospital
By contrast, in the foundling home, the infants were cared for by nurses, each of whom was responsible for seven children.
Foundling hospitals have for the most part been replaced by foster care programs under the supervision of state welfare agencies.
casa de acogida
shelter home
foster home
Many elderly people residing in publicly-funded shelter homes are underweight and may be at risk of undernutrition.
Hollis is an orphan who is shuffled from foster home to foster home despite her heart of gold.
casa de apuestas [Abreviatura de bookmaker]
betting shop
bookie
bookmaker
We believe that an increase in betting shops is related to an increase in crime.
Manchester City leave the bookies out of pocket and three things we learned about betting from the weekend.
Some smart bookmakers use their successful bettors and adjust their odds depending on these customers' bets.
casa de beneficiencia
almshouse
The author explains the reconstruction of charitable institutions (including hospitals, cemeteries, almshouses, orphanages and schools) in California after the 1783 earthquake.
casa de campo
holiday home
country residence
In recent decades tourism has vastly increased in the area and many once empty houses have been restored as second or holiday homes.
S. Augustine's abbey became later the country residence of the abbots.
casa de culto
house of worship
house of prayer
cult building
A few of these mosques, in comparison to traditional houses of worship, seem almost futuristic; some even do away with the traditional minaret.
This is a house of prayer for those who wish to make space and time in their lives to nurture their souls.
Pylons were often decorated with scenes emphasizing a king's authority since it was the public face of a cult building.
casa de empeño
pawnshop
hock shop [hockshop]
Fortunately, banks have successfully weaned people away from pawnshops and moneylenders.
IN 1999, David Zinberg took jewelry from a handful of his hock shops and began auctioning them online.
casa de ensueño
dream house
These are some of the things you need to look for when finding your dream house.
casa de huéspedes
guesthouse [guest house]
bed and breakfast (B&B)
boarding house
rooming house
lodging house
The aim is to establish a central library with a network of branches in guest houses and other places of accommodation.
Comparing this car to other people carriers is like comparing the Ritz Hotel to a bed and breakfast.
A wide range of accommodation is available including low cost hotels, boarding houses and youth hostels for people attending the conference.
A rooming house is considered illegal if it contravenes city bylaws.
According to the law, all barber shops, hairdressing salons, lodging houses and eating houses are required to register with the City Council = Por ley, todas las barberías, peluquerías, hostales y restaurantes están obligados a registrarse en el Ayuntamiento.
casa de ladrillos de adobe
mud-brick house
Although rain is extremely scarce in Jericho, if it occurred, the mud-brick houses would collapse and turn into mud.
casa de la moneda
mint
The author shows that silversmith Jan de Booser was responsible for cutting the dies of the mint of the Province of Groningen during 1673-1693.
casa de la playa
beach house
He created a garden on the shingle around his beach house.
casa del guarda
lodge
Dinner will be served in the boma at the Lodge, where you will again spend the night.
casa de locos [Usado en el sentido figurado para indicar desorden y caos]
lunatic asylum
madhouse
bedlam
booby hatch
The writer argues that the steady growth in lunatic asylums in early-19th-century British India played an important role in the making of colonial society.
In the book, Romania is a madhouse filled with the handicapped, deaf mutes, and stutterers.
In subsequent years, Bethlem became 'Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.
The men in white coats will put you in the booby hatch where you belong someday.
casa de los locos
asylum
mental asylum
madhouse
Most of the early asylums for the insane in the USA established libraries for their patients.
The book starts with the author's mother being taken away for committal to a mental asylum.
In the book, Romania is a madhouse filled with the handicapped, deaf mutes, and stutterers.
casa del párroco
parsonage house
parsonage
Up to 1890 there were 11 ancient libraries in various churches and parsonage houses in Suffolk; 8 still survive.
Trollope's 'Framley parsonage' sold more than double the number of the most popular of Dickens's novels.
casa de madera
log house
wood house
In this little town of about a dozen log houses, they were initiated into the mysteries, pleasures, and sufferings of a gold-digger's life.
The picturesque harbor is lined with colorful wood houses and a few simple hotels.
casa de maternidad
maternity home
For example, an unwed woman who fears she is pregnant may have appointments made with an attorney in a legal assistance society and conselors in abortion clinics or maternity homes.
casa de muñecas
doll's house
Projects so far include recordings of Ibsen's 'A doll's house', books, and Cinderella.
casa de oficios
vocational school
Many vocational school libraries have limited stocks and staffing and teachers fail to promote reading.
casa de oración
house of worship
house of prayer
A few of these mosques, in comparison to traditional houses of worship, seem almost futuristic; some even do away with the traditional minaret.
This is a house of prayer for those who wish to make space and time in their lives to nurture their souls.
casa de pájaros
birdhouse
nest box
A well-built birdhouse should be durable, rainproof, cool and readily accessible for cleaning.
We suggest angling the top of the nest box to disuade hens from being able to roost on or above the nest boxes.
casa de pisos
tenement
apartment block
apartment building
apartment complex
To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
The difference between the two systems can be illustrated by analogy with a set of letter-boxes located in the entrance to an apartment block, with one box for each resident.
The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town - the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners - gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.
Multiculturalism is the reality of the community's neighbourhood and apartment complexes.
casa de placer
house of pleasure
house of pleasure
Some of the streets transform at night with garish neon lights and red lanterns signifying houses of pleasure.
Some of the streets transform at night with garish neon lights and red lanterns signifying houses of pleasure.
casa de putas
brothel
bawdy house [bawdyhouse]
whorehouse
And there was the curious behaviour of Plantin's compositor Michel Mayer, who in June 1564 spent Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday in a brothel, then packed his things and left the establishment without saying a word to anyone.
The author describes the cowboys, barrooms, variety theaters, and bawdy houses and their patrons in an attempt to separate historical reality from local myth.
It turns out that her husband to be was a country music kind of guy and she ran a whorehouse.
casa de té
teahouse
Also the Chinese teahouse with a collection of both Berlin and Meissen porcelain is situated here.
casa de tres plantas
three-storeyed house
The relationship between houses and three-storeyed houses is a genus/species relationship.
casa de troncos de madera
log house
In this little town of about a dozen log houses, they were initiated into the mysteries, pleasures, and sufferings of a gold-digger's life.
casa de vacaciones
vacation home
As a first time vacation home renter, the experience was like home away from home.
casa de veraneo
holiday home
In recent decades tourism has vastly increased in the area and many once empty houses have been restored as second or holiday homes.
casa editorial
publishing house
Works from international publishing houses may be more difficult to characterise in this way.
casa familiar
family home
5 bedroom detached family home with a magnificent mature southernly rear garden.
casa frecuentada por los espíritus
haunted house
This is a spine-tingling collection of real haunted houses and spooky ghost stories.
casa móvil
mobile home
The cost of buying the home itself, combined with the cost of renting the site, most often makes even mobile homes less than affordable without a subsidy.
casa pareada
duplex
duplex house
In comparing the residential experiences of single-family dwelling inhabitants with those living in townhouses, duplexes, & apartments, only apartment dwellers seem to experience adverse effects.
That system is increasingly insufficient due to more housing in the area built recently, more people living in duplex houses, and more apartment buildings.
casa parroquial
parsonage house
parsonage
Up to 1890 there were 11 ancient libraries in various churches and parsonage houses in Suffolk; 8 still survive.
Trollope's 'Framley parsonage' sold more than double the number of the most popular of Dickens's novels.
casa particular
private home
private house
Private homes and public buildings had fallout shelters that were stocked with canned goods and other necessities.
Many homeowners go for a private house sale rather than hiring somebody to do the marketing and sales for them.
casa piloto
show home
show house
Viewing show homes is becoming a popular way for people to keep up with the latest trends and seek inspiration for their own homes.
One of the flaws we have seen with these show houses is that none of the rooms seem to go together.
casa prefabricada
manufactured home
prefabricated house
Over 17 million people in the U.S. live in manufactured homes.
More and more architects are incorporating modern designs into the prefabricated houses of today.
casa proveedora
components supplier
This article gives a list of components suppliers for installing an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) in a mobile library van (bookmobile).
casa remolque
mobile home
The cost of buying the home itself, combined with the cost of renting the site, most often makes even mobile homes less than affordable without a subsidy.
casa rural
farmhouse
The new library extension is in the style of the old farm houses and forms right angles with the old, now restored, main building which houses offices and local history collection.
casa rústica
cottage
Tom Jones hiding in a particular copse with Molly Seagrim, Marvell lying in a certain garden, Dimitri Karamazov in that prison cell, Will and Anna in that cottage bedroom.
casa señorial
manor house
stately home
There are many interesting manor houses and castles worth a visit in the region.
Librarians are no strangers to the use of mobile vans as a means of taking books to scattered rural communities, even individual farms and stately homes.
casa social
community house
They also set up a trial information service in a nearby community house in order to gain some experience in running this kind of service.
casa solariega
ancestral home
country house
stately home
manor house
After lunch we'll travel southwards to Culzean Castle, the ancestral home of the Kennedy family.
Over 180 country houses were demolished or gutted in Scotland in the years after the Second World War.
Librarians are no strangers to the use of mobile vans as a means of taking books to scattered rural communities, even individual farms and stately homes.
There are many interesting manor houses and castles worth a visit in the region.
cine en casa
home theatre
home cinema
DVD players, CD players, speakers and cassette decks that have provisions for expanding a stereo system into a complete home theater are the recommended best buys.
The main thing that sets a home cinema apart from an ordinary television setup is the surround sound.
cocinero de casa
home cook
The market for books on cooking is increasingly made up of home cooks with an amazingly sophisticated set of skills and tastes.
comer en casa
eat in
The article is entitled 'Getting on the Internet: eating in or dining out?'.
como en casa
like home (away) from home
As a first time vacation home renter, the experience was like home away from home.
como en casa no se está en ningún sitio
there's no place like home
The article 'There's no place like home: the Web, the World, and you' discusses what home pages could include, how to maintain them, and possible future styles.
como si estuviera en + Posesivo + (propia) casa
home (away) from home
It is a cosy and bijou cottage laid out on two floors that aims to provide home from home comfort.
compra desde casa
armchair shopping
The article 'armchair shopping in Bradford' describes the Centrepoint Scheme based on a viewdata network having 50 terminals linked to a microcomputer, one of which is based in a library, which is both a teleshopping and local information service.
confinado a la casa
housebound [house-bound]
The needs of readers housebound by physical disability, or made immobile by increasing age, are met by a supply of reading material from a van delivery service.
construcción de casas
building construction
This new Act states conditions to prevent danger, damage, or nuisances, although it does not cover building construction, demolition, road construction.
de camin a casa
on the way (back) home
A pensioner who carried around her life savings because she was afraid of being burgled was mugged on the way home from a casino.
dejarse caer por casa
drop in
pop by
pop in
nip in
The library needs to be developed as the focal point of the community, a place where the public can drop in for all kinds of activities, not necessarily book-related or 'cultural'.
My wife's nephew popped by yesterday and drank us out of apple juice.
Came past this place with a group of friends and decided to pop in quickly - we ended up staying pretty much all night and had a great time.
We were on our way to the market and decided to nip in here for a quick late lunch.
de vuelta a casa
on the way (back) home
A pensioner who carried around her life savings because she was afraid of being burgled was mugged on the way home from a casino.
de vuelta a casa del trabajo
on the way (back) home from work
On the way home from work me and five other cars were hit by a breakdown lorry coming down the hill whose brakes had stopped working.
dueño de la casa
householder
It is the responsibility of the householder to ensure the refuse is bagged securely.
el enemigo en casa
the enemy within
Ever since Margaret Thatcher referred to striking miners in 1980s Britain as 'the enemy within', mere mention of the concept has seemed a symptom of paranoia.
embargar la casa de Alguien
repossess + Posesivo + home
repossess + Posesivo + house
Regardless of the reason, the borrower must take action quickly or the lender will end up repossessing their home.
Marcus' family are in deep debt and, when they fail to pay, soldiers are sent in to repossess their house.
empezar la casa por el tejado
tail wagging the dog
put + the cart before the horse
Such an approach is much like the tail wagging the dog.
Many people want to have a godly home but are putting the 'cart before the horse'?.
emprender el camino de vuelta a casa
head back + home
After a few more hours, we joined the traffic caravan and headed back home.
en casa
in the home
The author discusses a new book of which he is editor about the response of children to the information revolution at school, in the home, at study and at play.
en casa de herrero cuchillo de palo
the cobbler's children run barefoot
Given the line of business they're in, it would be pretty embarrassing not to, but many cobblers' children run barefoot out there.
encontrar casa
find + a home
This service concentrated on helping people to purchase houses and to find jobs and homes outside London.
encontrar + Posesivo + propio techo
find + Posesivo + own roof
My friend's boyfriend picked me up at the airport and he let me crashed at his place until I can find my own roof.
encontrarse en casa
be in
He wasn't in when we arrived at the farm, but we hung about like 2 freaky stalkers and finally got to speak to him.
en dirección a casa
on the way (back) home
A pensioner who carried around her life savings because she was afraid of being burgled was mugged on the way home from a casino.
en la casa
around the house
Throughout history, women have always done the cooking around the house.
enseñanza escolar en casa
homeschooling [home schooling]
This is an annotated bibliography of materials dealing with the issue of homeschooling, that is parents teaching their children at home rather than sending them to school.
equipo de casa
home team
home side
This finding contradicts the general belief that spectators' cheering encourages better performance in a home team.
Then in a grandstand finish the home side, on top throughout, were kept at bay by the agility of the visiting team's goalkeeper.
escolarización en casa [Enseñanza escolar de los padres a los hijos en su propia casa generalmente por disconformidad con el sistema estatal]
homeschool
homeschooling [home schooling]
This article provides a list of homeschool resources including World Wide Web sites, books and journal articles.
This is an annotated bibliography of materials dealing with the issue of homeschooling, that is parents teaching their children at home rather than sending them to school.
escolarizar en casa [Enseñanza escolar de los padres a los hijos en su propia casa generalmente por disconformidad con el sistema estatal]
homeschool
Upon hearing that we homeschool, she responded with, 'You must have the patience of a Saint!'.
especialidad de la casa, la
house specialty, the
This dish, billed as the house specialty, was just an unremarkable griddled steak topped with some green bell peppers and green onions.
estar arrinconado en la casa
lie (a)round + the house
If you happen to have a couple of turntables lying around the house, we've got the perfect project for you this weekend.
estar en casa
be in
He wasn't in when we arrived at the farm, but we hung about like 2 freaky stalkers and finally got to speak to him.
estar rodando por la casa
lie (a)round + the house
If you happen to have a couple of turntables lying around the house, we've got the perfect project for you this weekend.
esterilla de la entrada de la casa
welcome mat
There were silvery snail tracks on the welcome mat in the vestibule.
estilo de la casa [En la corrección de pruebas, manera de presentar información (puntuación, uso de las mayúsculas, cursivas, etc) típico de una editorial]
house style
Many academic publishers insist upon any references supplied to books and papers being cited in their particular house style.
fuera de la casa
out-of-home
Fighting among adolescents was tested for association with alcohol/drug use & out-of-home activities without adult control (such as 'hanging out' on the streets).
hacer que Algo se haga en casa
bring + Nombre + in-house
Desktop publishing is a technology that brings the prepress phases of publishing in-house.
hecho en casa
homespun
homemade
The author chronicles the exuberant stories, hyperbole, homespun speech and demigod characteristics of American 'tall tales'.
And may I say parenthetically that two publishers out of the enormous number that are so often touted as belonging to the CIP program are now printing their own homemade and superior cataloging in publication data.
hora de volver a casa
curfew
Juvenile arrests for curfew and loitering violations increased 113 percent between 1990-99.
imposibilitado para salir de casa
housebound [house-bound]
homebound [home-bound]
The needs of readers housebound by physical disability, or made immobile by increasing age, are met by a supply of reading material from a van delivery service.
The library extends its traditional services to those homebound due to illness or handicaps through its community services librarian.
ir a casa de
make + house calls
For the next three months, Walsh and the team made house calls under the cloak of darkness into the dangerous city to help the baby.
ir a ver a Alguien a su casa
home-visiting
Some problems are simply 'undealable with' on the phone, so some back-up such as home-visiting is necessary.
irse a casa
go + home
Shortly after lunch, he went home without permission.
irse de casa
leave + home
move out
Few researchers have applied this experience to the last remaining sibling when all other siblings have left home.
This booklet covers how to give notice, legal ways to move out early, and what can happen if you do not follow the rules about moving out.
joven que huye de su casa
runaway
Many of the teenaged runaways left home in search of freedom from what they considered abusive treatment, whether physical, sexual, or emotional.
la casa de al lado
next door
A teenager's dreams come true when a former porn star moves in next door and they fall in love.
lejía de casa
household bleach
If you can't boil water, you can disinfect it using household bleach.
llamar a casa
call + home
The best way to call home from the US are the prepaid phone cards.
llamar a una casa para vender
cold call
If you're like most sales people you can think of a million excuses not to cold call because - let's face it - you hate it.
llave de la casa
house key
The other day some crazy old bat stole both my house keys and car keys.
llegar a casa
get + home
As it happened, the snowfall was moderate and all the rest of us worked all day and got home without difficulty.
llegar tarde a casa
stay out + late
Staying out late, lots of glasses of wine and having way too much fun has resulted in us both feeling under the weather all weekend long.
llevar a casa
bring + home
What he actually brings home from his shopping spree is dependent on further factors, such as the actual availability of the goods or his resources.
llevar los pantalones (en + Posesivo + casa)
wear + the trousers (in + Posesivo + house)
It appears that she wears the trousers in their house and he does as he is told!.
llevarse a casa
take + Nombre + home
She has no faith in doctors, blames his paralysis on black magic and wishes to take him home so the curse can be lifted by faqirs.
llevarse los problemas a casa
bring + problems home
'I'm getting tired of it, really, and my bringing these problems home to my husband every night is not at all helpful, you know what I mean?' She lowered her voice.
menú de la casa
set menu
This superb restaurant will tempt you with lavish buffets or set menus while feasting your eyes on the breathtaking view.
mudarse de casa
move + house
move out
Most important, moving house is very thirsty work for everyone involved so keep the kettle boiling and the biscuits flowing.
This booklet covers how to give notice, legal ways to move out early, and what can happen if you do not follow the rules about moving out.
negocio llevado desde casa
home-based business
After successfully owning and operating a small home-based business for 7 years, Melyssa decided to upscale her business.
niño que recibe la educación escolar en su casa
homeschooler [home schooler]
Librarians can keep the lines of communication with homeschoolers open and approach homeschooling families to find out what they need in a public library.
no volver a casa en toda la noche
stay out + all night
It wasn't like him to stay out all night, and I was worried sick that he'd been in an accident.
obrero de la casa
stab hand
'Stab' (establishment) hands on weekly wages were also employed in the composing room, but more frequently in the late than in the early nineteenth century, and always in relatively small numbers.
para el inglés su casa es su castillo
an Englishman's home is his castle
Reputedly, an Englishman's home is his castle.
partido que se juega en casa
home game
Watford gaffer believes his team's home games hold the key to their ability to survive in the Premiership.
partido que se juega fuera de casa
away game
Any more than two away games in a row is out of order.
pasarse por casa
drop in
pop by
pop in
nip in
come (a)round
The library needs to be developed as the focal point of the community, a place where the public can drop in for all kinds of activities, not necessarily book-related or 'cultural'.
My wife's nephew popped by yesterday and drank us out of apple juice.
Came past this place with a group of friends and decided to pop in quickly - we ended up staying pretty much all night and had a great time.
We were on our way to the market and decided to nip in here for a quick late lunch.
When she came around she came into my room where I stood on my matress on the floor.
personas confinadas a permanecer en casa por cualquier impedimento, las [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
housebound, the
In this way, the needs of those such as shift workers and the housebound who are prevented from attending normal college courses for a variety of reasons, are now being met.
personas que no pueden salir de casa
homebound, the
The system incorporates a mail service to the homebound.
pisar + Posesivo + casa
darken + Posesivo + door
This law permitted private schools to charge whatever tuition would assure that no low-income families would darken their door.
poner la casa al revés
turn + everything upside down
The offenders broke into rooms and systematically turned everything upside-down, throwing papers out of drawers and off shelves.
poner la casa patas arriba
turn + the house upside down
Summer holiday means that your kids are at home from school and also that they are turning the house upside down.
poner los pies en + Posesivo + casa
darken + Posesivo + door
This law permitted private schools to charge whatever tuition would assure that no low-income families would darken their door.
quedarse a dormir en la casa de un amigo
sleepover
Almost everyone remembers those childhood sleepovers: a rainbow of sleeping bags, lots of eating and laughing, maybe even a silly prank phone call.
quedarse dentro de casa
stay + indoors
Precautionary measures include staying indoors between dusk and dawn, avoiding perfume or aftershave, and the use of insect repellent and mosquito nets.
quedarse en casa
stay + indoors
stay in
Precautionary measures include staying indoors between dusk and dawn, avoiding perfume or aftershave, and the use of insect repellent and mosquito nets.
It seems like the smartest plan for ringing in the New Year: staying in instead of going out.
quehaceres de la casa
housework
Five options of help with housework are investigated: domestic help, take-out meals, the microwave, the dishwasher, & the dryer.
que trabaja desde casa
home-based
Data base producers will increasingly rely on home-based abstractors who receive, create and send all their material by electronic means.
realización de los estudios escolares en casa
homeschooling [home schooling]
This is an annotated bibliography of materials dealing with the issue of homeschooling, that is parents teaching their children at home rather than sending them to school.
regresar a casa
go + home again
come + home
The article is entitled 'Going home again: a review of computers and writing 1999'.
Don't wait up for her tonight 'cause she won't be coming home.
regreso a casa
homecoming
journey home
On his homecoming, he arrived at the train station to be met by hundreds of people who carried him shoulder-high to a taxi.
When she discovers that she has been stricken with a terminal illness, she embarks on a journey home to the place where so many sad things happened to her.
revolver toda la casa
turn + the house upside down
Summer holiday means that your kids are at home from school and also that they are turning the house upside down.
ropa de casa
loungewear
They offer a fun line of pajamas, sleepwear and loungewear to help women feel good about themselves.
ropa de estar en casa
loungewear
They offer a fun line of pajamas, sleepwear and loungewear to help women feel good about themselves.
salir de casa
leave + home
get out of + the house
set + foot out of the house
The symptoms of agoraphobia, a condition in which an individual fears entering public areas, include fears of leaving home, fainting, entering open and closed spaces, shopping, entering social situations, and traveling far from home.
Aside from just being able to get out of the house, there are a number of other reasons why working away from home from time to time is a great idea.
By the end of the exercise I think everyone watching was wondering how two such old crocks could dare to set foot out of the house.
salir de la casa
go + outside
We would not recommend keeping a cat that is used to going outside, as an 'indoor-only cat', unless it is for health reasons.
segunda casa
second home
In recent decades tourism has vastly increased in the area and many once empty houses have been restored as second or holiday homes.
seguro de la casa
home insurance
You can shave off as much as 50% or even more from your current rate for home insurance in Arizona.
sentirse como en casa
feel at + home
feel like + home (away) from home
The writer goes out of her way to make her meaning plain, and to achieve a level of language and simplicity of structure she assumes most of her intended readers will feel at home with.
The apartment was full of character and it really felt like home away from home.
sentirse en casa
home (away) from home
It is a cosy and bijou cottage laid out on two floors that aims to provide home from home comfort.
ser + Posesivo + casa
call + home
You'll share this tropical environment with beautiful birds, flowers, monkeys, and more aboard a restored riverboat you'll call home during your expedition.
tener arrinconado en la casa
lie (a)round + the house
If you happen to have a couple of turntables lying around the house, we've got the perfect project for you this weekend.
tirar la casa por la ventana
lash out (on)
go to + town on
spare + no expense
go for + broke
go + all out
splash out on
push + the boat out
The company is too tight to lash out on anything for the employees, even tools to increase productivity.
He was refering to the unbelievable action taken by the riot police who for no good reason decided to go to town on innocent fans.
These stars have spared no expenses when it comes to buying extravagant gifts for their partners.
The article 'Going for broke' reports on the Association of Assistant Librarians National Student Conference held at Manchester Polytechnic, Feb 87.
The police are going all out to curb rising road accidents in the country.
While the rest of the lads are splashing out on luxury cars or expensive holidays in the sun - O'Brien is pumping the money back into the farmland.
I finaly decided to push the boat out a buy a nice, upmarket pair of boots.
todo queda en casa
all in the family
The article is entitled 'All in the family: parents in teen fiction'.
trabajar desde casa
work from + home
In fact, there are more scams than real work from home opportunities.
trabajar fuera de casa
work away from + home
Aside from just being able to get out of the house, there are a number of other reasons why working away from home from time to time is a great idea.
trabajos de la casa
housework
Five options of help with housework are investigated: domestic help, take-out meals, the microwave, the dishwasher, & the dryer.
traer a casa
bring + back home
The article 'Bringing it all back home: insourcing what you do well' examines one library's ability to insource some of its operations.
traer el pan a casa
bring + home the bacon
make + a living for the family
put + bread on the table
Are you one of the millions of people, who are still unemployed, and wondering how you are going to bring home the bacon?.
His wife sewed for others to make a living for the family while he was gone.
If in your mind your job is solely for the purpose of 'putting bread on the table,' you are, in a sense, prostituting your labor.
un hogar fuera de casa
home (away) from home
It is a cosy and bijou cottage laid out on two floors that aims to provide home from home comfort.
un hogar lejos de casa
home (away) from home
It is a cosy and bijou cottage laid out on two floors that aims to provide home from home comfort.
vender de casa en casa
peddle
It could lose those shareholders who may not want to be associated with a conglomerate which also peddles death and destruction.
venir a casa
come (a)round
When she came around she came into my room where I stood on my matress on the floor.
volver a casa
go + home again
head back + home
come + home
get + Reflexivo + home
The article is entitled 'Going home again: a review of computers and writing 1999'.
After a few more hours, we joined the traffic caravan and headed back home.
Don't wait up for her tonight 'cause she won't be coming home.
She wasn't particularly worried though, she knew the ropes and could get herself home safe and sound.
volver la casa al revés
turn + everything upside down
The offenders broke into rooms and systematically turned everything upside-down, throwing papers out of drawers and off shelves.
volver tarde a casa
stay out + late
Staying out late, lots of glasses of wine and having way too much fun has resulted in us both feeling under the weather all weekend long.
vuelta a casa
homecoming
journey home
On his homecoming, he arrived at the train station to be met by hundreds of people who carried him shoulder-high to a taxi.
When she discovers that she has been stricken with a terminal illness, she embarks on a journey home to the place where so many sad things happened to her.
zapatillas de casa
slippers
The days of needing to change into carpet slippers before going to such an area have thankfully passed by.
zona para casas móviles
mobile home park
trailer park
Mobile home parks originally became popular among laborers flocking to urban areas for war-related employment during World War II.
Tornadoes and hurricanes often inflict their worst damage on trailer parks and caravan sites, usually because the structures are not secured to the ground.
