cortar
cut off ; crop ; trim ; slash ; chop off ; clip ; dam (up) ; sever ; intersect ; chop down ; shut off ; chop up ; cut down ; fell ; shear ; trim off ; cut + Nombre + up ; split ; shear off ; snip ; hew ; cut up into + strips ; cut ; chop ; pare ; dock.
The spine folds of the assembled sheets were simply cut off, separating all the leaves, which were then attached to each other and to a backing strip by a coating of rubber solution, and cased in the ordinary way.
In addition, many of photographs are badly cropped, with the tops of heads, towers, and artworks lopped off.
The edges of the leaves may have been trimmed smooth by the binder, or left rough (uncut).
Finally, a few copies of an edition seem generally to have slipped through with their cancellanda uncancelled, so that examples of the original settings may sometimes be found (occasionally slashed by the warehouse keeper's shears, deliberate defacement which escaped notice).
Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.
Some libraries frequently subscribe to specific newspapers in duplicate in order to clip articles and illustrations of interest for particular subject files.
But to prevent any meandering at all, or to dam the flow of talk too soon and too often by intruding, generally only frustrates spontaneity = But to prevent any meandering at all, or to dam the flow of talk too soon and too often by intruding, generally only frustrates spontaneity.
This art is is mass produced, often mechanically, and thus severed from tradition.
Contingency plans can be devised to intersect at several points on this time continuum.
Microform catalogs take up less room and are more sound ecologically since you don't have to chop down half of Canada everytime you make a large catalog = Microform catalogs take up less room and are more sound ecologically since you don't have to chop down half of Canada everytime you make a large catalog.
Advanced design sprinklers shut off water when the fire is out, reducing the risk of water damage.
The writer bemoans record studios' tendency to chop up and fiddle with opera performances.
A subsequent owner cut down most of the surrounding woodland and the garden was largely lost.
In this study, thirty-four-year-old chestnut trees were felled, measured and weighed to evaluate their aboveground biomass.
All the activity on a sheep station was directed to one end: shearing the sheep and sending the wool away to the city.
If you repeatedly deadhead - trim off the spent flowers - the plant goes into overdrive.
They tortured her into revealing her Pin number and safe code before cutting her up and disposing of her in bin liners.
In the mechanised paper fibre process individual pages are soaked and split so that acid-free paper can be put between the two layers.
Working at the lumberyard pushing a tree through the buzz saw he accidentally sheared off all ten of his fingers.
It's perfect for dead heading dense flowering plant without accidentally snipping the neighboring blooms.
Oak was shaped by splitting with wooden wedges, and by hewing with axes or adzes.
Cut up the leftovers into strips, stick on skewers and finish quickly on the grill.
Collect the seed heads when they are turning brown by cutting them from the plants and drying them on a tray made of very fine wire mesh.
This chopping knife is ideal for chopping, dicing and slicing vegetables, meat, herbs and other ingredients.
Cut the pineapple, after paring it, into small squares; make a syrup of the sugar, vinegar, and spices, and pour it over the pineaple while boiling hot.
Whoever told you about the fine has got their facts wrong, there is no such thing as a fine for docking your dog's tail.
abrir cortando
lance
cut open
The nodules were lanced and squeezed, and the wounds were treated with copper sulfate and dressed with zinc oxide.
The best way to keep the avocados from browning once cut open is to wrap them in plastic.
¡corta el rollo!
put a sock in it!
Last week's statement should be seen as the last word and a signal for the industry to put a sock in it for a while.
cortar Algo
snip + Nombre + off
A single hydrogen atom has been snipped off a molecule and then added back on again, marking the first time a single chemical bond has been broken.
cortar Algo como si fuera mantequilla
cut through + Nombre + like a (hot) knife through butter
The branches I was removing had a circumference of approximately 30cm and the chainsaw cut through them like a hot knife through butter.
cortar Algo de raíz
nip + Nombre + in the bud
By spotting problems in the system early, you can 'nip them in the bud'.
cortar a tajos
hack
He had to rush his nephew to hospital after he was hacked by a machete-wielding mob.
cortar con barricadas
barricade
When he looked through his window he saw two coarse man in reflecting traffic jackets barricade the entrance to the dunes with large rocks.
cortar con motoguadaña
strim
We are fully aware that the quickest and easiest way to clear an area of couch grass is to strim the grass to a height of about 2cm .
cortar con tijeras
snip
It's perfect for dead heading dense flowering plant without accidentally snipping the neighboring blooms.
cortar con una sierra
saw
This book suggests ways for children to work successfully with scraps of wood by carving, sawing, hammering, nailing or gluing pieces together.
cortar el agua
cut off + the water
You can see that, even if someone were to cut off the water to your bathroom, you could still flush the toilet.
cortar el bacalao
call + the shots
be the boss
call + the tune
rule + the roost
run + the show
The article is entitled 'Who's calling the shots in the semiconductor industry'.
One of the hardest things about being the boss is that no one tells you what you're doing wrong.
As long as we allow other people to pay the piper, they will continue calling the tune in Africa.
Just as the 19th century belonged to England and the 20th century to America, so the 21st century will be China's turn to set the agenda and rule the roost.
This might happen organically as a younger cohort replaces the boomers currently running the show.
cortar el césped [Verbo irregular: pasado mowed, participio mowed/mown]
mow + the lawn
mow
The most important piece of advice I could ever offer in the way of lawn care is simple - mow the lawn high.
The results indicate that raking after mowing benefits germination of certain plants, especially legumes, annuals and biennials.
cortar el cuello
decapitate
Animals were first anesthetized and then decapitated and brains were removed, frozen with dry ice powder, and stored in a deep freezer.
cortar el rollo
cut to + the chase
cut + the crap
cut + the bullshit
cut through + the noise
This is a dating agency for sugar daddies, sugar babies and singles who are looking to cut to the chase and meet new adult singles online.
I was much older and wiser, so as soon as the recruiter began his spiel, I just told him to cut the crap and give it to me straight.
She then told him to cut the bullshit and get his act together, fast.
Automation tools can help you streamline your workflow and cut through the noise.
cortar en filetes
fillet
When you get the hang of filleting, you can zip through a pile of fish pretty quickly.
cortar en lonchas
slice
cut into + slices
To build an integrated circuit, once the silicon crystals have been grown, these crystals will have to be sliced into wafers.
Season with pepper, then pour the sauce in a saucière to accompany with the breast cut into slices.
cortar en pedacitos
cut up into + small pieces
The 'sweated' rags were next cut up into small pieces and placed in wooden mortars where they were pounded to a pulp (or stuff) by water-powered hammers.
cortar en pedazos
cut + Nombre + up
They tortured her into revealing her Pin number and safe code before cutting her up and disposing of her in bin liners.
cortar en rebanadas
slice
cut into + slices
To build an integrated circuit, once the silicon crystals have been grown, these crystals will have to be sliced into wafers.
Season with pepper, then pour the sauce in a saucière to accompany with the breast cut into slices.
cortar en rebanaditas
sliver
If you wait to cut, dice, chop or sliver food until just before cooking, you minimize exposure to light and air which destroys valuable vitamins.
cortar en rodajas
slice
cut into + slices
To build an integrated circuit, once the silicon crystals have been grown, these crystals will have to be sliced into wafers.
Season with pepper, then pour the sauce in a saucière to accompany with the breast cut into slices.
cortar en rodajitas
sliver
If you wait to cut, dice, chop or sliver food until just before cooking, you minimize exposure to light and air which destroys valuable vitamins.
cortar en seco
kill + Nombre + stone dead
Having built up your reputation for over half a century you have managed to kill it stone dead in only a few seconds.
cortar en tajos
hack
He had to rush his nephew to hospital after he was hacked by a machete-wielding mob.
cortar en tiras
shred
cut up into + strips
If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' 'blown away,' or 'shredded'.
Cut up the leftovers into strips, stick on skewers and finish quickly on the grill.
cortar en trocitos
dice
The best way to avoid crying when dicing an onion is to use a very sharp knife and to move as quickly as safety permits.
cortar en trozos
cut + Nombre + up
They tortured her into revealing her Pin number and safe code before cutting her up and disposing of her in bin liners.
cortar la cabeza
behead
On July 2, 1834, the figurehead of President Andrew Jackson on the U.S. frigate Constitution was beheaded.
cortar la hierba [Verbo irregular: pasado mowed, participio mowed/mown]
mow
The results indicate that raking after mowing benefits germination of certain plants, especially legumes, annuals and biennials.
cortar las flores marchitas [Con objeto de que la planta produzca más flores]
deadhead
If you repeatedly deadhead - trim off the spent flowers - the plant goes into overdrive.
cortarle las alas a Alguien
clip + Posesivo + wings
Since arthritis clipped her wings, she spends much of her time at home with a very patient husband, two cats and about five thousand books.
cortarle los vuelos a Alguien
clip + Posesivo + wings
Since arthritis clipped her wings, she spends much of her time at home with a very patient husband, two cats and about five thousand books.
cortar llegando al hueso
cut to + the bone
He was cut to the bone after a skate fell off a hook above his locker and landed on his right wrist.
cortar metal [Verbo irregular: pasado sheared y participio pasado shorn]
shear
All the activity on a sheep station was directed to one end: shearing the sheep and sending the wool away to the city.
cortar perpendicularmente a la veta de crecimiento
cut + across the grain
Fine-grained hardwoods were preferred, nearly always cut across the grain, although the largest size types were sometimes cut on the plank.
cortar por
cut across
He looked up and saw two figures cutting across the field, a colored man and woman, each carrying a bottle.
cortar por la mitad
cut + Nombre + in half
The article 'Wages, hours, bookfunds take a dive' examines how some authorities are proposing cuts in wages to preserve services; others reducing bookfunds by as much as a quarter, or cutting their opening hours in half.
cortar por lo sano
cut + Gordian knot
cut + Posesivo + losses
I think we should all take to heart Lady Wootton's classic cutting of this Gordian knot, when she points out that social workers are not medicos, not psychologists, not sociologists, they are essentially experts in communication, performing a 'middleman' role.
Both the newspapers and the unions want to cut their losses by concluding a deal in advance of a court hearing that is scheduled to decide on the original causes of the strike.
cortar radicalmente con
make + a clean break with
This is the time when new standards were adopted for the accreditation of US library schools thus making a clean break with 19th century unwritten standards.
cortarse
nick + Reflexivo
curdle
And then he had nicked himself shaving, so badly that the styptic pencil had failed immediately to do its appointed task, delaying him so that he had to wolf down his breakfast, the eggs of which had on them a crust which he hated.
Milk and soy milk are curdled intentionally to make cheese and tofu by the addition of enzymes.
cortarse como la mantequilla
cut like + butter
Hair that is wet through and through cuts like butter, a good razor blade will cut through it smoothly and effortlessly.
cortarse el pelo
have + Posesivo + hair cut
I'd been toying with the idea of having my hair cut at a hairdressing academy for a while and took the plunge when my hair got out of control with split ends and whatnot.
cortarse las venas
slash + Posesivo + wrists
Whereupon he downed a bottle of eau de cologne, dosed himself with barbiturates and slashed his wrists.
cortar un nudo gordiano
cut + Gordian knot
I think we should all take to heart Lady Wootton's classic cutting of this Gordian knot, when she points out that social workers are not medicos, not psychologists, not sociologists, they are essentially experts in communication, performing a 'middleman' role.
cortar y pegar
cut-and-paste
Obviously, the work-around is to cut-and-paste this into the end of the document, but why did this happen in the first place?.
cortar y secar
cut and dry
The coconuts are cut and dried until the moisture content of the meat is minimized.
máquina de cortar en rebanadas
slicer
Slicers are placed in three categories based upon slicing volume, hours of use, and types of product being sliced.
separar cortando
cut apart
Learn how to cut apart a full chicken.
sin cortar
uncut
The length and breadth of the sheet are taken if possible from an uncut copy of the book = Si es posible, se indicarán la longitud y la anchura del pliego de un ejemplar sin cortar.
tabla de cortar
chopping board
Lay the monkfish pieces on a chopping board and slice them horizontally almost in half, so they open out like a book.
utensilio para cortar
cutting tool
For example, DIAMONDS could be a NT under cutting tools as well as under GEMS.
