deteriorar
damage ; impair ; spoil ; disrupt ; corrode ; go out + the window.
Single holds are useful, for example, when a particular copy of a document is damaged or needs rebinding.
It is difficult to neglect either entirely, without impairing the effectiveness in fulfilling the other objective.
But if set-off did occur and threatened to set back and spoil subsequent impressions of the first forme, the tympan cloth could be rubbed over with lye to clean it.
Essentially, problem patrons can be considered in three groups: (1) the dangerous or apparently dangerous; (2) the patron who disrupts readers; and (3) the nuisance whose focus is the librarian.
At times, however, stresses on the system, whether caused by internal or external forces, threaten to corrode the ethical boundaries.
The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.
deteriorarse
decay
deteriorate
creak
go + downhill
fall into + disrepair
grow + worse
fall apart
dilapidate
go to + seed
degenerate (into)
go to + pot
A data base must respond to a dynamic reality in which terms, 'strain, crack and sometimes break under the burden, under the tension, slip, slide, perish, decay with imprecision, will not stay in place, will not stay still'.
But the relationship between the source of most of the shared cataloging data, the Library of Congress, and nonresearch libraries shows signs of deteriorating rather than improving.
Such recommendations can be viewed as attempts to shortcircuit a system which has creaked more noticeably with the passage of time.
The late James Bennet Childs, one-time head of Descriptive Cataloging at LC and long-time documents specialist, has often pointed out how the quality of documents cataloging went downhill after the special cataloging unit was abolished.
His bodily frame, verging on obesity, appeared to have fallen into disrepair, as though he had ceased to be interested in it.
As we all know, the situation has only grown worse since then.
Most of the packaging for cassettes provided by commercial vendors that are known nationwide is lousy, falls apart, looks bad, and so on.
The mission was in the process of building a new wing onto the convent, so the old house was allowed to dilapidate.
She berated him for having 'gone to seed' and lambasted him for not living up to his ideals.
The assistant's position frequently degenerates into a 'catch-all' position, with the assistant ending up with a number of miscellaneous odd-jobs (sometimes 'keep-busy' type jobs, well below his or her capabilities).
Alesha tells Laila that she's getting on her wick because it started off so well and went to pot.
empezar a deteriorarse
hit + the skids
be on the skids
go into + a decline
fall into + decline
Economic data released Friday in Tokyo leaves no doubt that Japan's economy has hit the skids.
But will Barack Obama dare to touch this sacred cow that seems as American as apple pie - especially now, when the housing market is on the skids?.
America is going into a decline the like of which the world has never seen before.
After the Romans left, the city of London fell into a decline.