fuga-1
getaway ; escape ; flight.
The article 'The great getaway' reviews a range of multimedia CD-ROM databases designed to assist in holiday travel planning.
The public library is a way of escape from the narrow area of our individual lives into the field, finite, no doubt, but unbounded, of the wisdom and experience of all mankind.
Cases keep discussion grounded on certain persistent facts that must be faced, and keep a realistic rein on airy flights of academic speculation.
accidente en el que el causante se da a la fuga
hit-and-run accident
This information can be difficult to read, memorize, and reproduce in a short period of time, such as in the case of recall of hit-and-run accidents.
a la fuga
on the run
on the lam
We will keep the terrorists on the run, until they have nowhere left to hide.
More than 250000 fugitives have managed to escape justice in New York and are still on the lam.
conductor que se da a la fuga tras causar un accidente o atropello
hit-and-run driver
The writer analyzes the poem 'Traveling through the Dark,' which deals with the killing of a pregnant doe by a hit-and-run driver.
darse a la fuga [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio fled]
flee
lam (it)
go into + hiding
make + a quick getaway
take to + Posesivo + heels
run off
tear out
take + flight
The Ndzevane Refugee Settlement in south eastern Swaziland provides a home to Swazis displaced from South Africa and those fleeing the RENAMO terrorists in Mozambique.
Though there were reports Bertollini was lamming it in Ireland, he told Michaud on Friday he never left the country.
The three have been jailed for more than two weeks while a fourth journalist went into hiding after receiving a judicial summons.
Paris and her boyfriend Benji were trying to make a quick getaway from paparazzi and fans when she fell over a step.
When the lad heard it he got frightened, and took to his heels as though he were running a race.
She ran off to take out the appropriate protection order against Mr. Pants, considering his intent to kill her.
He soon found that he was talking to air, as the man suddenly tore out of the shop like his trousers were on fire.
Fallow deer are very wary of people, and will take flight as soon as they hear or see someone.
fuga de cerebros
brain drain
Study abroad can also lead to brain drain, the loss of well-educated personnel to developed countries.
fuga de la cárcel
prison break
jailbreak [gaolbreak, UK]
gaolbreak [jailbreak, -USA]
Many fans have said that this series lost steam after the prison break finally happened.
One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
A famous gaolbreak there led to Henry VIII ordering re-enforcement of the floor with giant stone blocks.
fuga de la prisión
prison break
jailbreak [gaolbreak, UK]
gaolbreak [jailbreak, -USA]
Many fans have said that this series lost steam after the prison break finally happened.
One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
A famous gaolbreak there led to Henry VIII ordering re-enforcement of the floor with giant stone blocks.
fuga por amor
elopement
Perhaps Jane Austen was aware of this, for having stated the fact of the elopement briefly, she says airily: 'Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery, I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can'.
