hecho-2
executed.
What was pinned up ranged from sheets of paper with nothing more written on them than a title and author to elaborate and beautifully executed illustrations.
a lo hecho, pecho
no use crying over spilt/spilled milk
you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!
It may be no use crying over spilt milk but had the original constitution been more people-driven, perhaps things could have turned out different.
After all, "you've made your bed, now you must lie in it," so there's no sense complaining.
bien hecho
well-rendered
well done
well formed [well-formed]
The pages are in full color, with text and images well-rendered.
The accompanying manual is reasonably well done.
The main props to any retrospective bibliography must be a well formed national library which has a long history of collecting the records of a nation's culture.
cartón hecho de paja
strawboard
The typical yellow-back of the mid nineteenth century was a cheap edition of fiction in small crown octavo, retailing a 2 shillings, and its case was made of glazed coloured paper on strawboard.
comprar Algo hecho en serie
buy + off-the-shelf
There are three sources of applications software: (a) bought off-the-shelf; (b) commissioned from a software house; (c) written in-house, either by the librarian or by the computer staff.
comprar Algo ya hecho de antemano
buy + off-the-shelf
There are three sources of applications software: (a) bought off-the-shelf; (b) commissioned from a software house; (c) written in-house, either by the librarian or by the computer staff.
cosa hecha
plain sailing
walkover
The article is entitled 'Plain sailing with Swets' = El artículo se titula "Con Swets todo es coser y cantar".
The election is widely expected to be a walkover for him.
dado por hecho
foregone
Equally powerful is the capacity of words to propagandize, create distrust, fuel hatred, or manipulate peoples' opinions in support of foregone political agendas.
dando por hecho que
based on the understanding that
on the understanding that
Rapid & revolutionary technological change and its impact on society are discussed, based on the understanding that it is the nature of technology itself that gives rise to confusion .
Employers & trade unions can make whatever use they like of the money thus provided, on the understanding that it is for education.
dar por hecho
take for + granted
be a given
take as + given
Consequently, Leforte came to expect - perhaps even take for granted - the periodic boosts of ego and income that the evaluations provided.
Human rights should be a given in UK - not a battleground.
It can be taken as given that military forces under attack will try whatever tools available to survive and achieve their military objective.
dejar hecho polvo
screw + Nombre + up
Her past relationship screwed her up mentally, physically and emotionally.
dejar medio hecho
leave + Nombre + half-finished
leave + Nombre + half-done
Avoid starting a project and leaving it half-finished until who knows when.
Fixing a tubeless wheelbarrow tire is fairly easy, if you know how, and can mean the difference between completed a job or leaving it half done.
después de todo lo dicho y hecho, es más lo dicho que lo hecho
after all is said and done, more is said than done
Many Americans seem to be living out the old cliché 'after all is said and done, more is said than done'.
dicho y hecho
no sooner said than done
No sooner said than done - he slipped a dog collar around Pinocchio's neck and tightened it so that it would not come off.
estar hecha una ballena
be like the side of a house
I'm convinced that Gula must be having twins as she is like the side of a house.
estar hecha una foca
be like the side of a house
I'm convinced that Gula must be having twins as she is like the side of a house.
estar hecha una vaca
be like the side of a house
I'm convinced that Gula must be having twins as she is like the side of a house.
estar hecho a escala
be to scale
It is important to note that reproductions of screen formats are not necessarily to scale and screen images may be compressed.
estar hecho con la intención de
be intended for/to
Notes given in the information note area are restricted to those intended for display in a catalogue or bibliography.
estar hecho con la mismas dimensiones que el original
be to scale
It is important to note that reproductions of screen formats are not necessarily to scale and screen images may be compressed.
estar hecho de
be made up of
be made of
Although the snake looks relaxed, the greater part of its body mass is made up of muscles that can spring to attention at a moment's notice.
Cells are made of molecules, molecules are made of atoms, and atoms are made of energy.
estar hecho el uno para el otro
be two of a kind
be a right pair
On the surface, they're like oil and water, but deep down, they're two of a kind.
They're a right pair, always getting into trouble with the family with whom they live.
estar hecho para [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio meant]
be geared to
be intended for/to
mean
be cut out for
have + (all) the makings of
Many of the problems facing society are so complex, the narrowness and resistance to change by many professions may lead to their extinction because they are not geared to contribute to the solution of those problems.
Notes given in the information note area are restricted to those intended for display in a catalogue or bibliography.
It is not meant to be that.
If you consider eating out a couple times a week a necessity rather than a lark, you aren't cut out for living on a shoestring.
Ann's well-bred black colt is now two years old, and in her eyes, has all the makings of a champion.
estar hecho polvo [En singular be a wreck]
be + wreck
be dead beat
be bushed
I think if some people couldn't smoke on the job, they'd be wrecks.
I was dead beat after dinner and so went back to the hotel, showered, and passed out.
I can't vouch for the others, but I was bushed after hauling my boat up the bank and through the tangled brush and over the slippery rocks.
estar hecho una sopa
be wet through (and through)
Hair that is wet through and through cuts like butter, a good razor blade will cut through it smoothly and effortlessly.
estar hecho un desastre
be a (complete) shambles
look like + the wreck of the Hesperus
look like + drag + through a hedge backwards
be (in) a (real) mess
While the economy is a 'shambles' and likely to stay that way for some time, he remains optimistic there will eventually be a recovery over a period of years.
You might get some funny looks if you turn up looking like the wreck of the Hesperus, but other than that, you're grand as far as I know.
We eventually arrived all looking like we'd been dragged through a hedge backwards and in desperate need of sleep so we grabbed the first taxi we saw.
The economy is in a real mess now, and we need to create as many jobs as possible.
estar hecho un esqueleto
be a bag of bones
Would you prefer to be a bag of bones to look at or a bit overweight?.
estar hecho un lío
be in a tizz(y)
Apparently the school was in a tizzy not knowing how to handle the situation.
estar hecho un roble
be built like the side of a house
His arms, so long they gave him a greyhound's grace even though he was built like the side of a house.
estar hecho un toro
be built like the side of a house
His arms, so long they gave him a greyhound's grace even though he was built like the side of a house.
frase hecha
bound phrase
cliche
formulaic words
formulaic phrase
set phrase
catch phrase
You may search subject headings as hyphenated, 'bound' phrases or as individual words.
The true meaning of the cliche 'A picture is worth more than ten thousand words,' is never more evident than when students first see themselves on camera after simulating reference interviews in the classroom.
Liddy has studied the use of certain formulaic words and phrases in abstracts.
Liddy has studied the use of certain formulaic words and phrases in abstracts.
Much was made in the final interviews of Jim's inability to speak without using set phrases.
Slogans, quotations and catch phrases may or may not be indexed under a controlled indexing language.
hecha una ballena
grossly overweight
She is grossly overweight, no will power where food is concerned, looks far less attractive and seems to do little to rectify any of this.
hecha una foca
grossly overweight
She is grossly overweight, no will power where food is concerned, looks far less attractive and seems to do little to rectify any of this.
hecha una vaca
grossly overweight
She is grossly overweight, no will power where food is concerned, looks far less attractive and seems to do little to rectify any of this.
hecho a base de parches
patchwork
The article 'Spying the flagships' is a report of an Association of Assistant Librarians national weekend school, 8-10 May 87, on the theme of 'Off the peg, tailored or patchwork?' in relation to choosing library computer systems.
hecho a mano
hand-made
hand-drawn
handcrafted
It was not until the 1820s that the production of machine-made paper exceeded that of hand-made, even in Britain.
Surprisingly enough, expert hand-drawn facsimiles are amongst the hardest to spot.
Their hairslides are very unique and beautifully handcrafted.
hecho a máquina
machine-made
In 1800 all paper was made, rather expensively, by hand; in 1900 more than 99 per cent of it was machine-made.
hecho a medida
customised [customized, -USA]
purpose-designed
tailored
tailor-made [tailormade]
custom-made
custom-built [custom built]
custom-designed [custom designed]
custom-tailored [custom tailored]
bespoke
made to measure
fitted
made-to-order
Librarians are now asking vendors to provide customized services as well.
This is to opt for local cataloguing using either a purpose-designed software package or a standard software package.
Tailored formats are provided on the screen for the input and amendment of records.
Fourthly, it had an inbuilt classified notational structure which were almost tailor-made for the production of subject catalogues.
The only viable alternatives open to would-be users are to produce or commission the production of custom-made application programs.
This library van was custom built for the needs of older people and those with mobility problems, and incorporates a lift, grab rails, and comfortable seating.
Because of this absence of standardisation each modern archivist wants an individual custom-designed data base management system.
The result is an optimal cluster of relevant data items, custom-tailored for each user's needs.
The software package 'MULTITRIEVE 2' was developed as a means of producing bespoke information retrieval systems.
The article 'Made to measure' reviews available techniques for users of the Internet to customize their terminal and access mode.
Men of the upper classes went to a tailor for individually fitted garments.
The Daily Mail reports that made-to-order embryos are being offered, at a cost of about $10000.
hecho añicos
shattered
smashed
It is clear that it will take a considerable period to fully assess the damage and loss and even longer to begin to rebuild damaged infrastructure and shattered communities.
Her friend came out of work after 5:30pm and walked up to her car to find an old lady standing next to it and her car had a smashed window.
hecho a propósito
tailor-made [tailormade]
custom-made
custom-built [custom built]
custom-designed [custom designed]
custom-tailored [custom tailored]
Fourthly, it had an inbuilt classified notational structure which were almost tailor-made for the production of subject catalogues.
The only viable alternatives open to would-be users are to produce or commission the production of custom-made application programs.
This library van was custom built for the needs of older people and those with mobility problems, and incorporates a lift, grab rails, and comfortable seating.
Because of this absence of standardisation each modern archivist wants an individual custom-designed data base management system.
The result is an optimal cluster of relevant data items, custom-tailored for each user's needs.
hecho cisco
wrecked
The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.
hecho como de pasada
throwaway
This film is really just a series of throwaway skits that the director and scriptwriter attempt to lard with parody and freaky fantasy.
hecho de antemano [Con las características definidas por el fabricante]
off-the-peg
ready-made
Certain makes of microprocessor have achieved sufficient sales to stimulate the production of a wide range of off-the-peg application packages.
In some cases UDC provides the indexer with a ready-made class number for a compound subject.
hecho de encaje
lacy
Lingerie is ladies' underwear; lacy frilly knickers, bras, panties, undies, stockings, various fancy items.
hecho de grava
metalled [metaled, -USA]
The military effectiveness of Roman legionnaires was chiefly due to the metaled roads the soldiers built.
hecho de trozos
piecewise
The constructed piecewise model generates the same portion of curve as the original one.
hecho de un modo gratuito
pro bono
Pro bono work should be a part of professional duty, not looked on as a charitable act = El trabajo desinteresado debería formar parte de los deberes profesionales y no considerarse como un acto caritativo.
hecho en América
American-built
Technical difficulties beset the development of the Monotype through the 1890s, and it was not until 1901 that the English Monotype Corporation could offer American-built machines in quantity.
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.
hecho en el extranjero
foreign-made
His small foreign-made car strained with the added burden of an interior packed to capacity with personal belongings and a heavily laden U-Haul trailor attached to the rear.
hecho en el Reino Unido
British-made
This is a British-made general encyclopedia that dates back to 1913-14, is both authoritative and reliable as a source of information for adults and older students.
hecho en lugar de otra persona
delegated
Reference librarians should be prepared to be the 'intermediaries' and to perform 'delegated' searches for the majority of libraries' clientele.
hecho exclusivamente para
born and bred
By way of contrast, the great majority of the libraries grouped together as 'special' are very much twentieth century institutions, born and bred very often for the sole purpose of providing reference and information services.
hecho exclusivamente para la web
Web-centric
The author presents the obstacles and difficulties faced in making real video, Web-centric, network Java applications.
hecho expresamente para
intended for
Plenty of light, with a display spotlight if possible, should illuminate the exhibition (a number of inexpensive, safe little spotlights intended for the job are now on the market).
hecho para una situación específica
niche-specific
The history and analysis of CCML presented here is quite subjective and specific to BRS, but does reflect the issues associated with producing a niche-specific database.
hecho para una única ocasión
one shot
I think 'one shot' programming only works for a time.
hecho pedazos
smashed
shattered
Her friend came out of work after 5:30pm and walked up to her car to find an old lady standing next to it and her car had a smashed window.
It is clear that it will take a considerable period to fully assess the damage and loss and even longer to begin to rebuild damaged infrastructure and shattered communities.
hecho polvo
wrecked
dog tired
The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.
After all, who has not felt dog-tired and drained, sometimes for long stretches, at one time or another?.
hecho por el autor
author-designated
author-prepared
author-prepared
Citations, then, are explicit author-designated links between various items in the literature.
The upshot has been that author-prepared abstracts vary considerably in quality.
The upshot has been that author-prepared abstracts vary considerably in quality.
hecho por el hombre
man-made
The term realia refers to natural objects as opposed to man-made ones.
hecho por encargo
tailor-made [tailormade]
bespoke
custom-made
custom-built [custom built]
custom-designed [custom designed]
custom-tailored [custom tailored]
made-to-order
made to measure
Fourthly, it had an inbuilt classified notational structure which were almost tailor-made for the production of subject catalogues.
The software package 'MULTITRIEVE 2' was developed as a means of producing bespoke information retrieval systems.
The only viable alternatives open to would-be users are to produce or commission the production of custom-made application programs.
This library van was custom built for the needs of older people and those with mobility problems, and incorporates a lift, grab rails, and comfortable seating.
Because of this absence of standardisation each modern archivist wants an individual custom-designed data base management system.
The result is an optimal cluster of relevant data items, custom-tailored for each user's needs.
The Daily Mail reports that made-to-order embryos are being offered, at a cost of about $10000.
The article 'Made to measure' reviews available techniques for users of the Internet to customize their terminal and access mode.
hecho por la OCLC
OCLC-produced
This article describes the problems of OCLC-produced union lists.
hecho por la propia biblioteca
in-house [inhouse]
Thus there are many different thesauri, some published and others strictly in-house.
hecho por multicopista
mimeographed
The lack of suitable textbooks, led the American Library Association to publish in mimeographed form in 1914 a Code for Classifiers.
hecho por uno mismo
home-grown [home grown/homegrown]
home-produced
self-made
Most media centers have not used AACR in the past but have followed their own home-grown rules.
A golf-ball typewriter is very useful as a variety of typefaces can be used, thus giving a very professional look to home-produced reports and booklists.
The lack of a clear understanding of the importance and function of the subject index is demonstrated in those libraries which substitute the printed index to the classification scheme for a self-made one.
hecho puré
mashed
It can be made from any mashed starchy vegetable and used as an accompaniment for a meat or fish entree.
hecho recientemente
fresh-made
Copies can generally be recognized by such signs as set-off from fresh-made proofs, inky thumb-marks, and a general air of dog-eared grubbiness.
hechos el uno para el otro
made for each other
The article is entitled 'The perfect match - parasite & host: made for each other'.
hecho tiras
shredded
As he picked up the shredded remains of his clothes he shook his head in sadness.
hecho una salsa
saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.]
Add the diced tomatoes and 3/4 cup of water to the skillet and then cook the mixture until it is saucy.
hecho una sopa
drenched to the skin
wringing wet
soaked to the skin
soaking wet
wet through to the skin
dripping wet
drenched
A large party braved the elements on foot, and when they reached the summit they were drenched to the skin.
The water washes in over the sides of the raft and from the waist down you will be wringing wet.
Soaked to the skin in the pelting rain of a tropical storm, they said that guarding the tomb was the highest honor that can be afforded to a serviceperson.
NASA scientists say the Mars rovers have found what they were looking for - hard evidence that the red planet was once soaking wet.
It rained all the way and we arrived about 12.45, wet through to the skin.
Sweating is a natural thing but just because it's natural doesn't mean you need to always be dripping wet.
To allow a 12 year old boy to wet himself every night and end up with a drenched bed is not good parenting - it's cruel.
hecho un desastre
in shambles
like the wreck of the Hesperus
upside down
He warns today in his annual letter to shareholders that the economy 'will be in shambles throughout 2009'.
I certainly feel like the wreck of the Hesperus - a zit on my forehead, a cold sore the size of Japan, and roots in need of a tint job.
Now, she just sat on the floor amidst the chaos feeling as if everything was upside down.
hecho un toro
as strong as an ox
The morning newspaper was an avid supporter of Miller and claimed he was 'as strong as an ox'.
hecho y derecho
full-bodied
full-scale
full-service
fully-fledged
By adulthood the child's literary consciousness has grown into a full-bodied appreciation of the work of the great imaginative writers.
Obviously, staff will have to be instructed in the use of the new system, be it word processing or a full-scale circulation system.
In other words, they want us to start from scratch and come up with a plan for a full-service center, which might then be used as a model for the other regional centers.
From 1892 to 1932, this small library was directed by Genevieve Walton, who developed a one-room, one-person operation into a fully-fledged academic library.
ir hecho un desastre
look like + drag + through a hedge backwards
look like + the wreck of the Hesperus
We eventually arrived all looking like we'd been dragged through a hedge backwards and in desperate need of sleep so we grabbed the first taxi we saw.
You might get some funny looks if you turn up looking like the wreck of the Hesperus, but other than that, you're grand as far as I know.
lo hecho, hecho está
no use crying over spilt/spilled milk
It may be no use crying over spilt milk but had the original constitution been more people-driven, perhaps things could have turned out different.
mal hecho para
ill suited to/for
Libraries in developing countries may represent part of an alien cultural package, an importation ill suited to the country's needs, even working at cross purposes to the people's interests.
medio hecho
halfway done
half done
When the pasta is halfway done, return the skillet with the sauce to a medium heat, adding the oregano, capers and olives.
Five years after they took control of war-ravaged Afghanistan, reconstruction remains a job half done.
menos hecho
rarer
'Hey, I'm tired of this soapbox! how's your hamburger?' - - 'Pretty good, although I tend to like mine rarer'.
páguese por el uso hecho
pay-as-you-go
This contrasts sharply with the pay-as-you-go economics of online access.
papel hecho a mano
hand-made paper
Early-nineteenth-century hand-made paper, however, differed from that of the hand-press period on account both of new methods of bleaching, and of changes in the form of the hand mould.
papel hecho a máquina
machine-made paper
Although light-and-shade marks were later successfully adapted for machine-made paper, they were too expensive for normal use in hand moulds.
papel verjurado hecho a máquina
machine-made laid paper
The first dandy rolls were made in the laid pattern, and thus produced a machine-made laid paper, but wove dandies were also in use from 1828.
ponerse hecho una fiera
go + ballistic
go + berserk
go + postal
lose + Posesivo + temper
bite + Posesivo + head off
snap + Posesivo + head off
Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team.
It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.
You have also probably read about cases where an employee 'went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.
His father gave him a bag of nails, and told him to drive a nail in the fence in the backyard whenever he lost his temper.
From the very beginning I have been hard on him because I didn't trust him - sometimes biting his head off and others accusing him of having ulterior motives.
The manager just about snapped her head off and and berated her in front of us - it was so uncomfortable.
ponerse hecho una fiera con
tear + a strip + Nombre
Jenkins was actually in tears because you tore a strip off her for handing in a report ten minutes late!.
ponerse hecho una furia
go + berserk
go + postal
lose + Posesivo + temper
It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.
You have also probably read about cases where an employee 'went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.
His father gave him a bag of nails, and told him to drive a nail in the fence in the backyard whenever he lost his temper.
ponerse hecho un basilisco
go + ballistic
go + berserk
go + postal
lose + Posesivo + temper
Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team.
It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.
You have also probably read about cases where an employee 'went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.
His father gave him a bag of nails, and told him to drive a nail in the fence in the backyard whenever he lost his temper.
ponerse hecho un energúmeno
go + ballistic
bite + Posesivo + head off
jump down + Posesivo + throat
jump down + Posesivo + throat
snap + Posesivo + head off
scream + blue murder
shout + blue murder
be in full cry (over)
shout + bloody murder
scream + bloody murder
Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team.
From the very beginning I have been hard on him because I didn't trust him - sometimes biting his head off and others accusing him of having ulterior motives.
I jumped down his throat because he's a liar, a backstabber, an overall jerk, and a pathetic excuse for a human being.
I jumped down his throat because he's a liar, a backstabber, an overall jerk, and a pathetic excuse for a human being.
The manager just about snapped her head off and and berated her in front of us - it was so uncomfortable.
She hates water for some reason, and whenever we go to put her togs on, she screams blue murder, and it is a 15 minute struggle to get her togs on.
There are more religously motivated killings in America than what you have in Nigeria and yet nobody is shouting blue murder.
The left, meanwhile, is in full cry over the commission's allegedly draconian cuts in Social Security benefits.
I can picture Mr. Mukhtar in the stands on a cold winter's afternoon, beer in hand, wearing his scarf, shouting bloody murder.
Within ten minutes, the child suddenly woke up out of her semi-comatose state, stood up in the crib and started screaming bloody murder.
ponerse hecho un energúmeno con
tear + a strip + Nombre
Jenkins was actually in tears because you tore a strip off her for handing in a report ten minutes late!.
recién hecho [Generalmente hecho a la plancha]
hot off the griddle
new-made
It's a weekend treat to have a pancake brunch with hot off the griddle pancakes and syrup.
There may be pale drip marks in the neighbourhood of the tranchefiles, where drops of water fell from the deckle or from the maker's hand on to the new-made sheet.
resumen hecho para una disciplina concreta
discipline-oriented abstract
When an abstract is written for a specific area of knowledge (e.g., mathematics), it is said to be discipline-oriented.
sistema informático hecho por encargo
tailored system
A standard off-the-shelf version costs 450 and fully tailored systems usually fall into the range 1,250 - 1,450.
solución hecha
cut-and-dried solution
The reason there are no cut-and-dried solutions is that the field is still developing.
tener Algo hecho a la medida de uno
have + Nombre + cut out
You all have a very important, crucial task cut out for you.
tenerlo todo hecho
have + an easy ride
have + a cushy ride
National tabloids know that nothing sells like indignation and always give prominence to stories suggesting that criminals are having an easy ride.
US Military does have a cushy ride in Japanese prisons as they get special treatments and all the food is paid for and supplied by the US military.
un trabajo bien hecho
a job well done
Congrats to the highest scorers, you all deserve a pat on the back for a job well done.