hombro
shoulder.
The predominant symptom is pain affecting the neck, shoulder and arm on the dominant side for movement.
a la altura de los hombros
shoulder-high
In some places the floodwater was shoulder-high and travellers had to literally swim across.
a la anchura de los hombros
shoulder-width
To do a squat with dumbbells, hold a dumbbell in each hand and stand with your feet about shoulder-width apart.
andar con los hombros caídos
slouch
He slurps, spills, slouches, talks with his mouth full, and never, ever tucks in his shirt.
arrimar el hombro
pull + Posesivo + (own) weight
pull together
lend + a (helping) hand
put + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel
set + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel
muck in
pitch in
give + Nombre + a (helping) hand
Sometimes one person is left with all the work because their partner doesn't pull their weight.
She tells a story of courage in which the crew and the mission control pull together to work the problem through.
In a small shop the master would lend a hand with the work, certainly as a corrector and often as a compositor as well.
They've all been putting their shoulder to the wheel and it's paid off.
The Bolsheviks have manfully set their shoulders to the wheel undaunted by this staggering catastrophe.
All our neighbours, relatives, friends, we all mucked in and helped each other - they were mostly all women because all the men had gone to war.
It's up to everyone to pitch in and help those who find themselves lacking the most basic of necessities - food.
It's a smart move on Jade's part to let Donna give her a helping hand in getting back on her feet.
caminar con los hombros caídos
slouch
He slurps, spills, slouches, talks with his mouth full, and never, ever tucks in his shirt.
con la anchura de los hombros
shoulder-width
To do a squat with dumbbells, hold a dumbbell in each hand and stand with your feet about shoulder-width apart.
encogerse de hombros
shrug + Posesivo + shoulders
shrug
'That's about it', he shrugged his shoulders indifferently, as if to say 'So what!'.
'I'm not much to trust any politician,' he shrugs, but 'I just don't believe in changing horses in midstream' = Dijo encogiéndose de hombros: "No soy mucho de confiar en ningún político, pero simplemente no creo en los cambios de opinión a mitad de camino".
encogimiento de hombros
shrug
Two recently elected school board members have announced their intention of 'ridding the high school of Mrs Panopoulos' - to which she replied, with a defiant shrug, 'Let them try'.
estar manga por hombro
be a (complete) shambles
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.
The economy is in a real mess now, and we need to create as many jobs as possible.
hasta los hombros
shoulder-high
shoulder-length
In some places the floodwater was shoulder-high and travellers had to literally swim across.
Her shoulder-length hair was pushed back and held with a tie.
hombro con hombro
shoulder to shoulder
side-by-side
neck and neck
Blair's determination to stand 'shoulder to shoulder' with a Bush administration on the warpath put him at odds with a vast swath of British public opinion.
This sub-stage and the next one must proceed side-by-side.
In recent months, DC has continued to close the gap, and the two leaders are now virtually neck and neck = En los últimos meses, DC ha continuado acortando distancias y ahora los dos líderes van bastante parejos.
hombro en el que llorar
comforting shoulder
It is difficult to see Prestel, however interactive its buttons might become, providing a comforting shoulder or a receptive ear.
llevar a hombros
carry + Nombre + shoulder-high
On his homecoming, he arrived at the train station to be met by hundreds of people who carried him shoulder-high to a taxi.
llevar sobre los hombros
carry on + Posesivo + shoulders
But we cannot carry the world on our shoulders and change the whole world.
manga por hombro
topsy-turvy
in shambles
upside down
all over the place
At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.
He warns today in his annual letter to shareholders that the economy 'will be in shambles throughout 2009'.
Now, she just sat on the floor amidst the chaos feeling as if everything was upside down.
Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are 'all over the place' on the economy.
mirar por encima del hombro
look down + Posesivo + nose at
look down on/upon
scorn
It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.
The problem with that is that most literate societies look down on people who can't read well.
Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.
mirar por encima del hombro a la gente
look down + Posesivo + nose at people
Well, the point is that we cannot exist looking down our noses at people and saying, 'You should like Trollope instead of Tarzan'.
poner todo manga por hombro
turn + everything upside down
The offenders broke into rooms and systematically turned everything upside-down, throwing papers out of drawers and off shelves.
que llega hasta los hombres
shoulder-length
Her shoulder-length hair was pushed back and held with a tie.
sentarse con los hombros caídos
slouch
He slurps, spills, slouches, talks with his mouth full, and never, ever tucks in his shirt.
