medio-1
middle ; one-half (1/2).
The purpose of the insert key is to allow the insertion of one or more characters in the middle of a field without disturbing the information already displayed.
The output of paperbacks accounted for one-third of the total US book production by 1962; nearly one-half of the fiction produced and a quarter of the available titles.
Alta Edad Media, la
Early Middle Ages, the
High Middle Ages, the
Dark Ages, the
The Vatican Archives represent one of the principal sources for the history of the papacy from the Early Middle Ages to the present.
The author endeavors to explore the religious aspirations or religious consciousness of the laity in Western Europe during the High Middle Ages.
Observations of how this process has changed are divided into three historical periods: the Dark Ages, the Renaissance, and the Modern Era.
a media asta
at half-mast
at half staff
The flags flew at half-mast on Sunday in honour of Poland's president and over 90 other top officials who died in an air crash on Saturday.
Obama orders US flags to be flown at half staff in honor of 29 miners killed in blast.
a media mañana
mid-morning
Course fees include study materials, mid-morning coffee, lunch, and afternoon tea breaks but not accommodation.
a medias
half-baked
Sony made a 'half-hearted, half-baked' response to cyberattacks that compromised personal information for as many as 100 million people.
a medias entre y
betwixt and between
The villages live betwixt and between the nomadic pastoral culture of the interior and seafaring culture of the coast.
a medio abrir
half-opened
The research and conclusions are published in full in the author's book 'The half-opened Door' = La investigación y las conclusiones se publicaron en su totalidad en el libro del autor "La puerta entreabierta".
a medio acabar
half-finished
A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.
a medio camino
halfway [half-way/half way]
This is an acceptable half-way stage to automation for older material.
a medio comprender
half-understood
What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
a medio concebir
half-baked
Sony made a 'half-hearted, half-baked' response to cyberattacks that compromised personal information for as many as 100 million people.
a medio formar
half-formed
She attempted to define to herself the thoughts that lay half-formed in the depth of her mind.
a medio fuego
medium heat
Whisk ingredients together, pour into oiled waffle iron, and cook on medium heat until steam starts coming out of the sides.
a medio galope
at a canter
Some horses buck when they're young and unbalanced, especially at a canter.
a medio hacer
halfway done
half done
half-baked
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.
Sony made a 'half-hearted, half-baked' response to cyberattacks that compromised personal information for as many as 100 million people.
a medio leer
half-read
A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.
a medio plazo
near-term
in the medium term
medium-term
in the mid-term
mid-term [midterm]
The IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) is another volunteer organization; it meets regularly to discuss operational and near-term technical problems of the Internet.
CD-ROM may be a transient technology being overtaken by multimedia and improved online services but in the medium term its applications will increase.
One of the recommendations made by the group was to identify medium-term (five years) and longer-term needs for expanding the existing system.
A reduction of approximately 40% is to be expected in the mid-term.
The mid-term weight loss is similar with both techniques.
a medio rimar
half-rhymed
That passage contains an alliterative procession of half-rhymed words and too many commas.
a medio terminar
half-finished
A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.
a medio vestir
partly dressed
half dressed
He certainly invaded her privacy by using a telephoto lens to photograph her inside her home when she was topless or partly dressed.
She was seen Sunday morning at 6 AM, only half dressed, barefoot and bleary-eyed outside a friend's house in London.
arco de medio punto
round arch
Other shapes work work as well as the semicircle for an arch: pointed arches, segmental arches, round arches, corbelled arches and elliptical arches are just a few of the shapes that have been employed.
baja Edad Media, la
late Middle Ages, the
Unfortunately, its conclusions are completely pedestrian, rarely going past the fact that there were old people in England in the late Middle Ages.
barba de media tarde
five o'clock shadow
No matter whether your five o'clock shadow shows by lunchtime or you need a razor only once every 48 hours, shaving can be hell.
cabalgar a medio galope
canter
Generally, you can tell if the horse is balanced by recognizing whether it moves with ease while cantering.
cerebro medio
midbrain
The brainstem consists of the medulla (myelencephalon), the pons (metencephalon), and the midbrain (mesencephalon).
clase media alta
upper-middle class
Although neurasthenia was not originally defined as a feminine ailment, it was common in women, especially those of the middle and upper-middle classes between the ages of 20 and 40.
clase media, la
middle class, the
Do not list terms which have a common last word as a series (such as 'upper, middle, and working class').
cocer a medias
parboil
Sometimes the vegetables are left raw, sometimes stir-fried, parboiled, boiled, or steamed.
comprendido a medias
half-understood
What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
dar media vuelta
do + an about-face
If teachers lead the way, perhaps society will do an about-face and begin to recognize the tremendous contributions which they make.
darse media vuelta [Normalmente en señal de enojo]
turn on + Posesivo + heel
Having said he disagreed with the idea, he turned on his heel and hastened away.
dejar Algo a medias
leave + Nombre + halfway through
And in keeping with the flightiness of youth, Thieriot leaves the commentary halfway through, because there's somewhere else he has to be.
dejar a medio acabar
leave + Nombre + half-finished
Avoid starting a project and leaving it half-finished until who knows when.
dejar a medio hacer
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.
dejar a medio terminar
leave + Nombre + half-finished
Avoid starting a project and leaving it half-finished until who knows when.
dejar medio acabado
leave + Nombre + half-finished
Avoid starting a project and leaving it half-finished until who knows when.
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.
dejar medio terminado
leave + Nombre + half-finished
Avoid starting a project and leaving it half-finished until who knows when.
de la edad media
dark-age
He creates a type of reverse orientalism peopled by sex-hungry 'dark-age femme fatales' and 'lusty young Barbarians reeking of ale'.
del medio [Adjetivo] [En su origen, hace referencia a un 'pelotón' de corredores, ciclistas, etc]
middle
mid-pack
Wilensky has argued that 'the good, the mediocre and the trashy are becoming fused in one massive middle mush' and that 'intellectuals are increasingly tempted to play to mass audiences'.
Seattle Airport was a mid-pack finisher in a new survey released this week .
del Medio Oriente
Middle Eastern
The author analyses the union catalogues of periodicals in Middle Eastern languages in UK libraries = El autor analiza los catálogos colectivos de publicaciones períodicas en las lenguas del Oriente Medio en las bibliotecas británicas.
de media jornada
half-day [half day]
This paper was presented at a half-day seminar of the Library Association of Australia.
de media mañana
mid-morning
Course fees include study materials, mid-morning coffee, lunch, and afternoon tea breaks but not accommodation.
de medio día de duración
half-day [half day]
This paper was presented at a half-day seminar of the Library Association of Australia.
de medio pelo
small-time
From small-time stick-ups to vengeful bloodbaths, they become insatiable predators without scruples.
de talla media
middle-sized
For people living in what might be called industrial-rural areas the best that could be expected locally would be a moderate provision in the local middle-sized town.
dividir por medio
rend in + two
Anthropology as a discipline is in danger of being rent in two by the tensions between those who practice it.
djar Algo a medio hacer
leave + Nombre + halfway through
And in keeping with the flightiness of youth, Thieriot leaves the commentary halfway through, because there's somewhere else he has to be.
Edad Media
mediaeval ages [medieval ages, -USA]
Middle Ages
average age
The line of command concept also had its origins in the armies of antiquity and medieval ages.
In the latter Middle Ages and in the Renaissance, many catalogs contained entries arranged chronologically, often by imprint date for printed books.
Market research conducted by DC comics in 1991 showed the average age of comic collectors at that time to be twenty-five = Investigaciones de mercado realizadas por la editorial de comics DC en 1991 mostraron que el promedio de edad de los colectores de comics en ese momento era de veinticinco años.
edición media
medium edition
In addition to the full edition, there exist abridged and medium editions of the scheme.
en el medio de la nada
in the middle of nowhere
in the back of beyond
out in the sticks
The chance to stay in the middle of a rainforest in the middle of nowhere and nobody else around us was too good an opportunity to miss.
They didn't go there because life was good, but because there, in the back of beyond, you could pan for gold without the threat of being robbed.
Listen to people who live out in the sticks and heed their advice and recommendations - don't rely on instinct or rumour.
en el nivel medio de
in the middle range of
In the middle range of authorship there is, then, quite a wide band of writing stretching from the scholarly to the market-orientated = En el nivel medio de autoría existe, pues, a una gran gama de producciones escritas que van desde lo científico a lo comercial.
en medio de
amidst
in the midst of
in the throes of
right in
amid
in the grip of
in the middle of
in the clutches of
The second edition of AACR was published in 1978, amidst some dispute as to whether it was either necessary or desirable.
In the midst of an industrialized and bureaucratized society made up of multitudes of people we live separate lives = En medio de una sociedad industrializada y burocratizada compuesta de una gran cantidad de gente, vivimos vidas distintas.
The scope and methodology of enumeration is, however, in the throes of revolution.
However, a more advantageous site was offered, right in the shopping precinct, linking a covered mall of shops with a multi-functional community complex.
The director continued speaking amid the embers of their mirth.
Delhi continues to be in the grip of a cold wave.
Anyone who knows Jakarta at all will know that the Hotel Indonesia is smack in the middle of the city.
French health officials warned Wednesday that the country is officially in the clutches of a flu epidemic.
en medio de ninguna parte
in the middle of nowhere
in the back of beyond
out in the sticks
The chance to stay in the middle of a rainforest in the middle of nowhere and nobody else around us was too good an opportunity to miss.
They didn't go there because life was good, but because there, in the back of beyond, you could pan for gold without the threat of being robbed.
Listen to people who live out in the sticks and heed their advice and recommendations - don't rely on instinct or rumour.
en medio de ningún sitio
in the middle of nowhere
in the back of beyond
out in the sticks
The chance to stay in the middle of a rainforest in the middle of nowhere and nobody else around us was too good an opportunity to miss.
They didn't go there because life was good, but because there, in the back of beyond, you could pan for gold without the threat of being robbed.
Listen to people who live out in the sticks and heed their advice and recommendations - don't rely on instinct or rumour.
en medio de una conversación
in the middle of a conversation
Is it wrong that I feel annoyed when guests at my house start texting in the middle of a conversation?.
enseñanza media
middle grade
This paper describes how a middle grade school teacher uses a core list of books to capture the imagination of his students and to encourage them to write honestly about their lives.
entender a medias
pick up + the fag-ends
She has managed to pick up the fag ends of a good many languages during her life and can jabber French a little.
enterarse a medias
pick up + the fag-ends
She has managed to pick up the fag ends of a good many languages during her life and can jabber French a little.
entre medias
in between
The reason for this is that the qualifier, Public Libraries, is randomly distributed depending on whether other facets are cited in between.
entre medio de
amidst
in the midst of
in the throes of
right in
amid
in the grip of
in the middle of
in the clutches of
The second edition of AACR was published in 1978, amidst some dispute as to whether it was either necessary or desirable.
In the midst of an industrialized and bureaucratized society made up of multitudes of people we live separate lives = En medio de una sociedad industrializada y burocratizada compuesta de una gran cantidad de gente, vivimos vidas distintas.
The scope and methodology of enumeration is, however, in the throes of revolution.
However, a more advantageous site was offered, right in the shopping precinct, linking a covered mall of shops with a multi-functional community complex.
The director continued speaking amid the embers of their mirth.
Delhi continues to be in the grip of a cold wave.
Anyone who knows Jakarta at all will know that the Hotel Indonesia is smack in the middle of the city.
French health officials warned Wednesday that the country is officially in the clutches of a flu epidemic.
estar a medio camino entre y
lie + midway between ... and ...
Typography at present is treated as an aspect of communication; it should instead be considered as lying midway between the plastic and the graphic arts.
estar en medio de [Generalmente usado en el pasado]
caught in the middle
As the group of professionals most often caught in the middle of copyright infringement disputes, librarians have a duty to teach their users about these issues and hopefully avoid these disputes.
estar justo en medio de
stand + squarely in
We stand squarely in a no-man's land between a rough technology and a vague science.
foto de medio cuerpo [Generalmente usado para las fotos que la policía toma de una persona tras ser arrestada]
mugshot [mug shot]
The article carries the title 'Mugshots from the morgue: profiles of deceased library periodicals'.
haber dinero de por medio
money + change hands
The key issues are: whether the recipient is relying on the information provided; whether money changed hands; and whether the institution is under a statutory obligation to provide the information = Las cuestiones claven era: si el destinatario depende de la información que se le suministrar, si hay un transacción económica de por medio y de si la institución tiene la obligación legal de ofrecer la información.
haber una transacción económica de por medio
money + change hands
The key issues are: whether the recipient is relying on the information provided; whether money changed hands; and whether the institution is under a statutory obligation to provide the information = Las cuestiones claven era: si el destinatario depende de la información que se le suministrar, si hay un transacción económica de por medio y de si la institución tiene la obligación legal de ofrecer la información.
habitante del Medio Oriente
Middle Easterner
The mass media continually stereotype Muslims & Middle Easterners as terrorists.
histeria a medias
semi-hysteria
This is not a new phenomenon - just think of the semi-hysteria in North American libraries over audiovisual materials in the 1960s and 1970s.
Hora + y media
half past + Hora
Dexter Rundle had plenty of moments to spare, however, for his next appointment was not until half past eleven.
IME (Integración a Media Escala)
MSI (Medium Scale Integration)
There are now a number of degrees of integration: 'SSI' Small Scale Integration (tens of transistors on a single chip); 'MSI' Medium Scale Integration (hundreds of transistors); 'LSI' Large Scale Integration (thousands of transistors); and 'VSLI' (hundreds of thousands of transistors).
ir a medio galope
canter
Generally, you can tell if the horse is balanced by recognizing whether it moves with ease while cantering.
justo en el medio (de)
plumb in the middle (of)
slap-bang in the centre (of)
smack in the middle (of)
slap-bang in the middle (of)
smack in the centre (of)
The best known is probably Yellowstone National Park, in Wyoming, just about plumb in the middle of the continent.
After all, how many other cities of over 100000 inhabitants can boast a big oil refinery slap-bang in the centre?.
I love getting off the subway at 42nd Street, walking up those stairs and just being smack in the middle of all the hustle and bustle of New York.
Corsica is a small mountainous island situated slap-bang in the middle of the Mediterranean sea close to Italy and Sardinia.
Now at the beginning of fall a new construction site is appearing and it's smack in the centre of town.
letra rota o a medio imprimir
broken letter
And if you examine a certain page where you will find a broken letter in one, then you will also find it in the other one.
línea de medio campo
halfway line
This football game consists in hitting the crossbar from the halfway line.
media docena
half a dozen
half-dozen
To gauge the full impact on the BNB one must add to these Arabic publications half a dozen books in Kurdish.
It was a half-dozen years later that the first central electric power station was built; a decade was to pass before the automobile was invented, and nearly three decades before the first airplane flew.
media hora
half-hour
In order to make my twice-weekly half-hour visits to the class more relaxing and, I hoped, more enjoyable, the teacher designed a special area the children called 'the storycorner'.
Media Luna Roja, la [Organización no gubernamental equivalente a la Cruz Roja en los países árabes]
Red Crescent, the
The Blue Shield is the equivalent of the Red Cross/Red Crescent in the field of cultural heritage.
media luz
half-light
He immerses us in 'language that is unique for its copiousness,' now speaking 'of exquisite intimations that can occur only in a half-light,' then babbling 'of chamber-pots, leg-irons, factories and policemen'.
media maratón
half marathon
BRR annually organizes sport events such as marathons, half marathons, biathlons, triathlons, pentathlons, and decathlons.
media pensión
half board
Price per person sharing a double room (half board): EUR 575 incl. VAT.
media tinta
Mezzotint
The design was cut in a wax ground so that, when the plate was immersed in acid, the furrows allowed the acid to bite into the copper, making grooves that would hold ink Mezzotint = El diseño se tallaba sobre una superficie de cera de modo que, cuando la lámina se sumergía en ácido, los surcos permitían que el ácido corroyera el cobre, haciendo surcos que recibían la media tinta.
media verdad
half truth
half-fact
Father-son relationships in the African American family are shrouded in social myths and half truths.
Genocide theorists deploy a welter of sociological facts and half-facts to buttress their case.
media vuelta
about-face
about-turn
Tanzania provides one of the most extreme examples of an about-face in food marketing.
The Attorney General was left with egg on his chin when no-one, not even his Prime Minister, bothered to inform him of this about-turn.
medio abierto
half-opened
half-way open
The research and conclusions are published in full in the author's book 'The half-opened Door' = La investigación y las conclusiones se publicaron en su totalidad en el libro del autor "La puerta entreabierta".
The window was half-way open as he sat taking the air with an infinite sadness of mien, like some disconsolate prisoner.
medio acabado
half-finished
A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.
medio administrativo
quasi-clerical
The current situation has highlighted the inefficiency of employing highly paid librarians in quasi-clerical tasks.
medio adormilado [Generalmente debido al sueño o al cansancio]
bleary-eyed
half asleep
She was seen Sunday morning at 6 AM, only half dressed, barefoot and bleary-eyed outside a friend's house in London.
After that, I woke up with my mind awake and my body still half asleep.
medio cocido
half-baked
Sony made a 'half-hearted, half-baked' response to cyberattacks that compromised personal information for as many as 100 million people.
medio de broma
half laughingly
'The business is growing so fast that we've been having a hard time,' he said half laughingly, half seriously = "El negocio está creciendo tan rápido que hemos estado pasando por momentos difíciles", dijo medio en broma, medio en serio.
medio despierto [Generalmente debido al sueño o al cansancio]
drowsily
groggily
bleary-eyed
half awake
Drowsily he slithered out of bed, opened his closet door and got dressed like he had done every morning before.
As he groggily pulled the sweat-soaked sheet from his body, he rolled his head sideways to see the clock radio displaying 7:00 a.m.
She was seen Sunday morning at 6 AM, only half dressed, barefoot and bleary-eyed outside a friend's house in London.
'Okay, what's up?, you are never this awake in the morning,' I said yawning, still half awake = "Bueno, ¿qué pasa?, nunca estás tan despierto por la mañana," dije bostezando, aún medio despierto.
medio día
one-half day
half day
Sessions are one-half day each.
Parents may no longer have to pick their children up early if plans to eliminate half days in Irish schools come to an end.
medio doblado
half-folded
Her clothes were all heaped up in a corner, half-folded.
medio dormido [Generalmente debido al sueño o al cansancio]
drowsily
groggily
groggy [groggier -comp., groggiest -sup.]
half asleep
bleary-eyed
Drowsily he slithered out of bed, opened his closet door and got dressed like he had done every morning before.
As he groggily pulled the sweat-soaked sheet from his body, he rolled his head sideways to see the clock radio displaying 7:00 a.m.
The groggy feeling you get after being awakened by an alarm is often the result of an interrupted sleep cycle.
After that, I woke up with my mind awake and my body still half asleep.
She was seen Sunday morning at 6 AM, only half dressed, barefoot and bleary-eyed outside a friend's house in London.
medio en broma
tongue-in-cheek
half laughingly
This is a tongue-in-cheek report concerned with reducing not only the 'growth rate' of library collections but also their actual size.
'The business is growing so fast that we've been having a hard time,' he said half laughingly, half seriously = "El negocio está creciendo tan rápido que hemos estado pasando por momentos difíciles", dijo medio en broma, medio en serio.
medio en serio
half seriously
'The business is growing so fast that we've been having a hard time,' he said half laughingly, half seriously = "El negocio ha ido creciendo tan rápido que hemos estado pasando por momentos difíciles," dijo medio en broma, medio en serio.
medio esperar
half expect
She said she guessed as much and she half expected it actually.
medio + Expresión Temporal
half + a + Expresión Temporal
This code had an important impact upon cataloguing practices in the United States and the United Kingdom, and endured for over half a century.
medio galope
canter
I find canter easiest to ride because sometimes at a gallop horses can be very hard to pull up.
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.
medio leído
half-read
A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.
medio maratón
half marathon
BRR annually organizes sport events such as marathons, half marathons, biathlons, triathlons, pentathlons, and decathlons.
Medio Oeste, el [Región Central de los Estados Unidos]
Midwest, the
This committee was created to encourage interaction among the major university libraries of the Midwest.
Medio Oriente
Middle East
The P.L. 480 program for Middle East and South Asian countries, and the National Program for Acquisitions and Cataloging are prime examples of this kind of effort to speed the cataloging of newly published materials.
medio pliego
half-sheet
Although it seldom happened in practice, it was possible to shuffle copies of the main sections and offcuts of 12 sheets or half-sheets and thus produce aberrant watermark patterns.
medio sumergido
half-submerged
This was the cylinder machine, which formed a web of paper not on an endless belt of woven wire but on a cylinder covered with wire mesh (looking like a large dandy roll) which revolved half-submerged in a vat of stuff.
medio terminado
half-finished
A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.
medio vacío
half-empty
Libraries are changing into activity centres, where one can keep warm, or leave one's child to be entertained, but where the shelves are half-empty.
medio vestido
partly dressed
half dressed
He certainly invaded her privacy by using a telephoto lens to photograph her inside her home when she was topless or partly dressed.
She was seen Sunday morning at 6 AM, only half dressed, barefoot and bleary-eyed outside a friend's house in London.
meter un litro en un recipiente de medio [Proverbio]
squeeze a quart into a pint pot
Faced with the task of squeezing a quart into a pint pot, many are turning towards new technology to compress information.
nacido en medio
middleborn
Mating strategies also appeared to be influenced by birth order, most notably in the area of infidelity, with middleborns being the least likely birth order to cheat on a sexual partner.
nivel medio de gestión
middle management
The 3 levels of personnel requiring training are library administration, middle management and clerical staff.
oído medio
middle ear
The ear is responsible for hearing and balance and is made up of three parts - the outer ear, middle ear, and inner ear.
otitis media adhesiva
glue ear
Glue ear is a build-up of gunk inside the middle ear cavity and is the most likely reason that children under five will end up on the operating table.
pantalones de media caña
knee breeches
jodhpurs
Knee breeches are very wide at the waist and thighs which offers great freedom of movement and can be worn over high stockings or with boots.
Jodhpurs were the most accessible pants available to women in the 1920s and 30s, due to the popularity of horse riding.
partir por medio
rend in + two
Anthropology as a discipline is in danger of being rent in two by the tensions between those who practice it.
Pasado
half + Pasado/Participio
Sir Walter Greg also half regretted 'that 'bibliology' is past praying for' since it defined the study more precisely than the accepted word.
ponerse en medio
get in + the way (of)
At the end of the day, librarians must 'produce the goods' and prove their worth - professionalism could get in the way.
poner tierra de por medio entre y
put + some distance between... and...
Sometimes putting some distance between partners refreshes mutual attraction.
Posesivo + media naranja [La pareja de alguien]
Posesivo + significant other
Posesivo + better half
Posesivo + other half
Reference group theory is based upon the principle that people take the standards of significant others as a basis for making self-appraisals, comparisons, and choices regarding need and use of information.
The answer to this relates directly to the second major factor contributing to unhappiness between a manager and his better half, i.e., a sense of professional jealousy between marital partners.
Breaking wind often is typically the result of your diet and lifestyle - it won't kill you, though your other half might if you keep trumpeting in bed.
punto medio
mid-point
This article reports on the nature of scaled, dichotomous relevance judgements which questioned the use of the mid-point in a scale as the break between relevant and non-relevant documents.
quedarse a medias
fall (between/through) + the cracks
Thus we see many students falling between the cracks - achieving neither mainstream success nor maintenance of their own cultural traditions.
quitar de en medio
move + Nombre + out of the way
Gently pick it up and move it out of the way, where no one will step on it.
quitarse de en medio
take + Nombre + out
put + Nombre + on the chopping block
My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out.
I think this article is very inflammatory and unbelievably false - no one, especially Obama, has 'put social security on the chopping block'.
quitarse del medio
run for + cover
scramble for + safety
scramble for + cover
Guards in the lead car of the convoy threw their doors open and ran for cover, screaming, 'Get away, get away'.
With ominous clouds looming overhead, a huge clap of thunder sent all players scrambling for safety during Sunday night's game.
Around 1:30 p.m. Sunday, shots rang out inside Allsups convenience store sending customers and clerks scrambling for cover.
quitarse del medio de bulla y corriendo
run for + safety
Photo of policemen run for safety as protesters chase them away with stones and sticks near the site of a collapsed footbridge.
seis kilos y medio [Unidad de peso británica equivalente a -1-4 libras y sin traducción directa al español]
stone
I am a lardy person, 18 stone, and as a part of my new fitness regime I have got myself back into cycling to work.
sin obstáculos de por medio
uncluttered
Google, the search engine, became popular because of its efficiency, simple structure uncluttered by advertising and its non-commercial look and feel.
tener un problema medio resuelto
have + problem half licked
A well run school has the problem half licked.
tentempié de media mañana
elevenses
These are great with coffee as elevenses, but you could also serve them with ice cream as a dessert.
trabajo a medias [Situación laboral en la que dos personas comparten un trabajo y el sueldo]
job share
Non-traditional career patterns include part-time work; job share, flexitime, freelance and services by consultants and information brokers.
un día y medio
one and a half days
In the case of a Japanese company, the introduction of this new system resulted in the number of operatives from 215 to 12 and the processing time from 35 days to one and a half days.
verdad a medias
half truth
half-fact
Father-son relationships in the African American family are shrouded in social myths and half truths.
Genocide theorists deploy a welter of sociological facts and half-facts to buttress their case.
verse en medio de [Generalmente usado en el pasado]
caught in the middle
As the group of professionals most often caught in the middle of copyright infringement disputes, librarians have a duty to teach their users about these issues and hopefully avoid these disputes.
