perder
lose ; misplace ; forfeit ; mislay ; lose out ; miss ; suffer + a loss.
One of the hardest tasks of a curator is to make a precis of the information about a particular object without losing any essential information.
This article discusses the common abuses of circulation privileges by a few faculty members: removing books from the library without checking them out; misplacing books after they have been checked out; and failing to return books when needed by others = This article discusses the common abuses of circulation privileges by a few faculty members: removing books from the library without checking them out; misplacing books after they have been checked out; and failing to return books when needed by others.
In addition, it enables the library to respond to the needs of the new popular culture without forfeiting its traditional cultural purpose.
Workflow systems automate business processes, such as the management of a housing benefit claim, to ensure all tasks are completed on time and no information can be lost or mislaid.
Libraries, in the crush to pay journal invoices, are losing out, as other services as well as staffing and pay all end up unfunded = Libraries, in the crush to pay journal invoices, are losing out, as other services as well as staffing and pay all end up unfunded.
Thus the browser may miss valuable items, although some browsers will find browsing a perfectly adequate method of gauging the extent of a library collection.
They played their third game of the season today and suffered another loss but the team continues to improve.
apostar fuerte y perder
bet + heavily and lose
You have a banking sector that were allowed to bet heavily (and lost) and were rescued with public money.
dejar perder una oportunidad
forego + an opportunity
miss + an opportunity
pass up + an opportunity
miss + a chance
pass up + a chance
turn down + an opportunity
Or will LC, in order to continue in its role, be forced to forego the opportunities presented to it by this new technology?.
It is argued that the research community is missing an opportunity to design systems that are in better harmony with the actual preferences of many users.
However, I feel that this is a once in a lifetime opportunity which you cannot afford to pass up, and I'm sure he would not hesitate to let you go to further a promising career.
The government has missed the chance to make new homes environmental trailblazers, says Jo Williams.
Convicts pass up the chance to escape because conditions are too cushy, experts say.
Who would turn down the opportunity to befriend such a foxy chick?.
donde Cristo perdió las alpargatas
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.
donde Cristo perdió las sandalias
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.
echar a perder
ruin
bungle
bring out + the worst in
cast + a blight on
blight
put + a damper on
Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.
Regrettably, the well-intentioned publication of Devereux's typescript has been incurably bungled, and Rastell remains without either a complete or trustworthy bibliography.
Although there are some bad stepparents in the real world, becoming a stepmother or stepfather does not inevitably bring out the worst in people.
Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.
The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.
Heavy and gusty storms will put a damper on the end of the weekend in parts of Texas.
echar a perder la oportunidad de
ruin + Posesivo + chances of
blow + Posesivo + chances of
The crash represented Hamilton's second exit in as many races and this may have ruined his chances of winning the title.
Astro well and truly blew his chances of winning the show with his tantrum a couple of weeks ago.
echarlo todo a perder
upset + the applecart
It looks like the Board didn't want to upset the applecart and took the easy way out.
echar + Posesivo + planes a perder
upset + Posesivo + plans
spoil + Posesivo + plans
The trouble for all the imperialist scoundrels is that working people keep upsetting their plans.
She agreed but threatened that the deal was off as long as there was still a witness who could spoil her plans.
echarse a perder
go off
go + bad
go to + pot
A lot depends on how dry the weather is outside because humidity is a real enemy and enables bacteria to quickly make the meat go off.
Cooking wine has salt in it so it does not go bad after you open it.
Alesha tells Laila that she's getting on her wick because it started off so well and went to pot.
estar en peligro de perder
stand to + lose
Turlock stands to lose four police officer positions and two firefighters under budget proposals discussed Tuesday night.
estar en riesgo de perder
stand to + lose
Turlock stands to lose four police officer positions and two firefighters under budget proposals discussed Tuesday night.
ganar cuando todo parece estar perdido
victory from the jaws of defeat
The article is entitled 'Victory from the jaws of defeat: a tribute to the Newark Public Library'.
hacer perder el conocimiento
knock + Nombre + out
knock + Nombre + unconscious
knock + Nombre + senseless
knock + the wits out of
She had over a dozen cavities and was given a liquid which knocked her out after about 30 minutes.
A 22-year-old man was knocked unconscious in an attack while riding his bike late at night.
Duck-billed platypus, a semi aquatic mammal, is a soft and cuddly creature, but can also knock you senseless if you venture too close.
My head smacked into the cement sidewalk, and knocked the wits out of me for a good bit.
hacer perder el entusiasmo
dampen + Posesivo + enthusiasm
I don't like to dampen her enthusiasm, but the chances are she will deliver at 20 weeks.
hacer perder el norte
throw + Nombre + off course
throw + Nombre + off track
blow + Nombre + off course
His sudden death in 2006 threw her off course for a year before she could settle down to translate her copious notes into the novel.
If you look around at the people you know, every one of them has done something stupid that threw them off track.
Birds generally wait for good weather with favorable winds - they avoid rain, overcast conditions, and winds that might blow them off course.
hacer perder el rumbo
throw + Nombre + off course
throw + Nombre + off track
blow + Nombre + off course
His sudden death in 2006 threw her off course for a year before she could settle down to translate her copious notes into the novel.
If you look around at the people you know, every one of them has done something stupid that threw them off track.
Birds generally wait for good weather with favorable winds - they avoid rain, overcast conditions, and winds that might blow them off course.
hacer perder el sentido a
make + nonsense of
Apparently minor errors in the use of notational symbols can make nonsense of class numbers.
hacer perder el tiempo
waste + Pronombre + time
Then he started effing at me when I told him he was wasting my time.
hacer perder la agilidad física
stale
This statement may truly stale one whose head is full of the exciting potential of biological cloning.
hacer perder la agilidad mental
stale
This statement may truly stale one whose head is full of the exciting potential of biological cloning.
hacer perder las esperanzas
dampen + Posesivo + hopes
The 51-year-old parted ways with her third husband in 2004 but she is refusing to let the break-ups dampen her hopes of finding true love.
hacer que Alguien pierda el empleo
put + Nombre + out of work
I think it's not a question of putting people out of work; it's redeploying people.
hacer que pierda el interés
take + the shine off things
Not being able to run DP on IIS and not being able to find a commercial web hosting company who ran Apache, took the initial shine off things for me.
las viejas costumbres no se pierden fácilmente
old habits die hard
It's become painfully obvious to me that old habits die hard, and I'll be honest - it scares the hell out of me.
llevar (todas) las de perder
odds + be stacked against
The important moral crux at the heart of the novel 'The debt collector' is that the odds are stacked against the rehabilitation of violent criminals.
llevar todas las de perder
not have a leg to stand on
Some lightbulb companies are still dragging their heels on the energy-saving lightbulb issue, but they haven't a leg to stand on.
lo que se gana por un lado se pierde por otro
swings and roundabouts
It is all swings and roundabouts: It has been claimed that new products designed to tackle Internet security issues will bring their own problems.
lo que se pierda en una cosa se gana en la otra
what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
The expression expression 'What you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts' is an apt summary of the tradeoffs between paper and online publication.
ni ganar ni perder [Lo comido por lo servido]
break + even
Would the library have to charge more than the major document delivery suppliers in order to break even on the cost of the service?.
no perder de vista
keep + an eye on
keep + a beady eye on
keep in + sight
keep + Nombre + under/in + Posesivo + radar
Instructors have to keep an eye always on the clock to ensure time does not run out before the essence of the case has been extracted.
We have simply been behaving as monopolies customarily do - shelving avoidable innovations, ducking investment risk wherever possible and keeping a beady eye on our own convenience rather than the users.
The difference between unnecessary and justifiable delays must be kept in sight.
I haven't read book 1 yet but I've heard great things about the series - I'll definitely keep it under my radar.
no perder el ánimo
keep + Posesivo + chin up
She's kept her chin up as she nurses a new life into toddlerhood, and is now doing a lot better.
no perder el control
stay on + top of
stay on + top of things
keep on + top of things
be on top of things
be on top of everything
Adapting to change - and staying on top of the changes - is a huge key to success in industry.
Climate change has moved up the agenda massively in recent years and the meat industry needs to stay on top of things to avoid being caught out.
It's a winning situation, as long as you keep on top of things.
Email is a wonderful invention for people who want to be on top of things.
Jeff is a pleasure to work with - he is on top of everything and he strives to make sure that his customers are always more than satisfied.
no perder el trabajo
stay in + work
This author discusses the qualities people need to stay in work, and how long they can expect to stay out of work if they lose their job.
no perder la cabeza
keep + a cool head
remain + cool-headed
play it + cool
To be a successful crane driver, you must have self-control and be able to keep a cool head in critical situations.
In these situations, customer service personnel earn their salaries by remaining cool-headed.
Meeting someone for the first time can be nerve-wracking, but so can trying to balance your eagerness with your need to play it cool when you're in a dating relationship.
no perder la calma
keep + a cool head
remain + cool-headed
play it + cool
To be a successful crane driver, you must have self-control and be able to keep a cool head in critical situations.
In these situations, customer service personnel earn their salaries by remaining cool-headed.
Meeting someone for the first time can be nerve-wracking, but so can trying to balance your eagerness with your need to play it cool when you're in a dating relationship.
no perderse
keep on + the right track
There are five major challenges that need to be addressed in order to keep on the right track of sustainable development.
no perderse en/por
find + Posesivo + way round/through
This is obviously not a practical means of finding our way round the library.
no perderse mucho
be no great loss
The loss of any mentally-ill person is considered no great loss by society.
no perderse nada
be no great loss
The loss of any mentally-ill person is considered no great loss by society.
no tener nada que perder
have + nothing to lose
'Workers unite, you have nothing to lose but your chains,' said Karl Marx = "Trabajadores uníos, no teneís nada que perder mas que vuestras cadenas", dijo Karl Marx.
perder aceite
leak + oil
Australian officials raced against the clock on Monday to refloat a massive Chinese ship which grounded and leaked oil.
perder aceptación
lose + favour
However, and despite its popular currency, this perspective has largely lost favour in academic circles.
perder agua
lose + water
leak
The article is entitled 'Holes in the dike: is Cambridge Scientific publisher losing water?.
The article is entitled 'Sometimes the roof doesn't just leak, it caves in!'.
perder Algo
take + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + hands
Unless librarians move away from their present overconcern with their systems and lack of concern with their users they will become redundant and the task of providing information will be taken out of their hands.
perder confianza
lose + confidence (in)
Through the much-publicized bankruptcies and other failures this company has become a laughing stock and investors have lost confidence.
perder contacto con la realidad
lose + touch with reality
The field has lost touch with reality by failing to address advances in information technology and transnationalism.
perder credibilidad
destroy + credence
If mistakes are made of probability, of language, of relationship then these must, in all but the simplest readers, destroy credence.
perder de vista
lose from + sight
drop from + sight
lose + sight of
We can transfer much more of our analog collections to digital so that the resources we have invested in developing all these years will not be lost from sight as scholars and students make digital the preferred mode.
The older material, such as the chivalric romances, dropped from sight.
This fact tends to be lost sight of when considering chain indexing in isolation for the construction of an actual catalogue.
perder de vista el hecho de que
lose + sight of the fact that
The biographer controls the innumerable aspects of Buchan's life in an exemplary manner, without losing sight of the fact that Buchan was 'a very odd fish indeed'.
perder de vista para siempre
drop off + the face of the earth
vanish from + the face of the earth
disappear from + the face of the earth
You can't choose your family, but you can give them the stink eye and wish they dropped off the face of the earth.
The plot is about a scientist who wakes up one morning to find that everyone except him seems to have vanished from the face of the earth.
Religion has never disappeared from the face of the earth, no matter how we dislike, it is here to stay.
perder eficacia
lose + clout
If performance evaluation is viewed as a tool of second or third-level by supervisors it loses its clout and encourages strife.
perder el alma
lose + Posesivo + soul
In popular belief the human being who went to live with a mermaid or a merman lost his or her soul and became as one of these.
perder el ánimo
lose + heart
The result is that many political scientists have lost heart.
perder el apetito
lose + Posesivo + appetite
Patients suffering from stress are anxious, dread the future, lose responsiveness to the environment, have insomnia, and lose their appetite.
perder el atractivo
lose + Posesivo + allure
lose + Posesivo + savour
lose + favour
The micropublishing industry is traditionally vulnerable in times of economic crisis, when retrospective materials lose their allure.
The challenge to make the resources at the librarian's disposal answer the questions asked by the readers is one that never loses its savour.
However, and despite its popular currency, this perspective has largely lost favour in academic circles.
perder el autobús
miss + the bus
The boy, whose name wasn't released, missed the bus, took the keys to his family's car and drove nearly six miles toward school while his mother was asleep, police said.
perder el color
fade
Copies tend to fade, especially if left exposed to daylight, and some of the colours are not strong to begin with.
perder el compás [Generalmente usado en la forma negativa] [Generalmente usado en la forma negativa]
miss + a beat
skip + a beat
The implementation was a very smooth process, we did not miss any orders - our business did not miss a beat.
It looked like he didn't skip a beat, kind of stepped in there and looked like he had been in there for a month.
perder el conocimiento [A causa de un golpe]
lose + Posesivo + senses
pass out
lose + Posesivo + consciousness
black out
knock + Reflexivo + out
It is the same painful image of a hunted down woman losing her senses and led by shreds of twisted logic.
He fell from his stool, passing out.
The bleed was so severe that she almost lost her consciousness and had to be hospitalised for 10 weeks.
Of the students who had ever consumed alcohol, 51 percent reported blacking out at some point in their lives.
Forgetting the wall mounted television directly above her, Gemma stood up quickly and banged her head hard, knocking herself out.
perder el contacto con
lose + touch with
He is thus in danger of losing touch with its traditional constituency (upward-mobile students) whose academic and socioeconomic backgrounds would have previously indicated nearly automatic attendance.
perder el control
slip beyond + the grasp of
lose + Posesivo + grip
run + amok
sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet
go to + pieces
go + wild
lose it
A hundred years later, the ancillary skill of knowing where to find information had in its turn begun to slip beyond the grasp of those who needed it for their study and research.
The article is entitled 'Moving a map library, or how to keep your sanity while losing your grip'.
Term paper fraud runs amok on the Web as dozens of fee and free sites have thousands of term papers available for lazy and unprincipled students.
A historical work such as this might help us keep from being swept off our feet by every 'new' panacea.
When she heard of his death she went to pieces and fell apart.
Our imagination went wild, because we didn't want death to be the end, we wanted to keep on living on familiar grounds, and most of all, we didn't want to be alone.
I have a younger brother (14, to be exact), he's fucking losing it, he just entered high school and he's insanely insociable.
perder el control (de)
lose + control (of)
The library director does not want to take the chance that by allowing the trustees to get active he might lose partial control of the library operation to an 'outsider'.
perder el control de Algo
get out of + hand
He was glad that he had veered from the edge of possible conflict, and had not let his sense of hurt pride get out of hand.
perder el control de la situación
things + get out of hand
That was the incident that started the ball rolling and now things have got out of hand.
perder el cuello
lose + Posesivo + neck
But commercial businesses do this all the time: somebody sticks a neck out, and gets promoted or loses neck depending on results.
perder el culo
go into + raptures
Most of my friends live in the city, yet they always go into raptures at the mere mention of the country.
perder el encanto
lose + Posesivo + allure
lose + Posesivo + savour
lose + Posesivo + shine
The micropublishing industry is traditionally vulnerable in times of economic crisis, when retrospective materials lose their allure.
The challenge to make the resources at the librarian's disposal answer the questions asked by the readers is one that never loses its savour.
Taiwan used to play a decisive role in the lighting industry, but has lost its shine in the midst of pricing competition against developing countries.
perder el enfoque
defocus
Since the two sides of the image are so far apart, it's easier to cross your eyes than to defocus.
perder el entusiasmo
lose + heart
The result is that many political scientists have lost heart.
perder el equilibrio
lose + Posesivo + balance
Endowed with the gift of being able to both listen and question, this paragon always is ready to meet the public without losing balance or a sense of humor.
perder el favor de
lose + popularity with
This kind of large-scale recasting will have to be done slowly if the scheme is not to lose its popularity with librarians who have large collections already classified.
perder el hábito
lose + the habit
This article describes a workshop for students designed to develop a taste for reading among educated people who had lost the habit.
perder el hilo
lose + the thread
The first problem is that every sentence in the book makes you stop and think, which makes you lose the thread of the main argument.
perder el interés
pall
The experience of 'flying through' virtual worlds to discover the identities of hundreds of criptics nodes palls very quickly.
perder el juicio
lose + Posesivo + sanity
Behind every good man, so the saying goes, is a good woman, and behind every maniac, is a good woman losing her sanity!.
perder el norte
be off course
fly off + course
lose + Posesivo + bearings
lose + Posesivo + way
go off + course
Then our skipper, David Proctor, noticed that we were off course.
Experts think the albatross somehow flew off course, or maybe was blown north by a hurricane.
Around and around she went, becoming disoriented and losing her bearings, buffeted to and fro by the awesome power of Mother Nature.
They had lost their way; most had completely lost sight of the founders' vision, and the few who could still see it had lost their faith in its potential for fulfillment.
After getting back on course the difficulties continued when she went off course for a second time and her bike became entangled in a fence.
perder el pie
lose + Posesivo + footing
It's a slippery area where footing is easily lost.
perder el ritmo [Generalmente usado en la forma negativa] [Generalmente usado en la forma negativa]
miss + a beat
skip + a beat
The implementation was a very smooth process, we did not miss any orders - our business did not miss a beat.
It looked like he didn't skip a beat, kind of stepped in there and looked like he had been in there for a month.
perder el rumbo
be off course
fly off + course
go off + course
lose + Posesivo + bearings
Then our skipper, David Proctor, noticed that we were off course.
Experts think the albatross somehow flew off course, or maybe was blown north by a hurricane.
After getting back on course the difficulties continued when she went off course for a second time and her bike became entangled in a fence.
Around and around she went, becoming disoriented and losing her bearings, buffeted to and fro by the awesome power of Mother Nature.
perder el sentido [A causa de un golpe]
faint
lose + Posesivo + senses
lose + Posesivo + consciousness
pass out
knock + Reflexivo + out
The article 'Reeling and writhing and fainting' outlines the problems encountered by illustrators of books.
It is the same painful image of a hunted down woman losing her senses and led by shreds of twisted logic.
The bleed was so severe that she almost lost her consciousness and had to be hospitalised for 10 weeks.
He fell from his stool, passing out.
Forgetting the wall mounted television directly above her, Gemma stood up quickly and banged her head hard, knocking herself out.
perder el sentido del humor
lose + Posesivo + sense of humour
Endowed with the gift of being able to both listen and question, this paragon always is ready to meet the public without losing balance or a sense of humor.
perder el sueño por
lose + sleep over/on
Up to 42 percent of IT managers confess to losing sleep over security concerns .
perder el tiempo [Uso principalmente británico]
dawdle
mess about/around
pissing into the wind
faff (about/around)
pootle
sit + idle
muck around/about
piddle around/about
dilly-dally
shilly-shally
spin + Posesivo + wheels
fire + blanks
shoot + blanks
dink around/about
push around + bits of paper
piss about/around
sit around
twiddle + Posesivo + thumbs
The title of the article is 'The challenge of the information country lane (and those who dawdle in it)'.
The article is entitled 'Best bet Internet: reference and research when you don't have time to mess around'.
Though the national media will ignore his candidacy, the politically pure of heart will be able to vote their conscience - and once again have a grand old Quixotic time pissing into the wind.
A new report says that we waste three hours a day faffing around, doing nothing in particular, pootling, dawdling, pottering, hanging about.
It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.
Unused school buildings sit idle as ravages of time take toll.
Rather than spend the money on the navy we could stop mucking about with wind farms and build more proper power stations.
After piddling around most of the morning yesterday, my sis, her husband Fred, and my parents came over to celebrate Christmas Day.
When it comes to volcanoes, there's no time to dilly-dally.
Their faces show the stern resolve and strength of people who have no time to shilly-shally.
I am beginning to think that the rest of the world will leave us behind if we keep spinning our wheels with all this tit for tat nonsense.
Real Madrid spurned the chance to replace Barcelona at the top of the Spanish first division as they fired blanks in a frustrating 0-0 draw at Osasuna.
They will continue to shoot blanks unless they can move down from their conceptual towers and engage with the real material conditions of existence.
I have spent the last few days dinking around in the kitchen trying to come up with an economical, palatable and nutritious protein bar.
Managers always tell me about the time they spend pushing around bits of paper, and attending meetings that seem to go nowhere.
The band pissed about for the first half year, and then set to work.
That's for those who like to sit around and talk about ideas and idly stroking each other but don't like to put their balls on the line and do things.
We don't want people to sit around twiddling their thumbs - it's not good for their thumbs and it's not good for our community = No queremos a gente que se cruce de brazos sin hacer nada; no es nada bueno ni para sus brazos ni para nuestra comunidad.
perder el trabajo
lose + Posesivo + job
Authorites said faulty equipment was to blame and there was no need for anyone to lose their jobs.
perder el tren
miss + the train
The trip kicked off by missing the train due to a very late night in Paris the night before.
perder el valor
lose + Posesivo + nerve
One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.
perder en el trayecto
lose + Nombre + in transit
If a cheque is lost in transit, you can request a reissue a month after it was sent.
perder entusiasmo
lose + enthusiasm
The Porter Public Library houses an all out effort to reach first and second grade pupils who have lost their enthusiasm for school because of falling behind in reading.
perder fuerza
lose + power
lose + steam
When she tried to soothe herself with other images - images of John, the baby, the house - she found that they had lost their power.
Many fans have said that this series lost steam after the prison break finally happened.
perder gas
lose + steam
Many fans have said that this series lost steam after the prison break finally happened.
perder hasta la camisa
lose + Posesivo + shirt
Some have said, 'Don't sell your house at auction..you'll lose your shirt!'.
perder ímpetu
lose + momentum
run out of + steam
lose + impetus
When the book was losing its momentum a new edition gave the volume new life.
However, after making some progress the revision committee seems to have run out of steam, and no firm proposals have yet been made.
The peace proposal is losing impetus dimming widespread hopes that the proposal had raised for an end to the 25-year guerrilla war.
perder influencia
lose + clout
If performance evaluation is viewed as a tool of second or third-level by supervisors it loses its clout and encourages strife.
perder interés
lapse
lose + interest
fall out of + discussion
fall out of + discussion
fall out of + discussion
The first weeks are vital, and after that the shop must be constantly on the lookout for ways of stimulating further interest and re-awakening those who lapse.
He lost interest in the discussion of different tactical methods to infiltrate the research building, as it mainly went over his head.
This film touches on abortion, an issue that, like any other subject that affects women has fallen out of discussion.
This film touches on abortion, an issue that, like any other subject that affects women has fallen out of discussion.
This film touches on abortion, an issue that, like any other subject that affects women has fallen out of discussion.
perder kilos
shed + kilos
Instead of simply cutting down on calories, opting for a protein-rich diet is the best way to shed those extra kilos.
perder la cabeza
lose + Posesivo + mind
lose + Posesivo + head
lose + Posesivo + marbles
go + bonkers
fly off + the handle
go (right) off + Posesivo + rocker
go out of + Posesivo + mind
go + soft in the head
go (a)round + the bend
go + mad
flip + Posesivo + lid
go + crackers
Preliminary analyses show that married women sometimes feel that they are losing their mind and that they have contemplated suicide.
In a competitie game defeat usually goes to the player who 'loses his head'.
The article is entitled 'Have We Lost Our Marbles?'.
The article is entitled 'Going Bonkers!': Children, Play and Pee-Wee'.
In other words, it is not true that homicides are commonly committed by ordinary citizens who just fly off the handle.
The Chinese seem to have gone off their rocker with the recent street protests against revisions of Japanese schoolbooks.
For this reason, he did not die, but rather went out of his mind.
But apparently the self-willed distinction affected his reason - he went soft in the head and ended up believing in his divine origins.
She thinks she's gone around the bend because she keeps dreaming about falling down a rabbit hole into another world.
The article is entitled 'The confrontation of childhood with a world gone mad: an examination of children's biography and autobiography in the context of World War 2'.
Mr James, who served 13 years of his 30-year sentence for the train robbery, said that he had come to the end of his tether and 'flipped his lid'.
We've gone crackers! Quinn and I were looking at Christmas crackers the other day and the prices are just ridiculous!.
perder la calma
blow + a fuse
lose + Posesivo + cool
come + unglued
He simply blew a fuse and decided to go out on the road, spitefully apologizing again and again, until he got it right.
Not losing one's cool is essential, since it may appear as a weakness that can be exploited.
I come unglued when I feel out of control because my kids are screaming or fighting or whining or negotiating and won't listen.
perder la chaveta
go + bonkers
go (right) off + Posesivo + rocker
go + berserk
go + postal
go + haywire
The article is entitled 'Going Bonkers!': Children, Play and Pee-Wee'.
The Chinese seem to have gone off their rocker with the recent street protests against revisions of Japanese schoolbooks.
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.
The formatting on my main page has gone haywire for apparently no reason.
perder la chaveta por
have + a crush on
How would you feel if your significant other had a crush on someone else?.
perder la compostura [Generalmente usado en la forma negativa] [Generalmente usado en la forma negativa]
lose + Posesivo + balance
break down in + disarray
miss + a beat
skip + a beat
lose + Posesivo + composure
come + unglued
Endowed with the gift of being able to both listen and question, this paragon always is ready to meet the public without losing balance or a sense of humor.
In retrospect, this was perhaps a rather inauspicious beginning, for the test apparently broke down in disarray over the question of relevance judgement.
The implementation was a very smooth process, we did not miss any orders - our business did not miss a beat.
It looked like he didn't skip a beat, kind of stepped in there and looked like he had been in there for a month.
Here are the most powerful moments in Oprah television history when all eyes were on her and she lost her cool, lost her composure or even just lost her mind.
I come unglued when I feel out of control because my kids are screaming or fighting or whining or negotiating and won't listen.
perder la conciencia
lose + Posesivo + consciousness
pass out
The bleed was so severe that she almost lost her consciousness and had to be hospitalised for 10 weeks.
He fell from his stool, passing out.
perder la cordura
lose + Posesivo + sanity
Behind every good man, so the saying goes, is a good woman, and behind every maniac, is a good woman losing her sanity!.
perder la costumbre de
get out of + the habit of
I think we need to get out of the habit of thinking that for quality we have to pay large sums of money.
perder la credibilidad
lose + face
Fear of 'losing face' often prevents people from seeking counseling for psychological problems until the problems are advanced.
perder la cuenta (de)
lose + count (of)
One parent told the judge that the whippings had become so common that he had lost count of how many he had seen at Allen's church.
perder la esperanza
despair
throw in + the towel
lose + hope
give up + (all) hope
throw in/up + the sponge
Like others, I've been wondering when I'd get my money's worth out of this meeting, and I was beginning to despair.
No one among librarians, suppliers or publishers is throwing in the towel but the position this format takes in library collections in the near future is unsettled.
A leader needs a clear and challenging vision, a magic with words, the ability to motivate others, the courage to stay on course, and the persistence not to lose hope.
If the librarians of the universities with the 50 largest libraries sense a need to bargain collectively they will have to give up hope of doing so as partners of the faculty.
He looked at her reproachfully for a moment, and then announced that he was ready to throw up the sponge.
perder la fe
lose + Posesivo + faith
They had lost their way; most had completely lost sight of the founders' vision, and the few who could still see it had lost their faith in its potential for fulfillment.
perder la identidad de uno
lose + Posesivo + identity
When, however, the point is reached that the library is subsumed into a leisure-recreation-cultural complex, and loses its specific identity, it may be questioned whether this is sound policy.
perder la ilusión
lose + heart
The result is that many political scientists have lost heart.
perder la motivación
lose + motivation
Maybe, just maybe losing motivation is a way that our body tells us we need to break away for a while.
perder la noción del tiempo
lose + track of time
lose + all notion of time
lose + all sense of time
eBay is the absolute easiest way to lose track of time and the world going on around you.
Deep meditation can also make us lose all notion of time because our mental activity is situated on the subconscious level.
Once there, however, the three men abandon themselves to an orgy of slaughter, so caught up in killing buffalo that they lose all sense of time.
perder la ocasión
miss + the boat
miss + the bus
Librarians, considering information the prerogative of the public library, rightly feel that they have 'missed the boat' over this.
More important, Obama has missed the bus on the question of preventing a slide back into protectionism.
perder la olla
lose + the plot
He acused politicians of 'losing the plot' on crime as the 'thriving yob culture' of hooligans and tearaways terrorise the streets.
perder la oportunidad
miss + the boat
miss + the bus
Librarians, considering information the prerogative of the public library, rightly feel that they have 'missed the boat' over this.
More important, Obama has missed the bus on the question of preventing a slide back into protectionism.
perder la oportunidad de
ruin + Posesivo + chances of
blow + Posesivo + chances of
The crash represented Hamilton's second exit in as many races and this may have ruined his chances of winning the title.
Astro well and truly blew his chances of winning the show with his tantrum a couple of weeks ago.
perder la paciencia
lose + Posesivo + temper
lose + Posesivo + patience
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.
He has never refused to answer any question, however provocative it might be, nor has he ever lost his patience.
perder la pista de
lose + track of
The study loses track of its argument at times and drifts off into analyses of the peacemaking process that are not relevant.
perder la presión
depressurise [depressurize, -USA]
If an aircraft depressurises, pilots should don oxygen masks immediately.
perder la razón
lose + Posesivo + sanity
Behind every good man, so the saying goes, is a good woman, and behind every maniac, is a good woman losing her sanity!.
perder las facultades
lose + Posesivo + faculties
Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.
perder las ganas de comer
go off + Posesivo + food
go off + Posesivo + oats
The vet came out again three weeks ago when she last went off her food and she had a shot of penicillin and has been fine since too.
I have a friend who, as soon as she is under stress, goes off her oats, and gets all pale.
perder la sincronización
get out of + step
The microcomputer also has, among other things, a clock device which synchronizes all the various high speed operations, so that they do not get out of step.
perder las riendas
go + berserk
go + postal
go + crazy
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.
Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.
perder la timidez con
warm up to
I have the ability to do this on my own, but it takes a helluva long time for me to warm up to people.
perder la vida
lose + Posesivo + life
He lost his life in a tragic plane crash while travelling to attend the 1st Slovak Bibliography Conference in January 1956.
perder la virginidad
lose + Posesivo + virginity
lose + Posesivo + maidenhead
A woman suspected to have lost her virginity is made to undergo a series of medical examinations to bring clarity to her situation.
The issue then is not that the girl has 'lost her maidenhead', with all that might once have entailed, but that she's been cheated in some less palpable sense.
perder la visión
lose + Posesivo + sight
The writer describes having a detached retina and losing the sight of his eye.
perder la vista
become + blind
The author describes how a school librarian in Canada who became blind overcame her handicap to continue her library work.
perder la voz
lose + Posesivo + voice
She has canceled two concerts as a result of losing her voice.
perder los estribos
lose + Posesivo + cool
fly off + the handle
lose + Posesivo + head
go + berserk
go + postal
go + crazy
lose + Posesivo + temper
Not losing one's cool is essential, since it may appear as a weakness that can be exploited.
In other words, it is not true that homicides are commonly committed by ordinary citizens who just fly off the handle.
In a competitie game defeat usually goes to the player who 'loses his head'.
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.
Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.
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.
perder los nervios
lose + Posesivo + cool
fly off + the handle
lose + Posesivo + temper
lose + Posesivo + head
Not losing one's cool is essential, since it may appear as a weakness that can be exploited.
In other words, it is not true that homicides are commonly committed by ordinary citizens who just fly off the handle.
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.
In a competitie game defeat usually goes to the player who 'loses his head'.
perder los papeles [Supuestamente, origen de la palabra "flipar" en español]
lose + control (of)
lose + Posesivo + cool
lose + Posesivo + head
fly off + the handle
freak out
flip out
lose + the plot
lose it
come + unglued
The library director does not want to take the chance that by allowing the trustees to get active he might lose partial control of the library operation to an 'outsider'.
Not losing one's cool is essential, since it may appear as a weakness that can be exploited.
In a competitie game defeat usually goes to the player who 'loses his head'.
In other words, it is not true that homicides are commonly committed by ordinary citizens who just fly off the handle.
A boy on trial in the shooting death of his principal told investigators that he 'just freaked out' and pulled the trigger three times.
And this is coming from someone who had to be restrained in school after flipping out and kicking a bubbler.
He acused politicians of 'losing the plot' on crime as the 'thriving yob culture' of hooligans and tearaways terrorise the streets.
I have a younger brother (14, to be exact), he's fucking losing it, he just entered high school and he's insanely insociable.
I come unglued when I feel out of control because my kids are screaming or fighting or whining or negotiating and won't listen.
perder nota
lose + marks
I feel if she is going to lose marks because of her bowed legs then no matter how much she tries she may just never pass.
perder para siempre
lose to + posterity
Much potentially valuable historical material is lost to posterity because of the attitude to the collection of primary sources which always gives pride of place to the ephemeral as long as it is compiled by a well-known figure.
perder peso
lose + weight
shed + weight
The article 'Keeping New Year's resolutions while counting down to the new millennium' discusses the following topics: self-discipline; losing weight; stopping smoking; starting an exercise programme; paying off bills; and meeting someone new.
If you want to shed weight permanently you have to live a healthier life.
perder poder
lose + power
When she tried to soothe herself with other images - images of John, the baby, the house - she found that they had lost their power.
perder popularidad
fade from + popularity
outlive + Posesivo + popularity
go out of + favour
lose + favour
fall out of + favour
Variety shows began to fade from popularity in the early 1970s, when research began to show that variety shows appealed to an older audience that was less appealing to advertisers.
Library materials may be discarded when they are in poor physical condition, beyond repair and unfit for binding, or when the text is out-of-date or superseded by a new edition, or when they have outlived their popularity.
The author follows the history through to the point, in the latter part of the nineteenth century, when mirror-image monograms went out of favour and were replaced by straightforward monograms.
However, and despite its popular currency, this perspective has largely lost favour in academic circles.
At first he was a close political advisor to Charles II, although he later fell out of favour and was forced into exile.
perder por los cuatro costados
leak like + a sieve
It seems to me that it won't take long for this new pond to develop some cracks which will make it leak like a sieve.
perder por los pelos
pip + Nombre + at/to the (finishing) post
We were really impressed with the high level of entries to the competition, but Eloise just pipped the others at the finishing post.
perder + Posesivo + estima
go down in + Posesivo + estimation
go down in + Posesivo + estimation
She went down in their estimation when the truth came out.
She went down in their estimation when the truth came out.
perder + Posesivo + sentido de la realidad
lose + Posesivo + sense of reality
What further indications do you see that Macbeth has lost his sense of reality?.
perder prestigio
lose + face
Fear of 'losing face' often prevents people from seeking counseling for psychological problems until the problems are advanced.
perder propiedades
lose + property
All three escaped injury, but one lost property.
perder protagonismo
fade into + the background
When the point is reached at which the instructor begins to fade into the background, individual students can select cases to analyze and solve on their own before the class period, literally pulling them apart and putting them together again - 'working them to death'.
perderse
go + astray
get + lost
lose + Posesivo + way
go + missing
miss out on
slip through + the cracks
get out of + Posesivo + depth
wander off + route
disorient
disorientate
wander off + track
lose + Posesivo + bearings
If you have a different answer check to see where you went astray.
Like Theseus in the Labyrinth we need to be able to follow well trodden pathways through hypermedia materials and re-track our journey along an imaginary thread when we get lost.
They had lost their way; most had completely lost sight of the founders' vision, and the few who could still see it had lost their faith in its potential for fulfillment.
This article describes the consequences of a burglary of a during which the desktop system, computer, image setter, and a FAX machine went missing.
The author regrets the struggle which Greco-Roman studies have to survive in the USA arguing that US students miss out on understanding the origins of much of their culture and government.
The author discusses the factors which have led to early adolescent services slipping through the cracks.
It sounds like it could be quite easy for you to get out of your depth with this problem.
If one with route knowledge wanders off the route, it would be very difficult for them to backtrack to the route of their own.
The author illustrates a method of organising the hypertext files so as to prevent the user from becoming disoriented in the system.
Being disorientated or lost is one of the fundamental difficulties which users experience when trying to navigate within hypertext systems.
You may find that it is easy to find ourself wandering off track, following something that really interests you, and ultimately not answering the question.
Around and around she went, becoming disoriented and losing her bearings, buffeted to and fro by the awesome power of Mother Nature.
perderse de vista
fade from + view
disappear from + view
recede from + view
In the case of vessels, the light is absorbed by the hemoglobin within the veins, causing them to shrink and fade from view.
How long did it take Titanic to sink between the time it hit the iceberg and the time it disappeared from view?.
Outside, winter's grip was receding from view, giving way to birds and flowers and the warming Virginia breeze.
perderse en el mar
be lost at sea
He was said to have lit a stormy petrel on fire and follow it through the storm and fog to shore while he was lost at sea.
perderse entre el gentío
lose + Reflexivo + amid the crowd
Leaving by a side entrance, she plunged into the street and lost herself amid the crowd.
perderse entre la muchedumbre
lose + Reflexivo + amid the crowd
Leaving by a side entrance, she plunged into the street and lost herself amid the crowd.
perderse entre la multitud
lose + Reflexivo + amid the crowd
Leaving by a side entrance, she plunged into the street and lost herself amid the crowd.
perder sentido
lose + purpose
The concept of the main entry has lost any meaningful purpose in current online cataloguing.
perderse por
wander through
What we are forcing people to do is wander through long title sequences of 'Journal of' or 'Journal on' to find a particular organization's journal.
perderse por los caminos secundarios
go + off-road
I suppose my biggest piece of advice for riding at night would be to practice a little before you actually go off-road.
perderse una clase
miss + class
miss + lesson
miss + lecture
Two types of truants exist: those who miss or cut classes and those who miss full days.
They are there to study and knuckle down to academic work, not get drunk, be sick, miss lessons/lectures, and generally be a tax/soap dodger.
They are there to study and knuckle down to academic work, not get drunk, be sick, miss lessons/lectures, and generally be a tax/soap dodger.
perder terreno
lose + ground
Industry observers felt that Microsoft was losing ground to companies that had established strong positions, such as Netscape Communications Corp.
perder tiempo
waste + time
lose + time
Stress is an inescapable fact of life and the reason one of every four persons suffers from chronic stress response is because people waste time.
However, those unfamiliar with abbreviations lose considerable time in searching for their meaning.
perder (toda/la) esperanza
abandon + (all) hope
He described cynicism as abandoning all hope that social change and progress is possible.
perder una batalla
lose + battle
Librarians have lost the battle on this issue.
perder una discusión
lose + an argument
If you win the argument, but lose the person, you've lost the argument.
perder una guerra
lose + a war
Librarians are losing the war for electronic professional turf.
perder un amigo
lose + a friend
The title of the article is 'Winning funds without losing friends'.
perder una oportunidad
miss + an opportunity
lose + opportunity
miss + a chance
waste + an opportunity
squander + an opportunity
waste + a chance
It is argued that the research community is missing an opportunity to design systems that are in better harmony with the actual preferences of many users.
Dewey, who was keenly interested in reforming the spelling of the English language, lost no opportunity of pursuing this particular hobby: christened Melville, he soon dropped the final 'le', and even went to the extreme of spelling his final name 'Dui' for a time.
The government has missed the chance to make new homes environmental trailblazers, says Jo Williams.
He's probably the shrewdest and most calculating race driver ever, never wasted an opportunity for a victory or a championship point.
He has already squandered the opportunity he was given to turn the country around.
Ronaldo wasted a golden chance to equalise with a header that went wide.
perder un argumento
lose + an argument
If you win the argument, but lose the person, you've lost the argument.
perder una venta [Dejar de hacer una venta]
lose + sale
List prices were not in practice always maintained, for many booksellers would surreptitiously give a discount rather than lose a sale.
perder una votación
outvote
If it doesn't, and she gets outvoted, she'll probably choose to give it to him instead of getting into a fight to the death over ten dollars.
perder un debate
lose + an argument
If you win the argument, but lose the person, you've lost the argument.
perder un familiar [Debido a su fallecimiento]
bereave
Many of those helping have themselves been bereaved.
perder un objeto personal
lose + property
All three escaped injury, but one lost property.
perder un partido
lose + match
He was both the coach of a national team that never lost a match and a club that never won a title.
perder valor
lose + Posesivo + value
This suggests that core lists of serials might lose their value substantially over a relatively short time.
perder ventas
lose + sales
If suppliers refuse to sell programs to libraries, they could be losing a substantial number of sales.
perder vigor
run out of + steam
lose + steam
However, after making some progress the revision committee seems to have run out of steam, and no firm proposals have yet been made.
Many fans have said that this series lost steam after the prison break finally happened.
perder vitalidad
run out of + steam
However, after making some progress the revision committee seems to have run out of steam, and no firm proposals have yet been made.
perdiendo el tiempo
like a fart in a colander
Oh well, I could either stand here like a fart in a colander or I could haul my sorry ass up this obstacle course.
poder llegar a perder
stand to + lose
Turlock stands to lose four police officer positions and two firefighters under budget proposals discussed Tuesday night.
poder perder
stand to + lose
Turlock stands to lose four police officer positions and two firefighters under budget proposals discussed Tuesday night.
por probar nada se pierde
nothing ventured, nothing gained
In today's recession it seems that the saying 'nothing ventured, nothing gained' could be re-written as 'nothing ventured, nothing lost'.
que no se puede uno perder
unmissable
All these events make the conference an unmissable event.
que pierde agua
leaking
leaky [leakier -comp., leakiest -sup.]
The documents were relegated to an environmentally unsafe location, where they were damaged by a leaking water pipe.
He fixed the leaky faucet by pugging it with a cork, hammering it in with a mallet, wrapping it up with electrical tape, and leaving it to increase in water pressure until the pipe exploded .
salir perdiendo
victimise [victimize, -USA]
come off + worst
lose out
compare + unfavourably
lose + Posesivo + neck
be a little worse off
In the name of collegiality, students are victimized, considerable intellectual resources are being squandered, and the general public is deliberately misled.
The archive collection is part of the university library and when competing with the rest of the system for money always comes off worst.
Libraries, in the crush to pay journal invoices, are losing out, as other services as well as staffing and pay all end up unfunded = Las bibliotecas, ante la presión de tener que pagar las facturas de las revistas, salen perdiendo ya que otros servicios así como el personal y los salarios terminanan todos con insuficientes fondos.
Salaries of library professionals compare unfavourably with pay scales in the information industry.
But commercial businesses do this all the time: somebody sticks a neck out, and gets promoted or loses neck depending on results.
The world is a little worse off than it was before as his talents, good cheer, metered insanity will be missed.
salir sin ganar ni perder [Lo comido por lo servido]
break + even
Would the library have to charge more than the major document delivery suppliers in order to break even on the cost of the service?.
se pierda o se gane
win or lose
To keep one's head in a fight - win or lose - seems to depend on whether we know what we are fighting for.
sin perder de vista
with an eye on
Thus Panizzi, with a eye on the printed book catalog demanding stable entries, was led to rule that the works of an author should be entered under his earliest name which evoked the scorn of his critics.
sin perder un (solo) minuto
without a moment wasted
without a wasted moment
without a minute wasted
without a wasted minute
The days will be packed full, without any filler and without a moment wasted.
This is a very fun movie that goes from one thing to another without a wasted moment.
By answering some key questions, you're directed to information pertinent to your business without a minute wasted.
If the meeting swept forward without a wasted minute, the President was interested and satisfied.
sin tiempo que perder
without a minute to spare
When you've had a long day, and don't have the energy to prepare a three course meal or for those unexpected guests that drop in without a minute to spare, here's a quick meal to serve.
tener todas las de perder
fight + a losing battle
However, with the increasing numbers of periodicals, censorship was fighting a losing battle.
un arte que se está perdiendo
a dying art
Beekeeping is a dying art but as long as we require food to eat, there will be a need for honeybees and beekeepers.
