querer
want ; be after ; wanna [want to].
On other occasions a user wants every document or piece of information on a topic traced, and then high recall must be sought, to the detriment of precision.
Silas H Berry told his colleagues at the New York Library Club: 'It is so hard to get a reader to tell what he is really after'.
When McCall finished his book by saying, 'It makes me wanna holler and throw up my hands,' he almost described my reaction perfectly.
¡Dios no lo quiera!
God forbid
Disability can affect us all and God forbid you have an accident or something and become disabled ... How would you feel?.
como quiera que + Verbo
however + Verbo
That new technology will allow us to create entries however we conceive of them and have rules for them.
como quieras llamarlo
whatever you call it
That is, if you're getting a degree in chicken culture or whatever you call it - and we do give a Ph.D. in chicken raising - I guess you don't have to use the library very often.
con una idea clara de lo que se quiere
purpose-driven
purpose-oriented
Understanding how to live a purpose-driven life at work is one of the keys to a fulfilled and happy life.
The final step in the purpose-oriented approach is Ihe development of a master plan.
cuantas veces se quiera
any number of times
A student may repeat a course any number of times to improve the grade in the course.
cuantos + Nombre + se quiera
any number of + Nombre
To sum up, the card catalogue is very flexible; it permits us to arrange any number of entries in any way we wish, and to insert new entries as required.
dos no se pelean si uno no
it takes two to tangle
It takes two to tangle and the risk is in a woman living with a very dangerous animal, the human male.
dos no se pelean si uno no quiere
it takes two to tango
it takes two to make a quarrel
Only time will tell, but one thing is for sure, it takes two to tango.
It takes two to make a quarrel, family or otherwise, fathers or sons.
el azar quiso que [Con sentido positivo o negativo dependiendo del contexto] [Con sentido positivo o negativo dependiendo del contexto]
as luck would have it
as fate would have it
as good luck would have it
Today seemed like any other day under the blue skies of the tradewinds until, as luck would have it, his paddle broke.
As fate would have it, I wasn't pregnant, but I would have accepted and loved this child with all my heart.
When we came to supper there was neither a knife nor a fork on the table to eat with, but as good luck would have it, we had knives of our own.
enterarse de lo que Uno quiere decir
get + Posesivo + drift
'Nah,' Kate chuckled, getting his drift, and then said 'I would've just barged in there and dared them to throw me out!' = "No" se rió Kate, entendiendo lo que él quería decir, y después dijo "!Hubiera irrumpido y les hubiese retado a echarme a la calle!".
esto no quiere decir que
this is not to say that
This is not to say that every book was proofed in three definable stages, for some books were less proofed than others.
expresar lo que Uno quiere decir
make + Posesivo + point
Thank you for that comment, because it helps to make my point.
hacer lo que Uno quiera
get away with + murder
Seldom has someone so close to the echelons of power faced capital punishment since there is widespread belief in the country that the rich and powerful can literally get away with murder.
hacerse querer
endear
His description of Tycho's project in terms that are uncompromisingly modern may not endear his study to all readers.
la suerte quiso que [Con sentido positivo o negativo dependiendo del contexto] [Con sentido positivo o negativo dependiendo del contexto]
as luck would have it
as fate would have it
as good luck would have it
Today seemed like any other day under the blue skies of the tradewinds until, as luck would have it, his paddle broke.
As fate would have it, I wasn't pregnant, but I would have accepted and loved this child with all my heart.
When we came to supper there was neither a knife nor a fork on the table to eat with, but as good luck would have it, we had knives of our own.
los trabajos que nadie quieren dan dinero
where there's muck there's brass
where there's muck there's money
there's cash in trash
In the north of England there is an old adage 'Where there's muck, there's brass' (or money), while in the US they may argue 'there's cash in trash'.
In the north of England there is an old adage 'Where there's muck, there's brass' (or money), while in the US they may argue 'there's cash in trash'.
In the north of England there is an old adage 'Where there's muck, there's brass' (or money), while in the US they may argue 'there's cash in trash'.
¡No, por lo que más quieras!
Not on your life!
I believe that if I were to ask my colleagues, 'Shouldn't we be collecting blogs?', they would rightly reply, 'Not on your life!'.
no querer saber más nada de
drop + Nombre + like a hot potato
drop + Nombre + like a hot brick
People were just curious, and once they slaked their thirst for this new product, they dropped it like a hot potato.
The public is equally quick to worship a winner as to drop a loser like a hot brick.
no querer saber nada de
want + nothing to do with
He wanted nothing to do with the straitjacket of guidelines and so-called standards = Él no quería tener nada que ver con el encorsetamiento que imponen las directrices y los "presuntos" estándares.
no querer tener nada que ver con
want + nothing to do with
He wanted nothing to do with the straitjacket of guidelines and so-called standards = Él no quería tener nada que ver con el encorsetamiento que imponen las directrices y los "presuntos" estándares.
no queriendo + Infinitivo
unwilling to + Infinitivo
I have found in reading extracts from Scott's diary of his trip to the South Pole that pupils interrupted all the time to ask questions, until the final entries were reached, when everyone went very quiet, moved deeply by Scott's words and unwilling to bruise the emotion they felt.
¡Por lo que más quieras!
for God's sake
Another aspect is the behaviour of users which is to be tolerated and even encouraged: `But for God's sake - NO SHUSHING'.
que quiere(n)
of + Posesivo + choosing
of + Posesivo + choice
Doctors often 'game the system' by manipulating the organ allocation system to favor patients of their choosing.
Libraries and information services should support the right of users to seek information of their choice.
queramos o no
like it or not
like them or not
Like it or not, that's how it is.
Like them or not, plaits are still in.
querer decir [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio meant]
mean
'What do you mean by that?' asked Bragge, almost with an air of alarm.
querer el oro y el moro
have + Posesivo + cake and eat it
The article is entitled 'Web lists or OPACs: can we have our cake and eat it, too?'.
querer es poder
where there's a will there's a way
She answered by saying that while we may not have a solution yet, 'where there's a will, there's a way'.
quererlo todo
have + Posesivo + cake and eat it
The article is entitled 'Web lists or OPACs: can we have our cake and eat it, too?'.
querer tenerlo todo
have + Posesivo + cake and eat it
The article is entitled 'Web lists or OPACs: can we have our cake and eat it, too?'.
querer tetas y sopas
have + Posesivo + cake and eat it
The article is entitled 'Web lists or OPACs: can we have our cake and eat it, too?'.
querer un montón
love + Nombre + to bits
love + Nombre + to death
But it was their first car and they loved it to bits.
I love her to death and don't know what I would do without her - we have the craziest times together!.
que sabe muy bien lo que quiere
purpose-driven
purpose-oriented
Understanding how to live a purpose-driven life at work is one of the keys to a fulfilled and happy life.
The final step in the purpose-oriented approach is Ihe development of a master plan.
que sea lo que Dios quiera
hope for + the best
This will certainly be a learning experience for me especially since it's my first book so cross your fingers and let's hope for the best.
quien algo quiere algo le cuesta
no pain, no gain
no pain without gain
'The old adage 'no pain, no gain' should be less relevant as we age than when we're younger,' Lonner said = "El viejo dicho popular "quien algo quiere algo le cuesta" debería ser menos importante a medida que envejecemos que cuando somos más jóvenes", dijo Lonner .
Some people would call this madness, but David believes there is no gain without pain.
quien quiera peces que se moje el culo
you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs
You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs; you cannot destroy the practices of barbarism which for centuries have desolated Africa without the use of force.
quien te quiere te hará llorar
be cruel to be kind
What was clear in the report, however, is that its authors believed that sometimes a government needed to be cruel to be kind.
quiera Dios que
God willing
This is my last semester God willing and I have no idea what to expect after graduation.
si Dios quiere
God willing
This is my last semester God willing and I have no idea what to expect after graduation.
siempre querer más
enough + be + not/never + enough
For them enough is never enough, and any kind of scam is right up their alley.
sin querer
involuntarily
unwilling
by accident
accidentally
unintentionally
unwantedly
Large libraries are thus involuntarily subsidising small libraries = De este modo las grandes bibliotecas están subsidiando de manera involuntaria a las pequeñas.
The author concentrates on the negative aspects of information, both the unwilling, innocent or accidental error and the interest-based disinformation.
Discoveries are sometimes made by accident; they are never made by the dismayed or disheartened = A veces los descubrimientos se hacen por casualidad y nunca por los abatidos o los desmotivados.
As has been suggested elsewhere in this book, it is axiomatic that regular backup copies of data disks be taken, in order to ensure that data are not accidentally lost.
The Hawthorne effect, ie the well-established fact that individuals who know that they are being observed usually change their patterns of behaviour, even unintentionally, will obviously come into play if the observation is obtrusive.
My problem is that sometimes I will get tensed up unwantedly for small problems.
sin querer + Infinitivo
unwilling to + Infinitivo
I have found in reading extracts from Scott's diary of his trip to the South Pole that pupils interrupted all the time to ask questions, until the final entries were reached, when everyone went very quiet, moved deeply by Scott's words and unwilling to bruise the emotion they felt.
sin quererlo
unwantedly
My problem is that sometimes I will get tensed up unwantedly for small problems.
si se quiere que + Nombre + sea
if + Nombre + be + to be
With printed thesauri there are limits on space, if the publication is to be economically viable, and easy to handle.
