sacudir
shake up ; jar ; jolt ; flail ; thrash ; wallop ; rock ; swish.
This will shake up library managers no end.
She analyzes how her memory was jarred by this massacre.
When the area was jolted by a severe earthquake rescue teams rushed in from all over the country.
The crab's mouth has elongated setae, notably on the maxilla, which it repeatedly flails through the seawater to feed on suspended material.
Later footage shows the killer whales with the pups in their mouths, thrashing them about.
He walloped Bud, tore his shirt, and made him eat dirt.
The earth tremor that rocked the centre of Melbourne was one of three quakes that hit Australia in the one day.
Swishing wine in the mouth helps you taste all the flavors in a wine.
sacudir de lo lindo
knock + the living daylights out of
knock + the hell out of
beat + Nombre + (all) hollow
beat + the living daylights out of
beat + the hell out of
knock + the shit out of
beat + the shit out of
beat + the wits out of
beat + the life out of
One after another, young pianists sat down and knocked the living daylights out of the piano.
This is one of those movies that preaches nonviolence, even as the good guy is knocking the hell out of a few dozen dudes.
But he was proved wrong as India pushed England to the edge and beat them hollow the following day.
The players don't wear helmets or padding; they just beat the living daylights out of each other and then go for a beer.
Police beat the hell out of innocent students during a botched raid.
This is fucking disgraceful, somebody should knock the shit out of them.
You should provoke him into attacking you, and then beat the shit out of him.
He not only beat the wits out of the bully, but broke his bones as well.
He remembers their eyes staring up at him in disbelief as he beat the life out of them.
sacudir el polvo
dust
dust off
550 books a day were dusted and the cleaning of 13500 volumes was completed in 5 weeks.
Dust off your trilby and dig out your tweeds, British heritage is one of the top trends this season.
sacudir en el viento
flap
Anyway they stood there looking at the top of the poster which was still unglued and flapping around.
sacudir las telarañas
blow + the cobwebs away/off/out
Most of us have been too busy to practise for several years and want to blow the cobwebs off our music stands and start playing again.
sacudirse de encima
shake off
get + shot of
get + rid of
Only this way can the librarian shake off the aura of elitism pervading the profession and the library.
Many women would do pretty much anything to get shot of stretch marks.
The title of her paper is 'Let's get rid of it: a reference librarian's battle cry'.
sacudirse las telarañas
blow + the cobwebs away/off/out
Most of us have been too busy to practise for several years and want to blow the cobwebs off our music stands and start playing again.
sacudir un puñetazo
thump
He was so lost in thought that he didn't realize that someone was talking to him until he got thumped on the head.
