sentido
denotation ; meaning ; sense ; drift ; flavour [flavor, -USA] ; meaningfulness ; heartfelt ; respect ; sense of purpose.
In establishing subdivisions for use with the names of people or peoples consider the connotation, in addition to the denotation, of the wording and structure of the subdivision.
The term indexing language can seem rather daunting, and has certainly had different meanings in its different incarnations.
In some senses these could also be regarded as special classification schemes.
The main drift of the proceedings concerned national libraries - their role, functions and financing.
Collected in 1907 from an oral source, this story depends for its charm and attraction on the colloquial flavour, its dialect.
The author challenges the meaningfulness of precision and recall values as a measure of performance of a retrieval system.
The author examines selected examples of the literature that generate conflict between cultural responsibility and artistic freedom along with a sampling of the heated and heartfelt exchange about that literature in Internet discussions.
However, the survey developed in the current study would need to be similar in other key respects to the water quality survey developed by Carson and Mitchell = However, the survey developed in the current study would need to be similar in other key respects to the water quality survey developed by Carson and Mitchell.
This article argues that those in leadership roles bear a special responsibility for creating a sense of purpose in the organisation.
abrumar + Posesivo + sentidos
overwhelm + Posesivo + senses
A powerful and inspiring landscape, the Grand Canyon overwhelms our senses through its immense size.
aclarar el sentido
clarify + meaning
While illustration can clarify meaning for a child, pictures will also dilute the experience and colour it with the artist's own interpretation.
acto sin sentido
senseless act
Lives are lost every day to senseless acts of murder.
carecer de sentido
be meaningless
If you do not observe this rule, the resulting class number will be either meaningless or, at least, have the wrong meaning.
con sentido
meaningful
purposeful
in a meaningful way
Each operator has a filing value which has been designate in order to ensure that terms appear in the index string in an order that will produce a meaningful set of index entries.
To do this is to thwart the goal of eliciting genuine dialogue - candid, searching, and purposeful discussion - and motivating students to think, to study, to weigh ideas, and to develop their own solutions.
If there is no god, it might eventually be possible to answer these questions in a meaningful way, a way that actually explains something.
darle sentido a
make + sense from/out of
Trying to reason out or make sense from an obsessive thought usually only strengthens the thought.
dar sentido
make + sense (out) of
make + sense of life
The resultant guiding must be clear, by being both easy to read and easy to make sense of.
This manual is an indispensable companion to all those who are keen to make sense of life in an infinitely complex and confusing Internet.
dar sentido a
make + meaningful
give + meaning to
It is only by human intervention at the time of data creation that sufficient normalization can be effected to make innovative machine access meaningful.
The model visually demonstrates how concrete experiences give meaning to abstract theories.
dar sentido a las cosas
sense-making
meaning making
Messages which users receive from the products of their culture contain information which aids in the sense-making process.
The most important factor in literary acculturation is the peer group process of meaning making.
dar sentido a la vida
give + meaning to life
The thirst grew not just for preservation but for circulation of stories that gave meaning to life and coherence to communities.
dar sentido a + Posesivo + vida
make + sense of + Posesivo + life
In the rather scary, insecure world in which we now live, people require access to the information, knowledge, ideas and works of imagination to make sense of their lives.
de doble sentido
double-edged
two-way
We need answers to these double-edged questions of why bother about children's books and the method of introducing books to children.
Among Mr. Welsh's professional activities and accomplishments are his successful efforts to foster an increased two-way communication between LC's Processing Department and his professional colleagues in the field.
dejar a Alguien sin sentido
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.
dejar sin sentido [A causa de un golpe]
knock + Reflexivo + out
Forgetting the wall mounted television directly above her, Gemma stood up quickly and banged her head hard, knocking herself out.
desarrollarse en un sentido determinado
develop along + lines
Since then library planning has developed along lines best suited to British practise and needs.
de sentido único
one-way
As we have seen, equivalence relationships are essentially one-way, taking us from non-preferred terms to preferred.
devolver el sentido a la vida
put + meaning + back in + Posesivo + life
Through the study group I put some meaning back in my life - on Monday mornings it's easier to get out of bed.
discusión sin sentido
pointless discussion
pointless argument
If you go off at tangents, you could end up with pointless discussions about the best car to buy, the public transport alternatives, etc.
Unfortunately the Oz government is hell bent on turning a pointless argument into an economic disaster.
doble sentido
double meaning
equivocation
In times of dictatorship artists resort to a language of double meaning to express unpopular opinions.
We stand with the Secretary-General of the United Nations and other distinguished speakers in stating without equivocation that everyone has the right to freedom of expression.
empezar a tener sentido
become + meaningful
These brief, generalized statements will become more meaningful as you examine actual manifestations of PMES and T in the CC schedules.
en algunos sentidos
in some respects
Even countries which have well-developed economic infrastructures may in some respects experience poverty of information, particularly in rural areas.
en cierto sentido
in several respects
to some extent
in a sense
in some respects
to some degree
This edition was found to be inadequate in several respects, and the same could be said of all editions until the eighteenth.
To some extent, at least, any theory designed to study this process evolves from practice rather than vice versa.
In a sense she was relieved, because, while she thought that she had acquitted herself reasonably well, she wanted next time to be better prepared.
Even countries which have well-developed economic infrastructures may in some respects experience poverty of information, particularly in rural areas.
All successful managers are autocratic to some degree.
encontrar el sentido de
make + sense from/out of
Trying to reason out or make sense from an obsessive thought usually only strengthens the thought.
en + Cuantificador + sentidos
in + Cuantificador + respects
This edition was found to be inadequate in several respects, and the same could be said of all editions until the eighteenth.
en el estricto sentido de la palabra
strictly speaking
Strictly speaking, the word piracy or infringement can be applied only to those cases in which the concerned titles are duly registered for protection = En su estricto sentido, la palabra piratería o infracción se puede aplicar sólo a aquellos casos en los que los títulos en cuestión estén debidamente registrados para su protección.
en el sentido de las agujas del reloj
in a clockwise direction
Tighten the fitting with a pipe wrench in a clockwise direction.
en el sentido del reloj
clockwise
Different permutations are made by reading the elements in a clockwise direction and leading with a different element in each compound.
en el sentido de (que)
in the sense that/of
It is mentioned here as an example of a specialised list of subject headings, special in the sense that it is intended for a particular type of application.
en el sentido de que
along the lines that
in that
If one had to make a gross generalisation about library borrowers it would be along the lines that they are more likely to be women than men.
This will satisfy the second objective of an author catalogue, in that it becomes easy to review the extent of a library's collection of works by a specific author.
en el sentido más amplio
in the broadest sense
in the widest sense
To a great extent preservation consists of appropriate storage of documents in the broadest sense.
Godwin argues that insincerity is the most stubborn obstacle to social reform and political revolution in the widest sense.
en el sentido más general
in the broadest sense
To a great extent preservation consists of appropriate storage of documents in the broadest sense.
en el sentido que
in which
He was an social anthropologist associated with what has become known as functionalism, in which he put forward the idea that questions concerning the origins, stages and law of development in culture are subordinate or secondary to discernment of functions.
en ese sentido
on that score
to that effect
One is the written word, letters to LC, and no one is particularly shy on that score nor should be.
It was dangerous but NASA made provisions to that effect.
en este mismo sentido
along the same lines
This has provided several new schedules for the revised edition, and substantial progress has been made in working out others along the same lines.
en este sentido
along these lines
in this connection
in this direction
in this respect
in this sense
in this vein
in this spirit
in this regard
in this effort
in that spirit
on this score
to that effect
Not so much has been done along these lines, beyond the bounds of arithmetic, as might be done, primarily because of the economics of the situation.
In this connection, Ohmes and Jones of the Florida State University Library have offered some rather penetrating insights regarding what they call 'The Other Half of Cataloging'.
However, its potential in this direction became evident, and in 1966 a catalogue card service was started.
The socio-political reform now under way in Hungary requires renewal from librarianship as well, and one may draw on the author's ideas in this respect.
In other words, the elements of any single case may point to several concepts; in this sense, the cases are like icebergs - more is hidden han appears on the surface.
Except for a few library schools like that of the University of Botswana which is gradually attempting to adapt the curricula to the African environment, little has been done in this vein in the other library schools.
The most important events which took place in this spirit are the following.
In this regard, the traditional view of the library as a storehouse of materials cast a long shadow over future goals.
One major element in this effort is developing and educating existing library staff.
In that spirit, I offer the following breakdown of Internet and Web documents.
Abstracting journals especially suffer on this score because the preparation and inclusion of abstracts is time-consuming.
It was dangerous but NASA made provisions to that effect.
en más de un sentido
in more ways than one
As the title of my talk indicates, we are on thin ice, and in more ways than one.
en muchos sentidos
in many ways
in many respects
in most respects
in more ways than one
In many ways, the order in DC is poor, separating language (400) from literature (800), and history (900) from the other social sciences (300) = En muchos sentidos, el orden de la CD es pobre al separar la lengua (400) de la literatura (800) y la historia (900) de las otras ciencias sociales (300).
Databases differ in many respects, most importantly in content and types of source document.
The enumeration is still, in most respects, relevant to 1980.
As the title of my talk indicates, we are on thin ice, and in more ways than one.
en ningún sentido de la palabra
in any sense of the word
She is not a 'progressive' educator in any sense of the word, and vehemently resists what she calls 'undigested novelties' and 'frills and fripperies' in teaching methodologies.
en sentido contrario
to the contrary
In spite of their protestations to the contrary, most bosses prefer subordinates whom they get along with, who cause them no anxiety, who quietly accept their decisions, who praise them.
en sentido contrario a las agujas del reloj
counterclockwise
anti-clockwise
in a counterclockwise direction
The front of the lens and the filter both unscrew in a counterclockwise direction.
Next, taking the handle of the windlass (the rounce) in his left hand he gave it one full turn anti-clockwise, thus running the rear half of the forme back under the platen.
Open the hood and disconnect the negative battery terminal by loosening the holding clamp nut with an adjustable wrench in a counterclockwise direction.
en sentido diagonal
diagonally
Communication flows in all directions - vertically, horizontally, and diagonally.
en sentido lingitudinal
lengthwise
Officials say a ruptured section of pipeline that spewed oil into a southern Michigan river had a lengthwise rip less than five feet long.
en sentido longitudinal
lengthways
Peel onions, halve lengthways and slice very thinly crosswise.
en su estricto sentido
strictly speaking
Strictly speaking, the word piracy or infringement can be applied only to those cases in which the concerned titles are duly registered for protection = En su estricto sentido, la palabra piratería o infracción se puede aplicar sólo a aquellos casos en los que los títulos en cuestión estén debidamente registrados para su protección.
en su sentido más amplio
in its/their broadest sense
in its/their widest sense
Of course, reference service in its broadest sense has generally included both the informational (ie, reference work) and the instructional functions.
The study covers the full range of functions for the bibliographic record in its widest sense.
en su sentido más general
in its/their broadest sense
Of course, reference service in its broadest sense has generally included both the informational (ie, reference work) and the instructional functions.
en todos estos sentidos
in all these regards
In all these regards, the public library is distinctly unlike the school, academic, or research library and, unsurprisingly, its collection development reflects this, too.
en todos los sentidos
in all respects
in every sense
Subsequent to the seminar the majority of academic libraries have had open access service in almost all respects similar to the general principles discussed at York.
The use of libraries has in every sense risen between 1980 and 1985.
en unel sentido amplio
in a/the broad sense
The professional role of the library is, typically, to introduce people to relevant information (using that term in a very broad sense to include imaginative literature and intelligent recreation).
en un/el sentido general
in a/the broad sense
The professional role of the library is, typically, to introduce people to relevant information (using that term in a very broad sense to include imaginative literature and intelligent recreation).
en un/el sentido más amplio
in a/the broader sense
This article describes some of the main reference sources for Sephardic studies in the broader sense of covering issues related not only to the Jews of the Iberian Peninsula and their descendants, but also to those of the Middle east and North Africa.
en un/el sentido más general
in a/the broader sense
This article describes some of the main reference sources for Sephardic studies in the broader sense of covering issues related not only to the Jews of the Iberian Peninsula and their descendants, but also to those of the Middle east and North Africa.
en un sentido general
in a broad sense
In a broad sense, electronic commerce is the sale of products and services over the Internet.
en un sentido más amplio
in a broader sense
in a larger sense
In a broader sense, however, the global tightening of information and border controls affect many spheres of society.
But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground.
en un sentido más general
in a broader sense
In a broader sense, however, the global tightening of information and border controls affect many spheres of society.
en varios sentidos
in several respects
in various respects
This edition was found to be inadequate in several respects, and the same could be said of all editions until the eighteenth.
Parts of the schedules differ in various respects from other parts of the schedules.
escribir con sentido
write + sense
Bertrand Russell has written a great deal of sense about the tricky problem of individual liberty and achievement and its relationship to government control.
falta de sentido
meaninglessness
According to Tolstoy, one's sadness is born of despair (sadness over the apparent meaninglessness of life or of life as one has lived it) = Según Tolstoi, la tristeza de un individuo surge de la desesperación (tristeza por la falta de sentido aparente de la vida o de la vida tal como se ha vivido).
falto de sentido crítico
uncritical
He then went on to note sardonically that, 'this may not be a major drawback because of the increasingly uncritical acceptance of cataloging data which probably conflicts with previous practice at a given library'.
hablar con sentido común
talk + sense
'Talking Sense' is one of those excellent and useful books that you can take up and put down when you have a spare minute = "Talking Sense" is one of those excellent and useful books that you can take up and put down when you have a spare minute.
hacer perder el sentido a
make + nonsense of
Apparently minor errors in the use of notational symbols can make nonsense of class numbers.
ir en contra del sentido común
violate + common sense
So while that may have accorded with a rule, it violated common sense.
no tener sentido
be meaningless
be pointless
be senseless
make + no sense
If you do not observe this rule, the resulting class number will be either meaningless or, at least, have the wrong meaning.
In such cases consultation of the classified files would be pointless and frustrating to the user.
Quine's thesis of the inscrutability of reference maintains that it is senseless to ask what the referent of a term is.
It makes no sense to sacrifice our health to balance the budget.
no tener sentido de
have + no sense of
The man who has no sense of history, is like a man who has no ears or eyes.
no tener sentido + Infinitivo
there + be + little point in + Gerundio
there + be + no sense in + Gerundio
There was, it appeared, little point in spending more than four minutes indexing a particular document, for the additional time gave no improvement in results.
There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about = No tiene sentido andarse con precisiones cuando no se tiene ni idea de lo que se está hablando.
parece tener poco sentido que
there + seem + little point in
There seems little point in hundreds of cataloguers in separate locations wading through cataloguing codes and classification schemes in order to create a variety of catalogue records for the same work.
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 + 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 sentido
lose + purpose
The concept of the main entry has lost any meaningful purpose in current online cataloguing.
pérdida del sentido
fainting
fainting fit
The symptoms of agoraphobia, a condition in which an individual fears entering public areas, include fears of leaving home, fainting, entering open and closed spaces, shopping, entering social situations, and traveling far from home.
Representations of phenomena particularly important to melodrama are examined, such as love, farewells, deaths, tears, and fainting fits.
quedarse sin sentido [A causa de un golpe]
lose + Posesivo + consciousness
pass out
knock + Reflexivo + 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.
Forgetting the wall mounted television directly above her, Gemma stood up quickly and banged her head hard, knocking herself out.
¿qué sentido tiene ?
what's the use of... ?
'A radically atheoretical posture is conceivable only in a purely theoretical world of wild fancy,' he wrote in response to Gary Thomas's article, 'What's the Use of Theory?' = "Una postura radicalmente ateórica sólo es concebible en un mundo puramente teórico de fantasía salvaje", escribió en respuesta al artículo de Gary Thomas, "¿Qué sentido tiene la teoría?".
¿qué sentido tiene
what is/was the point of/in...?
But what is the point of paying through the nose for booze that you can get just as easily at the Supermarket at half the price?.
que tiene sentido
meaningful
Each operator has a filing value which has been designate in order to ensure that terms appear in the index string in an order that will produce a meaningful set of index entries.
quitarle el sentido
render + meaningless
Although the isolate numbers for the concepts are correct, these mistakes in the use of facet indicators render this class number meaningless.
recobrar el sentido
regain + Posesivo + consciousness
Hundreds of thousands of people died from this inexplicable ailment without ever regaining consciousness.
recuperar el sentido
regain + Posesivo + consciousness
Hundreds of thousands of people died from this inexplicable ailment without ever regaining consciousness.
rima sin sentido
nonsense
nonsense verse
Listening to stories, poems, nursery rhymes, nonsense, while occupied with a loved adult in a comforting activity, acclimatizes the infant to the rhythms of prose and poetry.
For the student of literature, the rediscovery of the pleasures of nursery rhyme, of folk and fairy tales, of nonsense verse and story leads in itself to a realization of their importance and function in our lives.
sentido común [Nombre]
common sense
savvy
good judgement
judgement [judgment]
good sense
Answers to the basic questions could be produced on the basis of common sense, in each individual instance.
This article reveals seven key points which apply street savvy psychology in the workplace.
However, what is considered good judgement in one culture is often considered bad judgement within another culture.
In my judgment, these changes will come about in one of two ways.
Daniel used good sense in that he did not cause a confrontation over the matter but went to the eunuch and asked for permission to eat pulse and water.
sentido de culpa
guilt
She wrote a paper with the title 'Incendiary guilt: when your labels go up in smoke'.
sentido de desigualdad
sense of inequality
It is believed that telemedicine services may help offset the emotional stress and sense of inequality experienced by islanders and civilians living around military bases.
sentido de identidad
sense of identity
In consequence, deafened people have to carve out a sense of identity by developing associations & communicative strategies.
sentido de injusticia
sense of injustice
In some cases, one person's definition of justice represents another person's sense of injustice.
sentido de la audición
sense of hearing
hearing
Today, communication is one of man's most important skills, and communication depends on the sense of hearing.
In congenitally deaf cats, the auditory system is deprived of acoustic input because of degeneration of the organ of Corti before the onset of hearing.
sentido de la dirección
sense of direction
Baby rats have an innate sense of direction in place even before they take their first steps out of the nest, a new study found.
sentido de la historia
sense of history
The man who has no sense of history, is like a man who has no ears or eyes, by Adolf Hitler.
sentido de la obligación
sense of obligation
Electronic communication does incite a sense of obligation between speaker and hearer that is lower than that of face-to-face interaction but stronger than that of traditional written media.
sentido de la oportunidad
sense of timing
A good sense of timing is key to success.
sentido de la palabra
word sense
Word senses provide a significant separation between relevant and nonrelevant documents, but several factors contribute to determining whether disambiguation will make an improvement in performance.
sentido de la proporción
sense of proportion
In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
sentido de la prudencia
sense of caution
When the male is in rut he loses his ordinary sense of caution.
sentido de la realidad
sense of reality
Kids who believe this is the way life really is can develop a distorted sense of reality.
sentido de la responsabilidad
sense of responsibility
The librarian's professional values include service, commitment to truth-seeking and intellectual freedom and a sense of responsibility (stewardship of knowledge).
sentido de la superioridad
sense of superiority
She comments on the attitudes of her fellow travelers, mostly people on all-inclusive package holidays, toward the local people, noting an unjustified sense of superiority on the part of the Europeans.
sentido de la vida, el
meaning of life, the
Although many people feel that it does, a moment's reflection will show that death is irrelevant to the question of the meaning of life.
sentido de la vida y al muerte, el
meaning of life and death, the
Funeral services always raise profound questions about the meaning of life and death.
sentido del deber
sense of duty
The librarian's common general values include the desire for competence and autonomy at work, cooperation, tolerance and a sense of duty, and an appreciation of basic human needs of security, acceptance and self-respect.
sentido del decoro
sense of decorum
sense of decency
Others have said that the painting lacks proportion, perspective, a sense of decorum and that it has been 'an embarrassing failure'.
Punitive damages may be awarded in situations where the defendant's misconduct is so high-handed that it offends the court's sense of decency.
sentido de lealtad
sense of loyalty
The Taliban could be admired for their religious conviction and their sense of loyalty to each other, the new bishop for the Armed Forces said.
sentido del gusto
sense of taste
Your sense of smell is 10000 times more sensitive than your sense of taste.
sentido del humor
sense of humour
This article examines the benefits of a good sense of humour to librarians involved in library user training.
sentido del oído
hearing
sense of hearing
In congenitally deaf cats, the auditory system is deprived of acoustic input because of degeneration of the organ of Corti before the onset of hearing.
Today, communication is one of man's most important skills, and communication depends on the sense of hearing.
sentido del olfato
sense of smell
olfaction
Your sense of smell is 10000 times more sensitive than your sense of taste.
The reduction of the snout in primates is a correlate of the diminution of the sense of smell, or olfaction.
sentido del pudor
sense of decency
Punitive damages may be awarded in situations where the defendant's misconduct is so high-handed that it offends the court's sense of decency.
sentido del ridículo
self-consciousness
embarrassment
self-conscious feeling
In other cases, straightforward alphabetical arrangement scatters topics within the same facet which could be arranged more helpfully; eg in Psychology we find BF575 Special forms of emotion eg .A5 Anger .A9 Awe .B3 Bashfulness .F2 Fear .H3 Hate .L8 Love. S4 self-consciousness.
Patrons who are reluctant to seek assistance in using reference books or the card catalog, feel no embarrassment about seeking help in the 'automated' setting.
The last thing we want as we go about our everyday life is that hot sweaty self-conscious feeling.
sentido del ser humano
human sense
Furthermore, this example brings into discussion the concept of a more complex relationship between the human senses and water in architecture.
sentido del tacto
sense of touch
The sense of touch is due to the very sensitive neurons that respond to any deformation of the plasma membrane.
sentido del tiempo
sense of time
notion of time
This is because one of the major losses they suffered under communist regimes was their proper sense of time.
But, in 1905, Einstein changed altogether our notion of time.
sentido de moralidad
sense of morality
This article points to a warped sense of morality in which there is no such concept as 'theft' in some people's lexicon.
sentido de pertenencia
sense of ownership
Participants revealed a sense of ownership in the process, problem, and product through maturity and experience.
sentido de territorialidad
territoriality
We lapsed into our usual professional concerns and institutional territoriality.
sentido humano
human sense
Furthermore, this example brings into discussion the concept of a more complex relationship between the human senses and water in architecture.
sentido implícito
subtext
Another subtext is the tendency for the sensationalist Japanese media to blow things out of all proportion.
sentido muy desarrollado de su propio territorio
territoriality
We lapsed into our usual professional concerns and institutional territoriality.
sentidos
grounds
It has been criticised on various grounds.
sexto sentido
sixth sense
Editors seemingly develop a sixth sense for the consultation of originals.
sin ningún sentido
senselessly
Macbeth is the tragedy of a king so blinded by ambition and paranoia that he senselessly murders those in his path, eventually leading to his own demise.
sin sentido
meaningless
purposeless
pointless
wanton
nonsensical
unconscious
senselessly
pointlessly
pointlessly
Although the isolate numbers for the concepts are correct, these mistakes in the use of facet indicators render this class number meaningless.
Nor are these training periods held in a purposeless vacuum.
Money should be spent wisely by establishing proper priorities and eliminating the trivial and pointless tasks often assigned to libraries.
The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities - e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism - are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.
By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.
Macbeth is the tragedy of a king so blinded by ambition and paranoia that he senselessly murders those in his path, eventually leading to his own demise.
The Arabic press has been maundering on pointlessly for decades about the rise and fall of Osama bin Laden.
The Arabic press has been maundering on pointlessly for decades about the rise and fall of Osama bin Laden.
tener sentido
make + sense
be meaningful
It makes sense in this case to establish two prediction patterns: one for the airmail subscription and one for the others.
The choice of metal chairs with plastic seats, rather than wooden chairs with leather coverings, is meaningful.
tener sentido del ridículo
feel + embarrassed
Feeling embarrassed stems from our primordial desire to be accepted by our society - our survival used to depend upon being included in a group.
tener todo el sentido del mundo
make + all the sense in the world
Banning people who have unsafe sex from giving blood makes all the sense in the world to me.
tener un buen sentido de la dirección
have + a good sense of direction
Researchers discovered that cattle have a good sense of direction and tend to point in a northerly direction.
teoría de dar sentido [Teoría de la documentación que estudia como la gente usa la información y otros recursos para darle sentido a cualquier fenómeno del mundo que les rodea]
sense-making approach
The sense-making approach consists of conceptual and theoretical premises and a set of related methodologies for assessing how people make sense of their worlds and how the use the information and other resources in the process.
tomar en sentido literal
take + Nombre + at face value
accept + Nombre + at face value
Some librarians find it more comfortable to stifle their professional consciences and take the question at its face value, disregarding any suspicion they may feel that it is not what the enquirer really needs.
Shareholders and industry watchers can find it difficult to see the true state of a company if they accept the accounts at face value.
un arraigado sentido de
a strong sense of
Theory covered in the workshop will be firmly grounded in practice so that participants leave with a strong sense of where to begin in setting up a custom digital imaging operation.
ver el sentido
see + the point
I can't see the point of telephone books in this day and age.
vía de doble sentido
two-way street
The problem is that a lot of people on the web don't seem to get the fact that the web is a two-way street.
