sujetar
lock in + place ; hold in + place ; fasten together ; clamp ; fasten ; grip ; secure ; clip ; cinch ; rein in ; hold down ; hold together.
Most card catalogues are equipped with rods which lock the cards in place and prevent unauthorized removal of entries.
It may be seen that one or more pairs of leaves, joined to each other at the back, are held in place by a double stitch of thread running up the fold.
A book is physically a collection of sheets usually paper ones fastened together and protected by a cover which do form a genuine unit.
The original is clamped around the left hand cylinder and a special stencil fastened around the other cylinder.
The original is clamped around the left hand cylinder and a special stencil fastened around the other cylinder.
The entrance door should be automatic or with a handle easy to grip.
Many books were still large and solid, their blind-tooled covers secured with clasps or ties.
Plastic-covered wire or metal supports are designed to clip firmly to the shelf itself or to the base of the shelf above.
The men who rushed to California soon adopted a unique uniform of broad-brimmed hats, flannel shirts, coarse trousers cinched with a leather belt, and tall boots.
If librarians hope to rein in escalating periodical prices, they must become more assertive consumers.
The guards are certain that the incarcerated are the dregs of the earth and must be held down at all costs.
Trees can be covered with a wigwam of canes covered in plastic and held together with clothes pegs.
sujetar abarcando
brace
If they stared up at the arbour of sheets of paper hanging from the cords attached to the ceiling, they knocked their hats off on the iron bars which braced the presses.
sujetar a la fuerza
hold down
The guards are certain that the incarcerated are the dregs of the earth and must be held down at all costs.
sujetar con algo pesado
weight down
If they were watching the nimble movements of a compositor as he gathered the types from the hundred and fifty-two boxes of his case, they would run into a ream of wetted paper weighted down with paving stones.
sujetar con cuidado
cradle
She cradled his face in her palms and leaned forward to brush a gentle kiss over his lips.
sujetar con tornillo o perno
bolt
Bookstacks should be secured by bracing across the top or bolting to the floor or ceiling.
sujetar contra
pin + Nombre + against
While in a speech therapy session when she got up and pushed the table violently, pinning her therapist against the wall.
sujetar entre los dedos
wrap + Nombre + around + Posesivo + finger
As for the cats, Ta-Shi will keep them wrapped around her accursed finger long enough to seal their fate.
sujetar fuertemente
keep + a tight hold on
A study of telly-addicts has found that in 45 per cent of homes mums keep a tight hold on the remote control.
sujetar + Nombre + contra el suelo
pin + Nombre + to the floor
He yelped in pain and she grabbed his wrists and pinned his arms to the floor.
sujetarse a
hold on to
The girls were swept away by the water as they failed to hold on to the bus stand.
