tocar-1
touch ; lay + a finger on.
He repeatedly comments on my appearance, makes sexual innuendoes, and touches me.
That's why he's in prison for the rest of his life when he never laid a finger on the victims - he was the general who ordered his troops into battle.
a toca teja
cash
The European Regional Development Fund provides cash for regional economic development and recovery in the worst off regions in the Community.
dejar sin tocar
leave + Nombre + alone
leave + Nombre + undisturbed
Like the bear who could take it or could leave it alone, we may find that if we lean over too far backwards we might as well fall flat on our face.
Aside from providing food and water each day, we left them undisturbed so they could explore their new home on their own.
en lo que toca a
as far as + Nombre + be + concerned
insofar as + Nombre + be + concerned
As far as users are concerned, standardisation of command languages for different hosts is a highly desirable.
According to various individuals and groups, certain democratic states are tyrannical, at least insofar as they are concerned = De acuerdo a varios individuos y grupos, ciertos estados democráticos son tiránicos, al menos en lo que respecta a ellos.
eso es lo que toca
that's + Posesivo + lot (in life)
I guess that's our lot in life as teachers: we have to take the limited material available to us and do unlimited things.
moral + haber tocado fondo
morale + be at rock bottom
By then, the political state of affairs in Taiwan was a shambles and morale was at rock bottom.
no tocar
hands off
leave + Nombre + alone
leave + Nombre + undisturbed
She brandishes a 'Hands Off' sign whenever that topic is brought up.
Like the bear who could take it or could leave it alone, we may find that if we lean over too far backwards we might as well fall flat on our face.
Aside from providing food and water each day, we left them undisturbed so they could explore their new home on their own.
pagar a toca teja
pay + cash
pay in + cash
And, for many people, paying cash means spending less, which is always a good thing.
The author of an unpublished book normally had to sell it outright for whatever the publisher chose to pay in cash or in printed copies.
que toca aquí y allá
wandering
I've tolerated his remarks and his wandering hands because, frankly, I need the job.
si funciona, no lo toques
if it ain't broke, don't fix it
If it ain't broke don't fix it is anathema to people who believe in improvement.
sin tocar
untouched (by)
Certainly the last thing we want is that books be shut up in tastefully decorated warehouses, watched over by highly trained storekeepers whose main purpose is to see that everything is kept tidily in its place and, as far as possible, untouched by human hands - especially the sticky-fingered hands of marauding children.
tocar bailar con la más fea
get + the shit(tty) end of the stick
get + the short end of the stick
get + a raw deal
No matter how you look at it you are getting the shit end of the stick.
Statistics show that women usually get the short end of the stick when their marriages break up.
Boys are getting a raw deal because the education system dramatically favours girls, a leading academic has warned.
tocar con la pata
paw
Excessive crying, pawing, and other attention-seeking behaviors can be a sign of your cat's overdependence on you.
tocar de refilón
brush past
Physical harassment may occur as bottom pinching, breast grabbing, 'accidental' brushing past or invasion of a woman's space.
tocar distraídamente
finger
The two sat gravely in silence, Modjeski fingering the stars on her necklace while she thought.
tocar donde duele
touch on + raw nerve
touch on + a sore spot
Adults should treat books children read for the pertinent present they reveal with more caution and wariness since they touch on raw nerves.
This interpretation obviously touched on a sore spot and the relation between the two countries remained troublesome for centuries.
tocar fondo
hit + rock-bottom
reach + rock-bottom
bottom out
touch + rock bottom
strike + bottom
scrape + the bottom of the barrel
'The Gathering Storm' is a beautifully composed and photographed production concentrating on the years in the 1930s when Churchill's career hit rock-bottom.
In 1998, film production levels reached rock-bottom.
The dramatic decrease in the readability of chemistry papers in the past 100 years now appears to have bottomed out.
This fell fast over the years until it touched rock bottom at minus four percent in 2004.
However this was to no avail and the ship struck bottom.
Well, friends, we were really scraping the bottom of the barrel, and there was no joy, no joy at all.
tocar la fibra sensible
push + (all of) + Posesivo + buttons
My wife says I push all of her buttons but, unfortunately, I still haven't been able to find the 'mute' button.
tocar la fibra sensible de
strike + a chord with
Digital libraries have struck a chord with users.
tocar la lotería
win + the lottery
Posesivo + number + come up
The article is entitled 'Georgia's libraries and media centers win the lottery!.
All you have to do is pick up the phone and find out if your lucky number has come up!.
tocar la peor suerte
get + the shit(tty) end of the stick
get + the short end of the stick
get + a raw deal
No matter how you look at it you are getting the shit end of the stick.
Statistics show that women usually get the short end of the stick when their marriages break up.
Boys are getting a raw deal because the education system dramatically favours girls, a leading academic has warned.
tocar las pelotas
piss + Nombre + off
And he isn't one to squander an opportunity to take credit for an operation that will piss off Washington.
tocarle un pelo a
lay + a finger on
That's why he's in prison for the rest of his life when he never laid a finger on the victims - he was the general who ordered his troops into battle.
tocar ligeramente
skim + the surface of
stroke
brush past
tip
This section has done no more than skim the surface of some of the work on automatic classification now in progress.
A girl stroked its keys and it emitted recognizable speech.
Physical harassment may occur as bottom pinching, breast grabbing, 'accidental' brushing past or invasion of a woman's space.
He kicked a superb volley from the edge of the area, but found that the quality was matched by the goalie's full-stretch dive to tip it away for a corner kick.
tocar ligeramente con el codo
nudge
By the end of the week, the men would nudge one another and turn to watch the researcher making notes, clearly wondering what she was doing = Al final de la semana, los hombres se tocaban ligeramente con el codo y se volvían para observar al investigador tomando notas, preguntándose claramente qué es lo que estaba haciendo.
tocar los cojones
piss + Nombre + off
And he isn't one to squander an opportunity to take credit for an operation that will piss off Washington.
tocar los huevos
piss + Nombre + off
And he isn't one to squander an opportunity to take credit for an operation that will piss off Washington.
tocar madera
touch + wood
knock on + wood
Some people cross their first and second fingers for luck, or touch wood for luck, when they say something that they want to come true.
People often knock on wood when they make a statement which seems to tempt fate.
tocar muy de cerca
be (very) close to + Posesivo + heart
Angelina found herself shocked at the images coming from New Orleans, a city she has often referred to as being very close to her heart.
tocar techo [Llegar al punto más alto o al mejor momento]
peak
reach + the limits of
reach + Posesivo + peak
reach + Posesivo + height
reach + Posesivo + highest point
He reflected along the way on the conversation with the head of readers' services, and smiled when he concluded that Balzac's biorhythm chart must have been peaking at that very moment - or so he hoped.
In such situations we reach the limits of what are known as pre-coordinate systems, i.e. systems which are based on headings summarizing the content of documents in terms coordinated according to a citation order.
After 20 years of development ATM installations are expected to reach their peak in the next decade.
This mania reached its height about the beginning of the present century.
Ancient Greece reached its highest point of achievement in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C..
tocar una cuestión
touch on/upon + issue
This article touches upon issues concerning falsification and copyright, legal requirements regarding work with VDUs and controls placed upon the length of time working at VDUs and as ergonomic issues.
tocar una vena sensible
hit + home
With our students, with our employees, the stress of the pulp and paper mill's shutdown is starting to hit home.
tocar un problema
touch on/upon + problem
The problems which these media-inspired and media-influenced books present to children's librarians are touched upon.
tocar un punto
touch on + a point
I think she was subliminally, perhaps, touching on a point that has not been brought up, namely, quality control in cooperative cataloging, which we're all for.
tocar un tema
touch on + a point
I think she was subliminally, perhaps, touching on a point that has not been brought up, namely, quality control in cooperative cataloging, which we're all for.
todo lo que toca se convierte en oro
Midas touch, the
He has become known in Hollywood as the man with the Midas touch because of his ability to come up with memorable television series .
