delante
ahead ; in front.
He glanced casually at the ill-balanced frontages of the buildings ahead that stretched on and on until they melded in an indistinguishable mass of gray at Laurence Street.
At first glance, one may only be conscious of the people stationed behind the desk and those waiting in front.
caerse hacia delante
fall forward
He fell forward smashing his head against the metal frame of the bed.
con la cabeza por delante
head-first
At the time of birth, about 60 percent of puppies are positioned in the uterus to come out head-first; the other 40 percent come out feet-first.
con los pies por delante
feet-first
At the time of birth, about 60 percent of puppies are positioned in the uterus to come out head-first; the other 40 percent come out feet-first.
con una mano delante y otra detrás
penniless
skint
broke
Now he lives penniless near a beautiful lake surrounded by rainforest and teeming with waterfowl.
How does it feel to be skint in a world that seems to be obsessed with money and riches?.
The article is entitled 'Tough luck: To be a professional sport climber in America probably means you're broke, fed up and still no match for the foreign competition'.
dar un paso hacia delante
step up
Another growing group in this annual pro-life event is women who are stepping up to proclaim their regret for their own abortions.
de delante
front
In the end I decided to go for a detachable front section that is bolted .
de delante hacia atrás
front to back
fore and aft
Then he began pushing his hand through his hair, front to back, front to back.
The carriage assembly ran horizontally fore and aft between the cheeks, about 75 cm.
delante de
before
in front of
The hearings before the Royal Commission, including among the witnesses some of the most prominent librarians and scholars of that day, extended from 1847 to 1849.
Replace the question mark in front of 'quit' with any character to indicate that you have decided not to make the file entry now in progress.
delante del pelotón
ahead of the pack
Radio Mirchi continues to top the daily listenership charts in Delhi, and is also ahead of the pack in Kolkata, the company said in a statement.
delante de + Posesivo + propios ojos
before + Posesivo + (own two) eyes
before + Posesivo + very eyes
Much of what lies before our eyes today like a tongue of fire - animal pestilences and the poisoning of our foodstuffs - was already announced many years ago.
And when good people you've come to grow fond of are killed, often before your very eyes, it seems shocking and unfair.
delante y detrás
front and back
For trips out into the countryside, tourists must now go in convoy, with a truckload of soldiers armed with submachine guns front and back.
en la parte de delante (de)
at the front (of)
There are 5 emergency exits on this plane two at the rear two in the middle and one at the front of the plane.
enumerar hacia delante
list + forwards
The command 'neighbour' lists the terms around the base term alphabetically forwards or backwards.
estar muy por delante de
be way out ahead of
Information technology definitely is way out ahead of its law at the moment.
estar muy por delante de su tiempo
be years ahead of + Posesivo + time
Dewey was years ahead of his time in making some notational provision for this.
estar por delante de
be ahead of
Now it seems that museums are ahead of libraries.
inclinarse hacia delante
tip forward
From the way his left shoulder is tipped forward, from the set of his head and the length of his stride, one gets the feeling that he is a fully clothed sprinter just leaving the starting blocks.
ir delante
lead + the way
lead + the pack
The tanks led the way and the remaining infantrymen trailed behind, using the tanks, trees and road bank as cover from the fire coming from the city.
Northern India has the least number of female tobacco users while eastern India leads the pack, according to India's first-ever adult tobacco survey.
ir hacia delante
page + forward
If there are too many borrower and/or material types to be displayed on one screen, the system automatically pages forward each time the ENTER key is pressed.
ir por delante de la competencia
be ahead of the game
The article is entitled 'Ahead of the game: developing academic library staff for the 21st century'.
llevarse por delante
be carried along
sweep away
We are carried along in a stream - some are aware of the invisible forces pulling them, others float without a thought as to where the current is taking them.
Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.
mantenerse por delante
keep + ahead
They are scrambling to invest in port infrastructure to keep ahead of expected growth .
mantenerse por delante de la competencia
keep + one step ahead of the game
keep + one step ahead of the competition
The article 'Keeping one step ahead of the game' presents a profiles of Jeff Mallett, former football player and president of Internet company Yahoo!.
The author concludes by recommending that LIS professionals try and keep one step ahead of the competition in terms of both knowledge and tactics.
mirar hacia delante
look forward
look + straight ahead
Port and larboard are the same thing and they mean the left side when looking forward from the stern of the boat while starboard means the right side.
The soldier, with his slinky walk, looked straight ahead while sipping vodka to burn the pain.
moverse hacia atrás y hacia delante
move back and forth
The cartridge moves horizontally back and forth across a document and a scanning head digitises the document.
muy por delante de
far ahead of
He was a precocious seventh grader who had demonstrated an IQ of 145, thus placing him intellectually far ahead of his co-students.
pasar corriendo delante de
run + past
I hate it when I run past a door and the handle decides to grab my jumper.
pasar por delante de
make + Posesivo + way past
walk + past
come + past
Since he had not borrowed anything, he made his way past them - to find himself accosted by a young man in casual clothes entrenched behind a desk.
She is one of those ultra sexy, smoking hot women who turn heads when they walk past anyone.
Came past this place with a group of friends and decided to pop in quickly - we ended up staying pretty much all night and had a great time.
poner Algo por delante de
put + Nombre + ahead of
'The old maid' is an 'ingenue' who put her career ahead of her love life.
poner delante de
lay before
The books may simply be laid before the librarian as they are found, 'dumped in his lap', as one writer puts it.
por delante
ahead
He glanced casually at the ill-balanced frontages of the buildings ahead that stretched on and on until they melded in an indistinguishable mass of gray at Laurence Street.
por delante de
ahead of
The capacity of children to comprehend and enjoy language is frequently ahead of their ability to read.
por delante y por detrás
front and back
For trips out into the countryside, tourists must now go in convoy, with a truckload of soldiers armed with submachine guns front and back.
seguir por delante de
keep + one step ahead of
The article is entitled 'Production control: keeping one step ahead of the rest'.
tambalearse hacia delante y hacia atrás
wobble back and forth
If you try to put small boxes of microfilm next to even standard-sized books, there will be problems with books wobbling back and forth which has a detrimental effect on the construction of the book.
tener delante
have + before
The chemist, struggling with the synthesis of an organic compound, has all the chemical literature before him in his laboratory.
tener delante de las narices
stare + Nombre + in the face
Bankruptcy stared him in the face unless he could obtain this increase of capital.
trabajar hacia delante
work forward
When using a knapsack blower, the dermal exposure of the operator working forwards was 20 times higher than when he worked backwards.
un paso por delante de
one step ahead of
Further warrants for his arrest were issued but he remained one step ahead of the police and died in Paris in 1900.
