despierto
watchful ; awake ; alert ; on the ball.
Though in the teacher's case it does mean that he is more watchful for opportunities.
The public library's sole reason for being is to help people get along in the world, to help school children get better grades, to help preachers write better sermons that will keep the congregation awake, to help newspapermen find facts.
The alert interviewer may secure valuable unsolicited information as a by-product.
He believes his success will be determined by 'personal attention, being on the ball, attention to detail and consistency of service'.
completamente despierto
wide awake
Sleep paralysis is characterised by being totally aware and apparently wide awake but literally unable to move a muscle.
esperar despierto
wait up
Don't wait up for her tonight 'cause she won't be coming home.
estar completamente despierto
be wide awake
I was wide awake before this class, now it is a challenge to keep my eyes open.
horas en las que Uno está despierto
waking time
My baby is 2 months old, he spends most of his waking time either whining or whimpering, only occasionally seems content.
imaginación muy despierta
vivid imagination
A child with a vivid imagination can really scare herself with frightening images.
mantener despierto
keep + Nombre + alert
It is not unsual also for the staff to take courses (at company expense and often on company time) that will keep them alert and mentally alive.
mantenerse despierto
stay + awake
Users who experience these situations might get the idea that librarians stay awake nights dreaming up ways to frustrate their efforts to find material in the library.
medio despierto [Generalmente debido al sueño o al cansancio]
drowsily
groggily
bleary-eyed
half awake
Drowsily he slithered out of bed, opened his closet door and got dressed like he had done every morning before.
As he groggily pulled the sweat-soaked sheet from his body, he rolled his head sideways to see the clock radio displaying 7:00 a.m.
She was seen Sunday morning at 6 AM, only half dressed, barefoot and bleary-eyed outside a friend's house in London.
'Okay, what's up?, you are never this awake in the morning,' I said yawning, still half awake = "Bueno, ¿qué pasa?, nunca estás tan despierto por la mañana," dije bostezando, aún medio despierto.
no muy despierto
slow
Then there are those children made to think themselves failures because of the hammer-blow terms like dull, backward, retarded, underprivileged, disadvantaged, handicapped, less able, slow, rejected, remedial, reluctant, disturbed.
permanecer despierto
stay + awake
Users who experience these situations might get the idea that librarians stay awake nights dreaming up ways to frustrate their efforts to find material in the library.
soñar despierto
daydream
These students were less likely to waste actual study time by doodling or daydreaming and had better note-taking skills .
sueño despierto
waking dream
To be a novel reader or a suburbanite is to be in a waking dream.
totalmente despierto
wide awake
Sleep paralysis is characterised by being totally aware and apparently wide awake but literally unable to move a muscle.
