estar
be ; become ; live with ; stand (up)on.
Systems such as Dialog, IRS, ORBIT and BLAISE may be accessed by libraries and information units.
Some degree of ignorance of this kind is not unusual since the usual objective in consulting an information source is to become better informed.
Medical advances are improving the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS, while prevention remains the key to stopping the spread of this disease.
Thus, as we stand on the threshold of what is undoubtedly a new era in catalog control, it is worth considering to what extent the traditional services of the Library will continue in the forms now available.
¡cómo se nota que no está el jefe!
while the cat's away, the mice will play
That kind of breakdown is mirrored with other countries as well - what it tells us is while the cat's away, the mice will play.
ahí está el problema
herein lies the rub
there's the rub
But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub - or at least a rough spot - we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.
And there's the rub, as far as California is concerned we don't stand a very good chance in this competition.
ahí está la dificultad
herein lies the rub
there's the rub
But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub - or at least a rough spot - we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.
And there's the rub, as far as California is concerned we don't stand a very good chance in this competition.
bien está lo que bien acaba
all is well that ends well
'All is well that ends well,' at least for the three policemen who were released and their families = "Bien está lo que bien acaba", al menos para los tres policías liberados y para sus familias.
creer que estar bien
feel + right
Two teenagers who wanted to experience murder told police it 'felt right' to strangle a friend and bury her body .
creer que estar mal
feel + wrong
Usually, when I have trouble sleeping it's not because I feel wrong or anything like that, it just happens.
dar la señal de estar listo
prompt
After the computer has obeyed this command, the searcher is prompted again.
dejar como + estar
leave + untouched
While almost all university libraries south of Iraqi Kurdistan were looted and/or burned, even the ones left untouched have little in them.
dejar las cosas como están
let + sleeping dogs lie
She feels torn between her love of the truth and the desire to let sleeping dogs lie.
de tal forma que + ser/estar
in such form as to + be
They will record results in such form as to be readily available for distribution or for later further manipulation.
el diablo está en los detalles
the devil (is/lives) in the details
The article is entitled 'The devil in the details: An academic library acquires a video collection'.
el futuro + estar + justo a la vuelta de la esquina
the future + be + just around the corner
But the future is just around the corner and we have to get our skates on.
esperanza + estar
hope + lie
The only hope for the future of the industry lies in a general upturn in the economy.
estando de acuerdo
approvingly
Preston Huish smiled approvingly, expressed his thanks, and walked away with suave confidence.
estando de servicio
while on the job
If someone reports that a member of the staff is drunk while on the job, the supervisor must immediately set in motion the prescribed personnel procedures for verifying the charge, issuing a warning, observing and documenting future performance, and, if necessary, initiating a dismissal action.
estando sentado
from a seated position
Exercises are described which can be done from a seated position at a VDU workstation and which improve relaxation, memory and cognition and reduce tension.
estar a años de distancia
be years away
Much research is being done in the area, but the optimal solution to these routing problems is still years away.
estar a bajos mínimos
be at rock bottom
I was at rock bottom, being abused by different men, drinking heavily and taking more and more drugs.
estar abarrotado
be chocker with
Needless to say the garden was absolutely chocker with weeds.
estar abatido
feel + low
He uses his quirky wit and friendly banter to brighten people's mood when they are feeling low or fuming with anger.
estar abierto a
be open to
A reappraisal is therefore outlined here with the understanding that it is open to rebuttal and challenge from whatever quarter.
estar abocado a
have + (all) the makings of
Add to that the fact that I've been feeling shitty for days and you have the makings of major drama.
estar abocado a ser
be doomed
We are on the way to a transformed library service, total in design (and anything less than totality is doomed as a has-been today).
estar absorto en
be wrapped up in
He had been wrapped up in a new project that was closely tied to the company's new growth.
estar aburridísimo
be bored stiff
be bored to death
be bored to tears
be bored out of + Posesivo + (tiny) mind
Instead of spending hours being bored stiff in church, most families spend Christmas with family and loved-ones or are still recovering from the hangover .
Three years on, and we are bored to death with the war on terror.
The tiger was bored to tears with his viewers and started yawning to show it.
Bored out of her mind with the long hours and mundane tasks, she decided to give radio a try.
estar aburrido como una ostra
be bored stiff
Instead of spending hours being bored stiff in church, most families spend Christmas with family and loved-ones or are still recovering from the hangover .
estar acabado
be dead in the water
Unfortunately the project is officially dead in the water.
estar a caballo entre
stand + midway between
straddle (between)
Cutter stands midway on this subject between the AA and the BM.
Their work constitutes a new art movement, drawing on, and straddling divisions between, pop art, performing arts, popular culture, and fashion.
estar a caballo entre y
lie + midway between ... and ...
tread + a fine line between ... and
tread + the thin line between ... and
tread + a delicate line between ... and
Typography at present is treated as an aspect of communication; it should instead be considered as lying midway between the plastic and the graphic arts.
These ferocious competitors tread a fine line between controlled aggression and illegality.
Therapists must be able to tread the thin line between too much involvement with patients and too little.
Juxtaposing harrowing scenes of a family in grief with high comedy, this film does not so much tread a delicate line between these two modes as career wildly between them like a drunken mourner.
estar acabando con
eat away at
Rather than catalog departments going out of business, they could turn their attention once again to cataloging special local materials, eating away at store-rooms of uncataloged materials, and making their collections as a whole more responsive to their local constituency.
estar acabándose
be on the way out
be on + Posesivo + last legs
Today, many things indicate that we are going thorough a transitional period, when it seems that something is on the way out and something else is painfully being born.
The world's carefully constructed international system for maintaining peace and security, built around the UN charter, is now on its last legs.
estar a + Cantidad + de distancia
Cantidad + distant from
Online information retrieval services, which permit users to search data bases held on a computer many miles distant from the user and his terminal, started to develop in the late 1960s and the early 1970s.
estar a cargo de
man
be the responsibility of
The responsibility for manning the one telephone left at the disposal of a residue of callers fell to a single officer who had other duties to carry out to justify his keep.
It has recently been decided that the United Kingdom parliamentary archive, which is the responsibility of the House of Lords Record Office, will not include European Communities material.
estar accesible [En informática, ordenador que está funcionando y que puede ser utilizado por el usuario]
be up
DIALOG is one of the most accessible services, being up for twenty-two hours on weekdays and six hours on Saturdays.
estar accesible en línea
go + online
For smaller libraries it would be cheaper and more current to go online.
estar accesible en red
go + online
For smaller libraries it would be cheaper and more current to go online.
estar acertado
be right on track
be (right) on the mark
There is every indication from this study that the program is right on track in terms of employment.
For a directorial debut with no big-name movie stars, the acting is right on the mark.
estar achacoso
feel + achy
He complained about feeling achy and tired, fell asleep in the car on the way home, and was dead to the world for the next 16 or so hours.
estar achicharrando
be boiling hot
I felt the phone and it was boiling hot, way too hot to hold for a few seconds.
estar acostado
lie in + bed
In order to study the long-term effects of gravity on the human body, NASA is looking for a few good lazy people to lie in bed all day sleeping.
estar acostumbrado a
be familiar with
be no stranger to
be used to
A searcher must be adequately familiar with that which he wishes to retrieve = El que hace la búsqueda debe estar suficientemente familiarizado con lo que desea recuperar.
Librarians are no strangers to the use of mobile vans as a means of taking books to scattered rural communities.
We are used to background noise in air conditioned buildings but the introduction of additional and unfamiliar sounds from AV equipment may be disturbing.
estar acostumbrado a + Infinitivo
be accustomed to + Gerundio
The indexes should reveal the skills of an indexer who is at least accustomed to indexing.
estar a dos velas
not have a bean
And considering the fact that my parents didn't have a bean, how could my father have had a fountain pen that was expensive enough to pawn?.
estar a + Expresión Numérica + de distancia
be + Número + away
It would not be good, for example, just giving someone who claimed to have a social security problem the address of the nearest office, which might be many miles and several bus rides away.
estar a favor de
be for
come down in + favour of
The position at the time, as I remember (I was for it), was that it is better to have one code with footnotes permitting differences.
The author comes down in favour of adding notes to cataloguing records on the grounds that the educational purpose that they are intended to serve is clear.
estar a favor (de)
be in favour (of)
The pity is that more people are actually in favour of libraries than actually use them.
estar a favor de una idea
favour + idea
Half the respondents favoured the idea when it was explained; the rest opposed it, one of the main reasons given being that there was a lack of neighbour agreement.
estar a favor o en contra
be for or against
However, whether you are for or against, and even if no cash actually changes hands, the whole process of assessing how much your information costs you to provide, who uses it and how, will give you a useful view of supply and demand.
estar afinado
be in tune
Because this string is in tune, we can assume that this note, A, on the fifth fret, is also in tune.
estar agobiado de
be snowed under with
Thus they may have periods with nothing to do interspersed with times of being snowed under with work.
estar agradecido
be thankful
Looking back from the present days of austerity one must be thankful that the EEC libraries were able to lay the foundations of strong collections in their respective fields.
estar a la alerta de
be wary of
Libraries must also be wary of illegally-produced tapes.
estar a la altura de
live up to
be equal to
match up to
There is one area where librarians ought to live up to what their public expects of them and this is in the accuracy and quality of their bibliographic citation practice = Hay un área en donde los bibliotecarios deberían estar a la altura de lo que los usuarios experan de ellos que es la precisión y calidad de sus citas bibliográficas.
She wanted to prove that she was equal to Bernice Washington's confidence in her.
She deeply despises feeble, inconsistent souls who do not match up to her passion for a good life, in any way.
estar a la altura de las circunstancias
be up to the mark
be up to scratch
be equal to the occasion
rise (up) to + the occasion
deliver + the goods
measure up (to)
be up to snuff
come up with + the goods
rise (up) to + challenge
make + the cut
cut + the mustard
step up to + the mark
This emphasises the need to start exclusively Indian Agricultural Abstracts to keep alive coverages of agricultural literature in Indian Science Abstracts which is not up to the mark.
The time-honoured training institution 'sitting with Nellie' is not much good if Nellie's competence is not up to scratch.
This may be an optimistic view, but the converse is unquestionable: if he does not understand it, his chance of being equal to the occasion is remote.
The extremely effective way in which these news services rose to the occasion and provided in-depth news information is described = Se descirbe la manera tan eficaz en la que estos servicios de noticias estuvieron a la altura de las circunstancias proporcionando noticias detalladas.
The article is entitled 'Canadian librarians explore ways to deliver the goods in tough times'.
This paper discusses the characteristics or criteria that mark out a profession and how New Zealand archivists measure up.
In addition to how poorly it would reflect on us to point someone to a grammatically challenged web site, it's a big hint that the content on the site is generally not up to snuff.
They will come up with the goods; the police know what they are doing; they would not have mounted such a massive operation based on nothing.
Librarians, like all educators, rose to this new challenge, and programs designed to 'Americanize' the immigrant sprang up in all the major libraries in the country.
Naturally, the recruiters whose people were not chosen for the job wanted feedback as to why their candidates did not make the cut.
His performance certainly wouldn't cut the mustard should he decide to become a professional.
Despite tough opposition the team stepped up to the mark, relishing the challenge and going on to win their first two matches = A pesar de una dura oposición, el equipo estuvo a la altura de las circunstancias, disfrutando del reto y finalmente ganó sus dos primeros encuentros.
estar a la altura de las expectativas
live up to + Posesivo + expectations
If I make the assumption that they're top notch, I'll transmit that confidence to them and they'll live up to my expectations.
estar a la altura de las posibilidades
live up to + Posesivo + potential
Historically, on-line searching has not lived up to its potential because of hardware and software limitations = Históricamente, la búsqueda línea no ha estado a la altura de sus posibilidades debido a limitaciones de hardware y software.
estar a la altura de lo que se espera
live up to + Posesivo + expectations
If I make the assumption that they're top notch, I'll transmit that confidence to them and they'll live up to my expectations.
estar a la baja
be down
In fact, the 1979 index figures show a strong contrast between the hardback and paperback turnovers, with the hardback market being down and the paperback market up.
estar al acecho
lie in + wait (for)
The hurdles that lie in wait for us include ones called 'connectivity', 'electronic journals', 'new software', 'new computers', 'more RAM', 'local area networks' and 'more time and energy'.
estar a la entera disposición de Alguien
be at + Posesivo + feet
She smiled and thought, if only these people could see into her heart and understand her, they would all be at her feet.
estar a la expectativa de
be on the alert for
Of course the perceptive librarian is on the alert for signs of this reaction on the part of the reader, but, sad to relate, there are those who will be deterred by nothing short of a loud cry of 'Stop'.
estar a la gresca
be at each other's throats
be at one another's throats
be at daggers drawn (with)
What keeps you riveted to the action of his plays or movies is the certain knowledge that sooner or later these characters will be at each other's throats.
But as tension mounts, the president and prime minister are at one another's throats.
Throughout Mr Blair's time in office Mr Mandelson and Mr Brown were at daggers drawn.
estar a la intemperie
be out in the open
Everything is out in the open, including the shower and the toilet! .
estar al aire libre
be out in the open
Everything is out in the open, including the shower and the toilet! .
estar al alcance de la mano
be at hand
A shortage of books makes things slightly difficult but help is at hand from the USSR.
estar a la misma altura que
rank with
Proboscideans have developed a sophisticatedly organized society and they rank with primates and cetaceans with respect to cognitive abilities.
estar a la orden del día
be the order of the day
Now that financial stringencies were the order of the day, libraries had to compete with the more pressing needs of other programme areas, like education, social services, and housing, for dwindling resources.
estar a la par de
rank with
Proboscideans have developed a sophisticatedly organized society and they rank with primates and cetaceans with respect to cognitive abilities.
estar a las duras y a las maduras
take + the bad with the good
Ya gotta take the bad with the good - without pain joy wouldn't feel so good.
estar a la vuelta de la esquina
be just around the corner
Stereoscopic cameras with two spaced glass eyes for striking improvements are just around the corner.
estar al borde de
teeter + on the edge of
stare + Nombre + in the face
We would like to encourage other institutions who have been teetering on the edge of implementation to get on their running shoes and go for it.
Bankruptcy stared him in the face unless he could obtain this increase of capital.
estar alborotado
be in uproar
Cairo is in uproar following President Mursi's announcement that he will rule by decree until a new parliament is installed.
estar al completo
overbook
At any rate, since hotels in Vienna are usually overbooked in May we strongly recommend you to book your hotel as early as possible.
estar al control
be in command
Being in command means making tough decisions.
estar al corriente
monitor + developments
Users of federal statistics have to rely on a wide variety of sources to monitor developments = Los usuarios de las estadísticas federales tienen que utilizar una amplia variedad de fuentes para estar al día.
estar al día
monitor + developments
stay on + top of the game
stay on + top of things
keep on + top of things
be on top of things
be up to speed
be on top of everything
Users of federal statistics have to rely on a wide variety of sources to monitor developments = Los usuarios de las estadísticas federales tienen que utilizar una amplia variedad de fuentes para estar al día.
Making progress and staying on top of the game in anything you set out to do is vital to ensuring a favorable outcome.
Climate change has moved up the agenda massively in recent years and the meat industry needs to stay on top of things to avoid being caught out.
It's a winning situation, as long as you keep on top of things.
Email is a wonderful invention for people who want to be on top of things.
The menu structure offers over 30 learning chapters that can be discussed and repeated as needed to assure that everyone is up to speed on the content.
Jeff is a pleasure to work with - he is on top of everything and he strives to make sure that his customers are always more than satisfied.
estar al día de
stay on + top of
Adapting to change - and staying on top of the changes - is a huge key to success in industry.
estar al día, estar al tanto
be up to speed
The menu structure offers over 30 learning chapters that can be discussed and repeated as needed to assure that everyone is up to speed on the content.
estar alejado + Expresión Numérica
be + Número + away
It would not be good, for example, just giving someone who claimed to have a social security problem the address of the nearest office, which might be many miles and several bus rides away.
estar alerto
look + sharp
The oil and gas companies operating in India have to look sharp if they want to meet the challenges of the growing demand.
estar alerto ante
keep + an eye out for
keep + an ear out for
keep + an eye open for
Nurses must also keep an eye out for any patients developing a crush, as failing to recognise attraction of a sexual nature is also considered sexual misconduct .
These are people who set up telescopes in city lots and observe with blankets draped over their heads to block streetlights, while keeping an ear out for muggers.
The assistant in charge of a section will see that their bit is kept tidy and will keep an eye open for thieves = El auxiliar responsable de una sección se encargará de mantener su área ordenada y estará atento a los ladrones.
estar alicaído
be off-colour
feel + low
His grieving wife, Carol, had an inkling that Paul was in ill health, as he was off-colour for quite some time.
He uses his quirky wit and friendly banter to brighten people's mood when they are feeling low or fuming with anger.
estar al lado de
stand by + Lugar
As she stood by the secretary's desk waiting for her to terminate a telephone call, she continued to wonder why he has asked her to take his place and to do these assignments.
estar al loro de
be on the lookout for
keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open
keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled
keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned
Librarians should be constantly on the lookout for ways in which to improve their basic services to the public.
He should make a note of the gap and keep his eyes open for any additional material.
Lulu is a friendly, chatty parrot and we urge everyone in and around this area to keep their eyes peeled for her.
When you tire of the town, rent a kayak and paddle around the islands keeping your eyes skinned for whales that inhabit the Sound.
estar al mando
be in command
Being in command means making tough decisions.
estar al máximo
overstretch
Reliance on court libraries is futile as the libraries are already overstretched by the needs of the Bench.
estar al mismo nivel
be on a par
The male coquette and the wanton woman are somewhat on a par.
estar al rojo vivo
be at boiling point
Tensions among Rwandans were at boiling point, public order was in anarchy and the nation was in tears.
estar al tanto
monitor + developments
be up to speed
Users of federal statistics have to rely on a wide variety of sources to monitor developments = Los usuarios de las estadísticas federales tienen que utilizar una amplia variedad de fuentes para estar al día.
The menu structure offers over 30 learning chapters that can be discussed and repeated as needed to assure that everyone is up to speed on the content.
estar al tanto de
be on the alert for
be on the lookout for
keep + track of
keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled
keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned
keep + watch (upon/on/over)
keep + an eye out for
keep + an ear out for
keep + an eye open for
Of course the perceptive librarian is on the alert for signs of this reaction on the part of the reader, but, sad to relate, there are those who will be deterred by nothing short of a loud cry of 'Stop'.
Librarians should be constantly on the lookout for ways in which to improve their basic services to the public.
The functions described in this chapter are used to keep track of and control the library's subscriptions to periodicals and serials.
Lulu is a friendly, chatty parrot and we urge everyone in and around this area to keep their eyes peeled for her.
When you tire of the town, rent a kayak and paddle around the islands keeping your eyes skinned for whales that inhabit the Sound.
It is, moreover, not easy for the competent authorities to keep a careful watch upon potential breaches of the regulations precisely because the producers are difficult to recognize as publishers.
Nurses must also keep an eye out for any patients developing a crush, as failing to recognise attraction of a sexual nature is also considered sexual misconduct .
These are people who set up telescopes in city lots and observe with blankets draped over their heads to block streetlights, while keeping an ear out for muggers.
The assistant in charge of a section will see that their bit is kept tidy and will keep an eye open for thieves = El auxiliar responsable de una sección se encargará de mantener su área ordenada y estará atento a los ladrones.
estar al tanto de las cosas
stay on + top of things
keep on + top of things
be on top of things
be on top of everything
Climate change has moved up the agenda massively in recent years and the meat industry needs to stay on top of things to avoid being caught out.
It's a winning situation, as long as you keep on top of things.
Email is a wonderful invention for people who want to be on top of things.
Jeff is a pleasure to work with - he is on top of everything and he strives to make sure that his customers are always more than satisfied.
estar al tanto de todo
know + the ropes
be on top of everything
She wasn't particularly worried though, she knew the ropes and could get herself home safe and sound.
Jeff is a pleasure to work with - he is on top of everything and he strives to make sure that his customers are always more than satisfied.
estar a mano
be on hand
be around
Another rota system operates in some magistrates courts, whereby a duty solicitor is on hand to assist people facing criminal charges who otherwise would be unrepresented = En algunos juzgados de asuntos menores el sistema de turnos es diferente pues siempre hay un abogado procurador de guardia a mano para ayudar a la gente acusada de delito criminal que de lo contrario no tendrían representación.
Her plans for the night fell through, none of her friends were around, and her husband was out with the guys.
estar a matar
be at each other's throats
be at one another's throats
be at daggers drawn (with)
What keeps you riveted to the action of his plays or movies is the certain knowledge that sooner or later these characters will be at each other's throats.
But as tension mounts, the president and prime minister are at one another's throats.
Throughout Mr Blair's time in office Mr Mandelson and Mr Brown were at daggers drawn.
estar a medio camino entre y
lie + midway between ... and ...
Typography at present is treated as an aspect of communication; it should instead be considered as lying midway between the plastic and the graphic arts.
estar a merced de
be at the mercy of
Plus, being at the mercy of train signals and jams on the roads is not my idea of a good start to the day.
estar ansioso por
be eager to
be raring to
They are also both eager to tap any funds for which they may be eligible.
He was an early riser and always raring to go at sunrise, either on vacation trips or to get to the asphalt plant on Chicago's north side.
estar ante
be faced with
The indexer is faced with the choice of which off the themes of the document to provide access to via an index.
estar apagado
be off
The computer, in essence, can do one thing and one thing only; it can recognize the difference between the two states 'on' and 'off'; rather like a person being able to tell whether a light is on or off.
estar a punto de
be poised to
be about to
be on the point of
stand + poised
come + very close to
The compact disc, which has already revolutionised domestic audio entertainment, is poised to exert quite as big an influence on the world of the business user.
The very meanings of words like 'library' and 'university' are about to undergo mutations too radical to conceive, much less predict = Los significados mismos de palabras como "biblioteca" y "universidad" están a punto de experimentar cambios demasiado radicales de concevir y cuanto mucho menos de predecir.
She was on the point of saying 'How dare you call him that?' but she checked herself.
The Arabian Gulf Libraries stand poised at the threshold of networking.
A new hypothesis about recent human evolution suggests that we came very close to extinction because of a 'volcanic winter' that occurred 71000 years ago.
estar a punto de caer enfermo
be sickening for
Most parents know instinctively when their child is sickening for something: the child may not be as lively as usual; he may refuse his food; he may become clingy.
estar a punto de cascarlas
be on + Posesivo + last legs
The world's carefully constructed international system for maintaining peace and security, built around the UN charter, is now on its last legs.
estar a punto de coger Algo
be sickening for
Most parents know instinctively when their child is sickening for something: the child may not be as lively as usual; he may refuse his food; he may become clingy.
estar a punto de decir
be on the tip of + Posesivo + tongue to say
It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.
estar a punto de estallar
be at boiling point
Tensions among Rwandans were at boiling point, public order was in anarchy and the nation was in tears.
estar a punto de + Infinitivo
be about + Infinitivo
Too often the author has no clear objective in preparing an abstract other than that he has been instructed to do so by the agency that is about to publish his contribution.
estar a punto de romper a hervir
be at boiling point
Two hours later and the heat in the room was at boiling point.
estar aquí ya
be upon us
The knowledge society, then, is upon us.
estar ardiendo
be on fire
He soon found that he was talking to air, as the man suddenly tore out of the shop like his trousers were on fire.
estar a resultas de
keep + track of
The functions described in this chapter are used to keep track of and control the library's subscriptions to periodicals and serials.
estar arraigado en
be rooted in
There is a definite problem in that the cataloging rules we've had have been firmly rooted in a bygone era.
estar arrestado
be under arrest
Prior to that, Fleming had never been under arrest or handcuffed.
estar arriba
sit on + top
Among the visual attributes found to be most useful were: absorption (soaks in, sits on top), luster (shiny, dull), flakiness (doesn't flake off, flakes off), and thickness (thin, thick).
estar arrinconado en la casa
lie (a)round + the house
If you happen to have a couple of turntables lying around the house, we've got the perfect project for you this weekend.
estar arrinconado por ahí
lie (a)round + the place
Many houses have unused gold items lying around the place, hiding away in drawers providing no use to any person.
estar a salvo
be in safe hands
If you ever need hope that world is in safe hands, then my advice is to be in touch with young people.
estar asociado a
be associated with
be bound up with
This broader consideration of descriptive cataloguing problems serves to set a context for the consideration of cataloguing problems associated with nonbook materials.
This article suggests that the status and image of librarianship is inextricably bound up with its history as a female profession.
estar atado a
hold + hostage to
We are increasingly restive about being held hostage to bindings that cost more than they are actually worth for library use.
estar atareado
be tied up
Kidlets age 6 and up will be tied up for hours assembling and playing with these packs of different pirate ships, dinosaurs, airplanes or alien creatures.
estar atento
look + sharp
The oil and gas companies operating in India have to look sharp if they want to meet the challenges of the growing demand.
estar atento a
be on the lookout for
keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled
keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned
keep + an ear out for
keep + an eye open for
Librarians should be constantly on the lookout for ways in which to improve their basic services to the public.
Lulu is a friendly, chatty parrot and we urge everyone in and around this area to keep their eyes peeled for her.
When you tire of the town, rent a kayak and paddle around the islands keeping your eyes skinned for whales that inhabit the Sound.
These are people who set up telescopes in city lots and observe with blankets draped over their heads to block streetlights, while keeping an ear out for muggers.
The assistant in charge of a section will see that their bit is kept tidy and will keep an eye open for thieves = El auxiliar responsable de una sección se encargará de mantener su área ordenada y estará atento a los ladrones.
estar aterrorizado
be petrified of
be frightened to death
be scared stiff
be terrified
Instead, it has involved coming to terms with being gay and with not being petrified of someone finding out that he is gay.
However there are a number of reports out there of people being frightened to death by ghosts.
Students hate numbers; they are scared stiff of numbers.
Americas are suckers for being terrified, it is very sad.
estar atestado
be chocker with
Needless to say the garden was absolutely chocker with weeds.
estar a tope
overstretch
be chocker with
Reliance on court libraries is futile as the libraries are already overstretched by the needs of the Bench.
Needless to say the garden was absolutely chocker with weeds.
estar atrancado
be stuck
Present information retrieval technology is stuck in the preliminary stages and is thus no improvement on manual retrieval.
estar atrapado en la rutina
be (stuck) in a rut
be stuck in a groove
So if you find yourself stuck in rut ask yourself if living in the past is the problem.
It was like she was stuck in a groove and could not get out of it!.
estar atrasado en el pago
be in arrears
All Members who are not in arrears are eligible to nominate for these positions and to vote in the subsequent elections.
estar aumentando
be on the increase
Incidents of harassment in libraries today between library employees and patrons or between one patron and another are on the increase.
estar aun más alejados
be one step further removed
Getting information to elected members poses even greater problems because they are one step further removed and do not have the daily opportunity of scanning relevant material passing through their offices.
estar aún por llegar
be yet to come
But I would imagine that the greatest cost of the code is yet to come.
estar ausente
lack
I think that we have established a communication which we have lacked in the past.
estar ausente de
be absent (from)
Consideration of information issues was absent from most courses studied.
estar avanzado
be well under way
Planning for DC 20 is well under way.
estar avergonzado
be ashamed
Recreation is not something to be ashamed of.
estar averiado
be out of order
If you try to insert money and the machine doesn't respond to it, the most likely reason is that the machine is out of order.
estar aviado
be (in) a (real) mess
The economy is in a real mess now, and we need to create as many jobs as possible.
estar bajo arresto
be under arrest
Prior to that, Fleming had never been under arrest or handcuffed.
estar bajo la tutela de
fall under + the auspices of
UK public libraries fall under the auspices of the Department of National Heritage.
estar bajo medicación
be on medication
The number of kids who are on medication has jumped dramatically.
estar bajo presión
be under stress
I have a friend who, as soon as she is under stress, goes off her oats, and gets all pale.
estar bastante acostumbrado a
be all too familiar with
Librarians are all too familiar with the user who returns a book with the comment that it was not quite what was wanted = Los bibliotecarios están bastante acostumbrados al usuario que devuelve un libro con el comentario de que no es lo que buscaba.
estar bastante alejado
be a distance apart
Such an arrangement is well suited to the conditions of an administration dispersed around several buildings, some of which are a distance apart.
estar bastante alejado de
be well away from
It detonated underwater and he was well away from the blast zone, and yet he was still ripped to shreds.
estar bebido
be the worse for wear
be the worse for drink
Charlie was clearly the worse for wear in this very rare interview from around 1984.
Churchill suffered from both a slight stammer and a lisp: speech impediments that often lead him to be accused of being the worse for drink.
estar bien
be okay
be in good shape
be in good health
'Anything wrong?' 'Oh, I'm okay, I guess,' volunteered Datto cautiously.
China's economy is in good shape and capable of maintaining financial stability despite global chaos.
EU doctors kidnapped in Somalia by gunmen are in good health, a local elder says.
estar bien de salud
be in good health
EU doctors kidnapped in Somalia by gunmen are in good health, a local elder says.
estar bien encaminado
be on the right track
A quick scan of the headings and subheadings will indicate whether or not one is on the right track for the question.
estar bien pensado
be carefully thought out
Unfortunately, librarians were unable to bring themselves to whole-heartedly accept and implement this new philosophy, and as a result it has never been carefully thought out or thoroughly tested.
estar borracho
be drunk
see + double
be the worse for wear
be the worse for drink
have had one too many
The secretary continued: 'He was drunk when he wrote your appraisal one night last week'.
Children who develop strabismus usually don't see double because the brain is still developing and can correct for the problem.
Charlie was clearly the worse for wear in this very rare interview from around 1984.
Churchill suffered from both a slight stammer and a lisp: speech impediments that often lead him to be accused of being the worse for drink.
A variety of ottomans were also provided to help those out who might have had one too many or simply needed to rest their legs after a razzle.
estar borracho, estar bebido
be the worse for drink
Churchill suffered from both a slight stammer and a lisp: speech impediments that often lead him to be accused of being the worse for drink.
estar cabizbajo
feel + low
He uses his quirky wit and friendly banter to brighten people's mood when they are feeling low or fuming with anger.
estar cabreado
be brassed off
be cheesed off
be browned off
I'm sorry about the fact they were brassed off, but perhaps it was a natural consequence of the negativity over the past four months.
I was rather cheesed off, but decided to hold off on trying for it again, until after the problem had resolved itself.
In World War II parlance, they were probably 'browned-off,' but were certainly not lacking in spirit and loyalty.
estar cabreado con
be pissed off with
Evidently, being pissed off with someone can motivate you creatively!.
estar calado hasta los huesos
be wet through (and through)
Hair that is wet through and through cuts like butter, a good razor blade will cut through it smoothly and effortlessly.
estar callado
keep + quiet
How to know when to keep quiet is an art.
estar cansado de
be sick and tired of
I am sick and tired of how Win 2000 runs DOS apps, but I need Windows for other reasons.
estar capacitado para
be qualified to
All of her work has been with public service aspects of librarianship; she's especially well qualified to talk about the reader's side of catalog use.
estar casi finalizado
near + completion
The project to revise the AACR is nearing completion.
estar casi terminado
be nearing completion
reach + near completion
Cataloguing of these holdings is nearing completion and the collection should prove of great value in historical, archaeological and developmental studies.
In 1989 Vanderbilt University library's 5 year conversion project reached near completion.
estar castigado
be in the doghouse
This video shows what happens when a guy bought his girlfriend the wrong gift and ended up in the doghouse.
estar cerca
be at hand
be on hand
be around
A shortage of books makes things slightly difficult but help is at hand from the USSR.
Another rota system operates in some magistrates courts, whereby a duty solicitor is on hand to assist people facing criminal charges who otherwise would be unrepresented = En algunos juzgados de asuntos menores el sistema de turnos es diferente pues siempre hay un abogado procurador de guardia a mano para ayudar a la gente acusada de delito criminal que de lo contrario no tendrían representación.
Her plans for the night fell through, none of her friends were around, and her husband was out with the guys.
estar cerca de
be close to
The company, which was close to bankruptcy in 1988, repaid its debts in 1989.
estar chalado
be off + Posesivo + rocker
be mental
be nuts
be crackers
Nobody with any sense whatsoever would voluntarily swim in the waters of San Francisco Bay unless they were off their rocker.
The police thought he was mental and arrested him when he was going about in his birthday suit.
Do you have to be nuts to be a genius?.
They're crackers if they think they have a chance to win.
estar chalado por
be crazy about
be nuts about
be crackers about
be bonkers about
be dotty about
have + a crush on
be hung up on
He's crazy about someone who doesn't love him back.
Wow, Romeo certainly was nuts about Juliet!.
He was crackers about her and I felt very sorry for him.
I am not sure whether she knew I was bonkers about her, but if she did, she was kind enough no to let it intrude on our general friendship.
She's embarrassed to confess that, although she is dotty about dogs, she lives in a tiny non-dog-friendly flat.
How would you feel if your significant other had a crush on someone else?.
The only trouble is she's still totally hung up on her ex-boyfriend, even after 6 months!.
estar chiflado
be off + Posesivo + rocker
be mental
be nuts
be crackers
Nobody with any sense whatsoever would voluntarily swim in the waters of San Francisco Bay unless they were off their rocker.
The police thought he was mental and arrested him when he was going about in his birthday suit.
Do you have to be nuts to be a genius?.
They're crackers if they think they have a chance to win.
estar chiflado por
have + a crush on
be hung up on
be crazy about
be nuts about
be crackers about
be bonkers about
be dotty about
How would you feel if your significant other had a crush on someone else?.
The only trouble is she's still totally hung up on her ex-boyfriend, even after 6 months!.
He's crazy about someone who doesn't love him back.
Wow, Romeo certainly was nuts about Juliet!.
He was crackers about her and I felt very sorry for him.
I am not sure whether she knew I was bonkers about her, but if she did, she was kind enough no to let it intrude on our general friendship.
She's embarrassed to confess that, although she is dotty about dogs, she lives in a tiny non-dog-friendly flat.
estar chulo
look + cool
The fact is that a beat-up guitar looks cooler than a pristine one, and getting it to look beat up just by playing it takes a really long time.
estar chungo
be on the blink
We have all been there: a flat tire on the way to work, a power outage that puts the refrigerator on the blink - life simply has a way of throwing a wrench into the works.
estar chupado
be a cinch
be a doddle
be a breeze
be a snap
be a picnic
be duck soup
be a walk in the park
The article 'Singing with Children Is a Cinch!' explains how children learn to sing and discusses criteria for selecting songs suitable for young voices.
Sitting on top of a launch rocket waiting for somebody to push a button and send you hurtling off into outer space is a doddle when compared with diving.
We both woke up bright and early to forage for food nearby, which was a breeze.
The article is entitled 'Enhancing digital images is a snap'.
Drying and stewing fruit was a picnic compared to the elaborate rituals involved in the preparation and preservation of meat.
Even driving the Taliban out of power from Afghanistan was duck soup compared to Iraq.
The Zionists will discover that the war they had in July was a walk in the park if we compare it to what we've prepared for every new aggression.
estar clarísimo
be patently clear
Yet it is patently clear, so far as reading and books are concerned, that most homes play no such role.
estar claro
be plain
be out in the open
It should be plain that the making of a classification scheme by this process involves analysis, as single concepts must be identified, and distinguished one from another.
Now it is out in the open that those of us in the academic world who have passed the student phase in our lives also use Google extensively!.
estar colado por
have + a crush on
be hung up on
How would you feel if your significant other had a crush on someone else?.
The only trouble is she's still totally hung up on her ex-boyfriend, even after 6 months!.
estar colmado de posibilidades
brim with + potential
Africa as a continent is brimming with potential, a place that has so much just waiting to be grasped.
estar como el perro y el gato
be at each other's throats
be at one another's throats
be at daggers drawn (with)
What keeps you riveted to the action of his plays or movies is the certain knowledge that sooner or later these characters will be at each other's throats.
But as tension mounts, the president and prime minister are at one another's throats.
Throughout Mr Blair's time in office Mr Mandelson and Mr Brown were at daggers drawn.
estar como pez en el agua
be in + Posesivo + element
It's like how William is totally in his element when he talks about cosmology, because he's an astrophysicist.
estar como una ballena
be like the side of a house
I'm convinced that Gula must be having twins as she is like the side of a house.
estar como una cabra
be a real nutter
be off + Posesivo + head
be nuts
be crackers
He seems to be a real nutter rather than someone who becomes gradually ensnared by a cause that appears to have some appeal.
Clearly he is off his head and has no idea what he was talking about.
Do you have to be nuts to be a genius?.
They're crackers if they think they have a chance to win.
estar como una foca
be like the side of a house
I'm convinced that Gula must be having twins as she is like the side of a house.
estar como un cencerro
be nuts
be crackers
Do you have to be nuts to be a genius?.
They're crackers if they think they have a chance to win.
estar complemente en lo cierto
be dead right
Tom Jefferson was dead right when he said anyone who expects to be ignorant and free expects what never was and never will be.
estar completamente a favor de
be all for
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.
estar completamente borracho
be drunk and incapable
I believe that it was in a West Riding town that three successive chief constables were relieved of their duties because they were drunk and incapable.
estar completamente convencido de
be all for
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.
estar completamente de acuerdo con
agree + wholeheartedly with
be all for
I would like to wholeheartedly agree with what the previous speaker said and to express my thanks to the Library of Congress and its staff members.
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.
estar completamente desnudo
not have a stitch on
She said: 'In the movie, after Eric comes back from time travelling and he doesn't have a stitch on'.
estar completamente despierto
be wide awake
I was wide awake before this class, now it is a challenge to keep my eyes open.
estar completamente en bolas
not have a stitch on
She said: 'In the movie, after Eric comes back from time travelling and he doesn't have a stitch on'.
estar completamente en cueros
not have a stitch on
She said: 'In the movie, after Eric comes back from time travelling and he doesn't have a stitch on'.
estar completamente en pelota(s)
not have a stitch on
She said: 'In the movie, after Eric comes back from time travelling and he doesn't have a stitch on'.
estar completamente equivocado
be way off
be dead wrong
Most sellers think they know at least a ballpark figure for their house, but most are way off.
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said Saturday that he was dead wrong with a prediction that the U.S. housing market would begin to recover by now.
estar comprometido a
hold + hostage to
We are increasingly restive about being held hostage to bindings that cost more than they are actually worth for library use.
estar comprometido a + Infinitivo
be committed to + Gerundio
The LA is committed to combatting discrimination and to promoting equality of opportunities.
estar compuesto de
be made up of
be made of
Although the snake looks relaxed, the greater part of its body mass is made up of muscles that can spring to attention at a moment's notice.
Cells are made of molecules, molecules are made of atoms, and atoms are made of energy.
estar con amigos en la calle pasando el rato sin hacer nada
hang out + on the street
Fighting among adolescents was tested for association with alcohol/drug use & out-of-home activities without adult control (such as 'hanging out' on the streets).
estar condenado a ser
be doomed
We are on the way to a transformed library service, total in design (and anything less than totality is doomed as a has-been today).
estar conectado
be on
Our system allowed us to accept four messages and queue them so that the person sitting at a terminal thought s/he was the only person on.
estar con el alma en vilo
put + Posesivo + life on hold
Posesivo + life + be + on hold
sit on + pins and needles
Among those putting life on hold this year, 28 percent said it was due to a lack of savings.
Her life was on hold for almost 18 months as she waited for a kidney transplant.
Microsoft has had us sitting on pins and needles awaiting version 8 of their historic Operating System.
estar con el tema
be on the topic
'Since we're on the topic,' he sighed, massaging his temples, 'let me share a few other thoughts with you'.
estar confinado
be confined
They were confined within, and even exhausted by, a study of what could be regarded as the enabling mechanics.
estar confuso
blur
be at sixes and sevens with
be at a nonplus
be all at sea
Much of what is written about the information society is blurred by vague definitions.
She told me that I was all at sixes and sevens with my eight times table and that it was 'back to square one' for me.
I liked the methodology cited in the article, but was quite at a nonplus as to description of why several items were taken out of consideration.
There is so much materal to prepare that she is all at sea as to how to do it.
estar congelado
be frozen stiff
There was no snow upon the ground, but the earth was frozen stiff and the road was rough with little ridges.
estar con la espalda contra la pared
Posesivo + back + be + against the wall
What do you do when your back's against the wall following a breast cancer diagnosis?.
estar con la mosca detrás de la oreja
smell + a rat
'Something doesn't seem right, and I don't know exactly what it is, but I kind of smell a rat,' Cooper said = "Algo parece que no está bien, y no sé exactamente qué es, pero yo como que tengo la mosca detrás de la oreja", dijo Cooper.
estar constipado
have + a cold
Sometimes kids with this language disorder sound like they have a cold or like they're talking through their noses.
estar contentísimo
thrill + Nombre + to bits
be chuffed to bits
be tickled pink
The critics are divided but Rolf Harris says he's thrilled to bits with the finished product.
Obviously I'm chuffed to bits that I'm getting so many visitors and that the word's getting out.
She will be tickled pink with these French ticklers.
estar contento
be merry
Christmas is the time to be merry and it definitely gives us many reasons to celebrate with all our near and dear ones.
estar contraindicado
be contraindicated
The use of fabric softener may however reduce the water absorption capabilities of the fabric, and is contraindicated in some articles like microfibre.
estar contra las cuerdas
be against the ropes
be on the ropes
The novel is about how hard you fight back when you are against the ropes.
Now that the talks with Iran on its nuclear program appear to be on the ropes, are we on the road to war?.
estar contrapuestos
be at odds
As they stand, these two theories of pictorial representation are neither in agreement nor at odds, but incommensurable.
estar convencido
there + be + strong feeling
Furthermore there is a strong feeling amongst the journalists that information retrieval is not part of their job but should be carried out by trained librarians.
estar convencido de
be sold on
To sell anything, you have got to be sold on it yourself - if you don't believe in your products and services, how can you convince others?.
estar convencido de la idea de que
be committed to the idea that
Most librarians were committed to the idea that the capabilities of men varied and were controlled by 'nature's laws'.
estar convencido de que
harbour + the belief that
be convinced that
I harbor the belief that to a multitude of people music has always meant, an will continually mean, but one thing out of two: something melodious or odious.
Andreas Papandreou was convinced that his power was inheritable and Mitsotakis was not 'above corruption'.
estar convirtiéndose rápidamente
be fast becoming
Image processing is fast becoming a major success in the hardware field, and in its footsteps could come the first significant attempt at image archiving and subsequent on-line retrieval.
estar correcto
be correct
It is not always correct to conclude that if users fail to frame their questions more specifically it is because they are incapable of doing so.
estar correlacionado con
be correlated with
Major findings are that square footage and seating were all directly correlated with size, type, and complexity of institutions.
estar cortados con la misma tijera
be tarred with the same brush
be two of a kind
be cut from the same cloth
be cast in the same mould
The pot calls the kettle black may be used when one scoundrel reviles another - they are tarred with the same brush.
On the surface, they're like oil and water, but deep down, they're two of a kind.
Twins may appear to be cut from the same cloth, but their genes reveal a different pattern.
To me they all looked alike, the same size, and seemed to have been cast in the same mould.
estar cortados por el mismo patrón
be tarred with the same brush
be two of a kind
be cut from the same cloth
be cast in the same mould
The pot calls the kettle black may be used when one scoundrel reviles another - they are tarred with the same brush.
On the surface, they're like oil and water, but deep down, they're two of a kind.
Twins may appear to be cut from the same cloth, but their genes reveal a different pattern.
To me they all looked alike, the same size, and seemed to have been cast in the same mould.
estar cuerdo [También usado frecuentemente en frases negativas]
have all + Posesivo + buttons
have all + Posesivo + marbles
He stands straight and understands every single thing you say - he still has all his buttons and you can discuss any subject with him.
He has all his marbles, can read without glasses, and is fully mobile.
estar (de) acorde con
be consistent with
be commensurate with
If these two questions are considered the choice of titles will be consistent with the choice of author headings.
We can offer you a salary that will be commensurate with the duties and responsibilities that the job demands.
estar de acuerdo
approve
be in agreement
concur (with)
be agreed
agree
be of one mind
The draft was approved by the sponsoring Sections in December 1983 and proofreading and preparation of the camera-ready copy were completed by September 1984.
While Groome and the progressives have over the years had their differences with the mayor - to put it mildly - one thing they are in firm agreement about is that taxes have been pushed as far as they can be.
These four national libraries have also concurred on the matter of fullness of personal name.
Everyone who has examined the topic, librarians and non-librarians alike, are agreed that the reference interview is essential to the success of the computer search.
She would get out of bed in the morning and look fabulous, though she wouldn't agree.
Finally, all of you should be of one mind, love each other as brothers and sisters, and keep a humble attitude.
estar de acuerdo con
accord with
conform to
fit
go along with
be in tune with
fit with
be in conformity with
mesh with
jive with
be consistent with
fall into + line
So while that tracing may have accorded with a rule, it violated common sense.
These basic permutation rules are modified somewhat to conform to bibliographic requirements.
Especially if the new subject is one which upsets the previous structure of relationships, it will be difficult to fit into the existing order.
The same thing happended in the case of the British refusal to go along with the American compromises in the last revision.
There was a hard core of dedicated, British-trained librarians who practised their profession in tune with the social, economic and political situation of their time.
The data has to be tested to fit with other models.
These results are in conformity with the findings of most past studies.
How much do we know about information-seeking behaviors in the digital age and how well e-reference services mesh with users' expectations?.
For the most part my experiences jived with the authors commentary.
If these two questions are considered the choice of titles will be consistent with the choice of author headings.
One by one they fell into line, leaving the Czech Republic and Britain as the only non-signatories.
estar de acuerdo (con)
see + eye to eye (with/on)
Although there is consensus on the priority of some strategies, execs from different departments don't see eye to eye on many others.
estar de acuerdo (con/en)
see + eye to eye (with/on)
Although there is consensus on the priority of some strategies, execs from different departments don't see eye to eye on many others.
estar de acuerdo con una idea
subscribe to + idea
Too many people subscribe to this idea in principle only.
estar de acuerdo en que no + estar + de acuerdo [Expresión usada para indicar que aunque no se está de acuerdo es mejor llegar a un compromiso y seguir adelante]
agree to + disagree
Just agree to disagree, move on and learn to live with people that do not share your views.
estar de acuerdo sobre
agree (on/upon)
Finally it had been possible to agree upon one code (there are no longer two texts).
estar de acuerdo unánimemente
agree on + all hands
It is agreed on all hands that peace should be restored without delay and that law and order must be established and maintained at any cost.
estar de baja
be off work
While being off work he decided that he wanted to move on and resigned from the post.
estar de baja por enfermedad
be off work sick
If by that you mean not having two pennies to rub together, then its because being off work sick on half pay tends to do.
estar debatiéndose
be under discussion
A proposal for an ISADN is under discussion within the IFLA Working Group on an International Authority System.
estar de borrachera
be on a drunk
They were on a drunk at the time and the deal is attributable to that cause since they were regarded as peaceable men when sober.
estar de bote en bote
be chocker with
Needless to say the garden was absolutely chocker with weeds.
estar de brazos cruzados
stand + idle
sit + idle
sit + idly
sit around
twiddle + Posesivo + thumbs
A single companionship of this sort would often have three or four works in production at the same time in a busy house, so that its members rarely stood idle for want of copy.
Unused school buildings sit idle as ravages of time take toll.
The police and the University rector cannot be blamed for following the law but the government should not sit idly and should work quickly to revamp the laws.
That's for those who like to sit around and talk about ideas and idly stroking each other but don't like to put their balls on the line and do things.
We don't want people to sit around twiddling their thumbs - it's not good for their thumbs and it's not good for our community = No queremos a gente que se cruce de brazos sin hacer nada; no es nada bueno ni para sus brazos ni para nuestra comunidad.
estar de broma
be joking
He has assured fans he's not performing at next week's royal wedding, confessing he was joking when he said he'd be playing the organ .
estar de buena racha
be on a roll
Britain is on a roll - the world's second military power and, by some recent estimates, the world's fourth economic power.
estar de buenas
be on good terms
be on friendly terms
be on close terms
Tulisa was happy to get the call and they made up and were on good terms by the end of the call.
But reducing a small workplace entails the excruciating task of laying off people you know well and are on friendly terms with.
There's always a way out if you move with times and are on close terms with the computer technologies.
estar de buen humor
be high
There are 3 days in a week when he's really high.
estar de cachondeo
be joking
He has assured fans he's not performing at next week's royal wedding, confessing he was joking when he said he'd be playing the organ .
estar decaído
feel + low
He uses his quirky wit and friendly banter to brighten people's mood when they are feeling low or fuming with anger.
estar de camino
be on the way
Outside, spring is on the way, the breeding season has commenced and busy birds everywhere are seeking the perfect home for their brood.
estar de camino a
be on the road to
Follow each of these tips, and you'll be on the road to success in no time.
estar de capa caída
be in the doldrums
CATV is in the doldrums after the initial enthusiasm of investors and this is the time for librarians to step in.
estar de cháchara
chinwag
After a pleasant few hours chinwagging, eating and drinking, we ventured out into the Parisian night and home.
estar decidido a
be determined to
be of a mind to
be intent on
be all set to
Native Americans are determined not only to remain in control of their art but also to have a say in how it is interpreted.
I don't think the Council on Library Resources is of any mind to go shelling out money for ten years the way it did before.
The Chinese government is intent on stifling debate in the country's blogosphere by restricting the activities of bloggers and preventing discussion of sensitive topics.
With that in mind, both girls were all set to go to Mindoro but the circumstances made it extra difficult for them to reach their destination.
estar decidido a continuar
be set to continue
Co-operatives have played a much more extensive role in recent years and are set to continue in their expanded role.
estar decidido a + Infinitivo
be set to + Infinitivo
And no matter how set everyone is to have a good time, it is difficult to do more than make the cheerful best of things if the picnic is held, for some crazy reason, on a stinking garbage dump in pouring rain.
estar de guasa
be joking
He has assured fans he's not performing at next week's royal wedding, confessing he was joking when he said he'd be playing the organ .
estar de mala hostia
be in an awful mood
be in a foul mood
be in a bad mood
be in a shitty mood
be in a filthy mood
When I finally got to Boston (having missed the wedding and most of the reception) I was in an awful mood.
Lucy was in a foul mood for much of the show's filming, partially because she had elected to stop smoking for health reasons when the show began.
If you are in a bad mood, then there's obviously a reason for it.
I hate when I'm in a shitty mood for no reason.
Our cat has been in a filthy mood after we left her at my in-laws for a week.
estar de mala leche
be in a foul mood
be in an awful mood
be in a bad mood
be in a shitty mood
be in a filthy mood
Lucy was in a foul mood for much of the show's filming, partially because she had elected to stop smoking for health reasons when the show began.
When I finally got to Boston (having missed the wedding and most of the reception) I was in an awful mood.
If you are in a bad mood, then there's obviously a reason for it.
I hate when I'm in a shitty mood for no reason.
Our cat has been in a filthy mood after we left her at my in-laws for a week.
estar de malas
be in a bad mood
be on bad terms
If you are in a bad mood, then there's obviously a reason for it.
He thinks her mother used witchcraft against him and they are on bad terms.
estar de mala uva
be in a foul mood
be in a bad mood
be in an awful mood
be in a shitty mood
be in a filthy mood
Lucy was in a foul mood for much of the show's filming, partially because she had elected to stop smoking for health reasons when the show began.
If you are in a bad mood, then there's obviously a reason for it.
When I finally got to Boston (having missed the wedding and most of the reception) I was in an awful mood.
I hate when I'm in a shitty mood for no reason.
Our cat has been in a filthy mood after we left her at my in-laws for a week.
estar de malhumor
be in a bad mood
If you are in a bad mood, then there's obviously a reason for it.
estar demasiado representado
overrepresent
Blacks are generally overrepresented as lawbreakers and Latinos and Whites are underrepresented as lawbreakers on television news compared to their respective crime rates.
estar de moda
be in
Like them or not, plaits are still in.
estar de morros
be in a bad mood
If you are in a bad mood, then there's obviously a reason for it.
estar densamente poblado de
be dense with
Whereas, before, the land was dense with stately white pines, now apple, plum, pear, peach, and cherry orchards stood in regimented rows and cattle grazed peacefully.
estar dentro de
fall within/into
The user then receives, on a regular basis, notifications of new documents or information which fall within the topic specified in his profile.
estar dentro de la competencia
be the province of
The bibliographical control of such items is the province of in-house indexing.
estar dentro de las posibilidades de uno
lie within + Posesivo + power
He must assure himself that he has indeed eliminated every possibility that lies within his power before concluding that he has indeed drawn a blank.
estar de palique
chinwag
After a pleasant few hours chinwagging, eating and drinking, we ventured out into the Parisian night and home.
estar de parloteo
chinwag
After a pleasant few hours chinwagging, eating and drinking, we ventured out into the Parisian night and home.
estar de pie [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio stood]
stand
For the present this definition will have to stand as a statement covering programmes in which terms like 'expert systems', 'artificial intelligence', 'computer systems' abound.
estar de pie por encima de
stand over
When I saw what he was up to, I drew back for a punch and hit him so hard on the nose that he fell on his back and lay there for some time, so that his wife stood over him and cried out 'Mercy! You've done my husband in!'.
estar deprimido
feel + low
He uses his quirky wit and friendly banter to brighten people's mood when they are feeling low or fuming with anger.
estar de rodillas
be down on + Posesivo + knees
Suddenly, he was down on his knees asking me to marry him again while presenting me with a 'knock your socks off' gorgeous ring!.
estar desacertado
miss + the mark
miss + the point
Such considerations suggest that exhortations directed at SLIS to transform their curricula in unspecified radical fashion miss the mark.
Even those states who are pushing for legalized sports betting are missing the point when it comes to making a profit through sports betting.
estar desacreditado
be held in disrepute
'Vanity' presses are not the same as small presses and are held in disrepute.
estar desaminado
feel + low
He uses his quirky wit and friendly banter to brighten people's mood when they are feeling low or fuming with anger.
estar desapareciendo
be on the way out
Today, many things indicate that we are going thorough a transitional period, when it seems that something is on the way out and something else is painfully being born.
estar desasosegado
put + Posesivo + life on hold
Posesivo + life + be + on hold
Among those putting life on hold this year, 28 percent said it was due to a lack of savings.
Her life was on hold for almost 18 months as she waited for a kidney transplant.
estar desbordado de
be snowed under with
Thus they may have periods with nothing to do interspersed with times of being snowed under with work.
estar desbordante de
spill over with
Luminously portrayed as a free-spirited genius spilling over with self-confidence and good humor, Juana is the shining feminist heroine of Bemberg's film.
estar descaminado
be on the wrong track
be headed down the wrong track
Education is on the wrong track largely because of 'solutions' that have isolated teachers and students from one another .
More than half of 103 news directors polled in a nationwide survey expressed concern that their profession was headed down the wrong track.
estar descontento con
express + dissatisfaction with
They expressed dissatisfaction with graduates they had employed who, whilst possessing the requisite technical skills, lacked judgement and flexibility in information.
estar deseando
be raring to
He was an early riser and always raring to go at sunrise, either on vacation trips or to get to the asphalt plant on Chicago's north side.
estar deseando que
look forward to (+ Gerundio)
We may look forward to more complete fulfilment of this objective in the near future.
estar desempleado
be out of work
However, it was his proud boast that he was seldom out of work and was prepared to do almost anything that would earn an honest penny.
estar deseoso de
be anxious to
be more than ready for
be itching to
If there are excessive delays in the record becoming available, and long delays become a common phenomenon, the librarian who is anxious to make new stock available for the user as soon as possible will resort to local cataloguing.
By the time the first Italian parliament was formed in 1861, Italy was more than ready for political union.
She was itching to give them a ringing good clip on the ear but she didn't because she thought their father was watching.
estar desesperado
Posesivo + back + be + against the wall
What do you do when your back's against the wall following a breast cancer diagnosis?.
estar desfasado
be out of touch
David Cameron's point-blank refusal to fire him shows how out of touch his government is.
estar desmoralizado
feel + low
He uses his quirky wit and friendly banter to brighten people's mood when they are feeling low or fuming with anger.
estar desocupado
stand + idle
A single companionship of this sort would often have three or four works in production at the same time in a busy house, so that its members rarely stood idle for want of copy.
estar desordenado
be out of order
The messages are out of order from a chronological point of view.
estar despabilado
be wide awake
I was wide awake before this class, now it is a challenge to keep my eyes open.
estar despampanante
look like + a million bucks
look like + a million dollars
She looked like a million bucks when she walked the red carpet for the opening ceremony of the Film Festival last night.
So follow the example of the Hollywood elite this year and enjoy feeling fabulous and looking like a million dollars.
estar desquiciado
be a (complete) shambles
be (in) a (real) mess
While the economy is a 'shambles' and likely to stay that way for some time, he remains optimistic there will eventually be a recovery over a period of years.
The economy is in a real mess now, and we need to create as many jobs as possible.
estar destinado a
be intended for/to
Notes given in the information note area are restricted to those intended for display in a catalogue or bibliography.
estar destrozado [En singular be a wreck]
be + wreck
be a (complete) shambles
I think if some people couldn't smoke on the job, they'd be wrecks.
While the economy is a 'shambles' and likely to stay that way for some time, he remains optimistic there will eventually be a recovery over a period of years.
estar de suerte
be in luck
be on a roll
We were in luck in that the cheese was both in season and in stock andwe bought a huge wheel for 11 euros.
Britain is on a roll - the world's second military power and, by some recent estimates, the world's fourth economic power.
estar detenido
be under arrest
Prior to that, Fleming had never been under arrest or handcuffed.
estar de uñas
be at daggers drawn (with)
be at each other's throats
Throughout Mr Blair's time in office Mr Mandelson and Mr Brown were at daggers drawn.
What keeps you riveted to the action of his plays or movies is the certain knowledge that sooner or later these characters will be at each other's throats.
estar de vacaciones
be on vacation
be off on vacation
Library use declines during the June-October period when examinations have finished and the students are on vacation.
I have been off on vacation and just got back.
estar de vuelta
be back
Which means I'd give the whole shooting match just to be back where I was before I quit sleeping under the stars and come into the hen-coops.
estar de vuelta dentro de
be back in + Expresión Temporal
'I'd like you to tell the director that I'll be back in a day or so to see her to challenge this policy'.
estar directamente relacionado con
be directly correlated to
Accuracy is directly correlated to the librarian's professional expertise.
estar disgustado por
feel deeply about
This is not to say that scholarly authors are so altruistic that they are prepared to write books for nothing; indeed in my own researches I have come across situations where authors felt deeply about the way that publishers had treated them financially.
estar disperso
lie + scattered
So we see many wits and ingenuities lying scattered up and down the world, whereof some are now labouring to do what is already done and puzzling themselves to reinvent what is already invented.
estar disponible
be available
be forthcoming
be at hand
This emphasis upon 'the work' reflects the packaging of text, information, music, graphics, and so on, and indicates to the subsequent user what packages are available for use or consultation.
Until additional funds are forthcoming, it is most helpful to 'push' such a plan.
A shortage of books makes things slightly difficult but help is at hand from the USSR.
estar dispuestísimo a
be more than willing to
However, those who have tasted the succulent meat of this type of clam are more than willing to dig up to their armpits in the intertidal muck to capture such delicious quarry.
estar dispuesto
be game
Many of our group are financially strapped, and that presents a problem but I'm game.
estar dispuesto a
be keen to
be prepared to
be willing to
be of a mind to
be willing and able to
be ready, willing and able
be fain to
be open to
Hosts are less keen to standardise, although the EURONET Common Command Language has been adopted by various hosts, and there is some recognition of the potential benefits to the user of greater standardisation.
Also, in controlled indexing language data bases, there is often an assumption that a user will be prepared to chase strings of references or to consult a sometimes complex thesaurus.
Whoever cataloged it at LC, and I'm willing to bet it happened elsewhere too, probably didn't get much beyond the dust jacket where there was a big clue about something special to the book.
I don't think the Council on Library Resources is of any mind to go shelling out money for ten years the way it did before.
It was the first time any government had committed itself to providing work for any person who was willing and able to work.
However, unlike most artists, Ritchie was ready, willing and able to explain the deeper meanings in his pieces.
With this assurance she was fain to content herself, but even this assurance did not make her happy.
A reappraisal is therefore outlined here with the understanding that it is open to rebuttal and challenge from whatever quarter.
estar dispuesto a todo
be ready, willing and able
However, unlike most artists, Ritchie was ready, willing and able to explain the deeper meanings in his pieces.
estar dispuesto y deseoso a
be willing and able to
It was the first time any government had committed itself to providing work for any person who was willing and able to work.
estar doblemente seguro
be doubly sure
Nothing unusual was felt in the breast exam but she sent me for an ultrasound - just to be doubly sure.
estar dolorido
feel + achy
be in pain
He complained about feeling achy and tired, fell asleep in the car on the way home, and was dead to the world for the next 16 or so hours.
My cat is lethargic, and moves very gingerly, like she's in pain.
estar dominado por Alguien
be under + Posesivo + thumb
They hate her for not being under their thumb, for saying and doing anything without fear of them.
estar ducho en
be adept at
have + a knack for
Service to the whole community implies positive discrimination towards those who through social or educational deprivation are least adept at using information tools.
Andrew has a knack for engaging with people and is adept at steering people past conflict without getting ruffled or losing his sense of humour.
estar dudoso
be doubtful
be in/of [USA] two minds
This pie in the sky solution is a long way off and I am doubtful that it will really solve the problem of tieing individual records into the authority file.
I have long been of two minds about the relationship of form and content.
estar echando chispas
be browned off
be brassed off
In World War II parlance, they were probably 'browned-off,' but were certainly not lacking in spirit and loyalty.
I'm sorry about the fact they were brassed off, but perhaps it was a natural consequence of the negativity over the past four months.
estar elaborándose
be in the making
Although the physical project has taken over 8 months, it has truly been a labor of love that has been in the making for over 20 years.
estar embarazada
be up the spout
have + a bun in the oven
be pregnant
be expectant
Well, she's gone and done it again - she's up the spout and with another sprog on the way.
She has been sporting a little bit of a bump lately, leading everyone to think she may have a bun in the oven.
As fate would have it, I wasn't pregnant, but I would have accepted and loved this child with all my heart.
However, there are certain ladies who have no idea they are expectant until about the 3rd month of pregnancy.
estar emocionado
be thrilled
When accepting the appointment, Peter stated that he is 'thrilled to serve IFLA as Secretary General because IFLA has a unique role to empower library and information professionals'.
estar empachado
have + indigestion
A teenager died of stomach cancer after being repeatedly told by doctors that she only had indigestion.
estar empapado
be wet through (and through)
Hair that is wet through and through cuts like butter, a good razor blade will cut through it smoothly and effortlessly.
estar empeorando
be in decline
She gives a personal assessment of the Congress, attempting to discover whether IFLA is growing healthily and usefully, or whether it is in decline.
estar en
be in the course of
This article also describes a multi-million pound extension scheme which is in the course of construction at Glasgow's Mitchell Library = Este artículo también describe una ampliación de varios millones de libras que está en construcción en la Biblioteca Mitchell de Glasgow.
estar en alerta ante
be on the alert for
Of course the perceptive librarian is on the alert for signs of this reaction on the part of the reader, but, sad to relate, there are those who will be deterred by nothing short of a loud cry of 'Stop'.
estar en alza
be up
In fact, the 1979 index figures show a strong contrast between the hardback and paperback turnovers, with the hardback market being down and the paperback market up.
estar enamorado de
carry + a torch for + Nombre
have + a crush on
When he deserts her and her child, Charity is forced to turn to another man who has long carried a torch for her.
How would you feel if your significant other had a crush on someone else?.
estar en apuros
be in trouble
be in a fix
The moment we relax on it - we are no longer forced to do it, and it often is not done, and the connection is not made - then we are in trouble.
The political leaders, social reformers and Nobel Peace Laureates were appalled by this dangerous phenomenon but they were all in a fix as to what to do.
estar en armonía con
be in tune with
There was a hard core of dedicated, British-trained librarians who practised their profession in tune with the social, economic and political situation of their time.
estar en auge
go + strong
At that time OCLC was already going strong, and we tried to find some backing from the State of New York and possibly from the federal government to marry those two systems.
estar en Babia
be in cloud cuckoo land
live in + cloud cuckoo land
live in + a dream world
There are always those, who, if they cannot see any immediate relationship between what is being taught and the present state of practice, declare that the schools of librarianship are 'in cloud cuckoo land' or some other improbable location.
He argued that those who believe the status quo is the best way forward for sustainable development were living in cloud cuckoo land.
Don't ever change that - the ones that live in a dream world are the ones that ended making this world better.
estar en barbecho
lie + fallow
Rather readers grow by fits and starts now rushing ahead, now lying fallow, and now moving steadily on.
estar en buenas condiciones
be in (a) good condition
Initial examinations showed the bones to be those of an adult male and the remains were said to be in a good condition.
estar en buenas manos
be in safe hands
be in good hands
If you ever need hope that world is in safe hands, then my advice is to be in touch with young people.
The future is in good hands: look at the ends of your arms!.
estar en buen estado
be in (a) good condition
Initial examinations showed the bones to be those of an adult male and the remains were said to be in a good condition.
estar encaminado a
be on the road to
Follow each of these tips, and you'll be on the road to success in no time.
estar en camino
be in the works
be on the way
Maybe we won't see a complete double dip recession, but a serious slowdown in growth does seem to be in the works.
Outside, spring is on the way, the breeding season has commenced and busy birds everywhere are seeking the perfect home for their brood.
estar en camino de
be on the way to
We are on the way to a transformed library service, total in design (and anything less than totality is doomed as a has-been today).
estar encantadísimo
thrill + Nombre + to bits
be chuffed to bits
be tickled pink
The critics are divided but Rolf Harris says he's thrilled to bits with the finished product.
Obviously I'm chuffed to bits that I'm getting so many visitors and that the word's getting out.
She will be tickled pink with these French ticklers.
estar encantado
be thrilled
When accepting the appointment, Peter stated that he is 'thrilled to serve IFLA as Secretary General because IFLA has a unique role to empower library and information professionals'.
estar encantado de Hacer Algo
be more than happy to + Infinitivo
'I'll be more than happy to help in any way that I can,' Suttie offered.
estar en casa
be in
He wasn't in when we arrived at the farm, but we hung about like 2 freaky stalkers and finally got to speak to him.
estar en cautiverio
be in captivity
Animals that live under human care are in captivity.
estar en cautividad
be in captivity
Animals that live under human care are in captivity.
estar en celo
be on heat
be in heat
be in rut
be in season
Female guinea pigs come into oestrus (commonly called being 'on heat') and are receptive to males every 15-17 days.
It is advisable to spay sheepdog bitches since being in heat will bring on all kinds of hormonal changes and they will fight for reasons unknown to us.
When the male is in rut he loses his ordinary sense of caution.
The only reason I noticed that she was in season was because she had a blood stain on her white tail.
estar encendido
be on
The computer, in essence, can do one thing and one thing only; it can recognize the difference between the two states 'on' and 'off'; rather like a person being able to tell whether a light is on or off.
estar encerrado en celda de aislamiento
be in solitary confinement
Alone in a cell for years or even decades, more than 80000 Americans are estimated to be in solitary confinement.
estar enchufado
be on
The coffee pot is always on, and music is often to be heard.
estar en ciernes
be in the making
Although the physical project has taken over 8 months, it has truly been a labor of love that has been in the making for over 20 years.
estar encinta
be up the spout
have + a bun in the oven
be expectant
Well, she's gone and done it again - she's up the spout and with another sprog on the way.
She has been sporting a little bit of a bump lately, leading everyone to think she may have a bun in the oven.
However, there are certain ladies who have no idea they are expectant until about the 3rd month of pregnancy.
estar en condiciones estables
be in (a) stable condition
A maintenance worker is in stable condition after becoming trapped under a luggage carousel and sustaining multiple injuries.
estar en consonancia con
be consonant with
be in tune with
attune to
align + Reflexivo + with
be consistent with
out of line with
The curricula of a few SLIS displayed a degree of emphasis upon IT which was likely to be consonant with the possibility of credible aspiration in that direction.
There was a hard core of dedicated, British-trained librarians who practised their profession in tune with the social, economic and political situation of their time.
In the early 1960s they began developing information services more attuned to the information needs of their clients.
This article argues that fiction is an area of stock development which would readily achieve the goals of development with which public librarians have aligned themselves.
If these two questions are considered the choice of titles will be consistent with the choice of author headings.
Do you think that the average wage is out of line with the increase in living expenses?.
estar en contacto (con)
stay in + touch (with)
be in touch (with)
Special librarians usually work alone and need library associations to stay in touch with other librarians and with changes in librarianship.
Dexter Rundle went on: 'As I said I'm late for an appointment and have to go, but tell Ms. Lachaise that I'll be in touch with her'.
estar en contra de
be against
Who can be against training one's staff to make them more effective? It's like being against motherhood and apple pie.
estar en debate
be under discussion
A proposal for an ISADN is under discussion within the IFLA Working Group on an International Authority System.
estar en decadencia
be in decline
be in retreat
She gives a personal assessment of the Congress, attempting to discover whether IFLA is growing healthily and usefully, or whether it is in decline.
Those institutions and persons representing a progressive and hopeful future for Iraq are under assault and in retreat.
estar en declive
be in decline
She gives a personal assessment of the Congress, attempting to discover whether IFLA is growing healthily and usefully, or whether it is in decline.
estar en desacuerdo
be at variance
disagree
quarrel with
beg to differ
be at odds
be at sixes and sevens with each other
I know that there ought to be someone to speak on behalf of Mr. Kilgour's point of view if it's at variance.
Although we may disagree about the fine detail, semantic relationships are the relationships between subjects, which are reasonably stable, and reflect the consensus of opinion concerning the connections between subjects.
What we would quarrel with is not CAS's 'motives', but what CAS 'did'.
Many librarians were literally incredulous that weeding could be considered, in any shape or form, as a timesaver; others begged to differ.
As they stand, these two theories of pictorial representation are neither in agreement nor at odds, but incommensurable.
The two companies were permanently at sixes and sevens with each other.
estar en desacuerdo con
be at odds with
be at loggerheads with
These activities may also be at odds with processes routinely applied across the board, such as lamination.
Sharp of tongue, Watterston was often at loggerheads with the authorities, particularly the Joint Library Committee.
estar en desacuerdo sobre
be at odds over
Librarians and publishers are at odds over the solution to these new preservation problems.
estar en desigualdad
be under par
Libraries are significantly under par on both of these activities, largely because of mind set, less because of budget.
estar en desventaja
be disadvantaged
be at a disadvantage
Well, community information is just about that, helping those who are in anyway disadavantaged find the means to solve their daily problems and to find a better life.
They felt that they were increasingly at a disadvantage in not having the same access to the free flow of scientific information as the industrialized world.
estar en deuda
be in debt
Some of the arguments in the article say that the reason why people are in debt is because expenses are higher now than they were in the 1970's.
estar en deuda con
be beholden to
be in + Posesivo + debt
owe + Nombre + one
Many libraries are beholden to their retired 'volunteers' who return to perform special cataloging or bibliographic research projects.
To her dismay, she found her ailing father was dependent on him, and she, too was in his debt.
He smiled and just thought about how he owed her one for all the times she has done things for him.
estar endeudado
be in debt
be in the red
Some of the arguments in the article say that the reason why people are in debt is because expenses are higher now than they were in the 1970's.
Liquidity crunch is on and the market is in the red.
estar endeudado con
be indebted to
She wanted to tell him to mind his own business, but since she was a bit indebted to him, she just had to grin and bear it.
estar en dificultades
be in trouble
The moment we relax on it - we are no longer forced to do it, and it often is not done, and the connection is not made - then we are in trouble.
estar en duda
be in question
be in/of [USA] two minds
The introduction sums up the present situation: The fate of the American institutional phenomenon, the public library, is in question.
I have long been of two minds about the relationship of form and content.
estar en el aire
be unaccounted for
A total of 234354 centenarians are unaccounted for across Japan despite still being registered as alive under the family registry.
estar en el dique seco
be out of action
DJ Slim will be out of action for a bit - he has a serious back injury that needs intensive treatment immediately.
estar en el filo de la navaja
be on a razor's edge
I didn't feel threatened, but I knew that I was on a razor's edge - I had no margin for error.
estar en el lugar adecuado en el momento adecuado
be in the right place at the right time
She attributes her success to being in the right place at the right time.
estar en el lugar indicado en el momento indicado
be in the right place at the right time
She attributes her success to being in the right place at the right time.
estar en el lugar oportuno en el momento oportuno
be in the right place at the right time
She attributes her success to being in the right place at the right time.
estar en el séptimo cielo
be on cloud nine
float on + air
walk on + air
tread on + air
be in seventh heaven
The author hypothesized that schizophrenia patients would show impaired idiom processing for literally plausible idioms (e.g., kick the bucket) but not for literally implausible idioms (e.g., be on cloud nine).
She felt the rush of adrenaline and sense of floating on air as the plane lifted off for a tour over the harbor.
She is 'walking on air' after grabbing the limelight by flaunting her fabulous new figure.
Who is this young woman who goes out stealthily like this, and meets a young man, and comes back feeling as if she had been treading on air?.
The salary was barely enough to get by, but I was in seventh heaven: at long last, I had the opportunity to do scientific research.
estar en el sitio justo en el momento preciso
be on the spot
These officers, by being on the spot, are able to gain early warning of impending developments and smooth the path of grant and loan applications.
estar enemistados
be at loggerheads
The town was at loggerheads until one moonlit night a neighbour discovered the hen thief, a hungry lone wolf = El pueblo estuvo enfrentado hasta que una noche de luna un vecino descubrió al ladrón de gallinas: un lobo solitario y hambriento.
estar en estado
be up the spout
have + a bun in the oven
be pregnant
be expectant
Well, she's gone and done it again - she's up the spout and with another sprog on the way.
She has been sporting a little bit of a bump lately, leading everyone to think she may have a bun in the oven.
As fate would have it, I wasn't pregnant, but I would have accepted and loved this child with all my heart.
However, there are certain ladies who have no idea they are expectant until about the 3rd month of pregnancy.
estar en estado crítico
be critically ill
The third boy is critically ill and is in hospital battling between life and death.
estar en estado de buena esperanza
be up the spout
have + a bun in the oven
be expectant
Well, she's gone and done it again - she's up the spout and with another sprog on the way.
She has been sporting a little bit of a bump lately, leading everyone to think she may have a bun in the oven.
However, there are certain ladies who have no idea they are expectant until about the 3rd month of pregnancy.
estar en estado de cambio
be in flux
The law of copyright in relation to electronic media is still very much in flux.
estar enfadado
be brassed off
be cheesed off
be browned off
I'm sorry about the fact they were brassed off, but perhaps it was a natural consequence of the negativity over the past four months.
I was rather cheesed off, but decided to hold off on trying for it again, until after the problem had resolved itself.
In World War II parlance, they were probably 'browned-off,' but were certainly not lacking in spirit and loyalty.
estar enfermizo
be in ill health
be in bad health
His grieving wife, Carol, had an inkling that Paul was in ill health, as he was off-colour for quite some time.
The evidence suggests that people who live in poor housing are more likely to be in bad health than persons living in good housing.
estar enfermo
be ill
This is the first known case of an exotic plant that 'pretends' to be ill as an evolutionary advantage in order to avoid being eaten.
estar enfermo de amor
be lovesick
Being 'lovesick' is possibly one of the most painful experiences in life; not only is it manifested mentally, but we feel distinct physical pain as well.
estar en flor
be in bloom
be in flower
The spring is beautiful when the magnolia trees are in bloom.
The first meeting was held on 8 March with the first real judging taking place on 22 March when several tulips were in flower.
estar en floración
be in bloom
be in flower
The spring is beautiful when the magnolia trees are in bloom.
The first meeting was held on 8 March with the first real judging taking place on 22 March when several tulips were in flower.
estar en forma
be in shape
be in good shape
be in form
be fit
This article explores whether 'being in shape' could be considered a legitimate central educational goal.
China's economy is in good shape and capable of maintaining financial stability despite global chaos.
He is displaying all the hallmarks of a striker in form, as his wonderful goal at the weekend would suggest.
Doing exercise and being fit is a simple form of stress relief.
estar enfrascado en Algo
have + Nombre + on the go
For example, an obvious question is do most people only have one book on the go at the one time?.
estar enfrentados
be at loggerheads
The town was at loggerheads until one moonlit night a neighbour discovered the hen thief, a hungry lone wolf = El pueblo estuvo enfrentado hasta que una noche de luna un vecino descubrió al ladrón de gallinas: un lobo solitario y hambriento.
estar en funcionamiento [En informática, ordenador que está funcionando y que puede ser utilizado por el usuario]
be up
DIALOG is one of the most accessible services, being up for twenty-two hours on weekdays and six hours on Saturdays.
estar en función de
be a function of
The level of specificity that is desirable in any index is a function of the collection being indexed, its use and its patrons.
estar enfurruñado
be in a bad mood
If you are in a bad mood, then there's obviously a reason for it.
estar en gestación
be in the making
Although the physical project has taken over 8 months, it has truly been a labor of love that has been in the making for over 20 years.
estar en guardia
be on guard (against)
be on + Posesivo + guard
Searchers need to be aware of the characteristics of the services and be on guard against bias, incompleteness, and lack of relevancy.
There is a need for successful companies to be on their guard in the face of new competition.
estar en guerra con
be at war with
Overnight it changed the style of Britain's relations with other European countries, with some of which it had been at war in recent history.
estar en igualdad de condiciones con
be on (an) equal footing with
Public libraries serving special populations unfamiliar with the concept of a public library must have alternative use measures available to be on equal footing with libraries serving more traditional markets = Las bibliotecas públicas que atienden a comunidades específicas que no están familiarizadas con el concepto de la biblioteca pública deben disponer de indicadores alternativos para poder equipararse con las bibliotecas que atienden a unos mercados más tradicionales.
estar en inferioridad de condiciones
punch above + Posesivo + weight
So although the Philippines is not the largest of countries, it, in using a phrase from boxing, punches above its weight in the international arena.
estar en juego
be at stake
They call him a poet and magician, but when his favourite things are at stake, he does not hesitate to dig up the tomahawk.
estar en la cresta de la ola
ride on + the crest of a wave
Everyone goes through good and bad patches but Kenwyne is riding on the crest of a wave at the moment.
estar en la gloria
be on cloud nine
float on + air
walk on + air
tread on + air
be in seventh heaven
The author hypothesized that schizophrenia patients would show impaired idiom processing for literally plausible idioms (e.g., kick the bucket) but not for literally implausible idioms (e.g., be on cloud nine).
She felt the rush of adrenaline and sense of floating on air as the plane lifted off for a tour over the harbor.
She is 'walking on air' after grabbing the limelight by flaunting her fabulous new figure.
Who is this young woman who goes out stealthily like this, and meets a young man, and comes back feeling as if she had been treading on air?.
The salary was barely enough to get by, but I was in seventh heaven: at long last, I had the opportunity to do scientific research.
estar en la inopia
live in + cloud cuckoo land
be in cloud cuckoo land
He argued that those who believe the status quo is the best way forward for sustainable development were living in cloud cuckoo land.
There are always those, who, if they cannot see any immediate relationship between what is being taught and the present state of practice, declare that the schools of librarianship are 'in cloud cuckoo land' or some other improbable location.
estar en la luna de Valencia
live in + a dream world
live in + cloud cuckoo land
be in cloud cuckoo land
Don't ever change that - the ones that live in a dream world are the ones that ended making this world better.
He argued that those who believe the status quo is the best way forward for sustainable development were living in cloud cuckoo land.
There are always those, who, if they cannot see any immediate relationship between what is being taught and the present state of practice, declare that the schools of librarianship are 'in cloud cuckoo land' or some other improbable location.
estar en la mejor posición para
be best positioned to
In the small number of cases where threats are insufficient, the library will be best positioned to institute legal action.
estar en la misma categoria que
rank with
Proboscideans have developed a sophisticatedly organized society and they rank with primates and cetaceans with respect to cognitive abilities.
estar en la onda
attune to + wavelength
Being attuned to society's wavelengths is the essence of all information-related work.
estar en las mismas
be back to square one
She told me that I was all at sixes and sevens with my eight times table and that it was 'back to square one' for me.
estar en las últimas
be on + Posesivo + last legs
scrape + the bottom of the barrel
be on the ropes
The world's carefully constructed international system for maintaining peace and security, built around the UN charter, is now on its last legs.
Well, friends, we were really scraping the bottom of the barrel, and there was no joy, no joy at all.
Now that the talks with Iran on its nuclear program appear to be on the ropes, are we on the road to war?.
estar en llamas
be in flames
She had not been gone long before the city swarmed with soldiers, and that night all the public buildings were in flames.
estar en lo cierto
hit + the truth
be (right) on the mark
be spot on
hit + the spot
He hit the truth in one point only, the number of windows on one side of the house.
For a directorial debut with no big-name movie stars, the acting is right on the mark.
The program is spot on - you can't fault it with the presentation and it's totally inoffensive and suitable for kids.
We focus on quality rather than quantity and hit the spot every time.
estar en malas condiciones
be in (a) bad condition
The car appears to be in a bad condition, which is not helped by Penny, who pays no heed to the warning lights of the car.
estar en mal estado
be in (a) bad condition
The car appears to be in a bad condition, which is not helped by Penny, who pays no heed to the warning lights of the car.
estar en manos privadas
hold in + private hands
The author outlines a pilot project to identify manuscript and archives collections held in private hands.
estar en marcha
tick over
It seems to me that the Dewey engine is still ticking over, though there's an occasional knocking and it could no doubt do with a good tuning.
estar en mayoría
be in the majority
Little attention has been paid to fields in which women were in the majority or to the issue of gender in professions.
estar en medio de [Generalmente usado en el pasado]
caught in the middle
As the group of professionals most often caught in the middle of copyright infringement disputes, librarians have a duty to teach their users about these issues and hopefully avoid these disputes.
estar en minoría
be in the minority
Nonetheless, as Table 9 makes clear, these librarians are in the minority.
estar en misa y repicando
have + a finger in every pie
Now with a whole spectrum of collaborative projects, they seem to have a finger in every pie.
estar en números rojos
be in the red
Liquidity crunch is on and the market is in the red.
estar enojado [Usado más comúnmente en el Reino Unido] [Usado más comúnmente en los Estados Unidos] [Usado más comúnmente en Australia]
get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist
get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle
get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle
get + Posesivo + knickers in a knot
be brassed off
be cheesed off
be browned off
The trouble began when some journalists got their knickers in a twist over Reich's unusual theories - one of these being the notion that every individual should have a healthy satisfying sex life.
Now before anyone gets their knickers in a bundle over that statement let me clarify.
I cannot for the life of me understand what you see in the Serb's cause that gets your panties in a bundle.
Darlene's got her knickers in a knot because mischievous little Molly has the look of a girl that would go all the way on the first date.
I'm sorry about the fact they were brassed off, but perhaps it was a natural consequence of the negativity over the past four months.
I was rather cheesed off, but decided to hold off on trying for it again, until after the problem had resolved itself.
In World War II parlance, they were probably 'browned-off,' but were certainly not lacking in spirit and loyalty.
estar en paro
be unemployed
In the United Kingdom the London borough of Lambeth includes some 25,000 young persons, many of whom are unemployed, homeless and coloured.
estar en paz
pay + Posesivo + dues
And we cannot undo the past and she has paid her dues to society and it is wrong of us to keep her in prison any longer.
estar en peligro
be in jeopardy
be in question
be endangered
be at risk
be at stake
I get the feeling from both of them that my job may be in jeopardy if I'm not a better sport.
The introduction sums up the present situation: The fate of the American institutional phenomenon, the public library, is in question.
This article discusses whether national security would actually be endangered by a lack of exchange and communication of scientific ideas, and how extensive is the leakage of national security information in academia.
The on-line information industry may be at risk from such moves.
They call him a poet and magician, but when his favourite things are at stake, he does not hesitate to dig up the tomahawk.
estar en peligro (de)
be in danger (of)
If they continue to resist change and ignore renewal, they too are in danger of slipping to the last notch on our diagram, the one of dissolution and displacement.
estar en peligro de perder
stand to + lose
Turlock stands to lose four police officer positions and two firefighters under budget proposals discussed Tuesday night.
estar en plena forma
be in top form
be in top condition
be in top shape
She will need to be in top form from the get go this year, when he takes on her opponent on Wednesday evening.
Airflow outside of the servers is similarly key to ensuring servers are in top condition.
She hopes to be back in top shape for next week's league game in Monaco.
estar en pleno apogeo
be in full cry
During the 1st period, 1895-1912, American liberalism was in full cry, the basic idea being to improve the level of knowledge among the masses and thus aid the development of society.
estar en pleno auge
be in full cry
During the 1st period, 1895-1912, American liberalism was in full cry, the basic idea being to improve the level of knowledge among the masses and thus aid the development of society.
estar en + Posesivo + cabales [También usado frecuentemente en frases negativas]
have all + Posesivo + buttons
have all + Posesivo + marbles
He stands straight and understands every single thing you say - he still has all his buttons and you can discuss any subject with him.
He has all his marbles, can read without glasses, and is fully mobile.
estar en + Posesivo + elemento
be in + Posesivo + element
It's like how William is totally in his element when he talks about cosmology, because he's an astrophysicist.
estar en + Posesivo + mejor momento
be in + Posesivo + prime
Fight fever seemed to grip the whole nation when pugilism was in its prime, even though the sport was against the law.
estar en + Posesivo + punto álgido
be in + Posesivo + prime
Fight fever seemed to grip the whole nation when pugilism was in its prime, even though the sport was against the law.
estar en + Posesivo + salsa
be in + Posesivo + element
It's like how William is totally in his element when he talks about cosmology, because he's an astrophysicist.
estar en + Posesivo + sano juicio [También usado frecuentemente en frases negativas]
have all + Posesivo + buttons
have all + Posesivo + marbles
He stands straight and understands every single thing you say - he still has all his buttons and you can discuss any subject with him.
He has all his marbles, can read without glasses, and is fully mobile.
estar en + Posesivo + últimos momentos
be in + Posesivo + last moments
My father was in his last moments fighting cancer and still I didn't know that much about his roots.
estar en posición de
be in a position to
At some stage, the librarian will be in a position to examine closely a number of programs that are likely candidates for purchase.
estar en proceso
be in the works
Maybe we won't see a complete double dip recession, but a serious slowdown in growth does seem to be in the works.
estar en proceso de
be on the way to
be in the process of
be in the course of
We are on the way to a transformed library service, total in design (and anything less than totality is doomed as a has-been today).
Special libraries are in the process of transformation from their traditional approach to modernity.
This article also describes a multi-million pound extension scheme which is in the course of construction at Glasgow's Mitchell Library = Este artículo también describe una ampliación de varios millones de libras que está en construcción en la Biblioteca Mitchell de Glasgow.
estar en proceso de cambio
be in flux
The law of copyright in relation to electronic media is still very much in flux.
estar en proceso de + Infinitivo
be on to + Infinitivo
'She's also on to look into the matter of merit increases and faculty evaluation,' she coughed discreetly.
estar en punto muerto
be at a standstill
Many libraries in Africa are faced with little or no money for purchasing new materials, and library development is at a standstill.
estar en racha
be on a roll
Britain is on a roll - the world's second military power and, by some recent estimates, the world's fourth economic power.
estar en retirada
be in retreat
Those institutions and persons representing a progressive and hopeful future for Iraq are under assault and in retreat.
estar en revuelo
be in uproar
Cairo is in uproar following President Mursi's announcement that he will rule by decree until a new parliament is installed.
estar en riesgo de perder
stand to + lose
Turlock stands to lose four police officer positions and two firefighters under budget proposals discussed Tuesday night.
estar en ruinas
be a (complete) shambles
be (in) a (real) mess
While the economy is a 'shambles' and likely to stay that way for some time, he remains optimistic there will eventually be a recovery over a period of years.
The economy is in a real mess now, and we need to create as many jobs as possible.
estar en sintonía con
attune to
be in tune with
In the early 1960s they began developing information services more attuned to the information needs of their clients.
There was a hard core of dedicated, British-trained librarians who practised their profession in tune with the social, economic and political situation of their time.
estar en situación de
be in a position to
At some stage, the librarian will be in a position to examine closely a number of programs that are likely candidates for purchase.
estar en/sobre ascuas
put + Posesivo + life on hold
Posesivo + life + be + on hold
sit on + the edge of + Posesivo + seat
sit on + pins and needles
Among those putting life on hold this year, 28 percent said it was due to a lack of savings.
Her life was on hold for almost 18 months as she waited for a kidney transplant.
The audience members will alternately find themselves roaring with laughter and sitting on the edge of their seats in suspense.
Microsoft has had us sitting on pins and needles awaiting version 8 of their historic Operating System.
estar en suspense
sit on + the edge of + Posesivo + seat
sit on + pins and needles
The audience members will alternately find themselves roaring with laughter and sitting on the edge of their seats in suspense.
Microsoft has had us sitting on pins and needles awaiting version 8 of their historic Operating System.
estar entablillado
be in a splint
His thumb will be in a splint for five weeks but his doctors expect him to make a full recovery.
estar en tensión
sit on + the edge of + Posesivo + seat
sit on + pins and needles
The audience members will alternately find themselves roaring with laughter and sitting on the edge of their seats in suspense.
Microsoft has had us sitting on pins and needles awaiting version 8 of their historic Operating System.
estar en todo
have + a finger in every pie
Now with a whole spectrum of collaborative projects, they seem to have a finger in every pie.
estar en trámite
be in the works
Maybe we won't see a complete double dip recession, but a serious slowdown in growth does seem to be in the works.
estar en trance de
be in the process of
Special libraries are in the process of transformation from their traditional approach to modernity.
estar entre
fall between
In the second example, records with the terms 'catalog' and 'catalogues,' as well as any other terms in the Basic Index that fall between the two, are retrieved.
estar entre dos aguas
fall between + two stools
sit on + the fence
be on the horns of a dilemma
The article is entitled 'ADONIS: a happy medium or falling between two stools'.
However, some CD-ROM publishers have decided to sit on the fence and offer prices that are neither too high nor too low.
Well right now I am on the horns of a dilemma as the weather outside is so cold it would freeze the balls off a brass monkey but I would be barking mad not to go home and get a good heavy coat for later this evening.
estar entre la espada y la pared
be on the horns of a dilemma
Well right now I am on the horns of a dilemma as the weather outside is so cold it would freeze the balls off a brass monkey but I would be barking mad not to go home and get a good heavy coat for later this evening.
estar entre los primeros
stay on + top
Staying on top in any profession is difficult, particularly in golf, where there is so much competition.
estar entre rejas
be behind bars
Two criminals are off the street and behind bars thanks to an alert officer who caught them in the act.
estar entusiasmadísimo
be overwhelmed with + excitement
We were overwhelmed with excitement and this has given us renewed energy to deliver a high quality tournament.
estar entusiasmado
be thrilled
When accepting the appointment, Peter stated that he is 'thrilled to serve IFLA as Secretary General because IFLA has a unique role to empower library and information professionals'.
estar en un aprieto
be in a fix
The political leaders, social reformers and Nobel Peace Laureates were appalled by this dangerous phenomenon but they were all in a fix as to what to do.
estar en una situación diferente
be on a different track
The greatest handicap was the fact that we weren't as receptive to change as we should have been and I think we're now on a different track.
estar en un berenjenal
be (in) a (real) mess
The economy is in a real mess now, and we need to create as many jobs as possible.
estar en un dilema
be in/of [USA] two minds
I have long been of two minds about the relationship of form and content.
estar en un estado lamentable
be in a sorry state (of affairs)
be in a bad way
be in a bad state (of affairs)
Often quoted as the most polluted sea of the world, the Baltic Sea is indeed in a sorry state.
Several of those who are wounded, have had their limbs cut off, ?nd arc thought to be in a bad way.
In recent years the agricultural sector has been in a bad state of affairs, and a bold planning policy in this direction is necessary.
estar en un mar de dudas
feel at + sea
be all at sea
With my daughter, I definitely felt at sea in the beginning, as I think most new mothers do.
There is so much materal to prepare that she is all at sea as to how to do it.
estar en un momento clave
be at a watershed
Cooperation amongst American academic libraries is at a watershed.
estar en un momento decisivo
be at a watershed
Cooperation amongst American academic libraries is at a watershed.
estar en un sinvivir
put + Posesivo + life on hold
Posesivo + life + be + on hold
Among those putting life on hold this year, 28 percent said it was due to a lack of savings.
Her life was on hold for almost 18 months as she waited for a kidney transplant.
estar en venta
be up for sale
This 12-room penthouse of the newly renovated Mark Hotel is up for sale but it will cost you a princely sum to call it your own.
estar en vías de
be on the road to
be in the process of
Follow each of these tips, and you'll be on the road to success in no time.
Special libraries are in the process of transformation from their traditional approach to modernity.
estar en vías de conseguir
be on the road to
Follow each of these tips, and you'll be on the road to success in no time.
estar en vías de recuperación
be on the road to recovery
Britain's services sector almost ground to a standstill last month, dampening hopes that the economy is on the road to recovery.
estar en vilo
put + Posesivo + life on hold
Posesivo + life + be + on hold
sit on + the edge of + Posesivo + seat
sit on + pins and needles
Among those putting life on hold this year, 28 percent said it was due to a lack of savings.
Her life was on hold for almost 18 months as she waited for a kidney transplant.
The audience members will alternately find themselves roaring with laughter and sitting on the edge of their seats in suspense.
Microsoft has had us sitting on pins and needles awaiting version 8 of their historic Operating System.
estar equivocado
be mistaken
be wide of the mark
be wrong
be in error
miss + the mark
miss + the point
be in the wrong
If I'm not mistaken the military decided some time ago that IQ tests were a poor predictor of leadership qualities.
Your answer is wide of the mark.
He began swearing and saying 'I don't know what you're on about, whatever we do, it's wrong!' and of course I answered his nastiness back.
If the information supplied is in error to such an extent that the client suffers demonstrable harm, then legal action for redress is available = Si la información suministrada es errónea hasta el punto de que el usuario sufra daños demonstrables, existe la posibilidad de entablar un juicio para buscar compensación.
Such considerations suggest that exhortations directed at SLIS to transform their curricula in unspecified radical fashion miss the mark.
Even those states who are pushing for legalized sports betting are missing the point when it comes to making a profit through sports betting.
When they do this I always drive even more slowly and then they have the cheek to shout at me like I'm the one in the wrong.
estar equivocado en + Número + cosas
be wrong on + Número + count(s)
The resulting A/Z subject index entry is wrong on two counts.
estar erróneo
be in error
If the information supplied is in error to such an extent that the client suffers demonstrable harm, then legal action for redress is available = Si la información suministrada es errónea hasta el punto de que el usuario sufra daños demonstrables, existe la posibilidad de entablar un juicio para buscar compensación.
estar esparcido
lie + scattered
So we see many wits and ingenuities lying scattered up and down the world, whereof some are now labouring to do what is already done and puzzling themselves to reinvent what is already invented.
estar estancado
be stuck in a groove
be (stuck) in a rut
It was like she was stuck in a groove and could not get out of it!.
So if you find yourself stuck in rut ask yourself if living in the past is the problem.
estar estrechamente ligado a
be closely tied to
He had been wrapped up in a new project that was closely tied to the company's new growth.
estar estreñido
be constipated
In general, however, you are likely constipated if you pass a hard, dry stool less than three times a week.
estar estropeado
be kaput
I had a mechanic chap take a gander earlier on and he said it's possible the pedal itself is kaput, as in there's something fishy going on with the mechanics of it.
estar estropeándose
be on the way out
Today, many things indicate that we are going thorough a transitional period, when it seems that something is on the way out and something else is painfully being born.
estar eufórico
feel + high
Yes it's normal to feel high the next day from smoking so much.
estar exento de
be exempt from
The public library is not exempt from this rule, and in conformity with it this report has been prepared to offer a detailed answer to the challenge of the public.
estar exento de pagar impuestos
write off
Difficulties experienced by publishers include loss of property, overstocking and no effective mechanism for writing off.
estar eximido de
be exempt from
The public library is not exempt from this rule, and in conformity with it this report has been prepared to offer a detailed answer to the challenge of the public.
estar falto de
be short of
Libraries are ordinarily short of space for collections, staff, and readers = Generalmente, las bibliotecas andan faltas de espacio para las colecciones, el personal y los lectores.
estar falto de práctica
get + rusty
I must be getting rusty or something, but I can't seem to work this one out for myself - maybe it's my age!.
estar familiarizado con
have + familiarity with
The most effective searchers are those who have both system experience and some familiarity with the subject area in which they are searching.
estar fascinado por
have + a fascination for
If you have read some of my articles you will know that I have a fascination for haystacks.
estar fatal
be in a sorry state (of affairs)
be in a bad way
be in a bad state (of affairs)
Often quoted as the most polluted sea of the world, the Baltic Sea is indeed in a sorry state.
Several of those who are wounded, have had their limbs cut off, ?nd arc thought to be in a bad way.
In recent years the agricultural sector has been in a bad state of affairs, and a bold planning policy in this direction is necessary.
estar feliz
be merry
Christmas is the time to be merry and it definitely gives us many reasons to celebrate with all our near and dear ones.
estar firmemente convencido
strongly held opinion
My second strongly held opinion is that as many items as possible in a browsing collection should be intershelved.
estar formado de
be made up of
be made of
Although the snake looks relaxed, the greater part of its body mass is made up of muscles that can spring to attention at a moment's notice.
Cells are made of molecules, molecules are made of atoms, and atoms are made of energy.
estar fraguándose
be in the works
Maybe we won't see a complete double dip recession, but a serious slowdown in growth does seem to be in the works.
estar frenético
be furious
You hurt her pride and her feelings and she's furious.
estar frío
be cold
For some reason, I always get goosebumps really easily and even when I am not cold.
estar frito de sed
be parched
spit + feathers
be parched with thirst
It is smooth and refreshing with a taste that must be like drawing water from a cactus after being parched in a desert for days.
I ended up parking about two miles away, and by the time I'd lugged the cases through the labyrinth of alleyways and switchbacks, I was spitting feathers.
The day was sultry, and some of the party, being parched with thirst, left the line of march, and scrambled down the bank of the river to drink.
estar fuera
be out
The security firm, famous for its eagle-eyed officers, responded to a distress call from a teenager who was attacked while his parents were out.
estar fuera con los amigos
be out with the guys
Her plans for the night fell through, none of her friends were around, and her husband was out with the guys.
estar fuera de circulación
be out of action
DJ Slim will be out of action for a bit - he has a serious back injury that needs intensive treatment immediately.
estar fuera de combate
be out of action
DJ Slim will be out of action for a bit - he has a serious back injury that needs intensive treatment immediately.
estar fuera de contienda
be out of contention
Rhode Island was almost out of contention with a little over 2 million.
estar fuera del alcance
lie outside + the scope of
Consideration of PRECIS and the chain procedure lies outside the scope of this particular volume.
estar fuera de las posibilidades de Alguien
be out of + Posesivo + league
Every leader faces them: times when they are out of their league, times when they feel like a fish out of water.
estar fuera del interés
lie outside + the scope of
Consideration of PRECIS and the chain procedure lies outside the scope of this particular volume.
estar fuera del interés de uno
lie beyond + concern
We talk heatedly about books that lie beyond our present concerns because these allow us to speculate and often present us with puzzles we want to explore.
estar fuera de lugar
be out of place
be out of order
The 'Afrocentric-Eurocentric approaches' dichotomy is strangely out of place in an African context and is curiously out of touch wit the issues that are significant in library and information work.
Any more than two away games in a row is out of order.
estar fuera de onda
be out of touch
David Cameron's point-blank refusal to fire him shows how out of touch his government is.
estar fuera de + Posesivo + control
be out of + Posesivo + hands
be out of + Posesivo + control
She may have had some say-so in the matter of whom she was going to marry, but for the most part, it was out of her hands.
There was no way that Mary could get her sight back - that was out of her control.
estar fuera de + Posesivo + elemento
be out of + Posesivo + element
His urbane manner, formidable erudition, and background experience might have led one to conclude that perhaps he was somewhat out of his element there on the prairie.
estar fuera de + Posesivo + manos
be out of + Posesivo + hands
be out of + Posesivo + control
She may have had some say-so in the matter of whom she was going to marry, but for the most part, it was out of her hands.
There was no way that Mary could get her sight back - that was out of her control.
estar fuera de quicio
be beside + Reflexivo
be beside + Reflexivo + with anger
be beside + Reflexivo + with rage
be brassed off
be cheesed off
be browned off
We have all experienced times when we felt out of character or 'beside ourselves,' acting in unexpected or inconsistent ways.
A woman identifying herself as Beard's mother attempted to calm the young man down, but Beard was beside himself with anger.
He was beside himself with rage over the goal that never was .
I'm sorry about the fact they were brassed off, but perhaps it was a natural consequence of the negativity over the past four months.
I was rather cheesed off, but decided to hold off on trying for it again, until after the problem had resolved itself.
In World War II parlance, they were probably 'browned-off,' but were certainly not lacking in spirit and loyalty.
estar fuera de rumbo
be off course
Then our skipper, David Proctor, noticed that we were off course.
estar fuera de secuencia
be out of order
The messages are out of order from a chronological point of view.
estar fuera de servicio
be out of action
DJ Slim will be out of action for a bit - he has a serious back injury that needs intensive treatment immediately.
estar fuera de sí
be beside + Reflexivo
be beside + Reflexivo + with anger
be beside + Reflexivo + with rage
be beside + Reflexivo + with grief
We have all experienced times when we felt out of character or 'beside ourselves,' acting in unexpected or inconsistent ways.
A woman identifying herself as Beard's mother attempted to calm the young man down, but Beard was beside himself with anger.
He was beside himself with rage over the goal that never was .
She is said to be beside herself with grief after losing her custom-made diamond wedding ring.
estar fuerte como un roble
be built like the side of a house
His arms, so long they gave him a greyhound's grace even though he was built like the side of a house.
estar fuerte como un toro
be built like the side of a house
His arms, so long they gave him a greyhound's grace even though he was built like the side of a house.
estar funcionando
be in place
Modular courses are already in place from which a student can pick and mix.
estar fundido
be dead beat
be bushed
I was dead beat after dinner and so went back to the hotel, showered, and passed out.
I can't vouch for the others, but I was bushed after hauling my boat up the bank and through the tangled brush and over the slippery rocks.
estar furioso [Usado en sentido figurado para indicar enojo]
fume
fume with + anger
fume with + rage
seethe
seethe with + anger
seethe with + rage
Who has not had occasion to fume at the need to consult a large number of Official journals in order to reconstitute the current text of a particular regulation from all its amendments and corrigenda!.
He uses his quirky wit and friendly banter to brighten people's mood when they are feeling low or fuming with anger.
Some people, being excessively liverish, cannot refrain from fuming with rage and shouting abuse when they come across stories of injustice, ignorance and foul play in the newspapers.
But Palestinian Arabs have learned that if they seethe publicly about anything, the world media will take them seriously.
Seething with anger, hundreds of people yesterday came out on the roads waving banners, shouting slogans and waving their fists in the air, demanding justice.
Most Iraqis I speak with nowadays are seething with rage towards the occupiers of their country.
estar furioso de indignación
seethe with + indignation
But with both sides seething with indignation, it's difficult to imagine a breakthrough in the vicious cycle of threats, sanctions and provocations.
estar gafado
be jinxed
So today I just came to realization that I've been jinxed somewhere along the way in my life.
estar + Gerundio
be on the way to
We are on the way to a transformed library service, total in design (and anything less than totality is doomed as a has-been today).
estar gestándose
be in the works
be in the making
Maybe we won't see a complete double dip recession, but a serious slowdown in growth does seem to be in the works.
Although the physical project has taken over 8 months, it has truly been a labor of love that has been in the making for over 20 years.
estar gordísimo
be like the side of a house
I'm convinced that Gula must be having twins as she is like the side of a house.
estar gravemente enfermo
be critically ill
The third boy is critically ill and is in hospital battling between life and death.
estar hablando del tema
be on the topic
'Since we're on the topic,' he sighed, massaging his temples, 'let me share a few other thoughts with you'.
estar haciendo
be up to
When I saw what he was up to, I drew back for a punch and hit him so hard on the nose that he fell on his back and lay there for some time, so that his wife stood over him and cried out 'Mercy! You've done my husband in!'.
estar haciendo Algo
have + Nombre + on the go
For example, an obvious question is do most people only have one book on the go at the one time?.
estar haciendo algo que no se debe
be up to no good
get up to + no good
His mom could always tell when he was up to no good - it must have been that sixth sense mothers have.
It's a cartoon about a mischievous youngster who delights in playing pranks, being rotten to his relatives and generally getting up to no good.
estar hambriento
starve
Spain's vultures are starving because of regulations that aim to stop the spread of mad-cow disease.
estar harto
have had enough
come to + the end of + Posesivo + tether
be at the end of + Posesivo + tether
be cheesed off with
be stuffed
Last night the Israeli prime minister announced that after nine days of eyeball-to-eyeball negotiations, he'd had enough and was going home.
Mr James, who served 13 years of his 30-year sentence for the train robbery, said that he had come to the end of his tether and 'flipped his lid'.
She says she's at the end of her tether waiting for the arrival of her baby.
In a statement that took about 20 seconds, he told a news conference that he was cheesed off with boxing and would quit after his next fight .
No matter how stuffed you are after the main course you always have room for a little dessert.
estar harto de
be all too familiar with
be sick and tired of
be sick of
Librarians are all too familiar with the user who returns a book with the comment that it was not quite what was wanted = Los bibliotecarios están bastante acostumbrados al usuario que devuelve un libro con el comentario de que no es lo que buscaba.
I am sick and tired of how Win 2000 runs DOS apps, but I need Windows for other reasons.
I think this song means just being sick of the same old thing and routine you do everyday.
estar harto (de)
be fed up (with)
It goes without saying that not every situation is the same, but a lot of people are fed up with our current tax structure.
estar hasta el gorro (de)
be fed up to the back teeth (with)
I am a smoker and I am just about fed up to the back teeth with people banning this and banning that, and of course treating me like a leper.
estar hasta el moño de
be sick of
I think this song means just being sick of the same old thing and routine you do everyday.
estar hasta el moño (de)
be fed up to the back teeth (with)
I am a smoker and I am just about fed up to the back teeth with people banning this and banning that, and of course treating me like a leper.
estar hasta en la sopa
a bad penny always turns up
turn up like + a bad penny
look what the cat (has) dragged in!
However, like my professor likes to say, 'A bad penny always turns up'.
To make matters worse, Rebecca seems to be after Mark, turning up like a bad penny at every social event that he and Bridget are attending.
When I said hello he turned to his gaggle of friends and said 'look what the cat dragged in!' or something lame like that.
estar hasta la coronilla
be at the end of + Posesivo + tether
come to + the end of + Posesivo + tether
be cheesed off with
She says she's at the end of her tether waiting for the arrival of her baby.
Mr James, who served 13 years of his 30-year sentence for the train robbery, said that he had come to the end of his tether and 'flipped his lid'.
In a statement that took about 20 seconds, he told a news conference that he was cheesed off with boxing and would quit after his next fight .
estar hasta la coronilla de
be sick and tired of
have had it up to here with
be sick to death of
be (pretty) browned off
be brassed off with
be browned off with
have had it with
I am sick and tired of how Win 2000 runs DOS apps, but I need Windows for other reasons.
The king had had it up to here with the court jester's puns, so he ordered him to be locked in a closet.
I'm sick of it, and everyone else in this room is fucking sick to death of it, and you need to shut the fuck up now.
She was pretty browned off about this but decided not to say anything until later.
The next time you're brassed off with the weather and looking for somewhere offering a lot more than sun, sea and sand, head to this fascinating country.
I know we Brits like a good old whinge about the weather but everyone is truly browned off with it now.
Angelus has had it with her insolence and is determined to 'bring her to heel' no matter what it takes.
estar hasta la coronilla (de)
be fed up (with)
be fed up to the back teeth (with)
It goes without saying that not every situation is the same, but a lot of people are fed up with our current tax structure.
I am a smoker and I am just about fed up to the back teeth with people banning this and banning that, and of course treating me like a leper.
estar hasta las narices
be at the end of + Posesivo + tether
come to + the end of + Posesivo + tether
be cheesed off with
She says she's at the end of her tether waiting for the arrival of her baby.
Mr James, who served 13 years of his 30-year sentence for the train robbery, said that he had come to the end of his tether and 'flipped his lid'.
In a statement that took about 20 seconds, he told a news conference that he was cheesed off with boxing and would quit after his next fight .
estar hasta las narices de
have had it up to here with
be sick to death of
be (pretty) browned off
be sick and tired of
be brassed off with
be browned off with
be pissed off with
have had it with
The king had had it up to here with the court jester's puns, so he ordered him to be locked in a closet.
I'm sick of it, and everyone else in this room is fucking sick to death of it, and you need to shut the fuck up now.
She was pretty browned off about this but decided not to say anything until later.
I am sick and tired of how Win 2000 runs DOS apps, but I need Windows for other reasons.
The next time you're brassed off with the weather and looking for somewhere offering a lot more than sun, sea and sand, head to this fascinating country.
I know we Brits like a good old whinge about the weather but everyone is truly browned off with it now.
Evidently, being pissed off with someone can motivate you creatively!.
Angelus has had it with her insolence and is determined to 'bring her to heel' no matter what it takes.
estar hasta las narices (de)
be fed up to the back teeth (with)
I am a smoker and I am just about fed up to the back teeth with people banning this and banning that, and of course treating me like a leper.
estar hasta los cojones (de)
be fed up to the back teeth (with)
I am a smoker and I am just about fed up to the back teeth with people banning this and banning that, and of course treating me like a leper.
estar hasta los cojones de
be pissed off with
Evidently, being pissed off with someone can motivate you creatively!.
estar hasta los topes
be chocker with
Needless to say the garden was absolutely chocker with weeds.
estar hastiado (de)
be fed up (with)
It goes without saying that not every situation is the same, but a lot of people are fed up with our current tax structure.
estar hecha una ballena
be like the side of a house
I'm convinced that Gula must be having twins as she is like the side of a house.
estar hecha una foca
be like the side of a house
I'm convinced that Gula must be having twins as she is like the side of a house.
estar hecha una vaca
be like the side of a house
I'm convinced that Gula must be having twins as she is like the side of a house.
estar hecho a escala
be to scale
It is important to note that reproductions of screen formats are not necessarily to scale and screen images may be compressed.
estar hecho con la intención de
be intended for/to
Notes given in the information note area are restricted to those intended for display in a catalogue or bibliography.
estar hecho con la mismas dimensiones que el original
be to scale
It is important to note that reproductions of screen formats are not necessarily to scale and screen images may be compressed.
estar hecho de
be made up of
be made of
Although the snake looks relaxed, the greater part of its body mass is made up of muscles that can spring to attention at a moment's notice.
Cells are made of molecules, molecules are made of atoms, and atoms are made of energy.
estar hecho el uno para el otro
be well suited to each other
be two of a kind
be a right pair
This booklet covers methods to make a marriage work, why many marriages fail, how to determine if partners are well suited to each other, and how to save a failing marriage.
On the surface, they're like oil and water, but deep down, they're two of a kind.
They're a right pair, always getting into trouble with the family with whom they live.
estar hecho para [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio meant]
be geared to
be intended for/to
mean
be cut out for
have + (all) the makings of
Many of the problems facing society are so complex, the narrowness and resistance to change by many professions may lead to their extinction because they are not geared to contribute to the solution of those problems.
Notes given in the information note area are restricted to those intended for display in a catalogue or bibliography.
It is not meant to be that.
If you consider eating out a couple times a week a necessity rather than a lark, you aren't cut out for living on a shoestring.
Ann's well-bred black colt is now two years old, and in her eyes, has all the makings of a champion.
estar hecho polvo [En singular be a wreck]
be + wreck
be dead beat
be bushed
I think if some people couldn't smoke on the job, they'd be wrecks.
I was dead beat after dinner and so went back to the hotel, showered, and passed out.
I can't vouch for the others, but I was bushed after hauling my boat up the bank and through the tangled brush and over the slippery rocks.
estar hecho una pocilga
look like + a rubbish tip
It has changed so much in recent years, when I visit my parents their neighbourhood looks like a rubbish tip.
estar hecho una sopa
be wet through (and through)
Hair that is wet through and through cuts like butter, a good razor blade will cut through it smoothly and effortlessly.
estar hecho un desastre
look like + a wreck
look like + the wreck of the Hesperus
look like + drag + through a hedge backwards
be (in) a (real) mess
Showing up looking like a wreck when the other waitresses can manage to look presentable isn't the smartest form of rebellion against the dress code.
You might get some funny looks if you turn up looking like the wreck of the Hesperus, but other than that, you're grand as far as I know.
We eventually arrived all looking like we'd been dragged through a hedge backwards and in desperate need of sleep so we grabbed the first taxi we saw.
The economy is in a real mess now, and we need to create as many jobs as possible.
estar hecho un esqueleto
be a bag of bones
Would you prefer to be a bag of bones to look at or a bit overweight?.
estar hecho un flan
shake like + a leaf
tremble like + a leaf
15 minutes later she was eating her breakfast like nothing ever happened, but I was shaking like a leaf.
During the wedding ceremony he trembled like a leaf, and made the wrong responses to the clergyman.
estar hecho un lío
be at sixes and sevens with
be in a tizz(y)
She told me that I was all at sixes and sevens with my eight times table and that it was 'back to square one' for me.
Apparently the school was in a tizzy not knowing how to handle the situation.
estar hecho un perla
be a bit of a lad
Lee is normally a very quiet member of the crew, although we suspect that on the quiet he is a bit of a lad.
estar hecho un pinta
be a bit of a lad
Lee is normally a very quiet member of the crew, although we suspect that on the quiet he is a bit of a lad.
estar hecho un prenda
be a bit of a lad
Lee is normally a very quiet member of the crew, although we suspect that on the quiet he is a bit of a lad.
estar hecho un roble
be built like the side of a house
His arms, so long they gave him a greyhound's grace even though he was built like the side of a house.
estar hecho un toro
be built like the side of a house
His arms, so long they gave him a greyhound's grace even though he was built like the side of a house.
estar hecho un (verdadero) desastre
be a (complete) shambles
While the economy is a 'shambles' and likely to stay that way for some time, he remains optimistic there will eventually be a recovery over a period of years.
estar helado
be frozen stiff
There was no snow upon the ground, but the earth was frozen stiff and the road was rough with little ridges.
estar hirviendo
be boiling hot
I felt the phone and it was boiling hot, way too hot to hold for a few seconds.
estar implícito en
run through
What else but this quality of individual feeling and intelligence running through the network of librarians working sympathetically and single-mindedly throughout the community can determine the public value of our national library system?.
estar inactivo
lie + fallow
lie + dormant
Rather readers grow by fits and starts now rushing ahead, now lying fallow, and now moving steadily on.
Such special duty can be intensely challenging, freeing creative energies that would otherwise lie dormant.
estar incluido
be embedded
String searching is a technique for locating a string of characters, even if it is embedded within a larger term.
estar incomunicado
be in solitary confinement
Alone in a cell for years or even decades, more than 80000 Americans are estimated to be in solitary confinement.
estar indeciso
be hesitant (to)
be in/of [USA] two minds
I remember being hesitant to buy a CD player because I was attached to my extensive collection of LPs collected over a lifetime.
I have long been of two minds about the relationship of form and content.
estar indeciso entre o
be torn between ... and ...
However, in producing a bulletin one is often torn between including the scanty, undigested and possibly inaccurate details of a new proposal and holding fire until fuller information is available, and thereby missing a publication deadline.
estar indispuesto
be off-colour
His grieving wife, Carol, had an inkling that Paul was in ill health, as he was off-colour for quite some time.
estar inerte
lie + fallow
Rather readers grow by fits and starts now rushing ahead, now lying fallow, and now moving steadily on.
estar informado puntualmente sobre
monitor + information on
The LA is currently conducting a major survey to collect and monitor information on gender, ethnic origin and disability which will enable the LA to highlight and tackle problems of inequality in the profession.
estar inmune a
be immune against
Given the increasing frequency frequency of lawsuits brought against all kinds of institutions and individuals, libraries and librarians should not assume that they are immune against being sued.
estar inquieto
be disturbed
I was disturbed before coming here I am really frightened now.
estar inspirado
be on a roll
Britain is on a roll - the world's second military power and, by some recent estimates, the world's fourth economic power.
estar interesado en
be interested in
be keen to
Then something compelled her to blurt out: 'Are you interested in the job?' 'We haven't frightened you off, have we?' ejaculated another, with a nervous laugh.
Hosts are less keen to standardise, although the EURONET Common Command Language has been adopted by various hosts, and there is some recognition of the potential benefits to the user of greater standardisation.
estar inundado de
be snowed under with
Thus they may have periods with nothing to do interspersed with times of being snowed under with work.
estar junto a
stand by + Lugar
As she stood by the secretary's desk waiting for her to terminate a telephone call, she continued to wonder why he has asked her to take his place and to do these assignments.
estar juntos
be together
stand + together
'Much as I hate to admit it,' she added, her face creasing in a knowing smile, 'some of my best friends are librarians, and I can't get over how they tear their colleagues to shreds when they're together' = "Siento mucho admitirlo", ella añadió mientras su cara se arrugaba dibujándose en ella una sonrisa de complicidad, "algunos de mis mejores amigos son bibliotecarios y no puedo entender cómo critican a otros colegas suyos cuando se jutan".
For instance, in reproduction of Renoir's work under the subject IMPRESSIONISM, Renoir's works would not stand together in the catalog but be spread out according to their titles.
estar justo en medio de
stand + squarely in
We stand squarely in a no-man's land between a rough technology and a vague science.
estar la mar de contento
be over the moon
Obviously I'm over the moon, but the hard work starts now - it's the first step for me, but hopefully the first of many.
estar lejos de (ser) + Infinitivo
be far from + Gerundio
Locating documents on concepts that must be described by a string of words is far from straightforward in a title index.
estar levantado
be up
Anyone who's spoken to me recently is probably aware that on most nights I'm up slaving away to the wee hours of the morning on my project .
estar libre de
be free from
What one might call 'fetishistic bibliomania' is a disease - and few serious book-readers, let alone librarians, are free from a squirrel-like proclivity to hoard books.
estar libre de deudas
be free of debt
My dad and I were talking about his recent financial turnaround, and one of the things he said was that he loves being free of debt.
estar ligado a
be bound up with
This article suggests that the status and image of librarianship is inextricably bound up with its history as a female profession.
estar listo
stand + ready
be ready
One obligation resting upon every public institution in a democracy is that of standing ready at all times to render an account of itself to the people.
We are not ready for it yet, but we are getting closer every day.
estar listo para
be poised to
stand + poised
be all set to
The compact disc, which has already revolutionised domestic audio entertainment, is poised to exert quite as big an influence on the world of the business user.
The Arabian Gulf Libraries stand poised at the threshold of networking.
With that in mind, both girls were all set to go to Mindoro but the circumstances made it extra difficult for them to reach their destination.
estar lleno
be stuffed
No matter how stuffed you are after the main course you always have room for a little dessert.
estar lleno de
be plagued with
be full of
Contemporary library and information science discourse is plagued with tunnel vision and blind spots that seriously affect the profession's efforts to plan the library's future = La biblioteca contemporánea y el discurso de las ciencias de la información están plagados de visiones subjetivas y de puntos débiles que seriamente afectan a los esfuerzos de la profesión para planificar el futuro de la biblioteca.
The rhetoric of curriculum change in SLIS is full of such large judgements and unanswered questions.
estar lleno de energía
be full of energy
be full of beans
They were full of energy and that brought the party to life.
Deciding whether an unruly child has something wrong in his genes or is just full of beans may determine whether he's scolded or offered remedial education.
estar lleno de posibilidades
brim with + potential
Africa as a continent is brimming with potential, a place that has so much just waiting to be grasped.
estar lleno de problemas
bristle with + problems
be plagued with problems
The vast majority of management problems, even those which seem at first glance to be wholly planning or organizing or controlling problems, usually turn out to be bristling with ticklish human relations problems.
Even Plantin, who was a shrewd man, was constantly plagued with problems resulting from excessive borrowing.
estar lleno de vitalidad
be full of energy
be full of beans
They were full of energy and that brought the party to life.
Deciding whether an unruly child has something wrong in his genes or is just full of beans may determine whether he's scolded or offered remedial education.
estar localizable
be locatable
Patrons often assume that the information they want is easily locatable in a book or somewhere on the Internet.
estar locamente enamorado de
be crazy about
be nuts about
be crackers about
be bonkers about
be dotty about
He's crazy about someone who doesn't love him back.
Wow, Romeo certainly was nuts about Juliet!.
He was crackers about her and I felt very sorry for him.
I am not sure whether she knew I was bonkers about her, but if she did, she was kind enough no to let it intrude on our general friendship.
She's embarrassed to confess that, although she is dotty about dogs, she lives in a tiny non-dog-friendly flat.
estar loco
be off + Posesivo + rocker
be mental
Nobody with any sense whatsoever would voluntarily swim in the waters of San Francisco Bay unless they were off their rocker.
The police thought he was mental and arrested him when he was going about in his birthday suit.
estar loco de alegría
be chuffed to bits
thrill + Nombre + to bits
be tickled pink
Obviously I'm chuffed to bits that I'm getting so many visitors and that the word's getting out.
The critics are divided but Rolf Harris says he's thrilled to bits with the finished product.
She will be tickled pink with these French ticklers.
estar loco de atar
be nuts
be crackers
Do you have to be nuts to be a genius?.
They're crackers if they think they have a chance to win.
estar loco de contento
be beside + Reflexivo + with joy
be over the moon
be over the moon
They were beside themselves with joy.
Obviously I'm over the moon, but the hard work starts now - it's the first step for me, but hopefully the first of many.
Obviously I'm over the moon, but the hard work starts now - it's the first step for me, but hopefully the first of many.
estar loco de remate
be a real nutter
be off + Posesivo + head
He seems to be a real nutter rather than someone who becomes gradually ensnared by a cause that appears to have some appeal.
Clearly he is off his head and has no idea what he was talking about.
estar loco perdido
be nuts
be crackers
Do you have to be nuts to be a genius?.
They're crackers if they think they have a chance to win.
estar loco por
have + a crush on
be crazy about
be nuts about
be crackers about
be bonkers about
be dotty about
How would you feel if your significant other had a crush on someone else?.
He's crazy about someone who doesn't love him back.
Wow, Romeo certainly was nuts about Juliet!.
He was crackers about her and I felt very sorry for him.
I am not sure whether she knew I was bonkers about her, but if she did, she was kind enough no to let it intrude on our general friendship.
She's embarrassed to confess that, although she is dotty about dogs, she lives in a tiny non-dog-friendly flat.
estar majareta
be off + Posesivo + rocker
be mental
be nuts
be crackers
Nobody with any sense whatsoever would voluntarily swim in the waters of San Francisco Bay unless they were off their rocker.
The police thought he was mental and arrested him when he was going about in his birthday suit.
Do you have to be nuts to be a genius?.
They're crackers if they think they have a chance to win.
estar mal
be wrong
feel under + the weather
be under the weather
He began swearing and saying 'I don't know what you're on about, whatever we do, it's wrong!' and of course I answered his nastiness back.
Staying out late, lots of glasses of wine and having way too much fun has resulted in us both feeling under the weather all weekend long.
Michael Jackson is 'a little bit under the weather,' but hasn't sought hospital treatment, his spokeswoman said.
estar mal comunicado con
have + poor connections with
However, many airports still have poor connections with their metropolitan areas because of congestion.
estar mal de la sesera
be soft in the head
One of the curses of being a well-known science-fiction writer is that unsophisticated people assume you to be soft in the head.
estar mal de salud
be in ill health
be in bad health
His grieving wife, Carol, had an inkling that Paul was in ill health, as he was off-colour for quite some time.
The evidence suggests that people who live in poor housing are more likely to be in bad health than persons living in good housing.
estar mal encaminado
be on the wrong track
be headed down the wrong track
Education is on the wrong track largely because of 'solutions' that have isolated teachers and students from one another .
More than half of 103 news directors polled in a nationwide survey expressed concern that their profession was headed down the wrong track.
estar malhumorado
be in a bad mood
If you are in a bad mood, then there's obviously a reason for it.
estar malo
be ill
This is the first known case of an exotic plant that 'pretends' to be ill as an evolutionary advantage in order to avoid being eaten.
estar mal visto
frown on/upon
This kind of transfer is usually frowned upon by budgeting authorities, however.
estar manga por hombro
be a (complete) shambles
be (in) a (real) mess
While the economy is a 'shambles' and likely to stay that way for some time, he remains optimistic there will eventually be a recovery over a period of years.
The economy is in a real mess now, and we need to create as many jobs as possible.
estar mano sobre mano
sit on + Posesivo + hands
twiddle + Posesivo + thumbs
She was all excited about the relationship and possibly the engagement but she sat on her hands and did nothing to make things better.
We don't want people to sit around twiddling their thumbs - it's not good for their thumbs and it's not good for our community = No queremos a gente que se cruce de brazos sin hacer nada; no es nada bueno ni para sus brazos ni para nuestra comunidad.
estar maravilloso
look like + a million bucks
look like + a million dollars
She looked like a million bucks when she walked the red carpet for the opening ceremony of the Film Festival last night.
So follow the example of the Hollywood elite this year and enjoy feeling fabulous and looking like a million dollars.
estar marcado por
be pockmarked with
The earth is pockmarked with the evidence of ancient collisions - huge craters blasted into its surface by asteroids or comets.
estar mareado de tanto trabajo
be reeling
I would hate to see us add more responsibility at this time, when librarians are already reeling.
estar medicándose
be on medication
The number of kids who are on medication has jumped dramatically.
estar mejor
be better off
be better served by
Everybody would be better off if academic libraries provided research services on a pay as you go basis.
However, librarians are better served by presuming any given alternativa title is geared for adult audiences, until proven otherwise = No obstante, es aconsejable que los bibliotecarios asuman que cualquier título alternativo va dirigido a un público adulto, hasta que no se demuestre lo contrario.
estar metido en todo
have + a finger in every pie
Now with a whole spectrum of collaborative projects, they seem to have a finger in every pie.
estar metido en una rutina
be stuck in a groove
be (stuck) in a rut
It was like she was stuck in a groove and could not get out of it!.
So if you find yourself stuck in rut ask yourself if living in the past is the problem.
estar molesto [Usado más comúnmente en el Reino Unido] [Usado más comúnmente en los Estados Unidos] [Usado más comúnmente en Australia]
be displeased
get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist
get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle
get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle
put + Nombre + off
get + Posesivo + knickers in a knot
They were displeased, as were the men, that we should be the masters, and should behave towards each other in this way.
The trouble began when some journalists got their knickers in a twist over Reich's unusual theories - one of these being the notion that every individual should have a healthy satisfying sex life.
Now before anyone gets their knickers in a bundle over that statement let me clarify.
I cannot for the life of me understand what you see in the Serb's cause that gets your panties in a bundle.
Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.
Darlene's got her knickers in a knot because mischievous little Molly has the look of a girl that would go all the way on the first date.
estar molido
be dead beat
be bushed
I was dead beat after dinner and so went back to the hotel, showered, and passed out.
I can't vouch for the others, but I was bushed after hauling my boat up the bank and through the tangled brush and over the slippery rocks.
estar motivado
be motivated
have + motivation
Professionals are expected to be highly skilled and motivated, which I certainly am, so that little external surveillance over us should be required.
Low-income urban families simply do not have any use for the traditional library or indeed any motivation for self-improvement and getting ahead = Las familias urbanas con ingresos bajos simplemente no tienen la necesidad de usar la biblioteca tradicional o de hecho no sienten motivación para la superación personal y para avanzar.
estar moviéndose en terreno seguro
be on secure ground
I'm not sure you're on secure ground when you frisk people's briefcases this way.
estar muerto de asco
be bored to death
be bored stiff
be bored to tears
be bored out of + Posesivo + (tiny) mind
Three years on, and we are bored to death with the war on terror.
Instead of spending hours being bored stiff in church, most families spend Christmas with family and loved-ones or are still recovering from the hangover .
The tiger was bored to tears with his viewers and started yawning to show it.
Bored out of her mind with the long hours and mundane tasks, she decided to give radio a try.
estar muerto de frío
be frozen stiff
There was no snow upon the ground, but the earth was frozen stiff and the road was rough with little ridges.
estar muerto de hambre
be starving to death
If you were starving to death and you had a way to surgically amputate parts of your body could you prolong your life by eating yourself.
estar muerto de miedo
be scared stiff
be frightened to death
be petrified of
be terrified
Students hate numbers; they are scared stiff of numbers.
However there are a number of reports out there of people being frightened to death by ghosts.
Instead, it has involved coming to terms with being gay and with not being petrified of someone finding out that he is gay.
Americas are suckers for being terrified, it is very sad.
estar muerto de sed
spit + feathers
be parched
be parched with thirst
I ended up parking about two miles away, and by the time I'd lugged the cases through the labyrinth of alleyways and switchbacks, I was spitting feathers.
It is smooth and refreshing with a taste that must be like drawing water from a cactus after being parched in a desert for days.
The day was sultry, and some of the party, being parched with thirst, left the line of march, and scrambled down the bank of the river to drink.
estar muy acostumbrado a
be all too familiar with
Librarians are all too familiar with the user who returns a book with the comment that it was not quite what was wanted = Los bibliotecarios están bastante acostumbrados al usuario que devuelve un libro con el comentario de que no es lo que buscaba.
estar muy agobiado
be in a fret
What do you do when a calm puppy is suddenly in a frenzy, as if he had a bee in his bonnet?.
estar muy agradecido a
be indebted to
I am particularly indebted to her for a wealth of information gathered on a recent lecture tour of Australia and New Zealand.
estar muy alejado de
be a long way from
However, this is still a long way from the amazing power of a large mini or mainframe computer.
estar muy apenado
be beside + Reflexivo + with grief
She is said to be beside herself with grief after losing her custom-made diamond wedding ring.
estar muy apurado
be in a fret
What do you do when a calm puppy is suddenly in a frenzy, as if he had a bee in his bonnet?.
estar muy arraigado en
be well embedded in
Controlled indexing languages are well embedded in many of the bibliographic and catalogue databases created today.
estar muy asustado
be beside + Reflexivo + with fear
One of the riots happened right outside my daughter's apartment and she was beside herself with fear.
estar muy atemorizado
be beside + Reflexivo + with fear
One of the riots happened right outside my daughter's apartment and she was beside herself with fear.
estar muy bajo
be way down
A major story in yesterday's national newspapers, here in the US, reports that remaining library school enrollments are way down.
estar muy cerca de
be one step away from
be steps away from
come + very close to
Denigrating the ideas of others is just one step away from a personal attack and reflects the speaker's ineptness.
The convention centre is just steps away from dozens of the city's most popular hotels and attractions.
A new hypothesis about recent human evolution suggests that we came very close to extinction because of a 'volcanic winter' that occurred 71000 years ago.
estar muy convencido de
have + strong feelings about
Of the 17% using libraries, the majority (11%) do not have strong feelings about the library as an information provider.
estar muy emocionado con/por
be excited about
I'm not a catalog person, I'm a computer person, and I'm very excited about this concept.
estar muy entusiasmado
be overwhelmed with + excitement
We were overwhelmed with excitement and this has given us renewed energy to deliver a high quality tournament.
estar muy esparcido
spread + Nombre + thinly
Reviews of works for young adults are spread thinly over a number of journals, and are often of limited value.
estar muy furioso
seethe with + indignation
But with both sides seething with indignation, it's difficult to imagine a breakthrough in the vicious cycle of threats, sanctions and provocations.
estar muy inquieto
be in a fret
What do you do when a calm puppy is suddenly in a frenzy, as if he had a bee in his bonnet?.
estar muy lejano
be far off
The customer appeal of the conventional journal remains and its demise is far off.
estar muy lejos
be far off
be a long way off
The customer appeal of the conventional journal remains and its demise is far off.
This pie in the sky solution is a long way off and I am doubtful that it will really solve the problem of tieing individual records into the authority file.
estar (muy) mal
be in a sorry state (of affairs)
be in a bad way
be in a bad state (of affairs)
Often quoted as the most polluted sea of the world, the Baltic Sea is indeed in a sorry state.
Several of those who are wounded, have had their limbs cut off, ?nd arc thought to be in a bad way.
In recent years the agricultural sector has been in a bad state of affairs, and a bold planning policy in this direction is necessary.
estar (muy) mal de salud
be in a bad state of health
But the young Queen was in a bad state of health, and died within forty days after her marriage.
estar muy pendiente de
keep + close tabs on
Police busted the group after keeping close tabs on their activities.
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 muy preocupado
be beside + Reflexivo + with worry
He was beside himself with worry over me having yet another brain surgery.
estar muy puesto
stay on + top of the game
stay on + top
Making progress and staying on top of the game in anything you set out to do is vital to ensuring a favorable outcome.
Staying on top in any profession is difficult, particularly in golf, where there is so much competition.
estar muy separado
set + far apart
Most of the monkeys found here are flat nosed and have round nostrils set far apart.
estar muy usado
be well thumbed
It is possible to turn over two cards at once, particularly if the cards have been well thumbed in the past; in this way, important entries might be missed, and the searching process is necessarily slowed down by the attempt to avoid this.
estar nervioso
be in a tizz(y)
have + butterflies in + Posesivo + stomach
have + knots in + Posesivo + stomach
The shipping industry is understandably in a tizzy, as the implications of the new norms are sinking in.
It is common for someone to feel they have butterflies in their stomach when in the early stages of a relationship.
She had knots in her stomach from that moment on, fidgeting like a teenager on her first date.
estar nostálgico
feel + homesick
be homesick
Most people will have felt homesick at some time in their lives and it is easy to forget just how overwhelming it can be.
But all through my growing years, I've been around a mother who was homesick for Pakistan and a grandmother who was homesick for Mumbai.
estar obcecado con Algo
have + a bee in + Posesivo + bonnet (about)
What do you do when a calm puppy is suddenly in a frenzy, as if he had a bee in his bonnet? .
estar obsesionado con
be hung up on/about
Too many of us are hung up on what we don't have, can't have, or won't ever have.
estar oculto
lie + hidden
For six years, the torture chamber lay hidden in the cellars of what had once been an orphanage for deaf children.
estar ocupado [Nombre que define la cualidad de estar ocupado haciendo algo] [Nombre que define la cualidad de estar ocupado haciendo algo]
busyness
be engaged
be tied up
busyness
Examples would include giving a spurious impression of busyness at the reference desk.
All telephone lines to the computer may be engaged at peak periods.
Kidlets age 6 and up will be tied up for hours assembling and playing with these packs of different pirate ships, dinosaurs, airplanes or alien creatures.
Examples would include giving a spurious impression of busyness at the reference desk.
estar operativo
be in working order
It is therefore a point of wisdom to ensure beforehand that everything is in the best possible working order.
estar opuestos
be at odds
As they stand, these two theories of pictorial representation are neither in agreement nor at odds, but incommensurable.
estar ordenado en forma circular
be on a wheel
By the chain indexing method the constituent elements of a compound class number can be thought of as being on a wheel.
estar orgulloso de
be proud (of/to)
Hernandez decided that if he wished to survive in this restrictive atmosphere his options were clearly the following: don't make waves, do a good job with no fuss of which he could be proud, and try to gain Balzac's respect.
estar orientado a/para
be geared to
Many of the problems facing society are so complex, the narrowness and resistance to change by many professions may lead to their extinction because they are not geared to contribute to the solution of those problems.
estar orientado hacia
target
Four major approaches to art historical scholarship are defined and the iconographical approach is targeted.
estar orientado hacia + Nombre
be + Nombre + driven
The study revealed that it was possible to draw a distinction between course programmes which were information driven and those, by far the majority, which were technology driven.
estar pachucho
be off-colour
His grieving wife, Carol, had an inkling that Paul was in ill health, as he was off-colour for quite some time.
estar para comérselo
look like + a million bucks
look like + a million dollars
look + delicious
look + yummy
She looked like a million bucks when she walked the red carpet for the opening ceremony of the Film Festival last night.
So follow the example of the Hollywood elite this year and enjoy feeling fabulous and looking like a million dollars.
Have you ever bought anything that looked delicious and were disappointed when you tasted it?.
They say I look yummy and they want a taste, but I'm a human not a sandwhich.
estar para el arrastre
be in a sorry state (of affairs)
be in a bad way
be in a bad state (of affairs)
Often quoted as the most polluted sea of the world, the Baltic Sea is indeed in a sorry state.
Several of those who are wounded, have had their limbs cut off, ?nd arc thought to be in a bad way.
In recent years the agricultural sector has been in a bad state of affairs, and a bold planning policy in this direction is necessary.
estar patas arriba
be a (complete) shambles
be (in) a (real) mess
While the economy is a 'shambles' and likely to stay that way for some time, he remains optimistic there will eventually be a recovery over a period of years.
The economy is in a real mess now, and we need to create as many jobs as possible.
estar peleados
be on bad terms
He thinks her mother used witchcraft against him and they are on bad terms.
estar pendiente de
be on the lookout for
pay + attention to
keep + an eye on
keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled
keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned
keep + an eye out for
be on the alert for
keep + tabs on
give + Nombre + attention
keep + an ear out for
keep + an eye open for
Librarians should be constantly on the lookout for ways in which to improve their basic services to the public.
Scant attention is paid to evaluation and the needs of users.
Instructors have to keep an eye always on the clock to ensure time does not run out before the essence of the case has been extracted.
Lulu is a friendly, chatty parrot and we urge everyone in and around this area to keep their eyes peeled for her.
When you tire of the town, rent a kayak and paddle around the islands keeping your eyes skinned for whales that inhabit the Sound.
Nurses must also keep an eye out for any patients developing a crush, as failing to recognise attraction of a sexual nature is also considered sexual misconduct .
Of course the perceptive librarian is on the alert for signs of this reaction on the part of the reader, but, sad to relate, there are those who will be deterred by nothing short of a loud cry of 'Stop'.
The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
The only way chippies like her will stop acting so cheap is if men stop giving them attention.
These are people who set up telescopes in city lots and observe with blankets draped over their heads to block streetlights, while keeping an ear out for muggers.
The assistant in charge of a section will see that their bit is kept tidy and will keep an eye open for thieves = El auxiliar responsable de una sección se encargará de mantener su área ordenada y estará atento a los ladrones.
estar pendiente de todo
stay on + top of things
keep on + top of things
be on top of things
be on top of everything
Climate change has moved up the agenda massively in recent years and the meat industry needs to stay on top of things to avoid being caught out.
It's a winning situation, as long as you keep on top of things.
Email is a wonderful invention for people who want to be on top of things.
Jeff is a pleasure to work with - he is on top of everything and he strives to make sure that his customers are always more than satisfied.
estar pendiente de todo, estar al tanto de todo, estar al tanto de las cosas
be on top of everything
Jeff is a pleasure to work with - he is on top of everything and he strives to make sure that his customers are always more than satisfied.
estar perdido
be out of + Posesivo + league
be out of + Posesivo + depth
be in over + Posesivo + head
be all at sea
Every leader faces them: times when they are out of their league, times when they feel like a fish out of water.
This one is one of the lame excuses almost always used when an individual is not coping, out their depth and in over their head.
This one is one of the lame excuses almost always used when an individual is not coping, out their depth and in over their head.
There is so much materal to prepare that she is all at sea as to how to do it.
estar perfecto
be (right) on the mark
be spot on
hit + the spot
For a directorial debut with no big-name movie stars, the acting is right on the mark.
The program is spot on - you can't fault it with the presentation and it's totally inoffensive and suitable for kids.
We focus on quality rather than quantity and hit the spot every time.
estar permitido
be permissible
You are still failing to observe a PME...ST citation order where this is permissible in the construction of a compound class number in UDC.
estar petado
be kaput
be chocker with
I had a mechanic chap take a gander earlier on and he said it's possible the pedal itself is kaput, as in there's something fishy going on with the mechanics of it.
Needless to say the garden was absolutely chocker with weeds.
estar pirado
be off + Posesivo + rocker
be mental
be nuts
be crackers
Nobody with any sense whatsoever would voluntarily swim in the waters of San Francisco Bay unless they were off their rocker.
The police thought he was mental and arrested him when he was going about in his birthday suit.
Do you have to be nuts to be a genius?.
They're crackers if they think they have a chance to win.
estar pirado por
have + a crush on
be hung up on
be crazy about
be nuts about
be crackers about
be bonkers about
be dotty about
How would you feel if your significant other had a crush on someone else?.
The only trouble is she's still totally hung up on her ex-boyfriend, even after 6 months!.
He's crazy about someone who doesn't love him back.
Wow, Romeo certainly was nuts about Juliet!.
He was crackers about her and I felt very sorry for him.
I am not sure whether she knew I was bonkers about her, but if she did, she was kind enough no to let it intrude on our general friendship.
She's embarrassed to confess that, although she is dotty about dogs, she lives in a tiny non-dog-friendly flat.
estar plagado de
be plagued with
be rife with
Contemporary library and information science discourse is plagued with tunnel vision and blind spots that seriously affect the profession's efforts to plan the library's future = La biblioteca contemporánea y el discurso de las ciencias de la información están plagados de visiones subjetivas y de puntos débiles que seriamente afectan a los esfuerzos de la profesión para planificar el futuro de la biblioteca.
Educational terminology is rife with concepts that are best described with pre-coordinated terms.
estar plagado de problemas
be plagued with problems
Even Plantin, who was a shrewd man, was constantly plagued with problems resulting from excessive borrowing.
estar plenamente convencido de Algo
feel (it) in + Posesivo + bones
Many use the service only as a last resort (there is a modest charge for it), when they themselves have searched in vain but feel in their bones that the library has it.
estar pletórico de energía
be full of energy
be full of beans
They were full of energy and that brought the party to life.
Deciding whether an unruly child has something wrong in his genes or is just full of beans may determine whether he's scolded or offered remedial education.
estar pletórico de vitalidad
be full of energy
be full of beans
They were full of energy and that brought the party to life.
Deciding whether an unruly child has something wrong in his genes or is just full of beans may determine whether he's scolded or offered remedial education.
estar pluriempleado
moonlight
work + a second job
For most who moonlight, the extra income is an economic necessity, and for a great many more, the economic need to work a second job exists but the employment opportunity does not.
For most who moonlight, the extra income is an economic necessity, and for a great many more, the economic need to work a second job exists but the employment opportunity does not.
estar poco acostumbrado a
be unaccustomed to
I just want to make sure that you know that it's not a grammatical error and it's just a writing style you seem to be unaccustomed to.
estar poco dispuesto
be reluctant
Many libraries are reluctant to reclassify stock and many libraries leave stock classified according to earlier editions long after the earlier edition has been superseded.
estar poco representado
underrepresent [under-represent]
None the less the large number of women in Austrian libraries are seriously under-represented at management levels.
estar podrido de dinero
be loaded with money
be made of money
have + money to burn
be rolling in money
be filthy rich
In other words, the guy's so loaded with money he doesn't even know what to do with it all.
The same applies to our farmers who also are finding times hard, despite many people thinking they are made of money and having it easy.
Companies promoting 'weight loss breakthroughs' can spend six figures on commercials and still have money to burn.
Saddam did not suffer from the sanctions, he was still rolling in money and politicians like Galloway profited from such sanctions.
If your main source of information is that magazine, you might think that everyone in Hollywood is filthy rich.
estar por debajo de
be beneath + Pronombre
The youngest daughter eloped with a man whom the family considered to be beneath her social class.
estar por delante de
be ahead of
Now it seems that museums are ahead of libraries.
estar por demostrar
be unproven
New releases of existing products should often be considered to be unproven.
estar por detrás
be behind
The British business community is generally thought to be behind those of other European countries in getting a share of aid-funded contracts.
estar por encima de [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio overlaid] [Verbo irregular: pasado overlay, participio overlain]
overlay
overlie
overarch
There may be a very flexible communication system that overlays the administrative structure, or there may be a fairly rigid pattern of communication that adheres to the administrative lines of authority.
The disputes between islanders and outsiders overlie the deeper problem of administrative denial of indigenous lagoon rights.
This will provide a multi-disciplinary forum, where differences inmethodologies, languages and techniques are overarched and hopefully overcome.
estar por las nubes
be through the roof
The one justified reason to hate Valentine's Day is that chocolate prices are through the roof - the bane of all chocolate addicts.
estar por los suelos
be at rock bottom
I was at rock bottom, being abused by different men, drinking heavily and taking more and more drugs.
estar por ver
be an open question
Whether such a solution would be agreed by users, and in particular the users of the Library of Congress itself, is still an open question.
estar poseído por los espíritus
haunt
Some authors, of course, object to their work being subjected to compulsory dissection for exams in the traditional deadly manner and like Bernard Shaw, they swear to haunt anyone who so mistreats them (Shaw's ghost must be busy these days).
estar precavido
be on + Posesivo + guard
be on guard (against)
There is a need for successful companies to be on their guard in the face of new competition.
Searchers need to be aware of the characteristics of the services and be on guard against bias, incompleteness, and lack of relevancy.
estar predestinado a
be predestined to
The credibility of BPR as a management tool is weakening and without efforts to unify vocabulary and definition, BPR is predestined to become another has-been management theory.
estar predispuesto
feel + partial
I don't feel partial either way but if I were a public librarian I think I would take exception to the idea that there was some kind of common plebeian form which I could use.
estar predispuesto a
be predisposed to/toward(s)
A person will be predisposed, or not, to seek and use information depending upon his or her goals and habits.
estar preñada
be up the spout
have + a bun in the oven
be pregnant
be expectant
Well, she's gone and done it again - she's up the spout and with another sprog on the way.
She has been sporting a little bit of a bump lately, leading everyone to think she may have a bun in the oven.
As fate would have it, I wasn't pregnant, but I would have accepted and loved this child with all my heart.
However, there are certain ladies who have no idea they are expectant until about the 3rd month of pregnancy.
estar preocupadísimo
worry + Nombre + stiff
be worried sick
be beside + Reflexivo + with worry
worry + Nombre + to death
be worried stiff
Like any other young woman of her time, she would have been worried stiff about pregnancy.
Of course, we are freaking worried sick of this merger so much so I can't even sleep well at night!.
He was beside himself with worry over me having yet another brain surgery.
Walking around wearing a ring that's worth around half the value of her house worries her to death, but at the same time she wants to wear the ring.
He was worried stiff by how much he wanted her, knowing there was no future in it.
estar preocupado por
be anxious to
If there are excessive delays in the record becoming available, and long delays become a common phenomenon, the librarian who is anxious to make new stock available for the user as soon as possible will resort to local cataloguing.
estar preparado
be readied
stand + ready
be ready
Library users ordinarily are unable to find if what they need is in the process of being cataloged, readied for the bindery, or being repaired.
One obligation resting upon every public institution in a democracy is that of standing ready at all times to render an account of itself to the people.
We are not ready for it yet, but we are getting closer every day.
estar preparado para
be geared up for/to
stand + poised
This article questions whether the library and information services profession is geared up for the 1990s.
The Arabian Gulf Libraries stand poised at the threshold of networking.
estar preparado y dispuesto a
be willing and able to
It was the first time any government had committed itself to providing work for any person who was willing and able to work.
estar preparado y dispuesto a todo
be ready, willing and able
However, unlike most artists, Ritchie was ready, willing and able to explain the deeper meanings in his pieces.
estar presente
be manifest
be present
be in evidence
In this example, only four facets of the class Library science are manifest in the compound subject of the document.
Class 2, Library Science, is a good illustration of facet analysis in CC as all three facets, Personality, Matter and Energy are present.
Despite its low international profile, Danish music is always in evidence in music catalogues and at music festivals.
estar presionado
be under the gun
'We're a bit under the gun because of trustee interests, either expressed or anticipated'.
estar profundamente dormido
be fast asleep
be sound asleep
So fast asleep they were, they were not able to wake up for one hundred years.
She was sound asleep, but still grinding her teeth.
estar propuesto a
be intent on
The Chinese government is intent on stifling debate in the country's blogosphere by restricting the activities of bloggers and preventing discussion of sensitive topics.
estar próximo
be at hand
A shortage of books makes things slightly difficult but help is at hand from the USSR.
estar quedándose sin
run + low (on)
Teacher herself is worked off her shoes coping with appeals for help with grammar, style, spelling, and, most of all, providing infusions of energy when authorial spirits run low.
estar que + echar + chispas [Usado en sentido figurado para indicar enojo]
be browned off
be brassed off
be furious
fume
foam at + the mouth
fume with + anger
fume with + rage
seethe
seethe with + anger
seethe with + rage
In World War II parlance, they were probably 'browned-off,' but were certainly not lacking in spirit and loyalty.
I'm sorry about the fact they were brassed off, but perhaps it was a natural consequence of the negativity over the past four months.
You hurt her pride and her feelings and she's furious.
Who has not had occasion to fume at the need to consult a large number of Official journals in order to reconstitute the current text of a particular regulation from all its amendments and corrigenda!.
All of Washington is foaming at the mouth over the prospect of more pork-barrel spending.
He uses his quirky wit and friendly banter to brighten people's mood when they are feeling low or fuming with anger.
Some people, being excessively liverish, cannot refrain from fuming with rage and shouting abuse when they come across stories of injustice, ignorance and foul play in the newspapers.
But Palestinian Arabs have learned that if they seethe publicly about anything, the world media will take them seriously.
Seething with anger, hundreds of people yesterday came out on the roads waving banners, shouting slogans and waving their fists in the air, demanding justice.
Most Iraqis I speak with nowadays are seething with rage towards the occupiers of their country.
estar quemado (de)
be fed up (with)
It goes without saying that not every situation is the same, but a lot of people are fed up with our current tax structure.
estar que pela
be boiling hot
I felt the phone and it was boiling hot, way too hot to hold for a few seconds.
estar que + subirse + por las paredes
tear + Posesivo + hair out
People are clearly extremely upset, apparently tearing their hair out at having to deal with spam.
estar que + trinar [Usado en sentido figurado para indicar enojo]
be browned off
be brassed off
be furious
fume
foam at + the mouth
fume with + anger
fume with + rage
seethe
seethe with + anger
seethe with + rage
In World War II parlance, they were probably 'browned-off,' but were certainly not lacking in spirit and loyalty.
I'm sorry about the fact they were brassed off, but perhaps it was a natural consequence of the negativity over the past four months.
You hurt her pride and her feelings and she's furious.
Who has not had occasion to fume at the need to consult a large number of Official journals in order to reconstitute the current text of a particular regulation from all its amendments and corrigenda!.
All of Washington is foaming at the mouth over the prospect of more pork-barrel spending.
He uses his quirky wit and friendly banter to brighten people's mood when they are feeling low or fuming with anger.
Some people, being excessively liverish, cannot refrain from fuming with rage and shouting abuse when they come across stories of injustice, ignorance and foul play in the newspapers.
But Palestinian Arabs have learned that if they seethe publicly about anything, the world media will take them seriously.
Seething with anger, hundreds of people yesterday came out on the roads waving banners, shouting slogans and waving their fists in the air, demanding justice.
Most Iraqis I speak with nowadays are seething with rage towards the occupiers of their country.
estar raído
be the worse for wear
Charlie was clearly the worse for wear in this very rare interview from around 1984.
estar realizándose
underway [under way]
be in progress
be in hand
Experiments in improved document delivery systems, and the establishment of networks between libraries are under way.
Several studies are currently in progress to analyze the needs of libraries to determine the best kinds of microform and the most useful cumulation patterns.
Such developments are in hand in several countries, although the cost of replacing the existing telephone network is quite considerable.
estar rebosante de
spill over with
Luminously portrayed as a free-spirited genius spilling over with self-confidence and good humor, Juana is the shining feminist heroine of Bemberg's film.
estar rebosante de salud
fit as a fiddle
Tall, handsome, fit-as-a-fiddle Louis Ronsard is the French businessman who has been selling this application for huge profits.
estar relacionado con
be associated with
regard
relate to
This broader consideration of descriptive cataloguing problems serves to set a context for the consideration of cataloguing problems associated with nonbook materials.
The question I have regards natural concerns about the computer going down, and the situation that may exist when the library is cut off for an extended period of time from the online catalog.
Notes may relate to any of the previous elements of the description, i.e. title, authorship, edition, editorship, publisher area, physical description area or series area.
estar relacionado con el trabajo
be work related
Since this mishap was not work related he was not eligible for Workmen's Compensation.
estar relacionado negativamente con
be negatively correlated with
We know that years of education and years of jail time are negatively correlated.
estar relacionado positivamente con
be positively correlated with
Preference is positively correlated with typicality in many product categories.
estar reñidos
be at odds
As they stand, these two theories of pictorial representation are neither in agreement nor at odds, but incommensurable.
estar repleto de
be full of
The rhetoric of curriculum change in SLIS is full of such large judgements and unanswered questions.
estar repleto de energía
be full of energy
be full of beans
They were full of energy and that brought the party to life.
Deciding whether an unruly child has something wrong in his genes or is just full of beans may determine whether he's scolded or offered remedial education.
estar repleto de vitalidad
be full of energy
be full of beans
They were full of energy and that brought the party to life.
Deciding whether an unruly child has something wrong in his genes or is just full of beans may determine whether he's scolded or offered remedial education.
estar resentido
carry + a chip on + Posesivo + shoulder
Sixteen years later, the truth remains indeterminable but this much is clear: Thomas carries a huge chip on his shoulder.
estar resfriado
have + a cold
Sometimes kids with this language disorder sound like they have a cold or like they're talking through their noses.
estar respaldado por Alguien
have + Nombre + behind + Pronombre
The emphasis on title entry came from the specialized libraries, primarily the technical libraries, that were small but had the money and the power behind them to see that their view prevails.
estar restringido
be constrained
This proposal was later withdrawn in recognition of the fact that the time frame for the current revision project is too constrained.
estar resuelto a
be intent on
be all set to
The Chinese government is intent on stifling debate in the country's blogosphere by restricting the activities of bloggers and preventing discussion of sensitive topics.
With that in mind, both girls were all set to go to Mindoro but the circumstances made it extra difficult for them to reach their destination.
estar reventado
be dead beat
be bushed
I was dead beat after dinner and so went back to the hotel, showered, and passed out.
I can't vouch for the others, but I was bushed after hauling my boat up the bank and through the tangled brush and over the slippery rocks.
estar revuelto
be in uproar
Cairo is in uproar following President Mursi's announcement that he will rule by decree until a new parliament is installed.
estar rodando por ahí
lie (a)round + the place
Many houses have unused gold items lying around the place, hiding away in drawers providing no use to any person.
estar rodando por la casa
lie (a)round + the house
If you happen to have a couple of turntables lying around the house, we've got the perfect project for you this weekend.
estar saliendo con alguien
be in a dating relationship
Meeting someone for the first time can be nerve-wracking, but so can trying to balance your eagerness with your need to play it cool when you're in a dating relationship.
estar salpicado de
be dotted with
The management landscape surrounding diversity is dotted with political consent that is often at odds with judicial approval.
estar sano y salvo
be alive and well
The article 'God is alive and well at the reference desk' describes an increase in the number of religious references enquiries in public libraries.
estar satisfecho (de)
be satisfied (with)
He was said to be 100% loyal to the library and perfectly satisfied with his position.
estar saturado de trabajo
work to + capacity
The Consumer Protection Department's inspectors were already working to capacity and did not want actively to encourage more casework = Los inspectores del Departamento de Protección al Consumidor ya estaban saturados de trabajo y no querían propiciar nuevos casos.
estar sediento
be thirsty
spit + feathers
be parched
be parched with thirst
feel + thirsty
They soon complained about the heat and being thirsty and hungry, even though they had only been out in the field about an hour.
I ended up parking about two miles away, and by the time I'd lugged the cases through the labyrinth of alleyways and switchbacks, I was spitting feathers.
It is smooth and refreshing with a taste that must be like drawing water from a cactus after being parched in a desert for days.
The day was sultry, and some of the party, being parched with thirst, left the line of march, and scrambled down the bank of the river to drink.
It's important to drink plenty of water, but feeling thirsty all or most of the time can signal a medical problem.
estar seguro
be sure
make + sure
set + your watch by
Inconsistencies are mostly merely annoying, although it can be difficult to be sure whether a group of citations which look similar all relate to the same document.
DOBIS/LIBIS first checks the borrower's number to make sure that it is in the files and is valid.
There are a few things you can count on; I mean really set your watch by in life.
estar seguro (de)
be certain (of)
Using this in-depth search system, you can be certain you are conducting your search in the most efficient and accurate way.
estar seguro de
be confident about
feel + confident
Such variations make it difficult for users to be confident about the form of a heading.
Most consumers felt confident that once a letter is written and posted, no one will read it either accidently or on purpose except for the intended addressee.
estar seguro de que
be confident that
Nobody can be confident that the US yet has a workable solution to its banking disaster.
estar sentado sin hacer o decir nada
sit by
Kate and Jones laughed merrily, while Hernandez and the fourth member of the group, head of technical services, Pershing, sat glumly by.
estar separado
set apart
However, in Pratt's complex model, the receiver may be set apart in time and space from the sender.
estar separado de
be remote from
Incunabulists tend to inhabit a world of their own which is remote from those concerned with later printed books.
estar sesgado
bias
slant
A sample would be biased if some elements in the population have no chance of selection.
Initially the course was oriented towards academic library services, but in recent years has become more slanted towards information technology.
estar siempre a disposición de Alguien
be at + Posesivo + beck and call
Don't be at her beck and call - women love a challenge and as soon as they find out that they can't have something they want it 100 times more.
estar siempre + Adjetivo
be ever + Adjetivo
They should be ever mindful that their role as instructors is to give students opportunities and occasions for learning.
estar siempre al servicio de Alguien
be at + Posesivo + beck and call
Don't be at her beck and call - women love a challenge and as soon as they find out that they can't have something they want it 100 times more.
estar siempre buscando
be on the lookout for
Librarians should be constantly on the lookout for ways in which to improve their basic services to the public.
estar siempre dispuesto a ayudar
be always willing to assist
be always willing to help out
All of the sample agreed that the library staff are always willing to assist.
Thankfully, I have a wonderful set of parents and in-laws who are always willing to help out when we need a break from the kids.
estar siendo + Participio
be in process of + Nombre
A stand-alone cataloguing system is, however, in process of development.
estar sin blanca
not have a bean
And considering the fact that my parents didn't have a bean, how could my father have had a fountain pen that was expensive enough to pawn?.
estar sin hacer nada
sit + idle
stand + idle
twiddle + Posesivo + thumbs
Unused school buildings sit idle as ravages of time take toll.
A single companionship of this sort would often have three or four works in production at the same time in a busy house, so that its members rarely stood idle for want of copy.
We don't want people to sit around twiddling their thumbs - it's not good for their thumbs and it's not good for our community = No queremos a gente que se cruce de brazos sin hacer nada; no es nada bueno ni para sus brazos ni para nuestra comunidad.
estar sin trabajo
stay out of + work
be out of work
This author discusses the qualities people need to stay in work, and how long they can expect to stay out of work if they lose their job.
However, it was his proud boast that he was seldom out of work and was prepared to do almost anything that would earn an honest penny.
estar sin una pela
not have a bean
And considering the fact that my parents didn't have a bean, how could my father have had a fountain pen that was expensive enough to pawn?.
estar sin un centavo
not have a bean
And considering the fact that my parents didn't have a bean, how could my father have had a fountain pen that was expensive enough to pawn?.
estar sin un céntimo
not have a bean
And considering the fact that my parents didn't have a bean, how could my father have had a fountain pen that was expensive enough to pawn?.
estar sin un chavo
not have a bean
And considering the fact that my parents didn't have a bean, how could my father have had a fountain pen that was expensive enough to pawn?.
estar sin un duro
not have a bean
And considering the fact that my parents didn't have a bean, how could my father have had a fountain pen that was expensive enough to pawn?.
estar sin vivir
worry + Nombre + stiff
be worried sick
worry + Nombre + to death
be worried stiff
Like any other young woman of her time, she would have been worried stiff about pregnancy.
Of course, we are freaking worried sick of this merger so much so I can't even sleep well at night!.
Walking around wearing a ring that's worth around half the value of her house worries her to death, but at the same time she wants to wear the ring.
He was worried stiff by how much he wanted her, knowing there was no future in it.
estar sobrecargado de
be snowed under with
Thus they may have periods with nothing to do interspersed with times of being snowed under with work.
estar solo
stand + alone
be on + Posesivo + own
Index terms do not always stand alone, but are sometimes defined more precisely by the use of both qualifiers and scope notes.
As she sat alone in the staff lounge at the end of her exhausting day, she reflected grimly that she was on her own as far as the assignments were concerned = Mientras se sentaba sola en la sala de personal al final de un día agotador, reflexionaba sombríamente que estaba sola en lo relativo a sus tareas.
estar sometido a
be subject to
This is not intended to imply that their ideas and views should be forever withheld, but to say that their ideas an views should be subject to the same scrutiny as those of the others.
estar sometido a presión
face + pressure
At the moment the printed newspaper has to face considerable pressure from new technologies.
estar sonado
be off + Posesivo + rocker
be mental
Nobody with any sense whatsoever would voluntarily swim in the waters of San Francisco Bay unless they were off their rocker.
The police thought he was mental and arrested him when he was going about in his birthday suit.
estar soñoliento
be sleepy
feel + sleepy
The day was definitely ending and she was sleepy from work, hunger, lack of sleep and probably dehydration.
If during the day, you feel sleepy then it can help tremendously if you wash your face with cold water.
estar suficientemente bien + Participio Pasado
be sufficiently well + Participio Pasado
Soviet libraries are not sufficiently well equipped with technical equipment, such as word processors, copiers, and information systems.
estar sujeto a
make + Nombre + subject to
be bound to
This article discusses the proposal by the European Parliament to make books and journals subject to a band of taxation between 4 and 9%.
Except for civil laws, and the individual right of the private citizen etc., the king is bound to public law, constitutional law and divine law.
estar sujeto a cambios
be written in sand, not stone
be subject to change
However, an assumption must undergird the entire process: All decisions are written in sand, not stone.
Most serial publications are intended to be issued indefinitely and are subject to change of authorship.
estar sujeto a la obligación de
be under the obligation to
Although the library had awarded him a fellowship, he was not under the obligation to work there following graduation = Aunque la biblioteca le había concedido una beca, no tenía la obligación de trabajar allí tras su graduación.
estar sumido en una crisis
be deep in crisis
In 1893 when the nation was deep in one of its worst financial crises, librarians across the land were emphasizing the public library's role as a conservator of order.
estar tan bueno que no se puede dejar de comer
moreish
Public health research also stands to gain if we can understand why certain foods are so moreish.
estar temblando de miedo
be frightened to death
However there are a number of reports out there of people being frightened to death by ghosts.
estar terminándose
be on + Posesivo + last legs
be on the way out
The world's carefully constructed international system for maintaining peace and security, built around the UN charter, is now on its last legs.
Today, many things indicate that we are going thorough a transitional period, when it seems that something is on the way out and something else is painfully being born.
estar tieso
not have a bean
And considering the fact that my parents didn't have a bean, how could my father have had a fountain pen that was expensive enough to pawn?.
estar tieso de frío
be frozen stiff
There was no snow upon the ground, but the earth was frozen stiff and the road was rough with little ridges.
estar tirado
be a snap
be a cinch
be a piece of cake
be a cinch
be a breeze
be a picnic
be duck soup
be a walk in the park
The article is entitled 'Enhancing digital images is a snap'.
The article 'Singing with Children Is a Cinch!' explains how children learn to sing and discusses criteria for selecting songs suitable for young voices.
That was a piece of cake compared with getting the resulting research agency off the ground.
The article 'Singing with Children Is a Cinch!' explains how children learn to sing and discusses criteria for selecting songs suitable for young voices.
We both woke up bright and early to forage for food nearby, which was a breeze.
Drying and stewing fruit was a picnic compared to the elaborate rituals involved in the preparation and preservation of meat.
Even driving the Taliban out of power from Afghanistan was duck soup compared to Iraq.
The Zionists will discover that the war they had in July was a walk in the park if we compare it to what we've prepared for every new aggression.
estar tocado de la cabeza
be soft in the head
One of the curses of being a well-known science-fiction writer is that unsophisticated people assume you to be soft in the head.
estar todavía en pañales
be wet behind the ears
be a bit green
be green behind the ears
Obama has many sterling qualities but he is wet behind the ears.
He is a bit green, but learns quickly and has a great personality.
The documentary contains interviews with members of the battalion, from green-behind-the-ears privates to high-ranking officers.
estar todo ilusionado
be all excited
She was all excited about the relationship and possibly the engagement but she sat on her hands and did nothing to make things better.
estar (todo) nervioso
be (all) in a flutter
The legal establishment is all in a flutter because it is slowly starting to realise that social media is creating a space within which it is powerless.
estar todos en el mismo barco
be all in the same boat
We are all in the same boat in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.
estar (todos) en la misma situación [Usado generalmente en sentido figurado]
be (all) in the same boat
We're all in the same boat, and if part of it sinks, probably the rest of it does, too.
estar tomando antibióticos
be on antibiotics
He was also battling a sinus infection and was on antibiotics, so he was not one hundred percent.
estar tomando + Fármaco
be on + Fármaco
Being on drugs all the time can 'protect' people from all the negative feelings they have about themselves and the world around them.
estar tomando la píldora anticonceptiva
be on the pill
Women who have been on the pill for 10 or more years cut their risk of ovarian cancer by about 45%.
estar tomando medicamentos
be on medication
The number of kids who are on medication has jumped dramatically.
estar totalmente a favor de
be all for
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.
estar totalmente convencido de
be all for
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.
estar totalmente de acuerdo con
be all for
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.
estar totalmente equivocado
be way off
Most sellers think they know at least a ballpark figure for their house, but most are way off.
estar tramando algo malo
be up to no good
get up to + no good
His mom could always tell when he was up to no good - it must have been that sixth sense mothers have.
It's a cartoon about a mischievous youngster who delights in playing pranks, being rotten to his relatives and generally getting up to no good.
estar tramando alguna barrabasada
be up to no good
get up to + no good
His mom could always tell when he was up to no good - it must have been that sixth sense mothers have.
It's a cartoon about a mischievous youngster who delights in playing pranks, being rotten to his relatives and generally getting up to no good.
estar tranquilo que
rest + assured that
rest + easy that
Parents who find themselves in the unenviable position of being home with a colicky newborn can rest assured that there is a cure.
So you can rest easy that you are getting the very best.
estar traumatizado con
be hung up on/about
Too many of us are hung up on what we don't have, can't have, or won't ever have.
estar un poco anticuado
be some years old
Armstrong Sperry's 'Call It Courage' is now some years old but still to my mind an attractive and alive book.
estar verde
be wet behind the ears
be a bit green
be green behind the ears
Obama has many sterling qualities but he is wet behind the ears.
He is a bit green, but learns quickly and has a great personality.
The documentary contains interviews with members of the battalion, from green-behind-the-ears privates to high-ranking officers.
estar verde de envidia
be green with envy
She was teased for being flat-chested as a teen and now she wants her bullies to be green with envy at how good she looks.
estar zumbado
be off + Posesivo + rocker
be mental
Nobody with any sense whatsoever would voluntarily swim in the waters of San Francisco Bay unless they were off their rocker.
The police thought he was mental and arrested him when he was going about in his birthday suit.
¿estás de cachondeo?
you must be joking!
you must be kidding!
The first-blush reaction to their astonishing long-term strategy for achieving national energy independence is that they must be joking.
To those illogical beings with warped sense of humor, I say, they must be kidding.
futuro + estar + en + Posesivo + manos
future + be + in + Posesivo + hands
They realized that their future was in their hands and no one else could do for them what they could do for themselves.
indicador de estar listo
screen prompt
Ideally, screen prompts should be in a natural language and should be answerable by a single keystroke as often as possible.
las cosas + estar + claras [El uso de handwriting en lugar de writing es menos frecuente]
the (hand)writing + be + on the wall
see it + coming
Surely the writing is on the wall for Gordon Brown and ministers will act in October to put him out of his and our collective miseries.
The inference is that they cannot be held accountable for something so unusual, so extraordinary, and so unforecastable that that no one saw it coming.
la suerte estar de + Posesivo + lado
Posesivo + star + be + in the ascendant
It's great when your star is in the ascendant, especially in that headiest of all heady worlds, the music business.
lo hecho, hecho está
no use crying over spilt/spilled milk
It may be no use crying over spilt milk but had the original constitution been more people-driven, perhaps things could have turned out different.
lo peor está por llegar
the worst is yet/still to come
What we're finding out from a fiscal standpoint is that the worst is yet to come.
lo peor está por venir
the worst is yet/still to come
What we're finding out from a fiscal standpoint is that the worst is yet to come.
mientras estamos en ello
while we're at it
While we're at it, let's get rid of locutions that imply that men are inherently better than women.
motivo + estar en
reason + lie in
The reason behind this requirement of digital data lies in the engineering aspects of digital computers: they can only manipulate digital signals.
nada + estar + más apartado de la verdad
nothing + can + be further from the truth
Jones (2002) pointed out that whereas many librarians may see these activities as a 'waste of time, nothing could be further from the truth' = Jones (2002) señaló que mientras que muchos bibliotecarios pueden ver estas actividades como una "pérdida de tiempo, nada estaba más lejos de la verdad".
nada + estar + más apartado de la realidad
nothing + can + be further from the truth
Jones (2002) pointed out that whereas many librarians may see these activities as a 'waste of time, nothing could be further from the truth' = Jones (2002) señaló que mientras que muchos bibliotecarios pueden ver estas actividades como una "pérdida de tiempo, nada estaba más lejos de la verdad".
nada + estar + más lejos de la realidad
nothing + can + be further from the truth
Jones (2002) pointed out that whereas many librarians may see these activities as a 'waste of time, nothing could be further from the truth' = Jones (2002) señaló que mientras que muchos bibliotecarios pueden ver estas actividades como una "pérdida de tiempo, nada estaba más lejos de la verdad".
nada + estar + más lejos de la verdad
nothing + can + be further from the truth
Jones (2002) pointed out that whereas many librarians may see these activities as a 'waste of time, nothing could be further from the truth' = Jones (2002) señaló que mientras que muchos bibliotecarios pueden ver estas actividades como una "pérdida de tiempo, nada estaba más lejos de la verdad".
no estar acostumbrado a
be unaccustomed to
I just want to make sure that you know that it's not a grammatical error and it's just a writing style you seem to be unaccustomed to.
no estar al corriente
be out of touch
David Cameron's point-blank refusal to fire him shows how out of touch his government is.
no estar bien
be off-colour
His grieving wife, Carol, had an inkling that Paul was in ill health, as he was off-colour for quite some time.
no estar bien equilibrado
skew
The truncated derived search keys for titles are derived from up to four words, so that the matrix in this case is four dimensional, albeit skewed because not the same number of letters is derived from each word.
no estar claro en absoluto
be far from clear
It is still far from clear exactly what the Thais intend to do.
no estar contento
be unhappy
It was apparent that research, industrial and academic libraries were unhappy about the quality of graduates from the technology-driven programmes.
no estar convencido
be dubious
I am also dubious about the AACR2 prescribing the source of the title as the label.
no estar coordinado con
be out of step with
Information systems in business, in as much as they exist at all, are usually out of step with the needs of management.
no estar de acuerdo
beg to differ
Many librarians were literally incredulous that weeding could be considered, in any shape or form, as a timesaver; others begged to differ.
no estar de acuerdo (con)
disapprove (of)
Of course, as one who disapproves of the use of the title as a unit heading, I don't see any justification for it.
no estar de suerte
be out of luck
But in a lot of Seattle neighborhoods, a kid looking for a wading pool to cool off in is out of luck.
no estar disponible
be unavailable
be down
The library will scarcely grind to a halt if the acquisitions file is unavailable for a day.
A computer is said to be 'down' when it ceases to function for some reason.
no estar dispuesto a
be unwilling to
An enquirer upstaged by a virtuoso parade of knowledge may be unwilling to venture into the limelight again.
no estar documentado
be undocumented
Friends of the Library groups are largely undocumented in the professional literature at non-doctoral granting colleges and universities.
no estar en funcionamiento
be down
A computer is said to be 'down' when it ceases to function for some reason.
no estar en + Posesivo + cabales
insane
Ramakrishna was deemed holy by his followers but considered insane by many non-Hindus chiefly because of his behavior when interacting with the goddess Kali.
no estar en sintonía con
be out of step with
Information systems in business, in as much as they exist at all, are usually out of step with the needs of management.
no estar finalizado (con mucho)
fall (far) short of + completeness
Even with such a limitation and many later supplementations by various hands, by way of addition, correction and amplification, it falls far short of completeness.
no estar incluido
be not included
A simple blood test to detect a mutant gene that causes cystic fybrosis is not included in the basket of health services subsidized by the government.
no estar muy católico
feel + bad
Herzberg developed a questionnaire that required lengthy descriptive reports of events that made the worker feel good or bad.
no estar nada + Adjetivo
be anything but + Adjetivo
be far from + Adjetivo
One of them snipped Ben Kline's life short, and Marla's determined to get to the root of a case that's anything but cut and dried.
Moreover, we conclude that the process of placing a feminist stamp on working relations is both far from complete and subject to reverses.
no estar nada claro
be far from clear
It is still far from clear exactly what the Thais intend to do.
no estar nunca satisfecho
enough + be + not/never + enough
For them enough is never enough, and any kind of scam is right up their alley.
no estar para nada + Adjetivo
be far from + Adjetivo
Moreover, we conclude that the process of placing a feminist stamp on working relations is both far from complete and subject to reverses.
no estar para nada claro
be far from clear
It is still far from clear exactly what the Thais intend to do.
no estar presente en
be absent (from)
Consideration of information issues was absent from most courses studied.
no estar/ser (como) para tirar cohetes
be nothing to write home (to mom) about
He really does not have that great of a voice and his looks are nothing to write home to mom about.
no estar/ser para tirar cohetes
be nothing to shout about
The rooms are nothing to shout about, but it's a friendly place and has one of the neighborhood's best restaurants.
no estar utilizable
be down
A computer is said to be 'down' when it ceases to function for some reason.
no poder estarse quieto
have + the fidgets
fidget
In the polite Anglo-Saxon culture, you don't tell people who have the fidgets to stop fidgeting.
In the polite Anglo-Saxon culture, you don't tell people who have the fidgets to stop fidgeting.
no ser
be no great shakes
My friends read my books not because they think I am any great shakes as a writer but simply because they know me.
problema + estar
problem + lie
problem + come with
The problem that lies at the base of the librarian/faculty conflict is that many members of the teaching faculty have no idea of what librarians do.
The problem comes with ideographic languages = El problema se plantea con los lenguajes basados en ideogramas.
que se está desarrollando
evolving
One of the objectives is to produce a statement of the role of the Library in the evolving national information program over the next five to seven years.
ropa de estar en casa
loungewear
They offer a fun line of pajamas, sleepwear and loungewear to help women feel good about themselves.
sala de estar
sitting-room
living room
drawing room
lounge
And making matters worse, this uncomfortable group sat in a suburban sitting-room flooded with afternoon sunlight like dutifully polite guests at a formal coffee party.
We only have to listen to each other talking, anywhere from the bedroom to the lecture hall, from the street to our living rooms, to witness the fact that people are language-made, and that we all use language in the form of story all the time in order to tell each other about ourselves.
The mementoes from far off lands in drawing rooms and museums constitute another imaginary land in which the idea of foreign cultures is shaped.
Public libraries and university libraries alike are frequently used as lounges and social centers rather than as information services.
sala de estar para el personal [En ciertas instituciones, sala utilizada por el personal de una institución para descansar, tomar algún refresco, leer el periódico, comer algo, etc]
coffee lounge
Above all, we specified a variety of reader places and that there be a coffee lounge close to the library.
salón de estar
lounge
Public libraries and university libraries alike are frequently used as lounges and social centers rather than as information services.
si no estoy equivocado
if my hunch is right
if I am not mistaken
I have a good idea of what's going to happen but I still have to see if my hunch is right.
If I am not mistaken, a guy who has 4 women, all bringing in lots of money for him, is called a PIMP.
todos + estar de acuerdo
agree on + all hands
It is agreed on all hands that peace should be restored without delay and that law and order must be established and maintained at any cost.
ya que estamos en ello
while we're at it
While we're at it, let's get rid of locutions that imply that men are inherently better than women.
zona de estar
living area
The living area is furnished with a three-seater sofa, two-seater sofa and 2 armchairs.
