familiar-2
familiar ; conversational ; familial ; old friend ; family-oriented ; colloquial ; homey ; homely .
For anyone involved with online searching, the equipment needed for electronic mail will be familiar: in addition to the microcomputer itself (which is the terminal), an acoustic coupler or modem will be needed.
The old expressions 'spin a yarn', 'weave a tale' suggest the anecdotal, conversational quality that must be striven for by the storyteller.
These librarians are thoroughly sensitised to the social, familial, ethnic, economic and political characteristics of the people in their neighbourhoods.
The Web's full embrace of constant change means that even old friend sites may be unrecognisable after technology facelifts.
Middleborns tend to be less family-oriented than firstborns or lastborns.
Assembler is the colloquial term for assembly language which lies between the low-level machine code and high-level languages.
However, his attempt to make cultural and social history more accessible to a wider audience by adopting a homey, jokey style often seems counterproductive.
We are always on the lookout for homely traditions that work.
archivo familiar
estate archive
The Portland Archive is one of the most valuable family and estate archives in the country describing how the Porland family built up its estates.
asunto familiar
family affair
Some people maintain that reading must be a 'family affair'.
ayuda familiar
family income supplement
family worker
The librarians have instituted a series of campaigns, including displays and leaflets on specific issues, eg family income supplement, rent and rates rebates, and school grants.
The success of these small family enterprises often depends on the contributions of unpaid family workers, particularly wives.
casa familiar
family home
5 bedroom detached family home with a magnificent mature southernly rear garden.
centro de planificación familiar
family planning clinic
The idea has been suggested to set up multipurpose community centres where services like a grocer, a chemist, a doctor's surgery, a family planning clinic, and a bank, could all be located.
coche familiar
family car
In most households the family car disappears with the breadwinner each morning leaving the rest of the family isolated from many essential services.
conflicto familiar
family conflict
The author compares learning achievement, social adjustment, and family conflict among 146 Bedouin students from polygamous and monogamous families.
deber familiar
familial duty
This measure has allowed women to meet their familial duties whilst maintaining their foothold on the employment ladder.
desintegración familiar
family breakdown
Problems resulting from family breakdown are caused when relationships end with hostility, without talking through the situation.
dicho familiar
familiar saying
As the familiar saying goes, 'From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step'.
empresa familiar
family business
family-run business
His wife ran the company for ten years until her son was ready to assume the responsibilities of the family business.
This is a family-run business that creates rustic metal art that is functional and decorative.
entorno familiar
home environment
Educational theory is based upon the assumption that the home environment complements the school.
expresión familiar
colloquialism
Academic writing tends to use more formal vocabulary and avoids colloquialisms and slang = La redacción académica tiende a utilizar un vocabulario más formal y evita los coloquialismos y el argot.
genealogía familiar
family genealogy
On and off for the past two decades, her father has been gathering information about their family genealogy.
historia familiar
family history
After a lifetime of silence and secrets, Fern had the sudden opportunity to discover her own family history.
ingresos familiares
family wage
This makes mockery of the idea of a 'family wage' earned by the man on which wage negotiations and the idea of keeping women out of work are founded.
lazo familiar
family bond
There is an increasing need to strengthen family bonds in a society marked by escalating violence.
lazos familiares
family ties
She was an internationally respected library leader who attempted to create an independent life without abandoning her strong family ties.
lenguaje familiar
colloquial language
familiar language
Documentation systems have suffered from the use of descriptors insufficiently keyed to colloquial language.
Boolean logic should be properly explained and jargon kept to a minimum, preferring the familiar language of print resources.
negocio familiar
family-run business
family business
This is a family-run business that creates rustic metal art that is functional and decorative.
His wife ran the company for ten years until her son was ready to assume the responsibilities of the family business.
nido familiar
family nest
The term 'family nest' was used in the 1960s by researchers to describe an empty nest from which all of the children had flown leaving the parents lonely or sad.
permiso por razones familiares
family leave
Women employees, in general, are more likely than men employees to take family leaves.
planificación familiar
family planning
planned parenthood
Incredibly, for instance, there are still no direct and specific LC headings for family planning (which is not synonymous with Birth control), COUNTER-CULTURE, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES, RHYTHM AND BLUES MUSIC, REGGAE MUSIC, FOOD CO-OPS, or MEN'S LIBERATION.
Planned parenthood has become very important, as economic & social conditions cannot be improved in most societies without first controlling population growth.
prestación familiar
family allowance
During the two decades prior to the 1970s there were negligible family allowances and no reliable or universal provisions for social work, pre-schooling or child care in Australia.
problema familiar
family problem
Then, a series of unfortunate circumstances (the outbreak of the war, family problems) deprived the project of its promoter and most passionate supporter.
problemas familiares
family crisis
This library serves a population displaying all the familiar features of low income, family social and financial crises, juvenile delinquency, and landlord/tenant problems.
reliquia familiar
heirloom
Proper care and storage of textile heirlooms such as wedding gowns and christening gowns can prolong their longevity for subsequent generations.
responsabilidades familiares
family responsibilities
In general, off-campus graduates were older, less mobile, had more family responsibilities, and used support structures generally available to mature adults.
restaurante familiar
family restaurant
When women frequently go to family restaurants, this leads to them going out of their homes excessively for no reason, which goes against the command of Allah.
reunión familiar
family gathering
family reunion
A silver wedding usually means a family gathering - difficult occasions at the best of times.
The article 'Family reunion with a professional agenda: a conference of African-American librarians' reports the 2nd National Conference of African American Librarians in 1994.
riña familiar
domestic argument
Two men and a woman were hospitalized late Sunday after domestic argument led to multiple stabbings.
ser familiar
strike + familiar chords
But the further I went into that foreign domain the more I began to recognize facets of behavior, motivations, characters, which struck familiar chords.
servicio auxiliar de apoyo familiar
respite care
This convalescent home provides high quality rest, recuperation and respite care for adults of all ages and from all walks of life.
terapeuta familiar
family therapist
Teens experiment a lot, and thrill seeking behaviour is natural at that age, say family therapists.
tiempo familiar
quality time
Instead of romantic moonlit walks on the beach, young couples' 'quality time' is limited to an hour or two at the local pizzeria.
tradición familiar
family tradition
His rebelliousness against family tradition and sedate good taste surfaced disturbingly in his account of bringing his mother's body home from Italy.
valores familiares
family values
The idea must be enforced that that librarians have a duty to prohibit access to information and ideas whenever such limits are necessary to preserve family values.
VHS (Sistema de Vídeo Familiar)
VHS (Video Home System)
The video playback units are all Betamax format because it is felt that the picture quality is far superior to VHS (Video Home System) and other formats.
vida familiar
family life
Statistics show black family life to be an appalling concoction of poverty, shooting and rampant teenage pregnancy.
violencia familiar
domestic violence
All of you know how much needs to be done to take meaningful steps to end domestic violence and sexual assault.
