firme-1
firm ; powerful ; sound ; strong ; uncompromising ; steadfast ; assertive ; adamant ; taut ; tight ; uncompromised ; staunch [stanch, -USA] ; rock solid ; unswerving ; toned ; stout .
Full consideration of the above factors should form a firm basis for the design of an effective thesaurus or list of subject headings.
Because DOBIS/LIBIS integrates the authority files into the cataloguing process, it provides a unique and very powerful authority file facility.
Thus the scheme has a sound organisational backing.
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.
What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.
He does admit, however, that 'this power is unusual, it is a gift which must be cultivated, an accomplishment which can only be acquired by vigorous and steadfast concentration'.
I tried to say at the very outset of my remarks that there probably has not been sufficient consumer-like and assertive leverage exerted upon our chief suppliers.
The point is that even our most adamant, conservative faculty members are slowly dribbling in and saying, 'Could you add our name to your selective dissemination of information service?'.
While the stencil is held taut, the cylinder is slowly rotated until the bottom edge of the wax sheet can be clamped in position.
The platen was lashed up tight to the toe of the spindle by cords which connected hooks at its four corners to another set of hooks at the four lower corners of the hose.
The Gazette advocated uncompromised racial equality and viewed the migration as a weapon against oppression.
This article reviews the work of Professor Kaula, the staunch crusader of librarianship in India.
The numbers in the ad, which are quite eye-opening, are rock-solid.
His mistaken assumption that cult heroes are supermen, and his unswerving devotion to an empirical testing of the play impose significant limitations on his account.
If you are shorter or have very nice toned legs without veins, scars or dark hair, I say take the skirt up a few inches if you want.
The guard (book) catalogue is a book form catalogue with several entries on each page, but each entry inserted by pasting slips on to the stout pages of the book.
adoptar una postura firme ante una cuestión
take + position on + issue
There are many sincere librarians who are alert to the dangers inherent when libraries take positions on issues.
alcanzar tierra firme
come + ashore
Due to the effects of global warming, tens of thousands of walruses have come ashore in Alaska.
con pie firme
sure-footed
It is our professional duty to help the reader, leading him from author to author, book to book, with enough sure-footed confidence that he is guided up the literary mountain and not left wandering in the viewless foothills because of one's own incompetence.
de manera firme
stoutly
The volumes are well printed on good paper and stoutly bound.
en tierra firme
on dry land
In other words, Elian's real shipwreck was not on the open sea, but when he stepped on dry land in the United States.
llegar a tierra firme
come + ashore
Due to the effects of global warming, tens of thousands of walruses have come ashore in Alaska.
mantener firme
keep + steady
hold in + line
hold + steady
Datto felt a wave of irritation engulf him, but he persevered, keeping his voice steady.
The library staff consists of 6 professional librarians and 11 clerical workers, all of whom are held firmly in line by the forceful personality of the director, a retired military colonel.
The article is entitled 'Public library circulation holds steady in 1988'.
mantenerse firme
stand + Posesivo + ground
stick to + Posesivo + guns
stand + firm
hold + Posesivo + ground
The most common coping strategies were to bury one's feelings, to concentrate on what to do next, to stand one's ground, and to talk to someone about the problem.
Bravo to writer/director Wayne Kramer for sticking to his guns and delivering one of the most uncompromising, memorable and downright brutal thrillers in recent memory.
Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
It's easier to play things down then hold your ground.
mantenerse firme como una roca
stand like + a rock
It was Thomas Jefferson who said: 'On matters of style, swim with the current; on matters of principle, stand like a rock'.
permanecer firm
stay in + place
A data base must respond to a dynamic reality in which terms, 'strain, crack and sometimes break under the burden, under the tension, slip, slide, perish, decay with imprecision, will not stay in place, will not stay still'.
poco firme
tenuous
rocky [rockier -comp., rockiest -sup.]
We have another possibility that is exciting, though still tenuous.
The English is a little rocky on this lovely web site but we have it on good word that the original French is très bien.
ponerse firme
stand to + attention
spring to + attention
Gordon Brown foolishly goes to shake the hand of a soldier standing to attention in Afghanistan at the weekend.
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.
senos firmes y de punta
pert breasts
Breast tissue is very delicate and while you may have small and pert breasts now if you don't support them properly during exercise the ligaments that hold them up will elongate and you will end up with saggy boobs.
sobre suelo firme
on firm footing
In order to deliver accurate fire on shore targets the amphibian tank must be stationary on a reef, or approach on smooth, firm footing.
terreno firme
safe ground
solid ground
Broder says 'there is no safe ground' in the news business anymore.
Before him was a morass over which a bridge had been thrown to the solid ground beyond.
tierra firme
solid ground
Before him was a morass over which a bridge had been thrown to the solid ground beyond.
