hueco-1
gap ; slot ; hollow ; recess ; alcove ; cavity.
New editions will be essentially cumulations and therefore a longer gap will exist between editions.
These frames are of different types and have slots also of different types, which can be filled by other frames.
It can certainly be status-conferring to let it be known in social conversation that one has read the latest Fay Weldon book, but if the group one is in never reads Fay Weldon anyway and could not care less what she has written then the victory is a somewhat hollow one.
He then dropped the metal suddenly into the mouth of the mould, and at the same instant gave it a jerk or toss to force the metal into the recesses of the matrix (the precise form of the jerk varying with the different letters).
Our news service is delivered by a large-screen television that broadcasts continuous cable news in a special alcove adjacent to the library's current periodicals and reference areas.
His sculptures were made by making casts of the cavities left in snow onto which the artist and a collaborator had urinated.
dejar un hueco
leave + gap
Further, it is necessary to predict in advance the areas in which new subjects are likely to arise and to leave gaps accordingly; this forecasting is obviously difficult.
eliminar Algo dejando un hueco en su lugar
gap
Collect some short texts of your own and make a test by gapping grammatical words, eg prepositions, articles, pronouns etc.
encontrar un hueco
find + a home
It has become apparent that videodisc technology is finding a home among the designers and developers of health-related information systems = Es obvio que la tecnología del videodisco está encontrando un hueco entre los diseñadores y desarrolladores de los sistemas de información relacionados con la salud.
hacer hueco
make + room (for)
A scheme should allow relocation, in order to rectify an inappropriate placement, to eliminate dual provision (more than one place for one subject) to make room for new subjects.
hacerse un hueco en la vida
get on in + life
He believed that, to get on in life, you just needed to work fairly hard and be a nice guy.
hueco de la escalera
stairwell
Accidents in stairwells can happen to anyone and can result in serious injuries such as head trauma, neck and spine injuries, broken bones, and in some cases, death = Los accidentes en escaleras le pueden pasar a cualquiera y llevar a lesiones graves tales como traumatismo craneal, lesiones en el cuello y en la columna vertebral, fracturas de huesos, y en algunos casos, la muerte.
hueco del ascensor
elevator shaft
Police in Florida say a 14-year-old girl survived a three-story fall down an elevator shaft while playing tag with friends.
hueco de servicio [En un edificio de varias plantas, aquellos espacios que los atraviesan de arriba a abajo y que se utilizan como servicios comunes como, por ejemplo, hueco de la escalera, hueco del ascensor, patios interiores, etc]
service core
The title 'Torsion in the reinforced concrete in service cores in tall buildings' contains four separate elementary or unit concepts: torsion, reinforced concrete, service cores, tall buildings.
llenar un hueco
fill + gap
fill in + gap
fill + the breach
In addition, secondary works are actively sought, while older materials is acquired to fill gaps in the collection.
I'll need the rest of the time to fill in any gaps with specifics.
The author warns that if academic libraries do not step up to this educational role, other units on campus or commercial enterprises will fill the breach.
