lanzar
launch ; lob ; fling ; dart ; catapult ; spew (out) ; pitch ; hurl ; fire off ; toss.
It describes an attempt by leaders in the CD-ROM business to launch a logical file structure standard for CD-ROM.
Projection is really a matter of energy rather than volume, and the energy comes from the diaphragm, which propels the breath like stones from a catapult so that the words are lobbed from speaker to listeners.
A gust of wind flung a powder of snow from the window-sill into the room.
'That wouldn't be my problem,' Stanton said darting a sardonic glance at her antagonist.
The success of his last book catapulted him to the pinnacle of fame.
Simultaneously, automatic gunfire spewed out from a sandbagged position west of the village across the river mouth.
They pitched him unceremoniously out of the window, laming him for life, on a brick pavement below.
Palestinians hurled Molotov cocktails Friday at Israeli soldiers operating south of Nablus, the army said.
Incredible though it may seem, the youngster didn't fire off a volley of cheerful curses, but silently obeyed.
Everything being online, the exquisite oaken cabinets housing the card files were tossed.
lanzar al aire
toss into + the air
The motion of a ball tossed vertically into the air was recorded using a motion detector.
lanzar al mercado
ship
put + Nombre + on the market
SilverPlatter has recently shipped its first Full Text products.
I have a new product i want to put on the market but I have no idea where to start.
lanzar amenazas
rattle + Posesivo + saber
President Bush is rattling his saber and has declared open season on Saddam personally.
lanzar bombas [La "b" no se pronuncia (ni en aplomb, climb, numb, plumb)]
bomb
The National Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo was bombed and burnt out with the loss of 90 per cent of its stock.
lanzar desde
throw + Nombre + off
My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat.
lanzar gritos de protesta
cry of protest + go up
And some stories are so well known to children that a cry of protest goes up if the words are changed at all.
lanzar miraditas
give + Nombre + the eye
make + eyes at
Rapists often try to blame the victim for dressing too provocatively or 'giving them the eye'.
I found myself next to a red-headed gal who, it turned out, wanted nothing to do with me but make eyes at my pal.
lanzarse
rush
dart
plunge into
pounce (on)
lunge
The computer can be a great boon to cataloging, but I don't think that we should rush at it in an overly simplistic way.
'That wouldn't be my problem,' Stanton said darting a sardonic glance at her antagonist.
Preliminary decisions must be taken before plunging into the accumulation of index terms, and analysis of relationships.
The prisoners pounced on the food like hungry beasts and, champing noisily, gulped down the soup greedily, hardly chewing the meat, and burning their mouths.
When he lunged for her throat, she realized Mark Wilder had become a vampire.
lanzarse a
launch into
throw + Reflexivo + into
Faced by this situation a teacher who launches into the presentation of a new book without first doing something to settle the children down should hardly expect to succeed.
Freshers' week is a festival to launch you into university life and as your first week at University, you should throw yourself into it and give everything a go!.
lanzarse a la calle
take (to) + the streets
come out on + the roads
spill (out) into + the streets
It won't be long before Singaporeans take to the streets in protest.
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.
Tens of thousands of immigrants spilled out into the streets in dozens of cities across the nation Monday in peaceful protests.
lanzarse a la fama
shoot to + fame
catapult to + fame
He shot to fame for his role in 'Titanic' in 1997.
Susan began her career with several movies that went unnoticed until she was catapulted to fame when she starred in the movie 'Bill Durham'.
lanzarse al estrellato
shoot to + stardom
catapult to + stardom
Mark has become a really good actor who kind of shot to stardom out of nowhere.
For he's a ray of hope in a world where musicians are moulded, marketed and catapulted to stardom one moment, thrown to oblivion the next.
lanzarse al mercado
hit + the streets
This highly anticipated follow-up album is due to hit the streets shortly, and not a minute too soon.
lanzarse al ruedo
toss + Posesivo + hat in(to) the ring
throw + Posesivo + cap in(to) the ring
throw + Posesivo + hat in(to) the ring
toss + Posesivo + cap in(to) the ring
With the war dragging on in Europe, it became apparent that the United States was going to 'toss its hat in the ring' and send troops to the war zone.
He says he will accept whatever outcome the 2011 election brings even if he decides to throw his cap in the ring.
Psychologist have found that unselfish workers who are the first to throw their hat in the ring are also among those that coworkers most want to, in effect, vote off the island.
She's ever willing to help and never afraid to toss her cap into the ring when the need arises.
lanzarse de cabeza
jump in with + both feet
He jumped in with both feet, opening five stores in one go and declaring his intention to open 30 more within five years.
lanzarse en paracaídas
parachute
She parachuted along with the troops & medical personnel & tended the wounded along the war front.
lanzarse sin ton ni son
dive (in) + head-first
plunge in + head-first
This article criticises the profession's readiness to dive head-first into the latest technology.
Kingfishers are often seen perched on a branch or rock close to water before plunging in head-first after their fish prey.
lanzarse sobre
descend upon
lam into
lay into
Their reluctance may result from past experience of tension created when the librarian envisioned three dozen classmates descending like locusts upon the library.
The girl stared at him for a moment thunderstruck; then she lammed into the old horse with a stick she carried in place of a whip.
How anyone can get a buzz from laying into someone is beyond me; it's not nice to see it happen - too many times have I seen people beaten up over nothing.
lanzar una falta
take + a free kick
The objective of the game is to take free kicks and try to get the ball over the defenders and into the goal.
lanzar una idea
pilot + idea
One product of the initiatives described above has been action to pilot the ideas about managing information in 'opinion leaders' among government departments.
lanzar una indirecta
drop + a hint
Presidents who manage by dropping hints sometimes devise little tests to see if their executives can read their minds.
lanzar una iniciativa
launch + an initiative
Since these original initiatives were launched, however, the information superhighway idea has caught the attention of a diverse group of companies in the private sector.
lanzar una mirada de
give + Nombre + a look of
I gave him a look of scorn and disgust, but he merely laughed at me.
lanzar una mirada de odio
glare at
Wren glared at her for a second, then shut the door in her face.
