llamar
beckon ; call ; dub ; label ; summon ; denominate ; dial ; baptise [baptize, -USA] ; beckon forth.
Some hypnotism beckoned him in, and since he was in no hurry he submitted to it.
The creation of a series of entries for inclusion in a catalogue or printed index is an indexing process which must involve some system, which we might call an indexing system.
Carlyle Systems Inc has recently issued version 2.1 of their cataloguing input/edit module, dubbed CATIE.
Its primer purpose is the finding of specific documents, and consequently this type of catalogue has been labelled a finding list catalogue or an inventory catalogue.
All interested parties were summoned to further cooperate for the success of the show.
The result of UNESCO's activity has been the growth of mass of international activity accompanied by a daunting array of jargon and initialese aptly denominated by P.J. Judge as 'alphabet soup'.
This would herald the age of computer commuting, with customers dialling for bank statements and shopping orders.
This article defines a user friendly micro-language, baptized MILAMU, that facilitates both access to these multimedia databases and formulation of multimedia queries = This article defines a user friendly micro-language, baptized MILAMU, that facilitates both access to these multimedia databases and formulation of multimedia queries.
Our academic curriculum and is designed to stimulate, challenge, and beckon forth the best from each student.
Algo que llama la atención
grabber
The book's a real disappointment, especially since the opening chapter is such a grabber.
como quieras llamarlo
whatever you call it
That is, if you're getting a degree in chicken culture or whatever you call it - and we do give a Ph.D. in chicken raising - I guess you don't have to use the library very often.
comportamiento para llamar la atención
attention-seeking behaviour
Excessive crying, pawing, and other attention-seeking behaviors can be a sign of your cat's overdependence on you.
el dinero llama (al) dinero
money goes where money is
So if you want to make money, you do well to be near money - money goes where money is.
el éxito llama al éxito [En bibliometría, principio utilizado para explicar el hecho de que cierto tipo acontecimientos tiendan a ocurrir siempre en el mismo contexto]
success breeds success (SBS)
Success breeds success (SBS) principle, also called Cumulative Advantage is an important model for the explanation of the distribution of items over sources.
llamar a
call in
Some knowledge of mechanics will also make it easier to detect faults and to discuss them sensibly when a mechanic has to be called in = Además, cierto conocimiento de mecánica hará que sea más fácil detectar los fallos y discutirlos con sensatez cuando haya que llamar a un mecánico.
llamar a casa
call + home
The best way to call home from the US are the prepaid phone cards.
llamar a cobro revertido
telephone collect
call collect
Please telephone me collect at your earliest convenience so that we can discuss your future, hopefully with the Mitford Public Library.
Some companies offer 800 access for collect calls, or you can call collect by using '00'.
llamar a filas
draft
If the war is not worth fighting, then the government has no business fighting it, much less drafting people to fight in it.
llamar a la puerta
knock at/on + door
rap at + door
A vague sensation of apprehension seized the newly appointed personnel officer as she knocked on the director's door.
'Yes, what is it?' asked the director absently, as Hernandez rapped at his door.
llamar a larga distancia
talk + long distance
She also likes to talk long distance with her sister.
llamar al orden
bring + Nombre + to heel
call + Nombre + to heel
Angelus has had it with her insolence and is determined to 'bring her to heel' no matter what it takes.
My eldest daughter, who is a fighter, began to send out aggressive signals, but I called her to heel before the woman noticed.
llamar al pan pan y al vino vino
call + a spade a spade
It's about time that people stopped tip-toeing around issues regarding people's identity and called a spade a spade.
llamar al trabajo para excusarse por enfermedad
call in + sick
He accused her of lying when they said she was at the movies when she had called in sick.
llamar a una casa para vender
cold call
If you're like most sales people you can think of a million excuses not to cold call because - let's face it - you hate it.
llamar la atención
call + attention to
conspicuousness
excite attention
grab + Posesivo + attention
catch + Posesivo + eye
admonish
strike + Posesivo + fancy
eye + catch
stand out
make + Reflexivo + conspicuous
cut + a dash
seek + attention
make + heads turn
catch + Posesivo + fancy
peak + Posesivo + interest
make + a splash
make + a big noise
hit + home
turn + heads
make + a statement
jump out at
increase + awareness
catch + Posesivo + interest
The attention of the borrower is thus called to the presence of crossreferences.
One of the most cited shortcomings of mobile advice centres, that their conspicuousness deters people from using them, does not seem to have been a problem.
Bright new copies of an unknown book naturally excite more attention than old 'readers' soiled from overuse.
Online and CD-ROM vendor literature should be read with caution: its aim is to grab attention and to sell.
Some people do actually seek for fiction by title and author, or by author, rather than simply browsing along the shelves hoping for something to catch their eye.
For nearly half a century librarians have been admonished to use history as a means to prevent mistakes and solve problems.
Most books for children are selected by looking along the shelf until an attractive cover, familiar author's name or familiar title strikes the reader's fancy.
As Klaus's acute observations are unhampered by romantic ideals, his eye catches the plastic trash by the roadway as well as the colors of moss on the landing strip.
Three national library catalogues stand out as highly important sources of general bibliography.
Even so, birds must balance the benefits of flashy feathers with the risks of making themselves conspicuous to sharp-eyed predators.
He soon cut a dash with his liberal but pragmatic solutions to problems besetting the building industry in Sydney.
In addition, children are always seeking attention from their parents.
Be the centre of attention and make heads turn at any red carpet event with this new body lotion!.
At nightfall, drop anchor at any place that catch your fancy and the lullaby of the gentle waves put you to sleep.
Now he plays with lots of kids and is frequently with different children each day depending upon which game or activity peaks his interest.
Israeli wine may be young, but it's making a splash worldwide.
Everyone here has made a big noise in support of the University of Maryland to the tune of $1000 or more.
With our students, with our employees, the stress of the pulp and paper mill's shutdown is starting to hit home.
She is one of those ultra sexy, smoking hot women who turn heads when they walk past anyone.
This unique style will appeal to the individual who wants to stand out, make a statement and swim against the stream.
The one thing that really jumped out at me was his comment that 'if you live in the neighborhood you're part of the problem'.
Marvin describes what he has tried to do to increase awareness about minorities: hold workshops, talk about his experiences, and write about it.
He was a real Renaissance man, dabbling in anything that caught his interest.
llamar la atención a Alguien
rap + Nombre + knuckles
censure
Accrediting agencies leave a lot to be desired; at best they rap people's knuckles = Las agencia de homologación dejan mucho que desear; en los mejores casos le llaman la atención a la gente.
This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
llamar la atención de
draw + the attention of
The party raged into the early morning hours drawing the attention of police, who have increased patrols in the area because of end of the year partying.
llamar la atención de Alguien
hold + Posesivo + attention
The answers to the second question, 'Which features of the book caused my responses?' are already becoming clear: what it was in me that was engaged, provoked, stimulated; what it was in the book that held my attention.
llamar la atención sobre
draw + attention to
pull + Nombre + to
bring + Nombre + into the public eye
raise + awareness
enhance + awareness
train + a spotlight on
put + a spotlight on
throw + a/the spotlight on
Collins draws attention to the major initiatives taken by the Statistical Office of the European Communities in the use of data banks to promote the rapid transmission of data.
Look around your favorite retail stores - what grabs your attention and pulls you to a product?.
Superman actor Christopher Reeve's 1995 injury has brought this health problem into the public eye in recent years.
All libraries must clearly help to raise awareness in this way.
The aim was to enhance awareness of the wealth of published statistical data available and to show its value as a decision making aid for the business person.
A study of the local newspapers can be used to train a spotlight, so to speak, on a local community.
The article 'Electronic security has put a spotlight on theft' concludes that electronic theft detection systems are the single most effective deterrent to library material loss.
The media's job is to throw the spotlight on what is of interest to the public.
llamar las cosas por su nombre
call + a spade a spade
It's about time that people stopped tip-toeing around issues regarding people's identity and called a spade a spade.
llamarle la atención a Alguien
reprimand
slap + Nombre + down
slap + Nombre + on the wrist
objurgate
At the next division and department head meeting, Kobitsky was reprimanded and told that she should learn to be an administrator and conduct herself accordingly = En la siguiente reunión de directores de división y departamento, Kobitsky fue amonestada y se le dijo que debería aprender a ser una administradora y actuar consecuentemente.
Not to put too fine a point on this, and slap me down if I am being rude, but from the questions you are asking I do not think you are ready for a project of this scope.
After he was allegedly caught using steroids and slapped on the wrist he stopped using them and his ranking plummeted.
On being objurgated for breaking the ranks, and asked whether he thought he could beat the enemy single-handed, replied naively, 'Maybe'.
llamar para que se siente al lado
call + Perro + to heel
Prince stayed close by, but Candy, being a Spaniel, soon leapt into the water before I thought to call her to heel.
llamar por el busca
bleep
This time the surgeon on-call was not one they knew and so they bleeped him nervously.
llamar por teléfono
call up
But even now if somebody would answer, you could call up on the telephone and ask somebody to look it up for you.
llamar + Posesivo + atención
attract + Posesivo + attention
capture + Posesivo + attention
catch + Posesivo + attention
grasp + Posesivo + attention
A few minutes spent with teacher and pupils talking about books conversationally in a by-the-way fashion serves the double purpose of preparing the right set of mind for reading while at the same time attracting attention to books that might be enjoyed.
Materials that capture the attention of reluctant readers divert their focus from the negative doubts of ability.
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.
This novel grasps the attention of the reader from the opening pages, creating expectancy in their heart.
llamarse
refer to as
Because this style of catalogue attempts to group documents which are related to each other by having the same author this type of catalogue is sometimes referred to as a bibliographic catalogue.
llamarse así
be so called
The common auxiliaries are so called because their schedules are auxiliary to the main tables and common in that they are available for the subdivisions of all classes.
llamarse así por
get + Posesivo + name from
Presumably they got their name from their habit of frightening the living daylights out of unsuspecting passers-by.
lo importante es lo que eres no cómo te llamas [Frase abreviada tomada de Romeo y Julieta y cuya expresión completa es "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet" (una rosa con otro nombre tendría la misma fragancia)]
a rose by any other name
The article 'Name searching of chemical compounds: a rose by any other name' describes methods of searching chemical compounds by names or name fragments.
no meterse donde a Uno no lo llaman
mind + Posesivo + own business
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.
para llamar la atención
for effect
attention-grabbing
This article argues in favour of the term 'conservator' rather than 'restorer' of books as the former does not conjure up a picture of the Victorian artisan vandalising documents with irreversible treatments simply for effect.
Another way to come up with attention-grabbing headlines is to put yourself in your client's shoes.
persona que llama [Normalmente por teléfono]
caller
A useful procedure to check the identity of the caller is to enter the borrower name in the 'Borrower' field.
que busca llamar la atención
attention-seeking
Actress Megan Fox has claimed that to avoid the attention, she does not wear attention-seeking clothes when she goes out.
que intenta llamar la atención
attention-seeking
Actress Megan Fox has claimed that to avoid the attention, she does not wear attention-seeking clothes when she goes out.
que llama la atención
attention-grabbing
Another way to come up with attention-grabbing headlines is to put yourself in your client's shoes.
que no llama la atención
inconspicuous
Her diversified and highly committed authorship is characterized by disrespectful humour, clear-sighted solemnity and inconspicuous warmth.
ser algo que llama la atención
be an eye popper
Our wide array of frocks is an eye popper and is in huge demand among the youth due to their exotic designs.
sin llamar la atención
inconspicuously
He had merely stolen away as inconspicuously as possible.
tratar de no llamar la atención [Algunos hablantes utilizan lay/laid low en su lugar]
keep + a low profile
lie + low
The author outlines reasons why librarians have in the past kept a low profile in similar situations.
Whilst they grumbled about it in internal memos they decided to lie low and let the matter cool down.
