maravilla-1
wonder ; marvel.
It probably is unnecesary to take the time to recount the uses and wonders of this country's most prominent booktrade journal.
It is a marvel to think that this is the place a few years back thought to be irretrievably gone to rack and ruin.
a las mil maravillas
marvellously [marvelously, -USA]
famously
like a house on fire
Carter has produced a marvellously researched biography of Anthony Blunt, the British art historian who worked as a spy for the Soviet Union.
He gets along famously with the head of reference, by the way.
Within ten minutes they joined into my discussion and then it rolled like a house on fire.
Alicia en el País de las Maravillas [Libro de fantasía escrito en el XIX por CS Lewis en Inglaterra]
Alice in Wonderland
This text contains its share of what John Martyn so aptly described as 'Alice in Wonderland' citations.
de maravilla
wonderfully
marvellously [marvelously, -USA]
Technological and human networks intertwine in wonderfully complex and shifting patterns.
Carter has produced a marvellously researched biography of Anthony Blunt, the British art historian who worked as a spy for the Soviet Union.
funcionar a las mil maravillas
work + a treat
work like + a charm
go like + a charm
It works a treat and handles the embedded CRLF perfectly.
It worked like a charm.
Restart your computer and presto, it will go like a charm.
hablar maravillas de
praise
In spite of their protestations to the contrary, most bosses prefer subordinates whom they get along with, who cause them no anxiety, who quietly accept their decisions, who praise them.
hacer maravillas
work + wonders
do + wonders
It was concluded that when one tries to hold the fragile interest (through library publications) of a new customer, a mere lessening of sentence and word lengths work wonders in preventing the impeding of that interest.
He's a stormy petrel, to be sure, but he's a feisty, outspoken, cantankerous, brilliant guy who has done wonders on and off the basketball court for generations of young men.
ir a las mil maravillas
go + great guns
go from + strength to strength
grow from + strength to strength
be fine and dandy
do + great guns
go + swimmingly
He said the growth in enrollment in health professions programs continues 'going great guns'.
This was achieved with great success, and the scheme goes from strength to strength.
Since then the group has grown from strength to strength developing a number of projects of mutual benefit.
Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
She is doing great guns and has turned in some fantastic work which really shows she's understanding what she's researching and learning.
She responded, all a-flutter, that it was going swimmingly as she had just come face-to-face with one of her hero's.
irle a las mil maravillas
never looked back ever since
Mick started his musical career as a singer and songwriter twenty years ago and has never looked back ever since.
ir todo de maravilla
come up + roses
The article 'Everything's coming up roses' provides an annotated list of selected books, information sources and software for those library users who wish to find information about rose gardening.
ir (todo) de maravilla
turn out + perfectly
It all turned out perfectly in the end, even though it wasn't what we intended.
llevarse a las mil maravillas con + Nombre
get on with + Nombre + swimmingly
She had counseled kindness and understanding (coupled with a little divination!), and got on with him swimmingly.
llevarse a las mis maravillas
get along/on + like a house on fire
But Salman and I got along like a house on fire from day one.
maravilla de la naturaleza
natural wonder
Facts about the geological formation of Niagara Falls are given in this article, the second in a series about natural wonders.
maravilla del mundo
wonder of the world
Only one of the ancient wonders of the world still survives - now history lovers are being invited to choose a new list of seven.
marchar a las mil maravillas
go + great guns
grow from + strength to strength
be fine and dandy
do + great guns
go + swimmingly
He said the growth in enrollment in health professions programs continues 'going great guns'.
Since then the group has grown from strength to strength developing a number of projects of mutual benefit.
Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
She is doing great guns and has turned in some fantastic work which really shows she's understanding what she's researching and learning.
She responded, all a-flutter, that it was going swimmingly as she had just come face-to-face with one of her hero's.
marchar a las mis maravillas
go from + strength to strength
This was achieved with great success, and the scheme goes from strength to strength.
país de las maravillas
wonderland
The article is entitled 'Beyond the looking glass: cracking the codes and conventions of wonderland'.
salir a las mil maravillas
work + a treat
come up + a treat
go down + a treat
It works a treat and handles the embedded CRLF perfectly.
The window frames appeared to have not seen the light of day for over 50 years and were totally caked in dirt - although with some elbow grease the window came up a treat.
After only two days rehearsal we did a stormer of a gig from my point of view which went down a treat to a packed house.
salir (todo) de maravilla
come up + roses
turn out + perfectly
The article 'Everything's coming up roses' provides an annotated list of selected books, information sources and software for those library users who wish to find information about rose gardening.
It all turned out perfectly in the end, even though it wasn't what we intended.
sentar de maravilla
do + Pronombre + a power of good
do + Pronombre + a/the world of good
I took my mother to Southend for a holiday as she had been very ill & it did her a power of good.
Aria used to be Rosewood's resident weird girl - but that was before a trip to Iceland did her a world of good.
sentar de mil maravillas
do + Pronombre + a power of good
do + Pronombre + a/the world of good
I took my mother to Southend for a holiday as she had been very ill & it did her a power of good.
Aria used to be Rosewood's resident weird girl - but that was before a trip to Iceland did her a world of good.
sentirse a las mil maravillas
feel like + a million dollars
feel like + a million bucks
Last night I slept like a baby and feel like a million dollars today!.
You'll accomplish nothing but you'll feel like a million bucks!!.
Siete Maravillas del Mundo, las [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
Seven Wonders of the World, the
In the early nineteenth century the various education societies were horrified to find that people were reading books such as 'the Seven Wonders of the World' and 'Irish Rogues and Rapparees'.
todo + ir + a las mil maravillas
everything + be + hunky-dory
'And I don't like the option of walking around smiling as if everything was just hunky-dory,' Meek put in = "Y no me gusta la opción de andar por ahí sonriendo como si todo marchase bien".
venir de maravilla
be just the thing
be just the ticket
be just the job
suit + Nombre + to a T
be (right) up + Posesivo + alley
be + Posesivo + cup of tea
suit + Nombre + to the ground
be just perfect
What's obsolete in one department could be just the thing for another, and hand-me-down computers are becoming the next stop in sophisticated inventory management.
Relaxing, joking and just being around guys and gals who are good-hearted people was just the ticket we needed.
She came up with a detail from a recent painting which was just the job, and we agreed terms relatively quickly.
She'd heard on the grapevine that a big project was coming up with a past contact and it was work that suited her to a T.
For them enough is never enough, and any kind of scam is right up their alley.
As far as the younger generation is concerned, media is more their cup of tea than journalism.
The apartments seem to be more suited to families but seeing as my friends and I aren't clubbers it suited us to the ground.
The weather was just perfect for taking shots as I wandered around.
