mirar
look ; look through ; behold ; check out ; peek ; look (a)round ; roam over ; catch + sight of ; eye ; peer ; get + a load of ; rest + Posesivo + eyes on ; rest + Posesivo + gaze on.
This chapter takes the opportunity to look at an assortment of other aspects of bibliographic description.
If you possess a copy of CC it would be advisable for you to look through it at this stage and acquaint yourself with the general appearance of each Part before proceeding further.
As Confucius said 'behold the turtle, he makes progress only when his neck is out'.
Where problems do arise it is sensible to check out the training programme before blaming the assistant for poor performance of duties.
The article 'Peeking inside the black box - a look at the private life of your modem' explains the theory and mechanism of modems.
One has only to look around in bookshops to see how many paperbacks on show have film or TV links.
According to Tim Berners-Lee's vision of the semantic web, intelligent agent software will have the ability to understand the meaning (semantics) of the information they are roaming over in order to make the users' searches more inherently meaningful and efficient = According to Tim Berners-Lee's vision of the semantic web, intelligent agent software will have the ability to understand the meaning (semantics) of the information they are roaming over in order to make the users' searches more inherently meaningful and efficient.
'Good grief!', he cried, catching sight of the clock.
The banking community is eyeing its possibilities with serious interest.
After peering for a while I noticed that there were some filenames embedded in the corrupted data.
If you thought your physics teacher was nuts - just wait until you get a load of this guy.
For a passing moment after resting her eyes on the tattoo on his arm, Lily had merely looked scared.
She rested her gaze on a group of students in the center of the weight room who were gathered around a very large and well-built boy.
a caballo regalado no le mires el diente
never look a gift horse in the mouth
beggars can't be choosers
beggars can't be choosy
There's an old saying, 'never look a gift horse in the mouth,' but in the world of freebie hunting this is not always a good policy.
I'll take any love you think you can spare - beggars can't be choosers.
They aren't exactly cheap nor are they exactly what I have been looking for but as they say beggars can't be choosy.
aficionado a mirar las estrellas
stargazer
On the 19th of November stargazers will be able to see hundreds of shooting stars every hour.
antes que te cases, mira lo que haces
look before you leap
If you are ready to tackle this task, then go for it, but look before you leap!.
bien mirado
all things considered
The revolution which had just been accomplished was the work of all France; Paris, all things considered, had been but the theatre of that event.
deleitarse mirando
feast + Posesivo + eyes on
This superb restaurant will tempt you with lavish buffets or set menus while feasting your eyes on the breathtaking view.
hacer que la gente se vuelva a mirar
make + heads turn
turn + heads
Be the centre of attention and make heads turn at any red carpet event with this new body lotion!.
She is one of those ultra sexy, smoking hot women who turn heads when they walk past anyone.
hay que mirar hacia el futuro
the show must go on
He concludes that in both democracy and art, we have reached a point of stasis in which the show must go on because there is nothing to replace it.
haz el bien y no mires a quién
cast your bread upon the waters
Your following the biblical saying to cast you bread upon the waters, certainly has been helpful to me.
mira bien lo que haces
look before you leap
If you are ready to tackle this task, then go for it, but look before you leap!.
mirando al sur
south facing
Energy conservation was an important concern for all 7 libraries, with south facing high windows and heat absorbing walls in all buildings.
mirando hacia atrás
in retrospect
In retrospect, this was perhaps a rather inauspicious beginning, for the test apparently broke down in disarray over the question of relevance judgement.
mirándolo bien
all things considered
The revolution which had just been accomplished was the work of all France; Paris, all things considered, had been but the theatre of that event.
¡mira por donde!
lo and behold!
lo!
It's perhaps like applying the Pygmalion theory nationally; if you assume everyone will perform well and do your best to help them to do so, lo and behold! everybody does perform well, or nearly everybody.
Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
¡mira quién habla!
look who's talking!
The article is entitled 'Look who's talking: a comparison of lecture and group discussion teaching strategies in developing critical thinking skills'.
mirar a
look at
peer at
look onto
In this example the searcher has chosen to look at the titles of the most recent 10 articles from set 4.
Then he peered over his glasses at us and said, 'Different points of view'.
The whole of the ground floor was one large room, lit by an old-fashioned window looking onto the street and by a large sash-window giving onto an enclosed yard.
mirar a Alguien de arriba abajo
look + Nombre + up and down
Donald stood there and looked her up and down with a menacing grin.
mirar con odio
look + daggers at
glare at
We stood in our driveway looking daggers at each other - the tension was like the air before lightning, even the cat ran for her life.
Wren glared at her for a second, then shut the door in her face.
mirar adelante
look + straight ahead
look forward
The soldier, with his slinky walk, looked straight ahead while sipping vodka to burn the pain.
Port and larboard are the same thing and they mean the left side when looking forward from the stern of the boat while starboard means the right side.
mirar a hurtadillas
peep
While peeping is an offense, it falls under 'disorderly conduct,' and therefore the possible punishments are very limited.
mirar a la gente con desprecio
look down + Posesivo + nose at people
Well, the point is that we cannot exist looking down our noses at people and saying, 'You should like Trollope instead of Tarzan'.
mirar a la gente que pasa
street watch
Other than sleeping, I enjoy wandering around aimlessly, street watching, and staring vacantly into space.
mirar a la nada
stare + vacantly into space
stare into + space
gaze into + space
gaze + vacantly into space
stare + vacantly
gaze + vacantly
gaze + blankly
stare + blankly
Other than sleeping, I enjoy wandering around aimlessly, street watching, and staring vacantly into space.
I find that we are so linked to the computer that when the computer takes a nap we just sit there staring into space.
As children many of us spent countless hours gazing into space exploring alternate realities!.
I often appear to be gazing vacantly into space with my mouth open.
Numb from drink, he stared vacantly at nothing in particular.
Her crown sits askew on her golden head and her eyes gaze vacantly down at her feet.
Percy gazed blankly after the retreating car, and then made his way to a boot-blacking stand.
Catherine's eyes were focused on that which her ears failed to hear and she stared blankly at the drops of water as they streaked down the glass.
mirar a las musarañas
stare into + space
stare + vacantly into space
gaze into + space
gaze + vacantly into space
stare + vacantly
gaze + vacantly
gaze + blankly
I find that we are so linked to the computer that when the computer takes a nap we just sit there staring into space.
Other than sleeping, I enjoy wandering around aimlessly, street watching, and staring vacantly into space.
As children many of us spent countless hours gazing into space exploring alternate realities!.
I often appear to be gazing vacantly into space with my mouth open.
Numb from drink, he stared vacantly at nothing in particular.
Her crown sits askew on her golden head and her eyes gaze vacantly down at her feet.
Percy gazed blankly after the retreating car, and then made his way to a boot-blacking stand.
mirar al frente
look + straight ahead
look forward
The soldier, with his slinky walk, looked straight ahead while sipping vodka to burn the pain.
Port and larboard are the same thing and they mean the left side when looking forward from the stern of the boat while starboard means the right side.
mirar al infinito
stare + vacantly into space
stare into + space
gaze into + space
gaze + vacantly into space
stare + vacantly
gaze + vacantly
gaze + blankly
Other than sleeping, I enjoy wandering around aimlessly, street watching, and staring vacantly into space.
I find that we are so linked to the computer that when the computer takes a nap we just sit there staring into space.
As children many of us spent countless hours gazing into space exploring alternate realities!.
I often appear to be gazing vacantly into space with my mouth open.
Numb from drink, he stared vacantly at nothing in particular.
Her crown sits askew on her golden head and her eyes gaze vacantly down at her feet.
Percy gazed blankly after the retreating car, and then made his way to a boot-blacking stand.
mirar a los ojos
make + eye contact
look at + Alguien + in the eye
This can be done by making eye contact and putting aside one's work.
The first step to stop people putting you down is to always look at the person in the eye, keeping your head held high.
mirar al otro lado
look + the other way
'Catching 10' while the supervisor is looking the other way is both a salve to the tired body & a little act of opposition.
mirar al vacío
stare into + space
look into + space
gaze into + space
stare + vacantly into space
gaze + vacantly into space
stare + vacantly
gaze + vacantly
gaze + blankly
stare + blankly
I find that we are so linked to the computer that when the computer takes a nap we just sit there staring into space.
People just sit and look into space.
As children many of us spent countless hours gazing into space exploring alternate realities!.
Other than sleeping, I enjoy wandering around aimlessly, street watching, and staring vacantly into space.
I often appear to be gazing vacantly into space with my mouth open.
Numb from drink, he stared vacantly at nothing in particular.
Her crown sits askew on her golden head and her eyes gaze vacantly down at her feet.
Percy gazed blankly after the retreating car, and then made his way to a boot-blacking stand.
Catherine's eyes were focused on that which her ears failed to hear and she stared blankly at the drops of water as they streaked down the glass.
mirar atentamente
watch + closely
Watch closely as the tag number is entered = Fíjate atentamente cómo se introduce el número de la etiqueta.
mirar atrás in arrepentimiento
have + no regrets
If you want to get to the end of your life and have no regrets you need to seize every opportunity that comes along.
mirar boquiabierto [Sinónimo de gawk]
gawk
gawp
I was stunned by just how many rubbernecks gawked at the drunk staggering back onto his feet.
People gawp at anything that is not an everyday occurence.
mirar con atención
watch + closely
Watch closely as the tag number is entered = Fíjate atentamente cómo se introduce el número de la etiqueta.
mirar con desconfianza
look + askance at
They hate Asians, look askance at Africans and despise all Americans.
mirar con desdén
scowl (at)
And their doctors continue to scowl at them like they're irresponsible children or greedy criminals.
mirar con desprecio
look down + Posesivo + nose at
look down on/upon
It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.
The problem with that is that most literate societies look down on people who can't read well.
mirar con el ceño fruncido
glower
scowl (at)
The whole place pulsates with drama: an aristocratic extravagance with giant statues glowering haughtily from its domed roof.
And their doctors continue to scowl at them like they're irresponsible children or greedy criminals.
mirar con el rabillo del ojo
look at + Nombre + out of the corner of + Posesivo + eye
steal + a glance at
steal + a look at
look over + Posesivo + shoulder
glance over + Posesivo + shoulder
The horse snuffled indignantly and turned its head to look at him out of the corner of his eye.
Strategies for minimizing such researcher effect included appearing to look elsewhere in the room, while stealing glances at the individual being observed.
You can tell a lot about one's lifestyle and thoughts by stealing a look at his or her bookshelf.
The way in which users are using the CD-ROM service was investigated by talking to them and looking over their shoulders during searches.
Shrouded in darkness and swirling fog, he watched her glancing over her shoulder when she reached the sickly yellow glow from the gaslight.
mirar con ira
glower
scowl (at)
The whole place pulsates with drama: an aristocratic extravagance with giant statues glowering haughtily from its domed roof.
And their doctors continue to scowl at them like they're irresponsible children or greedy criminals.
mirar con malos ojos
glower
scowl (at)
look + askance at
The whole place pulsates with drama: an aristocratic extravagance with giant statues glowering haughtily from its domed roof.
And their doctors continue to scowl at them like they're irresponsible children or greedy criminals.
They hate Asians, look askance at Africans and despise all Americans.
mirar con recelo
look + askance at
They hate Asians, look askance at Africans and despise all Americans.
mirar con una expresión vacía
look + blank
She lacks energy and her eyes lack soul which makes her look blank and confused half of the time.
mirar cuidadosamente
comb trough
By contrast, in the 1962 BTI three entry headings, with one entry under each, and seven cross reference headings, have to be combed through to find reference from 'HYDROGEN Peroxide, Bleaching, Cotton' to its reverse.
mirar de arriba a abajo
eye + Nombre + up and down
He pushed the boy roughly against the door, eyeing him up and down like a lion who's caught sight of his prey.
mirar de arriba abajo [Participio pasado eyeing (UK) o eying (USA)]
eye
The banking community is eyeing its possibilities with serious interest.
mirar de cerca
watch + closely
Watch closely as the tag number is entered = Fíjate atentamente cómo se introduce el número de la etiqueta.
mirar dentro de
peer in(to)
This should be our first concern, not the gadgetry which allows us to peer into it.
mirar de nuevo
look at + Nombre + again
Print and save a copy so you can look at it again before the interview.
mirar de refilón
look at + Nombre + out of the corner of + Posesivo + eye
The horse snuffled indignantly and turned its head to look at him out of the corner of his eye.
mirar de reojo
look at + Nombre + out of the corner of + Posesivo + eye
look + askance at
look over + Posesivo + shoulder
glance over + Posesivo + shoulder
The horse snuffled indignantly and turned its head to look at him out of the corner of his eye.
They hate Asians, look askance at Africans and despise all Americans.
The way in which users are using the CD-ROM service was investigated by talking to them and looking over their shoulders during searches.
Shrouded in darkness and swirling fog, he watched her glancing over her shoulder when she reached the sickly yellow glow from the gaslight.
mirar de reojo a
steal + a glance at
steal + a look at
Strategies for minimizing such researcher effect included appearing to look elsewhere in the room, while stealing glances at the individual being observed.
You can tell a lot about one's lifestyle and thoughts by stealing a look at his or her bookshelf.
mirar desde arriba
look down on/upon
look down over
The characters stand inside a mysterious domed structure looking down on the Earth watching the 19th century take shape.
There was one ram that was content to stay up in the cliffs and look down over his domain.
mirar de soslayo
look at + Nombre + out of the corner of + Posesivo + eye
The horse snuffled indignantly and turned its head to look at him out of the corner of his eye.
mirar de soslayo a
steal + a glance at
steal + a look at
Strategies for minimizing such researcher effect included appearing to look elsewhere in the room, while stealing glances at the individual being observed.
You can tell a lot about one's lifestyle and thoughts by stealing a look at his or her bookshelf.
mirar detenidamente [Participio pasado eyeing (UK) o eying (USA)]
go through
eye
I believe Mr. Freedman hired about 11 student assistants to go through this intentionally dirty file and clean it up.
The banking community is eyeing its possibilities with serious interest.
mirar embobado [Sinónimo de gawk]
gawk
gawp
I was stunned by just how many rubbernecks gawked at the drunk staggering back onto his feet.
People gawp at anything that is not an everyday occurence.
mirar en otra dirección
look + the other way
'Catching 10' while the supervisor is looking the other way is both a salve to the tired body & a little act of opposition.
mirar fijamente
stare at
look + hard
gaze
stare (at)
He stared coldly at her for a moment, then spat out: 'Bah! You're in charge'.
She stopped and looked hard into his eyes, as it were, appealing for approval.
Her tongue was unloosed now, and she gazed at him questioningly, piercingly.
Staring at the computer for two hours or more each day can affect your eyes.
mirar fijamente a
fixate on
She doesn't settle for anything less than everyone in the room fixating on her, and every pair of eyes is indeed happy to oblige.
mirar fijamente a los ojos
eyeball
look at + Alguien + in the eye
However he seems to have constructed his trends by just eyeballing the graph.
The first step to stop people putting you down is to always look at the person in the eye, keeping your head held high.
mirar fijamente con la vista levantada
stare up at
He remembers their eyes staring up at him in disbelief as he beat the life out of them.
mirar fijamente hacia arriba
stare up at
He remembers their eyes staring up at him in disbelief as he beat the life out of them.
mirar furtivamente
peep
While peeping is an offense, it falls under 'disorderly conduct,' and therefore the possible punishments are very limited.
mirar hacia
overlook
In this sense the British Council libraries may be seen as a window, overlooking the British Isles, their virtues and characteristics.
mirar hacia abajo
look down
You can wander around with your head in the clouds or you can look down and see where you're walking.
mirar hacia arriba
look up
She looked up and saw the muzzle of a rifle pointed at her.
mirar hacia atrás
look back
In the long run, electronic uinformation technology will very likely have important effects, but many of the changes will be so gradual as to be unnoticeable to those experiencing them until they look back.
mirar hacia delante
look forward
look + straight ahead
Port and larboard are the same thing and they mean the left side when looking forward from the stern of the boat while starboard means the right side.
The soldier, with his slinky walk, looked straight ahead while sipping vodka to burn the pain.
mirar hacia el futuro
look forward
look + ahead
So, at the beginning of the 21st century, libraries in the UK are looking forward again, with confidence and pride in the vital role they play.
The author gives a brief description of the library and information scene in 1974 and looks ahead to what it will be like in 2014.
mirar hacia otro lado
turn away + Posesivo + face
look + the other way
The spectacle of two young women giving breast to their babies made her blush and turn away her face.
'Catching 10' while the supervisor is looking the other way is both a salve to the tired body & a little act of opposition.
mirar intensa y amenazadoramente [Generalmente hasta que la otra persona aparta la vista] [Generalmente hasta que la otra persona aparta la vista]
stare + Nombre + down
stare + Nombre + out
Rather than a behavior to stimulate conflict, staring people down is actually a reflex behavior to establish dominance, according to researchers.
He didn't run away, he stood his ground and stared him out.
mirar la bola de cristal
gaze into + crystal ball
This article attempts to gaze into a crystal ball and anticipate future developments, both beneficial and adverse, which will determine the way ahead for resource sharing among special libraries.
mirar las estrellas
stargaze
gaze at + the stars
After a night of endless attempts to snatch some shut-eye we managed to exhaust the night by stargazing out the open window.
The album evokes feelings of nostalgia and yearning, vividly bringing back memories of gazing at the stars when I was a care-free kid.
mirar ligeramente
glance at
glance over
He glanced casually at the ill-balanced frontages of the buildings ahead that stretched on and on until they melded in an indistinguishable mass of gray at Laurence Street.
He sat there in the coffee shop, every so often glancing over his paper.
mirar los toros desde la barrera
watch from + the sidelines
Mühe had to watch from the sidelines as others received credit for the laparoscopic 'revolution'.
mirar para atrás
look back
In the long run, electronic uinformation technology will very likely have important effects, but many of the changes will be so gradual as to be unnoticeable to those experiencing them until they look back.
mirar por
look about
peer out
look out
look out for
A girl strokes its keys languidly and looks about the room and sometimes at the speaker with a disquieting gaze.
James sat silent and peered out the window, as though at some object of great interest to be seen thence.
Drew Pope put down his pencil, pushed back in his chair, stretched his arms overhead, and swung in a half-circle so he could look out the window.
Panellists presented the criteria they adopted and features they looked out for when selecting a library automation system.
mirar por encima
eyeball
However he seems to have constructed his trends by just eyeballing the graph.
mirar por encima del hombro
look down + Posesivo + nose at
look down on/upon
scorn
It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.
The problem with that is that most literate societies look down on people who can't read well.
Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.
mirar por encima del hombro a la gente
look down + Posesivo + nose at people
Well, the point is that we cannot exist looking down our noses at people and saying, 'You should like Trollope instead of Tarzan'.
mirar por Uno mismo
look out for + Reflexivo
look after + Reflexivo
look after + number one
look out for + number one
In other words, our culture is a culture of narcissism, a culture of looking out for oneself, seeking after what is going to benefit me and my family.
Other types of conditions might affect a person's ability to cook, get dressed or look after oneself.
The article is entitled 'Looking after number one'.
Never allow anything to have a higher priority than looking out for number one - you are all you have.
mirar rápidamente
shoot + a look at
Washington shot a timid momentary look at her.
mirar rápidamente buscando algo
scan
Notice that it would be possible to improve recall indefinitely by scanning the entire document collection.
mirar rápida y brevemente
catch + sight of
'Good grief!', he cried, catching sight of the clock.
mirarse el ombligo [Pensar principalmente en los intereses personales]
contemplate + navel
gaze at + Posesivo + navel
twiddle + Posesivo + thumbs
I am not going to contemplate an individual or corporate navel and I am certainly not going to make public my thought processes.
There may be a role for libraries going forward but librarians will not get there by gazing at their navels.
We don't want people to sit around twiddling their thumbs - it's not good for their thumbs and it's not good for our community = No queremos a gente que se cruce de brazos sin hacer nada; no es nada bueno ni para sus brazos ni para nuestra comunidad.
no importa cómo lo mires
whatever way you look at it
whichever way you look at it
Whatever way you look at it, it was a shitty thing to do.
Filmmaking is a very complex business, whichever way you look at it.
no importa cómo se mire
whatever way you look at it
whichever way you look at it
Whatever way you look at it, it was a shitty thing to do.
Filmmaking is a very complex business, whichever way you look at it.
no mirar atrás con arrepentimiento
have + no regrets
If you want to get to the end of your life and have no regrets you need to seize every opportunity that comes along.
que mira al sur
south facing
Energy conservation was an important concern for all 7 libraries, with south facing high windows and heat absorbing walls in all buildings.
recrearse mirando
feast + Posesivo + eyes on
This superb restaurant will tempt you with lavish buffets or set menus while feasting your eyes on the breathtaking view.
se mire como se mire
whatever way you look at it
whichever way you look at it
Whatever way you look at it, it was a shitty thing to do.
Filmmaking is a very complex business, whichever way you look at it.
se mire por donde se mire
whichever way you look at it
whatever way you look at it
Filmmaking is a very complex business, whichever way you look at it.
Whatever way you look at it, it was a shitty thing to do.
ser mirado de forma extraña
get + some funny looks
You might get some funny looks if you turn up looking like the wreck of the Hesperus, but other than that, you're grand as far as I know.
ser mirado por un tuerto
be jinxed
So today I just came to realization that I've been jinxed somewhere along the way in my life.
si bien se mira
all things considered
The revolution which had just been accomplished was the work of all France; Paris, all things considered, had been but the theatre of that event.
si sabes donde mirar
if you know where to look
You can get rid of uric acid in your body quite naturally if you know where to look.
volver la cabeza para mirar
rubberneck
Why do people rubberneck when they see an accident?.
