pega
snag ; hitch ; catch ; hiccup [hiccough] ; cavil ; quibble ; rub ; kicker.
Another snag was the existence of entrenched divergent cataloguing habits among the multinational staff, not to mention their fear of the unknown = Another snag was the existence of entrenched divergent cataloguing habits among the multinational staff, not to mention their fear of the unknown.
Keeping pace with these changes may well mean more work than the seven year hitch experienced by DC users.
Whilst these achievements are commendable, there is a catch in them - there can be used to 'intensify' the economic exploitation of women.
The book 'The Last Hiccup of the Old Demographic Regime' examines the impact of epidemics and disease on population growth in the late seventeenth century.
But, however frivolous his cavils, the principles for which he contends are of the most pernicious nature and tendency.
In the article 'Caveats, qualms, and quibbles: a revisionist view of library automation', a public librarian expresses his concern about computers in libraries and the lack of healthy scepticism in libraries when considering the likely benefits of automation.
But as elegant and efficient as this seems, this strategy has a rub - you've got to have technology to track shipments, since you're ultimately responsible for purchases, warranties and returns.
The kicker is that this type of money transfer service is less convenient and no safer than many online money transfers.
la única pega
the fly in the ointment
a fly in the soup
The article is entitled 'The Fly in the Ointment or Why Couldn't They Just have Left Things as They Were; The Compensatory Effort in Higher Education'.
In his book 'A fly in the soup' his frank confession of doubts about his memory has the paradoxical effect of endowing his memoir with an engaging authenticity.
poner pegas [Tiempo pasado cavilled-UK/caviled-USA, participio presente cavilling-UK/caviling-US]
cavil (about/at)
baulk [balk, -USA]
quibble (about/over/with)
raise + objection
find + fault with
Chalmers conceded the utter falseness of the forgeries, but cavilled at Malone's method of refuting them.
While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.
If the business of American government simply comes down to quibbling over price, then all principled protests become rather pointless.
The objection that is always raised against our subject access reflecting a multiplicity of points of view is that the reader's expectations concerning access will often not be met.
I will add that since I have been working with the access LC provides to materials on women, a basic fault that I have found with LC subject cataloging is the absence of specificity.
