pena-1
woe ; distress ; grief ; regret ; grieving ; woefulness ; heartache ; misery ; sorrow ; sadness ; hurt.
'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' - Her voice was weak and laden with woe.
The reason for his distress seemed to have been twofold: he derived comfort from reading the roll and he would have found it very embarassing to admit at the end of his journey that he had lost it.
This paper discusses the ways in which books may be used to help bereaved children to understand death and other aspects of grief.
Spalding's regret is quite understandable, for few of those seeking to identify particular editions in the catalog will fail to be confused by the results of this decision.
The article 'Words of comfort: resources for the living and dying' reviews books on death and grieving for purposes of collection development in the area.
In presenting this story, Amenabar has managed to avoid both saccharine sentimentality and easy woefulness.
Lovelorn staff at a Japanese company can take paid time off after an upsetting break-up with a partner, with more 'heartache leave' offered as they get older.
Perhaps Jane Austen was aware of this, for having stated the fact of the elopement briefly, she says airily: 'Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery, I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can'.
In an authority list, the terms, whether descriptors or non-descriptors, may be single words (e.g., Hosiery, Journalism, Lingerie), or phrases of two or three words (e.g., Electric meters, Electric power plants, Joy and sorrow).
Suddenly she was consumed by a feeling of sadness.
I sent her a message explaining my hurt towards this and I didn't like it, it felt like a kick in the face to me.
a duras penas
with great difficulty
at a push
Alumina is helpful for any stool that is passed with great difficulty.
A 6 foot round table will fit 10 people comfortably or 12 at a push.
ahogar + Posesivo + penas
drown + Posesivo + sorrows
According to anonymous sources, Jessica has been depressed lately and has been drowning her sorrows in booze and junk food = Según fuentes anónimas, Jessica ha estado deprimida últimamente y se ha dedicado a ahogar sus penas en alcohol y comida basura.
alegrías y penas
pleasures and pains
The author reviews some of the pleasures and pains of producing journals for the profession of librarianship in Australia.
alma en pena
banshee
Flailing about like a lunatic, and braying like a wild banshee, he planted the seed of doubt.
arreglárselas a duras penas
muddle through
The average user is not only frustrated by a library, but is working under the false notion that most of what he needs can be found by muddling through the card catalog.
avanzar a duras penas
flounder
grind on
I have noticed in many walks of life, people doing jobs, paid or unpaid, in which they are floundering because they do not have what I might call a job description.
Far more likely is that the session will grind on days, perhaps weeks, before there's a compromise between the Presidente and the Senate.
causar pena
cause + hurt
Our reactions to actual crime - disbelief about the act committed, anger at the hurt caused, a desire to get even, and fear for ourselves and our children - arrive in an indecipherable rush of emotion.
chillar como alma en pena
scream like + a banshee
wail like + a banshee
He was arrested for disorderly conduct because he was screaming like a banshee.
In her arms she held a child, round, pink, and wailing like a banshee.
contarle las penas a Alguien
sob + Posesivo + heart out to
The Prime Minister has been heard to scoff at the idea that he was sobbing his heart out to Tessa Jowell.
dar pena
pain
She was quite a bit younger than her husband and it pained her a great deal that they did not have children.
dar pena de
feel + bad for
He's like that one awkward kid that is never good at anything in gym class and you just can't help but feel bad for him everytime he trips.
de puta pena
appalling
deplorable
awful
His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.
We agree with Price that using the words 'citation' and 'reference' interchangeably is a deplorable waste of a good technical term.
These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.
en pena
in grief
Juxtaposing harrowing scenes of a family in grief with high comedy, this film does not so much tread a delicate line between these two modes as career wildly between them like a drunken mourner.
ganarse la vida a duras penas
eke out + a living
scratch (out) + a living
scrape + a living
eke out + an existence
He represents not only hard-pressed immigrants and their plight but also everyone else eking out a living on the street corners of cities.
David keeps at his pushcart, scratching out a living even in the dead of winter - meanwhile, Rose secretly visits Sammy to watch out for him.
A recent report finds that small business owners who employ five or less staff are, on average, barely scraping a living from all their effort.
In thus eking out an existence, however, the washerwoman was very important for the survival of her family.
gemir como alma en pena
wail like + a banshee
In her arms she held a child, round, pink, and wailing like a banshee.
gritar como alma en pena
scream like + a banshee
wail like + a banshee
He was arrested for disorderly conduct because he was screaming like a banshee.
In her arms she held a child, round, pink, and wailing like a banshee.
merecer la pena
be worthwhile
be worth + Posesivo + time
be worth it
The School Library Association, therefore, deemed it worthwhile to draft and publish an abridged version of BC in 1967.
Just as we previously enumerated some of the golden rules of library collecting, so it is worth our time to dwell on some of the changes that will impinge on librarianship.
But the costs that I've seen so far aren't worth it for what it gets for our patrons.
merecer la pena considerar más detalladamente
repay + full consideration
Figure 19.2 will repay full consideration.
merecer la pena el esfuerzo
be worth + Posesivo + effort
repay + Posesivo + effort
This attitude reinforces the concept that the family is still alive, functioning and worth the effort to build and maintain.
The effort involved in creating an hospitable niche is repaid by the stimulus such courses provide to staff members.
merecer la pena estudiar Algo
repay + study
Each of these is sufficiently significant that they repay study in their own right.
merecer la pena + Infinitivo
be worth + Gerundio
be worthy of + Gerundio
it + be + worth + Gerundio
Nevertheless, it is worth drawing a comparison between them so that menu-based information retrieval systems might avoid some of the pitfalls of traditional classification.
Step 2 Analysis: The second step towards an index involves the identification of the concepts within a document which are worthy of indexing.
It is worth briefly observing a general approach to the creation of a data base.
merecer la pena intentarlo
be worth + a try
be worth + a shot
And the best judgment is: It's worth a try, but hardly guaranteed to succeed.
It's worth a shot, there is a 60 day money back offer so try it out and if it doesn't work just request a refund.
merecer la pena probarlo
be worth + a shot
be worth + a try
It's worth a shot, there is a 60 day money back offer so try it out and if it doesn't work just request a refund.
And the best judgment is: It's worth a try, but hardly guaranteed to succeed.
merecerle la pena a Uno
be worth + Posesivo + while
There was nothing to stop another American publisher from reprinting the book if he thought it worth his while, a practice that was known as piracy although it was in fact legal.
morir de pena
die of + a broken heart
She was extremely upset and heartbroken so we think she died of a broken heart.
no merecer la pena
be no good
Here is a snatch of Garner's version: 'I was in a fine rage, and should liked to have kicked him, but it was no good, there wasn't enough of him to get my boot against'.
no valer la pena
be no good
Here is a snatch of Garner's version: 'I was in a fine rage, and should liked to have kicked him, but it was no good, there wasn't enough of him to get my boot against'.
parecer + merecer la pena + Infinitivo
seem + worth + Gerundio
However, it seems worth rehearsing some of the arguments again here in this particular context and identifying specifically how these problems are negotiated in a data base using natural language indexing.
pena de amores
broken heart
heartbreak
heartache
Falling in love for all the wrong reasons can result in a broken heart which may even affect future relationships.
If you're trying to get over a break-up, you're not alone - just about everyone experiences the type of grief we call heartbreak at one time or another.
Lovelorn staff at a Japanese company can take paid time off after an upsetting break-up with a partner, with more 'heartache leave' offered as they get older.
que merece la pena
worthwhile
Dust is an enemy of microcomputers as it is with any piece of electrical apparatus, and a dust cover costing a few pounds is a worthwhile purchase.
que vale la pena
worthwhile
Dust is an enemy of microcomputers as it is with any piece of electrical apparatus, and a dust cover costing a few pounds is a worthwhile purchase.
salir adelante a duras penas
eke out + a living
scratch (out) + a living
scrape + a living
eke out + an existence
He represents not only hard-pressed immigrants and their plight but also everyone else eking out a living on the street corners of cities.
David keeps at his pushcart, scratching out a living even in the dead of winter - meanwhile, Rose secretly visits Sammy to watch out for him.
A recent report finds that small business owners who employ five or less staff are, on average, barely scraping a living from all their effort.
In thus eking out an existence, however, the washerwoman was very important for the survival of her family.
sentir pena por
feel + sorry for
feel + bad for
She added that she felt sorry for the assistant because he had so little power.
He's like that one awkward kid that is never good at anything in gym class and you just can't help but feel bad for him everytime he trips.
valer la pena
be not for nothing
be worth it
be worthwhile
be worth + Posesivo + time
It was not for nothing that he had learned to identify and isolate problems and to solve them.
But the costs that I've seen so far aren't worth it for what it gets for our patrons.
The School Library Association, therefore, deemed it worthwhile to draft and publish an abridged version of BC in 1967.
Just as we previously enumerated some of the golden rules of library collecting, so it is worth our time to dwell on some of the changes that will impinge on librarianship.
valer la pena el esfuerzo
be worth + Posesivo + effort
repay + Posesivo + effort
This attitude reinforces the concept that the family is still alive, functioning and worth the effort to build and maintain.
The effort involved in creating an hospitable niche is repaid by the stimulus such courses provide to staff members.
valer la pena intentarlo
be worth + a shot
be worth + a try
It's worth a shot, there is a 60 day money back offer so try it out and if it doesn't work just request a refund.
And the best judgment is: It's worth a try, but hardly guaranteed to succeed.
valer la pena leer Algo
repay + reading
The introduction to this code certainly repays reading, and contains sensible advice about how to make a filing order amenable to the public.
valer la pena probarlo
be worth + a shot
be worth + a try
It's worth a shot, there is a 60 day money back offer so try it out and if it doesn't work just request a refund.
And the best judgment is: It's worth a try, but hardly guaranteed to succeed.
valerle la pena a Uno
be worth + Posesivo + while
There was nothing to stop another American publisher from reprinting the book if he thought it worth his while, a practice that was known as piracy although it was in fact legal.
vivir a duras penas
live on + a prayer
Today on the Dr. Phil show, Dan and Janna were guests who were 'living on a prayer' since they, along with their seven children, were living in home with no income, no heat and no running water.
