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Miguel De Cervantes

Significado de "poner" en el diccionario de español

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DICCIONARIO
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ETIMOLOGÍA DE LA PALABRA PONER

La palabra poner procede del latín ponĕre.
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Se denomina etimología al estudio del origen de la palabras y sus cambios estructurales y de significado.
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PRONUNCIACIÓN DE PONER

po · ner play
Poner es una palabra aguda de 2 sílabas.
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Las palabras agudas van acentuadas en la última sílaba.
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CATEGORIA GRAMATICAL DE PONER

sustantivo
adjetivo
verbo
adverbio
pronombre
preposición
conjunción
interjección
artículo
Poner es un verbo.
El verbo es la parte de la oración que se conjuga y expresa acción y estado.

Los tiempos verbales se dan en tres modos: indicativo, subjuntivo e imperativo.

QUÉ SIGNIFICA PONER EN ESPAÑOL

definición de poner en el diccionario español

La primera definición de poner en el diccionario de la real academia de la lengua española es colocar en un sitio o lugar a alguien o algo. Otro significado de poner en el diccionario es situar a alguien o algo en el lugar adecuado. Poner es también disponer algo para un cierto fin. Poner la mesa.

CONJUGACIÓN DEL VERBO PONER

MODO INDICATIVO

TIEMPOS SIMPLES
Presente
yo pongo
pones / ponés
él pone
nos. ponemos
vos. ponéis / ponen
ellos ponen
Pretérito imperfecto
yo ponía
ponías
él ponía
nos. poníamos
vos. poníais / ponían
ellos ponían
Pret. perfecto simple
yo puse
pusiste
él puso
nos. pusimos
vos. pusisteis / pusieron
ellos pusieron
Futuro simple
yo pondré
pondrás
él pondrá
nos. pondremos
vos. pondréis / pondrán
ellos pondrán
Condicional simple
yo pondría
pondrías
él pondría
nos. pondríamos
vos. pondríais / pondrían
ellos pondrían
TIEMPOS COMPUESTOS
Pret. Perf. Compuesto
yo he puesto
has puesto
él ha puesto
nos. hemos puesto
vos. habéis puesto
ellos han puesto
Pret. Pluscuamperfecto
yo había puesto
habías puesto
él había puesto
nos. habíamos puesto
vos. habíais puesto
ellos habían puesto
Pretérito Anterior
yo hube puesto
hubiste puesto
él hubo puesto
nos. hubimos puesto
vos. hubisteis puesto
ellos hubieron puesto
Futuro perfecto
yo habré puesto
habrás puesto
él habrá puesto
nos. habremos puesto
vos. habréis puesto
ellos habrán puesto
Condicional Perfecto
yo habría puesto
habrías puesto
él habría puesto
nos. habríamos puesto
vos. habríais puesto
ellos habrían puesto
El modo indicativo es el modo verbal que enuncia como real lo expresado por el verbo.

MODO SUBJUNTIVO

TIEMPOS SIMPLES
Presente
yo ponga
pongas
él ponga
nos. pongamos
vos. pongáis / pongan
ellos pongan
Pretérito imperfecto
yo pusiera o pusiese
pusieras o pusieses
él pusiera o pusiese
nos. pusiéramos o pusiésemos
vos. pusierais o pusieseis / pusieran o pusiesen
ellos pusieran o pusiesen
Futuro simple
yo pusiere
pusieres
él pusiere
nos. pusiéremos
vos. pusiereis / pusieren
ellos pusieren
TIEMPOS COMPUESTOS
Pret. Perf. Compuesto
yo hube puesto
hubiste puesto
él hubo puesto
nos. hubimos puesto
vos. hubisteis puesto
ellos hubieron puesto
Futuro Perfecto
yo habré puesto
habrás puesto
él habrá puesto
nos. habremos puesto
vos. habréis puesto
ellos habrán puesto
Condicional perfecto
yo habría puesto
habrías puesto
él habría puesto
nos. habríamos puesto
vos. habríais puesto
ellos habrían puesto
El modo subjuntivo se caracteriza por presentar una acción como posible o hipotética.
MODO IMPERATIVO
Imperativo
pon (tú) / poné (vos)
poned (vosotros) / pongan (ustedes)
El modo imperativo es el modo gramatical empleado para expresar mandatos, órdenes o solicitudes taxativas.
FORMAS NO PERSONALES
Infinitivo
poner
Participio
puesto
Gerundio
poniendo
Las formas no personales del verbo carecen de persona y número.

El infinitivo muestra la acción fuera de toda perspectiva temporal. El gerundio muestra la acción durante su transcurso. El participio muestra la acción tras su terminación.

PALABRAS QUE RIMAN CON PONER


anteponer
an·te·po·ner
aponer
a·po·ner
componer
com·po·ner
contraponer
con·tra·po·ner
deponer
de·po·ner
descomponer
des·com·po·ner
disponer
dis·po·ner
exponer
ex·po·ner
imponer
im·po·ner
interponer
in·ter·po·ner
oponer
o·po·ner
posponer
pos·po·ner
predisponer
pre·dis·po·ner
presuponer
pre·su·po·ner
proponer
pro·po·ner
recomponer
re·com·po·ner
reponer
re·po·ner
sobreponer
so·bre·po·ner
superponer
su·per·po·ner
suponer
su·po·ner

PALABRAS QUE EMPIEZAN COMO PONER

poneca
ponededo
ponedera
ponedero
ponedor
ponedora
ponencia
ponente
ponentina
ponentino
ponentisca
ponentisco
póney
ponferradina
ponferradino
póngido
pongo
poni
ponible
ponientada

PALABRAS QUE TERMINAN COMO PONER

container
contener
desimponer
desponer
detener
entreponer
entretener
escáner
indisponer
mantener
obtener
preponer
prosuponer
retener
sostener
tener
tóner
transponer
trasponer
yuxtaponer

Sinónimos y antónimos de poner en el diccionario español de sinónimos

SINÓNIMOS

SINÓNIMOS DE «PONER»

Las siguientes palabras tienen un significado similar o idéntico a «poner» y pertenecen a la misma categoría gramatical.
sinónimos de poner

ANTÓNIMOS DE «PONER»

Las siguientes palabras significan lo contrario que «poner» y también pertenecen a la misma categoría gramatical.
antónimos de poner

PALABRAS RELACIONADAS CON «PONER»

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Las traducciones de poner presentadas en esta sección han sido obtenidas mediante traducción automática estadística a partir del idioma español.

En el siguiente apartado puedes consultar las traducciones de poner en el diccionario español-inglés así como el contexto en el que se emplean habitualmente mediante ejemplos de uso.

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DICCIONARIO ESPAÑOL - INGLÉS

Conoce las traducciones de poner en inglés y el contexto en el que se emplean habitualmente mediante ejemplos de uso.

poner por las nubes
poner por las nubes 
  praise + highly ; praise + highly ; wax + lyrical ; wax + rapturous ; praise + Nombre + to the skies ; sing + Posesivo + praises.
 He praised highly the attempts of the Yugoslav leadership to find a political solution to the conflict.
 He praised highly the attempts of the Yugoslav leadership to find a political solution to the conflict.
 He helped to hose down graffiti from a vandalised wall while waxing lyrical about an era before antisocial behaviour.
 But people do tend to wax rapturous - nearly orgasmic, even - over figs.
 His reviews aren't about tearing the author down or praising them to the skies, but sparking the reader's curiosity.
 Frustrated devotees had been singing his praises for years, to no avail.
poner
poner 
  affix ; fit ; put ; set ; lay ; lay out on ; lay down ; deposit ; play ; lay out ; plant ; bung + Nombe + in ; get on ; put up ; lay on ; set up.
 Some libraries use small stickers affixed to the spines which have cartoons or ideograms indicating a special genre.
 One such method requires that each book has a magnetic strip inserted into the spine and a special exit door is fitted across which an electric signal is beamed.
 If you encounter an unlabeled document during charge-out, peel off one of the preprinted labels and put it in the document.
 If no fines are to be charged for a particular combination of borrower and material type, set the maximum fine to zero.
 By such mutual assistance, the wits and endeavours of the world may no longer be as so many scattered coals, or firebrands, which, for want of union are soon quenched, whereas, being but laid together, they would have yielded a comfortable light and heat.
 A table is set up in a classroom, books are laid out on it by pupil 'shop assistants' supervised by a rota of teachers, and regular opening hours are laid down and adhered to.
 A table is set up in a classroom, books are laid out on it by pupil 'shop assistants' supervised by a rota of teachers, and regular opening hours are laid down and adhered to.
 The run-off paper must be thick and absorbent to cope with the thick layer of ink deposited on it by the duplicator.
 In another style of lesson, the book is approached through film clips, dramatizations on TV, or played on records or tapes made commercially.
 There should be plenty of space to lay out all the books attractively and for people to move about without feeling too crowded.
 The article is entitled 'To everything there is a season...a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted: a life-cycle analysis of education for librarianship'.
 Instead of bunging it in the washing machine, clean it carefully by hand using lukewarm water.
 The full-length, two-direction zipper makes it easy to get on and off, and the bottom is easy to unzip for diaper changes.
 If you put up a real tree too soon then all the little pine needle things will fall off and you'll be left with a twig on Christmas day.
 Machine-made paper, provided that it was dry, could be laid on with sufficient accuracy for register to be made with no more ado than adjustment of the forme for the second run.
 The reference service is set up next to, on in the case of small units, in the reading room.
al ponerse el sol 
at sundown
 Games lasted as long as two or three days, starting at sunup and ending at sundown.
con la mirada puesta en 
in + Posesivo + sights
 Just 2 days later they landed at Southerndown beach, with tears of homecoming joy in their eyes and with destiny still in their sights.
cosas + ponerse feas 
things + get rough
 Because the fact is that even earlier in life Aremis Slake had often escaped into the subway when things got rough above ground.
costes + ponerse por las nubes 
costs + spiral
 Costs are spiralling.
cuando las cosas se ponen difíciles 
when the going gets tough
 When the going gets tough, focus on how far you have come not on how far you must go.
Cuando las cosas se ponen duras, los duros se crecen 
When the going gets tough, the tough get going
 'When the going gets tough, the tough get going' is an inspirational quote that has motivated many athletes to push through adversity and achieve success = "Cuando las cosas se ponen duras, los duros crecen" es una cita inspiradora que ha motivado a muchas atletas para superar las adversidades y lograr el éxito.
de quita y pon  
burn-'em-down-build-'em-up
removable
 But if they don't, the practical result of those burn-'em-down-build-'em-up Phoenix schedules is to destroy call-number integrity = Pero si no es así, el resultado práctico de esas clases fénix que ya las quitas, ya las pones es destruir la integridad de la signatura topográfica.
 Adequate security for expensive equipment must also be provided for in this decision, and a secluded back room, a remote phone cut-off switch, or a removable keyboard may be mandated.
encargado de poner en práctica 
implementor [implementer]
 This could only be discovered by talking to the principal policy implementors and resource gatherers.
morir con las botas puestas    
die in + harness
die in + Posesivo + boots
die with + Posesivo + boots on
die with + Posesivo + clogs on
 One in ten expects to be so skint in old age, they plan on dying in harness.
 Nancy was beginning to tire of the workload and, as she kiddingly told her husband, George, worried that she'd 'die in her boots at Stoneymead'.
 She said she was grieving, but that she was proud that her son died with his boots on.
 He applied for an engagement at a variety theatre, saying, 'I know I am dying, and I want to die with my clogs on'.
no poner en duda 
be unquestioned
 Of course, as a repository of a country's book production the national library is unquestioned and even has a monopoly.
no tener nada que ponerse 
not have a stitch to wear
 This foxy girl has a wardrobe full of head-turning outfits and not a stitch of clothing to wear.
no tener qué ponerse 
not have a stitch to wear
 This foxy girl has a wardrobe full of head-turning outfits and not a stitch of clothing to wear.
pelo + ponerse cano 
hair + turn grey
 This method of preventing your hair from turning grey will work for just about anyone.
persona que se pone Algo 
wearer
 Smoking jackets have declined in popularity since the 1950s, though a minority of wearers still exists.
poner a Alguien al cargo de 
put + Nombre + in charge of
 In any case, the company thinks she has what it takes and is putting her in charge of a number of businesses, including publishing, TV and radio.
poner a Alguien al frente de 
put + Nombre + in charge of
 In any case, the company thinks she has what it takes and is putting her in charge of a number of businesses, including publishing, TV and radio.
poner a Alguien al mando de 
put + Nombre + in charge of
 In any case, the company thinks she has what it takes and is putting her in charge of a number of businesses, including publishing, TV and radio.
poner a Alguien al tanto de 
fill + Alguien + in on
 'Perhaps at the same time you could fill me in on some of our procedures,' he said and sat down.
poner a Alguien a prueba  
give + Nombre + a hard time
give + Nombre + a hard ride
 When she rejected him everyone around the table gave him a hard time and called him a loser.
 It took me years to work out a relationship with him and trust me I gave him a hard ride along the way - I was suspiscious, untrusting.
poner a Alguien contra las cuerdas 
put + Nombre + on the spot
 'I'm really not trying to put anyone on the spot and, frankly, I'm not too surprised and only a little disappointed at your collective ignorance,' he commented.
poner a Alguien en contacto con 
put + Nombre + in touch with
 Such libraries now offer advice on benefits, employment, careers, housing, pensions, consumer affairs and other similar matters, or put people in touch with other sources.
poner a Alguien en el compromiso de 
leave + Nombre + with the choice of
 This will leave you with the choice of locking out a bunch of users or leaving your network unsecured.
poner a Alguien en el lugar de Otro 
put + Nombre + in + Posesivo + place
 I think they should get rid of Steve and put her in his place.
poner a Alguien en guardia 
put + Nombre + on + Posesivo + guard
 That experience was instructive, and it puts us on our guard.
poner a Alguien en su lugar   
put + Nombre + in + Posesivo + place
knock + Nombre + off + Posesivo + pedestal
cut + Nombre + down to size
 You have got to stand up and put her in her place until then she will keep trying to push your buttons.
 They are seen as pompous and elite, and there's nothing quite like knocking them off their pedestal.
 He told Thaksin that when he himself was a boy, his mother always cut him down to size when he got too big for his boots.
poner a Alguien en su sitio    
cut + Nombre + down to size
knock + Nombre + off + Posesivo + pedestal
cut + Nombre + down to size
put + Nombre + in + Posesivo + place
 He told Thaksin that when he himself was a boy, his mother always cut him down to size when he got too big for his boots.
 They are seen as pompous and elite, and there's nothing quite like knocking them off their pedestal.
 He told Thaksin that when he himself was a boy, his mother always cut him down to size when he got too big for his boots.
 You have got to stand up and put her in her place until then she will keep trying to push your buttons.
poner a Alguien en un aprieto 
put + Nombre + on the spot
 'I'm really not trying to put anyone on the spot and, frankly, I'm not too surprised and only a little disappointed at your collective ignorance,' he commented.
poner a Alguien en un apuro   
put + Alguien + on the spot
put + Nombre + on the spot
put + Nombre + in an awkward situation
 'I'm really not trying to put anyone on the spot and, frankly, I'm not too surprised and only a little disappointed at your collective ignorance,' he commented.
 'I'm really not trying to put anyone on the spot and, frankly, I'm not too surprised and only a little disappointed at your collective ignorance,' he commented.
 I know she has difficulty talking about their breakup and I didn't want to pressure her or put her in an awkward situation.
poner a Alguien en un compromiso  
put + Alguien + on the spot
put + Nombre + in an awkward situation
 'I'm really not trying to put anyone on the spot and, frankly, I'm not too surprised and only a little disappointed at your collective ignorance,' he commented.
 I know she has difficulty talking about their breakup and I didn't want to pressure her or put her in an awkward situation.
poner a Alguien en un pedestal 
put + Nombre + on a pedestal
 Native American children should have books that do not demean or embarrass them or their heritage nor put them on a pedestal.
poner a Alguien suero 
be on a drip
 My girlfriend has viral meningitis and has been on a drip for a week.
poner a cargo de 
put in + charge of
 Soon she was put in charge of evaluating American Studies collections at universities throughout Finland and asked to conduct a variety of smaller projects.
poner a disposición 
keep within + reach
 No reference department is large enough to keep all editions within reach.
poner a disposición de    
make + available to
put at + the disposal of
place + at the disposal of
bring + Nombre + within (the) reach of
 The principal function of any library is to make the information it contains available to the library users at their request.
 The main aim of the work of the department is to steer students towards self-education and to help them deepen their knowledge by putting at their disposal modern instructional aids.
 Even in its era before the computer, progress in telecommunications - for example, telephone, radio and television - opened out the horizons for individuals and society at large, and so placed at the disposal of people information about distant events and new ideas.
 Major towns may also have smaller branch and mobile libraries bringing the service within reach of all the community.
poner a flote  
refloat
refloat
 The oldest fishmonger's shop in Sheffield is back in business after being refloated.
 Australian officials raced against the clock on Monday to refloat a massive Chinese ship which grounded and leaked oil.
poner a la altura de las circunstancias 
bring + Nombre + up to par
 The article 'Bringing your golf collection up to par' gives guidelines on selecting library materials on golf.
poner a la defensiva 
put on + the defensive
 In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.
poner al alcance 
bring + Nombre + within (the) reach of
 Major towns may also have smaller branch and mobile libraries bringing the service within reach of all the community.
poner a la venta   
put + Nombre + on the market
put up for + sale
put on + sale
 I have a new product i want to put on the market but I have no idea where to start.
 So we need to put them up for sale as we have no money to further care for the buildings.
 Experience will tell how many and which hardbacks to put on sale.
poner al corriente (de)    
clue + Nombre + in (on)
clue + Nombre + up (on)
bring + Nombre + up to speed (on)
get + Nombre + up to speed on
 This monthly series is for the 20-something woman who wishes she had a couple of big sisters to clue her in on the ins and outs of life after college.
 It appeared this was something she had not clued her up on.
 The article has the title 'Bringing staff up to speed'.
 If someone can get me up to speed on this I can have a stab at writing it up for others to follow.
poner al corriente de 
bring + Nombre + into the swim of
 The author discusses the importance of bringing end-users out of the cubbyhole and into the swim of research.
poner al día    [Contar lo que ha sucedido desde la última vez que varias personas se vieron]
bring + Nombre + up to date
bring + Nombre + up to scratch
share + Posesivo + stories
 While Jewett, contemplating the use of individual entries that could more easily be changed and brought up to date, found it desirable to rule that the entry should be under the latest name used by the author.
 Dilapidated housing will be brought up to scratch thanks to a cash injection which could total millions of pounds.
 I enjoyed seeing everyone so happy sharing their stories and tucking into the food and drink we laid on for the 40 or so people who had come.
poner al día (de)  
bring + Nombre + up to speed (on)
get + Nombre + up to speed on
 The article has the title 'Bringing staff up to speed'.
 If someone can get me up to speed on this I can have a stab at writing it up for others to follow.
poner al día de 
bring + Nombre + into the swim of
 The author discusses the importance of bringing end-users out of the cubbyhole and into the swim of research.
poner Algo a disposición 
put + Nombre + within reach
 The article 'Megadoc PC puts archives within reach' concludes that despite predictions of the dawn of a 'paperless society', computers have until recently tended to increase the volume of paper in the workplace.
poner Algo al alcance 
put + Nombre + within reach
 The article 'Megadoc PC puts archives within reach' concludes that despite predictions of the dawn of a 'paperless society', computers have until recently tended to increase the volume of paper in the workplace.
poner Algo al descubierto 
bring + Nombre + to the surface
 Reading-reportage brings these prejudices to the surface and opens them to discussion not just by the teacher but by the reader's peers.
poner Algo a mano 
put + Nombre + within reach
 The article 'Megadoc PC puts archives within reach' concludes that despite predictions of the dawn of a 'paperless society', computers have until recently tended to increase the volume of paper in the workplace.
poner Algo a prueba 
push + Nombre + to + Posesivo + limits
 Beta test sites are expected to 'push the system to its limits'.
poner Algo en 
stick + Nombre + on
 Cut up the leftovers into strips, stick on skewers and finish quickly on the grill.
poner Algo en funcionamiento  
get + Nombre + going
get + Nombre + rolling
 Their tank had broken down and it was some time before they got it going again.
 There's a lot of things that need to be sorted out in that program before they get it rolling.
poner Algo en Internet 
put (out) + Nombre + on the web
 But as other publishers and associations began to put out their journals on the web, the APA decided that it too must move with the time, although, like other agencies, just webifying the journal was not enough.
poner Algo en marcha  
get + Nombre + going
get + Nombre + rolling
 Their tank had broken down and it was some time before they got it going again.
 There's a lot of things that need to be sorted out in that program before they get it rolling.
poner Algo patas arriba  
turn + Nombre + inside-out
turn + Nombre + on its head
 The article is entitled 'Umbrella in a hurricane: new winds of change may turn it inside-out'.
 This interpretation turns Dewey's social critique on its head by re-enforcing the political status-quo.
poner Algo por delante de 
put + Nombre + ahead of
 'The old maid' is an 'ingenue' who put her career ahead of her love life.
poner Alguien al descubierto 
blow + Posesivo + cover
 I threatened to blow her cover but she promised me a big raise if I kept my mouth shut.
poner + Alguien + frenético 
make + Alguien + furious
 'You know I'm an easy-going person, but this has made me furious! I don't know what else to do'.
poner al loro (de)  
clue + Nombre + up (on)
clue + Nombre + in (on)
 It appeared this was something she had not clued her up on.
 This monthly series is for the 20-something woman who wishes she had a couple of big sisters to clue her in on the ins and outs of life after college.
poner al mal tiempo buena cara    
keep + Posesivo + chin up
grin and bear it
put on/up + a brave face
put + a brave face on
 She's kept her chin up as she nurses a new life into toddlerhood, and is now doing a lot better.
 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.
 It's no secret that all Commonwealth Games sites are lagging behind schedule but the organisers are putting on a brave face.
 You have to make sure you lead from the front and put a brave face on it during the tough times to bring people with you and get out of it.
poner al mismo nivel que 
bring + Nombre + to a par with
 There are importante tendencies to bring Bradford's distribution law to a par with some well-known laws within and outside bibliometrics.
poner al revés 
upend
 Religious freedom is in danger of being upended.
poner al tanto de 
bring + Nombre + into the swim of
 The author discusses the importance of bringing end-users out of the cubbyhole and into the swim of research.
poner al tanto (de)    
bring + Nombre + up to speed (on)
get + Nombre + up to speed on
clue + Nombre + in (on)
clue + Nombre + up (on)
 The article has the title 'Bringing staff up to speed'.
 If someone can get me up to speed on this I can have a stab at writing it up for others to follow.
 This monthly series is for the 20-something woman who wishes she had a couple of big sisters to clue her in on the ins and outs of life after college.
 It appeared this was something she had not clued her up on.
poner al tanto sobre 
give + Nombre + the lowdown on
 Beck added: 'We would have given you the lowdown on Tilly the Hun' = Beck añadió: "Te lo hubieramos contado todo sobre Tilly el alemán".
poner a + Nombre + a la cabeza de 
put + Nombre + ahead in
 The article 'Europe in the pole position of global patent information' reports on a new initiative to put Europe ahead in global patent information provision.
poner a + Número 
set to + Número
 In this case, the indicator length in the record label is set to zero and the identifier length is set to 1 o more.
poner aparte 
set apart
 Storytelling and reading in a room set apart and led by competent people can be an entertainment designed for all.
poner a + Posesivo + disposición 
put at + Posesivo + fingertips
 These tools put a wide variety of Internet resources at your fingertips.
poner a prueba    [Pasado y participio tried]              
stretch
tax
try
strain
overtax
pilot
put to + the test
test
plumb + the depths of
trial
overstretch
push + the envelope
put + Nombre + to the test
try + Nombre + on
push + Nombre + to the edge
put + Nombre + through + Posesivo + paces
drive + Nombre + to the edge
 Written in a telegram style, telegraphic abstracts stretch the skills of the abstractor in writing in an abbreviated yet unambiguous style.
 However, the definition of an 'author' has taxed cataloguers for many years.
 If we instruct it to ponder this question more leisurely, it will quickly try the user's patience with digressions concerning the less illustrious senior MOZART, LEOPOLD.
 His small foreign-made car strained with the added burden of an interior packed to capacity with personal belongings and a heavily laden U-Haul trailor attached to the rear.
 Currently, they are trying to charge Internet providers more because Internet use is overtaxing the telephone networks.
 This will be piloted during 1996 by academic libraries, systems vendors, publishers and intermediaries.
 There are 2 important areas where the librarian's interpretation of his role are put to the test: his involvement with audiovisual materials, and his attitude towards teaching.
 Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.
 The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.
 The concept was trialled in 1995 and subscribers to this service will be transferred with no additional charge.
 Reliance on court libraries is futile as the libraries are already overstretched by the needs of the Bench.
 This paper describes the contention existing between those who are pushing the envelope of free speech on the Internet, sometimes anarchically and those trying to limit it, sometimes oppressively.
 There's nothing flimsy about these leather boots, put them to the test this season - they'll pass with flying colours.
 The psychiatrist has been trying him on several different anti-depressants and group therapies, but none seems to be helping.
 But he was proved wrong as India pushed England to the edge and beat them hollow the following day.
 But the company is keen to name his successor by early next year so that Ratan Tata can put him through his paces.
 In fact, very soon the people will show that when they are driven to the edge, they are as sharp as a razor.
poner a prueba la paciencia de Alguien  
test + Posesivo + patience
try + Posesivo + patience
 This hilarious show pranks unsuspecting guests, testing their patience to see just how long before they reach boiling point.
 He is to be praised for not wasting the reader's time and trying his patience with the dead issue of the possibility of the ordination of women.
poner a prueba la paciencia de un santo  
test + the patience of a saint
try + the patience of a saint
 This may be obvious but circumstances do arise that will test the patience of a saint; those are the times to keep plugging on until solution is found.
 Listening to your baby cry and cry and not knowing what to do can try the patience of a saint.
poner a prueba una idea  
test + idea
pilot + idea
 Analytical cataloguing is valuable in respect of any type of media, but many of ideas have been tested most thoroughly in the context of monographs and serials.
 One product of the initiatives described above has been action to pilot the ideas about managing information in 'opinion leaders' among government departments.
poner a punto    
overhaul
hone
fine tune [fine-tune]
tune-up
 It is difficult to overhaul the basic structure of an enumerative scheme without complete revision of sections of the scheme.
 libraries are moving beyond their traditional job as book repository and branching into electronic networks, while still honing their traditional roles as educators and guides.
 These statistics have been used to fine tune the system and improve response time = Se han usado estos resultados estadísticos para ajustar el funcionamiento del sistema y mejorar el tiempo de respuesta.
 The author recommends a system architecture approach to data base security which is more likely to bring simplicity, isolatability and flexibility to overall system solutions than will ad hoc attempts to tune-up individual parts.
poner atención  
lend + an ear
listen (to)
 Secondly, the teacher should just 'lend an ear' and not actively take part in the discussion.
 Only through listening to words in print being spoken does anyone discover their color, their life, their movement and drama.
poner a un lado  
lay + Nombre + aside
set + aside
 If a book does not yield immediate pleasure they tend to lay it aside.
 When new songbooks arrive in the library they are set aside until indexing is completed.
poner azúcar 
sugar
 If you would like this cocktail to be sweeter it is not uncommon to sugar the rim of the snifter.
poner bonito 
get + the rough edge of + Posesivo + tongue
 So the unhappy lame man got up with a flea in his ear and went to the second Prince, but here, too, he got the rough edge of his tongue = Así pues, el cojo desafortunado se levantó con las orejas gachas y fue a ver al segundo príncipe, pero de nuevo salió escaldado.
poner cara avinagrada 
pout
 She starts to pout when she doesn't get her way, stomping off, giving everyone the silent treatment, snapping at people.
poner cara de asco 
pull + a wry face
 Say 'mathematics' and often children, not to mention adults, pull a wry face.
poner cara de extrañado 
look + puzzled
 Aladyn looked puzzled for a moment, and then he replied: 'All parties desire universal suffrage - naturally that includes women'.
poner cara de pez 
look + puzzled
 Aladyn looked puzzled for a moment, and then he replied: 'All parties desire universal suffrage - naturally that includes women'.
poner carnada 
bait
 Hooks are baited with fresh fish, and a block of frozen fish chum is hung over the side and allowed to disperse with the current as it thaws.
poner cebo 
bait
 Hooks are baited with fresh fish, and a block of frozen fish chum is hung over the side and allowed to disperse with the current as it thaws.
poner celoso 
make + Nombre + jealous
 The best way of doing this is by making him jealous, and the best way of making any boy jealous is to be seen with another boy.
poner cerco a 
lay + siege to
 Syrian tanks laid siege to a defiant town in the centre of the country yesterday.
poner como ejemplo   
instance
cite + as an example
showcase
 Let me try to suggest an example by instancing the stories of the prolific English author, Enid Blyton.
 While Jewett found it desirable to rule that the entry should be under the latest name used by the author and cited conspicuously the entry under VOLTAIRE as an example.
 Officially known as SOLEX, this exhibition showcases mainly IT based products for the legal profession.
poner con chinchetas 
thumbtack
 He thumbtacked the drawing and the clipping on the bulletin board and they looked impressive.
poner de actualidad 
put + Nombre + on the map
 Congratulations to the many medalists who put the USA back on the map.
poner delante de 
lay before
 The books may simply be laid before the librarian as they are found, 'dumped in his lap', as one writer puts it.
poner de los nervios  
get on + Posesivo + wick
unnerve
 Alesha tells Laila that she's getting on her wick because it started off so well and went to pot.
 World stock markets have crumbled for a second straight day, with investors unnerved by prospects for a full-blown global financial crisis.
poner de manifiesto    [Verbo irregular: pasado showed, participio shown]              
bring into + relief
highlight
show
state
throw into + relief
throw up
evince
illustrate
underscore
underline
emphasise [emphasize, -USA]
bring to + light
make it + clear
lay + bare
provide + insight into
reveal
flag + Nombre + up
 They can bring into relief differing conditions in member countries and they often lend weight to arguments for or against various policy options.
 In each case the object of the discussion will be to highlight what appear to be the significant aspects, particularly those concerning the background which affect the nature of the scheme.
 This shows a record in an abstracts based bibliographic data base.
 Short abstracts are generally preferred, but there are instances where the most effective approach is to cite the original unamended, and to state that this is what has been done.
 The employment of machines, far from replacing man, can serve to enhance his social value and status by throwing into relief those human tasks that machines cannot perform.
 Demands from clients will often throw up an occurrence of similar problems, revealing perhaps the operation of an injustice, the lack of an amenity in the neighbourhood, or simply bureaucratic inefficiency.
 New computer based technologies are evincing revolutionary changes in the educational curriculum for schools of library and information science.
 The presence of eggshells, faecal pellets, and silk threads in association with a mite-like animal illustrates a complex ecosystem.
 All I wanted to underscore with these four horror stories is that the judicious, discretionary assignment of added entries can either powerfully inhibit or promote access to the documents.
 Word processing packages must be able to permit the user to manipulate test, as is necessary in alignment of margins, insertion and deletion of paragraphs, arrange for text to appear in the centre of the page and underline.
 Analytical cataloguing aims to emphasise the content of documents, rather than relying entirely upon cataloguing whole works.
 Her editorial does an excellent job of bringing to light the issues facing libraries, authors, and library patrons regarding the possibility and desirability of a single international copyright law.
 Simple linking of Students and Attitudes would still not make it clear whether it was the attitudes 'of' or 'towards' Students.
 The aim of this article is to lay bare the causes of this state of affairs.
 This article reports the findings of an investigation which was conducted in order to determine if either the impact factor or the immediacy index provide useful insights into the qualitative relations among scientific journals.
 A study of the major general schemes reveals a wide gulf between theory, as outlined in the previous chapter, and practice, as reflected in the major schemes.
 If you spot an error then flag it up to your bank promptly and insist they take action to rectify it.
poner de manifiesto las mejores cualidades de 
bring out + the best in
 All students are talented, so teachers must find ways to bring out the best in each child.
poner demasiado énfasis en Algo 
overemphasise [over-emphasise] [overemphasize, -USA]
 Libraries have invested much money and prestige in their OPACs, and will be tempted to overemphasise them in user education programmes.
poner de patitas en la calle     
give + Nombre + the boot
sack
boot (out)
give + Nombre + the sack
turf out
 He was given the boot for being discovered with a camera taking a photo of hula dancers.
 The author warns that shortsighted companies that believe all the information they need is on the Web may sack information professionals.
 As Hartwick got older, the feds decided he was a major security risk and booted him out of the program.
 Justin pointed out that the government would not compromise and those found protecting illegal immigrants would be given the sack.
 You will be disliked and turfed out as a sacrificial goat once your job is done but there will be many others queuing up for your services.
poner de pie   
stand + upright
set + Nombre + upright
stand + straight
 Such protection and stiffening allows the pamphlet to stand upright on the shelves beside books on the same subject.
 There are even parts of the tropics where the sun is sometimes vertical and a stick set upright in the ground will cast no shadow.
 He stands straight and understands every single thing you say - he still has all his buttons and you can discuss any subject with him.
poner de pie apoyado sobre un costado 
stand on + Posesivo + side
 The compositor therefore pushed the forme to one side (or stood it on its edge on the floor, leaning against its frame) and proceeded to impose the second forme of the sheet in the same way..
poner de + Posesivo + parte   
do + Posesivo + part
do + Posesivo + share
do + Posesivo + bit
 We should do our part, but we shouldn't bite off more than we can chew.
 Let's by all means do our share, but we have to give the other ignorant person who uses the term Hottentot a chance to find out its meaning.
 When it comes to the big issues, it's individuals that count, and so we asked some leading environmentalists how they were doing their bit.
poner derecho   
set + Nombre + upright
stand + upright
stand + straight
 There are even parts of the tropics where the sun is sometimes vertical and a stick set upright in the ground will cast no shadow.
 Such protection and stiffening allows the pamphlet to stand upright on the shelves beside books on the same subject.
 He stands straight and understands every single thing you say - he still has all his buttons and you can discuss any subject with him.
poner de relieve      [Verbo irregular: pasado showed, participio shown]        
bring into + relief
throw into + relief
underscore
highlight
show
state
throw up
evince
illustrate
underline
emphasise [emphasize, -USA]
flag + Nombre + up
reveal
 They can bring into relief differing conditions in member countries and they often lend weight to arguments for or against various policy options.
 The employment of machines, far from replacing man, can serve to enhance his social value and status by throwing into relief those human tasks that machines cannot perform.
 All I wanted to underscore with these four horror stories is that the judicious, discretionary assignment of added entries can either powerfully inhibit or promote access to the documents.
 In each case the object of the discussion will be to highlight what appear to be the significant aspects, particularly those concerning the background which affect the nature of the scheme.
 This shows a record in an abstracts based bibliographic data base.
 Short abstracts are generally preferred, but there are instances where the most effective approach is to cite the original unamended, and to state that this is what has been done.
 Demands from clients will often throw up an occurrence of similar problems, revealing perhaps the operation of an injustice, the lack of an amenity in the neighbourhood, or simply bureaucratic inefficiency.
 New computer based technologies are evincing revolutionary changes in the educational curriculum for schools of library and information science.
 The presence of eggshells, faecal pellets, and silk threads in association with a mite-like animal illustrates a complex ecosystem.
 Word processing packages must be able to permit the user to manipulate test, as is necessary in alignment of margins, insertion and deletion of paragraphs, arrange for text to appear in the centre of the page and underline.
 Analytical cataloguing aims to emphasise the content of documents, rather than relying entirely upon cataloguing whole works.
 If you spot an error then flag it up to your bank promptly and insist they take action to rectify it.
 A study of the major general schemes reveals a wide gulf between theory, as outlined in the previous chapter, and practice, as reflected in the major schemes.
poner de relieve la importancia 
underscore + the importance
 However, acute infections are uncommonly recognized clinically, underscoring the importance of screening individuals at risk.
poner doble acristalamiento 
double glaze
 If your budget is tight, you may choose simply to double glaze the windows in individual rooms rather than your entire property.
poner el candado 
padlock
 The five captives told last night how they had been blindfolded by armed guards and padlocked in a room for most of a week.
poner el centro de atención 
put + focus
 Tonight's vote puts the focus back where it rightly belongs - on the issue of Reduce, Re-use and Recycle.
poner el colofón final 
bookend
 In a sense, the release of this new album has lifted a weight off his shoulders and bookended his first six years as a solo artist.
poner el culo 
take + Nombre + lying down
 The Archer administration may be a lame duck, but it's still not taking shots lying down.
poner el dedo en la llaga       
hit + a (raw) nerve
touch on + raw nerve
hit + the nail on the head
strike + home
strike + a nerve (with)
touch on + a sore spot
touch + a (raw) nerve
 Based on their account, it seems obvious that Beauperthuy hit a raw nerve among some of the medical research leaders of the day.
 Adults should treat books children read for the pertinent present they reveal with more caution and wariness since they touch on raw nerves.
 One ISO team member hit the nail on the head by saying that the ISO certificate would mean a lot for our customers.
 Among many observations in this widely bruited report, one in particular struck home: fewer books had been translated into Arabic in a millennium than were translated into Spanish in a year.
 His plethoric prose produced by a prodigious placement of words struck a nerve.
 This interpretation obviously touched on a sore spot and the relation between the two countries remained troublesome for centuries.
 Obama's election seems to have touched a raw nerve in conservative white America, unleashing a torrent of right-wing rage unseen in this country.
poner el despertador 
set + the alarm clock
 My problem is that I'm always running late and it's not a matter of setting the alarm clock to go off a little earlier.
poner el énfasis 
put + focus
 Tonight's vote puts the focus back where it rightly belongs - on the issue of Reduce, Re-use and Recycle.
poner el grito en el cielo                       
be (all) up in arms
kick up + a stink
kick up + a fuss
blow + Posesivo + top
make + a row
make + a ruckus
kick up + a row
blow + Posesivo + lid
blow + Posesivo + stack
scream + blue murder
froth at + the mouth
shout + blue murder
be in full cry (over)
foam at + the mouth
hit + the roof
kick up + a storm
hit + the ceiling
go through + the roof
go through + the ceiling
raise + the roof
shout + bloody murder
scream + bloody murder
make + a big deal about
 And everyone who reads, writes, sings, does research, or teaches should be up in arms but the real question is why so few people are complaining.
 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.
 If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
 Yoga is better for people who are always blowing their top and who are therefore prone to high blood pressure.
 Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
 At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
 The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.
 Of course her initial reaction was to blow her lid, but she didn't - instead she took the high road and simply just left.
 She really blew her stack as she stomped out of the sales manager's office talking to herself.
 She hates water for some reason, and whenever we go to put her togs on, she screams blue murder, and it is a 15 minute struggle to get her togs on.
 This luxurious hotel was not a likely setting for union leaders to froth at the mouth over government cutbacks.
 There are more religously motivated killings in America than what you have in Nigeria and yet nobody is shouting blue murder.
 The left, meanwhile, is in full cry over the commission's allegedly draconian cuts in Social Security benefits.
 All of Washington is foaming at the mouth over the prospect of more pork-barrel spending.
 When she heard that, she hit the roof - and she was still hitting the roof about it almost fifty years after it had happened.
 Grams is kicking up a storm at the care home she is currently residing in and is about to have her ass hauled onto the sidewalk if she doesn't quit at it any time soon.
 It is by no means certain that Congress will vote soon enough to increase the debt ceiling and some people, for good reason, are hitting the ceiling about that.
 Harry was out of the country when the contract was signed, and he went through the roof when he found out about it.
 I finally told him the night before I left, and he went through the ceiling, just as I expected him to.
 I understand he raised the roof when he read the report.
 I can picture Mr. Mukhtar in the stands on a cold winter's afternoon, beer in hand, wearing his scarf, shouting bloody murder.
 Within ten minutes, the child suddenly woke up out of her semi-comatose state, stood up in the crib and started screaming bloody murder.
 He's the type of person who gets frustrated and makes a big deal about taking the wrong exit on the freeway or has a short fuse when something doesn't get done exactly the way he wants it.
poner el matasellos a una carta 
postmark
 Mailed copies should be postmarked by December 20, 2001.
poner el pan en la mesa 
put + bread on the table
 If in your mind your job is solely for the purpose of 'putting bread on the table,' you are, in a sense, prostituting your labor.
poner el precio 
price
 CD-ROM publishers are pricing either low or high and seemingly do not know what rationale to use for pricing.
poner el sello 
stamp
 To indicate that the book has been properly checked in, the date it was returned may be stamped inside the book.
poner el sello a 
place + a stamp on
 Moreover, we conclude that the process of placing a feminist stamp on working relations is both far from complete and subject to reverses.
poner el sello de 
rubber stamp
 The procedure to be followed if the decision to withdraw has been taken would be: rubber stamp the book so that the word 'withdrawn' clearly appears on it.
poner empeño  [Verbo irregular: pasado strove/strived, participio striven/strived]
strive
 The abstractor must resist the temptation to use long sentences in striving to avoid repetition.
poner en adobo 
marinade
 This is especially good if you cut a turkey breast in hunks and marinade overnight then grill.
poner en alerta   
put on + standby
put on + alert
place + Nombre + on standby
 Local emergency services were also put on standby.
 Hospitals were immediately put on alert to be on the lookout for symptoms of bioterrorism.
 We will be on red alert effective today, which means that we will place on stand-by at least 2,000 soldiers to prepare for any incident in the Labor Day holiday.
poner en alquiler 
rent out
 If a job or family situation takes you away from home, consider renting out your home to offset all or part of the costs of your monthly mortgage payment.
poner en apuros  
cast + a shadow over
put + Nombre + in difficulties
 The country's severe economic problems have cast a shadow over the book trade, yet its vigour and diversity are astonishing.
 This situation often puts librarians in difficulties by their reacting to problems, rather than anticipating them.
poner en bastardilla 
italicise [italicize, -USA]
 Being able to bold, italicise or underline text can make your document more interesting.
poner encima 
top with
 Place one shortcake on a plate, top with about half of the peaches and whipped cream .
poner en circulación 
circulate
 However, if the volumes of the encyclopedia will not be circulated, the volumes need to be entered separately.
poner en claro 
clear up
 What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
poner en cola 
queue
 Our system allowed us to accept four messages and queue them so that the person sitting at a terminal thought s/he was the only person on.
poner en cola de espera 
place + in queue
 We'll now learn how to retrieve a record that was previously placed in the disc queue.
poner en contacto    
bring into + relationship
contact
provide + an interface
bring into + contact
 It thrives on ambiguity, irony, paradox, which bring the disparate and hitherto unconnected into relationship, revealing new shades of meaning, or refreshing the worn, the tired, the cliched.
 Hosts in Europe can also be contacted through the European part of the IPSS network.
 This service called A.S.K. (Access to Sources of Knowledge) will provide an interface between users and suppliers.
 Through his work we are brought into direct contact not only with ourselves and our contemporaries but with the whole long line of humankind = A través de su obra nos ponemos en contacto directo no sólo con nostros mismos y nuestros contemporáneos sino también con nuestros antepasados.
poner en contenedor 
containerise [containerize, -USA]
 Other major ports in South Africa, such as Durban, are also following the trend towards containerising bulk commodities - in a similar way to fruit exports.
poner en cuarentena 
quarantine
 Australia cannot afford to quarantine itself from global trends and needs to compete with other countries for scarce global capital.
poner en cuestión  
call into + question
render + questionable
 Some of the work discussed in chapter 28 may seem to call into question the value of this research.
 Luhmann's attempt to assign to language a merely marginal role renders questionable the conclusiveness of his theory.
poner en cuestión la validez de  
bring into + question the validity of
question + the validity of
 Moreover, the findings bring into question the validity of any locally developed system.
 This article questions the validity of information management and classification.
poner en cursiva 
italicise [italicize, -USA]
 Being able to bold, italicise or underline text can make your document more interesting.
poner en dificultades 
put + Nombre + in difficulties
 This situation often puts librarians in difficulties by their reacting to problems, rather than anticipating them.
poner en duda            
challenge
be flawed
question
render + suspect
unsettle
cast + doubt on
regard + Nombre + with suspicion
put in + doubt
call into + question
shed + doubt
throw into + doubt
throw + doubt on
 The only difference is the cataloger doesn't have to sit down and challenge himself, select one entry over the other, and say that this person is more responsible than another person for the work.
 A small but signifiant portion of the scientific literature is being flawed by the appearance of fraudulently produced research.
 If this appears to be excessively difficult, maybe it is time to question whether the tool is too complex.
 Poor standards of cataloguing in the past render many examples of retrospective music bibliography suspect.
 It is a source of innovation and strength, but it blurs traditional distinctions and can unsettle professional convictions.
 His article casts doubt on the future of local technical libraries in the new economic climate.
 Because enumerative bibliography was not always the well organized craft it has now become many retrospective bibliographies produced in former times must be regarded with suspicion.
 Significant changes made in many libraries because of limited funds now put in doubt the long-term value of the report.
 Some of the work discussed in chapter 28 may seem to call into question the value of this research.
 The overlap between the top titles in periodical lists ranked in order of use is so low that the inconsistency sheds doubt on the value of such lists.
 In this culture, girls must be virgins at marriage & must not demonstrate overt pleasure at the beginning of the marriage lest their virginity be thrown into doubt.
 Such low figures throw doubt on the applicability of US findings to the UK situation.
poner en duda la validez de 
bring into + question the validity of
 Moreover, the findings bring into question the validity of any locally developed system.
poner en duda unos principios 
shake + foundations
 In the map library, the electronic medium is shaking the foundations of cartographic communication and threatening the bring the walls crashing down.
poner en el buen camino hacia  
put + Nombre + on the (right) path to
put + Nombre + on the (right) road to
 Playing sports can help you through tough periods and put you on the path to a healthy adult life.
 This book is a virtual encyclopaedia of information on success that will put you on the right road to a bright future.
poner en el candelero 
put + Nombre + on the map
 Congratulations to the many medalists who put the USA back on the map.
poner en el haber de 
credit
 When the amount of money is positive, this money is credited to the vendor.
poner en el mapa 
put + Nombre + on the map
 Congratulations to the many medalists who put the USA back on the map.
poner en entredicho          
challenge
cast + doubt on
subvert
compromise
cast + aspersions on
challenge + Posesivo + assumptions
doubt
question
call into + question
impugn
 The only difference is the cataloger doesn't have to sit down and challenge himself, select one entry over the other, and say that this person is more responsible than another person for the work.
 His article casts doubt on the future of local technical libraries in the new economic climate.
 Properly read, live literature - even the quietest or most light-hearted - may be disturbing, may subvert our view of life.
 This article looks at what security measures can be taken without compromising access to materials.
 Also, the pursuit of applied ethics is viewed by some as being economically or opportunistically motivated, which casts aspersions on its contents.
 He challenged their assumptions and, I think, made them doubt what they thought they knew.
 He explained that while there was considerable turnover he doubted 18 assistants would be needed in the year, perhaps three or four at best.
 If this appears to be excessively difficult, maybe it is time to question whether the tool is too complex.
 Some of the work discussed in chapter 28 may seem to call into question the value of this research.
 If we are going to impugn somebody's integrity, let it be with the right facts.
poner en entredicho las buenas intenciones de Alguien 
doubt + Nombre + good intentions
 But even her detractors admired her sincerity on the subject and never for a minute doubted her good intentions.
poner en entredicho una postura 
compromise + position
 To ally ourselves with formal education in this or any other way might possibly compromise this position.
poner en escena 
stage
 Book shops also participated by staging similar special features.
poner en espera 
put on + hold
 But for the time being, the natural gas boom has been put on hold until we find out what's really going on.
poner en estado de alerta   
put on + standby
put on + alert
place + Nombre + on standby
 Local emergency services were also put on standby.
 Hospitals were immediately put on alert to be on the lookout for symptoms of bioterrorism.
 We will be on red alert effective today, which means that we will place on stand-by at least 2,000 soldiers to prepare for any incident in the Labor Day holiday.
poner en evidencia       
make it + clear
underline
bring to + light
put + Nombre + to shame
call + Posesivo + bluff
bring to + the fore
debunk
 Simple linking of Students and Attitudes would still not make it clear whether it was the attitudes 'of' or 'towards' Students.
 Word processing packages must be able to permit the user to manipulate test, as is necessary in alignment of margins, insertion and deletion of paragraphs, arrange for text to appear in the centre of the page and underline.
 Her editorial does an excellent job of bringing to light the issues facing libraries, authors, and library patrons regarding the possibility and desirability of a single international copyright law.
 I will rescue the lame and gather those who have been scattered, I will give them praise and honor in every land where they were put to shame.
 They must be heaving a sigh of relief today, that the council weren't brave enough to call their bluff.
 Installation of new computer terminals may bring the problem to the fore.
 Process reengineering is in the debunking phase of its life cycle - an evolutionary pattern in which management ideas and techniques are first presented as panaceas for business success and subsequently debunked as worthless.
poner énfasis 
put + emphasis
 Focusing on this function, however, would put an unproportional emphasis on our archival tasks.
poner énfasis en   
lay + stress on
place + emphasis on
lay + emphasis on
 The Academy is always at the centre of every intellectual activity and lays stress on its interest in Virgilian studies.
 Particular emphasis is placed on establishing base line turnover rates and examining the relationship of gender to turnover behaviour.
 Her article lays emphasis on some of the concerns that are important to the continued development of effective information policies.
poner enfermo  
make + Nombre + sick
sicken
 I have a roommate who masturbates every night and it makes me sick.
 Their hypocrisy sickens me.
poner en forma 
buff up
 As a general rule, you can 'buff up' your look by making your shoulders seem wider and your waist narrower.
poner en funcionamiento            
activate
set in + action
set up
trip
put into + working order
put in + place
put in + place
put into + place
set in + motion
set in + train
put in + train
roll out
 Deferred orders are activated when the 'claim overdue order' function is run.
 So he sets a reproducer in action, photographs the whole trail out, and passes it to his friend for insertion in his own memex.
 This means that it must be well documented, with for example user manuals, test data and guidance on setting up systems.
 The cord which trips its shutter may reach down a man's sleeve within easy reach of his fingers.
 One of the definitions of 'organise' is to give orderly structure to, put into working order.
 Compromise organization schemes, making allowances for weaknesses of individuals, will naturally be put in place as necessary.
 Compromise organization schemes, making allowances for weaknesses of individuals, will naturally be put in place as necessary.
 Garvey suggests that the list of references is a key part of any scientific paper, since they help to put the research described into its proper place in the development of the scientific consensus.
 If someone reports that a member of the staff is drunk while on the job, the supervisor must immediately set in motion the prescribed personnel procedures for verifying the charge, issuing a warning, observing and documenting future performance, and, if necessary, initiating a dismissal action.
 The slightest disturbance may set in train a process of degradation-as from forest to grassland, or grassland to desert.
 Following that vote, the Government put in train an analysis of the reasons the document was voted down.
 I don't need to tell those of you from higher education institutions how course management systems are starting to really proliferate and roll out in higher education.
poner en funcionamiento un programa 
implement + program(me)
 The programme will be implemented mainly on the basis of shared-cost contracts with organizations in the member states.
poner en garantía 
pawn
 Land may be pawned or mortgaged.
poner en hielo 
ice
 The loins were divided into 2 lots: one lot was iced immediately and the other lot was left at room temperature for 6 hours before icing.
poner en juego 
tap
 It must be pointed out, however, that the potential for online catalogs to increase library staff productivity has hardly been tapped.
poner en la calle 
evict
 This printing press was evicted from its premises in 1984 to make way for a seminar room.
poner en la pared  [Pared u otro soporte vertical]
pin up
 What was pinned up ranged from sheets of paper with nothing more written on them than a title and author to elaborate and beautifully executed illustrations.
poner en la red + Documento Impreso 
webify + Documento Impreso
 But as other publishers and associations began to put out their journals on the web, the APA decided that it too must move with the time, although, like other agencies, just webifying the journal was not enough.
poner en libertad  [La palabra jail también se escribe gaol, principalmente en inglés de influencia británica]  [La palabra gaol también se escribe jail, principalmente en inglés americano] 
release + Nombre + from jail
release + Nombre + from gaol
loose
 Sex offender Jonathan King is told to 'shut up' after he protests his innocence as he is released from jail.
 She is about 53 years old in this photo and she was released from gaol in 1931, three years after this photo was taken.
 She washed their wounds and loosed them from their fetters, and consoled them in their anguish.
poner en libertad bajo fianza 
release + Nombre + on bail
 The police can order any person arrested on any charge or released on bail to attend an identification parade.
poner en libertad condicional 
release + Nombre + on bail
 The police can order any person arrested on any charge or released on bail to attend an identification parade.
poner en lista de espera 
put on + a waiting list
 If a class is filled to capacity, please contact the secretary and ask to be put on a waiting list.
poner en maceta 
pot
 Choosing the right pot is a very crucial in potting orchids.
poner en marcha          
implement
set up
trip
set out on
crank up
set on + foot
set in + motion
set in + train
put in + train
roll out
 Without AACR is doubtful whether computerised cataloguing would have been implemented so relatively painlessly and successfully = Sin las RCAA es dudoso que la catalogación automatizada se hubiera implementado tan fácilmente y con tanto éxito, relativamente hablando.
 This means that it must be well documented, with for example user manuals, test data and guidance on setting up systems.
 The cord which trips its shutter may reach down a man's sleeve within easy reach of his fingers.
 However rudimentary or advanced the system, and no matter what the age of the children involved, certain matters should be considered before setting out on the venture.
 As the sun begins to move toward the horizon, you want to crank up the engine again and head back home.
 If such an experiment were set on foot in any part of England its success would be certain.
 If someone reports that a member of the staff is drunk while on the job, the supervisor must immediately set in motion the prescribed personnel procedures for verifying the charge, issuing a warning, observing and documenting future performance, and, if necessary, initiating a dismissal action.
 The slightest disturbance may set in train a process of degradation-as from forest to grassland, or grassland to desert.
 Following that vote, the Government put in train an analysis of the reasons the document was voted down.
 I don't need to tell those of you from higher education institutions how course management systems are starting to really proliferate and roll out in higher education.
poner en marcha un proyecto 
mobilise + effort
 How to mobilize such an effort is a mind boggling question.
poner en negrita 
bold
 Being able to bold, italicise or underline text can make your document more interesting.
poner en órbita 
place into + orbit
 The first satellite to carry business communications was placed into orbit by the United States in 1980.
poner en orden   
tidy up
put in + order
clear up
 Government agencies have taken the trouble to create a standard format for their publications and generally tidy up their presentation until in physical appearance their reports look like a collection of pamphlets or paperbound books.
 The archives of Magdalen College were put in order and abstracts prepared in the 15th century.
 What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
poner en peligro       
jeopardise [jeopardize, -USA]
put into + jeopardy
imperil
put at + risk
compromise
endanger
pose + risk
 But the building plans were nearly jeopardised several times in a politically charged atmosphere that led to a tax-payer revolt in California.
 The recent price increases of journals in the science fields have put into jeopardy the ability of libraries to support the literature needs of researchers.
 For too long, men have compelled to put up with dangerous conditions and hazardous substances which imperil their health because of the tyranny imposed by their role as the 'sole bread winner'.
 The article 'Security and automated library systems: a ticking time bomb?' considers ways in which records might be put at risk and outlines a security action plan.
 This article looks at what security measures can be taken without compromising access to materials.
 These events threaten to disrupt publishing and endanger the life of the book.
 Exhibition of original documents, books, and artifacts in libraries can pose risks to these materials.
poner en peligro la seguridad 
breach + security
 Rather it has thrown them in a new light, and provided new means of both protecting and breaching the security of data.
poner en peligro la vida   
risk + Posesivo + life
risk + life and limb
risk + Posesivo + neck
 Risking their lives, Iraqi shepherds venture into these deadly fields to dig up mines planted during the Iran-Iraq war two decades ago.
 The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder.
 And the news coverage of the girl named Katrina Kivi, who'd risked her neck to speak sense into a crowd of angry students, had just begun.
poner en perspectiva 
put + Nombre + in(to) perspective
 Let children talk about their feelings and help put them into perspective.
poner en práctica             
exercise
implement
put into + practice
put to + work
put into + effect
put into + practical effect
put in + place
put into + place
translate into + practical action
bring to + bear
deploy
put into + operation
put into + service
 In reading crazes a child is exercising at the very least his ability to read; his reading muscles are limbered = En las períodos en los que a un niño se ensimisma por la lectura éste al menos pone en práctica su habilidad lectora, ejercitando los músculos físicos y mentales implicados en la lectura.
 Without AACR is doubtful whether computerised cataloguing would have been implemented so relatively painlessly and successfully = Sin las RCAA es dudoso que la catalogación automatizada se hubiera implementado tan fácilmente y con tanto éxito, relativamente hablando.
 The objective here is to illustrate how some of the techniques introduced in other parts of this book may be put into practice.
 Learning takes place in one environment but is put to work in another, and the learner is left to make the transition.
 In other words, they should be encouraged to put their decisions into effect to demonstrate how they would actually proceed.
 Two other possibilities have been floated but not yet put into practical effect.
 Compromise organization schemes, making allowances for weaknesses of individuals, will naturally be put in place as necessary.
 Garvey suggests that the list of references is a key part of any scientific paper, since they help to put the research described into its proper place in the development of the scientific consensus.
 Many of the member states have taken the political and administrative initiative to translate these main recommendations into practical action.
 For such a task the librarian is particularly well fitted by his professional education: bringing to bear the great analytical power of classification should be second nature to him.
 The article presents the results of trials in which the model was deployed to classify aspects of the construction industry, such as construction norms and regulations.
 None of them were put into operation in a significant manner because of the economics.
 Shortly after being put into service, some buses have developed cracks on the underside of the main frame.
poner en práctica una idea 
put + Posesivo + idea + into practice
 As has already been mentioned, Coates has been able to put his ideas into practice in the British Technology Index.
poner en práctica una normativa 
carry out + policy
 It was clear at the meeting that it was the board's responsibility to establish policy and the library director's duty to carry out that policy.
poner en práctica un arte 
practise + art
 This then is confessedly a prescriptive work: it really does set out to advise young reference librarians of the best way to practise their art.
poner en préstamo 
circulate
 However, if the volumes of the encyclopedia will not be circulated, the volumes need to be entered separately.
poner en primer plano 
foreground
 His survey of how such poetry has been edited in recent years, however, shows that a single edition is still foregrounded while other editions are only obliquely indicated via footnotes.
poner en relación 
bring into + relationship
 It thrives on ambiguity, irony, paradox, which bring the disparate and hitherto unconnected into relationship, revealing new shades of meaning, or refreshing the worn, the tired, the cliched.
poner en remojo  
steep
macerate
 Last year's sloe gin has been steeping for ten months now - it's time to decant.
 Let the berries macerate for at least an hour before serving.
poner en ridículo  
poke + fun at
ridicule
 He is notorious for poking fun at those who advance jaded, esoteric ideas about the importance of studying classical languages.
 Such publications emphasised patriotic material supporting the war and ridiculing the enemy.
poner en riesgo 
put at + risk
 The article 'Security and automated library systems: a ticking time bomb?' considers ways in which records might be put at risk and outlines a security action plan.
poner en servicio  
put into + operation
put into + service
 None of them were put into operation in a significant manner because of the economics.
 Shortly after being put into service, some buses have developed cracks on the underside of the main frame.
poner en subasta     
put up for + auction
auction
come up for + auction
go under + the hammer
come under + the hammer
 Her home was put up for auction and sold after being foreclosed.
 Thomas Jefferson willed his book collection to the University of Virginia of which he was the first rector (these books, in fact, were auctioned by his executors to satisfy his debts).
 When Captain Cook's 'Endeavour' journal came up for auction in London, in 1923, it was keenly sought by many libraries.
 An oil painting depicting Madonna in the nude with her ex-husband Guy Ritchie will go under the hammer this week.
 Their next property auction will see a total of 40 properties come under the hammer in its biggest commercial property auction since launching in 2010.
poner en su sitio 
put in + place
 The article 'Entering unchartered territory: putting CD-ROM in place' is a contribution to a special issue devoted in part to CD-ROM.
poner en tela de juicio  
throw + doubt on
contest
 Such low figures throw doubt on the applicability of US findings to the UK situation.
 Unfortunately I have not been able to find another survey which incorporates data which would support or contest the conclusions of the Luton survey.
poner en tensión 
put + Nombre + under pressure
 However, the tremendous drain on staffing resources occasioned by the events put all staff, whether directly involved or not, under pressure.
poner entre comillas 
enclose + in quotation marks
 Dates are expressed numerically and enclosed in quotation marks ('1950').
poner entre corchetes 
bracket
 It would be useful to have at least optional, bracketed, supplied, possible subject tracings with the FICTION subhead, whereas now these are almost never, or at least most sparsely, supplied.
poner entre la espada y la pared 
press to + the point
 He would disclaim representing 'Europe', even - and pressed to the point he might say he speaks not even for his own nation, or even his institution, but only for himself.
poner entre paréntesis 
bracket
 It would be useful to have at least optional, bracketed, supplied, possible subject tracings with the FICTION subhead, whereas now these are almost never, or at least most sparsely, supplied.
poner entre rejas 
put + Nombre + behind bars
 A 92-year-old woman has been put behind bars for sitting on her front porch shouting abuse at passers-by.
poner en uso  
bring into + use
take in + use
 With tube selection, in which no mechanical parts are involved in the switches, little time need be occupied in bringing the correct card into use - a second should suffice for the entire operation.
 The last 3 years while grants were available saw a rise in loans, readers and outreach services, a controversial stock revision and scrapping were carried out and a PC was taken in use.
poner en valor       
highlight
emphasise [emphasize, -USA]
showcase
enhance
value
give + value
add + value
 In each case the object of the discussion will be to highlight what appear to be the significant aspects, particularly those concerning the background which affect the nature of the scheme.
 Analytical cataloguing aims to emphasise the content of documents, rather than relying entirely upon cataloguing whole works.
 Officially known as SOLEX, this exhibition showcases mainly IT based products for the legal profession.
 An introduction explaining the nature and scope of the indexing language will enhance its value.
 Often, the facilities offered by a co-operative may not be as sophisticated as those available from software vendors, but the support of a group of libraries is valued.
 The only reason I like to give value to people, is that at the end of the day I always recesive more than I give.
 There are ways to add value to your home that might not have crossed your mind before.
poner en venta   
put on + sale
put up for + sale
put + Nombre + on the market
 Experience will tell how many and which hardbacks to put on sale.
 So we need to put them up for sale as we have no money to further care for the buildings.
 I have a new product i want to put on the market but I have no idea where to start.
poner esfuerzo 
give + effort
 One should avoid giving less effort to the resolution of a problem presented by a calm, well-mannered individual than to those presented by loud, demanding, and persistent pests.
poner fin   
curb
bring to + a close
draw to + a close
 A book detection system was installed to curb thefts which had been seriously eroding the library's resources for some time, creating a heavy drain on the limited book budget.
 2006 was brought to a close with a flurry of acquisitions.
 In 1971 the experimental phase of PRECIS was drawing to a close as the system became operational in the British national bibliography.
poner fin a         
put + paid to
put + an end to
put + a stop to
call + a halt on
bring + an end to
bring to + an end
sound + the death knell for
kill off
bring + the curtain down on
 Following in the footsteps of Beeching's axe which put paid to the branch-line era of the railways, many rural bus routes have now been threatened by rising petrol costs.
 The abolition of the central and of the district libraries in 1803 put an end to a project which had met too many problems.
 Distressed, anxious, not a little angry, she at first decided to confront her daughter and put a stop to the affair at once, brooking no argument.
 These are the people who say that libraries should call a halt on 'business as usual', based on what is felt 'to be good for the community'.
 He became famous as the leader of illegal metalworkers' strikes that helped bring an end to the military dictatorship in the mid-1970s.
 Serial swindler Kenneth Broad was this afternoon jailed for 15 months bringing to an end a playboy lifestyle lived at other people's expense.
 Terror threats have sounded the death knell for traditional Christmas festivities in Peshawar.
 'Hyperindividualised' news was always one of the reasons the internet was supposed to be going to kill off print = Noticias hiperindividualizadas" siempre fueron una de las razones por las que se suponía que internet acabaría con la prensa escrita.
 He has brought the curtain down on his long career in cricket by announcing his retirement.
poner fin a los abusos 
curb + the abuses
 $2 million dollars per year is spent on investigations of lawyer misconduct with little to no success of curbing the abuses = Se gastan 2 millones de dólares al año en investigar la falta de ética de algunos abogados con poco o ningún éxito para poner fin a estos abusos .
poner fin a un embarazo 
terminate + pregnancy
 There was a variety of views concerning the permissibility of terminating a pregnancy.
poner freno 
curb
 A book detection system was installed to curb thefts which had been seriously eroding the library's resources for some time, creating a heavy drain on the limited book budget.
poner freno a    
place + a curb on
clamp down on
stem
stem + the tide of
 Despite relatively 'unscientific' methods, useful data were collected on reading habits and use of stock and a noteworthy, albeit insufficient, curb has been placed on periodicals expenditure.
 Film distributors have clamped down on schools which videotape television programmes without licence.
 Scientist urges human papillomavirus jabs for boys to stem oral cancer rise.
 This article discusses some strategies that are being developed to stem the tide of losses caused worldwide by piracy.
poner fuera de acción  
take out of + action
leave out of + action
 From potentate to prisoner: Laurent Gbagbo, the former president, is at last taken out of action but will his country right itself?.
 The ski accident was a devastating blow which left him out of action for 9 months.
poner fuera de combate 
lay + Nombre + low
 She suffered frequent flare-ups of widespread inflammation that would lay her low for days on end.
poner guiones 
hyphenate
 Titles of periodicals have been hyphenated for efficient retrieval.
poner huevos  
lay + eggs
oviposit
 In part one, chapter 11, Gerald states that the characteristic that makes some of these birds different from others is that they do not mate or lay eggs.
 However, the apical part of the leaves seems not to provide ovipositing females with enough protection against birds, making them easy preys.
poner impedimentos 
stand in + Posesivo + way
 We support Mr. Radcliffe's artistic decision - if he wants to perform fully clothed, we'd never stand in his way.
poner impuestos 
impose + VAT
 Librarians should not indulge in complacency in the wake of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's decision not to impose any VAT on books for the duration of the present parliament.
poner la brida 
bridle
 Bridling a horse safely starts with untying the horse.
poner la carne de gallina                       
give + Nombre + the willies
give + Nombre + the creeps
give + Nombre + the shivers
give + Nombre + the heebie-jeebies
give + Nombre + goosebumps
get + goose pimples
give + Nombre + chicken skin
give + Nombre + goose pimples
get + goosebumps
break out in + goosebumps
break out in + goose pimples
make + Posesivo + skin crawl
give + Nombre + gooseflesh
get + chicken skin
get + chill bumps
give + Nombre + chill bumps
get + gooseflesh
get + the willies
come out in + gooseflesh
come out in + goosebumps
come out in + goose pimples
make + Posesivo + flesh creep
make + Posesivo + flesh crawl
 The romance fizzled - Rogers later said the idea of being holed up with the tycoon on the isolated hilltop gave her the willies.
 He had dozens of these in his basement, and his wife asked him to get rid of them because they were giving her the creeps.
 The black void of a room before her gave her the shivers, for she knew nothing of what was within.
 The film didn't give her the heebie-jeebies, but the national anthem before the film gave her goose bumps.
 The film didn't give her the heebie-jeebies, but the national anthem before the film gave her goosebumps.
 We can't control whether we get goosepimples or not because it's an automatic reaction or reflex.
 His voice or his appearance gives me chickenskin ever since I read about him and his granddaughter.
 His blonde hair shining in the sun and the heat from the sun, for some reason gave her goosepimples.
 For some reason, I always get goosebumps really easily and even when I am not cold.
 In the span of one paragraph, he made me break out in goosebumps then made me laugh and cry at the same time.
 She shut her eyes and stayed glued to the chilly tiled wall, even though it caused her skin to break out in goosepimples.
 Lots of people using the English language make my skin crawl, mostly for the way they butcher it.
 When I first read this a year ago, it gave me gooseflesh.
 I saw this game in 1986 and I've got chickenskin watching it now just like back then.
 Why do you get chill bumps when you get out of a pool during a hot summer day?.
 The smell of a wood fire gave her chill bumps as it reminded her of her mother's fireplace at home in Tennessee.
 I swear I got gooseflesh the first time I listened to this track.
 She gets the willies whenever she sees closed doors.
 You come out in gooseflesh when they tell you what they have lived through in these 15 years of hardship.
 When I first heard the song I came out in goosebumps and felt my heart, brain, mouth, skin, belly, soul alter.
 Despite all this, her performance had me coming out in goose pimples.
 The mere thought of feathered things flying anywhere near her, particularly indoors, was enough to make her flesh creep.
 The odor got worse as she went closer, to the point that it make her flesh crawl with every breath.
poner la casa al revés 
turn + everything upside down
 The offenders broke into rooms and systematically turned everything upside-down, throwing papers out of drawers and off shelves.
poner la casa patas arriba 
turn + the house upside down
 Summer holiday means that your kids are at home from school and also that they are turning the house upside down.
poner la dirección en un sobre 
address + envelope
 Illiteracy amounts to being unable to read the instructions on a medicine bottle, or to address an envelope, or to read a safety notice.
poner ladrillos  
laying of bricks
lay + bricks
 Just as Ivan finds that by taking pleasure in the laying of bricks as his day's work, he makes survival possible and beats Stalin and his jailors at heir own game.
 It was a huge space with hundreds of workers, some digging ditches, some mixing cement, some laying bricks and one chiseling a piece of marble into a statue.
poner la fecha 
date-stamp
 When an invoice is received all copies and attachments must be date-stamped the same day it is received.
poner la mesa 
lay + the table
 If it's not your turn to cook, you can lie in front of the log-burning stove, before laying the table.
poner la otra mejilla 
turn + the other cheek
 A mining company today, regardless of size, must be alert and knowledgeable and willing to give and occasionally 'turn the other cheek'.
poner la piel de gallina                      
make + Posesivo + skin crawl
give + Nombre + the willies
give + Nombre + the creeps
give + Nombre + the shivers
give + Nombre + the heebie-jeebies
give + Nombre + goosebumps
get + goose pimples
give + Nombre + chicken skin
give + Nombre + goose pimples
get + goosebumps
break out in + goosebumps
break out in + goose pimples
give + Nombre + gooseflesh
get + chicken skin
get + chill bumps
give + Nombre + chill bumps
get + gooseflesh
come out in + gooseflesh
come out in + goosebumps
come out in + goose pimples
make + Posesivo + flesh creep
make + Posesivo + flesh crawl
 Lots of people using the English language make my skin crawl, mostly for the way they butcher it.
 The romance fizzled - Rogers later said the idea of being holed up with the tycoon on the isolated hilltop gave her the willies.
 He had dozens of these in his basement, and his wife asked him to get rid of them because they were giving her the creeps.
 The black void of a room before her gave her the shivers, for she knew nothing of what was within.
 The film didn't give her the heebie-jeebies, but the national anthem before the film gave her goose bumps.
 The film didn't give her the heebie-jeebies, but the national anthem before the film gave her goosebumps.
 We can't control whether we get goosepimples or not because it's an automatic reaction or reflex.
 His voice or his appearance gives me chickenskin ever since I read about him and his granddaughter.
 His blonde hair shining in the sun and the heat from the sun, for some reason gave her goosepimples.
 For some reason, I always get goosebumps really easily and even when I am not cold.
 In the span of one paragraph, he made me break out in goosebumps then made me laugh and cry at the same time.
 She shut her eyes and stayed glued to the chilly tiled wall, even though it caused her skin to break out in goosepimples.
 When I first read this a year ago, it gave me gooseflesh.
 I saw this game in 1986 and I've got chickenskin watching it now just like back then.
 Why do you get chill bumps when you get out of a pool during a hot summer day?.
 The smell of a wood fire gave her chill bumps as it reminded her of her mother's fireplace at home in Tennessee.
 I swear I got gooseflesh the first time I listened to this track.
 You come out in gooseflesh when they tell you what they have lived through in these 15 years of hardship.
 When I first heard the song I came out in goosebumps and felt my heart, brain, mouth, skin, belly, soul alter.
 Despite all this, her performance had me coming out in goose pimples.
 The mere thought of feathered things flying anywhere near her, particularly indoors, was enough to make her flesh creep.
 The odor got worse as she went closer, to the point that it make her flesh crawl with every breath.
poner la responsabilidad en 
put + the burden on
 According to Kilgour, pre-coordinate indexing is better than post- coordinate because the latter puts a heavy burden on both the user and the computer.
poner las antenas  
prick (up) + Posesivo + ears
Posesivo + antennas + go up
 The dog sat at the bedside, now eyeing his master with a wistful look, and now pricking his ears, and uttering a low growl.
 As lesbians, our antennas went up, and we wondered why this guy wanted to know how many bedrooms we had.
poner las bases  
lay + foundation
lay + the basis for
 Central practices are highlighted and should lay a firm foundation for more advanced studies.
 The library can lay the basis for lifelong independent learning through library use instruction.
poner las cartas boca arriba  
lay + Posesivo + cards on the table
put + Posesivo + cards on the table
 Thirdly, he is the only candidate to have laid his cards on the table with a sound, sensible and viable exit strategy from this awful quagmire in Iraq.
 Hillary has put her cards on the table and her supporters still do not cry foul.
poner las cartas sobre la mesa  
lay + Posesivo + cards on the table
put + Posesivo + cards on the table
 Thirdly, he is the only candidate to have laid his cards on the table with a sound, sensible and viable exit strategy from this awful quagmire in Iraq.
 Hillary has put her cards on the table and her supporters still do not cry foul.
poner las cosas en marcha      
get + the ball rolling
set + the ball rolling
start + the ball rolling
get + things rolling
get + things going
set + the wheels in motion
 Now is as good a time as any to get the ball rolling.
 The moment your alarm goes off, just get up and set the ball rolling!.
 That was the incident that started the ball rolling and now things have got out of hand.
 'You know,' she had said amiably, 'there might be a better job for you here once things get rolling with this new regional setup'.
 A lot of work is being done to organise the zones and get things going.
 Steinhagen conducted database searching demonstrations for information professionals and set the wheels in motion for the establishment of the country's first demonstration center of compact disc databases.
poner las cosas en movimiento      
get + the ball rolling
set + the ball rolling
start + the ball rolling
get + things rolling
get + things going
set + the wheels in motion
 Now is as good a time as any to get the ball rolling.
 The moment your alarm goes off, just get up and set the ball rolling!.
 That was the incident that started the ball rolling and now things have got out of hand.
 'You know,' she had said amiably, 'there might be a better job for you here once things get rolling with this new regional setup'.
 A lot of work is being done to organise the zones and get things going.
 Steinhagen conducted database searching demonstrations for information professionals and set the wheels in motion for the establishment of the country's first demonstration center of compact disc databases.
poner las cosas en su lugar 
set + the record straight
 This article is a response to 'Preservation of slide libraries' by Ann Cinlar in which an attempt is made to set the record straight.
poner las esposas 
handcuff
 Prior to that, Fleming had never been under arrest or handcuffed.
poner la vida en peligro 
put + Posesivo + life at risk
 These people put lives at risk and they should face the consequences of their unlawful actions if they kill people.
ponerle a Alguien los dientes largos 
make + Nombre + green with envy
 For those who wish to get the girl back then do not aim to make her green with envy by finding a new lover.
ponerle el cascabel al gato   [También usado en el orden stick + Posesivo + neck out]
stick + Posesivo + neck out (for)
stick out + Posesivo + neck
 But commercial businesses do this all the time: somebody sticks a neck out, and gets promoted or loses neck depending on results.
 This lack of consistency has created a breach of trust between DGIS and those academics who were sticking out their neck by becoming involved in activities that were often frowned upon by many of their superiors.
ponerle el ojo morado a Alguien 
give + Nombre + a black eye
 They stepped out of the room and he punched her in the face, sending her sprawling and giving her a black eye that lasted for the rest of the tour.
ponerle la guinda 
put + icing on the cake
 It is in fact, like putting icing on the cake and it certainly makes you stand out in the crowd.
ponerle la mano encima a 
lay + a finger on
 That's why he's in prison for the rest of his life when he never laid a finger on the victims - he was the general who ordered his troops into battle.
ponerle los cuernos a 
cuckold
 Rather than the luminous deity that appears elsewhere in medieval literature, he presents a character who resembles the jealous husband of the fabliaux who keeps a young wife under lock and key and who responds violently when he is cuckolded.
ponerlo de otra manera 
put it + in a different way
 Other reports put it in a different way, saying that one out of every ten male children born today in China will never find a woman to marry.
poner lo pelos de punta 
frighten + the living daylights out of
 Presumably they got their name from their habit of frightening the living daylights out of unsuspecting passers-by.
poner los ojos en blanco 
roll + Posesivo + eyes
 Shariel sighed and rolled her eyes a little, as Akanan clearly didn't catch her drift.
poner los pelos de punta                      
bristle
scare + the living daylights out of
frighten + Nombre + to death
make + Posesivo + hair stand on end
scare + the hell out of
give + Nombre + the willies
give + Nombre + the creeps
give + Nombre + the shivers
give + Nombre + the heebie-jeebies
make + Posesivo + skin crawl
get + the willies
frighten + the hell out of
frighten + the shit out of
scare + the shit out of
frighten + the wits out of
scare + the wits out of
scare + the life out of
frighten + the life out of
frighten + the pants off
scare + the pants off
make + Posesivo + flesh creep
make + Posesivo + flesh crawl
 In the course of reading this article, you may spot a factual error which makes you bristle, or you may think the writing is biased, but by now the ink has dried; all you can do is send a letter of complaint.
 Alfred Hitchcock dedicated himself to scaring the living daylights out of people with an oeuvre of taut, well-crafted mystery-thrillers.
 He didn't kill them, but frightened them to death and made them run away.
 He was most definitely not their kind of Republican - a moderate, a maverick; outspokenly full of opinions that made their hair stand on end.
 Moreover, if you happen to be suffering from dental phobia, where the idea of visiting a dentist's surgery scares the hell out of you, you will be glad to learn that 'do it yourself' dental veneer kits exist.
 The romance fizzled - Rogers later said the idea of being holed up with the tycoon on the isolated hilltop gave her the willies.
 He had dozens of these in his basement, and his wife asked him to get rid of them because they were giving her the creeps.
 The black void of a room before her gave her the shivers, for she knew nothing of what was within.
 The film didn't give her the heebie-jeebies, but the national anthem before the film gave her goose bumps.
 Lots of people using the English language make my skin crawl, mostly for the way they butcher it.
 She gets the willies whenever she sees closed doors.
 What turns one person on can frighten the hell out of others.
 I was out for my usual nightly stroll recently and a car full of young lads shouted at me and actually frightened the shit out of me.
 I don't condone these acts but they are guaranteed to scare the shit out of someone you are dating.
 They are dark, bloodthirsty stories written to delight small children by frightening the wits out of them.
 The sound in that game played via the surround sound literally scared the wits out of me at times.
 If I'm not mistaken, Halloween is about eating too much sugar and scaring the life out of people.
 I was in the room at the time with my curtains closed and the sound of the bird hitting the glass frightened the life out of me!.
 But themes haven't changed all that much, and the goal remains the same - to frighten the pants off the viewer.
 If this does not scare the pants off you, nothing will.
 The mere thought of feathered things flying anywhere near her, particularly indoors, was enough to make her flesh creep.
 The odor got worse as she went closer, to the point that it make her flesh crawl with every breath.
poner los pies en alto   
put + Posesivo + feet up
kick + Posesivo + feet up
kick back
 Don't you think, Juan, that when the reference librarian or somebody from the circulation desk comes down to the staff room after a tough morning, they should be able to put their feet up and enjoy a smoke?.
 She quietly picked up her book and kicked her feet up on the porch of her new home.
 Whether your tastes differ from mine or not, just kick back, pour yourself a drink and stay right here a little while.
poner los pies en + Posesivo + casa 
darken + Posesivo + door
 This law permitted private schools to charge whatever tuition would assure that no low-income families would darken their door.
poner los pies sobre la tierra 
come down + to earth
 The second paragraph came down to earth stylistically.
poner los puntos sobre las íes 
dot + the i's and cross the t's
 We need to dot the i's and cross the t's but it looks like we could be moving to our new home pretty soon.
ponerlo todo perdido al comer 
be a messy eater
 Our chickens are such messy eaters - they throw more of their food on the floor than they swallow.
poner mala cara 
pull + a face
 She winced and pulled a face, which only made her friend laugh harder.
poner malo  
make + Nombre + sick
sicken
 I have a roommate who masturbates every night and it makes me sick.
 Their hypocrisy sickens me.
poner más fuerte 
crank up
 Refiners are cranking up diesel output to meet rising global demand.
poner mucho ahínco 
try + Posesivo + heart out
 She shed a proud tear or two for her niece (win or lose), because she could see her trying her heart out.
poner mucho ahínco en 
put + Posesivo + heart (and soul) into
 Miss Clough's privacy was legendary; she did not wear her heart on her sleeve, but she did put her heart into her painting.
poner mucho empeño 
try + Posesivo + heart out
 She shed a proud tear or two for her niece (win or lose), because she could see her trying her heart out.
poner mucho empeño en 
put + Posesivo + heart (and soul) into
 Miss Clough's privacy was legendary; she did not wear her heart on her sleeve, but she did put her heart into her painting.
poner mucho empeño en + Verbo 
be at pains to + Infinitivo
 In my previous books on reference work I have been at pains to explain that they were not written as 'how-to-do-it' manuals.
poner mucho empeño por 
take + (great) pains to
 Manic-depressives who are aware of their mental illness usually take great pains not to let the cat out of the bag, fearing it will damage their career and poison relationships.
poner mucho esmero por 
take + (great) pains to
 Manic-depressives who are aware of their mental illness usually take great pains not to let the cat out of the bag, fearing it will damage their career and poison relationships.
poner negro  
drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend
drive + Alguien + up the pole
 If there is one behavior that most parents, caregivers and teachers would readily admit drives them around the bend it's whining.
 The two boys rapidly adopted Ardena as their 'baby sister' and teased, harassed her and drove her up the pole as brothers are supposed to.
poner nervioso   
rattle
make + Nombre + nervous
unnerve
 The rumours of his departure rattled the talented youngster a little bit.
 However, if you are too nervous, your anxiety will spread to your audience, making them nervous in turn.
 World stock markets have crumbled for a second straight day, with investors unnerved by prospects for a full-blown global financial crisis.
poner nervioso a Alguien 
give + Nombre + the screaming abdabs
 They don't show it on the news anymore on account of it would give people the screaming abdabs.
poner + Nombre + a dieta 
put + Nombre + on a diet
 The author suggests that university libraries can put their unmanageably overweight serials budget on a sensible diet by limiting new subscriptions.
poner + Nombre + a + Nombre 
place + Nombre + against + Nombre
 DOBIS/Leuven places the union catalog mark against a bibliographic record in the system catalog every time a new title is added to the holdings of the library.
poner nuevamente a flote 
refloat
 Australian officials raced against the clock on Monday to refloat a massive Chinese ship which grounded and leaked oil.
poner objeciones 
object
 It may be objected that a direct experience of the country by visiting it does not ensure a true picture, in fact that it may even stand in the way.
poner objeciones a 
object to
 In one library, the director objected to the category heading 'Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender' = En una biblioteca, el director se opuso a que se utilizase la categoría "Gay, Lesbiana, Bisexual y Transexual".
poner obstáculos 
cramp
 They used schools as a buttress of a caste system designed to subordinate blacks socially, to cramp them economically under a rigid job ceiling.
poner orden   [Utilizado como nombre]     
bring + order
tidying (up)
create + order
clear out
clear up
declutter
unclutter
 What he did do was bring order into a previously haphazard process.
 Curiously, though, in writing about what they thought bookselling actually entailed the task most mentioned was dusting and tidying, followed by helping people and then knowing the stock.
 The information rich are similarly paralyzed because of their inability to create order from all the information washing over them.
 Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.
 What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
 My approach to decluttering junk rooms is to do it little by little over several months.
 She explains how to unclutter one's home, one's office and one's life with simple, effective time management, prioritising and planning.
poner orden en el caos  
create + order out of chaos
create + order out of chaos
 Different responsibilities will be thrust upon librarians as their work becomes an increasingly vital complement to academic work, in particular assisting academics and students alike in creating order out of the chaos that is the Internet.
 Different responsibilities will be thrust upon librarians as their work becomes an increasingly vital complement to academic work, in particular assisting academics and students alike in creating order out of the chaos that is the Internet.
poner papel en la impresora 
load + printer
 Always ensure that the printer is loaded with the correct forms and aligned prior to invoking the <F6> or <F8> function keys.
poner parches  
patch up
patch
 I feel that's what we have to do; let this type of library service die with dignity, and not keep patching it up with money and people.
 Soft, crumbly plaster should be removed down to the lath and out as far as the firmly attached areas in preparation for patching.
poner patas arriba   
upend
make + a (real) mess
ransack
 Religious freedom is in danger of being upended.
 I made a mess out of my life because I cheated on my current ex boyfriend with my current boyfriend then I cheated on my boyfriend.
 The two polling stations of the town were ransacked by people who drove electoral officials and prevented the vote.
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.
poner peros   [Tiempo pasado cavilled-UK/caviled-USA, participio presente cavilling-UK/caviling-US]   
baulk [balk, -USA]
cavil (about/at)
quibble (about/over/with)
raise + objection
find + fault with
 While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.
 Chalmers conceded the utter falseness of the forgeries, but cavilled at Malone's method of refuting them.
 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.
poner por las nubes     
praise + highly
wax + lyrical
wax + rapturous
praise + Nombre + to the skies
sing + Posesivo + praises
 He praised highly the attempts of the Yugoslav leadership to find a political solution to the conflict.
 He helped to hose down graffiti from a vandalised wall while waxing lyrical about an era before antisocial behaviour.
 But people do tend to wax rapturous - nearly orgasmic, even - over figs.
 His reviews aren't about tearing the author down or praising them to the skies, but sparking the reader's curiosity.
 Frustrated devotees had been singing his praises for years, to no avail.
poner por los suelos         
slate
slag + Nombre + off
mouth off
say + nasty things about
call + Nombre + all the names under the sun
trash
cut + Nombre + up
tear + Nombre + down
rubbish
 Horror fiction has been slated by book reviewers and a similar prejudice among librarians could explain its under-representation in library stocks.
 People constanstly slagging her off for the way she looks is part of her weight problems at the moment.
 She walked into the tavern and started mouthing off about my less than exemplary manliness.
 He is applying for a court order to ban his ex-wife from saying nasty things about him to the media.
 They screamed abuse at him and called him all the names under the sun while they kicked and beat him.
 Although many trashed her when she was still alive, her death granted her immortality.
 Last week he listed a bunch of really stupid things Harriet had written, totally cutting her up, and then ended saying she was a great lady.
 His reviews aren't about tearing the author down or praising them to the skies, but sparking the reader's curiosity.
 The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.
poner + Posesivo + granito de arena   
do + Posesivo + share
do + Posesivo + part
do + Posesivo + bit
 Let's by all means do our share, but we have to give the other ignorant person who uses the term Hottentot a chance to find out its meaning.
 We should do our part, but we shouldn't bite off more than we can chew.
 When it comes to the big issues, it's individuals that count, and so we asked some leading environmentalists how they were doing their bit.
poner + Posesivo + ideas en orden 
collect + Posesivo + thoughts
 Needing a moment to collect my thoughts yesterday, I opted for a quick walk along the boardwalk.
poner + Posesivo + (propio) sello personal en 
put + Posesivo + (own) personal stamp on
 The ability to put our own personal stamp on things we own is a great opportunity to stand out from the rest and really enjoy something unique.
poner precio a la cabeza de 
declare + open season on
 President Bush is rattling his saber and has declared open season on Saddam personally.
poner precio a la cabeza de Alguien 
put + a price on + Posesivo + head
 Moroccan families desiring to avenge their daughters have put a price on the journalist's head.
poner punto final a     
put + an end to
bring + an end to
bring to + an end
close + the book on
bring + the curtain down on
 The abolition of the central and of the district libraries in 1803 put an end to a project which had met too many problems.
 He became famous as the leader of illegal metalworkers' strikes that helped bring an end to the military dictatorship in the mid-1970s.
 Serial swindler Kenneth Broad was this afternoon jailed for 15 months bringing to an end a playboy lifestyle lived at other people's expense.
 Obama, who tries to steer clear of the political thicket of race and politics, accepted the apology and said he wanted to close the book on the episode.
 He has brought the curtain down on his long career in cricket by announcing his retirement.
poner punto y final a  
put + a stop to
sound + the death knell for
 Distressed, anxious, not a little angry, she at first decided to confront her daughter and put a stop to the affair at once, brooking no argument.
 Terror threats have sounded the death knell for traditional Christmas festivities in Peshawar.
poner reparos  [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.
poner sal 
salt
 My aubergines are softer and richer in flavour and you'd have to be a pretty poor cook not to realise you need to rinse them after salting.
ponerse  [Opuesto de doff]   
don
pull on
wax
put on
 The classic example quoted by Jourard is the brisk, super-efficient nurse, whose manner appears to be something that she puts on when she dons her uniform.
 First the women undressed, pulled on their bathing dresses and covered their heads in hideous caps like sponge bags; then the children were unbuttoned.
 The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.
 The first thing Cecily put on was her smock, also called a shift.
ponerse a     
set about + Gerundio
get (a)round to
settle down to
get down to + Nombre
turn + Posesivo + hand to
 The CRG set about trying to define a series of integrative levels upon which it would be possible to base the main classes and their order for a new general classification scheme.
 The article is entitled 'A list of lists of Web sites to check out: getting organized and getting around to it are two different things'.
 A television system is described in which a student can pick up a special telephone, request any one of more than eighteen hundred tapes, and settle down to watch and learn in front of a TV monitor.
 After choosing a method of recon, it is time to get down to the details of how to carry out the project.
 And now the singer wants to turn her hand to fashion designing - no doubt another trend that she will turn to gold.
ponerse a cero 
roll over to + zero
 Problems are caused because PC BIOS chips are hardwired to return to 4 Jan 80 when the year rolls over to zero, i.e 2000.
ponerse a comer  
dig into
tuck into
 As I sipped my ice cold water and dug into the salad I had the feeling I was being watched.
 I enjoyed seeing everyone so happy sharing their stories and tucking into the food and drink we laid on for the 40 or so people who had come.
ponerse a cubierto    
run for + cover
scramble for + safety
scramble for + cover
run for + safety
 Guards in the lead car of the convoy threw their doors open and ran for cover, screaming, 'Get away, get away'.
 With ominous clouds looming overhead, a huge clap of thunder sent all players scrambling for safety during Sunday night's game.
 Around 1:30 p.m. Sunday, shots rang out inside Allsups convenience store sending customers and clerks scrambling for cover.
 Photo of policemen run for safety as protesters chase them away with stones and sticks near the site of a collapsed footbridge.
ponerse a dieta 
go on + a diet
 If someone says you eat like a bird, you might consider going on a diet since most birds eat 25 to 50 percent of their body weight daily.
ponerse a favor de 
come out in + favour of
 He is the most senior politician to come out in favour of building a third runway at Heathrow airport.
ponerse a hacer 
set out to + do
 Making progress and staying on top of the game in anything you set out to do is vital to ensuring a favorable outcome.
ponerse a hacer Algo en serio   
buckle down to
knuckle down to
get + the bit between + Posesivo + teeth
 He later said that injury was 'the best thing that ever happened' to him because he finally buckled down to study.
 They are there to study and knuckle down to academic work, not get drunk, be sick, miss lessons/lectures, and generally be a tax/soap dodger.
 She has clearly got the bit between her teeth and has assembled the full force of celebrity support for the campaign.
ponerse al corriente 
come up to + speed
 Jump-start your learning experience by participating in 1 or 2 half-day seminars that will help you come up to speed on the new vocabularies, processes and architectures underlying effective content management.
ponerse al corriente de  
catch up with
catch up on
 The information centre is now catching up with the belief of its 1984 architect that it would be an electronic library.
 Non-book materials will need positive discrimination to catch up on the neglect in the past.
ponerse al día    
catching up
come up to + speed
get + up to speed
bone up on
 In the former socialist countries of East Europe there has been an emphasis on the 'newly freed' social sciences and on 'catching up' in the applied sciences and technology.
 Jump-start your learning experience by participating in 1 or 2 half-day seminars that will help you come up to speed on the new vocabularies, processes and architectures underlying effective content management.
 This workshop has been designed for new librarians, vendors, and publishers who want to get up to speed on current serials acquisitions practice.
 Gain a strategic advantage in pharmaceutical litigation by boning up on epidemiology.
ponerse al día de 
get up to + speed on
 This workshop is designed for new librarians, vendors, and publishers who want to get up to speed on current serials acquisitions practice.
ponerse al día de un atraso 
clear + backlog
 This system has made it possible to clear a backlog of 35,000 volumes.
ponerse al día en  
catch up with
catch up on
 The information centre is now catching up with the belief of its 1984 architect that it would be an electronic library.
 Non-book materials will need positive discrimination to catch up on the neglect in the past.
ponerse Algo  [Generalmente referido a ropa]
slip + Nombre + on
 Blair teasingly chided him as she slipped his jacket on.
ponerse al rojo vivo  
reach + boiling point
fire up
 This hilarious show pranks unsuspecting guests, testing their patience to see just how long before they reach boiling point.
 The sheer margin of the challenger's victory over the incumbent is a sign that the Democratic base is really fired up, and that Bush could be an albatross.
ponerse al tanto  
get + up to speed
wise up
 This workshop has been designed for new librarians, vendors, and publishers who want to get up to speed on current serials acquisitions practice.
 The article 'Cataloguing electronic resources: wise up or dumb down?' argues that WWW search engines do a good job in impossibly difficult circumstances but that they do not provide enough information about a resource.
ponerse al tanto de 
get up to + speed on
 This workshop is designed for new librarians, vendors, and publishers who want to get up to speed on current serials acquisitions practice.
ponerse a malas con  
run + afoul of
fall + afoul of
 Unfortunately for them, this approach runs afoul of Iraqi tribal customs since they are, reportedly, endogamous with respect to tribe.
 As some of her prophecies came true, she fell afoul of the authorities and was arrested by the Holy Order.
ponerse amarillo 
turn + yellow
 The hot tub water started to foam and turned yellow.
ponerse amarillo de envidia 
turn + green with envy
 The article 'Will white page CD-ROM directories turn yellow, or, er, green of envy?' considers whether it is worth buying any white pages CD-ROM now that such information is freely available over the Internet.
ponerse a pensar 
put + Posesivo + thinking cap on
 When teachers use the tongue-in-cheek phrase, 'put on your thinking cap,' they're asking students to concentrate and do their best.
ponerse a pontificar 
get on + Posesivo + high horse
 They will get on their high horse and ride roughshod over anything that gets in their way.
ponerse a temblar con sólo pensar en 
shudder at + the thought of
 I shudder at the thought of actually having to live in one of these God-forsaken places.
ponerse a trabajar en serio      
get on with + Posesivo + work
buckle down to
pull up + Posesivo + socks
pull + (a/Posesivo) finger out
knuckle down to
get + the bit between + Posesivo + teeth
 A ward sister then arrived and gave them a telling off for not getting on with their work.
 He later said that injury was 'the best thing that ever happened' to him because he finally buckled down to study.
 So the Marxists will have to pull up their socks if they are to prevent the state from sliding back to the lawlessness one had seen prior to 1977.
 This man isn't going to stop working, so those of you who can't work because of your 'disability' could do with pulling a finger out!.
 They are there to study and knuckle down to academic work, not get drunk, be sick, miss lessons/lectures, and generally be a tax/soap dodger.
 She has clearly got the bit between her teeth and has assembled the full force of celebrity support for the campaign.
ponerse a trabajar por cuenta propia 
strike out on + Posesivo + own
 A great deal of interest is currently being paid to those who strike out on their own and take on the title of an 'entrepreneur'.
ponerse a tratar + Algo 
get down to + Nombre
 After choosing a method of recon, it is time to get down to the details of how to carry out the project.
ponerse bien de 
speed + recovery from
 Garlic is used as a home remedy to help speed recovery from strep throat or other minor ailments because of its antibiotic properties.
ponerse bien pronto 
have + a speedy recovery
 On many occasions we have heard that a person went through surgery and had a speedy recovery.
ponerse blanco  
turn + white
whiten
 'Oh, Jeanne!' she said, turning white, 'I have to speak to you'.
 He is a small, slender man, with a pencil-thin moustache and whitening, scanty hair.
ponerse borde  
get + stroppy
get + shirty
 Your righteous indignation I can understand, and even sympathise, but getting stroppy and fighting authority will only exacerbate the situation.
 If he got shirty with you in a bar, you'd be forgiven for laughing him off.
ponerse borroso 
blur
 Much of what is written about the information society is blurred by vague definitions.
ponerse bueno  
get + well
get + better
 She got sent back home so she could get better and as soon as she got well again she went right back to work.
 Systems will get better and cheaper with the passage of time.
ponerse cachondo  
feel + sexy
get + turned on
 And feeling sexy comes from treating your body like a shrine - get enough exercise and rest and eat a healthy diet.
 I don't know why, but I never get turned on when making out with my boyfriend.
ponerse cano 
get + grey hair
 All animals can get grey hair, it is just part of the aging process.
ponerse celoso 
get + jealous
 When guys get jealous, it's actually kinda cute but when girls get jealous it's World War III.
ponerse ciego  
make + a pig of + Reflexivo
pig out (on)
 Whoever it was, notice that the one who made a pig of himself ruined the meal for everyone at the table.
 Dieting Americans discover they can't pig out on low-carb foods and still lose weight.
ponerse ciego de 
stuff + Reflexivo + with
 As soon as he had stuffed himself with a host of good dishes, he began to leap and spring, to laugh and to fart like a little ass well stuffed with barley.
ponerse + Color 
go + Color
 If the spot stays yellow the paper is decidedly acid; an in-between colour (green, grey, grey-green, yellow-green) indicates mild acidity; while if the spot goes purple, the paper is near-neutral or alkaline.
ponerse colorado   
get + red (in the face)
go + bright red
go + red (in the face)
 I realize there are some teabag manufacturers sputtering with indignation and getting red in the face right now.
 The Prime Minister went bright red when confronted over the long massages he was said to be receiving from a former topless model.
 More and more people have learnt how to stop going red in the face with this simple step by step method.
ponerse colorado como un tomate 
go + bright red
 The Prime Minister went bright red when confronted over the long massages he was said to be receiving from a former topless model.
ponerse cómodo   
kick back
put + Posesivo + feet up
kick + Posesivo + feet up
 Whether your tastes differ from mine or not, just kick back, pour yourself a drink and stay right here a little while.
 Don't you think, Juan, that when the reference librarian or somebody from the circulation desk comes down to the staff room after a tough morning, they should be able to put their feet up and enjoy a smoke?.
 She quietly picked up her book and kicked her feet up on the porch of her new home.
ponerse como energúmeno  
shout + bloody murder
scream + bloody murder
 I can picture Mr. Mukhtar in the stands on a cold winter's afternoon, beer in hand, wearing his scarf, shouting bloody murder.
 Within ten minutes, the child suddenly woke up out of her semi-comatose state, stood up in the crib and started screaming bloody murder.
ponerse como loco     
go + crazy
get + Reflexivo + (all) worked up (about)
get + (all) hot under the collar
come + unstitched
see + red
 Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.
 Ordinary people can sit around and get morally worked up about the evil of drugs the way they once got worked up about the 'red menace'.
 She is quick to get hot under the collar, but once the problem is ironed out she forgets it entirely.
 When the car ahead of hers chose to stop at the yellow light rather than rush through, she came unstitched.
 His arrogance, his assumption of her acute need for him, made her see red and she struggled for self-control.
ponerse como una fiera  [Usado más comúnmente en el Reino Unido]   [Usado más comúnmente en los Estados Unidos]     [Usado más comúnmente en Australia]
get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist
get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle
get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle
blow + Posesivo + lid
blow + Posesivo + top
blow + Posesivo + stack
get + Posesivo + knickers in a knot
 The trouble began when some journalists got their knickers in a twist over Reich's unusual theories - one of these being the notion that every individual should have a healthy satisfying sex life.
 Now before anyone gets their knickers in a bundle over that statement let me clarify.
 I cannot for the life of me understand what you see in the Serb's cause that gets your panties in a bundle.
 Of course her initial reaction was to blow her lid, but she didn't - instead she took the high road and simply just left.
 Yoga is better for people who are always blowing their top and who are therefore prone to high blood pressure.
 She really blew her stack as she stomped out of the sales manager's office talking to herself.
 Darlene's got her knickers in a knot because mischievous little Molly has the look of a girl that would go all the way on the first date.
ponerse como unas castañuelas   
be tickled pink
be chuffed to bits
thrill + Nombre + to bits
 She will be tickled pink with these French ticklers.
 Obviously I'm chuffed to bits that I'm getting so many visitors and that the word's getting out.
 The critics are divided but Rolf Harris says he's thrilled to bits with the finished product.
ponerse como un energúmeno  [Usado más comúnmente en el Reino Unido]   [Usado más comúnmente en los Estados Unidos]                           [Usado más comúnmente en Australia] 
get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist
get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle
get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle
blow + Posesivo + top
blow + a fuse
wax + indignant
throw + a wobbly
throw + a wobbler
tear + Posesivo + hair out
blow + Posesivo + lid
blow + Posesivo + stack
raise + the roof
be (all) up in arms
kick up + a stink
kick up + a fuss
make + a row
make + a ruckus
kick up + a row
scream + blue murder
froth at + the mouth
shout + blue murder
be in full cry (over)
foam at + the mouth
hit + the roof
kick up + a storm
hit + the ceiling
go through + the roof
go through + the ceiling
get + Posesivo + knickers in a knot
make + a big deal about
 The trouble began when some journalists got their knickers in a twist over Reich's unusual theories - one of these being the notion that every individual should have a healthy satisfying sex life.
 Now before anyone gets their knickers in a bundle over that statement let me clarify.
 I cannot for the life of me understand what you see in the Serb's cause that gets your panties in a bundle.
 Yoga is better for people who are always blowing their top and who are therefore prone to high blood pressure.
 He simply blew a fuse and decided to go out on the road, spitefully apologizing again and again, until he got it right.
 To wax indignant about a President's telling lies makes no more sense than to do so about a wrestler's faking falls.
 The good thing about having it in writing is that you`re then well within your rights to throw a wobbly and demand you get what you paid for.
 Of course there are things they don't like, and sometimes one of them throws a wobbler - which sets the other one off!.
 People are clearly extremely upset, apparently tearing their hair out at having to deal with spam.
 Of course her initial reaction was to blow her lid, but she didn't - instead she took the high road and simply just left.
 She really blew her stack as she stomped out of the sales manager's office talking to herself.
 I understand he raised the roof when he read the report.
 And everyone who reads, writes, sings, does research, or teaches should be up in arms but the real question is why so few people are complaining.
 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.
 If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
 Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
 At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
 The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.
 She hates water for some reason, and whenever we go to put her togs on, she screams blue murder, and it is a 15 minute struggle to get her togs on.
 This luxurious hotel was not a likely setting for union leaders to froth at the mouth over government cutbacks.
 There are more religously motivated killings in America than what you have in Nigeria and yet nobody is shouting blue murder.
 The left, meanwhile, is in full cry over the commission's allegedly draconian cuts in Social Security benefits.
 All of Washington is foaming at the mouth over the prospect of more pork-barrel spending.
 When she heard that, she hit the roof - and she was still hitting the roof about it almost fifty years after it had happened.
 Grams is kicking up a storm at the care home she is currently residing in and is about to have her ass hauled onto the sidewalk if she doesn't quit at it any time soon.
 It is by no means certain that Congress will vote soon enough to increase the debt ceiling and some people, for good reason, are hitting the ceiling about that.
 Harry was out of the country when the contract was signed, and he went through the roof when he found out about it.
 I finally told him the night before I left, and he went through the ceiling, just as I expected him to.
 Darlene's got her knickers in a knot because mischievous little Molly has the look of a girl that would go all the way on the first date.
 He's the type of person who gets frustrated and makes a big deal about taking the wrong exit on the freeway or has a short fuse when something doesn't get done exactly the way he wants it.
ponerse contentísimo   
be tickled pink
be chuffed to bits
thrill + Nombre + to bits
 She will be tickled pink with these French ticklers.
 Obviously I'm chuffed to bits that I'm getting so many visitors and that the word's getting out.
 The critics are divided but Rolf Harris says he's thrilled to bits with the finished product.
ponerse de acuerdo sobre 
agree (on/upon)
 Finally it had been possible to agree upon one code (there are no longer two texts).
ponerse del lado de 
side with
 Alex Wilson sides with the librarians who say 'concentrate your book service first and foremost on existing users because expenditure on attracting those with a low motivation is much more costly and likely to be mostly unsuccessful'.
ponerse del lado de Alguien 
side in + Posesivo + favour
 If someone does slip on your wet floors and the area is marked correctly with warning signs the court will usually side in your favor.
ponerse del lado del ganador  
side with + the winner
side with + the winning side
 In presidential elections, Delaware has often been a barometer for the nation at large and sided with the winner for over 50 years.
 Mubarak is a dead man walking, and the sooner America sides with the winning side, the better it serves its own interests and realizes its ideals.
ponerse de lleno a   
buckle down to
knuckle down to
get + the bit between + Posesivo + teeth
 He later said that injury was 'the best thing that ever happened' to him because he finally buckled down to study.
 They are there to study and knuckle down to academic work, not get drunk, be sick, miss lessons/lectures, and generally be a tax/soap dodger.
 She has clearly got the bit between her teeth and has assembled the full force of celebrity support for the campaign.
ponerse de mil colores 
go + bright red
 The Prime Minister went bright red when confronted over the long massages he was said to be receiving from a former topless model.
ponerse de moda  
come into + vogue
come into + fashion
 It has thus contributed to the cause of 'universal bibliographic control' long before this phrase came into vogue.
 When christening robes first came into fashion, they were invariably high-waisted and richly decorated with lace or embroidery.
ponerse de parte de 
side with
 Alex Wilson sides with the librarians who say 'concentrate your book service first and foremost on existing users because expenditure on attracting those with a low motivation is much more costly and likely to be mostly unsuccessful'.
ponerse de parte de Alguien 
side in + Posesivo + favour
 If someone does slip on your wet floors and the area is marked correctly with warning signs the court will usually side in your favor.
ponerse de parto 
go into + labour
 If your waters do break before you go into labour, don't panic - put on a sanitary pad for protection.
ponerse de pie  [Verbo irregular: pasado rose, participio risen]   
rise
stand up
get to + Posesivo + feet
rise to + Posesivo + feet
 Rising to leave, she indicated that she intended to call a meeting of the staff to see if they had any ideas.
 He said 'That's all I can say right now', winked at her and stood up.
 Suddenly she piped triumphantly, almost getting to her feet: 'We could let the student assistants go!'.
 She deliberately refused to rise to her feet when he entered a room as was customary, often pretending not to have seen him.
ponerse de punta 
stand out
 The main symptom of dropsy in fish is a swollen or bloated condition with the scales standing out like in pine cones.
ponerse de rodillas 
fall to + Posesivo + knees
 She fell to her knees, the water now lapping at her midriff.
ponerse, el 
donning, the
 The donning of what Sidney M Jourard has called 'character armour' is another behavioural syndrome with a similar objective.
ponerse el cinturón 
buckle up
 Children who are not buckled up are three times more likely to suffer a significant injury in a crash than children who are buckled up.
ponerse en camino      
get + going
get + cracking
get + rolling
be on + Posesivo + way
hit + the road
be on the road
 The thorny extradition treaty between India and Nepal has got going again with the governments of the two neighbouring countries reaching an agreement on the revision.
 If they get cracking today, a decision won't be ready until Christmas 2014, and that's working non-stop.
 Though they've cooled lately, they showed early in the season that they can be a real threat if they get rolling.
 This guide will explain how to change the front axle on your car so you can be on your way in no time!.
 Before packing up and hitting the road, one thing none of us likes to stop and really think about is how to keep watch over our home while away.
 Television reporters must be able to look danger squarely in the face, be willing to work long hours, forego weekends, holidays, and special occasions, and be ready to be on the road at a moment's notice.
ponerse en cola     
queue up
line up
stand in + line
form + a line
form + a queue
 You will be disliked and turfed out as a sacrificial goat once your job is done but there will be many others queuing up for your services.
 To start a garden is to let battle commence since there is a list of pests and diseases that will line up to attack your babies.
 This might just be the one time you don't mind standing in line to use the restroom.
 Police have formed a line guarding the front door of the hotel to push back protestors.
 As you can see, the crowd waiting to get in had formed a queue that went up the street and around the corner!.
ponerse en contacto 
make + contact
 These press releases are useful as they can indicate which other authorities are working on the same lines so that contact can be made and experience and ideas shared.
ponerse en contacto (con)   
be in touch (with)
interact (with)
get in + touch with
 Dexter Rundle went on: 'As I said I'm late for an appointment and have to go, but tell Ms. Lachaise that I'll be in touch with her'.
 DBMS are essentially programming frameworks, and can offer good storage and retrieval, but often are intended for programmers to interact with, and thus may need a programmer in order to make them usable to libraries.
 Topics covered range from how to get in touch with the chosen speaker to how to pay his restaurant bill.
ponerse en contra de   ponerse en cuclillas      ponerse en dirección a  ponerse en el lugar de   ponerse en el lugar de Alguien    ponerse enfermo  ponerse en fila      ponerse en forma   ponerse en forma para la lucir el cuerpo en la playa  ponerse en huelga    ponerse en huelga en solidaridad con  ponerse en línea    ponerse en lugar de Alguien  ponerse en marcha            ponerse en medio  ponerse en pie de guerra    ponerse en práctica  ponerse en ridículo  ponerse en tensión  ponerse en un compromiso   ponerse farruco     ponerse firme   ponerse frenético       ponerse fresco con  ponerse furioso      ponerse gallito  ponerse hecho una fiera               ponerse hecho una fiera con  ponerse hecho una furia     ponerse hecho un basilisco      ponerse hecho un energúmeno             ponerse histérico       ponerse la ropa rápidamente  ponerse las medallas  ponerse las orejeras  ponerse las pilas         ponerse loco    ponerse los zapatos  ponerse manos a la obra      ponerse maquillaje  ponerse marrón  ponerse morado   ponerse morado de  ponerse muy nervioso   ponerse nervioso   [Usado más comúnmente en los Estados Unidos]      [Usado más comúnmente en Australia]  ponerse pálido  ponerse por las nubes  ponerse rígido  ponerse rojo    ponerse rojo como un tomate  ponerse rumbo a  ponerse seriamente a  ponerse tenso   ponerse tibio  ponerse (todo) nervioso  ponerse triste   ponerse una tarea  poner sobre aviso  poner techo a  poner término a  poner tierra de por medio entre y  poner toda la carne en el asador      poner todo de + Posesivo + parte    poner todo manga por hombro  poner todo patas arriba  poner todos los huevos en una canasta   poner trabas  poner una bomba  poner una bomba trampa  poner una demanda  poner una denuncia  poner una marca de comprobación  poner una nota en un sitio público  poner una pistola en la cabeza  poner una reclamación  poner una señal   poner una señal de aviso   poner una tienda  [De campaña o similar] poner una trampa explosiva  poner un círculo alrededor  poner un collar  poner un ejemplo   poner un letrero    poner un pie  poner un poquito de picante  poner un precio a Algo muy alto  poner verde          poner vertical     poner y quitar  pongamos el caso de que  pongamos por ejemplo  pongamos, por ejemplo,    por poner un ejemplo + Adjetivo  por poner un ejemplo sobre + Nombre  precio + ponerse por las nubes    precios + ponerse por las nubes  que pone la vida en peligro  que pone obstáculos  quita o pon  sin poner Algo en entredicho  sin poner en escena  sin ponerlo en duda  sin ponerse en duda  sólo con la ropa interior puesta  sol + ponerse  sol + ponerse (por)  volver a ponerse a la cabeza  volver a ponerse al día   volver a ponerse de moda  ya lo quitas, ya lo pones 
turn against
come out against
squat (down)
squatting
crouch (down)
hunker
hunker down
set off to
place + Reflexivo + in the position of
put + Reflexivo + in the position of
put + Reflexivo + in + Nombre/Posesivo + shoes
wear + Posesivo + shoes
walk in + Posesivo + shoes
get + sick
line up
stand in + line
form + a line
form + a queue
fall into + line
get + fit
get in(to) + shape
get + beach-fit
walk out
go on + strike
come out on + strike
come out in + sympathy with
stand in + line
form + a line
form + a queue
stand in + Posesivo + shoes
set off (from)
get off + the ground
swing into + action
get + going
get + cracking
get + rolling
hit + the road
get in + gear
get + weaving
get off + the launching pad
be off the launching pad
get in + the way (of)
dig up + the tomahawk
dig up + the hatchet
dig up + the war axe
go into + effect
make + a spectacle of + Reflexivo
tense up
place + Reflexivo + in an awkward situation
put + Reflexivo + into + position
get + stroppy
get + uppity
get + uppish
get + shirty
stand to + attention
spring to + attention
go + berserk
go + postal
go + crazy
work up + a lather
tear + Posesivo + hair out
be furious
act + fresh with
infuriate
get + Reflexivo + (all) worked up (about)
get + (all) hot under the collar
come + unstitched
see + red
bluster
go + ballistic
go + berserk
blow + Posesivo + top
go + postal
go + crazy
blow + a fuse
lose + Posesivo + temper
throw + a wobbly
throw + a wobbler
blow + Posesivo + lid
blow + Posesivo + stack
bite + Posesivo + head off
jump down + Posesivo + throat
snap + Posesivo + head off
tear + a strip + Nombre
go + berserk
go + postal
go + crazy
lose + Posesivo + temper
go + ballistic
go + berserk
go + postal
go + crazy
lose + Posesivo + temper
go + ballistic
blow + Posesivo + top
blow + Posesivo + lid
blow + Posesivo + stack
bite + Posesivo + head off
jump down + Posesivo + throat
snap + Posesivo + head off
scream + blue murder
shout + blue murder
be in full cry (over)
shout + bloody murder
scream + bloody murder
go + berserk
go + postal
work up + a lather
throw + a wobbly
throw + a wobbler
go + hysterical
slip into + Posesivo + clothes
take + the credit (for)
put on + blinkers
buckle down to
pull up + Posesivo + socks
put + Posesivo + skates on
get + Posesivo + skates on
pull + (a/Posesivo) finger out
knuckle down to
get + Posesivo + act together
get + the bit between + Posesivo + teeth
go + berserk
go + postal
work up + a lather
put on + Posesivo + shoes
get down to + business
swing into + action
get + cracking
get + rolling
get + weaving
put + make-up on
turn + brown
make + a pig of + Reflexivo
pig out (on)
stuff + Reflexivo + with
grow + panicky
get + panicky
get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle
get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle
be in a tizz(y)
get in(to) a tizz(y)
have + butterflies in + Posesivo + stomach
fluster
get + Posesivo + knickers in a knot
have + knots in + Posesivo + stomach
get + pale
go + ballistic
stiffen
get + red (in the face)
go + bright red
go + red (in the face)
go + bright red
set off to
settle to
tense up
stress + Nombre + out
pig out (on)
be (all) in a flutter
mope
sulk
set + Reflexivo + task
alert to
roof
put + paid to
put + some distance between... and...
go for + broke
shoot (for) + the moon
put + all (of) + Posesivo + eggs in one basket
give it + Posesivo + best shot
go + all out
give + Posesivo + best
do + Posesivo + (honest) best
give + Posesivo + utmost
turn + everything upside down
turn + everything upside down
put + all (of) + Posesivo + eggs in one basket
put + all (of) + Posesivo + eggs in one basket
cramp
plant + bomb
booby-trap
face + legal action
file + police report
check-mark
post
put + a gun to + Posesivo + head
appeal
put up + a sign
put up + a notice
post + a warning
post + a warning sign
pitch + tent
booby-trap
circle
collar
take + an example
draw + example
put up + a sign
post + a notice
put up + a notice
set + foot (inside/in/on)
pep up
overprice
mouth off
get + the rough edge of + Posesivo + tongue
trash
call + Nombre + all the names under the sun
slag + Nombre + off
cut + Nombre + up
tear + Nombre + down
slate
rubbish
stand + upright
upend
set + Nombre + upright
stand + straight
get on and off
for the sake of + argument
let us say
take, for example, ...
take, for instance, ...
to take a + Adjetivo + example
to take + Nombre
price + go through the roof
price + spiral out of control
price + soar through the roof
prices + spiral
life threatening
obstructive
give or take
without question
unproduced
uncritically
unquestioned
in + Posesivo + underclothes
sun + go down
sun + set (on)
regain + the lead
be back on track
be on track
make + a comeback
burn-'em-down-build-'em-up
 By imposing a ban one is only likely to set up antagonism and frustration which will turn against the very thing we are trying to encourage.
 General Mills has come out against the proposed amendment banning gay marriage in the state of Minnesota.
 As you squat your heels raise off the floor so you are squatting on the balls of your feet.
 To understand why squatting is better than sitting, one just need to have a basic understanding of how the colon works.
 My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out.
 But the kitty didn't walk forward to Martin; instead, it was trying to hunker again in preparation for a leap.
 As a sign that the protesters are hunkering down for the long haul, they erected a larger tent on Sunday.
 But even with a cross reference the librarian or reader now has to go through all the entries at TEXTILE DESIGN in the hope of discovering an unknown number of books on Batik - and then he has to note them before setting off to the broadly classified shelves.
 The librarian should at all times try to place himself in the position of the reader and ask just how much information will be useful without becoming overpowering.
 Library staff can work towards this by putting themselves in the position of the users.
 The author must put himself in the reader's shoes.
 The article 'Wearing someone else's shoes: reference in an established archive' is devoted to archival reference services.
 The article 'Walk in my shoes: the case for a practicum with a publisher' argues that library students could benefit from a practicum in a publishing business.
 When some of the parrots got sick, he nursed them back to health, and they in turn brought him back to life.
 To start a garden is to let battle commence since there is a list of pests and diseases that will line up to attack your babies.
 This might just be the one time you don't mind standing in line to use the restroom.
 Police have formed a line guarding the front door of the hotel to push back protestors.
 As you can see, the crowd waiting to get in had formed a queue that went up the street and around the corner!.
 One by one they fell into line, leaving the Czech Republic and Britain as the only non-signatories.
 This article examines why people should get fit for snow sports, looks at injury rates and suggests ways of preventing them.
 Hill walking is a very effective way to tone your legs, challenge your cardiovascular system and get into shape.
 The key to getting beach-fit is to start your health and fitness plan early.
 In May 1926 Britains' miners walked out and in a move of solidarity other industry workers joined them, creating the first ever general strike in Britain.
 A section of Air India pilots numbering about 800 tonight decided to go on strike demanding pay parity and better working conditions.
 They called on the coal miners in Newcastle to come out on strike in protest against the 3-pound tax.
 This has enabled Air France workers to come out in sympathy with their BA colleagues.
 This might just be the one time you don't mind standing in line to use the restroom.
 Police have formed a line guarding the front door of the hotel to push back protestors.
 As you can see, the crowd waiting to get in had formed a queue that went up the street and around the corner!.
 Making a positive effort now and then to stand in the enquirer's shoes is very good for a reference librarian's soul.
 In order to execute this mammoth task, the route to the theatre was completely cleared immediately before the convoy set off.
 From the beginning it has been a local service, originally funded from the rates, but it needed Carnegie grants to really get off the ground.
 If they want this finished by Autumn 2009 they are going to have to a get a move on, so hopefully they will swing into action pretty soon.
 The thorny extradition treaty between India and Nepal has got going again with the governments of the two neighbouring countries reaching an agreement on the revision.
 If they get cracking today, a decision won't be ready until Christmas 2014, and that's working non-stop.
 Though they've cooled lately, they showed early in the season that they can be a real threat if they get rolling.
 Before packing up and hitting the road, one thing none of us likes to stop and really think about is how to keep watch over our home while away.
 Nothing like a kick in the ass to get in gear.
 If you want to grow these from seed, you will need to get weaving this month, or next if you live in the north.
 If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't - belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.
 Once your idea is off the launching pad, don't close your eyes and hope for a safe landing.
 At the end of the day, librarians must 'produce the goods' and prove their worth - professionalism could get in the way.
 They call him a poet and magician, but when his favourite things are at stake, he does not hesitate to dig up the tomahawk.
 Let us dig up the hatchet of war, and revenge the bones of our countrymen; they lie unburied, and cry to us for vengeance.
 Too bad that other brave warriors in other parts of the world just decided to dig up the war axe and launch another crusade.
 If the law goes into effect, librarians wil need to be prepared to defend their institutions and perhaps even their jobs.
 He began to show signs of being an entertainer by singing in the streets, juggling and just plain making a spectacle of himself.
 My problem is that sometimes I will get tensed up unwantedly for small problems.
 She had placed herself in an awkward situation and was anxious to make her exit.
 The mother, a little afraid and expecting the worst, was unsettled, despite all her efforts to be open-minded, by her preconceptions not only about the drug but about the rights and wrongs of the position she had put herself into.
 Your righteous indignation I can understand, and even sympathise, but getting stroppy and fighting authority will only exacerbate the situation.
 People need to accept that they are low lifes and stop getting uppity when someone else makes a joke they can't understand.
 The professors soon reminded their vice-chancellors if they got uppish that they were only primus inter pares.
 If he got shirty with you in a bar, you'd be forgiven for laughing him off.
 Gordon Brown foolishly goes to shake the hand of a soldier standing to attention in Afghanistan at the weekend.
 Although the snake looks relaxed, the greater part of its body mass is made up of muscles that can spring to attention at a moment's notice.
 It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.
 You have also probably read about cases where an employee 'went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.
 Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.
 The boy's mother got angry as a hornet and obtained a lawyer, who also has worked up a lather over this grievous injustice.
 People are clearly extremely upset, apparently tearing their hair out at having to deal with spam.
 You hurt her pride and her feelings and she's furious.
 Sometime back a heroine created a ruckus by saying that the actor acted fresh with her by biting her lips in a smooching scene.
 Many English users of MEDLINE must have been infuriated by the inability of the system to spell even simple words such as Labour and Haemoglobin correctly.
 Ordinary people can sit around and get morally worked up about the evil of drugs the way they once got worked up about the 'red menace'.
 She is quick to get hot under the collar, but once the problem is ironed out she forgets it entirely.
 When the car ahead of hers chose to stop at the yellow light rather than rush through, she came unstitched.
 His arrogance, his assumption of her acute need for him, made her see red and she struggled for self-control.
 Low key and humble, he would never be the type to grandstand and bluster about injustice.
 Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team.
 It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.
 Yoga is better for people who are always blowing their top and who are therefore prone to high blood pressure.
 You have also probably read about cases where an employee 'went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.
 Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.
 He simply blew a fuse and decided to go out on the road, spitefully apologizing again and again, until he got it right.
 His father gave him a bag of nails, and told him to drive a nail in the fence in the backyard whenever he lost his temper.
 The good thing about having it in writing is that you`re then well within your rights to throw a wobbly and demand you get what you paid for.
 Of course there are things they don't like, and sometimes one of them throws a wobbler - which sets the other one off!.
 Of course her initial reaction was to blow her lid, but she didn't - instead she took the high road and simply just left.
 She really blew her stack as she stomped out of the sales manager's office talking to herself.
 From the very beginning I have been hard on him because I didn't trust him - sometimes biting his head off and others accusing him of having ulterior motives.
 I jumped down his throat because he's a liar, a backstabber, an overall jerk, and a pathetic excuse for a human being.
 The manager just about snapped her head off and and berated her in front of us - it was so uncomfortable.
 Jenkins was actually in tears because you tore a strip off her for handing in a report ten minutes late!.
 It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.
 You have also probably read about cases where an employee 'went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.
 Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.
 His father gave him a bag of nails, and told him to drive a nail in the fence in the backyard whenever he lost his temper.
 Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team.
 It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.
 You have also probably read about cases where an employee 'went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.
 Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.
 His father gave him a bag of nails, and told him to drive a nail in the fence in the backyard whenever he lost his temper.
 Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team.
 Yoga is better for people who are always blowing their top and who are therefore prone to high blood pressure.
 Of course her initial reaction was to blow her lid, but she didn't - instead she took the high road and simply just left.
 She really blew her stack as she stomped out of the sales manager's office talking to herself.
 From the very beginning I have been hard on him because I didn't trust him - sometimes biting his head off and others accusing him of having ulterior motives.
 I jumped down his throat because he's a liar, a backstabber, an overall jerk, and a pathetic excuse for a human being.
 The manager just about snapped her head off and and berated her in front of us - it was so uncomfortable.
 She hates water for some reason, and whenever we go to put her togs on, she screams blue murder, and it is a 15 minute struggle to get her togs on.
 There are more religously motivated killings in America than what you have in Nigeria and yet nobody is shouting blue murder.
 The left, meanwhile, is in full cry over the commission's allegedly draconian cuts in Social Security benefits.
 I can picture Mr. Mukhtar in the stands on a cold winter's afternoon, beer in hand, wearing his scarf, shouting bloody murder.
 Within ten minutes, the child suddenly woke up out of her semi-comatose state, stood up in the crib and started screaming bloody murder.
 It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.
 You have also probably read about cases where an employee 'went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.
 The boy's mother got angry as a hornet and obtained a lawyer, who also has worked up a lather over this grievous injustice.
 The good thing about having it in writing is that you`re then well within your rights to throw a wobbly and demand you get what you paid for.
 Of course there are things they don't like, and sometimes one of them throws a wobbler - which sets the other one off!.
 A group of movie-goers went hysterical after watching a ghost film in Indonesia.
 After they'd gone to bed and she'd dropped off to sleep, he slipped into his clothes and down the waterspout to the ground.
 And he isn't one to squander an opportunity to take credit for an operation that will piss off Washington.
 Two of the 'deadly sins' of a contemporary librarian would be a preference to work 'in silence', i.e. no contact with users and no advertising, and put on blinkers, i.e. no research and no analysis of the librarian's work.
 He later said that injury was 'the best thing that ever happened' to him because he finally buckled down to study.
 So the Marxists will have to pull up their socks if they are to prevent the state from sliding back to the lawlessness one had seen prior to 1977.
 So it looks like we will have to put our skates on to get there on time.
 But the future is just around the corner and we have to get our skates on.
 This man isn't going to stop working, so those of you who can't work because of your 'disability' could do with pulling a finger out!.
 They are there to study and knuckle down to academic work, not get drunk, be sick, miss lessons/lectures, and generally be a tax/soap dodger.
 She then told him to cut the bullshit and get his act together, fast.
 She has clearly got the bit between her teeth and has assembled the full force of celebrity support for the campaign.
 It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.
 You have also probably read about cases where an employee 'went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.
 The boy's mother got angry as a hornet and obtained a lawyer, who also has worked up a lather over this grievous injustice.
 Cecily had a number of servants to do her hair and put on her shoes after she dressed.
 'I have to leave fairly soon,' he said as he returned the receiver to its cradle, 'so let's get down to business'.
 If they want this finished by Autumn 2009 they are going to have to a get a move on, so hopefully they will swing into action pretty soon.
 If they get cracking today, a decision won't be ready until Christmas 2014, and that's working non-stop.
 Though they've cooled lately, they showed early in the season that they can be a real threat if they get rolling.
 If you want to grow these from seed, you will need to get weaving this month, or next if you live in the north.
 I've always wondered why you bothered putting make up on - you don't need it .
 Collect the seed heads when they are turning brown by cutting them from the plants and drying them on a tray made of very fine wire mesh.
 Whoever it was, notice that the one who made a pig of himself ruined the meal for everyone at the table.
 Dieting Americans discover they can't pig out on low-carb foods and still lose weight.
 As soon as he had stuffed himself with a host of good dishes, he began to leap and spring, to laugh and to fart like a little ass well stuffed with barley.
 Still, people who are trying to sell their homes are growing panicky as they see their properties up for sale much longer than they expected.
 In most of the cases, people get panicky in situations which are beyond their control.
 Now before anyone gets their knickers in a bundle over that statement let me clarify.
 I cannot for the life of me understand what you see in the Serb's cause that gets your panties in a bundle.
 The shipping industry is understandably in a tizzy, as the implications of the new norms are sinking in.
 Britons, on the other hand, get in a tizzy an average four times daily.
 It is common for someone to feel they have butterflies in their stomach when in the early stages of a relationship.
 And when he stumbles and flusters like that, it gets embarrassing.
 Darlene's got her knickers in a knot because mischievous little Molly has the look of a girl that would go all the way on the first date.
 She had knots in her stomach from that moment on, fidgeting like a teenager on her first date.
 I have a friend who, as soon as she is under stress, goes off her oats, and gets all pale.
 Reducing demand and converting to alternative sources of energy are necessary steps toward accepting the reality of a natural increase in the price of petroleum, which is likely to go ballistic in the next ten years.
 Asadorian drew back and stiffened.
 I realize there are some teabag manufacturers sputtering with indignation and getting red in the face right now.
 The Prime Minister went bright red when confronted over the long massages he was said to be receiving from a former topless model.
 More and more people have learnt how to stop going red in the face with this simple step by step method.
 The Prime Minister went bright red when confronted over the long massages he was said to be receiving from a former topless model.
 But even with a cross reference the librarian or reader now has to go through all the entries at TEXTILE DESIGN in the hope of discovering an unknown number of books on Batik - and then he has to note them before setting off to the broadly classified shelves.
 In fact only very avid readers will ever settle to silent reading immediately on arrival from some different activity.
 My problem is that sometimes I will get tensed up unwantedly for small problems.
 Forty percent of Americans say it stresses them out too much to think about health care and costs.
 Dieting Americans discover they can't pig out on low-carb foods and still lose weight.
 The legal establishment is all in a flutter because it is slowly starting to realise that social media is creating a space within which it is powerless.
 The problem is that my dog begins to mope/sulk (tail between legs, head low, body low, doesn't move) for long periods of times if I correct him.
 The problem is that my dog begins to mope/sulk (tail between legs, head low, body low, doesn't move) for long periods of times if I correct him.
 Librarians across the world should set themselves the lofty task of striving to create a global society in which people enjoy peaceful coexistence.
 Having been alerted to the existence of a document, the user needs information concerning the actual location of the document, in order that the document may be read.
 Sharp ridges or other projections above the surface shall be removed before roofing.
 Following in the footsteps of Beeching's axe which put paid to the branch-line era of the railways, many rural bus routes have now been threatened by rising petrol costs.
 Sometimes putting some distance between partners refreshes mutual attraction.
 The article 'Going for broke' reports on the Association of Assistant Librarians National Student Conference held at Manchester Polytechnic, Feb 87.
 Then one day she finds herself shooting the moon with a scheme so harebrained and daring that it just might succeed.
 They agree that serials librarians do need vendors and that using more than one vendor is preferable to putting all of one's eggs in one basket.
 The girls played hard and Liza gave it her best shot, even though she wasn't up to full speed after spraining her ankle.
 The police are going all out to curb rising road accidents in the country.
 This year's football tournament was held on a very hot afternoon and all the teams gave their best despite the heat.
 He was a wise and humane judge, and he clearly did his honest best and fairest, according to his lights.
 Many Swiss colleagues are giving their utmost, after all preparatory meetings, to make a grand final.
 The offenders broke into rooms and systematically turned everything upside-down, throwing papers out of drawers and off shelves.
 The offenders broke into rooms and systematically turned everything upside-down, throwing papers out of drawers and off shelves.
 They agree that serials librarians do need vendors and that using more than one vendor is preferable to putting all of one's eggs in one basket.
 They agree that serials librarians do need vendors and that using more than one vendor is preferable to putting all of one's eggs in one basket.
 They used schools as a buttress of a caste system designed to subordinate blacks socially, to cramp them economically under a rigid job ceiling.
 He explains that in the film, a crime syndicate plants a car bomb that kills the protagonist's wife.
 Electricity pylons, many in town centres, are booby-trapped with mines, grenades and mortars in Bubanza province.
 This article examines the question of whether fee-based information service producers could face legal action, from dissatisfied customers, if the information product is found wanting.
 Filing a false police report is a felony, punishable by one to three years in prison.
 Overriding slips for newspapers can be simply check-marked.
 A broadside is a separately published piece of paper, printed on one side only and intended to be read unfolded; usually intended to be posted, publicly distributed, or sold, e.g. proclamations, handbills, ballad-sheets, news-sheets.
 The man came up from behind and put a gun to my head.
 The judge rejected it because it was considered an intimidation tactic and there was no opportunity for those denied voting from appealing before the polls closed.
 Are you saying that we should put up a 'No Admittance' sign to ideas that don't comport with our simple worlds of stereotyped images?.
 My employer just put up a notice that we only get one smoke break per shift, and that our 30 minute break counts as our smoke break.
 If you know of a particular member on this website who has posted a profile that is fake please post a warning to other members here.
 The owner of a vicious dog shall post a warning sign in a prominent place in front of the owner's premises to inform the public.
 He lived in a tent pitched on the central reservation of the Wolverhampton ring road for over 30 years.
 Electricity pylons, many in town centres, are booby-trapped with mines, grenades and mortars in Bubanza province.
 Additionally, subjects circled numbers from 1 to 5 to indicate how satisfying the relationship was.
 The dog looked rather lost and confused and I stopped and literally collared him.
 To take an example of needling the pack, suppose it is necessary to identify all of the documents indexed under the term 'Secondary schools'.
 These examples are taken from databases that can be accessed through the online hosts, though further examples could be drawn from those available on CD-ROM.
 Are you saying that we should put up a 'No Admittance' sign to ideas that don't comport with our simple worlds of stereotyped images?.
 As of this month, all public schools are required to post notices informing students of their rights to clean and safe classrooms.
 My employer just put up a notice that we only get one smoke break per shift, and that our 30 minute break counts as our smoke break.
 Extensive use of made of the prominently painted yellow van by the public, including individuals who had never set foot inside a library.
 Soccer ace David Beckham has started wearing mystical hippy beads to pep up his sex life.
 Keep the price simple, flexible, understandable and budgetable, and when in doubt, overprice.
 She walked into the tavern and started mouthing off about my less than exemplary manliness.
 So the unhappy lame man got up with a flea in his ear and went to the second Prince, but here, too, he got the rough edge of his tongue = Así pues, el cojo desafortunado se levantó con las orejas gachas y fue a ver al segundo príncipe, pero de nuevo salió escaldado.
 Although many trashed her when she was still alive, her death granted her immortality.
 They screamed abuse at him and called him all the names under the sun while they kicked and beat him.
 People constanstly slagging her off for the way she looks is part of her weight problems at the moment.
 Last week he listed a bunch of really stupid things Harriet had written, totally cutting her up, and then ended saying she was a great lady.
 His reviews aren't about tearing the author down or praising them to the skies, but sparking the reader's curiosity.
 Horror fiction has been slated by book reviewers and a similar prejudice among librarians could explain its under-representation in library stocks.
 The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.
 Such protection and stiffening allows the pamphlet to stand upright on the shelves beside books on the same subject.
 Religious freedom is in danger of being upended.
 There are even parts of the tropics where the sun is sometimes vertical and a stick set upright in the ground will cast no shadow.
 He stands straight and understands every single thing you say - he still has all his buttons and you can discuss any subject with him.
 The full-length, two-direction zipper makes it easy to get on and off, and the bottom is easy to unzip for diaper changes.
 For the sake of argument, suppose that a title of which twelve copies were held by the library authority was borrowed twelve times per copy a year, this would make only 144 borrowings in a city of over half a million population.
 The owner of the memex, let us say, is interested in the origin and properties of the bow and arrow.
 Take, for example, this jocular tale recorded in northern England, a tale found in variation in the U.S.A = Pongamos, por ejemplo, este cuento jocoso recogido en el norte de Inglaterra, un cuento que también se encuentra en USA con diferentes variaciones.
 Take, for instance, the title like subject statement 'Determination of magnesium, calcium, strontium and barium in the presence of iron and chromium'.
 To take a concrete example, if we are studying 'Bradford's law of scattering', we would expect to find Bradford's book Documentation cited.
 To take just the issue of standards, in the cataloguing world standards for the creation of records are widely applied, while in the archives world they are being widely ignored.
 And, just as many people had predicted, prices went through the roof.
 Banks have put the cat among the pigeons by warning that without heavy increases in interest rates house prices would spiral out of control.
 With the price of milk soaring through the roof lots of folks are reconsidering powdered milk for it's economy.
 Academic librarians have seen their budgets levelled and shrinking and have witnessed serials prices spiralling out of control.
 The study also investigated whether persons who had consulted the book before committing suicide had life threatening medical illnesses.
 This obstructive attitude can be traced throughout the centuries and manifests itself in the field of modern information science, too.
 President Bush estimated the Iraqi civilian death toll at 30,000; give or take a few thousand.
 The nature of science is that one should not accept anything without question and if you are accepting scientific theory without question.
 Most of the plays remained unpublished and unproduced until they were rediscovered in 1997.
 We must be cautions about accepting Ranganathan's fundamental categories uncritically.
 Cutter has had an immense influence, especially on dictionary cataloguing in the US, and many of its rulings on subject headings still remain almost unquestioned = Cutter ha ejercido una inmensa influencia, especialmente sobre el catálogo diccionario en los Estados Unidos y muchas de sus reglas sobre los encabezamientos de materia aún siguen siendo casi sin ponerse en duda.
 Finally six men agreed to go forth in their underclothes and nooses around their necks in hopeful expectation that their sacrifice would satisfy the king's bloodlust and he would spare the rest of the citizens.
 We no longer get up with the lark and go to bed when the sun goes down.
 The sun seems to rise and set on Vijay as far as Coy is corcerned.
 The federal government can and should play a much bigger role in helping American companies regain the lead in manufacturing.
 When all is said and done, however, this great encyclopedia is now back on track after a period of confusion and frustration = No obstante, al final de cuentas esta gran enciclopedia vuelve a ser lo que era después de un periodo de confusión y frustración.
 The programme is now on track and microfiche is flowing again to the depository libraries = El programa ha vuelto a ser lo que era y las microfichas vuelven a enviarse a las bibliotecas de depósito legal.
 For quite some time wall-to-wall carpeting was considered an outdated form of flooring but it has recently made a comeback.
 But if they don't, the practical result of those burn-'em-down-build-'em-up Phoenix schedules is to destroy call-number integrity = Pero si no es así, el resultado práctico de esas clases fénix que ya las quitas, ya las pones es destruir la integridad de la signatura topográfica.

Tendencias de uso de la palabra poner

TENDENCIAS

TENDENCIAS DE USO ACTUALES DEL TÉRMINO «PONER»

El término «poner» es muy utilizado habitualmente y ocupa la posición 706 de nuestra lista de términos más usados del diccionario de español.
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En el mapa anterior se refleja la frecuencia de uso del término «poner» en los diferentes paises.
Principales tendencias de búsqueda y usos comunes de poner
Listado de las príncipales búsquedas realizadas por los usuarios para acceder a nuestro diccionario de español en línea y expresiones más usadas con la palabra «poner».

FRECUENCIA DE USO DEL TÉRMINO «PONER» A LO LARGO DEL TIEMPO

El gráfico expresa la evolución anual de la frecuencia de uso de la palabra «poner» en los últimos 500 años. Su implementación se basa en el análisis de la frecuencia de aparición del término «poner» en las fuentes impresas digitalizadas del español publicadas desde el año 1500 hasta la actualidad.

Citas, bibliografía en español y actualidad sobre poner

EJEMPLOS DE USO

10 CITAS CON «PONER»

Citas y frases célebres con la palabra poner.
1
Anónimo
Lo que más irrita a los tiranos es la imposibilidad de poner grilletes al pensamiento.
2
Demócrito
Faena perdida es poner en razón al que se cree inteligente.
3
Evaristo Acevedo
Sólo nos damos cuenta del valor del idioma cuando tenemos que poner un telegrama.
4
Friedrich Nietzsche
El que no sabe poner sus ideas en hielo no debe acalorarse en la discusión.
5
John F. Kennedy
Si no podemos poner fin a nuestras diferencias, contribuyamos a que el mundo sea un lugar apto para ellas.
6
Miguel De Cervantes
Es querer atar las lenguas a los maldicientes lo mismo que querer poner puertas al campo.
7
Oliver Goldsmith
Los abogados están siempre más dispuestos a poner a un hombre en un aprieto que a sacarlo de él.
8
Jules d'Aurevilly
Poner el remiendo junto al agujero nunca es la mejor solución.
9
Cristina II
El secreto de poner en ridículo a las personas reside en conceder talento a aquellos que no lo tienen.
10
Galileo Galilei
¿Quién se atreverá a poner límites al ingenio de los hombres?

10 REFRANES CON LA PALABRA «PONER»

Recopilación de refranes del refranero popular español con el término poner.
A la gallina y a la mujer, le sobran nidos donde poner.
Al papel y a la mujer, lo que le quieran poner.
Buen atiento, poner la capa según viniere el viento.
Cacarear y no poner huevos no es nada bueno.
Cacarear y no poner, si malo en la gallina, peor en la mujer.
Charlar y no hacer, cacarear y no poner.
Contra el amor es remedio poner mucha tierra en medio.
Cuando te sientes a comer, los codos en la mesa no has de poner.
El que cada día va bien, el domingo no tiene que poner.
Entre marido y mujer, solo paz hay que poner.
Los refranes recogen el saber popular. Señalan qué actitud conviene adoptar en cada situación, definen la razón de una determinada conducta, extraen las consecuencias de una circunstancia… entrañando en cualquier caso un fin didáctico y aleccionador y convirtiendo la anécdota humana en tema de reflexión.

Los primeros refranes escritos se remontan a la Edad Media y versan sobre todo lo cotidiano (trabajos del campo, la iglesia, los hombres, mujeres, etc…).

Miguel de Cervantes, en Don Quijote de la Mancha escribe: "los refranes son sentencias breves, sacadas de la experiencia y especulación de nuestros antiguos ancianos". Seguirá diciendo Don Quijote sobre la utilidad de los refranes: "cualquiera de los que has dicho [, Sancho,] basta para dar a entender tu pensamiento" (Segunda parte, capítulo XVII).

10 LIBROS DEL ESPAÑOL RELACIONADOS CON «PONER»

Descubre el uso de poner en la siguiente selección bibliográfica. Libros relacionados con poner y pequeños extractos de los mismos para contextualizar su uso en la literatura.
1
Disciplina Con Amor/ Discipline with Love: Como poner ...
With practical advice, sensibility, and humor, this guide presents a clear explanation of the difficult task of educating with consciousness—encouraging children in their process of, offering support, acceptance, and unconditional love, ...
Rosa Barocio, 2005
2
Como Poner Limites a Tus Ninos Sin Danarlos/How to Set ...
Practical and simple, this book is written for parents, teachers, and educators who are conscious of the importance of setting limits on children for the sake of their physical and emotional well-being.
Maria Angelica Verduzco Alvarez Icaza, Esther Murow Troice, 2007
3
Poner en orden nuestros pensamientos: manual del profesor ...
Un eficaz complemento a la novel por la gran cantidad de recursos didácticos que contiene; orienta acerca de los temas filosóficos que van apareciendo y propone numerosas actividades, planes de discusión y ejercicios que constituyen un ...
Matthew Lipman, Ann Gazard, 2001
4
Cómo preparar y poner en marcha planes de negocio
La planificacion es la clave del exito del desarrollo de una empresa y del crecimiento de todas las companias tanto nuevas como ya establecidas.
Paul Barrow, 2002
5
El club de los tipos duros: Consejos inquietantes para poner ...
En definitiva, te convertirán en el tipo duro que siempre quisiste ser y nunca lograste. El club de los tipos duros es una sátira descacharrante de los libros de autoayuda y gestión empresarial.
Rafael Galán, Fernando Montero, 2011
6
Se puede poner en (?)
Learn to read the words en, poner, puede, and se. Learn about money.
Mickey Daronco, 2003
7
!No seas impertinente!: un programa en cuatro fases para ...
Usted aprenderá a reconocer las impertinencias, a elegir y aplicar una respuesta que tenga sentido tanto para usted como para el niño, y a desentenderse oportunamente de las reacciones de éste y seguir adelante. ¡No seas impertinente! ...
Audrey Ricker, Carolyn Crowder, 1999
8
Psicología cultural: una disciplina del pasado y del futuro
Poner. la. cultura. en. el. centro. En este capítulo comienzo el proceso de reconstrucción del planteamiento cultural-histórico para el desarrollo elaborando la noción de mediación por herramientas, y conservando algunos rasgos del enfoque ...
Michael Cole, 1999
9
Los Nahuas para ninos/ Nahuas for Children: Cuentos Y ...
El que no quiso poner la ofrenda Había una vez un señor que vivía cerca de Tlaxcala y era muy flojo. Tanto, que no quiso poner ofrenda cuando se acercaba la fiesta de Día de Muertos. Su esposa le dijo: — Es algo que debe hacerse.
Guillermo Murray, 2005
10
Tractores y motores agrícolas
CAPITULO XL NORMAS DE CONDUCCION Y SEGURIDAD EN EL MANEJO DEL TRACTOR OPERACIONES A REALIZAR PARA LA PUESTA EN MARCHA DEL TRACTOR Antes de poner en marcha el motor se debe comprobar el nivel de ...
Pedro V. Arnal Atares, Antonio Laguna Blanca, 1996

10 NOTICIAS EN LAS QUE SE INCLUYE EL TÉRMINO «PONER»

Conoce de qué se habla en los medios de comunicación nacionales e internacionales y cómo se emplea el término poner en el contexto de las siguientes noticias.
1
“Si poner palos en la rueda es frenar medidas liberales, yo los pongo”
El diputado nacional del FpV y referente de La Cámpora Rodolfo Tailhade admitió a este medio que está dispuesto a “poner palos en la rueda” si ese accionar ... «InfoRegión, Sep 16»
2
Rey de España exhorta a políticos a poner fin a largo 'impasse'
El rey de España recordó a los dirigentes políticos del país que deben saber transigir para poner fin a nueve meses sin gobierno. Felipe VI recordó en un ... «La Jornada en linea, Sep 16»
3
Cómo poner negrita, cursiva y tachar palabras en WhatsApp
Aún así, hay que decir que esta no ha sido la mejor actualización de su vida, ya que para poner tanto las negritas como las cursivas o el tachado de palabras ... «Europa Press, Ago 16»
4
¿Se le puede poner a un niño el nombre que uno quiera?
¿Se le puede poner a un niño el nombre que se quiera? Unos padres recientes han hecho una petición en change.org para que el registro civil de Fuenlabrada ... «Verne, Jul 16»
5
¿Debe la banca poner condiciones más duras para prestar a las ...
Ahora los bancos exigen garantías para otorgar capital de trabajo a las pequeñas empresas, lo que antes no hacían. También han reducido los plazos y ... «Diario Gestión, Jul 16»
6
Dos años de cárcel y multa de 8.000 euros por poner música de ...
El juzgado de lo Penal número 2 de Huelva ha condenado a dos años de prisión y a pagar 8.190 euros de multa a un vecino de Aljaraque por un delito ... «20minutos.es, Jul 16»
7
La "Bolt" de la anticoncepción: es la más rápida en poner condones
Se trata de una española de 29 años. Ganó el "Campeonato de Destreza y Rapidez en Poner Preservativos" al colocar 11 profilácticos en un minuto en ... «DiarioPopular.com.ar, Jul 16»
8
PPK: Hay que poner orden en Lima y no declarar el estado de ...
El virtual presidente electo Pedro Pablo Kuczynski descartó la posibilidad de declarar el estado de emergencia en Lima e indicó que se debe poner orden para ... «América Televisión, Jun 16»
9
Llamamiento a la colaboración mundial para poner fin al sida ...
Si se alcanza este objetivo, el mundo podría poner fin a la epidemia de sida para 2030, una década antes que el objetivo de eliminación de la epidemia en su ... «UNAIDS Spanish Website, Jun 16»
10
«Hay que poner la vacuna de la meningitis, pero sin volverse locos»
En la consulta de Alfonso Amado Puentes, en Amado Clínica Pedriátrica de Pontevedra, hay ajetreo a golpe de viernes por la tarde. Uno imagina que el trajín ... «La Voz de Galicia, Jun 16»

IMÁGENES SOBRE «PONER»

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