quedar
remain ; be left with ; be left over.
Needless to say, any errors which remain are entirely our responsibility.
If this trend continues, librarians will be left with only the routine part of services which no one else wants to do.
But what about the fact that twelve basketfuls of bread were left over - already broken into bite-size pieces?.
aún queda lo mejor
the best is yet to come
As always appears to be the case, the best is yet to come.
Aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy
Everybody knows 'you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear,' suggesting that something without inherent value can't be transformed into something valuable.
Or, as they say around here, 'You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy'.
contar los días que quedan
count down to
The article 'Keeping New Year's resolutions while counting down to the new millennium' discusses the following topics: self-discipline; losing weight; stopping smoking; starting an exercise programme; paying off bills; and meeting someone new.
contar los días que quedan para
count down + the days until/till/to
I now have a little over a week of hard training left and I'm counting down the days until fight night in Hamburg.
el que lo encuentre se lo queda
finders keepers
Results suggest that people endorse a 'losers weepers' norm more often than they do a 'finders keepers' or 'share and share alike' norm, although all were endorsed.
estar quedándose sin
run + low (on)
Teacher herself is worked off her shoes coping with appeals for help with grammar, style, spelling, and, most of all, providing infusions of energy when authorial spirits run low.
gritar hasta quedarse afónico
shout + Reflexivo + hoarse
scream + Reflexivo + hoarse
Pointing at the Greek parliament building and shouting herself hoarse, she added: 'These people aren't worthy of the Greek flag'.
She has spent weeks imprisoned, tearing her hair out, screaming herself hoarse with cries of innocence.
gritar hasta quedarse ronco
shout + Reflexivo + hoarse
scream + Reflexivo + hoarse
Pointing at the Greek parliament building and shouting herself hoarse, she added: 'These people aren't worthy of the Greek flag'.
She has spent weeks imprisoned, tearing her hair out, screaming herself hoarse with cries of innocence.
hacer que Uno se quede dormido
put + Nombre + to sleep
You wait a little and catch your breath and hear the song of the mourning dove, its cooing nearly putting you to sleep.
hacer una marca para indicar el lugar donde uno se ha quedado leyen
mark + Posesivo + place
Do not turn down the corners of pages to mark one's place.
mecer a Alguien hasta que quede dormido
rock + Nombre + to sleep
When Amy's mother or maternal grandmother rocked her to sleep, if they sang a song that she didn't like, she would start crying.
mientras queden
while stocks last
These publications are available on demand, while stocks last, and at the discretion of the sections responsible for their content.
para que quede más claro
for main effects
This analysis is broadly confirmed by applying the unweighted means method, and also by the weighted means method for main effects.
quedar anulado con el paso del tiempo
be overtaken by events
In the event, this plan was overtaken by events, in that with the introduction of MARC in 1971, BNB decided to use DC18 and abandon its own version of DC in the interests of international standardization.
quedar atrapado
get + caught
get + trapped
become + trapped
The librarian should distinguish big from little problems to avoid getting caught in a situation that is rapid-fire and not effective.
This is the first time a maintenance employee gets trapped under one of the baggage carousels where passengers pick up their luggage.
A maintenance worker is in stable condition after becoming trapped under a luggage carousel and sustaining multiple injuries.
quedar bien
save + face
He'll be able to save face by showing that he gave his everything, but he won't have to suffer the consequences of actually implementing that horrible legislation.
quedar como un guante
fit like + a glove
Your boots must fit like a glove and be as comfy as your running shoes.
quedar constatado
go on + record
It may not be a startling revelation but its undoubted value is that the plain fact has gone on record.
quedar deshecho
go to + pieces
When she heard of his death she went to pieces and fell apart.
quedar destrozado
go to + pieces
When she heard of his death she went to pieces and fell apart.
quedar eliminado (de)
crash out (of)
With virtually the same team as last year FC Porto has crashed out of Europe at the hands of Manchester City.
quedar en agua de borrajas
end up in + smoke
go up in + smoke
There was a similar event in North Korea, but the difference is that the North Korean coup ended up in smoke.
With a damaged car, having to make a pit stop to change his front wing, the potential of a second place finish went up in smoke.
quedar en nada
end up in + smoke
go up in + smoke
There was a similar event in North Korea, but the difference is that the North Korean coup ended up in smoke.
With a damaged car, having to make a pit stop to change his front wing, the potential of a second place finish went up in smoke.
quedar en papel mojado
end up in + smoke
go up in + smoke
There was a similar event in North Korea, but the difference is that the North Korean coup ended up in smoke.
With a damaged car, having to make a pit stop to change his front wing, the potential of a second place finish went up in smoke.
quedar en ridículo
lose + face
have + egg on + Posesivo + face
have + egg on + Posesivo + chin
Fear of 'losing face' often prevents people from seeking counseling for psychological problems until the problems are advanced.
The Prime Minister did not like having egg on her face because she could not answer the questions herself.
The Attorney General was left with egg on his chin when no-one, not even his Prime Minister, bothered to inform him of this about-turn.
quedar en ruinas
go to + ruin
fall (in)to + ruin(s)
Action is urgently needed to stop our village going to ruin.
The abbey fell into ruin after the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII, and now very little of it remains.
quedar en segundo plano
come in + a poor second
If the library is not to come in a poor second to such 'basic' or 'essential' services as police and garbage collection, the library's services must also be regarded as 'essential'.
quedar en suspenso
go into + abeyance
The work, however, went into abeyance during the Second World War and its immediate aftermath.
quedar exempto de
discharge from
Failure to do so will discharge SWETS from any liability with respect to any shortcomings in the products = Si no se hace así, SWETS quedará exempto de cualquier responsabilidad legal en relación con cualquier deficiencia que puedan presentar los productos.
quedar + Expresión Temporal
be + Expresión Temporal + off
However, the widespread use of this new system may be a few years off.
quedar igual
remain + the same
None of these problems should blind us to the fact that the collection of documents we are dealing with remains the same, as do the demands made on it.
quedar impactado
be impressed
The interview went smoothly; the committee was impressed by her knowledge of the current library scene, her enthusiasm, and her engaging personality.
quedar impresionado
be impressed
The interview went smoothly; the committee was impressed by her knowledge of the current library scene, her enthusiasm, and her engaging personality.
quedar impune
go + scot-free
go + scot-free
get away + scot-free
escape + scot-free
get off + scot-free
What is truly and more heinously wrong though is that the architects of the financial disaster will likely go scot-free.
What is truly and more heinously wrong though is that the architects of the financial disaster will likely go scot-free.
As a result, the perpetrators are getting away scot-free.
Needless to say that his plans go awry, as his first chosen victim dies of natural causes while his second escapes scot-free.
There was a chance we might get caught but we always got off scot-free.
quedar inpune
go + unpunished
The victimizers acted with impunity & largely went unpunished.
quedar libre
become + vacant
Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
quedar mal
lose + face
have + egg on + Posesivo + face
have + egg on + Posesivo + chin
Fear of 'losing face' often prevents people from seeking counseling for psychological problems until the problems are advanced.
The Prime Minister did not like having egg on her face because she could not answer the questions herself.
The Attorney General was left with egg on his chin when no-one, not even his Prime Minister, bothered to inform him of this about-turn.
quedar muchísimo por hacer
a great deal more needs to be done
A great deal more needs to be done to raise the awareness of UK library professionals in this area.
quedar mucho más por hacer
much more needs to be done
Despite the great progress much more needs to be done.
quedar mucho (para)
have + (still) a long way to go (before)
there + be + a long way to go (before)
The point being that these systems are very much in their infancy and have a long way to go before they reach the comparable sophistication of space probes and reusable rocketry.
However, there is a long way to go before such a system can be implemented.
quedar mucho por conocer
there + be + a great deal yet to be learned
there + be + still a great deal to be learned
There is a great deal yet to be learned about electronic mail reference service = Queda mucho por conocer sobre el servicio de referencia por correo electrónico.
There is still a great deal to be learned about information, its use by people and the way people interact with machines before information technology can realize its full potential.
quedar mucho por hacer
more needs to be done
have + (still) a long way to go
More needs to be done in abstracting journals and in involving archivists in international studies.
One of main reasons for this library's lack of success is that users often have a long way to go to reach it.
quedar mucho por saber
there + be + a great deal yet to be learned
there + be + still a great deal to be learned
There is a great deal yet to be learned about electronic mail reference service = Queda mucho por conocer sobre el servicio de referencia por correo electrónico.
There is still a great deal to be learned about information, its use by people and the way people interact with machines before information technology can realize its full potential.
quedar oculto
screen from + view
shield from + view
hide from + view
Pool equipment must be screened from view with landscaping or walls that match the color and finish of the house.
The idea that nursing mothers need to be 'shielded from view' may strike breastfeeding advocates as unnecessarily modest.
Cigarettes and other tobacco products will now have to be hidden from view in all large shops and supermarkets in England.
quedar patas arriba
flip-flop
The following transitory government floundered and flip-flopped embarrassingly in trying to respond to the Persian Gulf crisis.
quedar pendiente
remain
remain + to be done
Needless to say, any errors which remain are entirely our responsibility.
Although the work of the CRG makes fascinating reading, and magnificent contributions were made towards the clarification of the principles of classification, much work remain to be done.
quedar peor
be a little worse prepared
be a little worse off
Scouts will now be a little worse prepared after they were banned from carrying their traditional penknives due to the new law.
The world is a little worse off than it was before as his talents, good cheer, metered insanity will be missed.
quedar perfecto
fit like + a glove
Your boots must fit like a glove and be as comfy as your running shoes.
quedar poco (para)
have + a short way to go (before)
We have only a short way to go but this is the most important last step.
quedar por explicar
be unaccounted for
A total of 234354 centenarians are unaccounted for across Japan despite still being registered as alive under the family registry.
quedar por hacer
remain + to be done
Although the work of the CRG makes fascinating reading, and magnificent contributions were made towards the clarification of the principles of classification, much work remain to be done.
quedar por + Infinitivo
remain + to be + Participio
Plainly much of the schedules of the second edition remain to be published.
quedar por ver
be an open question
remain + to be seen
Whether such a solution would be agreed by users, and in particular the users of the Library of Congress itself, is still an open question.
Whether this is a short term phenomenon or not, remains to be seen.
quedar primero
take + first place
The 400m relay team took first place in another photo finish.
quedar registrado quedarse
go on + record
stay
stay behind
leave off
board
stick around
It may not be a startling revelation but its undoubted value is that the plain fact has gone on record.
What is possibly less easy is to making sure that the guiding stays clean, neat and accurate.
While there were certainly people who stayed behind by choice, most stayed behind because they had no choice.
This book takes up the thread where Volume One left off.
When she first arrived she was boarding with friends until she found a place to rent.
After the show I decided to stick around to see if I could meet her.
quedarse a dormir
put + Nombre + up for the night
crash at
A very special thanks to Mary Miracle for putting me up for the night, thus saving me from the wet and wild wilderness.
My friend's boyfriend picked me up at the airport and he let me crashed at his place until I can find my own roof.
quedarse al lado
stay + close by
Prince stayed close by, but Candy, being a Spaniel, soon leapt into the water before I thought to call her to heel.
quedarse atónito
be astonished
be bowled over
stun into + speechlessness
bemuse
boggle
flummox
He was astonished 'to see a great reading-room filled in the evening by readers all with their hats on'.
He was bowled over; the idea was exquisite but full of terror.
All of us were stunned into speechlessness when we received the news of the destruction of the famous Bamiyan Buddhas.
The student must not let himself be bemused by sheer statistics.
I was a little girl from California who had never seen snow, and I was boggled by it.
While a lot of humans are quick to say they love dogs, there are just as many who feel totally flummoxed by their dog's behavior.
quedarse aturdido
bemuse
boggle
The student must not let himself be bemused by sheer statistics.
I was a little girl from California who had never seen snow, and I was boggled by it.
quedarse boquiabierto
give + a gasp of
eyes + pop (out)
Posesivo + eyes + pop out of + Posesivo + head
Posesivo + eyes + pop out of + Posesivo + socket
flummox
At these words Jeanne Leforte gave a little gasp of amazement, and her cheeks paled.
As he examined its contents, his eyes popped and his hands began to shake.
My eyes popped out of my head when I read what had angered a teacher enough to threaten discipline: He was fed up watching two girls necking with each other.
My eyes popped out of their socket when he said money doesn't interest him at all.
While a lot of humans are quick to say they love dogs, there are just as many who feel totally flummoxed by their dog's behavior.
quedarse cerca
stay + close by
Prince stayed close by, but Candy, being a Spaniel, soon leapt into the water before I thought to call her to heel.
quedarse como un lirón
fall + fast asleep
be dead to the world
Have you ever been lying in bed, about to fall fast asleep when your leg jerks suddenly, snapping you awake?.
He complained about feeling achy and tired, fell asleep in the car on the way home, and was dead to the world for the next 16 or so hours.
quedarse como un tronco
be dead to the world
fall + fast asleep
He complained about feeling achy and tired, fell asleep in the car on the way home, and was dead to the world for the next 16 or so hours.
Have you ever been lying in bed, about to fall fast asleep when your leg jerks suddenly, snapping you awake?.
quedarse de brazos cruzados
stand + idly by
Do not stand idly by while your neighbor's blood is shed.
quedarse dentro
stay in
It seems like the smartest plan for ringing in the New Year: staying in instead of going out.
quedarse dormido
fall + asleep
doze off
nod off
drop off to + sleep
go to + sleep
oversleep
sleep in
sleep + late
get to + sleep
crash out
We might be bored and fall asleep.
17 percent of adult drivers report dozing off while driving at least once in the past year.
Nodding off at the wheel accounts for around 20 per cent of accidents .
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.
Instead of throwing his monkeys out and jumping up and down in his crib and laughing like a hyena, he just laid down and went to sleep.
Other medical conditions, including depression, can cause people to oversleep.
If you feel the need to sleep in at weekends try to make it not more than an hour later than usual.
On the days I sleep late I feel lazy and lethargic the whole day.
It's taken me a bit of trial and error, but finally I've found a number of things that really do work in helping me get to sleep.
After that we just crashed out on the beach and soaked up the sun.
quedarse dormido al instante
go out like + a light
I have friends and family that can just close their eyes and go out like a light.
quedarse dormido en el trabajo
fall + asleep on the job
The controller was already facing disciplinary action for falling asleep on the job on two separate occasions.
quedarse dormido en una alambre
fall + asleep on a clothes line
I don't have any trouble getting to sleep, its always been a running joke in my family that I could fall asleep on a clothes line.
quedarse dormido hasta en una fiesta de palos
fall + asleep on a clothes line
I don't have any trouble getting to sleep, its always been a running joke in my family that I could fall asleep on a clothes line.
quedarse dormido hasta haciendo el pino
fall + asleep on a clothes line
I don't have any trouble getting to sleep, its always been a running joke in my family that I could fall asleep on a clothes line.
quedarse embarazada
become + pregnant
be up the spout
have + a bun in the oven
get + pregnant
be pregnant
be expectant
Many people who would normally practise safe sex do become pregnant, or else catch venereal diseases, through having unprotected sex while drunk.
Well, she's gone and done it again - she's up the spout and with another sprog on the way.
She has been sporting a little bit of a bump lately, leading everyone to think she may have a bun in the oven.
Unfortunately, after such a long time of waiting, some women find themselves frustratingly unable to get pregnant right away.
As fate would have it, I wasn't pregnant, but I would have accepted and loved this child with all my heart.
However, there are certain ladies who have no idea they are expectant until about the 3rd month of pregnancy.
quedarse en
stick at
narrow into
Men will often stick at the actionful adventure story; stage they often get a taste for at about the age of ten.
As the presidential campaign narrows into a dead heat, the Secret Service learns of a catastrophic plot to assassinate one of the candidates.
quedarse en casa
stay + indoors
stay in
Precautionary measures include staying indoors between dusk and dawn, avoiding perfume or aftershave, and the use of insect repellent and mosquito nets.
It seems like the smartest plan for ringing in the New Year: staying in instead of going out.
quedarse en estado
become + pregnant
be up the spout
be pregnant
be expectant
Many people who would normally practise safe sex do become pregnant, or else catch venereal diseases, through having unprotected sex while drunk.
Well, she's gone and done it again - she's up the spout and with another sprog on the way.
As fate would have it, I wasn't pregnant, but I would have accepted and loved this child with all my heart.
However, there are certain ladies who have no idea they are expectant until about the 3rd month of pregnancy.
quedarse en la cama
sleep in
sleep + late
If you feel the need to sleep in at weekends try to make it not more than an hour later than usual.
On the days I sleep late I feel lazy and lethargic the whole day.
quedarse estupefacto
stun into + speechlessness
eyes + pop (out)
Posesivo + eyes + pop out of + Posesivo + head
be speechless
be gobsmacked
Posesivo + eyes + pop out of + Posesivo + socket
bemuse
boggle
All of us were stunned into speechlessness when we received the news of the destruction of the famous Bamiyan Buddhas.
As he examined its contents, his eyes popped and his hands began to shake.
My eyes popped out of my head when I read what had angered a teacher enough to threaten discipline: He was fed up watching two girls necking with each other.
Arriving at the Bouchaine Winery in early September, I was speechless as I glanced over the breathtaking views of the famous wine country for the first time.
Lorene, who cut her spurs fighting for equal pay, said she was `absolutely gobsmacked' at having won the award.
My eyes popped out of their socket when he said money doesn't interest him at all.
The student must not let himself be bemused by sheer statistics.
I was a little girl from California who had never seen snow, and I was boggled by it.
quedarse frito
be dead to the world
fall + fast asleep
crash out
He complained about feeling achy and tired, fell asleep in the car on the way home, and was dead to the world for the next 16 or so hours.
Have you ever been lying in bed, about to fall fast asleep when your leg jerks suddenly, snapping you awake?.
After that we just crashed out on the beach and soaked up the sun.
quedarse frito al instante
go out like + a light
I have friends and family that can just close their eyes and go out like a light.
quedar segundo
come off + second-best
take + second place
The Americana tends to come off second-best in just about every evaluative test (size, readability, accessibility, up-to-dateness, prestige, etc.).
Niamh practised her words with her mother and went on to take second place in the spelling final.
quedarse junto a
stick by + Posesivo + side
I'd love to see that son of a bitch roasted on a spit, but only God knows why she's sticking by his side.
quedarse más tiempo de lo debido
wear out + Posesivo + welcome
overstay
overstay + Posesivo + welcome
She has somewhat of a headstrong personality, which has caused her to wear out her welcome at several homes before ours.
The estimated number of people overstayed their visas and are in Australia at any one time is about 53,900.
She planned to stay only a night, but then faked an injury and quickly overstayed her welcome.
quedarse más tiempo de lo prudente
wear out + Posesivo + welcome
overstay + Posesivo + welcome
She has somewhat of a headstrong personality, which has caused her to wear out her welcome at several homes before ours.
She planned to stay only a night, but then faked an injury and quickly overstayed her welcome.
quedarse pasmado
stun
bemuse
boggle
The dramatic swiftness of the revelation stunned her.
The student must not let himself be bemused by sheer statistics.
I was a little girl from California who had never seen snow, and I was boggled by it.
quedarse perplejo
flummox
While a lot of humans are quick to say they love dogs, there are just as many who feel totally flummoxed by their dog's behavior.
quedarse preñada
become + pregnant
be up the spout
have + a bun in the oven
be pregnant
be expectant
Many people who would normally practise safe sex do become pregnant, or else catch venereal diseases, through having unprotected sex while drunk.
Well, she's gone and done it again - she's up the spout and with another sprog on the way.
She has been sporting a little bit of a bump lately, leading everyone to think she may have a bun in the oven.
As fate would have it, I wasn't pregnant, but I would have accepted and loved this child with all my heart.
However, there are certain ladies who have no idea they are expectant until about the 3rd month of pregnancy.
quedarse quieto
stand + still
stand by
sit + tight
not + move + a muscle
Even substantial rises in the grants from universities to their libraries cannot even keep the library from standing still.
Librarians cannot stand by trying to justify their existence while clinging to the traditional tasks of their profession7.
All we can do is sit tight, accept cuts in our living standards, and wait for better times to return.
But in the end, neither team moved a muscle, as the two battled to a scoreless tie.
quedarse ronco
lose + Posesivo + voice
go + hoarse
She has canceled two concerts as a result of losing her voice.
He yelled for probably ten or fifteen minutes, until he was red faced and his voice started going hoarse.
quedarse sin conocimiento [A causa de un golpe]
lose + Posesivo + consciousness
pass out
knock + Reflexivo + out
The bleed was so severe that she almost lost her consciousness and had to be hospitalised for 10 weeks.
He fell from his stool, passing out.
Forgetting the wall mounted television directly above her, Gemma stood up quickly and banged her head hard, knocking herself out.
quedarse sin espacio
run out of + space
Many university and state libraries are running out of space and research libraries have a serious conservation problem.
quedarse sin excusas
run out of + excuses
Tuesday, after much delaying and procrastinating, I finally ran out of excuses and went to the passport office.
quedarse sin fuerzas [Usado generalmente en el deporte]
lose + steam
bonk
hit + the wall
hit + the bonk
Many fans have said that this series lost steam after the prison break finally happened.
Believe it or not, one highly respected exercise scientist has suggested that it may be beneficial to bonk regularly in training.
Contrary to popular belief, it is possible to avoid hitting the wall while running a marathon.
We've only ridden about 30 miles but a combination of lack of breakfast and lack of fitness have rendered me dangerously close to hitting the bonk.
quedarse sin ideas
run out of + ideas
When you run out of ideas, it is probably a good time to just taker a break from that activity.
quedarse sin sentido [A causa de un golpe]
lose + Posesivo + consciousness
pass out
knock + Reflexivo + out
The bleed was so severe that she almost lost her consciousness and had to be hospitalised for 10 weeks.
He fell from his stool, passing out.
Forgetting the wall mounted television directly above her, Gemma stood up quickly and banged her head hard, knocking herself out.
quedarse sin sitio
run out of + space
Many university and state libraries are running out of space and research libraries have a serious conservation problem.
quedar sin castigo
go + unpunished
The victimizers acted with impunity & largely went unpunished.
quedar sin explicación
be unaccounted for
A total of 234354 centenarians are unaccounted for across Japan despite still being registered as alive under the family registry.
quedar sin traducir
leave + untranslated
A slightly lesser percentage of the original Hebrew and Aramaic words have been left untranslated.
quedar un poco
be some way off
Online fiction may be still some way off achieving a market.
quedar un poco perjudicado
be a little worse prepared
be a little worse off
Scouts will now be a little worse prepared after they were banned from carrying their traditional penknives due to the new law.
The world is a little worse off than it was before as his talents, good cheer, metered insanity will be missed.
quedar vacante
become + vacant
Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
quedar vacío
empty
When student mobilisation started in June 43, the library rooms began to empty.
que no queda bien
ill-fitting
Sometimes I wonder if someday I will meet someone whose presence won't feel like an ill-fitting overcoat, like something heavy in my pocket that I should've left at home.
que queda
surviving
Interviews were with a surviving next of kin or a nonrelative about three months after the event of death.
que queda mal
ill-fitting
Sometimes I wonder if someday I will meet someone whose presence won't feel like an ill-fitting overcoat, like something heavy in my pocket that I should've left at home.
que quede bien claro
make no mistake
Make no mistake, I take no joy in seeing peaceful protesters attacked.
que quede entre nosotros
between you and me
between ourselves
That's why it's also correct to to keep the secret 'between you and me'.
Just between ourselves - and please, not a word to anyone - this is the new official web site, available now via your computer.
según quedó indicado en
as was pointed out in
As was pointed out in chapter 2, when we refer to information retrieval, we are usually thinking of citation or document retrieval.
siempre queda una esperanza
where there's life there's hope
People often say of one who is critically ill, 'where there's life, there's hope' but the reverse is probably more true: 'where there's hope, there's life'.
si no queda satisfecho, le devolvemos el dinero
satisfaction guaranteed or your money back
Customers were also attracted by the innovative and unprecedented company policy of 'satisfaction guaranteed or your money back'.
si queda tiempo
time permitting
Time permitting, other educational technology sites may be visited.
todo queda en casa
all in the family
The article is entitled 'All in the family: parents in teen fiction'.
