refugio
haven ; refuge ; shelter ; bolt-hole ; sanctuary ; safe haven ; safe harbour ; redoubt ; asylum ; retreat ; hideaway ; den.
During the parliamentary debates he pointed out the advantages to the public that would accrue from such havens of quiet and reasonableness as the library.
'Small, near-sighted, dreaming, bruised, an outlander in the city of his birth,' thirteen-year-old Aremis Slake fled one day to the only refuge he knew, the New York subway system.
The basic needs of any worker are food, water, shelter, sleep, which sustain life on its most minimal level.
Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.
The article 'A sanctuary for sciences: architecture projects for the Bibliotheque Nationale during the revolution' relates the history of the various conversion projects prepared for the national library before the French Revolution.
While there are features of public libraries which are to be cherished - the role as a community meeting place, a place to borrow books, a safe haven - we must look for new opportunities.
One of the proposals made to protect children from the harmful effects of violence on television is to limit the showing of violent programmes to safe harbours when children are not viewing.
Privatization and liberalization have attacked the redoubts of workplace unionism.
The most significant of these projects are the international festival for literature and freedom of expression and the city's role as an asylum for persecuted authors.
The retreat, held in an off-campus community room during the Christmas break following an unusually hectic autumn term, lasted a full day.
This the perfect hideaway for newlyweds.
How to build wall-to-wall bookcases to make your study, den or computer room much nicer to be in and more adaptable for space.
buscar refugio
seek + shelter
seek + refuge
Problem patrons include, but are not limited to, illiterates simply seeking shelter, alcoholics, the homeless, the mentally disturbed, aggressive young people, and those with offensive odours.
Thousands of Syrians, many of them children, seek refuge in the Zata'ari camp in Jordan to escape conflict.
dar refugio
give + shelter
provide + shelter
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama today said he was thankful to the Indian people for giving shelter to Tibetans.
Rescuing and providing shelter for badly injured stray cats is eating into her savings but she is undettered.
derecho al refugio, el
right to refuge, the
The Convention itself considers the violation of human rights a factor that excludes the right to refuge.
encontrar refugio
find + refuge
Ontario has become an international 'penal colony' for alleged Italian Mafia figures who find refuge here untouched by Canadian law.
ofrecer refugio
provide + a home
The Ndzevane Refugee Settlement in south eastern Swaziland provides a home to Swazis displaced from South Africa and those fleeing the RENAMO terrorists in Mozambique.
refugio antiaéreo
bomb shelter
Sderot has 58 public shelters, 30 of which have no electricity and are uninhabitable even for a short stay.
refugio antiatómico
fallout shelter
Private homes and public buildings had fallout shelters that were stocked with canned goods and other necessities.
refugio antinuclear
fallout shelter
Private homes and public buildings had fallout shelters that were stocked with canned goods and other necessities.
refugio atómico
fallout shelter
Private homes and public buildings had fallout shelters that were stocked with canned goods and other necessities.
refugio de animales
animal sanctuary
animal refuge
Alternative uses for farmland include conversion to golf courses, dry ski slopes, hotels, film locations, animal sanctuaries, and campsites.
The mission of our animal refuge is to provide a sanctuary for abused animals and a therapeutic facility for special needs children and adults.
refugio de animales salvajes
wildlife centre
wildlife sanctuary
wildlife refuge
A swan that was found shot and with fishing hook in its neck is now on the mend at an RSPCA wildlife centre.
The lodge is set on the saddle of a hill overlooking the rolling plains, woodlands and rivers of one of the world's richest wildlife sanctuaries.
A controversial land swap proposal could open portions of an Alaska wildlife refuge to oil drilling.
refugio de trinchera
dugout
Grenades were the most efficient way of clearing enemy dugouts or fighting along trenches.
refugio nuclear
fallout shelter
Private homes and public buildings had fallout shelters that were stocked with canned goods and other necessities.
refugio subterráneo
dugout
Grenades were the most efficient way of clearing enemy dugouts or fighting along trenches.
salir de + Posesivo + refugio
raise + Posesivo + head above the parapet
As Scots we are sometimes shy; we are sometimes afraid to raise our heads above the parapet; we are sometimes afraid to raise our voices.
