revés-2
setback ; blow ; reversal ; snafu ; swipe ; slap ; whammy.
This article traces the beginning of library automation in Denmark, outlining the plans and setbacks which were experienced.
The Great War of 1914-18 was a heavy blow for the Bulletin, from which it never really recovered, and in the 1920s it gradually sank under its own weight, helped by a forced move from its previous quarters to make room for a trade fair.
Libraries are struggling to hold on and maintain quality in the face of adversity and reversal.
The article is entitled 'Thirty years on - an age of snafu problems of coordinating libraries'.
In fact it is an exaltation of the Kyoto protocol and a thinly disguised swipe at those countries who have not signed up.
And actually a good slap is said to be statistically more likely to result in a child with agression and conduct problems, you may be interested to hear.
Just remember that alcohol and low blood sugars together are a real whammy for diabetics.
dar un revés
deal + a blow
give + a blow
strike + a blow
slap
slap in the face
The Internet has dealt a blow to the librarian's comfortable role as an information gatekeeper at the centre of the information providing business.
It was as if she had been given a dizzying blow = Fue como si le hubieran dado un golpe y se hubiera mareado.
This ultimately resulted in a Supreme Court decision that supported the defendants, striking what the music industry claimed would be a 'mortal blow' to its livelihood.
Suddenly there was a loud 'whack-whack-whack' and I looked back to see the guide slapping the water with his fishing pole.
Today one of the nursing students was slapped in the face by a grumpy old man.
duro revés
cruel blow
Prisoners and detainees have been dealt a cruel blow by the delay of the opening of the new jail, prisoners' rights advocates say.
revés de la fortuna
reversal of fortune
The article 'A reversal of fortune' reports on 2 recent USA Supreme Court cases which have favoured the interests of copyright defendants over those of plaintiffs.
revés demoledor
shattering blow
The death of a loved one, no matter when and how it happens, is one of life's most shattering blows.
revés devastador
shattering blow
The death of a loved one, no matter when and how it happens, is one of life's most shattering blows.
revés fulminante
crushing blow
This was a crushing blow to European economies, which were already sinking into depression.
revés terrible
shattering blow
The death of a loved one, no matter when and how it happens, is one of life's most shattering blows.
sufrir un revés
take + an unfortunate turn
take + a pounding
take + a beating
If events take an unfortunate turn and a dismissal action must be initiated, the supervisor must make certain that the applicable personnel rules and procedures have been followed.
He took a pounding in the press after his first tax cut when a deep recession pushed unemployment to 10 percent.
Devastated by natural disasters and caught in the middle of the war on terror, Asia's economy took a beating in 2001.
