saco
sack ; sackful.
Without having to make any decisions as to relative importance, we simply enter this under the relevant terms: manufacture, multiwall, kraft, paper, sacks, packaging and cement.
They gathered a whole sackful, stripped off the husks, and filled the sack again.
a sacos
by the shipload
by the ton
in vast quantities
in large quantities
by the bucketful
by the bucketload
Glass beads from Italy and Czechoslovakia were imported by the shipload and used like money for trading.
200g of chocolate is enough to kill a dog and yet we eat the stuff by the ton every year.
Standard components can be manufactured in vast quantities, keeping costs down.
Vitamins and minerals taken in large quantities, without the advice of a specialist, may affect the human body.
I could seriously eat this by the bucketful without any regrets whatsoever.
Those one-off singles may sell by the bucketload but everyone knows that has nothing to do with good music.
atrincherado con sacos de arena
sandbagged
Simultaneously, automatic gunfire spewed out from a sandbagged position west of the village across the river mouth.
carrera de sacos
sack race
potato sack race
The sack race and three-legged race have been banned from a school sports day because the children might fall over and hurt themselves.
The potato sack race is another outdoor game that is popular today.
entrar a saco
burst into
storm into
storm in
In a minute, James burst into the room in her usual emphatic way, threw her briefcase on the desk, and said: 'Hi!'.
A Serbian man who stormed into the Serbian presidential building with two hand grenades was disarmed by the police after a five-hour standoff.
The robber panicked and took hostages after storming in to rob the bank with a gun.
la avaricia rompe el saco
grasp all, lose all
But in fact it is a classic case of 'grasp all, lose all' - if Wales had been less greedy, they would have gone for the draw.
la codicia rompe el saco
grasp all, lose all
But in fact it is a classic case of 'grasp all, lose all' - if Wales had been less greedy, they would have gone for the draw.
palabras + caer en + saco roto
words + fall on + deaf ears
But her words fell on deaf ears: The two employees remained adamant - either Florence worked overtime too, or they would not.
parapetado con sacos de arena
sandbagged
Simultaneously, automatic gunfire spewed out from a sandbagged position west of the village across the river mouth.
parapetar con sacos de arena
sandbag
Many French monuments were sandbagged for protection during World War II.
por sacos
by the sackful
Kolya transported the harvested cucumbers to the village store where the locals bought them by the sackful.
proteger con sacos de arena
sandbag
Many French monuments were sandbagged for protection during World War II.
saco de arena
sandbag
He was laid upon the bed and upon examination his head was found in a terrible condition, swelled and bruised from the effect of sandbag blows.
saco de dormir
sleeping bag
biv(v)y bag
Almost everyone remembers those childhood sleepovers: a rainbow of sleeping bags, lots of eating and laughing, maybe even a silly prank phone call.
There is something timeless and magical about spending a night in a bivvy bag, and you'll remember you first night for the rest of your life.
saco de papel
paper sack
For example, we may say `manufacture of paper sacks' or `paper sack manufacture'; `the process of communication' or `the communication process'.
ser un saco de huesos
be a bag of bones
Would you prefer to be a bag of bones to look at or a bit overweight?.
tela de saco
sacking
sackcloth
I have used the following as structures on which to mount displays: a Jacob's ladder built into an interesting shape, covered with sacking and decorated appropriately.
The scythe, to me, conjures up a vision of warm summer days and lingering sunsets, straw hats, sackcloth and shire horses.
tío del saco, el
bogeyman [bogeymen]
bogey [bogie]
The article is entitled 'Micrographics and eyestrain: more bogeyman than real threat'.
Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.
tomar a saco
take + Nombre + by storm
He was a confident, unspoiled, talented, hard-working young man when he moved to a strange town as a youngster and took it by storm.
un saco de
a sackful of
In the heat of a Turkish autumn he trudged back about 3 miles to my hotel with a sackful of oranges slung over his shoulder.
un saco lleno de
a sackful of
In the heat of a Turkish autumn he trudged back about 3 miles to my hotel with a sackful of oranges slung over his shoulder.
