tierra-2
land ; ground ; soil ; earth ; dry land [dryland].
Until recently all libraries and some architects have maintained that an academic library should be capable of extension and that land should be reserved for future expansion.
A profile is a scale representation of the intersection of a vertical surface with the surface of the ground.
This article diagnoses the information needs of those who work in the area of pollution of air, soil and earth.
Insulation techniques helpful to energy conservation are: more use of below surface areas; the mounding of earth against outside walls; sod roofs; and the correct use of glass.
This article describes a knowledge based geographic information system for the broad scale mapping of dryland salinity in the Western Australian wheatbelt.
alcanzar tierra firme
come + ashore
Due to the effects of global warming, tens of thousands of walruses have come ashore in Alaska.
apropiarse tierras
appropriate + land
This failure was to be expected, for Petrodar had not changed the old habits of appropriating land without paying compensation during the war years.
aprovechamiento de la tierra
land use
Environment Abstracts compiles, summarises, and indexes contribution on such topics as air, water, and soil pollution, toxicology, land use and misuse, waste management, weather modification, and endangered species.
arar la tierra
till + the land
Is it possible to produce food grains and vegetables by just spreading seeds without tilling the land and sowing the seeds in a cultivated land?.
asentamiento en tierras federales
homesteading
At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with affirmative action, alternative energy sources, homesteading, Chinese-American boys, androgyny, food co-ops.
bajo tierra
underground
below surface
An underground stack, to hold 1,250,000 books and the cataloguing services, was constructed under the inner courtyard of the main university building, to which the stack is linked by a tunnel.
Insulation techniques helpful to energy conservation are: more use of below surface areas; the mounding of earth against outside walls; sod roofs; and the correct use of glass.
buena tierra
good soil
A good soil is one that is high in organic matter.
camino de tierra
dirt track
dirt road
The article is entitled 'Information highway or dirt track: challenges in delivery of electronic information products to isolated clients' = El artículo se titula "Autopista de la información o camino de tierra: retos en la distribución de productos de información electrónica a usuarios en zonas aisladas".
Her experiences in Namibia involved cycling along dirt roads through the bush to village schools in order to read stories and help children make their own books = Sus experiencias en Namibia supusieron ir en bicicleta por caminos de tierra por el campo a las escuelas de las aldeas para leer cuentos y ayudar a los niños a hacer sus propios libros.
campo de fútbol de tierra
dirt football pitch
Dirt football pitches proliferate in lower-class areas.
campo de juego de tierra
dirt pitch
In Africa one can see balls made out of condensed plastic bags tied together with string and a game played on a dirt pitch with goal posts made from sticks.
campo de tierra
dirt pitch
dirt field
In Africa one can see balls made out of condensed plastic bags tied together with string and a game played on a dirt pitch with goal posts made from sticks.
Matches between pugilists were settled in front of a roaring crowd in dirt fields and John L. Sullivan was often the one causing the roar.
como si se + Pronombre + hubiera tragado la tierra
into thin air
Their debates have operated with a more fluid notion of power, which at times has become so fluid as to evaporate into thin air.
con el suelo de tierra
dirt-floored
The writer portrays it as colorful town of peasants, mangoes, papayas, yams, donkeys, dirt-floored cottages, and the market place.
confinado a la tierra
land-bound [landbound]
Ultimately, this film is just a land-bound rerun of Jaws, down to the sacrifice of the grizzled, expert hunter so the younger, more clean-cut, family man can face his own fears and prove his prowess.
con los pies sobre la tierra
down-to-earth
The report gives a down-to-earth account of the way in which membership of the European Community has materially affected major British industries.
contaminación de la tierra
soil pollution
Environment Abstracts compiles, summarises, and indexes contribution on such topics as air, water, and soil pollution, toxicology, land use and misuse, waste management, weather modification, and endangered species.
corrimiento de tierra
landslide
landslip
Flooding, fire, earthquake, collapsed buildings and landslides are the most frequent kinds of disasters to hit libraries: nearly all will lead to wet books.
The victims included men, women and children and they were either washed away in floods or buried in landslips.
cultivar la tierra
farm + the land
grow + crops
cultivate + the land
They have been farming this land since time out of mind.
Even in mathematics the examples are all practical, rooted in the garden behind the school where the children grow crops.
Some time later Mr. Richards expressed an interest in cultivating the land but stated he did not have the requisite finance.
dejar la tierra en barbecho
let + farmland lie fallow
Letting farmland lie fallow is the right thing to do, but some farmers can not afford to do it regardless of the beneficial impact on the land.
de la tierra
locally produced
Buying locally produced food eliminates the need for all that fuel-guzzling transportation.
desaprovechamiento de la tierra
land misuse
Environment Abstracts compiles, summarises, and indexes contribution on such topics as air, water, and soil pollution, toxicology, land use and misuse, waste management, weather modification, and endangered species.
desprendimiento de tierra
landslide
landslip
Flooding, fire, earthquake, collapsed buildings and landslides are the most frequent kinds of disasters to hit libraries: nearly all will lead to wet books.
The victims included men, women and children and they were either washed away in floods or buried in landslips.
de tierra [Adjetivo Utilizado como opuesto al mar]
onshore
earthen
Terminological consistency is a must for achieving satisfactory information flow onboard an oil platform, and between offshore field centres and onshore administration.
Large volumes of water can be stored up for irrigation by erecting an earthen or masonry dam across the lower part of the vally of a river or stream.
de tierras lejanas
from distant shores
It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.
echarlo todo por tierra
upset + the applecart
It looks like the Board didn't want to upset the applecart and took the easy way out.
echar por tierra
scupper
blight
cast + a blight on
blow + Nombre + out of the water
blow + Nombre + sky high
scuttle
torpedo
knock + the bottom out of
This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.
The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.
Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.
Tall television towers and large skyscrapers blow the 'lightning never strikes twice' myth out of the water.
This is all that can be done at this point to prevent the current violence from blowing sky-high, destabilising the region, and sending oil prices into the stratosphere.
Three bills intended to scuttle affirmative action in California were left in dry dock when the committee refused to pass them.
What advantage lay in torpedoing what were bilateral talks in all but name, just as they had got underway?.
The aggravated situation provides new arguments for supporters of military intervention, and knocks the bottom out of the adherents of the diplomatic process.
echar por tierra las ilusiones
shatter + Posesivo + hopes
The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
echar por tierra los planes de Alguien
spike + Posesivo + guns
As Richman goes to tedious lengths to build a damning portrait of the obnoxious reporter, Chas delves into Laurenge's past, trying to find some way of spiking his guns.
echar por tierra una idea
crush + idea
This is typical of the old corporate forms of hierarchy-based processes and of the 'risk-averse systems that crush new ideas'.
ejército de tierra, el
army, the [armies, pl.]
Of considerable value is documentation produced by the all-Russian Bureau of Military Organisations which reflects the transformation of the army into an active revolutionary force.
en la tierra
on the ground
But bats also appeared to capture insects near and possibly on the ground and near or in vegetation, flew low over water to drink, and pursued each other in aerial dogfights.
en la tierra de
in the land of
Voris University is located on three campuses at Hackley, a modern industrial city in the land of the buttes and the sagebrush plains.
en tierra [Adverbio Utilizado como opuesto al mar]
onshore
ashore
Historical time series of wells drilled in a given country or region onshore and offshore within 10 depth categories will be invaluable.
This system will enable the medical personnel at a remote site to contact a physician at a diagnostic centre (ashore or shipboard) and transmit a visual and auditory presentation of the medical data needed for diagnosis.
en tierra firme
on dry land
In other words, Elian's real shipwreck was not on the open sea, but when he stepped on dry land in the United States.
en tierras lejanas
outranged
He has an example, in the fact that the outranged Europeans still failed to adopt the Turkish bow = El tiene un ejemplo en el hecho de que los europeos en tierras lejanas seguían sin adoptar el saludo turco.
fertilidad de la tierra
soil fertility
Soil fertility refers to the amount of nutrients in the soil, which is sufficient to support plant life.
gestión de tierras
land management
This learning resources center collects print and non-print materials emphasizing aspects of land and water management.
gran extensión de tierra dedicada a la cría de animales de pas
rangeland
This article discusses research conducted with wool producers in semi-arid rangelands in Australia.
labrar la tierra
till + the land
Is it possible to produce food grains and vegetables by just spreading seeds without tilling the land and sowing the seeds in a cultivated land?.
la tierra de la abundancia
the land of plenty
The US is the land of plenty and one of the world's richest countries, but it has a serious and growing problem of homelessness.
la tierra de las oportunidades
the land of opportunity
It seems that America is the land of opportunity to milk the system.
llegar a tierra firme
come + ashore
Due to the effects of global warming, tens of thousands of walruses have come ashore in Alaska.
mala tierra
poor soil
Some purists feel that a rock garden should contain only those plants which grow naturally on rocky slopes in poor soil.
morir desintegrándose en la tierra [Generalmente referido a las plantas]
die back to + the ground
Perennial plants are often called herbaceous, meaning they have soft or succulent green stems that will die back to the ground in the winter.
movimiento de tierra
earthwork
Some 360000 cubic meters of vertical earthwork was done at the mine without any evaluation of how it was likely to affect the ecosystem.
nadie es profeta en su tierra
no man is a prophet in his own land
And his life confirms the famous old saw: No man is a prophet in his own land.
pequeño propietario de tierras
yeoman farmer
She argues that the way yeoman farmers lorded over their wives and dependents was similar to the way wealthy planters lorded over their slaves.
pies sobre la tierra
feet on the ground
The title of the conference was 'Head in the clouds, feet on the ground: serials vision and common sense'.
pista de tierra batida
clay tennis court
Red clay tennis courts are made of natural clay or crushed red brick.
poner los pies sobre la tierra
come down + to earth
The second paragraph came down to earth stylistically.
poner tierra de por medio entre y
put + some distance between... and...
Sometimes putting some distance between partners refreshes mutual attraction.
por encima de la tierra
aboveground
In this study, thirty-four-year-old chestnut trees were felled, measured and weighed to evaluate their aboveground biomass.
producto de la tierra
locally grown
Those on the other side of the debate are equally vehement that locally grown organic food is preferable to imported organic food.
reclamación de tierras [Actividades realizadas para ganar terreno al mar, ríos, desiertos, etc]
land reclamation
There is no agricultural project without prospection for groundwater necessary for land reclamation, particularly in the desert areas far from river courses.
recuperación de tierras [Actividades realizadas para ganar terreno al mar, ríos, desiertos, etc]
land reclamation
There is no agricultural project without prospection for groundwater necessary for land reclamation, particularly in the desert areas far from river courses.
rodeado de tierra
land-bound [landbound]
land-locked [landlocked]
Ultimately, this film is just a land-bound rerun of Jaws, down to the sacrifice of the grizzled, expert hunter so the younger, more clean-cut, family man can face his own fears and prove his prowess.
Because Zambia is land-locked, book acquisition is difficult.
sal de la tierra
salt of the earth
In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.
sin tierras
landless
While the new technology increased food production, it also caused wealthy farmers to benefit more than the landless.
sobre la tierra
on earth
on the face of the earth
on the ground
There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.
E-mail is without question the most powerful method of distributing information on the face of the earth.
But bats also appeared to capture insects near and possibly on the ground and near or in vegetation, flew low over water to drink, and pursued each other in aerial dogfights.
temblor de tierra
quake
earth tremor
earthquake tremor
shake of earthquake
The campus was hard hit by the quake and declared unsafe, one week before the spring semester was due to begin.
The earth tremor that rocked the centre of Melbourne was one of three quakes that hit Australia in the one day.
In addition, the witnesses testified that the detonations 'really rocked' the house and 'felt like an earthquake tremor, or an earthquake'.
Last evening a distinct shake of earthquake was felt in Nelson, it was just sufficient to set pendent objects swinging, but was not a very vigorous shake.
tenis sobre tierra batida
clay tennis
clay court tennis
They know how to play clay tennis, but their best days probably are behind.
Love it or loathe it, clay court tennis is the modern surface in Europe.
terrón de tierra
clod of dirt
clod of earth
dirt clod
Adult crickets spend their days in shallow burrows beneath a stone, clod of dirt or a tuft of plant.
He picked up a clod of earth and held it out to them by way of welcome.
When you break up dirt clods in your garden, it improves the structure of the soil, allowing it to hold more water and support more vigorous plants.
¡Tierra a la vista!
Land ahoy!
Land ho!
While they were talking a voice from the crow's nest called, 'Land ahoy!' and in a moment the ship was all life.
It was our morning watch; when, soon after the day began to break, a man on the forecastle called out, 'Land ho!'.
tierra arcillosa
clay soil
clayey soil
Heavy clay soils are much more likely to be overwatered than light soils.
Some plants tolerate clayey soils better than others.
tierra arenosa
sandy soil
Hawthorn trees prefer a loamy, sandy soil combination.
tierra baldía
wasteland
moor
barren land
Eliot somehow suggests that a mix of blood and electricity might yet redeem the petty materialism of the modern world that he had previously seen only as a wasteland.
The emperor moth is a European moth that lives in moors.
By 1948, a short 26 years after the first tree planting, most of the barren lands had been reforested with healthy pine and spruce plantations.
tierra buena
good soil
A good soil is one that is high in organic matter.
tierra caliza
limy soil
Consequently, areas covered by very limy soils are not favorable for the accumulation of large deposits of sphagnum peat.
tierra cenagosa
loamy soil
Hawthorn trees prefer a loamy, sandy soil combination.
tierra comunal
communal land
The land reform was supposed to redistribute land from predominantly white-owned commercial farms to much poorer black farmers who toiled on communal lands.
tierra cultivable
arable land
Human population in the world continues to grow, but arable land is limited especially in less developed countries.
tierra de cultivo
soil
farmland [farm land]
Wide, voracious, indiscriminate reading is the base soil from which discrimination and taste eventually grow.
Alternative uses for farmland include conversion to golf courses, dry ski slopes, hotels, film locations, animal sanctuaries, and campsites.
Tierra de Israel, la
Land of Israel, the
Judea and Samaria, located west of the Jordan River, with Jerusalem approximately in the center, are historical parts of the Land of Israel.
tierra de labranza
farmland [farm land]
Alternative uses for farmland include conversion to golf courses, dry ski slopes, hotels, film locations, animal sanctuaries, and campsites.
tierra de nadie [Expresión utilizada para referirse a fenómenos que están a caballo entre la realidad y la ficción]
twilight zone
wilderness
no-man's land
U denotes the umbra, ie those documents which are clearly relevant (within the shadow of the subject); P denotes the penumbra (the 'twilight zone'); and A denotes alien, ie those documents which are clearly not relevant.
The town of Wexler was hacked out of the wilderness, and for many years it stood alone in the forest, a halting place in the long stagecoach journey from eastern localities to the unknown West.
We stand squarely in a no-man's land between a rough technology and a vague science.
tierra de pastoreo
pasture land
pasturage
The informality of the modern library provides one of the richest pasture lands of all for breeding reading people = La informalidad de la biblioteca moderna ofrece una de las tierras de pasto más ricas de todas para producir gente lectora.
Breeders with limited amounts of pasturage may find it necessary to wether the male kids in order prevent them from breeding the female goats.
tierra de pastos
pasture land
The informality of the modern library provides one of the richest pasture lands of all for breeding reading people = La informalidad de la biblioteca moderna ofrece una de las tierras de pasto más ricas de todas para producir gente lectora.
tierra desconocida
terra incognita
Literacy work is to some degree something of a 'terra incognita' for librarians.
tierra en barbecho
fallow land
Tests were conducted on stubble and fallow land on three soil types.
tierra exótica
exotic land
The cultural stories of this exotic land made him feel more at home than the newspaper headlines he was printing.
tierra feraz
fertile land
fertile ground
Among the seemingly barren mountains there is fertile land.
South Asia has proved the most fertile ground for political dynasties.
tierra fértil
sod
loam
fertile land
fertile ground
Insulation techniques helpful to energy conservation are: more use of below surface areas; the mounding of earth against outside walls; sod roofs; and the correct use of glass.
The trees are hardy, and suitable for cultivation on a sandy loam soil.
Among the seemingly barren mountains there is fertile land.
South Asia has proved the most fertile ground for political dynasties.
tierra firme [Generalmente usado como opuesto a las islas]
dry land [dryland]
land mass [landmass]
firm ground
solid ground
This article describes a knowledge based geographic information system for the broad scale mapping of dryland salinity in the Western Australian wheatbelt.
A distinctive new civilization developed in the European peninsula of the Eurasian land mass in the course of the millennium that followed.
Destabilisation of the economic forces governing publishers' prices has meant that subscription agents no longer work on firm ground.
Before him was a morass over which a bridge had been thrown to the solid ground beyond.
tierra lejana
far off land
The mementoes from far off lands in drawing rooms and museums constitute another imaginary land in which the idea of foreign cultures is shaped.
tierra mala
poor soil
Some purists feel that a rock garden should contain only those plants which grow naturally on rocky slopes in poor soil.
tierra margosa
loamy soil
Hawthorn trees prefer a loamy, sandy soil combination.
tierra natal
homeland
fatherland
motherland
native country
native soil
native land
A great number of these publications were significantly influenced by the political scene in their respective homelands.
Hitler referred to Germany as the fatherland because that's where his father came from - his mother was Austrian.
When the Second World War broke out, my motherland was arduously fighting against Japanese imperialism.
After the civil war ended, the refugees were able to return to their native country.
I think he has captured the echoes of his native soil, but not necessarily its essence.
En route to England after the funeral for her husband, she had plans to scatter his ashes in his native land.
tierra prometida, la
land of cream and honey, the
promised land, the
land of milk and honey, the
The article 'Affiliated membership - land of cream and honey' describes what has been done towards recognition of technical staff in libraries by the LA.
The article is entitled 'Into the promised land: some notes on the new Birmingham Central Library'.
Ireland has been described by many poets and story-tellers as the land of milk and honey.
tierras
landed estate
An estate archive may be defined as an accumulation of records relating to the acquisition and management of a landed estate.
tierras altas
highland
This bibliographic survey is now being expanded to include all the highland provinces.
tierras altas escocesas
Highland
The tour will include visits to several important libraries and day trips to explore the beautiful Highland lochs and glens.
tierra salvaje
wilderness
The town of Wexler was hacked out of the wilderness, and for many years it stood alone in the forest, a halting place in the long stagecoach journey from eastern localities to the unknown West.
Tierra Santa
Holy Land, the
This is a massive project involving an 80 volume set containing 16 complete Bibles and including full colour electronic maps of the Holy Land.
tierras bajas [Las zonas de menor altura de un país montañoso]
lowlands
They took part in many small-scale but often bitterly fought operations across the coastal lowlands.
tierras celtas, las
Celtic fringe, the
The article is entitled 'Reconstructing public library authorities in the Celtic fringe'.
tierras del sur
southland
During his relatively brief career as a corporate tactician, Jeff Gordon, a lanky 32-year-old who retains a touch of the 'aw shucks' manner of his native southland, has chalked up some substantial achievement.
tierra sin cultivar
uncultivated land
Decades of intensive irrigation have produced shallow water tables under not only cultivated fields but also the nearby uncultivated land.
tierras mejores [Usado comúnmente en sentido figurado]
greener pastures
pastures new
This threatens to reverse the recent brain drain that has seen scientists flee the US for greener pastures north of the border.
Therefore this would be a good time to explore pastures new, so make an extra effort and put yourself in the shop window and show the world what you can do.
tierras movedizas
shifting sands
The conference focused on the following themes, seminars and break-out discussions: books in a post paper society; the shifting sands of retail trends; no more bunting on the publishing boat; and consumer attitudes to price.
tierras perdidas
lost lands
Heroic fantasy set in lost lands, often featuring dinosaurs, continues to thrive = La fantasía heróica ambientada en tierras perdidas, en los que a menudo aparecen dinosaurios, continúan prosperando.
tierra virgen [Es recomendable usar "uncharted territory"] [Es recomendable usar "uncharted waters"]
uncharted territory
uncharted waters
virgin territory
unchartered territory
unchartered waters
If the quality of information is a controversial subject, a discussion of the value of information can lead into even more uncharted territory.
The article 'Doing your homework: market research in uncharted waters' provides a detailed review of the motivations for using market research within the data base publishing industry.
Today there is no virgin territory to be had - only by invasion of another country can one nation extend its borders.
The article 'Entering unchartered territory: putting CD-ROM in place' is a contribution to a special issue devoted in part to CD-ROM.
We are looking for a candidate who will be able to lead our institution through the unchartered waters of rapid change in higher education.
toma de tierra
earthing
Special earthing and a voltage smoother may also be wanted.
transporte por tierra
land transport
Similarly, if we substitute 'mass media' for 'television' or 'transport' instead of 'land transport' specificity is lost.
tropa de tierra
ground troop
The use of anti-aircraft artillery against ground troops was frowned upon at the start of that conflict.
uso de la tierra
land use
Environment Abstracts compiles, summarises, and indexes contribution on such topics as air, water, and soil pollution, toxicology, land use and misuse, waste management, weather modification, and endangered species.
vasallo propietario de sus tierras
yeoman [yeomen, -pl.]
Most of the testators were yeomen, husbandmen, tradesmen, craftsmen and laborers, and the widows of such men.
vehículo de tierra a motor
motor land vehicle
Other branches of engineering include: 629.1 Aerospace engineering, .2 motor land vehicles and cycles, .3 Air-cushion vehicles (Hovercraft), and .4 Astronautics.
vivir de la tierra
live off + the land
His family lived off of the land - every summer his mother canned vegetables, fruits, jams, sauces, and meats for the winter.
