tomar-1
capture ; take ; take (in/into) ; usurp ; pull from ; pull off ; spring for.
In those early days, so the story goes, the library movement was in danger of being captured by an aristocratic intellectual class designing to make the public library an elitist center for scholarly research.
If we take Cindi, Albert will almost surely grieve.
For example, a computer on board a space ship, o even in some cars, takes in data, works out settings, displays results completely automatically.
Peter Jackaman fears 'that public libraries have failed to grasp the opportunity which this development offered, and as result their potential role has, in many cases, been usurped by other agencies'.
The data is pulled directly from all the bibliographic data bases on DIALOG that have a JN field.
One of its main advantages is the potential to pull off descriptive entries onto disc to create annotated booklists.
If I decide to spring for this I'll let you in on what I find out.
¡a tomar por culo todo!
stuff this for a lark!
So stuff this for a lark I'll find some testosterone on the Internet and start self-medicating.
de armas tomar
redoubtable
The city has returned a majority for every Democratic presidential candidate since 1916, when Woodrow Wilson took 65% of the city's vote against the redoubtable Charles Evans Hughes.
desventaja del primero en tomar la iniciativa
first-mover disadvantage
When competition between buyers is very fierce, the seller may prefer to respond to bids rather than to propose an offer herself: a first-mover disadvantage.
disfrutar tomando el sol
bask
Brown cattle grazed under the trees and large green lizards basked by the roadside or fell with a resounding flop from a ledge into the ditch.
donde las dan, las toman [Derivado de la expresión original "Curses, like chickens, come home to roost"]
what goes around comes around
the chickens come home to roost
you reap what you sow
if you dance, you must pay the piper
If there's one place where what goes around comes around, it's the United States Senate.
These particular chickens do come home to roost.
A popular teaching of the New Testament is the principle that 'you reap what you sow'.
And as the old saying goes: 'If you dance, you must pay the piper' .
estar tomando la píldora anticonceptiva
be on the pill
Women who have been on the pill for 10 or more years cut their risk of ovarian cancer by about 45%.
estar tomando medicamentos
be on medication
The number of kids who are on medication has jumped dramatically.
irse a tomar por culo
naff off
I just smiled and told him to naff off cos short of punching him in the gob what can you do?.
llevar a tomar una decisión
lead (up) to + decision
A description of this process, including the background leading up to the decision to acquire an automated system and the selection process itself are reported.
lo tomas o lo dejas
take it or leave it
These relationships are all managed separately, according to the rules set down by the company - take it or leave it.
mandar a tomar por culo [Eufemismo de fuck off]
bugger
fuck off
eff off
His method of dealing with crises, he explained, was to 'turn out the light, say "bugger everyone," and go to sleep'.
With all the pandering shitheads in politics today, it's so refreshing to see some one who will just say 'fuck off, don't bother me'.
The next time that happens, if he wants to tell the TV presenter to eff off, I'm quite happy with that.
necesitar tomar cierto tipo de decisiones
require + judgement
require + judgement
require + an exercise of + judgement
In human indexing some judgement would be required in selecting terms.
In human indexing some judgement would be required in selecting terms.
Although the application of policies requires an exercise of judgment, violation of the policy under the guise of 'flexibility' should be avoided.
no ser para tomárselo a risa
be no laughing matter
The article 'Libraries: no laughing matter' explores why National Library Week presents an important opportunity for the library and information science profession to make a case for libraries at a national level.
no tomándose a Uno como el centro de referencia
ex-centric [excentric]
This book offers an 'ex-centric' view of Papua cultures.
notomárselo bien
not take + kindly to
Although microcomputers are relatively robust, they do not take kindly to frequent moves from one location to another, particularly on wheeled trollies.
no tomárselo bien
not take + kindly to
Although microcomputers are relatively robust, they do not take kindly to frequent moves from one location to another, particularly on wheeled trollies.
para tomar medidas
for action
Each branch was given a poster to display and a supply of forms which complainants could fill in and these were returned by the library to the nearest consumer protection office for action.
persona que toma la última decisión
decider
The author explores the concept of customer for library and information services, and notes the roles of users, influencers and deciders.
primero en tomar la iniciativa
first mover
The proliferation of small firms in the 1970s cannot properly be understood except in relation to the dominance of first movers.
que se toma las cosas con calma
laid-back
laid-back
The article 'Laid-back librarians love L.A' reports on the 13th ARLIS/NA (Art Libraries Society of North America) Annual Conference, Los Angeles, 8-14 Feb 85.
The article 'Laid-back librarians love L.A' reports on the 13th ARLIS/NA (Art Libraries Society of North America) Annual Conference, Los Angeles, 8-14 Feb 85.
que toma parte en
involved in
These institutes brought together some of the most influential people in the field to discuss - and sometimes spiritedly debate from the rostrum and from the audience - the current and traditional issues involved in cataloging.
responsable de tomar decisiones
decision maker [decision-maker]
This not only gives the decision maker an idea of the time frame involved but also aids in identifying potential weaknesses.
ser de armas tomar
be a (real) handful
Like an ill-mannered child, the brat can be a real handful.
tómalo o déjalo
take it or leave it
These relationships are all managed separately, according to the rules set down by the company - take it or leave it.
tomar a Alguien bajo + Posesivo + tutela
take + Nombre + under + Posesivo + wings
Peco then took Smile under his wings and taught him how to play the game of ping pong.
tomar aliento
draw + a breath
Stanton drew a breath and went on, 'We'll accept equivalent experience in lieu of professional experience... Let me get the exact wording' - she fumbled through some papers in a folder - 'so long as it, ah! here it is, quote, is sufficient to indicate ability to do the job, unquote'.
tomar armas
take up + arms
The Declaration of Independence was made all the more powerful because of the power of printing to multiply copies and to support public readings of it as the American colonies took up arms against England.
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.
tomar asiento
take + a seat (on)
Evan took a seat on the stone bench, eagerly folding his legs into the lotus position.
tomar atajos
take + shortcuts
The skilled searcher knows which sources to tap first, and can often take shortcuts by heading straight for the most effective index for his purposes.
tomar cariño
cotton (on) to
He was a most affable bloke, and she cottoned on to him right away.
tomar cariño a
grow + fond of
And when good people you've come to grow fond of are killed, often before your very eyes, it seems shocking and unfair.
tomar carrerilla
rev up
take + a run-up
The whole coast is starting to rev up for the summer madness, so get in quick before it all starts.
By doing this regularly, you'll increase your ability to bound over obstacles without having to take a run-up.
tomar carta de naturaleza
be thoroughly accepted
take + root (in)
Black magic protection talismans have been thoroughly accepted as a shield against black magic by people all around the world.
If this provision takes root in libraries, the open learning industry will be presented with a new market.
tomar carta en
get + stuck into
There are so many camels out and about causing damage to the landscape that we've decided to have a reasonably decent injection of funds to get stuck into this issue.
tomar carta en el asunto
intervene
And again, this is a point at which the teacher may need to intervene to provide examples.
tomar como ejemplo [Verbo irregular: pasado took, participio taken]
take
Take a library in which the indexing policy is one of summarization, but the indexing of concepts is non-specific.
tomar como modelo
pattern
Even supposedly local books are generally patterned along Western lines and are unsuitable for any of the courses offered in library schools.
tomar como punto de partida
build on/upon
The system should build on existing resources, rather than develop expensive new programmes.
tomar como responsabilidad propia
take it upon + Reflexivo + to
In return, the young librarian took it upon himself to design an entire section of the second floor to be the domain of young adult.
tomar conciencia
sensitise [sensitize, -USA]
enhance + awareness
increase + awareness
I will agree that it takes quite a while to sensitize yourself to the implications of the use of chairman.
The aim was to enhance awareness of the wealth of published statistical data available and to show its value as a decision making aid for the business person.
Marvin describes what he has tried to do to increase awareness about minorities: hold workshops, talk about his experiences, and write about it.
tomar contacto con
get in + touch with
Topics covered range from how to get in touch with the chosen speaker to how to pay his restaurant bill.
tomar decisiones
exercise + judgement
make + choices
Even within rules a cataloguer is frequently required to exercise judgement.
Frequently it is necessary for the librarian or information worker to make choices concerning record size and field size.
tomar decisiones con conocimiento de causa
make + informed decisions
The library must not take sides: its role is to buy and publicise the materials that will allow young people to make informed decisions about their own lives = La biblioteca no debe tomar partido: su función es adquirir y difundir el material que permite a los jóvenes tomar decisiones fundadas sobre sus propias vidas.
tomar decisiones fundadas
make + informed decisions
The library must not take sides: its role is to buy and publicise the materials that will allow young people to make informed decisions about their own lives = La biblioteca no debe tomar partido: su función es adquirir y difundir el material que permite a los jóvenes tomar decisiones fundadas sobre sus propias vidas.
tomar decisiones por Alguien
take + decisions in + Posesivo + name
Moreover, the citizens of Europe have a right to know about the various measures and decisions taken in their name and which can have a direct impact upon their private or professional lives.
tomar ejemplo de
take + a lead from
Scotland should take a lead from Irish on gun control.
tomar el autobús
catch + the bus
He said she was intending to catch the bus to Doncaster town centre where she was going to meet a friend.
tomar el camino más corto
take + a shortcut
Never take a shortcut in life, take the long route because you pick up more experiences on the way.
tomar el camino más largo
take + the long route
Never take a shortcut in life, take the long route because you pick up more experiences on the way.
tomar el control
take + the helm
The article is entitled 'Convergence and unbundling of corporate R&D in telecommunications: is software taking the helm?'.
tomar el control de
take + control of
take over + control of
Five years after they took control of war-ravaged Afghanistan, reconstruction remains a job half done.
Academic libraries may become obsolete as the commercial market takes over control of information.
tomar el mando
take + the helm
The article is entitled 'Convergence and unbundling of corporate R&D in telecommunications: is software taking the helm?'.
tomar el poder
take + power
But he was soon assassinated in mysterious circumstances, and his second wife, Queen Zenobia, a woman renowned for her iron will, took power.
tomar el pulso a Algo
take + the pulse
Swiftly changing markets make it necessary to use more formal techniques for taking the community pulse.
tomar el relevo
hand over + the torch
pass (on) + the torch
pass (on) + the baton
take it from here
The Freedom of Information torch will be handed over to Joel Campbell during the national convention in October 1998.
The burning question is how to pass the torch to a new generation of leaders.
In a direct reference to Africa's undemocratic leaders, he urged them to pass the baton to the next generation.
I had intended to walk him to his classroom, but before I could follow him through the double doors, he said, 'I can take it from here, Papa'.
tomar el relevo (de)
take over + the leadership (from)
The author divides staff into 2 groups: 'baby boomers' (born 1946-1961) who grew up assuming full and secure employment but tend now to be technologically challenged; and 'baby busters' (born 1965-1975) who tend to be technological savants and are taking over the leadership from the older generation of librarians.
tomar el relevo en el mando
take over + the helm
A new editor has just taken over the helm of this journal and the coverage of the journal has taken a new direction .
tomar el relevo en el timón
take over + the helm
A new editor has just taken over the helm of this journal and the coverage of the journal has taken a new direction .
tomar el sol
sunbathe
sun + Reflexivo
soak up + rays
bask in + the sun
In the opening scene, people are sunbathing in bathing trunks and bikinis on a Hawaiian beach.
And the green lizards we kept seeing everywhere, sunning themselves on fences and stones.
In the afternoon quite a few of our mob decided that they would prefer to spend a bit of time lazing about in the water and soaking up a few rays.
While basking in the sun on sun loungers, people are exposing their whole bodies to the full benefit of the best natural medicine.
tomar el sol con gusto
bask
Brown cattle grazed under the trees and large green lizards basked by the roadside or fell with a resounding flop from a ledge into the ditch.
tomar el tiempo
time
The searches were timed and the retrieval steps and search terms were noted.
tomar el timón
take + the helm
The article is entitled 'Convergence and unbundling of corporate R&D in telecommunications: is software taking the helm?'.
tomar en consideración
allow for
take into + consideration
It also allows for and identifies three levels of detail which might be adopted in descriptive cataloguing.
A certain number of days is to be added to today's date to calculate the date due, taking into consideration the dates the library is closed.
tomar en cuenta
factor in
allow for
bear in + mind
cater for/to
consider (as)
heed
make + allowances
take + account of
take + cognisance of
take + cognition of
take into + account
take into + consideration
make + provision for
bring into + play
give + an ear to
factor
have + regard for
be aware of
note
keep in + mind
However, we must factor in the added impact of community-based telecommunications.
It also allows for and identifies three levels of detail which might be adopted in descriptive cataloguing.
Editors should bear in mind problems of translation so that the revised edition can be rendered more easily into other languages.
Labelling of subjects presents problems mainly because, in order to achieve a user-orientated approach, the various approaches of different users must be catered for.
A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific topics are considered, or on which specific names appear.
Such variations also make it difficult for a cataloguer inserting a new heading for local use to discern the principles which should be heeded in the construction of such a heading.
Title indexes then are not true subject indexes, and allowances should be made during searching.
Most of the centralised and shared cataloguing projects take account of and probably use the MARC record format.
All documents possess physical form but this does not mean it is always taken cognisance of in subject analysis.
Of course, in both enumerative and faceted schemes, it is necessary to take cognition of new simple subject.
Taking into account both indexing and searching effort a KWIC index is most appropriate for an index that will be studied only infrequently.
A certain number of days is to be added to today's date to calculate the date due, taking into consideration the dates the library is closed.
We must of course make provision for those users who look for information under one of the other terms, and this is discussed below in the section on showing semantic relationships.
Deliberation, evaluation, and thought must be brought into play before a final decision is made.
Once a willing ear is given to the suggestions and complaints, then morale will increase, as will production.
Library funding was factored against the comprehensive budgets of WTALC institutions, resulting in a measurement of the comparative percentage of university money made available to its libraries.
The apparent success of the project suggests it can be used or adapted for other members of the beef industry, having regard for their particular circumstances = El aparente éxito del proyecto sugiere que se puede utilizar o adaptar para otros miembros de la industria del ganado bovino, teniendo en cuenta sus circunstancias particulares.
Although this may seem an obvious statement, there are many instances when the searcher is not fully aware of what can or might be retrieved.
Sometimes the number of tickets issued is noted on the form.
This fact should be kept in mind when deciding upon the sequence of materials types.
tomar en cuenta las posibilidades de Algo
consider + possibilities
The user must consider all the possibilities.
tomar en cuenta un punto de vista
take into + account + viewpoint
contemplate + view
They should be in the best position to lobby all the key organizations so that their viewpoint can be taken into account when legislation is being drafted and discussed.
It's also obvious you are uninterested in contemplating views which challenge your own preconceptions.
tomar en sentido literal
take + Nombre + at face value
accept + Nombre + at face value
Some librarians find it more comfortable to stifle their professional consciences and take the question at its face value, disregarding any suspicion they may feel that it is not what the enquirer really needs.
Shareholders and industry watchers can find it difficult to see the true state of a company if they accept the accounts at face value.
tomar forma
take + form
take + shape
assume + form
shape up
The process will take form and crystallize into a framework as we learn more.
We shall, therefore, attempt to illustrate by examples the subject that is currently taking shape under the umbrella term of 'information technology'.
In the nineteenth century, with developments in the book trade and education, popular literature assumed a greater number of different physical forms.
A major war may be shaping up over videotex advertising between cable television operators and the telephone companies.
tomarla con Alguien
turn on + Nombre
She braced herself, afraid that from some obscure motive of propriety or self-protection he would turn on her.
tomar la decisión más acertada dadas las circunstancias
do + the best thing in the circumstances
They have done the best thing in the circumstances.
tomar la delantera
take + a lead
take + an early lead
A proposed constitutional marriage amendment in California has taken a lead in a new statewide poll.
The Democrats took an early lead on the Internet, but now the Republicans are closing the gap.
tomar la iniciativa
seize + the initiative
take + initiative
take + a lead
step up
make + the first move
If libraries are aware of the importance of library networking standards, and are willing to seize the initiative, JANET offers some promising opportunities in the near future.
The Library will continue to take initiative in providing packaged data such as the book forms of the National Union Catalog, Films and Other Materials for Projection, Chinese Cooperative Catalog, and Monographic Series.
A proposed constitutional marriage amendment in California has taken a lead in a new statewide poll.
Another growing group in this annual pro-life event is women who are stepping up to proclaim their regret for their own abortions.
Times have changed and women no longer are expected to wait for a man they're interested in to make the first move.
tomar la iniciativa en + Infinitivo
take + the lead in + Gerundio
Yet, in its own way, the press was taking the lead in putting pressure on the Community to adopt a more practical outlook, and by so doing kept the subject alive in the minds of the public.
tomar la mano
take + Posesivo + hand
She rose, took his hand, wished him well, and quitted the room.
tomar la palabra sin dejar hablar a los demás
hog + the floor
He will be particularly employed, of course, as the chair of the session, seeing that the floor is not hogged by a few articulate public speakers.
tomar la responsabilidad
take + responsibility
In order to support these three elements, and to ensure that schemes are updated it is important to have some organisation which takes responsibility for revision and publication.
tomar las decisiones
call + the shots
be the boss
call + the tune
rule + the roost
set + the agenda
run + the show
The article is entitled 'Who's calling the shots in the semiconductor industry'.
One of the hardest things about being the boss is that no one tells you what you're doing wrong.
As long as we allow other people to pay the piper, they will continue calling the tune in Africa.
Just as the 19th century belonged to England and the 20th century to America, so the 21st century will be China's turn to set the agenda and rule the roost.
Just as the 19th century belonged to England and the 20th century to America, so the 21st century will be China's turn to set the agenda and rule the roost.
This might happen organically as a younger cohort replaces the boomers currently running the show.
tomar las decisiones políticas
set + the political agenda
In America, grey power is setting the political agenda.
tomar las duras con las maduras
take + the bad with the good
Ya gotta take the bad with the good - without pain joy wouldn't feel so good.
tomar las huellas dactilares
fingerprint [finger-print]
They will be fingerprinted and photographed, dressed in prison greens and incarcerated in a gaolhouse next to the clocktower in Raymond St.
tomar las huellas digitales
fingerprint [finger-print]
They will be fingerprinted and photographed, dressed in prison greens and incarcerated in a gaolhouse next to the clocktower in Raymond St.
tomar las riendas
take (over) + the reins
Green Party mayor takes the reins and promises to cut homicide rate.
tomar las riendas del poder
take + the reins of power
Democrats take reins of power in Congress.
tomarle afición a
acquire + a taste for
develop + a taste for
He quickly took a liking to American clothing stores and acquired a taste for fast-food restaurants.
Babies can be made to develop a taste for fruits and vegetables early if their mothers eat these foods while breastfeeding.
tomarle el gusto a
acquire + a taste for
develop + a taste for
He quickly took a liking to American clothing stores and acquired a taste for fast-food restaurants.
Babies can be made to develop a taste for fruits and vegetables early if their mothers eat these foods while breastfeeding.
tomarle el pelo
tease
twit
taunt
make + fun of
rag
rib
pull leg
razz
I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.
Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.
The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.
Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English - it simply means they know another language you probably ignore.
Someone ragged her in college and she hit him.
Finally after I ribbed her for about an hour she said that she'd slashed her wrists because of me.
At first he thought they were pulling his leg and told them to stop pissing him around.
I used to razz her about her fear of food, an unfortunate remnant of her history as a model.
tomarle la palabra a Alguien
take + Nombre + at + Posesivo + word
take + Nombre + at/for + Posesivo + word
Rove said simply that 'Senator Specter is a man of his word, and we'll take him at his word'.
Let's try for a minute to take the religious conservatives at their word and define marriage as the Bible does.
tomar los hábitos
take + vows
The declining number of men and women taking vows has raised questions about this from inside and outside the Catholic church.
tomar medida
take + action step
Indeed, if we were to look again at the life cycle of institutions, what does that mean in terms of action steps that we need to take?.
tomar medidas
follow + steps
take + precaution
take + steps
take + measures
produce + contingency plan
make + contingency plan
apply + measures
undertake + action
To bind a book, or rebind it, one of the steps to follow is to check that the book is complete, ie no pages missing.
For other frequency types, no special precautions need to be taken.
The library staff must then take steps to remedy the damage.
What measures can a library take to protect its stock from theft?.
This author asserts that a contingency plan should be produced in the library to meet disasters.
If a library decides to introduce end user searching, the librarian must make contingency plans for possible user errors such as formatting the hard disc.
There are special measures to be applied by libraries functioning in tropical zones.
Members will not undertake actions that may unfairly or unlawfully jeopardise a candidate's employment.
tomar medidas (contra)
take + action (against)
Measures to prevent such incidents include fitting burglar alarms in libraries and taking quick and decisive action against troublesome users.
tomar medidas correctivas
pose + corrective action
take + corrective action
take + remedial action
In addition, any control system that does not pose corrective actions after deviations occur is little more than an interesting exercise.
Unless corrective action is taken the library will go over the budgeted amount in that category.
In order to overcome theproblem of inaccessibility of the data in the library, it was decided to take remedial action.
tomar medidas demasiado drásticas
throw + the baby out with the bath water
throw + the baby out with the bath water
The article carries the title 'Telecommunications perspectives: `keeping a secret; encryption revisited (or, are we throwing the baby out with the bath water?)'.
The article carries the title 'Telecommunications perspectives: `keeping a secret; encryption revisited (or, are we throwing the baby out with the bath water?)'.
tomar medidas de seguridad
take + safety precautions
It is important that children grow up in a safe environment and learn to constantly take safety precautions in their future lives.
tomar medidas de seguridad más estrictas
tighten + security
Various means of tightening security are outlined which may lead to a decline in the losses of books.
tomar medidas drásticas contra
clamp down on
Film distributors have clamped down on schools which videotape television programmes without licence.
tomar medidas duras contra
crack down on
Private citizens now suffer increased government monitoring of their telephone lines in an attempt to crack down on illegal Internet surfing.
tomar medidas enérgicas contra
crack down on
Private citizens now suffer increased government monitoring of their telephone lines in an attempt to crack down on illegal Internet surfing.
tomar medidas preventivas
take + preventive measures
Books can be slipped so easily into a pocket or handbag that losses are high unless preventive measures are taken.
tomar medidas severas contra
crack down on
Private citizens now suffer increased government monitoring of their telephone lines in an attempt to crack down on illegal Internet surfing.
tomar nota
make + a note
take + note
One of the characteristic features of a post-coordinate indexing system is that searching amounts to more than making a note of the records listed under one index heading.
Before leaving the problems of making a living from bookselling it is interesting to take note of one last set of figures in the surveys which give some details of the sales made by bookshops.
tomar nota de
note
Sometimes the number of tickets issued is noted on the form.
tomar nota mental
take + mental note
make + a mental note
The most minimalist method is simply to take some mental notes for what does and doesn't work on the small screen and keep them in the back of your mind.
You can make mental notes all day long, but they lack the safety features of paper and digital notes.
tomar otra decisión
decision to the contrary
Unless a conscious decision has been made to the contrary, the abstractor should not introduce any new biases or emphases.
tomar otra dirección
branch off + on a side trail
When it becomes evident that the elastic properties of available materials had a great deal to do with the bow, he branches off on a side trail which takes him through textbooks on elasticity.
tomar parte
involve
take + part
become + involved
It recommends the establishment of a centralised Chinese collection by a joint venture involving a charitable trust.
This article lists committees in whose work Soviet delegates took part and outlines results.
There he became involved in cataloging problems and participated in their public discussion.
tomar parte activa
become + involved
get + active
There he became involved in cataloging problems and participated in their public discussion.
The library director does not want to take the chance that by allowing the trustees to get active he might lose partial control of the library operation to an 'outsider'.
tomar parte en
join in
Children, staff, parents, people from the neighborhood are all invited to help, visit, join in the peripheral 'sideshows,' and buy books.
tomar parte en el asunto
be part of the picture
enter + the fray
Not infrequently, unions are also part of the picture, and salary increases are negotiated on an annual basis.
However, by constantly assessing actual and potential customer wants and needs, prioritizing customer markets, and identifying the competition, libraries can (and must) enter the fray of a world that is customer-driven.
tomar partido
take + sides
The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.
tomar partido por
side with
Alex Wilson sides with the librarians who say 'concentrate your book service first and foremost on existing users because expenditure on attracting those with a low motivation is much more costly and likely to be mostly unsuccessful'.
tomar partido por Alguien
side in + Posesivo + favour
If someone does slip on your wet floors and the area is marked correctly with warning signs the court will usually side in your favor.
tomar por asalto
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.
tomar por defecto
default to
If you enter a language which is not available, the system will default to English.
tomar por omisión
default to
If you enter a language which is not available, the system will default to English.
tomar por sorpresa
storm
On October 6, 1976, an angry mob stormed the university to attack students who seemed to threaten the nation.
tomar por término medio
average
Of course, a bookform catalog is always considerably out of date, e.g., the New York Public Library averages six months out of date.
tomar posesión
install [instal, -USA]
Cairo is in uproar following President Mursi's announcement that he will rule by decree until a new parliament is installed.
tomar posesión de un cargo
swear in
take + office
James Hadley Billington was sworn in as the Librarian of Congress on September 14, 1987.
Successful candidates take office at the close of the conference which immediately follows the elections = Los candidatos elegidos tomarán posesión de su cargo al final del congreso que se realice tras las elecciones.
tomar precaución
take + precaution
take + caution
For other frequency types, no special precautions need to be taken.
Caution should be taken if subjects are clothed in tight-fitting swimsuit.
tomar represalias contra
retaliate against
clamp down on
Men's abuse of children is in many instances instrumental in order to coerce or retaliate against women, echoing the Greek myth of Medea who killed her own children to spite her father.
Film distributors have clamped down on schools which videotape television programmes without licence.
tomar represalias contra Alguien
hold + it against
The employee must feel that any problem or complaint will be objectively heard and fairly resolved and that the supervisor will not hold it against the employee or consider him or her a troublemaker.
tomarse a broma [Generalmente con el sentido de "encontrar gracioso" [laugh about] y no de "burlarse" [laugh at/down]]
laugh off
make + fun of
He laughs off most of these stories today as exaggeration but concedes that he had to try every trick in the trade just to make people pay him his legitimate dues in an industry notorious for its unkept promises.
Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English - it simply means they know another language you probably ignore.
tomarse a la ligera
take + lightly
The responsibility of the public library to the community must not be taken lightly.
tomarse Algo a la ligera
take + Nombre + lightly
Deploying a security solution to masses of consumers, especially one that changes the way they are used to banking, is not to be taken lightly.
tomarse Algo a pecho
take to + heart
I think we should all take to heart Lady Wootton's classic cutting of this Gordian knot, when she points out that social workers are not medicos, not psychologists, not sociologists, they are essentially experts in communication, performing a 'middleman' role.
tomarse Algo con calma
take + Posesivo + time
Printers have always liked working on special jobs, putting their best into them and taking their time.
tomarse Algo con humor
take + Nombre + in good humour
Even when their animals, frightened at the unusual sight, shied up a bank or into a field, they took it in good humour.
tomarse Algo de buen grado
take + Nombre + in good humour
Even when their animals, frightened at the unusual sight, shied up a bank or into a field, they took it in good humour.
tomarse Algo en serio
take to + heart
I think we should all take to heart Lady Wootton's classic cutting of this Gordian knot, when she points out that social workers are not medicos, not psychologists, not sociologists, they are essentially experts in communication, performing a 'middleman' role.
tomarse Algo muy en serio
mean + business
Tagan is once again letting its competitors know that they mean business when it comes to external portable storage devices.
tomarse Algo tranquilo
take + Posesivo + time
Printers have always liked working on special jobs, putting their best into them and taking their time.
tomarse a risa [Generalmente con el sentido de "encontrar gracioso" [laugh about] y no de "burlarse" [laugh at/down]]
laugh off
He laughs off most of these stories today as exaggeration but concedes that he had to try every trick in the trade just to make people pay him his legitimate dues in an industry notorious for its unkept promises.
tomarse el tiempo que Uno necesita
take + Posesivo + time
Printers have always liked working on special jobs, putting their best into them and taking their time.
tomarse en serio
take + Nombre + seriously
get + serious
put + stock in
take + stock in
It's not altogether its fault because the critics have been so far more or less characterized as freaks and flakes who are not to be taken seriously.
It's time for governments such as the U.S. to get serious about reducing their carbon dioxide emissions.
He falls hopelessly for her and makes a difficult sacrifice in the hopes of winning her affection, but she's too nihilistic to put any stock in love.
But, luckily, we've ended up better off than we ever have been, probably because it caused us to take stock in what's really important.
tomarse excedencia en el trabajo
take + leave from + employment
John T. Maguire is a Canberra librarian who took leave from employment to study and work as a volunteer librarian at Birzeit University in Palestine.
tomarse + Expresión Temporal + de asuntos propios
take + Expresión Temporal + off
have + Expresión Temporal + off work
Incentives to earn more than a living were few, and if a man could get his bread by less than a whole week's work, he might well take the rest of the time off.
It's quite easy for me to arrange to have the same weeks off work, because I do locum jobs in the library.
tomarse + Expresión Temporal + de permiso en el trabajo
take + Expresión Temporal + off
have + Expresión Temporal + off work
Incentives to earn more than a living were few, and if a man could get his bread by less than a whole week's work, he might well take the rest of the time off.
It's quite easy for me to arrange to have the same weeks off work, because I do locum jobs in the library.
tomarse + Expresión Temporal + de vacaciones
take + Expresión Temporal + off
have + Expresión Temporal + off work
Incentives to earn more than a living were few, and if a man could get his bread by less than a whole week's work, he might well take the rest of the time off.
It's quite easy for me to arrange to have the same weeks off work, because I do locum jobs in the library.
tomarse interés por
take + an interest in
'Let's go to my office,' he enjoined, noticing that the circulation clerks were beginning to take an interest in the dialogue.
tomarse la libertad de
take + the liberty of
I will conclude by taking the liberty of suggesting what in my view she should have said about scepticism.
tomarse la molestia
take + the trouble to
take + the time and effort
take + the time to + Infinitivo
A dilemma facing many librarians and information managers is when it is necessary to take the trouble to create a unique in-house service.
If a patron is willing to take the time and effort to use the library - whether physically or virtually - there may be an economic benefit that the patron receives from that use.
It probably is unnecesary to take the time to recount the uses and wonders of this country's most prominent booktrade journal.
tomarse la revancha tomarse las cosas a la ligera tomarse las cosas con calma tomarse la venganza tomarse libertades tomárselo tomárselo bien tomárselo con calma tomárselo tranquilo tomarse represalias tomarse + Tiempo + de excedencia tomarse un descanso tomarse un descanso de tomarse un día de descanso tomarse un día libre tomarse unos días de asuntos propios tomarse unos días de descanso tomarse unos días de permiso tomarse unos días de permiso en el trabajo tomarse unos días de vacaciones tomarse un respiro tomar tiempo tomar una decisión tomar una decisión sin conocer todos los datos tomar una decisión sin consultar con nadie tomar una dirección tomar una foto tomar una fotografía tomar una opción tomar una postura tomar una postura dura tomar una postura firme tomar una postura intransigente tomar un atajo tomar un atajo por tomar un descanso tomar un desvío tomar un gran riesgo tomar un papel secundario tomar un paso decisivo tomar un tono + Adjetivo tomar un trabajo ventaja del primero en tomar la iniciativa vete a tomar por culo [Eufemismo de fuck off] volver a tomar
get + Posesivo + own back
take + revenge
make + light of things
keep + a cool head
play it + cool
take + one thing at a time
do + one thing at a time
wreak + vengeance upon
take + liberties
take to
take it in + Posesivo + stride
hang + loose
take it + easy
keep + a cool head
play it + cool
hang + loose
take it + easy
pay back
take + Tiempo + off from work
take + Tiempo + off
take + time out
take + Posesivo + break
lie on + Posesivo + oars
rest on + Posesivo + oars
take + a break
get + a/some rest
have + a/some rest
take + a/some rest
take + a split from
take + a day off
have + a rest day
take + a rest day
take + a day off
take + time off
take + time out
take + time off work
take + a break from work
take + a leave of absence
take + time off
take + time out
take + time off work
take + time off
take + time out
take + time off work
lie on + Posesivo + oars
rest on + Posesivo + oars
take + a break
take + a breather
take + time
take + long
make + decision
make + judgement
take + a decision
reach + decision
make up + Posesivo + (own) mind
adopt + decision
make + uninformed decision
take it upon + Reflexivo + to
take + direction
snap + the camera
take + photo
take + picture
take + shot
take up + option
take + viewpoint
adopt + a stance
take + position
take + a stance
take + a tough stance
take + a stand (against)
take + a hard stand
take + a shortcut
cut across
take + a breather
take + a break from work
detour
take + a detour
make + a detour
play (for) + high stakes
play (for) + high stakes
take + a back seat
take + the plunge
take on + Adjetivo + character
take up + a job
first-mover advantage
fuck off
eff off
regain
retake
Maria always takes the most horrific pics of me - so I got my own back by taking a video of her having a poo in a public toilet!.
The very same people who had caused him all this anguish, were suddenly delivered right into his hands, finally giving him an opportunity to take revenge.
A pert nose reveals a cheeky, fun-loving person, someone who knows how to make light of things.
To be a successful crane driver, you must have self-control and be able to keep a cool head in critical situations.
Meeting someone for the first time can be nerve-wracking, but so can trying to balance your eagerness with your need to play it cool when you're in a dating relationship.
There are times that I need to remind myself that I need to take one thing at a time.
Doing one thing at a time is more efficient and mentally healthier for me.
Here was an opportunity to wreak vengeance upon him for his treatment of Kate Lespran.
Some authors are taking liberties with the oral tradition of storytelling and are changing the tales' all-important patterns.
Who knows how the pony will take to it, or if she will even enjoy the discipline that your friend wants to train her for.
William was disappointed with the news but took it in stride and followed his doctors' orders.
I have to hand it to you, maybe you've got some booze in you or maybe you just like to hang loose, but you put on quite a show.
The next morning I wasn't sore at all (since I had taken it easy) but both Jason and I had second-degree sun and wind burns.
To be a successful crane driver, you must have self-control and be able to keep a cool head in critical situations.
Meeting someone for the first time can be nerve-wracking, but so can trying to balance your eagerness with your need to play it cool when you're in a dating relationship.
I have to hand it to you, maybe you've got some booze in you or maybe you just like to hang loose, but you put on quite a show.
The next morning I wasn't sore at all (since I had taken it easy) but both Jason and I had second-degree sun and wind burns.
They may watch over their shoulders because someday someone may pay them back for what they did to little Peter because the judicial system certainly won't.
This article recounts the experience of a director of public libraries in the USA who took a year off from work.
The author offers suggestions for taking a year off through library job exchanges and study programmes in foreign countries.
It is therefore important that a manager takes time out to improve communication weaknesses.
The lounge, where employees take their breaks and lunch, is across the corridor from the office in a space 20x18 feet.
But that is no reason for lying on our oars and refusing to see that our service is full of absurdities and mistakes.
While we can be proud of what we have achieved I believe resting on our oars is a sure recipe for failure.
It is hard to beat going for a walk as a way to take a break.
His doctors have ordered him to get some rest.
It is worth doing nothing and having a rest; in spite of all the difficulty.
She said that on top of bronchitis, I was dealing with a virus that just did not want to go away and I needed to take a rest.
As a result of active schedule and lengthy working hours every person seek to take a split from their regular occupation.
According to John Brandt, in Britain, it was customary, in the 18th and the early 19th centuries, to allow the servants to take the day off on Mothering Sundays = Según John Brandt, en Gran Bretaña era costumbre, en el siglo 18 y principios del 19, permitirles a los sirvientes tomarse el día de la madre de descanso.
Depending on arrival time you will have choice of visiting nearby sanctuaries or have a rest day.
Taking a rest day from exercising is not the end of the world.
According to John Brandt, in Britain, it was customary, in the 18th and the early 19th centuries, to allow the servants to take the day off on Mothering Sundays = Según John Brandt, en Gran Bretaña era costumbre, en el siglo 18 y principios del 19, permitirles a los sirvientes tomarse el día de la madre de descanso.
One of the senior librarians took time off without permission and refuses to discuss it = Uno de los bibliotecarios de rango superior se tomó unas vacaciones sin permiso y se niega a hablar de ello.
It is therefore important that a manager takes time out to improve communication weaknesses.
The law automatically gives you rights to take time off work in certain circumstances.
By planning together, clarifying responsibilities, and by sometimes taking a break from work together, staff have increased departmental productivity by 57 percent.
In an emergency situation when someone is ill or must take a leave of absence, sometimes the best help available will come from librarians who are able to work only part time.
One of the senior librarians took time off without permission and refuses to discuss it = Uno de los bibliotecarios de rango superior se tomó unas vacaciones sin permiso y se niega a hablar de ello.
It is therefore important that a manager takes time out to improve communication weaknesses.
The law automatically gives you rights to take time off work in certain circumstances.
One of the senior librarians took time off without permission and refuses to discuss it = Uno de los bibliotecarios de rango superior se tomó unas vacaciones sin permiso y se niega a hablar de ello.
It is therefore important that a manager takes time out to improve communication weaknesses.
The law automatically gives you rights to take time off work in certain circumstances.
But that is no reason for lying on our oars and refusing to see that our service is full of absurdities and mistakes.
While we can be proud of what we have achieved I believe resting on our oars is a sure recipe for failure.
It is hard to beat going for a walk as a way to take a break.
Though we should bear in mind that a talk needs moments of relaxation, when we forget the main topic for a short time while our minds 'take a breather' and we recoup our energy.
The drawbacks of this form are its limited flexibility, and the time taken in maintenance.
A longer abstract can help in the finer points of selection, but will take longer to write and also longer to scan.
However, once a decision has been made to group similar types of entries other difficulties emerge in defining the categories.
Human indexers sometimes make inappropriate judgements, misinterpret ideas, have lapses of memory or concentration, and generate omissions and inconsistencies in their indexing.
It is becoming urgently necessary for libraries to take a decision as to their role in information dissemination.
From a social point of view, information technology promises changes in the way we communicate and reach decisions.
Like a good introducer, the author leads students to the text, presents the difficulties and alternatives, and then retreats to allow them to make up their own mind.
The European Commission has issued a time schedule for measures which will follow the decisions adopted = La Comisión Europea ha publicado un calendario de las medidas que se tomarán trás las decisiones adoptadas.
There is a concern that when presented too many information options, the individual begins to avoid being informed, and to relieve the anxiety, makes an uninformed decision.
In return, the young librarian took it upon himself to design an entire section of the second floor to be the domain of young adult.
In the next chapter we look at how this development came about and the directions it has taken.
Often it would be advantageous to be able to snap the camera and to look at the picture immediately.
She is about 53 years old in this photo and she was released from gaol in 1931, three years after this photo was taken.
It takes pictures 3 millimeter square, later to be projected or enlarged, which after all involves only a factor of 10 beyond the present practice.
When using manual focus, you are more likely to take out-of-focus shots.
If the option is taken up, the system automatically expands the search by adding to the original query.
Whatever viewpoint is taken, it is difficult to dispute the significance of AACR1.
While librarians must not be overly censorious in their classification, they should not adopt a completely relativist stance that would absolve the profession of all responsibility.
They took the position that it is not important to bring together the editions of a map.
Consortia are essential to take a joint stance in negotiations with publishers.
He has signalled he will take a tough stance on prickly issues such as outsourcing, and limits on exports of sensitive technology.
When the profession once more brought censorship under the spotlight in the 70s, it was less critical and more loath to take a stand.
In order to reverse the proliferation of high-priced journals, subscribers must take a hard stand.
Never take a shortcut in life, take the long route because you pick up more experiences on the way.
He looked up and saw two figures cutting across the field, a colored man and woman, each carrying a bottle.
Though we should bear in mind that a talk needs moments of relaxation, when we forget the main topic for a short time while our minds 'take a breather' and we recoup our energy.
By planning together, clarifying responsibilities, and by sometimes taking a break from work together, staff have increased departmental productivity by 57 percent.
Eastbound traffic will be detoured as a result of the road works.
A woman struggled to survive when she found herself at the mercy of a psychopathic killer after taking a detour into the backwoods outside New York City.
He was then forced to return the aircraft to Manchester airport after making a detour over the North Sea.
The article 'Playing for high stakes' discusses the effects of the current recession on US publishers.
The article 'Playing for high stakes' discusses the effects of the current recession on US publishers.
Eventually, teachers should be able to 'hand the chalk over to the students' and take a back seat.
The article is entitled 'Internet access to OCLC: should the smaller library take the Internet plunge?'.
They took on the unusual character of a great and impassioned national debate of the relative merits of the existing finding catalog and the alternative proposed by Panizzi and his associates.
Junior doctors will spend a minimum of four working days shadowing the job that they will be taking up from this summer.
In order to explain Shell's dominance in Nigeria, the article proposes to utilize the concept of a 'first-mover advantage'.
With all the pandering shitheads in politics today, it's so refreshing to see some one who will just say 'fuck off, don't bother me'.
The next time that happens, if he wants to tell the TV presenter to eff off, I'm quite happy with that.
Once he regained his weight, he began to play like he did in 2006, when he won the tournament.
Minister Ashkir said the Somali government will 'even use foreign troops to retake Kismayo'.
