Acose in english
Harass
pronunciation: hɜræs part of speech: verb
pronunciation: hɜræs part of speech: verb
In gestures
acosar = plague ; press upon ; bait ; besiege ; harass ; bully ; dog ; persecute ; hound ; nag (at) ; pelt ; pressurise [pressurize, -USA] ; importune ; pester ; nobble ; stalk ; bedevil ; bear down (up)on ; harry ; breathe down + Posesivo + neck ; sledge ; pressure ; chivvy [chivy] ; dun ; badger ; bend + Posesivo + ear.
Example: Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.Example: For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.Example: I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.Example: Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.Example: I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.Example: The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.Example: The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.Example: Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.Example: Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.Example: This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.Example: Every day, Internet users are pelted with spam, hoaxes, urban legends, and scams - in other words, untrustworthy data.Example: Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.Example: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Example: And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.Example: He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.Example: So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.Example: The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.Example: And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.Example: They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.Example: They have to realize that their kids are grown up and can make their own decisions and don't need their parents breathing down their necks anymore.Example: The batsman were sledged beyond words, harassed and were pressured into making mistakes.Example: I know she has difficulty talking about their breakup and I didn't want to pressure her or put her in an awkward situation.Example: To be fair, she was being chivvied by some atheists over some other comment she had made on a talk show.Example: Someone applied for credit cards in my name and besides being dunned by collection agencies, my credit is ruined.Example: My employer is bullying and badgering me and trying to either make me quit or fire me.Example: She was the person that others would search out to bend her ear and many times they would not be able to walk away without a hug and an encouraging word.more:
» acosar a/con preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions ; grill ; bombard + Nombre + with questions .
Example: She spent long hours in a cramped conference room, her fractured ankle propped on a trash can, as lawyers took turns peppering her with questions. Example: The police would like to grill her, but she steadfastly refuses to say anything. Example: The students grabbed the opportunity to bombard her with questions and came away inspired by her humility and her humour.» espectáculo en el que perros acosan a un oso = bear-baiting .
Example: By modern morality, the sport of bear-baiting is a repugnant form of blood sport: a bear would be chained to a post in the ring, still able to move, but not escape, and dogs would be set on the animal.» problema + acosar = problem + dog .
Example: The author describes the many problems and difficulties which dogged the building of the Library right up until the start of construction in summer 75.