Encontrado in english
pronunciation: faʊnd part of speech: verb
encontrado1 = conflicting.
Example: As is the way with these things there were two conflicting criticisms levelled at the joint code.more:
» emociones encontradas = mixed emotions .
Example: Whether you've spent years trying, or are facing an unplanned pregnancy, you may find yourself feeling mixed emotions about pregnancy.» intereses encontrados = competing interests .
Example: We are not aiming at eradicating competing interests -- they are almost inevitable.» opiniones encontradas = conflicting views .
Example: Finding the truth is difficult when we're faced with conflicting views from thousands of media and Internet sources.» sentimientos encontrados = mixed emotions .
Example: Whether you've spent years trying, or are facing an unplanned pregnancy, you may find yourself feeling mixed emotions about pregnancy.encontrado2
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» desechos encontrados en la playa = jetsam ; flotsam and jetsam ; flotsam .
Example: She continued to look about the beach, picking up the odd piece of jetsam and inspecting it, before discarding it as unsuitable. Example: I refuse to accept the idea that we are mere flotsam and jetsam in a river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which surround us. Example: The boat was completely wrecked and lots of flotsam had washed ashore in amongst the rocks.» encontrado comúnmente = commonly-found .
Example: This resource book presents 37 behavioral experiments that can be performed with commonly-found classroom animals including hamsters, gerbils, mice, goldfish, guppies, lizards, kittens, and puppies = Este cuaderno de prácticas contiene 37 experimentos conductistas que se pueden realizar con animales que comúnmente se usan en los laboratorios de las escuelas como los hámsters, jerbos, ratones, peces de colores, lebistes, lagartijas, gatitos y cachorros.» encontrado hasta ahora = yet found .
Example: The oldest space dust yet found on Earth suggests that the ancient atmosphere of Earth had significantly more oxygen than previously thought.» escoria encontrada en la playa = jetsam .
Example: She continued to look about the beach, picking up the odd piece of jetsam and inspecting it, before discarding it as unsuitable.encontrar = dig up ; encounter ; find ; locate ; spot ; trace ; track ; turn up ; find + Posesivo + way to ; disinter ; ferret out ; root out ; lay + Posesivo + hands on ; come by ; track down ; sniff out ; come up with ; walk into ; get + Posesivo + hands on.
Example: The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.Example: This simple observation also goes some of the way towards explaining the variety of tools, methods and systems which are encountered in the organisation knowledge.Example: Wherever abstracts are found they are included to save the user's time in information gathering and selection.Example: This order suffices for a list whose purpose is to identify and locate documents, whose bibliographic details are already known.Example: When all necessary amendments have been spotted, edit the draft abstract and make any improvements to the style that are possible.Example: The author approach remains an important means of tracing a specific document.Example: The index fields are used for tracking annual indexes.Example: Although I have not done a complete analytical search of library literature for discussions of the structures of catalogs, preliminary searches have turned up little except for historical discussions.Example: He found his way quickly and easily to the materials he needed.Example: Tests such as this one will often disinter the real citation intended but it is a time consuming task.Example: As a rule analysts are left on their own to ferret out useful and appropriate areas to be investigated.Example: The article has the title 'Rooting out journals on the Net'.Example: It is, therefore, expedient to look into history to lay hands on the root of the problem.Example: This article shows how teachers came by such information and the use they made it of in their work.Example: In stepping away from the genre's glamorous robberies and flashy lifestyle, this stealthy, potent movie tracks down the British gangster icon to its inevitable end.Example: The researchers involved say that dogs have an uncanny ability to sniff out lung and breast cancer in its early stages of development.Example: Derfer corroborated her: 'I'd be very proud of you if you could come up with the means to draft a model collection development policy'.Example: He is presented in the movie as a somewhat comical character, with a lumbering but pleasant clumsiness as he walks through doors and into furniture.Example: The stars aligned perfectly, and one of my best friends was able to get her hands on some of the best seats I've ever had at a concert.more:
» buscar y encontrar = match .
Example: The notation must be easy for users to remember, write, type and match.» difícil de encontrar = hard-to-find .
Example: To facilitate access to hard-to-find materials the library staff produces 3 indexes.» dificultad + encontrarse = difficulty + lie .
Example: The difficulty of timetabling, staffing rotas etc. lies principally in the numerous drafts which usually have to be made to produce the final version.» el que lo encuentre se lo queda (y el que pierda que se aguante) = finders keepers (, losers weepers) .
Example: Results suggest that people endorse a 'losers weepers' norm more often than they do a 'finders keepers' or 'share and share alike' norm, although all were endorsed.» encontrar aceptación = find + favour ; find + acceptance ; find + a home .
Example: Menu-based information retrieval system have found favour because of their apparent simplicity. Example: In the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 1st edition, microforms are treated as books and Brian Enright coined the term metabook in an attempt to solve this problem, but the term did not find wide acceptance = En la primera edición de las Reglas de Catalogación Angloamericanas, las microformas de trataban como libros y Brian Enright acuñó el término metalibro para intentar resolver el problema, pero el término no encontró aceptación. Example: It has become apparent that videodisc technology is finding a home among the designers and developers of health-related information systems = Es obvio que la tecnología del videodisco está encontrando un hueco entre los diseñadores y desarrolladores de los sistemas de información relacionados con la salud.» encontrar + Adjetivo + de + Infinitivo = find it + Adjetivo + to + Infinitivo .
Example: Many searchers find it convenient to store search results in a disk file.» encontrar afinidades = find + common ground .
Example: By discovering what they read teacher/librarian and pupil find common ground, a point of departure for the child, into the unfamiliar.» encontrar Algo demasiado difícil = be out of + Posesivo + league .
Example: Every leader faces them: times when they are out of their league, times when they feel like a fish out of water.» encontrar Algo difícil = have + a hard time ; have + a tough time ; have + a rough time ; have + a rough ride .
Example: Scholars are going to have a hard time finding that reference. Example: He had a tough time lugging his lumpy, oversized travelbag onto the plane and stuffing it in the overhead bin. Example: I've been having a rough time these past two months getting over a breakup. Example: They have had a rough ride, but Austrian sweet wines are back with a vengeance.» encontrar alojamiento = find + a home .
Example: This service concentrated on helping people to purchase houses and to find jobs and homes outside London.» encontrar aplicación práctica = find + application .
Example: In various guises, the basic concepts have found application in the design of a number of special classification schemes.» encontrar asombroso = find + surprising .
Example: He drinks weak coffee (I find surprising for a cowboy) and some of his sayings I like the best could not be printed.» encontrar casa = find + a home .
Example: This service concentrated on helping people to purchase houses and to find jobs and homes outside London.» encontrar confortable = find + comfortable .
Example: 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.» encontrar consuelo = find + solace .
Example: Emotions drive our eating behavior so much so that, when push comes to shove, many of us find solace in food.» encontrar consuelo en/con = find + consolation in/with .
Example: Her family is a typical one too -- her father occasionally crooks the elbow, while her Mother finds consolation in religion.» encontrar cosas comunes = find + common ground .
Example: By discovering what they read teacher/librarian and pupil find common ground, a point of departure for the child, into the unfamiliar.» encontrar defectos = fault .
Example: What I would really like to fault her on is not her views on the role of the federal government but on her simplistic view of the online catalog.» encontrar defectos en = find + fault with ; see + faults in ; pick + holes in .
Example: I will add that since I have been working with the access LC provides to materials on women, a basic fault that I have found with LC subject cataloging is the absence of specificity. Example: After having read many novels by many different authors, one gets less partisan, one is able to see faults even in one's favorites. Example: This week the frontline blogosphere has been picking holes in Government policy and wondering whether Ministers are reckless or are pushing a hidden agenda.» encontrar defectos en todo = pick + holes in everything .
Example: She appears to be picking holes in everything that I do, and it is hard because I am trying to be a loving sister towards her.» encontrar difícil = find + Nombre + difficult ; find + Nombre + hard .
Example: If your child has a stiff neck, she may find it difficult to touch her chest with her chin. Example: A holiday is a possible alternative to a study tour, but the disadvantage is that the student may find it harder to meet librarians.» encontrar difícil de explicar = be hard put to explain .
Example: The librarian searching for material on pop festivals who finds three substantial reports listed in the annual Government publications may be hard put to explain why he looked in such an apparently unlikely source.» encontrar difícil + Infinitivo = find it hard to + Infinitivo ; find it difficult to + Infinitivo .
Example: I have all too often heard 'I am supposed to write a term paper on the architecture of the Cathedral of Florence and I looked in the catalog and couldn't find anything'; users find it hard to believe such precision would not be used. Example: I don't want to sound rude but over the past few months I've been finding it more and more difficult to move my bowels, to put it politely.» encontrar dificultades = encounter + difficulties ; encounter + limitations .
Example: This article discusses the terms of reference and aims of the project, the difficulties encountered in the creation of a centre for the whole of Latin America, and growth and termination of the UNESCO Technical Assistance Mission. Example: The difficulties and limitations encountered in moving from print to electronic publishing are highlighted.» encontrar divertido = feel + amused .
Example: We even react as though it were all happening to us by feeling sad or happy, frightened or angry, amused or scandalized, and so on.» encontrar eco en = find + echo in .
Example: Many of the views of the public librarians surveyed here find echoes in prescriptive studies about the advantages of weeding.» encontrar el camino = wayfinding ; wind + Posesivo + way .
Example: The author identifies the architectural barriers in library buildings facing disabled users with particular reference to wayfinding and the provision of suitable signage. Example: Polaris has long been an important star to sailors of old winding their way over the oceans by night.» encontrar el camino a = find + Posesivo + way to .
Example: He found his way quickly and easily to the materials he needed.» encontrar el camino de vuelta = find + Posesivo + way back .
Example: It seems that classification is like nature: if you drive her out with a pitchfork, she will soon find her way back.» encontrar el dinero = come up with + the money .
Example: The sale fell through recently, after the buyer was unable to come up with the money.» encontrar el equilibrio = strike + the right note .
Example: It is worth some time and trouble to strike the right note of pride and frugality.» encontrar el equilibro justo = strike + the right balance .
Example: We therefore have to strike the right balance if we are not to deprive the waste pickers of their income.» encontrar el modo de = find + a way of/to ; come up with + a way to ; devise + a way to/of .
Example: They simply must find new ways of storing and retrieving that information more rapidly and more concisely in ways that can compete with the commercial challengers. Example: I gave it a lot of thought but sadly I couldn't come up with a way to go about it. Example: The author considers the need to devise a way of addressing unforeseen problems.» encontrar el modo de paliar un problema = find + a way (a)round a problem .
Example: Opportunities for innovation come from unexpected successes or unexpected failures and that ways round problems in dealing with innovation must be found.» encontrar el modo de regresar = find + Posesivo + way back .
Example: It seems that classification is like nature: if you drive her out with a pitchfork, she will soon find her way back.» encontrar el punto medio = strike + the right note .
Example: It is worth some time and trouble to strike the right note of pride and frugality.» encontrar el sentido de = make + sense from/out of .
Example: Trying to reason out or make sense from an obsessive thought usually only strengthens the thought.» encontrar el tiempo = make + an opportunity .
Example: He said that if he is put back into power he will make an opportunity for dialogue with other political forces in the country.» encontrar el valor = find + courage .
Example: The film is about one woman who finds the courage to confront her demons and make peace with her past.» encontrar en abundancia = find + in abundance .
Example: Non-musical sound recordings are to be found in abundance covering such items as poetry readings, plays, children's stories and 'talking books' for the blind.» encontrar evidencias = find + evidence .
Example: No clear evidence was found to indicate that Roman Iberia had public libraries similar to those established elsewhere in the empire.» encontrar excusas = find + excuses .
Example: There are two kinds of person: one who finds excuses, one who finds a way.» encontrar expresión = find + expression .
Example: The majority of respondents to the study believe that SLIS are offering a type of education that rarely find expression elsewhere.» encontrar gracioso = laugh about [Generalmente con el sentido de "encontrar gracioso" [laugh off] y no de "burlarse" [laugh at/down]] .
Example: If you are going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.» encontrar gran placer en = find + great pleasure in .
Example: I find great pleasure in using color out of context to express emotion and to entertain the viewer.» encontrar hasta en la sopa = a bad penny always turns up ; turn up like + a bad penny ; look what the cat (has) dragged in! .
Example: However, like my professor likes to say, 'A bad penny always turns up'. Example: To make matters worse, Rebecca seems to be after Mark, turning up like a bad penny at every social event that he and Bridget are attending. Example: When I said hello he turned to his gaggle of friends and said 'look what the cat dragged in!' or something lame like that.» encontrar humor en = find + humour in .
Example: Shrigley finds humour in flat depictions of the inconsequential, the unavailing and the bizarre -- although he is far fonder of violent or otherwise disquieting subject matter.» encontrar información = dredge up + information .
Example: It is never, however, easy to dredge up information on the exact scope of ephemera collections.» encontrar inspiración (en) = find + inspiration (in) .
Example: Whether being battered by the surf or swimming through the gentle undulating surface of lakes, I find inspiration in the movement of water.» encontrar justificación = build + a case for .
Example: Then, with a kind of energetic abruptness, Bough said that they could try to build a case for keeping the budget intact.» encontrar la forma de = devise + a way to/of ; come up with + a way to ; find + a way of/to .
Example: The author considers the need to devise a way of addressing unforeseen problems. Example: I gave it a lot of thought but sadly I couldn't come up with a way to go about it. Example: They simply must find new ways of storing and retrieving that information more rapidly and more concisely in ways that can compete with the commercial challengers.» encontrar la fórmula para = take + the guesswork out of [Literalmente significa "eliminar la necesidad de tener que hacer Algo a base de conjeturas"] .
Example: Sports physiology can be used to take much of the guesswork out of training and performance.» encontrar la horma de + Posesivo + zapato = meet + Posesivo + match .
Example: As many people now know, text messages roaming around the grapevine such as 'the lady finally met her match' is for real.» encontrar la manera de = come up with + a way to ; devise + a way to/of ; find + a way of/to .
Example: I gave it a lot of thought but sadly I couldn't come up with a way to go about it. Example: The author considers the need to devise a way of addressing unforeseen problems. Example: They simply must find new ways of storing and retrieving that information more rapidly and more concisely in ways that can compete with the commercial challengers.» encontrar la muerte = meet + Posesivo + demise ; meet + Posesivo + death ; meet + Posesivo + fate ; meet + Posesivo + destiny ; come by + Posesivo + death .
Example: Circled in red is the approximate location where the young woman is said to have met her demise in the parking lot, with the words 'crime scene'. Example: About three months ago a woman about thirty-two years old met her death in a suicide bomb attack near a bus stop. Example: It is dedicated to the lost soul of a poor girl who met her fate too soon in strange circumstances. Example: In April 1656 she would meet her destiny on the shores of Western Australia when it crashed onto the reef and broke in two immediately. Example: How she came by her death I do not know, but I am sure that he had made her life a misery to her.» encontrar la paz = find + Posesivo + peace .
Example: She says she's had to remove herself from the chaos of the fashion industry -- and be a little bit unfashionable -- to find her peace.» encontrar la paz interior = find + Posesivo + inner peace .
Example: She's is a perfect example of someone who has found her inner peace living away from the distractions of the city.» encontrar la realización de Uno = be + Posesivo + big scene .
Example: For the reference librarian his big scene is the reference search: the trap to be avoided here is over-playing.» encontrar la salida a = find + a/the way out of .
Example: These descriptions are seen as a key factor to finding a way out of the growing problems of traversing an ever expanding Web.» encontrar la suerte = find + Posesivo + luck ; find + Posesivo + good fortune .
Example: I really hope she finds her luck, her happyness, her love. and someone who loves her for herself and not for her fame. Example: So at the age of seventeen he left his friends and family to find his good fortune which he was sure existed somewhere in the world.» encontrar la valentía = find + courage .
Example: The film is about one woman who finds the courage to confront her demons and make peace with her past.» encontrar la verdad = find + the truth .
Example: Finding the truth is difficult when we're faced with conflicting views from thousands of media and Internet sources.» encontrarle defectos a todo = nitpick .
Example: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.» encontrarle el truco a Algo = have + a handle on ; get + a handle on .
Example: 'I sure wish I had a better handle on this contract language,' he said. Example: Children get a handle on personal responsibility by holding a library card of their own, a card that gives them access to new worlds.» encontrarle el truquillo a Algo = have + a handle on ; get + a handle on .
Example: 'I sure wish I had a better handle on this contract language,' he said. Example: Children get a handle on personal responsibility by holding a library card of their own, a card that gives them access to new worlds.» encontrarle faltas a todo = nitpick .
Example: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.» encontrar limitaciones = encounter + limitations .
Example: The difficulties and limitations encountered in moving from print to electronic publishing are highlighted.» encontrar muy difícil = be hard-pushed to [Hacer algo] .
Example: And even if you are very well traveled, you will be hard-pushed to think of a place with more interior designers and furniture shops than here.» encontrar oposición = meet with + opposition ; find + opposition .
Example: The ruling, which spells out academic requirements for athletes who play at universities, has met with much opposition, the primary criticism being that the ruling is racially discriminatory. Example: Some librarians have found opposition to the setting up of 'alternative rooms' containing 'movement publications and trade books on women's and gay liberation, the third world, imperialism, yoga, rock music, the draft, prisons, the counter-culture, communes, social change'.» encontrar partidarios = find + friends .
Example: It is the ideology which was urged against Panizzi and was cogently disproved by him before the Royal Commission but whose seductive simplicity has always found friends to keep it alive.» encontrar pegas = find + excuses .
Example: There are two kinds of person: one who finds excuses, one who finds a way.» encontrar pegas con = find + fault with ; pick + holes in .
Example: I will add that since I have been working with the access LC provides to materials on women, a basic fault that I have found with LC subject cataloging is the absence of specificity. Example: This week the frontline blogosphere has been picking holes in Government policy and wondering whether Ministers are reckless or are pushing a hidden agenda.» encontrar pegas con todo = pick + holes in everything .
Example: She appears to be picking holes in everything that I do, and it is hard because I am trying to be a loving sister towards her.» encontrar petróleo = strike + oil .
Example: Israel has struck oil again, this time off the Tel Aviv coast.» encontrar placer = find + delight ; find + enjoyment .
Example: There is a new profession of trail blazers, those who find delight in the task of establishing useful trails through the enourmous mass of records. Example: Come to reading willingly, seeking many pleasures from books, and you soon find enjoyment.» encontrar por casualidad = come across ; chance on/upon ; stumble on(to) ; stumble across ; run across ; light on/upon ; alight on/upon .
Example: In a jumble of old papers I recently came across the photograph of a young man striding through a classroom door. Example: He declared that he had chanced on the name while searching the map for a name that would sound appropriately southern Italian. Example: While trying to figure out ways to cut fat from my diet, I stumbled on a great basic nonfat salad dressing that is terrific all by itself. Example: I stumbled across it while zapping through the channels and it seemed like a 'real' documentary. Example: Months after I stopped taking the painkillers I ran across them under the sink. Example: After years of experimenting, he lighted upon Velcro, which was patented in 1952 and was directly inspired by the natural hooked design of the burdock seeds. Example: About 1,000 years ago, Taoist monks in China alighted upon the recipe for gunpowder -- accidentally, it's believed.» encontrar + Posesivo + destino = meet + Posesivo + fate ; meet + Posesivo + destiny ; meet + Posesivo + destiny .
Example: It is dedicated to the lost soul of a poor girl who met her fate too soon in strange circumstances. Example: In 1953, after saving for three years, she sailed alone to England to meet her destiny. Example: In April 1656 she would meet her destiny on the shores of Western Australia when it crashed onto the reef and broke in two immediately.» encontrar + Posesivo + lugar = find + Posesivo + place ; find + Posesivo + home .
Example: I'm just a lonely girl trying to find her place in this world but failing miserably and causing everyone around me pain. Example: She majored in Economics and was in the corporate world before finding her home in higher education.» encontrar + Posesivo + propio techo = find + Posesivo + own roof .
Example: My friend's boyfriend picked me up at the airport and he let me crashed at his place until I can find my own roof.» encontrar + Posesivo + sitio = find + a home ; find + Posesivo + place ; find + Posesivo + home .
Example: It has become apparent that videodisc technology is finding a home among the designers and developers of health-related information systems = Es obvio que la tecnología del videodisco está encontrando un hueco entre los diseñadores y desarrolladores de los sistemas de información relacionados con la salud. Example: I'm just a lonely girl trying to find her place in this world but failing miserably and causing everyone around me pain. Example: She majored in Economics and was in the corporate world before finding her home in higher education.» encontrar pruebas = find + evidence .
Example: No clear evidence was found to indicate that Roman Iberia had public libraries similar to those established elsewhere in the empire.» encontrar refugio = find + refuge .
Example: Ontario has become an international 'penal colony' for alleged Italian Mafia figures who find refuge here untouched by Canadian law.» encontrarse = occur ; be positioned ; reside ; stand (up)on ; come upon ; be poised [Normalmente usado para referirse a una situación incierta, difícil o complicada] ; find + Reflexivo .
Example: In DOBIS/LIBIS, this occurs only when entering multiple surnames. Example: The cursor is always positioned at the beginning of the first field in which input can be made. Example: Column ten is the CD-ROM disc number on which the MARC record resides. Example: Thus, as we stand on the threshold of what is undoubtedly a new era in catalog control, it is worth considering to what extent the traditional services of the Library will continue in the forms now available. Example: The term Hyptertext generaly describes a medium wherein a reader can study a particular document and, coming upon a word or phrase that he or she does not understand, open a second document that provides further information. Example: We are all aware of the nature of the threshold on which the catalog -- that often maligned instrument that spells the difference between the library as a chaotic warehouse of recorded artifacts and a coherent collection of information organized for efficient access -- is poised. Example: She took a shine to Sheldon, and before he knows what has happened, the misanthropic physicist finds himself with a girlfriend.» encontrarse abierto = stand + open .
Example: She crept on and peering around the end of the fence behind the laundry, he saw that a gate stood open leading into the yard.» encontrarse acorralado = find + Reflexivo + in a tight corner .
Example: The hapless girl found herself in a tight corner and eventually sought solace in suicide.» encontrarse a gusto = be at ease ; feel at + ease .
Example: In all public contacts, one strives to maintain a basic level of social graces by deploying the force and warmth of one's personality to ensure that the other person is at ease. Example: Lisa lay back, her hair spilling across the pillow, without a stitch on, wondering how she could feel so completely at ease with him.» encontrarse ante una disyuntiva = stumble into + a predicament ; run into + a predicament .
Example: At the time he was conscious of but one thing -- that he had stumbled into a predicament which might easily cost him his life. Example: I usually am able to figure out everything on my own, but I've run into a predicament recently and I'd like to get some opinions on it.» encontrarse ante un dilema = stumble into + a predicament ; run into + a predicament .
Example: At the time he was conscious of but one thing -- that he had stumbled into a predicament which might easily cost him his life. Example: I usually am able to figure out everything on my own, but I've run into a predicament recently and I'd like to get some opinions on it.» encontrarse ante un reto = in the face of + challenge .
Example: In the face of these challenges, developing nations start from a position of weakness, based on low levels of capital formation and rapid population growth.» encontrarse cara a cara = come + face to face .
Example: If they come face to face in a fight to death, is it really that hard to imagine who would win?.» encontrarse cara a cara con = stand + face-to-face with .
Example: Inching his way forward among hundreds of well-wishers, he at last stood face-to-face with the President.» encontrarse cómodo = be at ease ; feel at + ease .
Example: In all public contacts, one strives to maintain a basic level of social graces by deploying the force and warmth of one's personality to ensure that the other person is at ease. Example: Lisa lay back, her hair spilling across the pillow, without a stitch on, wondering how she could feel so completely at ease with him.» encontrarse como nuevo = be (as) right as rain ; feel (as) + right as rain .
Example: Essentially this novel is about being right as rain for nearly a whole lifetime in a country full of light and sun, and tremendous goodwill. Example: Feeling right as rain for a change, he felt a slight smile tug on his lips.» encontrarse con = meet ; run into ; cross + Posesivo + path ; cross + paths with ; come across ; run across .
Example: Stopping a few miles north of where the Lewark meets the great Modoc River in what is now called the American midwest, they constructed a humble cabin and began trading with river men and friendly Indians. Example: If they were watching the nimble movements of a compositor as he gathered the types from the hundred and fifty-two boxes of his case, they would run into a ream of wetted paper weighted down with paving stones. Example: Based on hundreds of interviews with Hollywood's power players, she weaves Eisner's story together with those who have crossed his path. Example: Some of you old timers are likely stealing a smile as you read this, tinking that you were lucky not to have crossed paths with him. Example: In a jumble of old papers I recently came across the photograph of a young man striding through a classroom door. Example: Months after I stopped taking the painkillers I ran across them under the sink.» encontrarse (con) = meet up (with) .
Example: Try to meet up with them, and share the experience of your first IFLA conference.» encontrarse con = meet ; run into ; cross + Posesivo + path ; cross + paths with ; come across ; run across .
Example: Stopping a few miles north of where the Lewark meets the great Modoc River in what is now called the American midwest, they constructed a humble cabin and began trading with river men and friendly Indians. Example: If they were watching the nimble movements of a compositor as he gathered the types from the hundred and fifty-two boxes of his case, they would run into a ream of wetted paper weighted down with paving stones. Example: Based on hundreds of interviews with Hollywood's power players, she weaves Eisner's story together with those who have crossed his path. Example: Some of you old timers are likely stealing a smile as you read this, tinking that you were lucky not to have crossed paths with him. Example: In a jumble of old papers I recently came across the photograph of a young man striding through a classroom door. Example: Months after I stopped taking the painkillers I ran across them under the sink.» encontrarse con dificultades = run up against + difficulties .
Example: Traditional logic-based approaches to legal expert systems run up against difficulties when dealing with conflicts about the rules themselves.» encontrarse con el agua al cuello = find + Reflexivo + in hot water .
Example: Anyway, this time around, the airline is finding itself in hot water for an entirely different reason.» encontrarse confortable = be at ease ; feel at + ease .
Example: In all public contacts, one strives to maintain a basic level of social graces by deploying the force and warmth of one's personality to ensure that the other person is at ease. Example: Lisa lay back, her hair spilling across the pillow, without a stitch on, wondering how she could feel so completely at ease with him.» encontrarse con la muerte = meet with + death .
Example: Through ill-fortune he met with death, and his good work remained unfinished.» encontrarse con problemas = run into + trouble ; find + Reflexivo + in hot water .
Example: Unless the librarian is alert enough to detect this, either immediately or during the subsequent conversation, he will run into trouble. Example: Anyway, this time around, the airline is finding itself in hot water for an entirely different reason.» encontrarse con sorpresas = encounter + surprises .
Example: Steinhagen considered herself lucky because she had a clear notion of what her host country expected of her and encountered few surprises.» encontrarse con una barrera = face + a barrier .
Example: The limitations and barriers faced by rural libraries and residents in obtaining the information they need and want are examined = Se analizan las barreras y las limitaciones con las que se encuentran las bibliotecas y los habitantes de las zonas rurales de consguir la información que necesitan y requieren.» encontrarse con una limitación = face + a limitation .
Example: The limitations and barriers faced by rural libraries and residents in obtaining the information they need and want are examined = Se analizan las barreras y las limitaciones con las que se encuentran las bibliotecas y los habitantes de las zonas rurales de consguir la información que necesitan y requieren.» encontrarse con un amigo = meet + a friend .
Example: He said she was intending to catch the bus to Doncaster town centre where she was going to meet a friend.» encontrarse con una situación = come across + a situation ; meet + a situation .
Example: This is not to say that scholarly authors are so altruistic that they are prepared to write books for nothing; indeed in my own researches I have come across situations where authors felt deeply about the way that publishers had treated them financially. Example: In other words, to make sense of life-situations and to make intelligent decisions when we meet them, we need to have pondered the various possibilities either before the situations arise or with speed and sureness when they arise.» encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store ; be in for a rude awakening .
Example: A rude awakening may be in store when they discover that their college or university professors require them to use scholarly resources. Example: The incoherence of the existing norms still protects each of us in our individual spheres, but we might be in for a rude awakening.» encontrarse con una traba = face + a limitation ; face + a barrier .
Example: The limitations and barriers faced by rural libraries and residents in obtaining the information they need and want are examined = Se analizan las barreras y las limitaciones con las que se encuentran las bibliotecas y los habitantes de las zonas rurales de consguir la información que necesitan y requieren. Example: The limitations and barriers faced by rural libraries and residents in obtaining the information they need and want are examined = Se analizan las barreras y las limitaciones con las que se encuentran las bibliotecas y los habitantes de las zonas rurales de consguir la información que necesitan y requieren.» encontrarse con un obstáculo = face + an obstacle .
Example: Results of a survey are discussed and show that chemistry departments face major obstacles in implementing information instruction.» encontrarse con un problema = encounter + a problem ; meet with + a problem ; run up against + an issue ; come across + a problem .
Example: The problems that might be encountered in using chain indexing with DC can be grouped into three categories. Example: These are circumstances in which natural language indexing meets with many problems. Example: The introduction of virtual technologies in museums runs up against the issue of the situated character of information use. Example: If when you are working you come across a problem which perplexes you, you should write to someone in the field who may be able to help you.» encontrarse en = lie (in) [Verbo irregular: pasado lay, participio lain, gerundio lying] ; be based at .
Example: The main limitation of this pragmatic approach lies in the time and collection dependency of the resulting tool. Example: The Lending Division, which is based at Boston Spa in Yorkshire, was formed by the amalgamation of the National Central Library and the National Lending Library for Science and Technology (NLL).» encontrarse en apuros = find + Reflexivo + in hot water .
Example: Anyway, this time around, the airline is finding itself in hot water for an entirely different reason.» encontrarse en casa = be in .
Example: He wasn't in when we arrived at the farm, but we hung about like 2 freaky stalkers and finally got to speak to him.» encontrarse en desventaja = find + Reflexivo + at a disadvantage .
Example: Indeed the only time Kelly finds herself at a disadvantage is when she has to compete against her sister she says.» encontrarse en dificultades = find + Reflexivo + in difficulties .
Example: Many texts can indeed be edited according to the rules, but some cannot, and the editor may find himself in difficulties.» encontrarse en el trasfondo de = lie at + the root of .
Example: Telecommunications technology lies at the root of formal concepts such as Inter-Information Subjects Networks (IISNs) and National Information Systems (NISs), developed in the last few years.» encontrarse enfermo = feel + poorly ; feel + ill ; feel + sick .
Example: There is nothing worse than feeling poorly, especially when you have little ones to look after. Example: I suppose rest helps, but I soon get tired and feel ill again once I've done something physical. Example: Why in the hell do I have a scratchy throat and feel congested but I don't feel sick?.» encontrarse en la frontera entre = sit at + the border between .
Example: The general goal is to foster collaboration between the different communities and to showcase research that sits at the border between different areas of research.» encontrarse en medio de un atasco = be stuck in traffic .
Example: She needs to go to the office as quick as possible but there's one problem, she is stuck in traffic.» encontrarse en medio de un embotellamiento = be stuck in traffic .
Example: She needs to go to the office as quick as possible but there's one problem, she is stuck in traffic.» encontrarse en una mejor situación económica = be economically better off .
Example: The skilled workers use it more than the unskilled, and the people who are economically better off use it more than the poorer people.» encontrarse en un apuro = find + Reflexivo + in a tight knot ; find + Reflexivo + in a tight spot ; find + Reflexivo + in a tight corner .
Example: He found himself in a tight knot where he had to choose between one thing or the other. Example: This poor stray dog living on the streets of India found herself in a tight spot when she got stuck between the bars of a gate. Example: The hapless girl found herself in a tight corner and eventually sought solace in suicide.» encontrarse en una situación apurada = find + Reflexivo + in a tight knot ; find + Reflexivo + in a tight spot ; find + Reflexivo + in a tight corner .
Example: He found himself in a tight knot where he had to choose between one thing or the other. Example: This poor stray dog living on the streets of India found herself in a tight spot when she got stuck between the bars of a gate. Example: The hapless girl found herself in a tight corner and eventually sought solace in suicide.» encontrarse en una situación difícil = find + Reflexivo + in a tight knot ; find + Reflexivo + in a tight spot ; find + Reflexivo + in a tight corner .
Example: He found himself in a tight knot where he had to choose between one thing or the other. Example: This poor stray dog living on the streets of India found herself in a tight spot when she got stuck between the bars of a gate. Example: The hapless girl found herself in a tight corner and eventually sought solace in suicide.» encontrarse en una situación idónea para = be well-placed to ; be well-positioned to .
Example: Libraries are also well-placed to offer desktop publishing as a resource to their readers. Example: Canada is well-positioned to reassert its place on the world stage as an interlocutor between the existing and emerging global powers.» encontrarse en una situación privilegiada para = be well-positioned to ; be well-placed to .
Example: Canada is well-positioned to reassert its place on the world stage as an interlocutor between the existing and emerging global powers