Libra in english
Pound
pronunciation: paʊnd part of speech: noun
pronunciation: paʊnd part of speech: noun
In gestures
libra1 = pound ; quid.
Example: Dust is an enemy of microcomputers as it is with any piece of electrical apparatus, and a dust cover costing a few pounds is a worthwhile purchase.Example: I'm sat here, galloping towards thirty without a quid to my name, living and working out of my bedroom, unable to sell even a single copy of my dead dog's comic.more:
» billete de cinco libras = fiver .
Example: Now, with money being increasingly worthless, a fiver is passed round like confetti.» billete de diez libras = tenner .
Example: Honestly, I was so moved I nearly sent her a tenner, just to keep her pecker up.» libra esterlina = sterling .
Example: His investment in the business in 1565 was about 20,000 florins, then worth about 2,750 sterling, a considerable sum in the sixteenth century.» libra esterlina (£) = pound sterling (£) .
Example: A survey of top 10 commercial publishers found the 1989 average prices (pounds sterling) to be £207.78.» libra irlandesa = punt .
Example: VAT together with the poor comparison of the punt to sterling, limits libraries purchasing power.libra2 = lb. [pound] ; pound.
Example: The baby was named Anthony Christopher Southwood and weighed 8 lbs., 5 ozs.Example: Since entering foster care, she has gained 20 pounds.libra3 = Libra.
Example: Libras have an eye for detail, and are usually very lively & conscious of their surroundings.librar = free ; disencumber ; rid ; free up.
Example: Habitualized actions, they further suggest, become embedded in human behavior and free the individual from the burden of repetitive decision-making.Example: The novel disencumbers us of the baggage that we usually bring to the scene of human suffering.Example: This function can be used to rid access-point files of unused entries.Example: By leveraging digital tools, police forces may free up more officers to be visible on the streets fighting crime.more:
» ¡Dios me/te/le/nos/os/les libre! = God forbid! ; perish the thought! .
Example: Disability can affect us all and God forbid you have an accident or something and become disabled ... How would you feel?. Example: But to listen is to have faith in the power of words, to admit that (perish the thought!) you don't know it all.» ¡Dios nos libre! = heaven forbid .
Example: As far as Hernandez could determine, no one dared to approach him with suggestions for needed changes in library policy or procedure or, heaven forbid, in his personal management style.» librar de la necesidad de = relieve + Nombre + of a necessity ; relieve + Nombre + of the need to .
Example: If entries are arranged alphabetically by a significant qualifying term the index user is relieved of the necessity of scanning every entry under a term. Example: Publishers tended to use this form of agreement for books in which they had only limited confidence, for it relieved them of the need to pay the author unless there was a certainty of profit.» librar de responsabilidad = relieve + Nombre + of responsibility .
Example: If people want regimentation which relieves them of responsibility, how then do you explain parents reaching out for control of schools, disdaining the help of experts.» librar de un apremio = relieve + pressure .
Example: Finally, a whole network of libraries in France should be upgraded in order to relieve pressure on the Bibliotheque Nationale, which can then become a re-routing centre.» librar fondos = allocate + funds .
Example: Despite carefully framed acquistions policy statements regarding fiction in actual fact libraries allocate only a small percentage of their meagre book funds to fiction.» librarse = get off .
Example: She managed to get off with just a year's probation but her hectic life will not be put on hold.» librarse de = disentangle + Reflexivo + from ; extricate + Reflexivo + from ; rid of ; be free from ; break + loose from ; duck out of ; get + rid of ; get + shot of ; shake off ; get out of ; be rid of ; shrug off .
Example: Reference librarians must have the capability of kindly and tactfully disentangling themselves from hangers-on who would monopolize their time, to the detriment of others. Example: This article examines the importance of biography as an element of public library provision which must be extricated from the straitjacket of the classification system. Example: Two recently elected school board members have announced their intention of 'ridding the high school of Mrs Panopoulos' -- to which she replied, with a defiant shrug, 'Let them try'. Example: What one might call 'fetishistic bibliomania' is a disease -- and few serious book-readers, let alone librarians, are free from a squirrel-like proclivity to hoard books. Example: It is a time, in other words, when professionals often long to break loose from the stress 'to do far more, in less time'. Example: There's no polite way to duck out of a dinner party. Example: The title of her paper is 'Let's get rid of it: a reference librarian's battle cry'. Example: Many women would do pretty much anything to get shot of stretch marks. Example: Only this way can the librarian shake off the aura of elitism pervading the profession and the library. Example: Health problems are the most commonly used good excuses to get out of work and they work like a charm. Example: He felt that he had played his last card and shot his last bolt, and that Diana definitely wished to be rid of him. Example: Small businesses need to shrug off the preconceived notion that advertising is uber-expensive.» librarse de tener un percance con la ley de milagro = have + a (close) brush with the law .
Example: Around 1925, in a particularly close brush with the law, Poole was nearly killed when police raided a roadhouse in which he was performing.» librarse por los pelos = escape by + the skin of + Posesivo + teeth ; have + a narrow escape ; have + a lucky escape ; have + a close call ; have + a close shave ; have + a narrow shave .
Example: Zelda has since had numerous adventures, escaping by the skin of her teeth at times. Example: I and all friends, thankfully, are safe -- although one or two had narrow escapes. Example: A US woman had a lucky escape when a burglar's bullet bounced off the metal underwire in her bra. Example: Most people have had a close call with another car, a person walking, or an object while driving. Example: A woman on board a roller-coaster ride had a close shave yesterday when the wooden train derailed as it reached the platform. Example: Vincent, another of the sailors, also had a narrow shave, he did not fall in but his bag did.» librar una batalla = wage + battle .
Example: This article suggests that it is time for women librarians to wage the feminist battle on other fronts than pay equity.