Sed in english

Thirst

pronunciation: θɜrst part of speech: noun
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» apagar la sedslake + Posesivo + thirstquench + Posesivo + thirst .

Example: People were just curious, and once they slaked their thirst for this new product, they dropped it like a hot potato.

Example: Water not only quenches one's thirst, it also heals.

» aplacar la sedslake + Posesivo + thirstquench + Posesivo + thirst .

Example: People were just curious, and once they slaked their thirst for this new product, they dropped it like a hot potato.

Example: Water not only quenches one's thirst, it also heals.

» bebida para quitar la sedthirst quencher .

Example: In Britain, we drink over six million litres of fizzy drinks each year -- but is our favourite thirst quencher good for our health?.

» bebida que quita la sedthirst quencherquencher  .

Example: In Britain, we drink over six million litres of fizzy drinks each year -- but is our favourite thirst quencher good for our health?.

Example: Over the continued weeks of aging, the oak cask have contributed new dimensions making this beer a real quencher and palate pleaser.

» con mucha sedthirstily .

Example: He took a bottle of water from a vintage refrigerator, uncapped it, and drank thirstily, emptying the entire bottle.

» con sedthirsty [thirstier -comp., thirstiest -sup.]  .

Example: We live in a thirsty world where the population is not only growing but using more water, even though the world's total supply remains the same.

» con sed de poderpower-hungry .

Example: Power-hungry politicians are creating havoc everywhere.

» despertar la sedwork up + a thirst .

Example: The 2.1 km trail is perfect for working up a thirst - just long enough to make you feel like you got a bit of exercise, but short enough that you aren't pining for very long.

» entrar sed después del esfuerzowork up + a thirst .

Example: The 2.1 km trail is perfect for working up a thirst - just long enough to make you feel like you got a bit of exercise, but short enough that you aren't pining for very long.

» estar frito de sedbe parchedspit + feathersbe parched with thirst .

Example: It is smooth and refreshing with a taste that must be like drawing water from a cactus after being parched in a desert for days.

Example: I ended up parking about two miles away, and by the time I'd lugged the cases through the labyrinth of alleyways and switchbacks, I was spitting feathers.

Example: The day was sultry, and some of the party, being parched with thirst, left the line of march, and scrambled down the bank of the river to drink.

» estar muerto de sedspit + feathersbe parchedbe parched with thirst .

Example: I ended up parking about two miles away, and by the time I'd lugged the cases through the labyrinth of alleyways and switchbacks, I was spitting feathers.

Example: It is smooth and refreshing with a taste that must be like drawing water from a cactus after being parched in a desert for days.

Example: The day was sultry, and some of the party, being parched with thirst, left the line of march, and scrambled down the bank of the river to drink.

» pasar sedgo + thirsty .

Example: Millions may go hungry and thirsty, warns climate report.

» quitar la sedquench + Posesivo + thirstslake + Posesivo + thirst .

Example: Water not only quenches one's thirst, it also heals.

Example: People were just curious, and once they slaked their thirst for this new product, they dropped it like a hot potato.

» saciar la sedslake + Posesivo + thirstquench + Posesivo + thirst .

Example: People were just curious, and once they slaked their thirst for this new product, they dropped it like a hot potato.

Example: Water not only quenches one's thirst, it also heals.

» sed de lecturabook hunger .

Example: The author explores the reasons for the success of these aid projects, which revealed the enormous book hunger in the rural areas.

» sed de matarbloodlust .

Example: Finally six men agreed to go forth in their underclothes and nooses around their necks in hopeful expectation that their sacrifice would satisfy the king's bloodlust and he would spare the rest of the citizens.

» sed de venganzathirst for revengethirst for revengethirst for vengeance .

Example: Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.

Example: Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.

Example: In a last-ditch effort to avert disaster, Jack appeals to Davy Jones' thirst for vengeance.

» sed insaciableinsatiable thirst .

Example: A businessman, described by a judge as having an 'insatiable thirst' for acquiring property, faces the prospect of jail for contempt of court.

» sentir sedbe thirstyfeel + thirsty .

Example: They soon complained about the heat and being thirsty and hungry, even though they had only been out in the field about an hour.

Example: It's important to drink plenty of water, but feeling thirsty all or most of the time can signal a medical problem.

» tener sedbe thirstyfeel + thirsty .

Example: They soon complained about the heat and being thirsty and hungry, even though they had only been out in the field about an hour.

Example: It's important to drink plenty of water, but feeling thirsty all or most of the time can signal a medical problem.

» tener sed de conocimientobe hungry for knowledge .

Example: It's hard to be hungry for knowledge when you're just plain hungry.

» tener sed de poderbe hungry for powerbe thirsty for power .

Example: Submissive people don't necessarily like to be ordered around, and dominant people aren't necessarily hungry for power.

Example: Money corrupts those who are thirsty for power.

» tener sed después del esfuerzowork up + a thirst .

Example: The 2.1 km trail is perfect for working up a thirst - just long enough to make you feel like you got a bit of exercise, but short enough that you aren't pining for very long.

ser2 = be ; take + the form of ; stand as. 

Example: Systems such as Dialog, IRS, ORBIT and BLAISE may be accessed by libraries and information units.Example: Hierarchical relationships may also take the form of co-ordinate relationships, in which case they may be represented by 'RT' or related term, in a similar manner to affinitive relationships below.Example: Meantime, our new library stand as as a confident symbol of the importance of ALL librarires to the nation's cultural, educational and economic success.

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» anhelar serache to be .

Example: How she ached to be a poet and by some wizardry of pen capture the mysteries going on out there.

» a no ser queunless .

Example: The future of the scheme is questionable unless more positive central management can be achieved.

» así esthat's how it is .

Example: Like it or not, that's how it is.

» así seaamen .

Example: Fine, then I'm completely satisfied and I say, amen.

» así son las cosasthat's they way things are .

Example: The meteorologist explains that that's way things are sometimes and you don't know what's going to happen.

» buscar ser el blanco de todas las miradasseek + the limelight .

Example: She isn't someone who seeks the limelight but it's hard not to draw attention to yourself when you travel to New Zealand to compete and come home with a swag of medals.

» buscar ser el centro de atenciónseek + the limelight .

Example: She isn't someone who seeks the limelight but it's hard not to draw attention to yourself when you travel to New Zealand to compete and come home with a swag of medals.

» centrado en el ser humanoanthropocentric .

Example: These workplaces comprise a technocentric perspective and do not truly represent an anthropocentric route of information technology.

» clonación del ser humanohuman cloning .

Example: He stressed that human cloning was unethical and a direct assault on human dignity.

» como era de esperartrue to pattern .

Example: True to pattern, however, the days after the typhoon were sunny and bright.

» como es de esperartrue to pattern .

Example: True to pattern, however, the days after the typhoon were sunny and bright.

» como es el caso deas it is with .

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.

» cómo + serwhat + be like .

Example: Nor can we experience what it was like to be alive in an historical time -- in, say, Elizabethan England -- because the space-time barrier prevents it.

» como si fuera nuevoas good as mint conditionin mint conditionas good as new .

Example: The prices were exceptionally low and all models were in as good as mint condition.

Example: The textbooks must be in mint condition and the original sales receipt presented.

Example: Here are a few ways to tweak your old computer and make it as good as new.

» conseguir ser el centro de atencióncapture + the spotlight .

Example: It is ironic that archivists have watched librarians capture the 'preservation spotlight'.

» continuar siendo importanteremain + big .

Example: Humour remains big in the repertoire found in gay and lesbian books, with straight people often the butt of jokes.

» crearse el prestigio de serestablish + a record as .

Example: The success that ACPAD has had in attracting donations suggests that it has established an enviable record as an efficient and effective distributor of publications to institution libraries.

» creer (que + ser) necesariodeem + necessary .

Example: In early Gothic ecclesiastical work, transoms are found only in belfry unglazed windows, where they were deemed necessary to strengthen the mullions.

» cualquiera que fuereany ... whatsoever .

Example: An 'image library' is any systematic collection of visual images that exist for any purpose whatsoever.

» cualquiera que fueseany ... whatsoever .

Example: An 'image library' is any systematic collection of visual images that exist for any purpose whatsoever.

» cualquiera que sea + Nombrewhichever + Nombre .

Example: Whichever word in the term is used as the main entry point in an index, the user might choose to seek the subject under the other word in the term first.

» cuando + ser + posiblewhen possible .

Example: Heat stroke is very serious, so work during cooler hours of the day when possible.

» debilidad del ser humanomankind's frailty .

Example: The story is a tragic reminder of mankind's frailty in facing nature unaided by technology.

» dejar de sercease to + be .

Example: Literature can never, it is true, become extinct, but it can lose its vogue, it can become the almost exclusive possession of scholars, it can cease to be.

» dejar de ser novedadnovelty + wear off .

Example: Time will tell if the novelty wears off for me.

» dejar de ser popularfade from + popularity .

Example: Variety shows began to fade from popularity in the early 1970s, when research began to show that variety shows appealed to an older audience that was less appealing to advertisers.

» dejar de ser útiloutlive + Posesivo + usefulness .

Example: There is no point in trying to prolong the life of a book which has outlived its usefulness.

» demostrar serprove + to be .

Example: This fear was expressed by publishers and booksellers when the first lending libraries were established and by and large it has proved to be unfounded.

» de tal forma que + ser/estarin such form as to + be .

Example: They will record results in such form as to be readily available for distribution or for later further manipulation.

» dicho sea de pasoby the by(e)as an aside .

Example: Zenobia, by-the-by, as I suppose you know, is merely her public name.

Example: As an aside, if the analysis presented so far is correct, it has some interesting consequences.

» dime con quién andas y te diré quién eresyou are known by the company you keep .

Example: I have always believed that, as the old sayings go, 'You are known by the company you keep', 'Birds of a feather flock together', 'Lie down with dogs and you get fleas', etc, etc.

» dinero + ser paramoney + go towards .

Example: Most of the money meant for repairs eventually went towards redecorating the church and buying a new sound system.

» el + Nombre + es inestimablethe + Nombre + cannot be overestimated .

Example: The value of professionally staffed libraries in these communities cannot be overestimated = La importancia que tienen las bibliotecas dirigidas por profesionales para estas comunidades es inestimable.

» el ser baratocheapness  .

Example: The cheapness however is not primarily because the book is a paperback, it is because the book has been printed to the tune of perhaps hundreds of thousands of copies = Pincha en para ver otras palabras que terminan con este sufijo.

» el sueño de todo ser vivientethe stuff dreams are made of .

Example: The novel 'The stuff dreams are made of' suggests that the real part of us is not the body or the personality, both of which are transitory, but the inner consciousness.

» en todo lo que sea posiblein any way possible .

Example: Christy likes to strut her stuff in any way possible to get attention.

» entrar sin ser vistosneak into .

Example: The police said that he had sneaked into a her house and raped her nearly 200 times over a 13-month period.

» eramos pocos y parió la abuelait never rains but it pours [Usado más frecuentemente en inglés británico]when it rains, it pours [Usado más frecuentemente en inglés americano] .

Example: I don't think I'll ever stop using the phrase 'it never rains but it pours', but right now, life is looking up.

Example: It's one of those 'When it rains, it pours' kind of weeks -- Our doggy had knee surgery last week and she needs a lot of attention and, as a result, we haven't been sleeping well.

» Érase una vezOnce upon a time [Forma tradicional de empezar un cuento] .

Example: Once upon a time there was a teeny-tiny woman who lived in a teeny-tiny house in a teeny-tiny village.

» esit's [it is] [Contracción de it is]'Tis [Variante coloquial de It is/It's] .

Example: It's that joyful leap from one place to another that symbolises the freedom to explore on the web.

Example: 'Tis the season for gift-giving, and you shouldn't forget the four-legged friends on your list.

» esa es la cuestiónherein lies the rubthere's the rub .

Example: But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.

Example: And there's the rub, as far as California is concerned we don't stand a very good chance in this competition.

» esa es la dificultadherein lies the rubthere's the rub .

Example: But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.

Example: And there's the rub, as far as California is concerned we don't stand a very good chance in this competition.

» es bastantethat's enough .

Example: Some folks would say that's enough, but I could see the kid wasn't satisfied. = Alguna gente diría que era suficiente, pero yo podía ver que el chico no estaba satisfecho.

» es deciri.e. (latín - id est)in other wordsthat isthat is to saywhich is to saysaid differently .

Example: Notes may relate to any of the previous elements of the description, i.e. title, authorship, edition, editorship, publisher area, physical description area or series area.

Example: In other words, my job is to attempt to put what you have heard into perspective in terms of today and the future.

Example: Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.

Example: Our need is not for guided and controlled instruction, that is to say, for indoctrination.

Example: When you are unemployed, which is to say when you are underfed, harassed, bored, and miserable, you don't want to eat dull wholesome food.

Example: Said differently, the public access technology adoption curve seems to be in the process of leveling = Dicho de otro modo, la curva de adopción de tecnología para el acceso público comienza a nivelarse.

» es de deducir queit follows that .

Example: It follows that offenders who are remorseful should not be treated more leniently.

» es de destacarnotably .

Example: In some subject fields, notably business, there may be both bibliographic and non-bibliographic data bases covering different aspects of the topic.

» es de destacar quesignificantly .

Example: Significantly, this framework and methodology is applicable to virtually every type and size of library.

» es de esperarhopefully .

Example: During searching the index user is expected to formulate headings in the same way, and hopefully to match his subject description with the indexer's description.

» es de esperar queall being well .

Example: All being well, your suggested resource should appear in our database in due course.

» es de resaltar quesignificantly .

Example: Significantly, this framework and methodology is applicable to virtually every type and size of library.

» es de suponer quepresumably .

Example: Most of the additional documents retrieved will presumably deal with the subject in question at a more general level.

» ese es el asuntoherein lies the rubthere's the rub .

Example: But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.

Example: And there's the rub, as far as California is concerned we don't stand a very good chance in this competition.

» ese es el problemaherein lies the rubthere's the rub .

Example: But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.

Example: And there's the rub, as far as California is concerned we don't stand a very good chance in this competition.

» es el momento adecuadothe moment is ripethe time is ripe .

Example: We must be ready to be flexible in our work, seizing the moment when it is ripe for introducing a book, and altering our methods to suit.

Example: The time is now ripe for library schools and libraries to work more closely on education for the profession.

» es el momento oportunothe moment is ripethe time is ripe .

Example: We must be ready to be flexible in our work, seizing the moment when it is ripe for introducing a book, and altering our methods to suit.

Example: The time is now ripe for library schools and libraries to work more closely on education for the profession.

» es/era pronto aúnit is/was (still) early days (yet) [Las combinaciones normales son it is/was early days, it is/was still early days y it is/was early days yet] .

Example: It's early days, and we've got a lot to do, but there's no reason why we can't make this work.

» es/era pronto todavíait is/was (still) early days (yet) [Las combinaciones normales son it is/was early days, it is/was still early days y it is/was early days yet] .

Example: It's early days, and we've got a lot to do, but there's no reason why we can't make this work.

» es/era temprano aúnit is/was (still) early days (yet) [Las combinaciones normales son it is/was early days, it is/was still early days y it is/was early days yet] .

Example: It's early days, and we've got a lot to do, but there's no reason why we can't make this work.

» es/era temprano todavíait is/was (still) early days (yet) [Las combinaciones normales son it is/was early days, it is/was still early days y it is/was early days yet] .

Example: It's early days, and we've got a lot to do, but there's no reason why we can't make this work.

» es evidenteclearly .

Example: Clearly, the operation may not be so extensive that each abstractor can work in a narrow niche.

» es importante destacarimportantly .

Example: The collections contain only books specifically published for children, feature a wide range of paperbacks and, importantly, introduce students to new ideas and the works of some unknown authors.

» es inevitable queinevitably .

Example: Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.

» es interesante queinterestingly .

Example: Interestingly, all of these were published between 1722 and 1726.

» es lo que a mí me parecemy two (2) cents(' worth) [Usado de diferentes maneras: my two cents' worth o my 2 cents' worth o my two cents o my 2 cents] .

Example: Thought I should throw my two cents into this debate about the Forbes article where in the author admonishes men from marrying women with careers.

» es lo que yo piensomy two (2) cents(' worth) [Usado de diferentes maneras: my two cents' worth o my 2 cents' worth o my two cents o my 2 cents] .

Example: Thought I should throw my two cents into this debate about the Forbes article where in the author admonishes men from marrying women with careers.

» es másmore importantmoreover .

Example: Objectives are tools; more important, they are tools that can relate closely to changing environments.

Example: Moreover, it was stated that only selected elements of subject indexing will be included.

» es más fácil decirlo que hacerlobe easier said than done .

Example: In formulating strategies and choosing options to deal with Iraq, it is important to recognize that some things are easier said than done.

» es mejor callar ciertas cosassome things are better left unsaid [A veces abreviado a better left unsaid] .

Example: Honesty may be the best policy, but some things are better left unsaid.

» es mi opiniónmy two (2) cents(' worth) [Usado de diferentes maneras: my two cents' worth o my 2 cents' worth o my two cents o my 2 cents] .

Example: Thought I should throw my two cents into this debate about the Forbes article where in the author admonishes men from marrying women with careers.

» es mi parecermy two (2) cents(' worth) [Usado de diferentes maneras: my two cents' worth o my 2 cents' worth o my two cents o my 2 cents] .

Example: Thought I should throw my two cents into this debate about the Forbes article where in the author admonishes men from marrying women with careers.

» es por eso quethat's why .

Example: My dad got shingles, my wife got whooping cough, that's why I'm getting the vaccines I need.

» es por lo tanto deducible queit therefore follows that .

Example: It therefore follows that rules for use of the scientific literature should be designed to help achieve that goal.

» es por lo tanto de esperar queit therefore follows that .

Example: It therefore follows that rules for use of the scientific literature should be designed to help achieve that goal.

» es por lo tanto lógico queit therefore follows that .

Example: It therefore follows that rules for use of the scientific literature should be designed to help achieve that goal.

» es suficientethat's enough .

Example: Some folks would say that's enough, but I could see the kid wasn't satisfied. = Alguna gente diría que era suficiente, pero yo podía ver que el chico no estaba satisfecho.

» ¡esta es tu oportunidad!here's your chance! .

Example: 'Here's your chance!' he smiled with entire good nature.

» estar siendo + Participiobe in process of + Nombre .

Example: A stand-alone cataloguing system is, however, in process of development.

» es verdadthat's right! .

Example: That's right! frogs do not turn into a prince if you kiss them = ¡Es verdad!, las ranas no se convierten en un príncipe si las besas.

» evitar ser afectadoescape + unaffected .

Example: Some children are swayed more than others by the attitudes, opinions, behavior of friends and fellows, but none escapes unaffected, not even the outsider, the loner.

» fue durante mucho tiempolong remained .

Example: In the Mediterranean the galley propelled by oars long remained the principal type of war vessel.

» haber sido aceptadobe here to stayhave come + to stay .

Example: Such championship cannot be lightly set aside, nevertheless it is now quiet certain that 'bibliography', incorrect and unfortunate as it may be, is here to stay and the situation must be accepted.

Example: Consequently the book-stapling machines were generally replaced by sewing machines by the late 1880s; the stapling of pamphlets, however, had come to stay.

» haber sido comprobado exhaustivamentebe thoroughly tested .

Example: Unfortunately, librarians were unable to bring themselves to whole-heartedly accept and implement this new philosophy, and as a result it has never been carefully thought out or thoroughly tested.

» hacer que sea ineficazrender + Nombre + ineffective .

Example: The institution is subject to political interference and suffers from high levels of corruption, rendering it ineffective.

» hacer que sea obsoletomake + Nombre + a thing of the past .

Example: The increased availability of contraception and abortion has made shotgun weddings a thing of the past.

» la verdad sea dichato tell the truthin (all) fairness .

Example: To tell the truth, I may speak, on this being indeterminate and indivisible, only tautologically: the being is the being.

Example: In all fairness, there are very few, if any, Benjamin Franklins in the contemporary American firmament either.

» la vida no ser un camino de rosaslife not be all beer and skittles .

Example: Our son is now old enough to know that life isn't all beer and skittles.

» la vida no ser un lecho de rosaslife not be all beer and skittles .

Example: Our son is now old enough to know that life isn't all beer and skittles.

» llegar a serbecome  ; develop into .

Example: Some degree of ignorance of this kind is not unusual since the usual objective in consulting an information source is to become better informed.

Example: A method has been devised to induce embryonic stem cells to develop into bone marrow and blood cells.

» llegar a ser conocido comobecome + known as .

Example: In 1961 an International Conference on Cataloguing Principles was held in Paris, and a statement of principles emerged, which became known as the Paris Principles.

» lo que es aun peorworse still .

Example: Worse still, some EC countries, particularly in a period of world economic recession, become adept at bending the Community's rules to suit their own purposes.

» lo que es peorwhat's worse .

Example: And, what's worse, they have themselves failed to aggressively lobby for their own interests.

» lo que haya que de ser, seráque sera serawhat's meant to be, will bewhat(ever) will be, will be .

Example: If you do this it should balance out some of the negative thoughts you're having and know that in the end que sera sera, what's meant to be will be .

Example: If you do this it should balance out some of the negative thoughts you're having and know that in the end que sera sera, what's meant to be will be .

Example: Needless to say, 'whatever will be, will be' is not adequate for most of us as an answer to that question.

» lo que + serwhat + be like .

Example: Nor can we experience what it was like to be alive in an historical time -- in, say, Elizabethan England -- because the space-time barrier prevents it.

» lo que tenga que ser, seráque sera serawhat(ever) will be, will bewhat's meant to be, will be .

Example: If you do this it should balance out some of the negative thoughts you're having and know that in the end que sera sera, what's meant to be will be .

Example: Needless to say, 'whatever will be, will be' is not adequate for most of us as an answer to that question.

Example: If you do this it should balance out some of the negative thoughts you're having and know that in the end que sera sera, what's meant to be will be .

» merecer ser mencionadodeserve + mentionwarrant + mention .

Example: No supervisor should be a tiresome nag, but the achievements and failings of a persons's performance deserves mention in a constructive way at timely, regular intervals.

Example: Disrespecting the flag on campus has become so commonplace that it barely warrants mention anymore.

» no estar/ser (como) para tirar cohetesbe nothing to write home (to mom) about .

Example: He really does not have that great of a voice and his looks are nothing to write home to mom about.

» no estar/estar para tirar cohetesbe no great shakes .

Example: My friends read my books not because they think I am any great shakes as a writer but simply because they know me.

» no estar/ser para tirar cohetesbe nothing to shout about .

Example: The rooms are nothing to shout about, but it's a friendly place and has one of the neighborhood's best restaurants.

» no ser aconsejablebe undesirable .

Example: The process of information system development requires a continuum of activity and fragmentation of the process is undesirable.

» no ser + Adjetivo + Infinitivobe less than + Adjetivo + Infinitivo .

Example: Keywords can prove difficult to identify immediately and their alphabetical sequence can be less than straightforward to follow.

» no ser así yabe no longer the case .

Example: Until recently, replacing the DLL seemed to solve the problem, but it appears as though that is no longer the case.

» no ser bien vistobe in the doghouse .

Example: This video shows what happens when a guy bought his girlfriend the wrong gift and ended up in the doghouse.

» no ser buenodo + Nombre + no good .

Example: Obviously, the lesson here is that looking back to days gone by does no good in the long term.

» no ser cobardebe no chicken .

Example: I admire Governor Perdue's courage; he is no chicken like Mike Tyson.

» no ser consciente deremain + unaware of .

Example: Unfortunately, the majority of the public, and in particular those most in need of information -- the disadvantaged -- remain largely unaware of an 'information gap' in their lives.

» no ser dependiente del automóvilbe car-free .

Example: I have been car-free (not owning a car) or car-lite (owning a car but using it on a limited basis) for 14 years now.

» no ser dependiente del cochebe car-free .

Example: I have been car-free (not owning a car) or car-lite (owning a car but using it on a limited basis) for 14 years now.

» no ser deseablebe undesirable .

Example: The process of information system development requires a continuum of activity and fragmentation of the process is undesirable.

» no + ser + de sorprender queit + be + not surprising that .

Example: It is not surprising that the majority of the world's inhabitants have been shut off from the digital revolution when half of those people have yet to make their first phone call.

» no ser el fin del mundobe not the end of the world .

Example: Taking a rest day from exercising is not the end of the world.

» no ser fácilbe no picnicbe not easy .

Example: This will be no picnic, especially with the French at the wheel.

Example: It would not be easy to find in the history of philosophy and the sciences a situation more confused than our own.

» no ser gran cosanot add up to muchadd up to + nothingbe no (such a) biggie .

Example: They are the most numerous thing in the galaxy, but each of them has such a small mass that they don't add up to much.

Example: This time it was a collection of random facts that added up to nothing.

Example: This was a big event for our little family, but having you 'manage' it, meant that organising it was not such a biggie.

» no + ser + infrecuente quebe not infrequently .

Example: Post coaches back then were not infrequently stopped by highwaymen or even ambushed.

» no ser lo que parecerbe not all what it seems to bebe not as it seems to be .

Example: Knightley has warned children who dream of celebrity life that it's not all what it seems to be.

Example: Though at first it seems that this project is charming and has strong appeal for poor countries and its poor children, it is not as it seems to be.

» no ser lo suficientemente buenobe not good enough .

Example: It means admitting that their best shot so far has not been good enough.

» no ser más quebe nothing more thanbe nothing but .

Example: Women will like it because it shows how men are nothing more than putty in their hands.

Example: She is nothing but a narcissist that wants to hang out with the so-called big wheels in this city.

» no ser más que conjeturasbe pure guesswork .

Example: Snowfall forecasts made months in advance are pure guesswork and often wrong.

» no ser más que suposicionesbe pure guesswork .

Example: Snowfall forecasts made months in advance are pure guesswork and often wrong.

» no ser mucho debe not much to .

Example: 'I'm not much to trust any politician,' he shrugs, but 'I just don't believe in changing horses in midstream'.

» no ser muy dado abe not much to .

Example: 'I'm not much to trust any politician,' he shrugs, but 'I just don't believe in changing horses in midstream'.

» no ser nadaadd up to + nothing .

Example: This time it was a collection of random facts that added up to nothing.

» no ser nada + Adjetivobe anything but + Adjetivo .

Example: One of them snipped Ben Kline's life short, and Marla's determined to get to the root of a case that's anything but cut and dried.

» no ser nada del otro mundobe no great shakesbe nothing to shout aboutbe nothing to write home (to mom) aboutbe not much cop .

Example: My friends read my books not because they think I am any great shakes as a writer but simply because they know me.

Example: The rooms are nothing to shout about, but it's a friendly place and has one of the neighborhood's best restaurants.

Example: He really does not have that great of a voice and his looks are nothing to write home to mom about.

Example: They are held in contempt by motor racing types because they are not much cop on circuits.

» no ser nada especialbe nothing to shout aboutbe no great shakesbe nothing to write home (to mom) aboutbe not much cop .

Example: The rooms are nothing to shout about, but it's a friendly place and has one of the neighborhood's best restaurants.

Example: My friends read my books not because they think I am any great shakes as a writer but simply because they know me.

Example: He really does not have that great of a voice and his looks are nothing to write home to mom about.

Example: They are held in contempt by motor racing types because they are not much cop on circuits.

» no ser nada fácilbe 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.

» no + ser + nada frecuente quebe not infrequently .

Example: Post coaches back then were not infrequently stopped by highwaymen or even ambushed.

» no ser nada nuevobe nothing new .

Example: The issue of non-local women from the mainland coming to Hong Kong to give birth is nothing new.

» no + ser + nada raro quebe not infrequently .

Example: Post coaches back then were not infrequently stopped by highwaymen or even ambushed.

» no ser ni la mitad debe not half a/as/so/the .

Example: She's not half the woman she used to be!.

» no ser ningún jovencitobe no chicken .

Example: Her Swazi tracker said that Amy was the best shot he had ever seen -- and he is no chicken, being the progenitor of various grandchildren.

» no ser ni sombra de lo que se ha sido antesbe a shadow of + Reflexivobe a shadow of + Posesivo + former selfbe a shell of + Posesivo + former self .

Example: He had a good season last year but this time around he's just a shadow of himself.

Example: It took a week to reduce the East Timorese capital to a smouldering shadow of its former self.

Example: These feelings have slowly devoured Mary over the years, to the point where she is just a shell of her former self.

» no ser ni una cosa ni otrafall between + two stools .

Example: The article is entitled 'ADONIS: a happy medium or falling between two stools'.

» no + ser + raro quebe not infrequently .

Example: Post coaches back then were not infrequently stopped by highwaymen or even ambushed.

» no ser relevante parahave + no bearing (up)on .

Example: It's a good thing that I have the type of job where your criminal record has no bearing on your success.

» no ser sinobe nothing but .

Example: She is nothing but a narcissist that wants to hang out with the so-called big wheels in this city.

» no ser todo coser y cantarbe not all beer and skittles .

Example: Diplomacy is not all beer and skittles but this book can give that impression.

» no ser una gran pérdidabe no great loss .

Example: The loss of any mentally-ill person is considered no great loss by society.

» no ser un lecho de rosasbe not all roses .

Example: Maintaining plants is a big part of the work, but the job is not all roses.

» no ser un placerbring no + joythere + be + no joytake no + joy .

Example: As teachers, we have to shatter their naivete (because ultimately that is what education ought to be), but it brings no joy to do so.

Example: Well, friends, we were really scraping the bottom of the barrel, and there was no joy, no joy at all.

Example: Make no mistake, I take no joy in seeing peaceful protesters attacked.

» no ser verdadbe untrue .

Example: You think that post-coordinate indexing does not usually include the translation stage of indexing: this is untrue.

» no ser ya ningún chavalbe no spring chicken .

Example: He's such a slow coach -- I run faster than him and am no spring chicken.

» no ser ya ningún jovencitobe no spring chicken .

Example: He's such a slow coach -- I run faster than him and am no spring chicken.

» no ser ya ningún niñobe no spring chicken .

Example: He's such a slow coach -- I run faster than him and am no spring chicken.

» no somos todos igualesone size doesn't fit all .

Example: One size doesn't fit all anymore.

» no tener razón de ser + Infinitivothere + be + no sense in + Gerundio .

Example: There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about = No tiene sentido andarse con precisiones cuando no se tiene ni idea de lo que se está hablando.

» o seathat is .

Example: Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.

» para ser concretoto be specificto be preciseto be exact .

Example: To be specific, parts, insets and maps on the verso of other maps need to be indicated.

Example: Perhaps, but I recently read something which suggested they (to be precise, Native Americans) really were happier than the European settlers of the time.

Example: I have a younger brother (14, to be exact), he's fucking losing it, he just entered high school and he's insanely insociable.

» para ser específicoto be specificto be preciseto be exact .

Example: To be specific, parts, insets and maps on the verso of other maps need to be indicated.

Example: Perhaps, but I recently read something which suggested they (to be precise, Native Americans) really were happier than the European settlers of the time.

Example: I have a younger brother (14, to be exact), he's fucking losing it, he just entered high school and he's insanely insociable.

» para ser exactoto be specificto be preciseto be exact .

Example: To be specific, parts, insets and maps on the verso of other maps need to be indicated.

Example: Perhaps, but I recently read something which suggested they (to be precise, Native Americans) really were happier than the European settlers of the time.

Example: I have a younger brother (14, to be exact), he's fucking losing it, he just entered high school and he's insanely insociable.

» para ser francoin all honesty .

Example: In all honesty does weight have a huge impact on who you fancy?.

» para ser justoin (all) fairness .

Example: In all fairness, there are very few, if any, Benjamin Franklins in the contemporary American firmament either.

» para ser sinceroto be honestin all honesty .

Example: I was not, to be honest, expecting to enjoy the novel and was reading it as a duty, having promised Bob that I would.

Example: In all honesty does weight have a huge impact on who you fancy?.

» pasar a serbecome  ; develop into .

Example:

Sed synonyms

lust in spanish: lujuria, pronunciation: lʌst part of speech: noun crave in spanish: pedir, pronunciation: kreɪv part of speech: verb hunger in spanish: hambre, pronunciation: hʌŋgɜr part of speech: noun starve in spanish: morir de hambre, pronunciation: stɑrv part of speech: verb
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