not to sleep a wink

un vestido verde claro — a light o pale green dress

... aseguró, en clara referencia a sus superiores —... he asserted, clearly referring o in an obvious reference to his superiors

• dejar algo claro — to make sth clear

dejar las cosas claras o en claro — to get things clear, get things straight *

• estar claro — to be clear

está claro que así no vamos a ninguna parte — it's clear o obvious that we'll get nowhere like this

• quedar claro — to be clear

si te lees la bibliografía, te quedará todo más claro — if you read the books on the reading list, it'll all be clearer to you o you'll have a better idea of things

• tener algo claro — to be sure of sth, be clear about sth

ni siquiera tengo claro lo que me espera mañana — I'm not even sure o clear what's in store for me tomorrow

su triunfo deja bien a las claras el buen momento que atraviesa — his victory is a clear indication o sign that he is on excellent form

me gustan las cuentas claras — I like to have o keep things clear

llevarlo Esp o tenerlo claro iró —

solo hemos sacado en claro que no pretende dimitir — all that we can safely o definitely say is that he has no intention of resigning

una mente clara — (lit) a clear mind; (fig) a clear thinker

• hablar claro — to speak frankly, be frank

• claro que, claro que nadie se imaginaba lo que vendría después — of course nobody could imagine what would happen afterwards

habrá nubes y claros — it will be cloudy with bright spells o sunny intervals

quiero dejar (en) claro que... — I want to make it very o quite clear that...

a las claras: díselo a las claras tell her straight; llevarlo claro (Esp fam) to be in for a shock; sacar algo en claro de algo — to make sense of something

está claro que... — it is clear o obvious that...

voy a hablarte claro — I'm not going to beat around o about the bush

me lo dijo muy claro — he made it very o quite clear (to me)

díselo - claro, para que me regañe ¿no? — (iró) tell him - oh sure, and have him tell me off, right? (iro)

quiero dejar (en) claro que... — I want to make it very o quite clear that...

a las claras: díselo a las claras tell her straight; llevarlo claro (Esp fam) to be in for a shock; sacar algo en claro de algo — to make sense of something

está claro que... — it is clear o obvious that...

voy a hablarte claro — I'm not going to beat around o about the bush

me lo dijo muy claro — he made it very o quite clear (to me)

díselo - claro, para que me regañe ¿no? — (iró) tell him - oh sure, and have him tell me off, right? (iro)

Ex: Menu-based information retrieval system have found favour because of their apparent simplicity.

• estar dormido — [durmiendo] to be asleep; [con sueño] to be sleepy

• hablar dormido — to talk in one's sleep

• andaba medio dormido por la calle — he walked down the street half asleep

• quedarse dormido — to fall asleep

tengo la pierna dormida — my leg's gone to sleep (colloq)

tengo la pierna dormida — my leg's gone to sleep (colloq)

Ex: Sleep is the simplest category to deal with as the person asleep is unconscious and can be said therefore to be inactive.

¡ahora, todos a dormir! — come on, off to bed all of you o off to bed with you all

• dormir con algn — tb euf to sleep with sb

• dormir de un tirón — to sleep right through (the night)

dormimos en una pensión — we spent o stayed the night in a guesthouse

• dormir al raso — to sleep out in the open, sleep rough

no me deja dormir (en or (Esp) por la noche) — it keeps me awake at night

dormir a pierna suelta — (fam) to sleep the sleep of the dead

dormir como un lirón or un tronco or un bendito — to sleep like a log (colloq)

sus clases me duermen — his classes send o put me to sleep

dormir la mona or dormirla — (fam) to sleep it off (colloq)

casi me duermo en la clase — I almost fell asleep o (colloq) dropped off in class

no me deja dormir (en or (Esp) por la noche) — it keeps me awake at night

dormir a pierna suelta — (fam) to sleep the sleep of the dead

dormir como un lirón or un tronco or un bendito — to sleep like a log (colloq)

sus clases me duermen — his classes send o put me to sleep

dormir la mona or dormirla — (fam) to sleep it off (colloq)

casi me duermo en la clase — I almost fell asleep o (colloq) dropped off in class

Ex: We set aside places to sleep and cook and wash and defecate.

no entiende nada — he doesn't understand a thing o anything

• nada de, no sabe nada de español — he knows no Spanish at all, he doesn't know any Spanish at all

-¿qué te cuentas? -nada de particular — "what's new?" - "nothing much" o "not a lot"

• estuvo en nada que lo perdiesen — they very nearly lost it

• no me falta de nada — I've got everything I need

• hace nada — just a moment ago

• no se parecen en nada — they're not at all alike

• quedar(se) en nada — to come to nothing

• no reparar en nada — to stop at nothing

• no servir para nada — to be utterly useless

• no ha sido nada — it's nothing, it doesn't matter

• antes de nada, antes de nada tengo que telefonear — before I do anything else I must make a phone call

• a cada nada — LAm * constantly

• casi nada, no costó casi nada — it cost next to nothing

• como si nada, se lo advertí, pero como si nada — I warned him but it was as if I hadn't spoken

• de nada, -¡gracias! -de nada — "thanks!" - "don't mention it" o "you're welcome"

• dentro de nada — very soon

• nada más, -¿desea algo más? -nada más, gracias — "can I get you anything else?" - "no, that's all thank you"

estas flores aparecen nada más terminado el invierno — these flowers come out just after the winter o as soon as the winter is over

nada más que estoy muy cansado — And, Méx it's just that I'm very tired

• (nada más y) nada menos que... — (no more and) no less than...

• ni nada — or anything

pues no es feo ni nada — iró he's not ugly... much!

• para nada — at all

• por nada, por nada se echa a llorar — she's always crying over nothing o for no reason at all

¡por nada! — Cono Sur not at all!, don't mention it!

pues no eres tú nada ambicioso — iró well you're not very ambitious, are you?... much!

antes que or de nada — first of all

nada de nada — (fam) not a thing

nada más: no hay nada más there's nothing else; ¿algo más? - nada más anything else? - no, that's it o that's all; nada más fui yo (Méx) I was the only one who went; salí nada más comer I went out right o straight after lunch; sacó (nada más ni) nada menos que el primer puesto she came first no less; nada más que: no se lo dije nada más que a él he's the only one I told; para nada: no me gustó para nada I didn't like it at all; como si nada (fam): me lo dijo como si nada! she told me as if it was nothing; se quedó como si nada she didn't even bat an eyelid; no hay nada que hacerle — (fam) that's all there is to it

con or de nada se rompe — it breaks just like that

pues nada, ya veremos qué pasa — well o anyway, we'll see what happens

no está nada preocupado — he isn't at all o the least bit worried

esto no me gusta nada — I don't like this at all o (colloq) one bit

se creó de la nada — it was created from nothing o from the void

antes que or de nada — first of all

nada de nada — (fam) not a thing

nada más: no hay nada más there's nothing else; ¿algo más? - nada más anything else? - no, that's it o that's all; nada más fui yo (Méx) I was the only one who went; salí nada más comer I went out right o straight after lunch; sacó (nada más ni) nada menos que el primer puesto she came first no less; nada más que: no se lo dije nada más que a él he's the only one I told; para nada: no me gustó para nada I didn't like it at all; como si nada (fam): me lo dijo como si nada! she told me as if it was nothing; se quedó como si nada she didn't even bat an eyelid; no hay nada que hacerle — (fam) that's all there is to it

con or de nada se rompe — it breaks just like that

pues nada, ya veremos qué pasa — well o anyway, we'll see what happens

no está nada preocupado — he isn't at all o the least bit worried

esto no me gusta nada — I don't like this at all o (colloq) one bit

se creó de la nada — it was created from nothing o from the void

Ex: As an inveterate user of the British Museum Library he was able to confirm that 'a library is not worth anything without a catalogue'.