the first book of a trilogythere are five books in the sagahis new book was an instant best-sellerI'm reading a really good book
by the booksegún las reglas
to play it or to go by the bookseguir las reglas
the Home Office said yesterday: `He appears to have done things by the book, once he arrived in Britaineverything he did had to be just so, strictly by the book
economics/her life is a closed book to mela economía/su vida es un misterio para mí
don't talk to me about chemistry - it's a closed book to me
the book of Genesisel libro del Génesis
the Good Bookla Biblia
in my booktal como yo lo veo;a mi modo de ver
"I think it's acceptable" - "not in my book it isn't"in my book, he's not at all a bad chaphe calls himself a thinker, but in my book he's just lazy
a book on politicsun libro de política
that's one for the bookeso es digno de mención
well that's one for the book/ - I've never known her wear a skirt beforean [open] book
his mind is an open booksu mente es un libro abierto
to bring sb to bookpedir cuentas a algn
those who planned the murder were never brought to booknunca se les pidió cuentas a los que planearon el asesinato
the Khmer Rouge should be brought to book for its alleged atrocities and massacres
to be in sb's good/bad books
I'm in his bad books at the momenten este momento estoy en su lista negra;I was trying to get back in her good booksestaba intentando volver a congraciarme con ella
she's always trying to get into the boss's good booksare you hoping to worm your way into my good books?I have to get back in her good books by the weekendit wouldn't be hard to get into his bad books
to read sb like a book
I know where he's off to, I can read him like a booksé dónde va, a mí no me engaña
I can read him like a bookshe can read me like a bookkeep away from those sweets - I can read you like a book!
to suit sb's book
it suits his book to play the easy-going liberalle viene bien hacerse el liberal poco exigente;se hace el liberal poco exigente porque le conviene
she would adapt recipes to suit her own bookthe police were happy to blame it all on Kevin - it suited their bookthere was a small Guomindang presence, which suited the Communists' book because of the occasional need for communication and even negotiation
to throw the book at sbcastigar severamente a algn
I hope they throw the book at himthe shooting was played right down because it was political. We wanted to throw the book at him. This was a case of treasonyou'll be dismissed from the Police Force, there's no doubt of that. And there'll probably be criminal charges. The papers are onto it and there've been questions in the House - they want to throw the book at youif these illegal transfer deals are found to be true then we will throw the book at the clubs involveda [turn up] for the bookan unexpected event or surprisewe thought he was abroad and when he arrived at the party it was a real turn up for the book
I've looked at all the patterns in the book and I can't find one I like
5books(Comm)
the bookslas cuentas;la contabilidad
he's going to help me go over my booksit took him all morning to do his booksthose kinds of payments don't show up on the booksto [close] the books
to keep the booksllevar las cuentas or los libros or la contabilidad
I employ someone two days a week to keep the booksto cook the booksto tamper with accounts or records in order to produce false, but convincing, figuresthe Minister was accused of cooking the books on unemployment figuresthere would be no hiding the fact that she had cooked the books and Pounds 3 million was missing
they had less than 30 members on their bookstenían menos de 30 miembros en el registro;to take sb's name off the booksborrar a algn del registro;he was the most expensive player on the booksera el jugador más caro que tenían fichado
we have about 200 properties on our booksSophie had kept her on the books as a free-lance employeethere's no such name on our booksAlf England was givenThere are now about 1,000 people on its books, each paying 115 or 230 if a marriage resultsan estate agent in Burnley was reported as saying "we have 20 to 30 starter homes at 12,000 on our books"he's already on the books at several employment agencies
6(Jur)(also statute book) código (m)
some 15 states have mandatory arrest laws on the booksthis statute remained on the books, in some states, until recentlylandowners ignored the laws still on the booksthe new law is not yet on the books
we booked the hotel rooms in advancereservamos habitaciones en el hotel por adelantado;all the restaurants are fully bookedtodos los restaurantes están llenos;have you booked your holiday yet?¿ya has reservado las vacaciones?
I'm booking a flight for next weekthe show is very popular and it's advisable to book a seatI'd like to book a table for four
2(arrange)[+appointment, time]pedir
I've booked an appointment with the dentisthe pedido hora con el dentista;can we book a time to meet soon?¿podemos quedar un día de estos?
/visitors to the exhibition can book a time slot/ a week or more in advance by calling 071-287 9579if they wish to know more, /get them to book another appointment/
3(engage)[+performer, artiste]contratar
we can't do any more concerts this year, we're fully bookedthey booked a band for the wedding receptionJohn Lukic is not booked to appear in pantomime over Christmas
4(take name of)[+police]
he was booked for speedinglo multaron por exceso de velocidad;they took him to the station and booked him for assaultlo llevaron a la comisaría y lo acusaron de agresión
(Dep)[+player]amonestar
the referee booked him for a dangerous tacklehe was booked for punching another player
5(note down)[+order]anotar
he issued a Catalogue and attended some of the Flower Shows where he booked his orders
verbo intransitivo
(Britain)hacer una reserva;reservar
to book into a hotelhacer una reserva or reservar en un hotel
book well in advancebook early to avoid disappointmenthave you booked yet?to book through to
modificador
book club (n)club (m) del libro;club (m) de lectores
book fair (n)feria (f) del libro
book jacket (n)sobrecubierta (f)
book learning (n)aprendizaje (m) (a través) de los libros;saber (m) libresco (formal)
book learning is only part of school lifeel aprendizaje de los libros es solo una parte de la vida escolar
they place a lot of emphasis on book learning
book post (n)correo (m) de libros
book review (n)crítica (f)or reseña (f) de un libro
she writes book reviews for the Timesa great mass of clippings, book reviews, cartoons and programsI always read the book reviews
book token (n)vale (m) para libros;cheque (m) regalo para libros
book value (n)valor (m) contable or en libros
we're not going to sell this company for less than book valuethe market value of his assets may be twice the book valuethe issuing of new stock at below book value
