Matrícula escolar (número de estudiantes)

Enrollment.


Enrollment: the number of people enrolled, typically at a school or college.
Oxford Dictionary Online.

In News:

"The district’s certified enrollment is 12,774 students, an increase of 321 students, or 2.6 percent, over last year."
The Gazette. 



Foto: The Gazette.

Países Árabes, Mundo Árabe.

"The Arab countries include Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Egypt."
Cambridge Dictionary Online.

In News: 

"On current trends, average temperatures in Arab countries are likely to rise by as much as three degrees Celsius (5.4 Fahrenheit) by 2050." The Inquirer.

"Abu Dhabi and Dubai rank highest in the Arab world for quality of life and infrastructure, according to a survey by the HR consultancy Mercer."
The National.

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Differences :  Arab, Arabian and Arabic. 

Votar nulo.

To spoil one's ballot, to spoil one's vote, to spoil one's ballot paper.

"Since she supported none of the candidates, she spoiled her ballot paper."
Cambridge Dictionary Online. 

Members of that religion are required to spoil their votes in all elections.

In News:

"Some voters say they deliberately spoiled ballot papers to register dissatisfaction with PCC election process."
 The Guardian(UK).

"Yes, I have a ballot for the upcoming US presidential election, and I shall send it. However, it will not be counted, as I shall deliberately spoil it."
 Inquirer Opinion.

"I’m sure we would all wish our police force to become ever more effective, but asking people to deliberately to spoil their ballot papers is not exactly the way to do that. "
Derbyshire Times.


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Días hábiles.

Business days, working days.

"If the package is not picked up after five business days, it will be returned to the sender."
Cambridge Dictionary Online.

"You can expect delivery of the goods within three working days."
 Cambridge Dictionary Online.

On Websites:

"Bank Business Days are Monday through Friday, excluding weekends and bank holidays."
Bank of America

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Opposite of business day, opposite of working days: Consecutive days.

"An employee must be paid  all wages, overtime, and general holiday pay earned in a pay period within 10 consecutive days after the end of the pay period." 
http://humanservices.alberta.ca/documents/Payment-of-Earnings.pdf

Días contínuos en inglés in English.

Pasar a ser Pofesor Fijo en una Universidad.

To get tenure, to be granted tenure, to earn tenure, to be tenured.

"It's still extremely difficult to get tenure."
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

"I had recently been tenured and then promoted to full professor."
New Oxfor American Dictionary.
  
 In News:

"Merril, 58, began teaching at Central Michigan in 1987, and was granted tenure in 1993."
Fox News.

"10 tips for earning tenure and promotion without becoming the nutty professor." 
http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/jobs/285547-Tenure-Track-Assistant-Professor

Special Thanks for Professor Gizeph Henríquez (Carabobo University, Venezuela)

Merrill, 58, began teaching at Central Michigan in 1987 and was granted tenure in 1993.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/20/former-central-michigan-university-professor-charged-with-child-pornography/#ixzz2D3MHaHCWMerrin, 58,

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/20/former-central-michigan-university-professor-charged-with-child-pornography/#ixzz2D3M48RsQ

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/20/former-central-michigan-university-professor-charged-with-child-pornography/#ixzz2D3M48RsQ

Merrill, 58, began teaching at Central Michigan in 1987 and was granted tenure in 1993. This fall, he was teaching four classes in teacher education and professional development at the school, which is about 120 miles northwest of Detroit.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/20/former-central-michigan-university-professor-charged-with-child-pornography/#ixzz2D3M48RsQ

Merrill, 58, began teaching at Central Michigan in 1987 and was granted tenure in 1993. This fall, he was teaching four classes in teacher education and professional development at the school, which is about 120 miles northwest of Detroit.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/20/former-central-michigan-university-professor-charged-with-child-pornography/#ixzz2D3M48RsQ

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/20/former-central-michigan-university-professor-charged-with-child-pornography/#ixzz2D3M48RsQ

Pasado a limpio, pasado en limpio (escrito).

Fair copy.


Please, make a fair copy of what we wrote so that I can check it more easily.

In Dictionaries:

Fair copy: the final, corrected copy of a piece of written work.
Cambridge Dictionary Online. 

Habilitar un documento.

To expedite (the issuance of) a document.

You have to expedite your grades certification so that you can hand them in before Monday.

On Websites:

" By applying to expedite the passport application, you can get it processed within 3 weeks to as fast as the same day."
http://www.us-passport-service-guide.com/

"We can expedite passports in 24 hours!"
Passport Express.

In News:

"Russia has agreed to expedite the issuance of visas to EU citizens undergoing medical treatment at its clinics, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said at a meeting on hi-tech medical aid development on Wednesday."
RAPSI 

Pagar para que un documento sea expedido en menos tiempo en inglés in English. 

Caja chica.

Petty cash, petty cash box.


Petty cash: a small amount of money that is kept in an office for making small payments.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.

In News:

"A FINANCE assistant is accused of pocketing more than £1,500 from Smithills School by fiddling petty cash funds."
The Bolton News.


"Petty cash fails to balance. Patient accounts exist for people you've never met, let alone treated."
Chiropractic Economics.

"They found a woman inside the school who had several stolen items on her; including cleaning supplies, petty cash box, a box of change, two cameras and six packets of socks."
Fox40.com

"He says that he solves five or six cases like this a month and puts the money in the petty cash box."
Inside Pulse.

Material (el que utiliza la mano de obra)

Parts, materials.

The cost of this remodelling includes parts and labor.

In News:

"He was dismayed to discover that an outside company could have done the whole thing, including parts and labor, for lower cost than him ordering the
oligonucleotides himself."
Phys.org

"The leader in the welding industry has also offered an extended five years warranty on both parts and labor on all the offered welding supplies."
San Francisco Chronicles.

On Websites:

"The first things homeowners think about when remodeling are the parts and labor. A remodeling estimate should include a detailed breakdown of the materials to be used, as well as the work-hours the project will require."
superpages.com

After struggling for two days to design a protocol to put together a genetic circuit with 10 pieces of DNA—using a spreadsheet as his primary tool—he was dismayed to discover that an outside company could have done the whole thing, including parts and labor, for lower cost than him ordering the oligonucleotides himself.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-10-dna-technology-genetic-cheaper-faster.html#jCp

After struggling for two days to design a protocol to put together a genetic circuit with 10 pieces of DNA—using a spreadsheet as his primary tool—he was dismayed to discover that an outside company could have done the whole thing, including parts and labor, for lower cost than him ordering the oligonucleotides himself.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-10-dna-technology-genetic-cheaper-faster.html#jCp

After struggling for two days to design a protocol to put together a genetic circuit with 10 pieces of DNA—using a spreadsheet as his primary tool—he was dismayed to discover that an outside company could have done the whole thing, including parts and labor, for lower cost than him ordering the oligonucleotides himself.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-10-dna-technology-genetic-cheaper-faster.html#jCp

After struggling for two days to design a protocol to put together a genetic circuit with 10 pieces of DNA—using a spreadsheet as his primary tool—he was dismayed to discover that an outside company could have done the whole thing, including parts and labor, for lower cost than him ordering the oligonucleotides himself.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-10-dna-technology-genetic-cheaper-faster.html#jCp

After struggling for two days to design a protocol to put together a genetic circuit with 10 pieces of DNA—using a spreadsheet as his primary tool—he was dismayed to discover that an outside company could have done the whole thing, including parts and labor, for lower cost than him ordering the oligonucleotides himself.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-10-dna-technology-genetic-cheaper-faster.html#jCp

Mano de Obra.

Labor,  labour.

"The car parts themselves are not expensive, it's the labour that costs the money."

Cambridge Dictionary Online.

"The cost of repairing the car includes parts and labor."

Merriam Webster Online.

In News:

"There is a more important factor that has lifted Apple in its ascendancy — the exploitation of cheap overseas labor."

Orlando Sentinel.

 "This may signal the end of the cheap labor era. A recent strike at a Honda plant shows workers resisting exploitation. The inflationary forces surging inside China is also putting pressure for increased wages."

Wall Street Pit.

On Websites:

"How much does it cost to build a house not including labor?"

Askville by Amazon.