Nacimiento Viviente

Nativity play.

When I was 12 years old I performed in a nativity play.

References in News:

Nativity play held in station.

Henlay Standard.

"Youngsters from a Bromsgrove playgroup have treated parents and carers to a performance of their nativity play."

Bromsgrove Adverisers.

Marca Blanca (Supermercados)

Store-brand (US) , own-brand (UK).

Eroski has its store-brand/own-brand, but Netto does not.

References in News:

"Our member companies manufacture popular national brands as well as the store brands marketed by major supermarkets."
PR Newswire.

"It's largely very cheap calories for them," he said, adding that store brands such as Wal-Mart cola also contain more calories than the name-brand Coke.
Bloomberg Businessweek.

" Besides switching to store brands to save money, the company said in a conference call with analysts that some families are having so much trouble..."
MSNBC.com

"The partnership also supplies the Ocado web supermarket with Waitrose own-brand foods and John Lewis own-brand non-food items."
Herald Scotland.

"Coke wouldn't like the idea of the World Cup logo appearing on the grocer's own-brand fizzy drinks"
Indepentent.

"The nutritional information is identical. And the only difference in the ingredient list for a value mustard and an own-brand one is 3 per cent more mustard powder."
The Times.

"Cooking with supermarket own-brands. When you trade down from familiar household brands to supermarkets’ own labels, you win on price, but what about flavour?
The Times.

Opposite:

National brand, name-brand.

Ser Suturado.

Get stitches, receive stitches.

He got ten stitches after the accident.

Reference in News:

"Obama gets 12 stitches after being hit by basketball."
Fox News.

"President Barack Obama received 12 stitches in his lip after being inadvertently hit in the mouth during a basketball game with family and friends."
Fox News

More:

"White House Press Secretary Gibbs said the stitches were administered by the White House Medical Unit in the doctor's office located on the ground floor of the White House. "
Fox News.

Requisa a una Persona (por la Policia), Inspeccion de Cacheo.

Pat-down, pat-down search, pat-down inspection.

All of us were selected for pat-down searches at the airport.

Reference in News:

"Starting Friday, the TSA is changing its pat-down procedure. TSA officers used to pat down passengers with the backs of their hands, but now they'll use the fronts of their hands to search more than ever before, in some cases touching body parts that once were off limits. "

ABC World News.

Cachear: to pat down someone.

Reference on Television:

Navegar en Internet

Surf the Internet
I love surfing the Internet.

Reference from Cartoon:

Replicas de Terremotos, Replicas de Temblores, Replicas de Sismos

Aftershocks.

There were two major aftershocks after the quake.

Reference in News:

"Strong aftershocks can be associated with major temblors, even weeks or years after the main event. But they are primarily felt in the first 24 to 48 hours, and more should be expected."

Fox News

"Officials said that the earthquake in Argentina was not an aftershock of the massive 8.8 magnitude quake that struck Chile. It was a separate event."
The Cleveland Leader.

Temblores previos a un terremoto:

Foreshocks.

Reference in News:

"McGuire has also studied foreshocks extensively, a phenomenon in which a smaller quake seems to foreshadow a larger one."
Physorg.com

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Rellenar (para que un libro, disco, etc. sea más largo)

Pad something out.

"I padded out my answers with plenty of quotations"
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.


In the News:

"In honor of it being "TV Tune Week," the producers have created several fake TV commercials with which to pad out tonight's results show."
The Washington Post.

"Of course, the problem for any musician with just one (unreleased) album to perform is how to pad out the setlists for a first tour. The logical solution is “cover versions.”
Londonist.

Relleno.

Padding.
"There is a lot of padding in this novel"
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

References in News:

"He makes a decent stab at a cover of Kim Carnes' Bette Davis Eyes without looking entirely comfortable with the material. But then, with just one album's worth of material to draw upon, such padding is a necessary evil."
Evening Post.

Grandes Religiones.

Major Religions.

Chistianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism are the most important major religions of the world.

References in News:

"Brownsburg Community Schools spokeswoman Donna Petraits said teachers in the district seek to help students learn empathy, and she said the world's major religions are given equal time in the classroom."
WRTV Indianapolis

No Tener Oido Musical, Ser Sordo para la Música.

To be tone-deaf.

Your sister is tone-deaf. She will never learn to play the piano.


References in News:

"The tuneless Irish twins - real names John and Edward Grimes - came sixth in last year's series of the reality show after failing to impress judges with their tone-deaf performances. "

The Sun