Rendir cuentas sobre algo.

To account for something,

"What is wrong with having a system whereby you have to account for what you spend?"
bab.la

"We have to account for every penny we spend on business trips."
Oxford Advanced Learner's Ditionary.

People who used CADIVI dollars have to account for their expenses through an online sworn statement after returning to the country.


In News:

"Media reports first raise questions about Harrell’s reimbursements to himself from his campaign account for expenses, including using his private plane to fly on state business."
The State.

"It's a weak argument, because it fails to account for money police collect through overtime and paid details. "
Boston Globe.

"Other allegations stemmed from a 2012 Post and Courier report that raised accusations that Harrell couldn't account for money withdrawn from his campaign and had used his campaign account for personal expenses. "
Independent Mail.

Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2013/12/07/3146246/sc-attorney-general-activists.html#storylink=cpy"

El río está crecido.

The river is high.

Tocuyo River was high last week after the long downpour.

In Modern Literature:

The Padgitts sometimes used it (the bridge) in the springtime when the river was high.
The Last Juror by John Grisham.

In News:

"The Cumberland River is very high and overflowing."
The New York Times.

Novela por entregas.

Serial, novel in serial form, serialized novel.

We have to decide what to cut from the longer serialized version to make for a more streamlined novel version.

In News:

"It was first printed in newspapers in serial form and it was read  by millions."
Stafford County Sun

"An idea was proposed last semester to publish a serialized novel yn the Papyrus"
Greenville Collega Papyrus.

Pagar algo en cuotas.

To pay in installments.

We paid for the car in monthly installments over two years.
Cambridge Dictionary Online.


In News:

"Flood insurance premiums cannot be paid in monthly installments like automobile and health care coverage can."
NOLA.com

"Homeowners who want to pay their property tax in installments next year are being told they must confirm that within the next few weeks."
Newstalk

"City council is also allowing for the tax liability due in 2013 to be paid in four installments in 2014-15. Payments are due April 1, 2014,"
Cincinnati.com

Hacer guardia (un vigilante, un soldado, un policia, un oficial, un funcionario...)

Foto: Diario Notitarde

To stand guard, tu guard something, to keep guard.

Do not worry. The police will stand guard over the door.

In News:

"The Old Guard guarded the tomb every minutw of every day since April 6, 1948. Today will be no exception."
Fox

"Tomb of the Unknown soldiers stand guard during Hurricane Sandy"
Fox

"Spc. Brett Hyde, Tomb Sentinel, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), keeps guard over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier."
Fox

"A former Marine and father of two decided to help ease his daughter's fears after the tragic school shooting in Connecticut late last week by standing guard outside her west Nashville school."
News 2 ABC.

Siglas/Indicativo de una emisora de radio.

Call sign, call letters.

"Call letters: the call sign of an American or Canadian radio station, especially that of a commercial broadcasting."
Collins Dictionary.

"Call sign: a combination of letters and numbers that is used to identify someone or something in a radio broadcast."
Merriam Webster Dictionary.

KCOY is Sunny Radio call sign.


In News:

"The only thing the club is waiting for “is to see if the Coast Guard will give up one or two of their call signs that we’re considering for the radio station,” Huotari said."
Your West Valley.

"When WXDU first went live on the FM dial in 1983, it wasn't the first Duke University radio station. The school had been broadcasting under various call letters and frequencies as early as 1950."
INDY WEEK

Someter algo a votación.

Put something to/on the ballot, to hold a ballot.

OK, this seems to be an area of disagreement, so let's put it to the ballot.
Cambridge Dictionary Online.

They needed to decide if they were going on strike, so they held a ballot.

On Websites:

Putting an issue on the ballot: procedures for Statewide Ballot issues.
http://www.sos.state.oh.us/LegnAndBallotIssues/issues.aspx

In News:

"The city council voted 5-4 late on Monday to put on the ballot the "Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Ordinance," which contains few of the standard abortion exceptions seen in many states."
Reuters

"Should we put our issue on the ballot?"
Ohio Citizen Action.

Votar en blanco.

To cast a blank ballot.

He is going to cast a blank ballot.

In News:

"French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Tuesday said she would cast a blank ballot in Sunday's presidential runoff, delivering a stinging rebuke to both President Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist challenger François Hollande, who have courted her supporters ahead of the vote."
BBC News Europe.

"Voting is obligatory in Costa Rica but Ticos reserve the right to cast a blank ballot."
Tico Times.

Arma Blanca

Sharp weapon.

He was killed with a sharp weapon.

In News:

"Mr. Lakshmanan, who went to the house of the suspects in plain clothes, suffered severe injuries when he was suddenly pulled inside and attacked with sharp weapons during the operation"
The Hindu.

"The autopsy reports suggest that the man was attacked with a sharp weapon,"
 Indian Express

Radio/TV en señal abierta

Click on link to find out.
    Click on link to find out.
Click on link to find out.
 Click on link to find out.
Terrestrial TV, broadcast TV, over-the-air TV.

In the eighties there was no cable TV in Venezuela. People watched terrestrial/broadcast/over-the-air TV and there were just four channels: Radio Caracas Televisón, Venevisión, Televisora Nacional Canal Cinco and Venezolana de Televisión.

On the Radio:



From the Radio Show Remember the Eighties.

In News: 

"The drop in the popularity of boxing can be linked to its disappearance from terrestrial television in the early 1980s.
New York Daily News.

"Cable is predicted to experience an annual global growth rate of around 3% between now and 2015, and reach a total of 573 million households. But internet TV will experience a growth rate of 24% over the next five years and reach 109 million homes, and digital terrestrial TV grow by 18% to reach 211 million households.
Utalkmarketing.com

Radio en Señal Abierta:

Terrestial Radio, broadcast radio, over-the-air radio.

Terrestial radio is better that satellite radio.

In News:

"I'm not here to offer a hard-hitting analysis of terrestrial radio consolidation, the shift toward the Internet and the relative value of indie-pop formats versus classical music. I'd just like to offer one memory of listening to KUSF as a testimony to the power of terrestrial radio and a means of meditating upon what might change as new forms of reaching listeners take over."

Los Angeles Times.

Transmisión en Señal Abierta:

Terrestial Broadcasting.

"Granier has lost hope of regaining RCTV's terrestrial broadcasting rights. The channel shuttered in 2007 after Chavez refused to renew its license for its alleged role in a 2002 coup against him."
Variety.com

First published on February 7th 2011.