Alzo in english
Alzo
pronunciation: ælzoʊ part of speech: noun
pronunciation: ælzoʊ part of speech: noun
In gestures
alzar
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» alzar con gato = jack up ; jack .
Example: Never go underneath your car when it is jacked up unless it is also properly supported on axle stands. Example: The building was nine inches off plumb and was jacked back into position incrementally over a period of one year.» alzar el vuelo = take + wing ; get off + the ground ; get off + the launching pad ; lift off + the launching pad ; be off the launching pad .
Example: Unfortunately, he did not live long enough to see his company start to blossom -- his vision was only just starting to take wing when he died in 1900. Example: From the beginning it has been a local service, originally funded from the rates, but it needed Carnegie grants to really get off the ground. Example: If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't -- belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad. Example: We got a short glimpse of a giant rocket lifting off the launching pad. Example: Once your idea is off the launching pad, don't close your eyes and hope for a safe landing.» alzar la mirada = raise + Posesivo + eyes ; look up .
Example: You grew up and you learnt to keep your eyes lowered because if you raised your eyes you didn't know whether you were going to get an insult or a box in the ear. Example: She looked up and saw the muzzle of a rifle pointed at her.» alzar la vista = raise + Posesivo + eyes ; look up .
Example: You grew up and you learnt to keep your eyes lowered because if you raised your eyes you didn't know whether you were going to get an insult or a box in the ear. Example: She looked up and saw the muzzle of a rifle pointed at her.» alzar la voz = raise + Posesivo + voice .
Example: As Scots we are sometimes shy; we are sometimes afraid to raise our heads above the parapet; we are sometimes afraid to raise our voices.» alzarse = tower above/over .
Example: Prague represents a unique collection of historical monuments dominated by Prague Castle towering high above the city.» alzarse empinadamente = shoot up .
Example: On both sides the crags shot up in fantastic forms towards the sky, and the rising wind roared among them like a spirit of anguish.» máquina de alzar = gathering machine .
Example: Machines were developed for carrying out these remaining processes between 1856 and 1903, all of them American in origin: case-making machines (1891-5); gathering machines (1900-3); and casing-in machines (1903).