Test tube N → probeta f, tubo m de ensayo Test run N ( lit) → vuelta f de prueba, prueba f ( fig) → puesta f a prueba
Test pattern N ( US) ( TV) = test card test piece N ( Mus) → pieza f elegida para un certamen de piano Test paper N ( Scol, Univ) → examen m ( multiple-choice) → test m ( Chem) → papel m reactivo Test match N ( Cricket, Rugby) → partido m internacional Test marketing has already shown the product to be a great success → las pruebas realizadas en el mercado ya han mostrado que el producto tiene un éxito tremendo Test marketing N pruebas de un producto nuevo en el mercado See also test-drive test flight N → vuelo m de prueba, vuelo m de ensayo
To take sth for a test drive → probar algo en carretera Test drive N ( by potential buyer) → prueba f en carretera ( by mechanic, technician) → prueba f de rodaje Test cricket N → críquet m a nivel internacional Test case N ( Jur) → juicio m que sienta jurisprudencia CPD (nuclear) test ban N → prohibición f de pruebas nucleares Literal facings are military maneuvers.Ĭollins COBUILD English Usage © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 2004, 2011, 2012 testĭ. Put through one’s facings To require another to exhibit his skill for purposes of scrutiny to make a person perform to the utmost of his capabilities. Although these cruel trials were abolished shortly after the Norman conquest of Britain, the expression has retained its meaning of an exceedingly agonizing experience undergone to test one’s worth.
Again, a suspect who emerged uninjured was considered guiltless. The accused was forced either to grasp a red-hot iron in his hand or to walk barefooted through sizzling rocks and embers. The harshest ordeals, however, involved fire.
In both cases, an unscathed survivor was proclaimed innocent. These ordeals took many brutal forms, ranging from having one’s arm immersed in boiling water to being bound and tossed into an icy river. In ancient Britain, an ordeal was a type of trial in which divine intervention was considered the only proof of a suspect’s innocence. Ordeal by fire A severe test of character a very distressing situation.
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