top
 noun
 cimo
EN It was terribly dangerous work for a one-armed man, she exclaimed, to stand on top of the ladder like that --his left arm had been cut off in a reaping machine two years ago.
GL Era un traballo perigosísimo para un home cun brazo só, exclamou ela, de pé no cimo dunha escada coma aquela (o brazo esquerdo cortárallo unha segadora había dous anos).
 Fonte: CAR (93)
cima
EN There was an instantaneous scattering of the four men who had carried it in, and from safe perches on top the wall they prepared to watch the performance.
GL Os catro mozos saíron correndo espaventados, gabearon a treu polas paredes do patio e, empoleirados na cima do muro, dispuxéronse a contempla-lo espectáculo.
Fonte: CHA (109)
cume
EN If the brooch was there, it would still be there in the morning, they assured her, but Minta still sobbed, all the way up to the top of the cliff.
GL Se o broche estaba alí, tamén alí había seguir pola mañá, aseguráronlle, pero Minta seguiu a saloucar durante todo o camiño arriba ata que chegaron ó cume do cantil.
Fonte: CAR (1126)
picouto
EN And the small boys who had reached the top came sliding too till everyone but Piggy was busy.
GL E mesmo os rapaces máis pequenos que chegaran ó picouto baixaron esvarando, de maneira que todos, agás o Piggy, estaban atarefados.
Fonte: SEN (1008)
crista
EN The wind had risen again, but it had brought no snow; it came icily off the Danube and in the little grassy square by the café it whipped up the snow like the surf on top of a wave.
GL Levantouse vento outra vez, pero non traía neve, viña xeado desde o Danubio e, na praciña de herba situada fronte ao café, a neve rizábase como escuma na crista dunha onda.
Fonte: TER (2267)
alto
EN He was aware of a jolt in the earth that came to him through the soles of his feet, and the breaking sound of stones at the top of the cliff.
GL Sentiu un tremor na terra, que lle chegaba a través das solas dos pés, e tamén o ruído que facían as pedras ó crebar no alto do cantil.
Fonte: SEN (5587)
parte superior
EN From force of habit he had written at the top of the first page the initial letters of the jesuit motto: A.M.D.G.
GL Pola forza do costume escribira na parte superior da primeira páxina as iniciais do lema xesuíta: A.M.D.G.
Fonte: RET (1489)
..... on top of that
ademais
EN "On top of that," he says, "the university is the home of elites".
GL "Ademais", afirma, "a universidade é un medio reservado ás minorías".
Fonte: C10 (276)
adjective
mellor
EN While in Florida, he also aced Bollettieri's tennis school evaluation test for the scholarship before signing a contract with IMG (International Management Group), which manages the careers of many of the world's top athletes.
GL Durante a súa estadía en Florida, pasou igualmente sen necesidade de esforzarse moito a proba para a concesión da bolsa de estudios na escola de tenis de Bollettieri. Logo, asinou un contrato coa IMG (International Management Group), que leva as carreiras de moitos dos mellores atletas do mundo.
Fonte: C14 (223)
primeiro
EN It is significant that no Latin American countries feature among the world's top 20 nations in terms of industrial and technological patents.
GL Ningún país latinoamericano está entre os vinte primeiros polo número de patentes.
Fonte: C20 (518)
máximo
EN A campaign will obviously not work unless the battle against Aids is a top priority for governments and given ongoing attention.
GL Agora salta á vista que unha campaña so ten éxito se o gobemo lle da a máxima prioridade á loita contra a sida e a converte nunha preocupación constante.
Fonte: C31 (183)
transitive verb
superar
EN Equipment sales topped $2 billion and there were 35,000 jobs in the sector worldwide.
GL En efecto, as vendas de equipos superaron os 2.000 millóns de dólares e creáronse 35.000 empregos neste sector.
Fonte: C02 (768)
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