In English, many things are named after a particular country – but have you ever wondered what those things are called in those countries?
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1.1(exercise book)
cuaderno masculino- Books are open on every surface, and there are many pages of notebooks strewn around.
- I took out my book for social and placed my Spanish and math books and notebooks into my locker.
- Crosswell had begun his own football novel, three handwritten pages in a notebook.
- Vicki struggled open another box of books and notebooks as she tried to forget that it had been fun.
- They talked more for another hour, their notebooks and books completely forgotten.
- I had no backpack, had no textbooks, had no notes, had no notebooks, had no nothing.
- While she was opening her books and notebooks the girl didn't stop staring at him.
- When at art college I much preferred flicking through people's notebooks and sketch books than their finished pieces.
- In our notebook were pages of names and phone numbers of friends he wished to be contacted on his demise.
- He started talking, and the students all began jotting down notes in their notebooks.
- Along the shelves were various other notebooks containing the notes of later hunters.
- The falling leaves land on her books, notebooks, school bag and hair as if each leaf knows its final destination.
- She entrusted a huge collection of books, documents, notebooks and other items from her news days to the center.
- She hurriedly started pulling notebooks and books off of the top shelf, almost at random.
- Already I'd filled many a page in my notebooks with my rants and raves about it.
- Now the notebooks and books stood neatly stacked on a shelf on top of the desk.
- I picked up all my books and notebooks in a daze, and was nearly out of the classroom when I felt a tug on my sleeve.
- I got all of my books and notebooks out and looked at Mr. Walker, who was doing attendance.
- Well, with that out of the way, please take out your notebooks for some notes.
- The Toronto officers did not record the interview other than handwritten notes in their notebooks.
1.2(for shorthand)
libreta femeninobloc masculino1.3US (loose-leaf binder)
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Informáticanotebook masculinonotebook femenino América Latinacomputadora portátil femeninoordenador portátil masculino España- However, notebooks and laptops haven't had the luxury of big drives until recently.
- Data loss associated with notebooks and portable computers is even more drastic.
- Compaq's professional computers and notebooks will survive, but under the HP name.
- While Wi-Fi is becoming a standard feature on notebooks, network coverage is anything but ubiquitous.
- The company is to develop and supply Bluetooth technology for use in Compaq notebooks and desktops.
- You only have to look at the increasing number of Centrino-based notebooks arriving through our doors to realise that.
- Their specialisms suggest the PC giant is buying desktops, notebooks and servers, respectively.
- Power notebooks and laptops are also the fastest growing area and they will also need electronics which will monitor and control the heat.
- Next, use the hardware profile to tell the computer it's a notebook with a docking station.
- This game is clearly intended for value-oriented computers or even notebooks.
- These memory module types are rarely used in desktop computers and never in notebooks.
- Dell will now load the software onto notebooks at the customer's discretion, it says.
- In short, it's easy to grasp what makes a Centrino notebook different from other laptops.
- IBM's putting Linux on notebooks showed how Linux was moving to the desktop market.
- He said that a majority of Tosh notebooks would have IBM drives inside them.
- Some PDAs and notebooks will offer only Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, but the vast majority will offer both.
- The joint venture's portfolio ranges from mainframes to notebooks.
- Again, traditionally, the desktop line has been fitted with new CPUs ahead of the notebooks.
- Cellphones today have the same computing power as notebooks did a few years ago.
- Shares in makers of panels used as computer screens in notebooks, desktop monitors and mobile phones rose.
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