at will | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)At one'spreference; as one sees fit.I'm writing my bookat will- there's no deadline or minimum word count.15th c., “[The Creation]”, inWakefield Mystery Plays; Re-edited in George England,Alfred W. Pollard, editors,The Towneley Plays(Early English Text SocietyExtra Series; LXXI), London:[…]Oxford University Press,1897,→OCLC,page 6, lines174–179:I gif the witt, I gif the strenght, / of all thou sees, of brede & lengthe; / thou shall be wonder wise. / Myrth and Ioy to haueat will, / All thi likyng to fulfill, / and dwell in paradise.I give thee consciousness, I give thee strength over all thou seest, over all its breadth and length thou shalt be wondrously wise. Mirth and joy [you shall] haveat willto fulfil all thy liking and dwell in paradise.1960December, “The first hundred 25 kV a.c. electric locomotives for B.R.”, inTrains Illustrated, page727:[...] there is no special incentive to adopt a design on the latest French pattern, in which the gear ratio can be changedat willto permit higher tractive efforts on freight duties as an alternative to higher speeds on passenger duties.2013October 19, Ben Smith,BBC Sport:And yet, United always carried the greater threat. Their movement in attack constantly confounded Southampton's defenders, with Rooney, Van Persie and Januzaj swapping places and eluding markersat will.

Examples:

EN: The heart of the city will be left defenseless... ours to loot at will.
ES: "Mientras saqueamos a voluntad un centro de la ciudad indefenso!"
EN: He's roaming the country at will, a madman.
ES: Ese demente campa a sus anchas.
EN: I will now stop and start my pulse at will.
ES: Y ahora pararé e iniciaré mi pulso a voluntad.
EN: ♪ Naughty man at will thee make mischief in her eyes ♪
ES: ♪ Hombre travieso de por si al que aella no le gusta demasiado ♪
EN: She sought to reach the croupier by seducing the man, for the poor girl had gotten the incredible idea that I could cause the ball to land in the second dozen at will.
ES: Pero pretendía seducir al hombre para controlar al "crupier". Una absurda idea se había instalado... en su cabeza; que yo podía hacer caer la bola... a mi voluntad en la posición elegida de la ruleta.
EN: Oh you Click at will
ES: Por cierto, señora Hirose, guarde mi acordeón hasta que vuelva.
EN: There is not one that a woman can not dominate at will... If it is proposed.
ES: No hay uno que una mujer no pueda dominar a su antojo si se lo propone.
EN: Can one order them at will?
ES: ¿Puede uno ordenarles como desee?
EN: Here, in the bleak mountains, the mighty mastodon roamed at will.
ES: Aquí, en las montañas desoladas, el poderoso mastodonte deambulaba a voluntad.
EN: Fire at will!
ES: ¡Disparen a discreción!
EN: Take off at will.
ES: ¡Empiecen!
EN: I can go high or low at will.
ES: ¿Lo oye? ¿Ve qué graves y qué agudos?
EN: No. It's a method by which man can grow new tissues at will, replace entire organs, perhaps, as much as a lobster can grow a new claw to replace one he has lost in battle.
ES: No, es un método que permite regenerar los tejidos a voluntad, y quizá, incluso, reemplazar órganos, igual que la langosta reemplaza las patas perdidas al luchar.
EN: They can lay out there and smear us at will.
ES: Pueden quedarse ahí afuera y machacarnos.
EN: When we start laying' these eggs, fire at will to cover us.
ES: Cuando comencemos a lanzar las granadas disparad para cubrirnos.

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