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head of steam
Language:
Meanings:
1.
Worldwide
literal
The quantity of steam and the resulting pressure in a boiler, especially of a steam engine.
2.
Worldwide
UK
US
idiomatic
figurative
informal
A significant amount of energy, vigour, or momentum sufficient to make progress or achieve a goal.
Examples:
EN:
Tugboat Annie's back again with a full head of steam.
ES:
Remolcadora Annie ha vuelto y está hecha una furia.
EN:
You should have seen the head of steam she had worked up this morning.
ES:
Deberías haber visto con qué energía estaba esta mañana.
EN:
Well, with that head of steam she had worked up this morning, it's more likely she exploded.
ES:
Bueno, con la energía que le viste esta mañana, ...es más probable que haya explotado.
EN:
Ain't nobody in Africa except yours truly can get up a good head of steam on the old African Queen.
ES:
En todo el continente africano no hay nadie que pueda capitanear el Reina Africana como yo.
EN:
Get a good head of steam up, and then point the launch toward a ship, and just before she hits, we could dive off, couldn't we?
ES:
Juntar mucho vapor y apuntar contra el buque, y justo antes de chocar, nos zambullimos, ¿verdad?
EN:
Question is, will she stand up under a full head of steam?
ES:
La pregunta es si resistirá a toda velocidad.
EN:
I guess everything in the engine room was going well for we was keeping up a fair head of steam. Oh, yes, I forgot.
ES:
Supongo que todo en la sala de máquinas iba bien por el hermoso penacho de humo que nos cubría.
EN:
and Luke the engineer's got a full head of steam in this tar bucket.
ES:
Luke, el ingeniero, tiene mucho vapor en ese barril de alquitrán.
EN:
By Jove, after all these years, she can still build up a fine head of steam.
ES:
Por Júpiter, después de todos estos años, aún puede adquirir una linda velocidad.
EN:
What if somebody decided to build up a head of steam and struck a match to it?
ES:
¿Y si alguien decidiera ponerlo en marcha?
EN:
He's a strange man and he's workin' up a big head of steam.
ES:
Es un hombre extraño y está tomando gran impulso.
EN:
You're not gettin' up much of a head of steam, Reuben.
ES:
No estás avanzando nada, Reuben.
EN:
Chief, keep up a full head of steam.
ES:
Jefe, a todo vapor.
EN:
Full head of steam on all the time!
ES:
A toda máquina en todo momento.
EN:
Captain, get up a head of steam.
ES:
Capitán, tenga la máquina a punto.
EN:
Tugboat Annie's back again with a full head of steam.
ES:
Remolcadora Annie ha vuelto y está hecha una furia.
EN:
You should have seen the head of steam she had worked up this morning.
ES:
Deberías haber visto con qué energía estaba esta mañana.
EN:
Well, with that head of steam she had worked up this morning, it's more likely she exploded.
ES:
Bueno, con la energía que le viste esta mañana, ...es más probable que haya explotado.
EN:
Chief, keep up a full head of steam.
ES:
Jefe, a todo vapor.
EN:
Full head of steam on all the time!
ES:
A toda máquina en todo momento.
EN:
Captain, get up a head of steam.
ES:
Capitán, tenga la máquina a punto.
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