clock

las veinticuatro horas

En «around the clock», durante todo el día y toda la noche, sin parar.

En inglés sencillo: In “around the clock,” throughout the whole day and night, without stopping.

• Nurses cared for him around the clock.
• The factory operates around the clock.
• Teams worked around the clock to repair the bridge.

Expresiones frecuentes: around the clock, work around the clock

cuentakilómetros, odómetro

Dispositivo de un vehículo que indica la distancia total recorrida.

En inglés sencillo: The device in a vehicle that shows the total distance it has travelled.

• This car has fifty thousand miles on the clock.
• Check the clock before buying a used van.
• The clock showed a much higher mileage than advertised.

Cómo se usa: on the clock (The van has ninety thousand miles on the clock.)

Sinónimos: odometer, mileometer

Expresiones frecuentes: miles on clock, clock reading

fichar

Registrar la hora de entrada o salida del trabajo, normalmente mediante una máquina o un ordenador.

En inglés sencillo: To record when you arrive at work or leave it, usually using a machine or computer.

• Please clock in before work.
• She clocked out at six yesterday.
• Have you forgotten to clock in again?

Cómo se usa: clock in (All staff must clock in before starting work.); clock out (Remember to clock out at the end of your shift.)

Sinónimos: punch in, punch out

Expresiones frecuentes: clock in, clock out, clock in late

cronometrar, medir la velocidad

Medir la velocidad de algo o el tiempo que tarda.

En inglés sencillo: To measure how fast something moves or how long it takes.

• We clocked the runner’s time.
• Police clocked her car at eighty miles an hour.
• The coach clocked him at twelve seconds over one hundred metres.

Cómo se usa: clock someone/something at a speed/time (Police clocked the motorbike at ninety miles an hour.)

Sinónimos: time

Expresiones frecuentes: clock a runner, clock someone at, clock a car

registrar, marcar

Alcanzar una velocidad determinada o terminar algo en un tiempo concreto.

En inglés sencillo: To reach a particular speed or finish something in a particular amount of time.

• She clocked a personal best.
• The winner clocked ten seconds in the final.
• His latest marathon clocked in at three hours.

Cómo se usa: clock in at a time (The journey clocked in at just under six hours.)

Sinónimos: record, register

Expresiones frecuentes: clock a time, clock a speed, clock in at

acumular

Llegar a una cantidad total de algo a lo largo de un período.

En inglés sencillo: To reach a total amount of something over a period of time.

• We clocked up five hundred miles.
• He has clocked up years of teaching experience.
• How many flight hours have you clocked up?

Cómo se usa: clock up something (She has clocked up twenty years with the company.)

Sinónimos: accumulate, rack up, amass

Expresiones frecuentes: clock up miles, clock up hours, clock up something

pegar, dar un puñetazo

Dar un golpe fuerte a alguien, normalmente en la cabeza o en la cara.

En inglés sencillo: To hit someone hard, usually on the head or face.

• He clocked me on the head.
• She clocked him when he grabbed her arm.
• One punch clocked the boxer right in the jaw.

Cómo se usa: clock someone on/in a body part (He clocked the attacker on the jaw.)

Sinónimos: punch, hit, smack

Expresiones frecuentes: clock someone, clock someone hard

notar, reconocer

Percatarse de alguien o algo, o darse cuenta de cómo es.

En inglés sencillo: To notice someone or something, or realize what they are like.

• I clocked her by the door.
• He quickly clocked the mistake in the address.
• She had already clocked him as someone who liked an argument.

Cómo se usa: clock someone/something as something (I clocked him as a regular customer straight away.)

Sinónimos: notice, spot, recognize

Expresiones frecuentes: clock someone, clock something, clock someone as