mandar1

¹ = be in charge, instruct, mandate, enjoin, call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.

Ex. He stared coldly at her for a moment, then spat out: 'Bah! You're in charge'.

Ex. Some of the above limitations of title indexes can be overcome by exercising a measure of control over the index terminology, and by inputting and instructing the computer to print a number of pre-determined links or references between keywords.

Ex. Adequate security for expensive equipment must also be provided for in this decision, and a secluded back room, a remote phone cut-off switch, or a removable keyboard may be mandated.

Ex. Heightened interest in the nation's founding and in the intentions of the founders enjoins law librarians to provide reference service for research in the history of the constitutional period.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Who's calling the shots in the semiconductor industry'.

Ex. One of the hardest things about being the boss is that no one tells you what you're doing wrong.

Ex. As long as we allow other people to pay the piper, they will continue calling the tune in Africa.

Ex. Just as the 19th century belonged to England and the 20th century to America, so the 21st century will be China's turn to set the agenda and rule the roost.

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* los que mandan = the powers-that-be.

* mandar a buscar = send for.

* mandar + Alguien + a = shuffle + Nombre + to.

* mandar callar = shush, hush.

* mandar comparecer = subpoena.

* no dejar de mandar + Nombre = keep + Nombre + coming.

* quien paga manda = he who pays the piper calls the tune.