121 Examen 2 Flashcards by Seona Maskara | Brainscape

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Fuera de horas

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Not during a normal time

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Tener los huesos molidos

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sad

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Darle igual algo

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doesn’t matter

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Agudizar el ingenio

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Sharpen wits

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Tomarle el pelo (a alguien)

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pull someone’s leg

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sacarle el jugo a

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take full advantage of

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a lo loco

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like crazy

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levantarse con el pie izquierdo

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wake up on the wrong side of the bed

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no tener pelos en la lengua

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not to mince words

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echar leña al fuego

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add to the fire

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poner en duda

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to question

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llegar a buen puerto

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to be successful

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ponerse al tanto

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catch oneself up

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estar de luto

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to be mourning

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dejar huella

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to leave a mark

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guardarle rencor

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to hold a grudge

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restar importancia

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downplay

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pasarse de la raya

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cross the line

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no saber ni jota de

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to know nothing

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jugarse la vida

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play with life

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jugar con fuego

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play with fire

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jugar sucio

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play dirty

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cada loco con su tema

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to each their own

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hacérsele la boca agua

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mouth water

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a la ligera

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carelessly

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volver la espalda

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to turn one’s back

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hurgar en la herida

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open old wounds

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mucho ha llovido desde entonces

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a lot has happened

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ser peor el remedio que la enfermedad

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the remedy is worse than the disease/replace one evil w another

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declararse en huelga

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go on strike

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hacerse ilusiones

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have a good feeling

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de improviso

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impromptu

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sin perder detalle

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without missing any details

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ir de juerga

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to go to a party

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hombre prevenido vale por dos

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a cautious man is worth 2

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dejar a un lado

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set aside

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temblar de miedo

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tremble with fear

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ir en contra de la corriente

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go against the flow

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tener lengua de víbora

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to have a sharp tounge

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llevarse un susto

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get a scare

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no ver la hora de

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i can’t wait

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volver a las andadas

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lapse into a bad habit

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romper el hielo

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break the ice

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a primera hora

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first thing in the morning

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acabar de + inf

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to have just done something

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acabar/terminar por + inf

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to end up doing something

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acostumbrar a + inf

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to do something usually

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comenzar a + inf

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to begin to do something

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deber + inf

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to have to do something

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deber de + inf

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must + inf (indicate probability)

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dejar/parar de + inf

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to stop doing something

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empezar a + inf

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to begin to do something

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empezar por + inf

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to begin by doing something

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estar por + inf

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to be about to do something

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haber de + inf

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to have to do something

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haber que + inf

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to have to do something (impersonal)

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ir a + inf

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going to do something

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llegar a + inf

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to come to do something

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parecer + inf

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to seem + inf

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pasar a + inf

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to go on to do something

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poder + inf

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to be able to do something

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ponerse a + inf

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to begin to do something

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querer + inf

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to want to do something

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saber + inf

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to know how to do something

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soler + inf

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to do something usually

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tener que + inf

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to have to do something

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terminar de + inf

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to finish doing something

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venir a + inf

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probability verb + approx + quantity

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volver a + inf

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to do something again

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andar + gerund

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to be doing something intermittently

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estar + ger

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to be doing something

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ir + ger

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to be gradually doing something

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llevar + (time) + ger

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do have been doing something (for a period of time) up to the present

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seguir/continuar + ger

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to keep on doing somehthing

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venir + ger

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to have been doing something