121 Examen 2 Flashcards
Fuera de horas
Not during a normal time
Tener los huesos molidos
sad
Darle igual algo
doesn’t matter
Agudizar el ingenio
Sharpen wits
Tomarle el pelo (a alguien)
pull someone’s leg
sacarle el jugo a
take full advantage of
a lo loco
like crazy
levantarse con el pie izquierdo
wake up on the wrong side of the bed
no tener pelos en la lengua
not to mince words
echar leña al fuego
add to the fire
poner en duda
to question
llegar a buen puerto
to be successful
ponerse al tanto
catch oneself up
estar de luto
to be mourning
dejar huella
to leave a mark
guardarle rencor
to hold a grudge
restar importancia
downplay
pasarse de la raya
cross the line
no saber ni jota de
to know nothing
jugarse la vida
play with life
jugar con fuego
play with fire
jugar sucio
play dirty
cada loco con su tema
to each their own
hacérsele la boca agua
mouth water
a la ligera
carelessly
volver la espalda
to turn one’s back
hurgar en la herida
open old wounds
mucho ha llovido desde entonces
a lot has happened
ser peor el remedio que la enfermedad
the remedy is worse than the disease/replace one evil w another
declararse en huelga
go on strike
hacerse ilusiones
have a good feeling
de improviso
impromptu
sin perder detalle
without missing any details
ir de juerga
to go to a party
hombre prevenido vale por dos
a cautious man is worth 2
dejar a un lado
set aside
temblar de miedo
tremble with fear
ir en contra de la corriente
go against the flow
tener lengua de víbora
to have a sharp tounge
llevarse un susto
get a scare
no ver la hora de
i can’t wait
volver a las andadas
lapse into a bad habit
romper el hielo
break the ice
a primera hora
first thing in the morning
acabar de + inf
to have just done something
acabar/terminar por + inf
to end up doing something
acostumbrar a + inf
to do something usually
comenzar a + inf
to begin to do something
deber + inf
to have to do something
deber de + inf
must + inf (indicate probability)
dejar/parar de + inf
to stop doing something
empezar a + inf
to begin to do something
empezar por + inf
to begin by doing something
estar por + inf
to be about to do something
haber de + inf
to have to do something
haber que + inf
to have to do something (impersonal)
ir a + inf
going to do something
llegar a + inf
to come to do something
parecer + inf
to seem + inf
pasar a + inf
to go on to do something
poder + inf
to be able to do something
ponerse a + inf
to begin to do something
querer + inf
to want to do something
saber + inf
to know how to do something
soler + inf
to do something usually
tener que + inf
to have to do something
terminar de + inf
to finish doing something
venir a + inf
probability verb + approx + quantity
volver a + inf
to do something again
andar + gerund
to be doing something intermittently
estar + ger
to be doing something
ir + ger
to be gradually doing something
llevar + (time) + ger
do have been doing something (for a period of time) up to the present
seguir/continuar + ger
to keep on doing somehthing
venir + ger
to have been doing something