2014 Phrases

Question 1

Compartir la cuenta entre dos personas (50/50)

Answer 1

To go halves / To go dutch

Question 2

Menos mal

Answer 2

It’s a good job / It’s a good thing / Just as well

Question 3

Hacer frente a y abordar algo

Answer 3

To get to grips with something

Question 4

He didn’t flinch

Answer 4

No se inmutó

Question 5

What you don’t have always seems better than what you do have (saying)

Answer 5

The grass is always greener on the other side

Question 6

Un periodo dificil

Answer 6

A rough / tough time

Question 7

Don de gentes

Answer 7

Gift of the gab

Question 8

Synonym of “Be quiet!”

Answer 8

Pipe down!

Question 9

Para un poco!

Answer 9

Give it a rest!

Question 10

Hablar o continuar sin fin, aburriendo

Answer 10

To go on and on

Question 11

Better do something

Answer 11

Mas vale hacer algo

Question 12

Deje de machacarle!

Answer 12

Lay off him!

Question 13

Por su cara, diría que no está de buen humor

Answer 13

Judging by the look on his face, he’s not in a good mood

Question 14

Aceptar una oferta

Answer 14

To take someone up on an offer

Question 15

Convencer a alguien que haga algo tentandoles

Answer 15

To tempt someone into doing something

Question 16

To laugh a little

Answer 16

To chuckle

Question 17

To perform better

Answer 17

Outdo

Question 18

Aparecer a alguien como…

Answer 18

To come over to someone as…

Question 19

Pensamientos que están más presentes

Answer 19

Thoughts that are uppermost in one’s mind

Question 20

To just about survive economically

Answer 20

To get by

Question 21

To empathise with someone

Answer 21

To feel for someone

Question 22

To look quickly at something

Answer 22

To glance at something

Question 23

To see something for a short moment

Answer 23

To glimpse something

Question 24

Se me pusieron los pelos de punta

Answer 24

My hair stood on end

Question 25

Tengo la piel de gallina

Answer 25

I’ve got goosebumps

Question 26

Me fue el santo al cielo

Answer 26

It slipped my mind

Question 27

Es un pesado

Answer 27

He’s a pest / pain in the neck/arse

Question 28

Te codeas con gente importante

Answer 28

You rub shoulders with important people

Question 29

Asomarse por la ventana

Answer 29

To lean out of the window

Question 30

Divisar

Answer 30

To make something out

Question 31

Qué fastidio!

Answer 31

What a drag!