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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
1
Q

Colgarle a alguien el teléfono

Llamar por teléfono

A

To Hang up

To Ring someone up

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2
Q

Prensa

Gotear

Escándalo

A

Press

Leak

Scandal

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3
Q

Que pierde mucho

A

Leak like a sieve

“What should you do if yor car leaks oil like a sieve?”

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4
Q

Terrible

Horroroso

Horrible

A

Terrible

Awful

Horrible

Terrible is formal, while awful and horrible are rather informal.

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5
Q

Engañar a alguien

Poner los cuernos

A

Cheat someone or Screw someone over

Cheat on someone

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6
Q

Esperar

Spend time with your friends

A

To hang on

To hang out

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7
Q

Hacer un esfuerzo

Hacer el esfuerzo

A

To Make an attempt

To Make the attempt

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8
Q

Lidiar con

A

To put up with

To deal with

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9
Q

Jubilarse

Jubilación

A

Retire

Retirement

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10
Q

Posición, puesto

Ocupar

Aplicar, posicionar?

A

Position

Occupy

Apply (for / to)

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11
Q

Adicto

Adicción

Adicto a

A

Addict

Addiction

Addicted to

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12
Q

Emparentado

Parientes

A

Related to/ with

Relatives

The cat is a relative of the tiger

The cat is related to the tiger

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13
Q

Desteñir

Jabón el polvo

A

To Fade

Washing powder

“Does beauty fade with the years?”

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14
Q

Poco tiempo

A

At short notice

“You’ve given me too short of a notice”

“I can’t do it with such a short notice”

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15
Q

Razón

Razonable

Irrazonable

A

Reason

Reasonable

Unreasonable

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16
Q

Codicia

Codicioso

A

Greed, Stingy

Greedy

“Can a greedy person easily satisfy their appetite?”

17
Q

Despedir

Despido

A

Dismiss

Dismissal

“People are usually dismissed from work when they’re lazy”

“Do you think the danger of dismissal can motivate people to work harder?”

18
Q

Colgar

Percha

Colgador

A

Hang

Hanger

Hook

19
Q

Nalga

A

Buttock

20
Q

Muslo

A

Thigh

21
Q

Vista y audición

A

Sight and hearing

22
Q

Tener mas peso que

Exceder en peso

A

Outweigh

23
Q

Envejecimiento

A

Ageing

24
Q

Cirujano

A

Surgeon

25
Q

Invertir (darle la vuelta a las cosas)

A

Reverse

26
Q

Carrera

A

Dash

Sprint

27
Q

Rápido

A

Fast: car, train, road, watch, clock

Quick: decision, look, reply, thinking

Rapid: change, progress, increase, growth

The number of people in town increased rapidly.

28
Q

Amargo

A

Bitter

29
Q

Arrepentirse

A

Regret

30
Q

Sincero, honesto

Sinceramente

Honestitad

A

Sincere

Sincerely

Sincerity

31
Q

Defraudar

A

To let someone down

32
Q

Poblemas de actitud

Impolite behavior which is not accepted by other people.

A

Attitude problem

33
Q

Atascarse

Tener que cargar con

A

Be stuck or Get stuck

34
Q

Parte o Acción
(En temas de negocios de bolsa)

Bolsa

Accionista

A

Share

Stock exchange

Shareholder

35
Q

Prevenir

A

Prevent

36
Q

Apoyo, apoyar

Soporte, respaldar

Mantener, manutención

A

Support

37
Q

Prohibir

Prohibición

A

Prohibit

Prohibition

38
Q

Agudo

A

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