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1
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Quítate esa expresiôn de la cara

A

-Get that face off

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-Cuál es la lección que queda como para llevarse a casa?

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-What’s the take-away?

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Mi vecino pasa todo su tiempo libre trabajando en su jardín. Yo no haría eso, pero cada loco con su tema.

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My neighbor spends all his free time working in the garden. I would never want to do that but different strokes to different folks.

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Cómo eras cuando eras jóven?

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What were you like when you were younger?

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5
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Voy a ver cómo anda Alicia?

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I’ll check on Alice.

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6
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Lo que no mata engorda.

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What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger.

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Cuando Tosca hizo su debut…

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When Tosca premiered…,

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Ella era como chiflis.

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She was kind of loopy.

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9
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Ella se vestía muy bien.

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She was a dresser.

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10
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Defiéndeme.

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Stand up for me.

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Defiéndete a tí mismo.

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Stand up for yourself.

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12
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Reconcíliate con tu esposa.

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Make up with your wife.

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13
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No te quitaré los ojos de encima.

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I’ll watch you like a hawk.

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No te voy a quitar los ojos de encima

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I’ll watch you like a hawk.

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15
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Levantar pesas

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To pump weights.

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Finalmente encontraste algo en lo que no apestas.

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You finally found something you don’t stink at.

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17
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Le chocaron el carro por detrás.

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He got rear-ended.

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18
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El cometa Halley

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Halley’s comet

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19
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El tiene puesta la piyama

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He’s wearing pajamas

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20
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Apretar la rienda

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To hold a tight rain.

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21
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Creo que en el fondo ellos realmente me aman.

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I think that underneath they do love me.

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22
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Vaca ladrona no olvida portillo.

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Once a cheater always a cheater

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23
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Me hicieron voltear y voltear.

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They gave me the runaround.

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24
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Recortes

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Clippings.

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25
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  • Una gaseosa por favor.

- Ya se la traigo.

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  • A soda, please.

- Coming up.

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26
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Zapatos de balerina.

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Toes shoes.

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27
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La invitó a tomar vino, la sacó a cenar.

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He wined her, dined her.

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28
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Lo hice por tusa

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Ir was a rebound.

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29
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Te haré cumplir la palabra.

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I’ll hold you to it.

30
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Un soplo en el corazón.

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A heart murmur.

31
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Podemos echar un carisellazo

A

We can flip for it.

32
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Volvamos juntos

A

Let’s get back together.

33
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Uno no cambia las cosas a última hora.

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You don’t change horses in midstream.

34
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Se está vendiendo como pan caliente.

A

It’s selling like hot cakes.

35
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Estoy sudando a mares.

A

I’m sweating buckets.

36
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Puedo llegar al punto de mi tema?

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Can I bring my point home?

37
Q

Cómo puedes creer un chisme tan bobo?

A

How can you believe such a stupid rumor?

38
Q

No voy a ser el premio de consolación de nadie.

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I’m not gonna be anyone’s consolation prive.

39
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Tengo un plan para unirte a tí y a Ed?

A

I have a plan to bring you and Ed together.

40
Q

Yo no te estoy pidiendo permiso.

A

I’m not asking you for permission

41
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Vuelve a dormir.

A

Go back to sleep

42
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A mi no me van a manipular.

A

I won’t be manipulated.

43
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No te estoy pidiendo permiso.

A

I’m not asking you for permission.

44
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Sigue durmiendo.

A

Go back to sleep.

45
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El otro día te confié lo de mi papá.

A

The other day I opened up to you about my father.

46
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Al paso que vamos nos van a barrer en un año.

A

At the rate we’re going we’ll be wiped out in a year.

47
Q

Está bien si voy

A dormí a tu casa?

A

Is it all right with you if I crash with you?

48
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Esta noche es para sentar la pauta para el Nuevo Año.

A

To night is about setting the tone for the New Year.

49
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It just came out

A

Se me salió. (algo que dije)

50
Q

Voy a cantarle la tabla

A

I’m going to tell him who’s who and what’s what.

51
Q

Eres musico?

No,molesto con eso.

A

Are you a musician?

No, I mess around.

52
Q

El río Tuluá se salió

A

Tulua River overflowed its banks

52
Q

El secó la ropa en una máquina secadora.

A

He tumble dried his clothes on high heat.

53
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Amansar zapatos

A

To break in new shoes

54
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En los países en desarrollo el agua potable no es algo que se dé por sentado.

A

In developing countries, clean drinking water is not a given.

55
Q

Le pregunté a David sí podíamos sólo sentarnos al sol por un rato.

A

I asked David If we could just sit in the sun for a while.

56
Q

Todo se resume, Shirley, en que tú serás una profesora .Como yo, pero en una escala mucho más amplia.

A

What it comes down to, Shirley is that you’re to be a teacher. Like me. But on a much wider scale.

57
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No dudes de tí mismo.

A

Don’t doubt yourself.

58
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Objecto valioso que posee una familia Por muchas a ños y que Es pasado de generation en generation

A

Heirloom : a valuable object that is owned by a family for many years and passed from one generation to another

59
Q

Siempre existe la otra cars de la moneda.

A

There’s always a flip side to the coin

59
Q

Tienes un orzuelo en tu ojo?

A

Do you have a sty in your eye?

61
Q

Achicar las opciones.

A

To narrow down the choices.

62
Q

Hemos pasado la antorcha a una nueva generación.

A

We’ve passed the torch to a new generation.

63
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Tú respondías por ella. Arregla las cosas.

A

You vouched for her. fix it

64
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Un estudio sin precedentes de intervención contra el cáncer que subió la respectabilidad de usar suplementos contra el cáncer varios peldaños.

A

An “unprecedented cancer intervention study” that “bumped up the respectability of using supplements against cancer several notches.”

64
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Que suenen los tambores ( Para anunciar algo muy bueno)

A

Drum roll, please.

65
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No puedo motivarme. No puedo motivar a mis estudiantes.

A

I can’t motivate myself . I can’t motivate my students .

66
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No puedes seguir castigándote.

A

You can’t keep beating yourself up.

67
Q

La Sábila está repleta de aminoácidos.

A

Aloe vera juice is crammed full of amino acids.Sebastian.Oct 7, 2014

69
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No pensé en lo que vendría despues

A

I didn’t think ahead.

70
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Poner Los cimientos, las bases.

A

To lay the groundwork

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