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Angles Flashcards

1
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Dodgy

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Sospechoso

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Tow-truck

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Grúa

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Cutting-edge

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“El último grito”

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Ring binder

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Carpeta de anillas

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Advantages outweight disadvantages

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Las ventajas son más abundates que las desventajas

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It is not seasoned

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“No está aliñado”

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7
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Shoot them up

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Videojuegos de matar todo lo que se mueve

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8
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Bleak

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Sin esperanza (the finantial situation is looking bleak)

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9
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Taking the piss out of something

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Hacer coña the algo

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10
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Sharon Stone played the role so well

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Hacer un buen papel

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11
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Witty

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Humor agudo e inteligente

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12
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Un-patronizing way of treating

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Hablar de igual a igual

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13
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Biased

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The contrary of impartial

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14
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Thiking about or think in

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Thinking about

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15
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Seek-out or seek

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buscar técnicamente o conceptualmente (seek legal advice)

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Look for

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Buscar no tan activamente como search

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17
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Search

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Buscar activamente

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18
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He threw his toys out of the pram

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Pataléo

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19
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He threw a tantrum

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Pichó un berrinche

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20
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Ordenar de más agradable a menos agradble

  • Discursion
  • Argument
  • Conversation
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conversation > discussion > argument

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21
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There is no telling

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No hay forma de saberlo/decirlo

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22
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The floor is yours

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Tienes nuestra atencion, el escenario es tuyo

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23
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Low-hanging fruit

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Los temas/topicos mas sencillos de solucionar

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24
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Atrocious

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Very bad and umpleasant

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25
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Shallow

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poco profundo, superficial

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26
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Feeble

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Very weak

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27
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Unconvincing

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not seeming true or real

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28
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Utter

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complete, used to emphasize sth, sth very bad. This is an utter waste of time.)

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29
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An snob

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Un pijo

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30
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Poshy

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Pijo (Adjetivo)

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31
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Safety net

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Colchón económico

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32
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There was an elephant in the room

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Algo que pasaba y de lo que nadie quería hablar

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33
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I am between a rock and a hard place

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Estar entre la espada y la pared

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34
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Not to look eye to eye

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No estar del todo deacuerdo

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35
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Stay in

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Quedarse en casa, mantenerse en la competición

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36
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Set off

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Salir de viaje, salir hacia

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37
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Come across

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Encontrarse con, toparse con // Dar la impresión

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38
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Stag night, o bien,

Hen night

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Despedida de soltero/a

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39
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Hen night

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Despedida de soltero/a

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40
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Spinster

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Solterona, mujer que se queda para vestir santos

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41
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There is no relation/comparison between no es correcto se dice…

A

It has nothing to do with

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42
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To be bacherlor

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Ser soltero

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43
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Doggie bag

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Sobres del menjar

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44
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Like a Bull in a Chinese shop

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Como un Elefante en una cacharreria

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45
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Assest yourself

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Fantasmear

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46
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Assest yourself

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Fantasmear

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47
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train wreck

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choque de trenes, wreck–>naufragio, reducir algo a ruinas

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48
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let me down

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Me has defraudao

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49
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know by heart

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saberselo al dedillo

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50
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Cost and arm and a leg

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Valer un huevo

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51
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Foot the bill

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Pagar el compte

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52
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Put a foot in my mounth

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dir algo incorrecte o compromes/enutjos

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53
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see eye to ye

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Estar d’acord amb l’altre

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54
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To eye

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mira amb desitj

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55
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To have a nose for [Something]

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Tenir olfacte

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56
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Be a mouthful

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dificil de pronunciar

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57
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To kneel before [somebody]

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Agenollar- davant de [algú]

58
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kneel down

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fer una genoflexió

59
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to mouth [someone] off

A

respon badly

60
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to tongue

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llepar [to lick]

61
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By the skin of my teeth

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Fer algo al temps limit [per un pel]

62
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To point your finger

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to blame

63
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to head

A

to go to

64
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pig headed

A

masclista

65
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Achilles heel

A

talo de aquiles

66
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to stomach [something]

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to tolerate

67
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Dry run

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prototype

68
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ballpark figures

A

numeros aproximats

69
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are in a level playing field

A

els dos tenen les mateixes aportunitats

70
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the novel is set

A

la novela esta ambientada

71
Q

PR: Amulet

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[Amileit]

72
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PR: Catholic

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[Cázolic]

73
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PR:Leucemia

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[Lukímia]

74
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Pain Killer

A

Analgesic

75
Q

PT: Tired

A

[Taid]

76
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I have IVF

A

In Vitro Fecundation

77
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I have BO

A

Bodu Olor (fa pudor)

78
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Once in a blue moon

A

molt rarament

79
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Crossing the line

A

Passar-se de la ratlla

80
Q

to be Piece of work

A

Ser un pieza/extravagant

81
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Naughty

A

Travieso

82
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Nought

A

0

83
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noughties

A

2000-2010

84
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Walk away from the project

A

Abandonar el projecte

85
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Make yourself at home

A

Como si estiguesis a casa teva

86
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Let the sleepings dogs lie

A

Dejar el tema no vaya a explotar

87
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Stock

A

Caldo

88
Q

Crumbs

A

miga

89
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Almonds

A

Atmelles

90
Q

Pine nut

A

pinyo

91
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PR: Tomato

A

[Taomato]

92
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PR: Potato

A

[Poteito]

93
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Make up for lost time

A

Recuperar el temps perdut

94
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Take up all my time

A

Ocupar tot el temps

95
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Short of time

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Push for time

96
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Open a can of worms

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Obrir la caixa de pandora

97
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Sexist, mysogynist

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sexista

98
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Culture shock

A

Bany de realitat

99
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Can artist

A

Timador

100
Q

Fly off the handle

A

Perder los estribos

101
Q

Tell [somebody] off

A

reganyar

102
Q

Feak-out

A

flipar

103
Q

[Estar] stressed [Ser] …

A

uptight

104
Q

[Estar] happy[Ser] …

A

cheerful

105
Q

[Estar] relaxed [Ser] …

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laid-back

106
Q

We are getting there

A

estem progressant

107
Q

It’s water under the bridge

A

algo que vaig deixar enradera

108
Q

rip [something] apart/rip [something] to shreds

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destruir completament

109
Q

weigh [sth/sb] down

A

pesar, agobiar a algu

110
Q

put off

A

postpone

111
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more extreme

A

ex: es mes apreciable a aquesta edat

112
Q

to misstreat

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maltractar

113
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bipartisanism

A

bipartidisme [Bipartisanisem]

114
Q

Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater

A

no tiris lo bo quan tiris lo dolent

115
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MP

A

Member of the parlament

116
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Pr: Fired

A

[Fayed]

117
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Job postion

A

post

118
Q

If live give you lemons make lemonade

A

aprofita el que tinguis

119
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Get back on your feets

A

Recupera’t

120
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Pull your socks up

A

Espabila

121
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Make the leap

A

Donar un salt, promocio,cambiar

122
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Wealth

A

abundancia

123
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give me the lowdown

A

Donem el detalls

124
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give me the 411

A

Donem els detalls

125
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Odds

A

probabilitat en una aposta (increase the odds)

126
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tiptop

A

genial

127
Q

to be on the safe side

A

a tiro seguro

128
Q

Deep-down

A

en el fondo (they said will vote podemos, but deepdown they know will vote PSOE)

129
Q

Bird’s eye view

A

En perspectiva

130
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Boo-boo’s

A

small mistakes

131
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work wonders

A

Funciona de meravella

132
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Sound bite

A

tall de una entrevista

133
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Shoo-in

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Guranteed success, (in terms of choosen)

134
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off-the-cut

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espontaneament

135
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Flaky

A

unreliable

136
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take it with a grain of salt

A

No t’ho prenguis seriosament

137
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[Stg] is remiss

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Incorrecte or problmatic

138
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Obnoxious

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Arrogant, chulo

139
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topsy-turvy

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desordenat

140
Q

Buzzword

A

paraula que sempre sona (p ex: a ADP les de la missio i visio insighfult, inspiring…)

141
Q

I’ll vouch you

A

Donaré bones referencies teves

142
Q

Stuck-up

A

cregut

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