Block#2 Flashcards by Oscar Moreno

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Dodgy

Sospechoso

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Tow-truck

Grúa

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Cutting-edge

“El último grito”

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Ring binder

Carpeta de anillas

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Advantages outweight disadvantages

Las ventajas son más abundates que las desventajas

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It is not seasoned

“No está aliñado”

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Shoot them up

Videojuegos de matar todo lo que se mueve

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Bleak

Sin esperanza (the finantial situation is looking bleak)

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Taking the piss out of something

Hacer coña the algo

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Sharon Stone played the role so well

Hacer un buen papel

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Witty

Humor agudo e inteligente

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Un-patronizing way of treating

Hablar de igual a igual

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Biased

The contrary of impartial

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Thiking about or think in

Thinking about

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Seek-out or seek

buscar técnicamente o conceptualmente (seek legal advice)

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Look for

Buscar no tan activamente como search

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Buscar activamente

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He threw his toys out of the pram

Pataléo

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He threw a tantrum

Pichó un berrinche

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Ordenar de más agradable a menos agradble- Discursion- Argument- Conversation

conversation > discussion > argument

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There is no telling

No hay forma de saberlo/decirlo

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Atrocious

Very bad and umpleasant

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Shallow

poco profundo, superficial

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Feeble

Very weak

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Unconvincing

not seeming true or real

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Utter

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

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An snob

Un pijo

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Poshy

Pijo (Adjetivo)

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Safety net

Colchón económico

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There was an elephant in the room

Algo que pasaba y de lo que nadie quería hablar

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I am between a rock and a hard place

Estar entre la espada y la pared

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Not to look eye to eye

No estar del todo deacuerdo

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Stay in

Quedarse en casa, mantenerse en la competición

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Set off

Salir de viaje, salir hacia

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Come across

Encontrarse con, toparse con // Dar la impresión

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Stag night, o bien,Hen night

Despedida de soltero/a

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Hen night

Despedida de soltero/a

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Spinster

Solterona, mujer que se queda para vestir santos

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

It has nothing to do with

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To be bacherlor

Ser soltero

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Just getting by

Apañándose como pueden

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Move the meedle

Posar fil a l´agulla. Hacer progresar algo

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This is a big impendiment (noun)

Impedimiento

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Apliance

Electrodomestico

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Spotty

Irregular, desigual

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Process-heavy

duro de gestionar

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Unsettling

Inquietante, perturbador

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En vez de determinate countries

Specific countries

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Jump through hoops

Pasar por el haro

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Patching up

Parchear

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Como decir bien ´that is the correct thing´

´That makes sense or that´s the right thing

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Discontinuate is not correct

It´s discontinue

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I am contaminating you

Te estoy haciendo pronunciarlo mal también

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Tagline

Subtítulo, lo que hay debajo de un titular. También se puede usar para un slogan

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Correct ´explain me something´

Explain (to me)

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Correct way of saying … They are providing you the service

They are providing the service (to you)

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Preposición para

Install
Look for
Watch

Cuando hablamos de ordenadores, internet

install on a computer
look for a website
watch on the internet

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No te molestes

Don´t go out of your way

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palabra-laden. Example: conflict-laden

Cargado de palabra. Cargado de conflicto.

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Pregnant

Significativo

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Self-conscious

Cohibido

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Spice up

Animar, dar vida

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To have an appointment

Tener hora en el médico

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Tener fiebre

To have a temperature

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Tener mocos

To have a block nose

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Urgencias

A&E (Accidents and emergencies)

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Differencia entre sobbing and sniffing

Sobbing de pena, sniffing the catarro

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Ser autónomo

To be self employed

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How to say paleto in English?

Country-bumpkin

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Give some evidence that backs up your statement

Dame alguna evidencia que certifique que lo que dices es cierto

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Self-celebrate

Alardear, hablar demasiado bien de uno mismo

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Unleast

Desvelar

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Something not worth pursuing

Idem

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I see this as a toll gate, it’s the price of admission

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It is misused like that

Se usa mal de esa manera. Misuse es usar incorrectamente

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Freak out

Perder los estribos o flipar literalmente “vas a flipar”.

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Palabra-laden. Example: conflict-laden, setback-laden, gift-laden, etc.

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Pregnant pause

A pause that makes a lot of sense, in the labor agreement we had a pregnant pause and

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Self-conscious

Cohibido

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Spice up

Animar, dar vida

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To have an appointment

Tener hora en el médico

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Tener fiebre

To have a temperature

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Tener mocos

To have a block nose

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Urgencias

A&E (Accidents and emergencies)

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Differencia entre sobbing and sniffing

Sobbing de pena, sniffing the catarro

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Ser autónomo

To be self employed

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How to say paleto in English?

Country-bumpkin

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Give some evidence that backs up your statement

Dame alguna evidencia que certifique que lo que dices es cierto

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His speeches are a bit self-celebratory. Do not be so self-celebratory

Alardear, hablar demasiado bien de uno mismo

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Unleash. I want to unleash you your dark side, creativity, etc.

Desvelar. Literaly leash is a correa de perro so is “desatar”

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Eerie, spooky

Inquietante

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Be uptight

Ser una persona estresada (no estarlo sino serlo)

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Be laid-back

Euphemism for lazy (serlo no estarlo). Also used for quiet person not with a negative connotation

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Ir tirando

I am hanging in there.

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Blind and curtain

Persiana o estor (french word) y cortinas. Portones son shutters

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It is too much of a commitment

Demasiado trabajo

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He is more laid back

I am relax but he is laid-back

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Raquel is over-familiar

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He is an uptight person

Persona con un stress constante como yo vamos, muy activa

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That remains to be seen

Ya lo veremos

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By the book

Al pie de la letra

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God willing yes

Si Dios quiere

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What is that supossed to mean?

Que ininúa?

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Open bar

Barra libre

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Hot topic

Tema cadente

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This caracter sucks

Vaya mierda de caracter

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I have put it behind me. It is water under the bridge

Ya he dejado todo eso atras, he pasado página.

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I did it off the books

Lo hice en negro

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This cannot go unanswered

No puede quedar sin respuesta

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You need to chose sides

Tienes que tomar partido

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I thought we were going somewhere [else]

Pensaba que estabamos progresando [por ahí]

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Turns out of the blue

Aparece de la nada

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It is actually kind of [weird]

Es realmente [raro] it is a quantifier

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Walking dead

Zombie

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I can see that

Me lo imagino

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keep somebody on a short list

Tener a alguie controlado

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I can still have my head arround

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A hunch

Un presentimiento

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He will be on my side

Estara de mi lado

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sounds like him

así habla él

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I guess I was wrong with him

Supongo que me equivocaba

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To be ‘wired’

enpastillado

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Safe house

Piso Franco

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a pat in the back

Una palmada en la espalda

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Before you discualify Tomas

Antes de que no consideres a Tomas como es debido

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I do not see him in the depths

No veo que se meta hasta las tripas

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With the proceeding we blow our regular organization

Con esta forma de proceder nos cargamos nuestra forma de proceder

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Let them apply

Dejar que envíen el curriculum

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If somebody POPS OVER

Si aparece alguien

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Which kind of applications/solutions you will came up with?

Que tipo de aplicaciones o soluciones propondrás?

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Let’s make an smart choice there

Hagamos algo inteligente

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I am simpathetic to the request but I do not have the budget

Me parece que es una petición valida/interesante pero no puedo atenderla ahora ya que no tengo presupuesto

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To do something on time and in full

Hacer algo a tiempo y hasta el final

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The whole point I am trying to express

Es lo que estoy intentado decir

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It is a useless discussion

No sirve de nada discutir por eso

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Let’s not be holider than the pope

No seamos más papistas que el papa

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Boundaries

Limites

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In a way or kind of

Mas o menos

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Put him in the bad path or mislead someone

Lo puso en el mal camino

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He was totally discredited

Idem

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It is like coming and then you snap

es poco a poco o explotas

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I do not even know what that meansa

Ni tan sols se el que vols dir

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Could be another

Me pones otra copa?

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This doesn’t quite cover? that does not cover it

Esto ni se acerca

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You need to choose sides

Tienes que elegir un bando

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Clear up some doubt

Aclarar dudas

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He knows enough to sink us

Sabe suficiente para undirnos

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They kick him or her out

Le echaron

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I’ll get him

Ire a buscarlo

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a lot of things in this deal are far from ideal

No son ideales

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safe house

piso franco

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so i heard

eso he oido

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any detail out of the ordinary

fuera de lo normal

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cover up

encubrimiento

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They are not discharging you

No te van a dar el alta medica

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Then it became messy

Entonces se complico

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expedite

acelerar

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Do something down the line

Hacer algo más adelante

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Back off

Dejar en paz

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everything is falling apart

Todo se va al garete

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Hit and run

Atropello y fuga

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to spend the rest of your live in the cage

Pasar el resto de tu vida en el truyo

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Your protégé - she has really outdone herself this time

Tu protegida se ha superado a sí misma esta vez

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I am not playing games

No estoy bromeando

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Do not make me look bad

No me hagas queda mal

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Can I stay over?

Puedo quedarme a dormir?

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He is turning it arround

Le está dando la vuelta

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I am sorry to heard that

Me sabe mal

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I am glad you feel that way

Me parece bien que te sientas así

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That’s an overstatement

Es una exageración

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i am wide open

No tengo nada en la agenda

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If this is the right word

Si es la palabra correcta

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And now your giving me a hard time

Y ahora me das la vara

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I guess I am not suprised

Supongo que no me sorprende

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We can let that happen again

No podemos permitir que estoy pase de nuevo

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He is ready to bounce at a moment´s notice

Está preparado para poner pies en polvorosa

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We do not take chances

No tomamos riesgos

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Sweating it out

Sudando la gota gorda

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What are the specifics of

Cuales son los detalles de…

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Be my guest

Por favor, adelante

Usted primero

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Can I have a quick word with…

Puedo hablar con… un momento

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Is he now on med?

Se está medicando?

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cbs

Farmacia

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Did you see that coming?

Te lo esperabas?

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That part does hurt

Esa parte de la historia me duele

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Clean slate

Significa borrón y cuenta nueva????

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the thing is

la cuestión es que …

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my illness is ugly

Mi enfermedad es desagradable

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You might by right

Puede que tengas razón

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Back we go

Volvemos al curro

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How is it going?

Que tal todo?

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Trying to get on

Intentando seguir adelante con nuestras vidas

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Watch your step

Vete con cuidado

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The war has mess him up

La guerra lo volvió loco

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I was screwed up

Estaba trastornado

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Want to come along?

Quieres venir conmigo al sitio que sea?

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Thrill

Entusiasmado

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step aside

échese a un lado

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Do not take sides

No te metas

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behind close doors

A puerta cerrada

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Cover up

Encubrir

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Its beyond the arguments

Está fuera de toda duda

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In which capacity

En capacidad de que

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still

Aun así

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In exchange for?

¿A cambio de qué?

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Do not force the pieces

No forcemos las cosas

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All an act

Todo fingido

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Took the bait

Mordió el anzuelo

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Drudgery

Trabajo tendioso

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It is a wolf in a sheep’s clothing

Un lobo vestido de oveja

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The kid misbehaves

El niño se porta mal

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When the sheet reachs the fan

Cuando la cosa se pone fea

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What is the whole point I am trying to make

Es lo que trato de decir

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As you might know

Como podrías saber

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Clunky

Torpe, tosco

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That is kind of how we do it

Así es como lo hacemos

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That is not going to happen

Ni hablar

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What I much rather do is…

Lo que you haría es…

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We do not have the parallel built up

No tenemos una alternativa montada en otro lado?

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To set everybody to the context

Para poder a todo el mundo en el contexto

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Let me set the background

Para poner a todo el mundo al d’ia

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I thought we were already doing this

Pens’e que ya est’abamos haciendo esto

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Bring forward

Adelantar

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Security thread

Amenaza de seguridad

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

The benefits certainly outweigh the shortcomes

Los beneficios son m’as importantes que los problemas

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

They find themselves in a situation where…

Se encontraron en una situaci’on donde…

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

It does require a significant change management

Requerir’a mucho change management

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

Scared shitless

Cagarse en los patalones de miedo

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

Frictionless

sin problemas

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

right after

justo después

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

We are scruwed anyway

Estamos jodidos igualmente

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

Fundamental staff

Cosas básicas

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

Not by a long shot

Ni por asomo

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

it’s Tuesday

Es moneda común, algo corriente

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

This is short sighted

Es corto de miras

Seems you are fucking high

Parece que estás colocado

they are standing down

Se echan atrás

We are after the facts

Ya no podemos hacer nada (ya que pasado)

This is horseshit

Bobadas

We are setting the stage

Estamos sentando las bases

Sign off

Autorización

What´s your point?

Qué quieres decir

In what light?

En qué context?

Bruising investigation

Investigación dolorosa

Weak shit

Trola

All of the departed

Todos los difuntos

You´ll figure something out

Se te ocurrirá algo

It upset me

me afectó mucho

Do not patronize me

No me trates con condencesdencia

Let him go

Dejarle ir

In case you are wondering

Por si te lo preguntas

Has to be cold turkey

Tiene que dejarlo de cuajo, de golpe

Top to bottom

De arriba a abajo

I do not think you want to go there

No vayas por ahí

To catch red-handed

pillar con las manos en la masa

Make this up

Encargarse de esto

Listen up!

Escuchad!

to blow somebody off

Dejar colgado, no presentarse a un meeting

Their software is an awful lot

So software esta muy bien

To set the stage (do we want to set the stage or do we want to follow)

Ser lo que mandan en algo, los que generan el tema

The are making conscious decisions

Están haciendo cosas intencionalmente

We showed a low bar and a mistandard

Mostramos un nivel no muy bueno

This is preety weak we should change that

Lo hacemos no muy bien, deberíamos cambiar esto

We hope he’s safe

Hace tiempo esperamos que siga bien y no le haya pasado nada

Patience is running thin

A la gente se le esta acabando la paciencia

In a heart beat

En un abrir y cerrar de ojos

Sales is a hopeless case

Los de ventas son un caso perdido

They do not get it

No lo entienden

Verbatim

Cita literal (con las mismas palabras)

To freak out

Perder los papeles, calentarse

To your earlier point

En relación al tema anterior que has mencionado

I had really to bit my tongue

Me tuve que morder la lengua

It sounds more threatening

Suena más intimidador

He is a soft toucbh

Es un bonachón

Touch points

Puntos en común, puntos relacionados

common touch

don de gestes, capacidad de hablar con personas de todos los tipos

Uplifting

Inspirational, edificante

Taking this into a different level (M)

Considerando esto a un nivel diferente

Disjointed

Disconexo

He waited for the complex definition to sink in

Sink in, entenderse, captarse

If you break it down a bit more

descomponer, desglosar, analizar

Frictionless

Sin problemas

If we look at the evidences

Si nos fijamos en los hechos

We need to be more heavier

We need to be more robust

Back to Oscar point

De nuevo en lo que ha dicho oscar

We should do these bold choinces

Deberíamos hacer esas cosas valientes

Pricing is not something we want to fight on

No queremos luchar en esto

Jumping on what you have just said

En alusión a lo que has dicho

Let’s get it out of the door

Saquémoslo a la luz (producto)

Outstanding features

Cosas que aún no hemos sido capaces de desarrollar

We are not sending a rocket to the moon

No estamos mandando una nave a la luna (this is not rocket science)

A necessary evil

Un mal necesario

Mutitenant software

Saas y que cada cliente tenga un entorno definido

Big gun

Persona experta

I still find it very debatable

Aun sigo pensando que lo que dices no es exactamente así

Very casual conversations

Hablamos de las cosas con poca profundidad

Another matter that in which I would like to chip in

Otro tema en el que me gustaría intervenir

We know every target

Conseguimos cada objetivo

Break down

Romperse (también desmenuzar y desglosar)

that you cannot flesh out anymore

Cosas que no puedes conseguir más

If this happens, are we braking down?

Si pasa esto… no vamos a pique? (crash and burn)

Exotic contract

Contrato extra´ño

Free up resources

Liberar recursos

from a “x” standpoint

Desde el punto de vista de “x”

The sensitivities are clear

La susceptibilidades estan claras

Clients need to opt in

Los clientes tienen que apuntarse

That is an understatement

This is a way of saying it that intends not to annoy, es decir, algo dicho con sutileza, un eufemismo.

Hook up to

Conectar algo con algo. Cuidado sin el to es f…llar

Hook into

Conectarse a algo

Elapsed time

Días naturales

Self-righteous

Santurrón, mogigato

encompass

Abarcar

That is in itself difficult to explain

This needs to be done at a higher level

Debe hacerse por el management en una capa superior

We are still in a disfunctional environment

Todavía estamos en un entorno no correcto

It was child’s play

Fue coser y cantar

It is going to be very challenging

Será complicado

Let’s go simpler

Hagamos las cosas más fáciles

It is the worst process ever

Es el peor procesos en todos los tiempos

Sorry for being so passionate about this topic

Perdón por tomarme este tema tan a pecho

To put the meet to the bone

ir a los detalles

When you scratch bellow the surface

Cuando escavas y ves los detalles, cuando te metes en la cuestion

Flip-flop

Chanclas

This can really differ

We should have a balance

Deberíamos encontrar el punto de equilibrio entre esta opción y la otra

Battle cry

It is a metaphor for call to action

This is a moving target

El objetivo es dinámico (como la lista del os add-ons que tenemos que hacer)

We will have to deal with a lot of jurisdictions

Tendremos que ver como funciona el tema en cuestión en cada país

We have to be closer to x and move away from y

This is concerning

Esto es preocupante

deliverable

hold on

déjame hablar

Instead of being an exciter it would be a disatisfier

Better half

Media naranja

Good ridance

Al fin, ya era hora

Soul mates

Almas gemelas

To break the law

quebrantar la ley

this is beyond description

No sé ni cómo explicarlo

You have to cut your losses

Tienes que cortar lo por lo sano

Things rough around the edge

Cosas sin pulir

Touchy feely

Sensiblero

Dots in the i

Detalles finales

We have pass the non return point

Hemos pasado el punto de retorno

Bottomless pit

Pozo sin fondo

Civil servants

Funcionarios

I am tired to be (incorrecto)

I am tired of being (correcto)

It’s all we need eh?

Lo que nos faltaba no?

Whatever

Da igual

for real

En serio

Hot topic

Tema candente

Let’s break this down into bits and tackle

Desemenucemos esto e intentemos resolverlo

You have 5 seconds to take back your words

Tienes 5 segundos para retirarlo

We stay on it

seguimos en ello

I got a profile now

Estoy fichado ahora

Shit happens

Son cosas que pasan

Open season

Se abre la veda

This is so unlike you

No es propio de ti

This isn’t you

Tu no eres ese

That is pretty much the size of it

Eso es lo que hay

I was so stoned

Estaba tan pretrificada

Do not give your hopes up

No te hagas ilusiones

He was high, to be high

Estar colocado, puesto

It’ll crush him

Le harás polvo

Stay with me

Sigue atento a lo que te digo

You are not seeing straight

No estás viendo esto con claridad

definitively

Por supesto, claro que sí

That’s the point

De eso se trata

As a matter of fact

En realidad

up to a certain point

Llegado un cierto momento

the bright side

El lado bueno

In any way, shape or form

De ninguna manera posible

I really mean it

Lo digo en serio

Clouds my judgement

Me ofusca

be my guest

cuando alguien quiere probar algo es un adelante sí sí

I´ll be right down

Bajo en seguida

Somewhere else

En otro lugar

put you on the spot

ponerte en evidencia

Cut to the chase

Ve al grano

Beyond recovery

Irrecuperable

Pull the mobile out

Saver el Mobil

A short time after

Ensue guide

The whole [matter] thing

En relación al tema [matter]

You cannot talk about it and the drop it

No puedes hablar de ello y luego dejarlo correr

To see eye to eye

Tener exactamente la misma opinion

Stick to your guns

If you really think you are rigt you do not yield. Mantenerte en tus trece.

Speak one’s mind

Ser franco

I am good

. In
. At

Clunky

Innecesariamente detallado o barroco. Overcomplicated

Make up sex

hacer las paces haciendo el amor

“It cost me” is not correct, how should we say this? (Cost it is only for money)

I find it tough

The toughest thing

I do not give much importance to them

I do not give a shit
I do not let it bother me
I do not consider it or them very important

Grit your teeth (apretar los dientes)

Grin and bear it (al mal tiempo buena cara)

… And carry on

Apretar los dientes

Al mal tiempo buena cara

Take after

Pere takes after me physically but takes after Vanessa the way he talks

We need to tackle the heart of the problem

Hay que ir al centro del problema

Will be off-set by

Sera contrarestado por

Those words should be used with at the- or in the-

pediatrician
hospital
dentist
market

at the

in- is used for….

city
town
neightbohood

at- is used at

without the
church
home
university
work
school

with the… the rest (any other building)

rain on Oscar parade

piss on sbd parade

siento aguarte la fiesta

le aguaron la fiesta

al dia

up to date

viejo verde

dirty old man

staring at your belly bottom (navel)

mirarse sal ombligo

he is a bit green

esta un poco verde

it´s a drop in the ocean

una parte pequeña

Leave out the weeds

Quitar las malas hierbas… dejar de lado lo irrelevante

I am just an enthusiastic amateur

Soy un aficionado

It appears that

Parece que…

To be ruled upon

Que te digan lo que tienes que hacer

Create this clarity

Aclarar algo

Working your ass off

Partirse el culo trabajando

Don’t break your head over

No te rompas la cabeza

Bite the bullet

Morder el polvo, apretar los dientes y aguantar.

Dry run

Ensayo

Brick and mortar

“Ladrillo”. Sirve para decir que invertirás en cosas tangibles y no en activos financieros. Tambien sirve para nombrar cosas virtuales. Unlike a brick and mortar approach, significa que lo que se hace no tiene sede, es virtual.

A man for all seasons

Un hombre de recursos

This will blast your audience against the back wall of the room, from the excitement

Impresionarás a tu audiencia, de la excitación

that is an absolute not-to-do

Es algo que no debe hacerse

Spilling the beans

Give away (revelar) a secret or a surprise.

To step into the spotlight

Salir a escena

I was way out of line

me pase de la raya

This is outrageous

Esto es escandaloso

Your point?

¿Qué quiere decirme? ¿Cuál es su problema?

He is really trying

Lo está intentando mucho

I am beaten

Estoy muy cansado/a

Scornful

Desdeñoso, despreciativo

If you let sarcarms loose

Si dejas desatarse al sarcasmo

Geek

Frikie informatico, IT friki

Goosebumps (causing goosebumps in the audience; raising goosebumps in the audience)

Carne de Gallina

Screw up

Fastidiarla

This will blast your audience against the back wall of the room

Impresionarás a tu audiencia

verbatim

Comentario literal

Adept

Experto. Lo contrario de Inept (inepto)

Far-reaching

De gran alcance

Downright

Absolutamente

Break off (eye contact)

Romper relaciones

To reciprocate

Corresponder

Seek solace in

Buscar consuelo en

To be a breed apart

Ser una raza a parte, darles de comer a parte

Persona

Personaje

Fall back

Recaer

Nosy questions

Preguntas fisgonas

Bespeak

Dar indicios de, sugerir, revelar

Predicament

Unpleasant situation or difficult choice

Bluntly

Sin rodeos, espetar algo

Momentous

Trascendental

Pollyannaish

Rematadamente optimista, ciegamente optimista

Walks of life

Tipos de persona

Sitcom

Comedia (situation comedy)

Matinee

Función de tarde

Run into

Encontrarse con alguien, meet by chance

Laden with contemp

Cargado de desprecio

Stonewalling

Esquivar la conversación

Take over

Responsabilizarse o hacerse cargo de algo, ponerse al frente, tomar el control

Give in

Ceder, aceptar que se ha perdido

To be swamped

En realidad quiere decir estar enfangado en un determinado sentimiento, encharcado en la ira, etc. Es español yo creo que diríamos más bien enfangado.

Strike back

Devolver el golpe

Get over

Recuperarse de en relación a sentimientos. Get over the fear wash (baño de miedo, subidón de miedo)

Gambit

Estratagema, táctica.

Let you down

Defraudarte

Sidestep conflict

Evitar el conflicto

There is a lot of at stake

Hay mucho en juego

Tackle something head-on

Tratar algo de cabeza, directamente

Most definitively not

Idem

Widespread assumption

Presuposición generalizada

A great deal of…

Una gran cantidad de

Filthy

Muy malo o asqueroso

To be in a filthy humor

Estar de un humor de perros

Squeamish

Escrupuloso

Instances

Ejemplos, casos

Como se dice en inglés ser un estudiante fenomenal, de sobresaliente

To be an straight-A student

I thought twice was pushing it a little

Pensé que era pasarse un poco

To find a way arround

Evitar

Move over

Desplazarse con el asiento para que alguien más se siente

Call off

Parar un ataque

It is unlikely

Es improbable

Hard topic

Tema candente, de interés

Behind schedule

con retraso

I find it hard to believe

Me parece difícil de creer

We have come up with a plan

Tenemos un plan

They have spotted us

Nos han descubierto

Along with other

Junto con otros

The system will retrieve data from…

El sistema obtendra la información de…

That’s it

Hecho

This is where you para the ole ladres so that they do not cause any trouble

Aqui Es donde…

You do not have to babysit me

No me cuides como si fuera un niño

They have some things to wrapup

Tienen cosas que zanjar

It’s a tough way to find out

Es una manera dura de enterarse

Every minute

Cada dos per tres

Cheeky young lady

Jovencita descarada

It ‘s not gonna matter one way or the other

Da igual

You are a piece of work

Slap over

Or slap me over

Abofetear

Hacer reaccionar

Sounds fishy

Parece sospechoso

the joke he told really cracked me up

La broma que hizo me hizo cargarme de la risa, o partirme el culo

Just for the record

Para que conste en acta

Instead of more times

More often

Is a fair point

It is a good point, relevant point

Off the sleeve

Sacar de la manga

This is like a no brainer

Es evidente

Real deep dive

Profundizar

Run that shop

Dirigir las actividades en un lugar en concreto

Put in jeopardy

Poner en riesgo

Could that be feasible?

Sería viable/posible…

I do not want to get into the technical details

No quiero entrar en los detalles técnicos.

Please tidy up the situation

Arrange or organize the situation

Backdate

Antedatar. Introducir registros en una base de datos con efectos retroactivos

The only way is up

Sólo podemos ir a mejor, la situación sólo puede mejorar

Bridge the gap

Arreglar el problema

The discussion is all over the place

La discursión no tiene foco y es poco concreta

Override

Ignorar

Clunky

Torpe, desmañado

Blow up

Hacer volar por los aires, pero también aumentar o agrandar (power point)

If you drive this to the maximum

Si llevas esta afirmación al máximo nivel

It could be a project in which I would not engage in

No trabajaría en este proyecto

I have this nasty feeling

No estoy convencido de que vaya a pasar, no me encuentro bien con la situación

It touches your heart

Te llega al corazón la historia del osito de peluche que fotografiaron en el hotel.

Slap over

Abofetear

To have a brush up of what actually has been done

Desempolvar lo que hicimos

What is the idea behind this

Idem

A know-it-all

Un sabelotodo

Most youtube tutorials have a voice over

La mayoría de los tutorials en youtube tienen una voz en off

Geekyness

geek = tió roro o frikie informático, obsesión por un tema

Not as much I would’ve liked

No tanto como me hubiese gustado

Once in a while (occasionally)

Puntualmente puede ser que tengamos algún caso..

Commmendable

Encomiable

As a matter of fact

En realidad

In full swing

A toda máquina

Lingo

Jerga

Don’t push up

No te pases

Sparing no expense

Sin reparar gastos

To play at duck and drakes with

Despilfarrar las/los (especialmente con el dinero)

this is a bit more daunting

Es todavía peor

Overpromising

Prometer de más

We do not have that in place yet

Todavía no tenemos eso montado

Tailwinds

Cosas que nos ayudan

Headwinds

Cosas que nos impiden entorpecen

You are decoupling

Estas considerando por separado

Come clean

Confesarse

hold on to your hats

Agarraos (notícias que son fuertes)

You are jumping ahead

Te has saltado páginas (te has adelantado)

You do not have to mean it

No hace falta que estés deacuerdo (que lo creas, o sientas)

whatever the hell you said/he said

Lo que coño sea que ha dicho / que ha dicho

You are such a star

Eres un fiera

Not a chance

Ni de coña

It is not my call

Yo no lo decidí

Second thoughts

Dudas

You are in over your head

Estás metido hasta el cuello

I am not saying this lightly

No lo digo a la ligera

We are all in the same page

Todos queremos lo mismo

Choices

Decisiones

Detour

Rodeo

I won’t stand for it

No pasaré por el haro

Drive a wedge between you and me

Abrir brecha entre tu y yo

Flashy

Llamativo

Because ultimately this will drive our business

Ultimately signifca al final pero también básicamente

go soft with somebody

Ser blando con alguien

Smooth out

Alisar algo, limar asperezas. Alisar como por ejemplo en they are smoothing out all the time our service, ya que en ADP no tenemos estructura y nuestros empleados están haciéndolo posible.

Dreadful

Muy malo

If the story ever gets out

Si la historia sale a la luz

Move on with your life

Sigue con tu vida

There is no honor amogst thiefs

No hay honor entre ladrones

You are better than that

Estas por encima de eso

To turn down

Rechazar

Double check

Comprobar

In one stroke

De un golpe , de una pincelada

Twisted sense of humor

Retorcido sentido del humor

This is going to the extreme side

Eso es pasarse

Fly off the handle

Montar un pollo. Go crazy (please do not fly off the handle).

Jumping through hoops

Pasando por varios trámites administrativos

You went too far

Te has pasado

Looks big time

Parece la hostia

Tell somebody off

Echar una bronca

He has/doesn´t have a lot of get-up-and-go,

He is quite laid-back (lazy)To get

A con artist

Timador. They play of being able from people to trust them

To get some grip

Para tener algún tipo de control

NPS drop down

Caida de un dato

This is as far as you can go from now

No puedes hacer más

You stink

Lo haces muy mal (jargon)

They’ll rip you apart or They’ll rip you to shreads

Te van a hacer trizas

Leave things behind

Dejar las cosas cuando te vas (muerte, de la oficina, etc).

Weighted down

Cargadísimo de cosas

Non-accusatory

No acusativo

The work was not good and I had to do it over

Hacer de nuevo

If you do not hit the motivators…

Si no alcanzas los puntos de motivación de los otros…

This is what leadership comes down to

Esto es a lo que el liderazgo se reduce. La cuestión se reduce a. Reducirse a.

This had a particular resonance on me

Esto me llegó especialmente

The same answer may be more nicely packaged

La misma respuesta pero con diferentes palabras

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