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1
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Like a bull in a China shop

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Como elefante en una cacharrería

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Assert him self

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Marcar el terreno

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Glossophobic

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Tener fobia a hablar en público

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All

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Todo. Quantifier + (noun). All the plans.

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Everything

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Todo. Sin más no necesita acompañamiento as opposed to All (+ noun)

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I popped into the office

I am going to pop to the supermarket

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Entrar un momento rápido ir rápido

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7
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Can I jump into the conversation?

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Puedo entrar en la conversación

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Oscar has a steady hand

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He does not panic, he is not afraid

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9
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I drink coffee a lot

I criticize the pope a lot

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Quantifiers go at the end if they are talking about the verb

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10
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Try to - Try not to

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Try to (verb) => intentar

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Try - Not try

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Probar (con el to, try to es intentar)

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12
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It makes you angry

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Hambriento

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13
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Hungry

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Cabreado. /J<ungy/ hache aspirada.

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14
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Making a mistake

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Not committing a mistake

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15
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To give something up = compromise

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Renunciar. También quitarse de [fumar, etc.]

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They have reached a compromise

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Han llegado a un acuerdo (donde todo el mundo ha renunciado a algo)

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17
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This is how it has to be

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Así es como tiene que ser

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18
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Smoke screen

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Cortina de protección

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19
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What if I am right?

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¿Y si tengo razón?

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20
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That’s probably the way to go

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Eso es lo que hay que hacer

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21
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Your call

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Su decisión

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22
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I am not going to sign it off

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No voy a autorizarlo

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23
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They are way behind

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Están muy retrasados

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24
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Blindspot

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Cosas en las que no caes

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25
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Touchpoint

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Touchpoint (also touch point, contact point, point of contact) is business jargon for any encounter where customers and business engage to exchange information, provide service, or handle transactions

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Face-off

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Enfrentamiento. The situation triggered a face-off between the government and farmers.

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27
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Get across

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Entender. He tried to get his point across but it was so convoluted, no one could understand.

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28
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Bring together

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Hermanar

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29
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There is not burning platform

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No estamos presionados por el tiempo

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30
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How cool is that?

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Used to emphasize that something is strange/stupid, etc.

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31
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Accolade

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galardón, elogio

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32
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Worst case scenario

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Lo peor que puede pasar

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33
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Strip away

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Quitar, remover o pelar. Por ejemplo en arrancar la pintura

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34
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Let the best one win

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Que gane el mejor

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35
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Persona

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Public image, the way you come across. The persona is the idea that you convey that is not the real one

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36
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I was not really asking

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No te lo estoy pidiendo, te lo estoy diciendo

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37
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I went to an extreme to get a point

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Me puse radical para conseguir una cosa

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38
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Back off

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Echarse atrás. Retroceder

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39
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Take the high road

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Take the moraly superior option, for instance people before profits

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40
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Self fulfilling prophecy

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You are there because you said you will be there

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41
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My recollection of this meeting

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Lo que recuerdo de esa reunión

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42
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This is off the table

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Este tema no está encima de la mesa en debate

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43
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Teams are poorly managed

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Los equipos están mal gestionados

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44
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Emails piling up

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emails acumulándose

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45
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In the back of my mind

On the back burner

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You are thinking about it but not urgently. In the back on my mind I am thinking where Pere is going to study

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46
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Unfortunate

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Desafortunado

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47
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Look more complicated than is in reality is

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Es más complicado de lo que en realidad es

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48
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Errand

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Recado

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49
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He will be very upset

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He will be very unhappy

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50
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That’s water under the bridge

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Esto es agua pasada

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51
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Burning question

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Pregunta tocapelotas

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52
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Ongoing expenditure

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Gasto fijo

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53
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Almost there

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Ya casi está

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54
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The whole thing lies/hangs on

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Todo depende de

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55
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It is yours as much as it is mine

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idem

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56
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Off chance

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Esperanza remota. On the off chance you see Xavi tell him we have class.

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57
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Any second thoughts?

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Algunas dudas?

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58
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When this hits the news

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Cuando salga en las noticias

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59
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Is that a serious question?

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En serio?

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60
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I am not taking sides

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No tomo partido

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61
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A little bit of feedback would be nice

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Di algo coño

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62
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I must be hearing things

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Debo tener alucinaciones

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63
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You are a two-bit bus-bench lawyer

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Eres un abogado de tres al cuarto (two-bit => dos dólares) (bus-bech=pequeño de poca envergadura)

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64
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I put my ass on the line

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Me jugué el cuello

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65
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Steal someone’s thunder. I do not want to steal your thunder

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Quitar la autoridad a alguien o fuerza a su autoridad

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66
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Doom and Gloom

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A deeply pessimistic outlook or feeling.

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67
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Reexamine

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Volver a examinar algo

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68
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I amuse myself and nobody else

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Me río yo mismo

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69
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Oficiated by

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Presidido por

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70
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Before I take the full meeting time, let me move on

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idem

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71
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That is the bottom line

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Esa es la conclusión

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72
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Regardless

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Independientemente

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73
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I give up

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Me rindo

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74
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Unrelated to

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No relacionado con

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75
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Grow a pair

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Ten cojones

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76
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Man of few words

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Hombre de pocas palabras

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77
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Is the simplest way

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La forma más fácil

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78
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Is the easiest way

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La forma más fácil

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79
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CCTV

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Close Cirtuit TV

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80
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Dongle

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Multi USB stick (llave electrónica)

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81
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In other news

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Cambiando de tema (no quiero de esto.. entonces)

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82
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Rather sooner than later

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Mas pronto que tarde

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83
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This is a blocker

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Esto está bloqueando

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84
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It is unforgivable

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Es grave

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85
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hustle and bustle

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barullo ruido generado por la actividad

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86
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Put some random text on it

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Pon en el campo de texto cualquier cosa

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87
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Often times

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A menudo

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88
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They are quite similar in many ways

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Son similares es mucha cosas

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89
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Wander off

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Irse por las ramas

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90
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Take on message

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Mesaje que se lleva la audiencia

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Prop

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Atrezzo, utillaje o soporte. Se usa en el Toastmasters para hablar de los objetos que utilizas para hacer tu presentación más poderosa.

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Hellish

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Infernal

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93
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To fall in an unforgiving tiled floor

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Darse un golpe en un suelo duro, en este caso de azulejo

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94
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Infuriated

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Furioso

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95
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Megagalactim tantrum

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Cabreo grandísimo

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96
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We will figure it out

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Ya lo arreglaremos

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97
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Baby boy or girl

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Para hablar de tus hijos pequeños

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98
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Flawed

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Con fallos, defectuoso

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99
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My way or the highway

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O haces lo que te digo o la puta calle

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They go a bit, uff.. mumbo jumbo

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Ellos se ponen un poco en decir tonterías

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101
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Pamper

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Mimar a

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102
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It is preety cool

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Mola mucho

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103
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At all cost

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Cueste lo que cueste

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104
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Getting in the way

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Obstaculizando. When something is getting in the way of development.

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Do you really think you are going to walk away from this?

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De verdad piensas que vas a salir de esta?

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106
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Stop working me

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No me manipules

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107
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Belts and whistles

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todos los detallitos caprichosos

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108
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the trap we do not want to fall into

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la trampa en la que no queremos caer

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109
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Not a chance

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Ni en coña

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110
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Occupational hazards

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Gages del oficio

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111
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No hard feelings

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Sin resentimientos

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112
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Why did you go along?

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¿Por qué le seguiste la corriente?

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113
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I still have things left to do

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Aún tengo cosas que hacer

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114
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How is he holding up?

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¿Cómo lo lleva?

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115
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You be the judge

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Tú verás

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116
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Get over it

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Aceptalo! Ya está, es así

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117
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Sorry to be a downer

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Perdón, no quiero ser un aguafiestas

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118
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Comes from the realization

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Viene de entender bien el asunto

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119
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Dead horse

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Dead issue, especially one that is referred to continually. (Often with beat, whip.) Forget it! Don’t waste time whipping a dead horse. Adam=> an issue no worth talking about as it is finished

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120
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Hot potato

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Urgent issue that nobody wants to deal with

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121
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Is nothing against you

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No estoy atacándote. No es nada personal

122
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Do not oversell

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No vendáis algo que no podemos cumplir

123
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That is an understatement

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Eso es decir poco

124
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Keep him at bay

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Mantenlo a raya

125
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Off the grid

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Fuera del mapa

126
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This is her rocky enthusiasm

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Es su entusiasmo de novata

127
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But going forward I won’t be so forgiving

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Pero en el futuro no seré tan indulgente

128
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Outpace

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Dejar atrás, adelantar, sobrepasar

129
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Unparalleled

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Sin igual, sin par, único

130
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Contender

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Aspirante, contendiente

131
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Boast

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Jactarse, presumir, alardear

132
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Outstrip

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Adelantar, ir más rápido

133
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Flagship

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Buque insignia

134
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On-premise

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No en el cloud. No en SaaS. Es lo contrario de cloud. Es decir, teniendo tú el software.

135
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New kid on the block

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Newest person in a group

136
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getting in the way of us being successful

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esta impidiendo que triumfemos

137
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New kid on the block

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Newest person in a group

138
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Fair comment

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Buen comentario

139
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Fair comment

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Buen comentario

140
Q

Im relation of the spikes and valleys

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En relaxión con las subidas y bajadas (en un gráfico o en una serie de datos)

141
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if we do this seems to be spot-on

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si hacemis eso parece wue acertaremos (daremos en el blanco)

142
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reasonable doubt

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dida razonable

143
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You just join back in right?

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¿Estás de nuevo en la call verdad?

144
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He is so down to earth

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El es tan realista

145
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Check this out

A

Mira esto

146
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To do your bussiness

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Para hacer tu tema (lo que tengas entre manos)

147
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I have hard stop in half an hour

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Tengo que salir de la call en medio hora.

148
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Ultimately

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Básicamente, finalmente, por último

149
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Loosen up

A

Relajarse en (actividad)

150
Q

It gets more extremme

A

Se hace más grande o evidente (cuando le comento a Adam que con la edad se hace más fuerte la necesidad de verano)

151
Q

First communion

A

primera communicion

152
Q

Kidney stone

A

Cálculo renal

153
Q

Maltratar

A

Mistreat

154
Q

Three wise men

A

Los Reyes Magos

155
Q

Bi-partisanism

A

Bipartidismo

156
Q

Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water

A

No vayas de guatemala a guatepeor

157
Q

MP

A

Member of parlianment (you can write your MP if you want)

158
Q

They will bring us a long way

A

Nos llevarán lejos

159
Q

When the rubber heats the road

A

When something is about to begin, get serious, or be put to the test

160
Q

Drop by my office

A

Ven a mi ofcina

161
Q

Recaudar

A

Collect Taxes

162
Q

Your sources are unreliable

A

Tus fuentes flaquean

163
Q

If life gives you lemons make gin and tonic (modern)

A

Make the best of whatever you have

164
Q

If life gives you lemons make lemonade (classic)

A

Make the best of whatever you have

165
Q

Get back on your feet (USA). Pull yourself together (UK).

A

Recupérate

166
Q

Pull your socks up (UK)

A

Espabila coño

167
Q

Make the leap

A

Dar el salto, tomando riesgo

168
Q

Wealth

A

Abundancia

169
Q

Give me the lowdown

A

Explícame de que va el asunto rápido, ponme al día.

170
Q

Give me the 411 (modern)

A

Dime lo que está pasando (como el 010)

171
Q

Increases your odds

A

Aumenta tu chance tus posibidades

172
Q

Tiptop

A

Significa perfecto, genial, perfecto. How was your week end oh tiptop!

173
Q

Were do we stand?

A

¿Cuál nuestra posición?

174
Q

To be on the safe side

A

Para ir a tiro seguro

175
Q

Deep-down

A

En el fondo, although some pople say they will vote to podemos deep down they know they will vote PP

176
Q

Bird’s-eye view

A

Tomando perspectiva

177
Q

Boo-boos

A

small mistakes

178
Q

Work wonders

A

Funciona de maravilla, hace maravillas

179
Q

Sound bite

A

Corte de una entrevista o algo parecido

180
Q

Shoo-in

A

Guaranteed success. Very good candidate, she is a shoo-in (éxito seguro)

181
Q

Sideways

A

de lado

182
Q

Off-the-cut

A

spontaneously

183
Q

Flaky

A

Unreliable

184
Q

take me with a pinch of salt. Take them with a grain of salt

A

No te lo tomes en serio, no lo consideres como definitivo

185
Q

Obnoxious

A

Showing off, “chuleta”, “bocazas”,

186
Q

Topsy-turvy

A

Desordenado

187
Q

Buzzword

A

Palabras que siempre se dicen en un contexto

188
Q

Vouch

A

votar

189
Q

Stuck-up

A

Creído. He is so stuck-up

190
Q

The status is kind of vague to me

A

El status del proyecto es vago no tento datos

191
Q

Don’t go that way

A

No empecemos hombre…. No digas eso

192
Q

At the beach / On the beach

A

En la playa / tumbado en la playa

193
Q

Fad

A

tendencia que es no realmente buena, es decir, con connotación negativa “no va a durar mucho”

194
Q

Oh you wouldn’t believe or oh you couldn’t believe it

A

oh! you wouldn’t believe it…

195
Q

Eat out

A

We do not say I had lauch outside. We say we ate-out, ho many times a week you eat-out

196
Q

We will seat outside

A

Nos iremos a la terraza

197
Q

Press charges

A

Poner una denuncia

198
Q

Gauge

A

/Geidz/

199
Q

Gouge

A

sacar, excavar

200
Q

Gouge out

A

arrancar

201
Q

married with or married to

A

married TO

202
Q

Holy cow!

A

Ostia!

203
Q

Belts and whistles

A

todos los detallitos caprichosos

204
Q

the trap we do not want to fall into

A

la trampa en la que no queremos caer

205
Q

Not a chance

A

Ni en coña

206
Q

Occupational hazards

A

Gages del oficio

207
Q

No hard feelings

A

Sin resentimientos

208
Q

Why did you go along?

A

¿Por qué le seguiste la corriente?

209
Q

I still have things left to do

A

Aún tengo cosas que hacer

210
Q

How is he holding up?

A

¿Cómo lo lleva?

211
Q

You be the judge

A

Tú verás

212
Q

Get over it

A

Aceptalo! Ya está, es así

213
Q

Sorry to be a downer

A

Perdón, no quiero ser un aguafiestas

214
Q

Comes from the realization

A

Viene de entender bien el asunto

215
Q

Dead horse

A

Dead issue, especially one that is referred to continually. (Often with beat, whip.) Forget it! Don’t waste time whipping a dead horse. Adam=> an issue no worth talking about as it is finished

216
Q

Hot potato

A

Urgent issue that nobody wants to deal with

217
Q

Is nothing against you

A

No estoy atacándote. No es nada personal

218
Q

Do not oversell

A

No vendáis algo que no podemos cumplir

219
Q

That is an understatement

A

Eso es decir poco

220
Q

Keep him at bay

A

Mantenlo a raya

221
Q

Off the grid

A

Fuera del mapa

222
Q

This is her rocky enthusiasm

A

Es su entusiasmo de novata

223
Q

But going forward I won’t be so forgiving

A

Pero en el futuro no seré tan indulgente

224
Q

Outpace

A

Dejar atrás, adelantar, sobrepasar

225
Q

Unparalleled

A

Sin igual, sin par, único

226
Q

Contender

A

Aspirante, contendiente

227
Q

Boast

A

Jactarse, presumir, alardear

228
Q

Outstrip

A

Adelantar, ir más rápido

229
Q

Flagship

A

Buque insignia

230
Q

On-premise

A

No en el cloud. No en SaaS. Es lo contrario de cloud. Es decir, teniendo tú el software.

231
Q

New kid on the block

A

Newest person in a group

232
Q

getting in the way of us being successful

A

esta impidiendo que triumfemos

233
Q

New kid on the block

A

Newest person in a group

234
Q

Fair comment

A

Buen comentario

235
Q

Fair comment

A

Buen comentario

236
Q

Im relation of the spikes and valleys

A

En relaxión con las subidas y bajadas (en un gráfico o en una serie de datos)

237
Q

if we do this seems to be spot-on

A

si hacemis eso parece wue acertaremos (daremos en el blanco)

238
Q

reasonable doubt

A

dida razonable

239
Q

You just join back in right?

A

¿Estás de nuevo en la call verdad?

240
Q

He is so down to earth

A

El es tan realista

241
Q

Check this out

A

Mira esto

242
Q

To do your bussiness

A

Para hacer tu tema (lo que tengas entre manos)

243
Q

I have hard stop in half an hour

A

Tengo que salir de la call en medio hora.

244
Q

Ultimately

A

Básicamente, finalmente, por último

245
Q

Loosen up

A

Relajarse en (actividad)

246
Q

It gets more extremme

A

Se hace más grande o evidente (cuando le comento a Adam que con la edad se hace más fuerte la necesidad de verano)

247
Q

First communion

A

primera communicion

248
Q

Kidney stone

A

Cálculo renal

249
Q

Maltratar

A

Mistreat

250
Q

Three wise men

A

Los Reyes Magos

251
Q

Bi-partisanism

A

Bipartidismo

252
Q

Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water

A

No vayas de guatemala a guatepeor

253
Q

MP

A

Member of parlianment (you can write your MP if you want)

254
Q

They will bring us a long way

A

Nos llevarán lejos

255
Q

When the rubber heats the road

A

When something is about to begin, get serious, or be put to the test

256
Q

Drop by my office

A

Ven a mi ofcina

257
Q

Recaudar

A

Collect Taxes

258
Q

Your sources are unreliable

A

Tus fuentes flaquean

259
Q

If life gives you lemons make gin and tonic (modern)

A

Make the best of whatever you have

260
Q

If life gives you lemons make lemonade (classic)

A

Make the best of whatever you have

261
Q

Get back on your feet (USA). Pull yourself together (UK).

A

Recupérate

262
Q

Pull your socks up (UK)

A

Espabila coño

263
Q

Make the leap

A

Dar el salto, tomando riesgo

264
Q

Wealth

A

Abundancia

265
Q

Give me the lowdown

A

Explícame de que va el asunto rápido, ponme al día.

266
Q

Give me the 411 (modern)

A

Dime lo que está pasando (como el 010)

267
Q

Increases your odds

A

Aumenta tu chance tus posibidades

268
Q

Tiptop

A

Significa perfecto, genial, perfecto. How was your week end oh tiptop!

269
Q

Were do we stand?

A

¿Cuál nuestra posición?

270
Q

To be on the safe side

A

Para ir a tiro seguro

271
Q

Deep-down

A

En el fondo, although some pople say they will vote to podemos deep down they know they will vote PP

272
Q

Bird’s-eye view

A

Tomando perspectiva

273
Q

Boo-boos

A

small mistakes

274
Q

Work wonders

A

Funciona de maravilla, hace maravillas

275
Q

Sound bite

A

Corte de una entrevista o algo parecido

276
Q

Shoo-in

A

Guaranteed success. Very good candidate, she is a shoo-in (éxito seguro)

277
Q

Sideways

A

de lado

278
Q

Off-the-cut

A

spontaneously

279
Q

Flaky

A

Unreliable

280
Q

take me with a pinch of salt. Take them with a grain of salt

A

No te lo tomes en serio, no lo consideres como definitivo

281
Q

Obnoxious

A

Showing off, “chuleta”, “bocazas”,

282
Q

Topsy-turvy

A

Desordenado

283
Q

Buzzword

A

Palabras que siempre se dicen en un contexto

284
Q

Vouch

A

votar

285
Q

Stuck-up

A

Creído. He is so stuck-up

286
Q

The status is kind of vague to me

A

El status del proyecto es vago no tento datos

287
Q

Don’t go that way

A

No empecemos hombre…. No digas eso

288
Q

At the beach / On the beach

A

En la playa / tumbado en la playa

289
Q

Fad

A

tendencia que es no realmente buena, es decir, con connotación negativa “no va a durar mucho”

290
Q

Oh you wouldn’t believe or oh you couldn’t believe it

A

oh! you wouldn’t believe it…

291
Q

Eat out

A

We do not say I had lauch outside. We say we ate-out, ho many times a week you eat-out

292
Q

We will seat outside

A

Nos iremos a la terraza

293
Q

Press charges

A

Poner una denuncia

294
Q

Gauge

A

/Geidz/

295
Q

Gouge

A

sacar, excavar

296
Q

Gouge out

A

arrancar

297
Q

married with or married to

A

married TO

298
Q

Holy cow!

A

Ostia!

299
Q

Quavering

A

Temblorosa (voz)

300
Q

Well groomed

A

Bien arreglado

301
Q

Open-mouthed

A

Boquiabierto

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