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1
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To be in good stand

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Estar al corriente

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Let’s have a discussion off-line

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Hablémoslo en otro momento

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Every now and then

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De vez en cuando

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Knock yourself out

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Please begin doing it | literalmente es “tú mismo” también se puede usar para decir haz lo que quieras o venga empezad “vosotros mismos”

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I knew next to nothing

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Casi no sabía nada del tema

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I clearly see where the gaps are

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Puedo ver lo que no hacemos bien todavía

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Any plans to go beyond this set of … [countries, initiatives, etc]

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Ir más allá

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8
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Landing page

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Página de inicio

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9
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You cannot change things here is just a viewer

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Solo es un formulario para ver no para modificar

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We push but this is all what they could do

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Lo intentamos pero es todo lo que pueden hacer

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11
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Chuck together

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Lanzar los datos provenientes de varios sitios a la vez en un único sitio (Cognos) chuck data together

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12
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Funky

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Mala calidad, apestoso

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13
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Create or Bring clarity

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Pedir que se aclare o aclarar

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14
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Put some money aside

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Apartar algo de dinero

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15
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have/keep your finger on the pulse

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Seguir atentos y trabajando

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16
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Come along

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To advance toward the speaker or toward a specified place; approach. To advance in a specified manner: The children came reluctantly when I insisted. To make progress

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17
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That are the hardcore numbers+

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Estos son los números fríos

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18
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That will eventually come from cross charges

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Esto nos lo cargarán finalmente

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19
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We will finally land on the mark

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ADAM Al final llegaremos al objetivo

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20
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ADAM I could sign off this today

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Donde hay que firmar para que acabemos así…

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21
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But still…

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aun así…

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22
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Second nature

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An acquired behavior or trait that is so long practiced as to seem innate.

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23
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In the end, it is essential for our clients

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In the end

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24
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House of cards

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A weak and fragile structure, plan, or organization “castillo de cartas” o bien “pillado con pinzas”

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25
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Go off the rails

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hundirse

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26
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House built on the sand

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house of cards

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27
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Spoiled kid

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niñato mal criado

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28
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DOUBT What throws at you

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Las vueltas que da la vida

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29
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Bear a grudge

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Tener resentimiento por algo

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30
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To have a chip on your shoulder

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Estar resentido con el mundo

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31
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I am winding you up

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Me estoy burlando de ti

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32
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Scaremongering

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Alarmismo

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33
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wasteland

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descampado

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34
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Brown-nose

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Chaquetero. What a brown-nose; always sucking up to the boss; hoping for a promotion

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35
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Sycophant

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Adulador

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36
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A pessimist is never disapointed

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Prepárate para lo peor

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37
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IVF

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In vitro fecundation

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38
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Tertulia

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Round table

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39
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We have moved away from the idea…

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Hemos dejado de lado…

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40
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Tearing their hair out

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To be very anxious about something (often in continuous tenses) I’ve been tearing my hair out trying to get the job finished on time. También pulling their hair out

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41
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Innocent until proven guilty

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Presunción de inocencia

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42
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You are under scrutiny

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Estás siendo investigado

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43
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Slander

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Calumniar, difamar

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44
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There is no more communalities

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No hay nada más en común

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45
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Back to what Michael was saying

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Idem

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46
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Overarching layer

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Funcionalidad de Streamline

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47
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Take into consideration who you are getting married to

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Idem

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48
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I had stiches all over my face

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Me estan poniendo la cara como un mapa

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You are disproportionally driving the growth in GES

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Estais liderando el crecimiento en GES

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50
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Clients… Do the actually resonate with our message of….

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Idem

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51
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Hammer and drill routines

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Do not know

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52
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We are taking the problem off our hands

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Nos sacamos el problema de encima

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53
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Scale up

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Hacer o hacerse más grande

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54
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Under the covers

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De tapadillo

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55
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Under the counter

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Ilegalmente

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56
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That price gets revisited?

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¿Se revisan los precios?

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57
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To lead the witness

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Asking a question that implies the answer

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58
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It is a downside of the model

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Es un defecto

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59
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I heard what you say

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Tengo en cuenta lo que dices

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60
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In the end

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In the end, we need to achieve this

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61
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At the end

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I will wait for you at the end

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62
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I see clouds ahead

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Pintan bastos

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63
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Quantum leap

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Salto espectacular, wouldn’t this be a quantum leap?

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64
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Said differently

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En otras palabras

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65
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We will finish the journey we started…

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Acabaremos lo que empezamos en su día

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66
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He dropped out his studies

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Él dejó los estudios

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67
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Out of respect

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Es un tema de respeto

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68
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To smooth the waters

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Reducir la tensión

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69
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When you end up your degree (end up+noun)

When you finish your degree you will end up exhausted (end up+adjective)

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end up + verb / or adjective

When you finish your degree you will end up exhausted (end up+adjective)

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70
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We were in stitches, Michael had us in stitches

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Nos partíamos el culo

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71
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The Likelihood of

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The probability of

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72
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This is a no brainer

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Es obvio

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73
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Hood

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Capucha y capot de un coche. Campana extractora

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74
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-wise

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In relation to . How your day was Meetingwise?

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75
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He is going through a rough patch

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Está pasando un mal momento

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76
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Patch

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Small area | Vegetal patch = huerta | Parche

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77
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I wouldn’t be surprised if…

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No me extrañaría que…

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78
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Take it with a pinch of salt

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No te lo tomes literalmente. Ponlo en cuarentena. Creete lai mitad solo

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79
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Do you normally have to interface with…

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Tienes que tratar habitualmente con…

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80
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Make-or-buy analysis

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Ver si sale a cuenta comprar o hacer

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81
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He caido (en la trampa)

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I have fell (I’ve fell)

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82
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That is an understatement

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Eso es quedarse corto

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83
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Are you confident?

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¿Estás seguro?

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84
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The ball is on your court

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Te toca a ti

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85
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Do not go there

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No vayas por ahí, no toque ese tema

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86
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Throw out the baby with the bathwater

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Tirar algo de valor mientras tiras algo que no lo tiene. Do not discard something valuable in your eagerness to get rid of some useless thing associated with it

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87
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Lead the witness

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Hacer una pregunta que implica una respuesta, es decir, hacer que otro responda lo que tú quieres

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88
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He flew off the handle

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Perdío los estribos (fly off the handle).

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89
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Let’s not give up with that

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No abandonemos el intento

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90
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I wanted to let you know to hold off on communicating these numbers if you haven’t yet. We need to tweak them due to an org that moved to ensure that equity number moves too. I’ll get back to you with an update tomorrow. Sorry for the delay.

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hold off doing [sth], hold off from doing [sth], hold off on doing [sth] => demorar en hacer algo

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91
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Things never got bloody

They never came to blows.

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La sangre no llegó al río

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I am trying to understand the context

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Estoy intentado entender a qué asunto te refieres

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Red-eye flight

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A red-eye flight is any flight departing late at night and arriving early the next morning. The term red-eye, common in North America, derives from the fatigue symptom of having red eyes, which can be caused or aggravated by late-night travel

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Full of shit

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completely wrong, false, or worthless. Que miente más que habla

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95
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I need to step away from the call for 10 minutes

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me tengo que salir de la call por 10 minutes

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96
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I did some dirty numbers

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Hacer unos número rápidos para ver como va la cosa

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Roll call

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Textualmente significa pasar lista. Es la lista de clientes.

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AR, accounts receivable

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Dinero que nos deben

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99
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Adjacencies

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Develop opportunities in unexploited market, segments.

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100
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It is a bleeder

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Es sangrante

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101
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To have a hair cut

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Cuanto te recortan el envelope de los bonos

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102
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I am screwed anyway

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Estoy en una mala situción (jodido) igualmente (entorno profesional).

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103
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Upfront

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De depósito, por adelantado

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104
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Door-to-door

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A puerta fría

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105
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Estagnant revenues

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Ventas estancadas

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106
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Declining operating profits

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Beneficio cayendo.

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107
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Delayering

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Quitar capas

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108
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The turnaround

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Cámbio de rumbo, cambio de dirección

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109
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Underlaying

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Subyacente

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110
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Overriding

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Predominant

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111
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To be a black box

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Ser algo desconocido

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112
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To morph

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Transformarse

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113
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Binder

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Carpeta

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114
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Staid

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Serious, formal

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115
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Outweigh

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Soprepasar en peso (only when confidentiality reasons outweighed)

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116
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A telling example

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Un ejemplo claro

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117
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Withhold

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Retener

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118
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Going forward

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De ahora en adelante

119
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Broad-based

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Amplio, masivo

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Hard-earned

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Aprender por las malas

121
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Bells and whistles

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the things that something, especially a device or machine, has or does that are not necessary but that make it more exciting or interesting

122
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Game the system

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Engañar al sistema informático

123
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Manager-led accountability

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Responsabilidad gestionada por el manager

124
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Hard-fought

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Conseguido con mucho esfuerzo

125
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Have proved effective

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Ha demostrado ser efectivo

126
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To have the seasoning

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Tener el grado de veteranía

127
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On-the-job development

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Desarrollo en el propio puesto de trabajo

128
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Developmental feedback

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Comentarios para desarrollarse

129
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Misplaced

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Has anyone located those misplaced orders yet? (perdido). He paid a heavy price for his misplaced trust in their abilities (inapropiado)

130
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Over time

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A lo largo del tiempo

131
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Overarching

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Dominante, Global

132
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Revamp

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Modernizar

133
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Ramp up

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Reforzar, redoblar

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Play out

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Desarrollarse

135
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A misfit

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Algo que no encaja

136
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Blind selection

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Selección justa

137
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Gauge

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Medir, calibrar, estimar

138
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Data-gathering

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Puesta en común de información

139
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Non-threatening environment

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Entorno de confianza

140
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One-time event

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Que pasa una única vez

141
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become typecast

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Ser encasillado. I do not want to be typecast (irr) in human resources

142
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Verbatim coments

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Comentario literal, exacto, parafraseado

143
Q

Comprehensive check-in process

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Entrevistas con los peers, direct reports y jefes para que el empleado en los 130 primeros días de trabajo tenga un feedback antes de ser encasillado.

144
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Hurdle

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Obstáculo

145
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Derailment

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Significa descarrilamiento pero se refiere a fracaso cuando se entra en una compañía.

146
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Pivotal

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Crucial

147
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Treat the workforce as expendable

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Tratar al personal como prescindible/sacrificable

148
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Cornerstone

A

Concepto básico, piedra angular

149
Q

In the spotlight

A

En un lugar destacado

150
Q

Thoughtful judgement

A

Juicio razonado

151
Q

Ancillary

A

secundario o auxiliar

152
Q

Boot camp

A

Centro de entrenamiento

153
Q

Existing

A

en vez de current.

154
Q

Communities of practice

A

Comunidades de buenas prácticas

155
Q

Career rotation

A

Rotaciones en puestos

156
Q

Learning intervention

A

Intervención de desarrollo de RRHH

157
Q

Firm up[Vs.]Keep things loose

A

Reafirmar [frente a], concretar, confirmar. Por contgra Keep things loose es mantener las cosas flojas

158
Q

Boundary management

A

Gestión de límites (flexibilidad)

159
Q

Be confident even in the face of doubts

A

Estar tranquilo incluso cuando hay dudas

160
Q

Meaningful

A

Con significado

161
Q

Walk away from a situation

A

Irse de una situación

162
Q

Ruthless

A

despiadado

163
Q

Ruthlessly

A

Sin piedad

164
Q

As you go

A

Sobre la marcha

165
Q

I Sniffed out something strange.

A

Olerse algo raro. to discover someone or something, usually only after a special effort

166
Q

Near-term vs Long term

A

Uso mucho long term pero no near-term

167
Q

Window of opportunity

A

Short time period during which an otherwise unattainable opportunity exists

168
Q

Level playing field

A

Igualdad de condiciones

169
Q

Playing field

A

Cancha

170
Q

True-to-life format

A

Formato que emula la vida real

171
Q

Thoughful

A

Razonado

172
Q

Classroom training

A

En vez de presence training que digo mucho

173
Q

Encapsulate

A

Encapsular

174
Q

Interplay

A

Interacción

175
Q

Knife-edge tension

A

La tensión que se corta con cuchillo

176
Q

To have seen something from the ground up

A

Haber visto algo desde el principio

177
Q

Shortening the cycle

A

Acortar el ciclo

178
Q

Marshal

A

Poner en order, conducir.

179
Q

Build rapport between

A

Generar confianza

180
Q

Back on track

A

De nuevo en el camino

181
Q

Off track

A

fuera de camino

182
Q

Growing the talent pipeline

A

Aumentar el número de buenos “elementos”

183
Q

Mock

A

Parodiar

184
Q

Learning agility

A

Habilidad para aprender

185
Q

Derailing behaviour

A

Comportamientos no correctos

186
Q

Thirdteen-day learning program extended over a four month period

A

over a

187
Q

Break down the silos

A

Romper los silos

188
Q

Wholehearted

A

Sincero, incondicional.

189
Q

Half-hearted

A

Sin mucho entusiasmo

190
Q

In OD nomenclature, appreciative inquiry

A

Discart the bad, keep the good.

191
Q

People centric environment

A

Entorno centrado en las personas

192
Q

Lead through relationships

A

Gestionar teniendo en cuenta las personas

193
Q

Make people feel more included and safe in conversations

A

Hacer que la gente se siente más incluida y segura en las conversaciones.

194
Q

Unsatisfying

A

No satisfactorio

195
Q

Vacuum in Leadership

A

Vacío de liderazgo

196
Q

Raised several questions

A

Provocó algunas preguntas

197
Q

Leadership retreat

A

Retiro de liderazgo

198
Q

Create a burning platform

A

Crear una situación en la que es imposible no hacer nada

199
Q

Entrenched

A

Arraigado, afianzado, mantener obcecadamente la creencia/opinión de que (He’s too entrenched in the past está demasiado anclado en el pasado)

200
Q

Peruse

A

Leer detenidamente

201
Q

Why vision is important

A
  • Common purpose that unite a team- Helps people to be more human and less transactional.
202
Q

Inclusive, disrespectful

A

inclusivo, irrespetuoso

203
Q

It can undermine respect

A

Puede debilitar el respeto

204
Q

On-stage

A

En el escenario, en público

205
Q

Plain-shirted employee

A

Empleado bien planchado y refinado

206
Q

Relent to failiture

A

No ceder al fracaso

207
Q

Override

A

Ignorar o hacer caso omiso

208
Q

They paved the road

A

Prepararon el camino.

209
Q

Learn first-hand

A

Aprender de primera mano

210
Q

Knee jerk reaction

A

Exabrupto, Salida de tono, respuesta descortés e insolente

211
Q

Manager could be removed to non managerial duties or let go

A

Quitar a los managers de tareas de manager o despedir

212
Q

Hindsight

A

A posteriori, a toro pasado.

213
Q

Many aspects of HR and Talent management will become fully embedded in how work gets done in the organization

A

Muchos aspectos de RRHH y de gesti´no del talento estarán completamente integrados en como se hace el trabajo en la organización

214
Q

Digital work trail

A

Huella digital de trabajo (twitter, facebook, linkedin, etc.)

215
Q

Developmental job rotations

A

Rotaciones de puesto para el desarrollo de un empleado

216
Q

What kind of feedback is IDP

A

180º feedback

217
Q

To take hold

A

arraigar

218
Q

Being ingrained

A

arraigado

219
Q

Cold calling

A

Lo mismo que door-to-door selling

220
Q

With a personal touch

A

Con un toque personal

221
Q

Job expansion or promotion

A

Expansión de rol o promoción

222
Q

It is the same high potential than high performers?

A

No, high potentials usually are high performers, but high performers not necessarily are high potentials

223
Q

Rating inflation

A

Perfornance rating inflation

224
Q

Culture of entitlement may have set in

A

Cultura de tener derecho a todo. Muchos managers como han tenido rating altos creen que tienen dererecho a todo.

225
Q

This softened the blow a bit

A

Esto hizo que la protesta (por un cambio, el nuevo sistema de performance) no fuese tan fuerte

226
Q

Rating creep

A

Pelotilleo a los directs reports subiendo los ratings del performance.

227
Q

At the director level and above

A

En el nivel de directores y superiores

228
Q

Profession-specific learning or abilily

A

Aprendizaje de conocimientos específicos de la profesión

229
Q

Programmatic

A

Having a programmed approach. This world is good for the theoretical training, you can call it programmatic, like happening in a classroom setting.

230
Q

Peer groups

A

Grupos del mismo nivel

231
Q

Classroom based education

A

Programas presenciales

232
Q

Thought-provoking process

A

Coaching and Mentoring. The aim is not enhance potential

233
Q

High-level vision was then socialized

A

Se hizo pública la visión superficial.

234
Q

The plan needs an appropiate phasing

A

El plan necesita ser dividido en fases

235
Q

Cancellation and no-show policies

A

Políticas de cancelación y no presencia

236
Q

Three-way sessions

A

Sesiones a tres bandas

237
Q

Accrued coaching hours

A

Horas de coaching acumuladas (accrue: acumular)

238
Q

Best-fit associate

A

El mejor asociado

239
Q

Centralized talent inventory

Centralized succession plan

A

Inventario centralizado de talento

Inventario centralizado de sucesión

240
Q

From top to bottom

A

De arriba a abajo

241
Q

Entry-level positions/individuals

A

Posiciones o personas que están en un nivel inicial de entrada en la organización

242
Q

What they need to deliver (Results)

How hey need to deliver (behaviours)

A

Important HR mantra

243
Q

Job-specific targets

A

Objetivos específicos de un puesto

244
Q

Individuals are measured both on the “what” and the “how” and no longer just of bottom-line results (end-result)

A

Las personas serán medidas por lo que hacen y como lo hacen y no sólo por los resultados

245
Q

Potential considers current performance and predicts where the individual is likely to be in two years time.

A

Is likely to be….

246
Q

Turn potential (9box)

A

Performance indicates that it is likely that the individual can make a turn to the next pipeline layer.

247
Q

Growth potential (9box)

A

The performance indicates that the individual can transition to a bigger job at the same pipeline layer.

248
Q

Mastery potential (9box)

A

The performance indicates that the individual should continue in the same role, but with continuous learning and improvement

249
Q

Workflow system

A

Sistema que va por pasos, como el TMS, pantalla por pantalla.

250
Q

Tairoled individual development plans

A

Planes de formación personalizados

251
Q

Opportunities of mutual reinforcement

A

Oportunidades de que una parte de las políticas de HR ayuden a otras

252
Q

de-layering

A

Quitar capas en la organización

253
Q

Horizontal structure

A

By product, region, country, process function…

254
Q

Vertical structure

A

Number of layers

255
Q

side-effect

A

Efecto lateral, algo que pasa cuando haces otra cosa

256
Q

Long-tenured

A

Veteranos, con mucha antiguedad

257
Q

HR driven versus line driven

A

Gestionado por HR o gestionado por el negocio

258
Q

On an as-needed basis

A

Cuando haga falta

259
Q

Talent scarcity

A

Escasedad de talento

260
Q

Forward-looking ideas or approach

A

Ideas o enfoques progresistas o con miras al futuro

261
Q

To be cumbersome

A

Difícil de manejar, tedioso, difícil

262
Q

Top quartile latent

A

Talento en el cuarto quartil

263
Q

Off-the-shelf

A

Disponible para la venta, comprar algo hecho

264
Q

To have a bias against….

A

Tener una actitud preconcebida o prejuicio….

265
Q

Que preconiza el Taylorismo

A

La desconfianza y el control, el supuesto de que las personas somos perezosas y que unos mandan y otros obedecen.

266
Q

Peter´s principle

A

Organizational leaders reward individuals with promotion. As long as individuals meet the requirements at higher levels of responsability, they are promoted. But when they fail they are maintained at their current levels. The result individuals are promoted to one level above their highest level of compentence.

267
Q

What means that somebody defends Tayrorism

A

La desconfianza y el control, el supuesto de que las personas somos perezosas y que unos mandan y otros obedecen.

268
Q

That was a major poke in the ass

A

Eso ha sido una cagada

269
Q

That was a major poke in the ass

A

Les han dado por el culo

270
Q

Now we are even

A

Ahora estamos en paces

271
Q

Let’s put this thing behind

A

olvidémoslo

272
Q

You are going to stroke out

A

Te va a dar algo

273
Q

He is sponging off us

A

Nos está gorreando

274
Q

I crossed the line

A

Me pasé de la raya

275
Q

Give or take

A

Más o menos

276
Q

Even still, it was the right move

A

Aun así, era la opción correcta

277
Q

Hang in there

A

Sé fuerte

278
Q

To be an alkie

A

Empinar el codo

279
Q

To pony up

A

Pagar lo que debes

280
Q

To pony up

A

Pagar lo que debes | apoquinar

281
Q

Brass tasks

A

Al grano

282
Q

To go through a rought patch

A

Pasar a una mala racha

283
Q

He is getting cute with his remarks

A

Se pone chulo con sus comentarios

284
Q

Moddy prick

A

Ser un capullo malhumorado

285
Q

This is the end of it

A

Hasta aquí hemos llegado

286
Q

You were begging for it

A

Te lo estabas buscando

287
Q

That’s priceless

A

Es para cagarse

288
Q

I have move on

A

He pasado página

289
Q

Depression is anger turned inward

A

La depresión es rabia interiorizada

290
Q

This clouds your judgement

A

Nubla tu juicio

291
Q

Wears me out

A

Me deja hecho polvo

292
Q

This wears me out

A

Esto me agota

293
Q

Flattering revenues

A

Ventas alagadoras

294
Q

Family-wise, meeting-wise,…

A

“En lo relativo a” o “con respecto a”

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