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1
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Blow up

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Explode

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Ask out

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Invite on a date

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Ask around

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Ask many people the same question

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Break down

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Stop/ get upset/divide into smaller parts

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Break out

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Escape

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Bring up

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Start talking about something

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Bring up

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Vomit

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Call around

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Phone many different places/people

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Call back

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Return a phone call

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Call off

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Cancel

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Call up

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Phone

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Call on

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Visit someone

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Check in

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Register at a hotel or airport

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Check out

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Leave a hotel/ Verify (informal)/ examine, investigate: ir a asegurarse (lugar), mirar fijarse en (cosa). Informal/ tomar prestado (libros de librería…)

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Cheer up

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Become/make happier

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Chip in

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Help

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Come/be/go down with

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Become sick

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Come forward

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Become a volunteer

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Cut in

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Interrupt

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Cut off

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Stop providing

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Do over

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Do it again

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Dress up

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Wear fancy clothes

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Eat out

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Eat at a restaurant

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Emd up

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Eventually do something you weren’t used to

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Fall apart

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Break into pieces

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Fall down

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Fall to the ground

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Fall out

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Become/ will go bald/hairless

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Figure out

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Understand

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Fill in

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Write at the gaps

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Find out

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Discover

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31
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Get around

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Have mobility

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Get away

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Go on holidays

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Get away with

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Do something without being punished

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Get back

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Return/ something again

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Get on

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Get along well (llevarse bien)

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Get over

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Recover from an illness or difficulty

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Get round to

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find time to do something

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Get up

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Get out of the bed

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39
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Give away

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Give something free/ donate

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Give up

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Quit a habit

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Go after

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Follow somebody(try to achieve something

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Go ahead

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Start, proceed

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Go over

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Review / visit someone nearby

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44
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Grow up

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Become an adult

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Hang in

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Stay position

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Hang out

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Have some time to relax or be with friends

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47
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Hang up

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End a phone call

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Hold back

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Hide your emotions

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Hold up

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Steal/ continue, support

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Hold on

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Wait a short time

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Keep on

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Continue doing something

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Keep from

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Not tell

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53
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Let out

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Liberar

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54
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Log in

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Sign in

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55
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Long out

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Sign out

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56
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Look after

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Take care of

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57
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Look down on

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Consider inferior, think worse of that person

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Look forward to

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Be excited about a future event

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59
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Look into/up

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Investigate/ (up): buscar en libro, internet/ que una situación mejore

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Look out

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Be careful

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Look over

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Check

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Make up

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Invent, lie/ forgive each other

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Pass away

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Die

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Pick out

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Choose

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65
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Put down

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Insult/ poner en/ anotar

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Put off

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Postpone/ dar asco

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67
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Run away

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Escape

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Run out

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Have nothing else

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Set up

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Organize/ trick, trap

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Shop around

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Compare prices

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71
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Show off

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Fanfarronear/ resaltar/ fanfarrón

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Sleep over

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Stay somewhere to sleep

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73
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Sort out

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Resolve a problem

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Switch off/on

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turn on/ off

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Take off

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Start to fly/ despegue / remove something/ alcanzar el exito

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Think back

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Remember

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Take up

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Start something/ use something

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Think over

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Consider

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Turn up

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Appear suddenly/ mejora/ llegar/ suceder/ subir temperatura, sonido… ( de dispositivo electrónico)

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Try on

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See if that cloth is of your size

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81
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Wake up

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Stop sleeping

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82
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Warn up

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Increase the temperature/ prepare for exercise

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Work out

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Exercise/ be successful/make a calculation

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84
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Get in

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Llegar a ——/ ser seleccionado

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85
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Dig up

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Desenterrar

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Eat up

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Terminar de comer

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Use up

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Agotar, terminar

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Tidy up

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Recoger

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Speak up

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Hablar más alto

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Speed up

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Acelerar

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Split up

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Separarse

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Heal up

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Recuperarse (cicatrizar)

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Run up

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Carrerilla

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Sum up

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Resumir

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Spin round

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dar vueltas

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Wear off

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stop having effect/ desaparecer

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Wear on

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Pass the time/ show your feelings/ become annoying to

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Give out

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Distribute

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Look around

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Literally

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Put away

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Ordenar

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Back up

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Confirmar/ hacer una copia de seguridad

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Be carried away

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Dejarse llevar por la emoción

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Take in

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Entender/ absorber/ acoger

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Break in

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Rob something entering damaging a window or door

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Break off

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Separate from something by force: desprenderse

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Break through

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Abrirse camino

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Break up

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Stop having a relationship

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Bring out

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Put a new product on sale/ reveal a quality

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Bring up

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Raise one crild

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Build up

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To increase/ an increase/ “bombo”/ period of preparation before something happens

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Burst in

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X

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Burst out

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Desatarse

113
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Call in

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Visit a place or person for a short time, usually when you are going somewhere else

114
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Care for

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Cuidar

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Carry on

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Continue

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Catch on

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Start to become popular/ begin to understand

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Catch up (with someone/something)

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To reach the same or quality as someone or something else/ to reach someone or something by moving faster

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Check (up) on

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Verificar/ (up) chequear, controlar

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Check out

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Verify (informal)/ examine, investigate: ir a asegurarse (lugar), mirar fijarse en (cosa). Informal/ tomar prestado (libros de librería…)

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Clear away

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Guardar y ordenar (platos por ejemplo)

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Clear up

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To improve

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Come across

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To seem or appear to be/ to find or meet by chance

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Come along

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To go somewhere with someone/ to arrive/ to progress,develop/ to accompany

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Come down

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Become lower the level or prize/ decrease the level

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Come off

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To succeed

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Come on

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¡Venga!

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Come out

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A book, movie, etc. becomes available for people to buy or see/ that a sun, moon or star appears in the sky/ expressed like (sonar)

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Come round

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Visit someone / recover consciousness / be persuaded/ an event occur again

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Come to

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Ascender/ to be remembered/ to regain consciousness

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Come up

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Acercarse/ surgió/ to be mentioned in conversation: salir

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Come up against

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To have to face with

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Come up with

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Inventarse, elaborar (informal)/ conseguir (informal)

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Count on

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Contar con

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Cross out

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Tachar

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Cut across

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Tomar un atajo/ pasarse de la raya

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Cut down

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Reducir/ talar

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Cut out

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Extraer/ eliminar

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Deal with

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Tratar de tararatararatarara/ ocuparse de tararatararatarara

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Do away with

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Acabar con/ eliminar

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Do up

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Redecorar, recoger/ reparar/ abrochar

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Do without

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Sobrevivir sin

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Draw up

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Preparar cuidadosamente / un coche para a un lado

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Face up to

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Enfrentarse a algo

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Fall for

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Enamorarse de/ creerse

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Fall out

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Pelearse

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Fall through

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Irse al traste

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Fit in

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Encajar/ adaptar/ buscar tiempo para

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Get across

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Transmitir algo

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Get at

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Insinuar/ acceder a

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Get away

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Huir/ desconectar

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Get down

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Deprimir

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Get down to

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Ponerse a

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Get into

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Engancharse a/ llegar a/ ser admitido

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Get on with

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Continue doing something (work)

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Get out

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Bajarse del vehículo/ irse/ salir a la luz

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Get out of

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Sacar con pinzas/ escaquearse d/ beneficiarse

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Get through

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Localizar a alguien/ pasar /

superar

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Get together

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Reunión/ reunirse

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Give in

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Rendirse

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Go by

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Pasar el tiempo

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Go for

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Ir a por algo (intentar conseguir algo)

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Go off

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Irse/ apagarse/ explotar/ saltar la alarma…/ estropearse un alimento

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Go through

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Registrar/ sufrir, pasar por un mal momento

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Hand over

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Transferir en autoridad (cargo)

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Head for

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Dirigirse hacia

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Keep away

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Mantener a distancia

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Keep back

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Mantener atrás/ ocultar

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Keep down

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No vomitar

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Keep off

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Mantenerse a distancia/ no dejar entrar, acercarse

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Keep up with

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Seguir ek / estar al tanto, contacto

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Knock down

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Demoler/ atropellar

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Knock out

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Noquear/ eliminar de la competición

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Knock over

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Volcar

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Leave out

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Excluir

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Let down

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Decepcionar

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Let off

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Dejar ir

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Live for

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Vivir para

178
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Live on

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Vivir gracias a/ mantenerse ( sobrevivir con x cantidad de negocios

179
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Live up to

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Estar a la altura, igualar

180
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Live with

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Convivir con/ tolerar

181
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Lock in

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Encerrar

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Lock out

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Dejar fuera a alguien porque tienes has cerrado la puerta con llave

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Look at

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Examinar

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Look back

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Recordar

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Look on

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Observar

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Look through

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Revisar/ ojear

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Look up to

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Admirar

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Make for

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Dirigirse hacia

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Make into

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Convertir

190
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Make out

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Sacar algo ( una idea de algo que se ha visto, oído, entendido)/ liarse/ hacerse pasar por

191
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Make up for

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Compensar

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Miss out

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Perderse, dejarse ( no ser incluido)

193
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Miss out on

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Perderse, dejar pasar ( oportunidad)

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Mix up

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Confusión/ confundir/ liar, desordenar

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Mix with

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Mezclar, incorporar

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Pass around

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Pasar en turno a cada persona de un grupo

197
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Pass out

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Desmayarse/ repartir

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Pay off

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Dar buenos resultados/ amortizar

199
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Pick on

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Criticar a

200
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Pick up

A

Recoger/ ir a recoger/ aprender/ sintonizar/ retomar/ comprar algo fácilmente o muy barato/ pillar una enfermedad

201
Q

Point out

A

Señalar

202
Q

Pull down

A

Derribar

203
Q

Pull in

A

Estacionar

204
Q

Pull out

A

Retirarse ( normal, militar, de un acuerdo)

205
Q

Pull over

A

Hacerse a un lado ( pararse a un lado de la carretera)

206
Q

Pull up

A

Que un vehículo se detenga

207
Q

Put aside

A

Dejar de lado

208
Q

Put down

A

Desprecio/ dejar algo en una superficie/ aportar, anticipar un dinero/ sacrificar/ escribir, anotar

209
Q

Put off

A

Aplazar/ repugnar

210
Q

Put on

A

Ponerse una prenda/ presentar/ fingir

211
Q

Put out

A

Apagar el fuego/ dejar a la vista

212
Q

Put through

A

Hacer pasar pasar por tal dificultad / ponerse en contacto con compañía operadora

213
Q

Put up

A

Alojar, construir tal estructura

214
Q

Put up with

A

Soportar

215
Q

Rub into

A

Frotar

216
Q

Rub out

A

Borrar

217
Q

Run away

A

Huir/ escaparse de casa

218
Q

Run down

A

Descuidado, agotado/ cansado/ deteriorado/ atropellar/ criticar

219
Q

Run into

A

Encontrarse

220
Q

Run on

A

Funcionar con

221
Q

Run out (of)

A

Agotarse

222
Q

Run over

A

Atropellar

223
Q

See off

A

Despedir

224
Q

See through

A

Transparente/ calar

225
Q

See to

A

Engañarse

226
Q

Send off

A

Despedida/ enviar/ despachar

227
Q

Set back

A

Posponer/ costar

228
Q

Set off

A

Ponerse en camino, partir/ activar/ provocar

229
Q

Set out

A

Partir, salir de viaje/ exponer, precisar

230
Q

Set up

A

Organización/ situación amañada/ montar, organizar/ tender una trampa/ instalar

231
Q

Stand back

A

Alejarse de

232
Q

Stand by

A

Estar en espera/ sin hacer nada/ apoyar

233
Q

Stand for

A

Significar/ defender

234
Q

Stand out

A

Destacar, llamar la atención

235
Q

Stand up

A

De micrófono/comedia, cómico de micrófono/ violento/ (ponerse) de pie

236
Q

Stand up for

A

Defender

237
Q

Stand up to

A

Hacer frente

238
Q

Stay away from

A

Alejarse de algo o alguien

239
Q

Stay on

A

Quedarse un trabajo, colegio…

240
Q

Stay out

A

Quedarse por ahí/ fuera

241
Q

Stay over

A

Quedarse a dormir

242
Q

Stay up

A

No acostarse

243
Q

Stick out

A

Sobresalir/ destacar

244
Q

Stick to

A

Apegarse

245
Q

Stick together

A

Mantenerse unidos

246
Q

Stick with

A

Seguir con

247
Q

Stop over

A

Pasar la noche

248
Q

Take after

A

Parecerse a

249
Q

Take down

A

Desmontar

250
Q

Take in

A

Entender/ absorber/ acoger

251
Q

Take on

A

Embarcarse

252
Q

Take out

A

Invitar/ pedir para llevar

253
Q

Take over

A

Acabar el trabajo/ tomar el control

254
Q

Take to

A

Aficionarse a/ simpatizar con

255
Q

Talk into

A

Persuadir, convencer

256
Q

Talk over

A

Discutir

257
Q

Think through

A

Sopesar (considerar todas las posibilidades)

258
Q

Throw away

A

Desechar/ tirar por la borda

259
Q

Throw out

A

Tirar/ deshacerse

260
Q

Throw up

A

Vomitar

261
Q

Try out

A

Prueba/ probar

262
Q

Turn back

A

Darse la vuelta

263
Q

Turn down

A

Rechazar/ bajar la temperatura sonido (de un dispositivo electrónico)

264
Q

Turn out

A

Resultar, salir / asistir

265
Q

Turn to

A

Acudir

266
Q

Turn over

A

Recostarse / dar la vuelta

267
Q

Watch out

A

Cuidado!

268
Q

Wear out

A

Desgastar

269
Q

Work at

A

Esforzarse en

270
Q

Work on

A

Entrenar

271
Q

Work out

A

Hacer ejercicio/ salir bien/ resolver/ entender

272
Q

Write-up

A

Critica, reseña, aceptación

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