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English C2 vocabulary 1T - others 2 Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
1
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A esta invito yo

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I’ll get you this

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2
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Llegar a comprar antes que nadie

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To beat the crowds

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3
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En la dirección y sentido correctos

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The right way round

The lid has to go on the right way round or it won’t fit

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4
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Hacer exactamente lo que se pide, lo acertado

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To make all the right noises

He made all the right noises about my audition but I couldn’t tell if he was genuinely impressed

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Estar en tu derecho

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To be within your rights

I think I’m quite within my rights to demand a full refund

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6
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Tal y como toca

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By rights

By rights you should always be speaking English

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7
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Ir de compras, a quemar la tarjeta

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To hit the shops

Ready to hit the shops?

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8
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Al mismo tiempo (Shakespeare)

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At one fell swoop

By criticising the company and the team, the new manager succeeded in upsetting everyone at one fell swoop

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9
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Comerse toda la comida que hay en tu casa (Shakespeare)

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To have eaten me out of house and home

My nephews came to stay at the weekend and have eaten me out of house and home

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10
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Asustar mucho (Shakespeare)

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To make SO’s hair stand on end

It was a terrifying film - it made my hair stand on end

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11
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En un instante (Shakespeare)

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In the twinkling of an eye

I’ll be with you in the twinkling of an eye

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Alabar exageradamente algo o alguien (Shakespeare)

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To lay it on with a trowel

The TV presenter laid it on with a trowel when he was introducing the film star

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13
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Causarse problemas haciendo algo que se supone te ayudará (Shakespeare)

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To be hoist with your own petard

The prime minister was hoist with his own petard when the tax laws he had introduced led to his downfall

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14
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Siempre hay dificultades que afrontar en una relación amorosa (Shakespeare)

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The course of true love never did run smooth

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15
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Ridiculizar o despreciar

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To pour scorn on

Critics of the company poured scorn on its customer service

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16
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En el ojo público

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In the public eye

As a celebrity she was used to being in the public eye

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17
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Alegrarte el día

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To make your day

You want to fight? Go ahead, make my day

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18
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Sobre el papel

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On paper

She’s highly qualified and on paper is clearly the best candidate

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19
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Llegar hasta el fondo de

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To get to the bottom of

The police said they were determined to get to the bottom of the incident

20
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Ser muy despierto y avispado

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To be on the ball

As a manager he’s really on the ball and knows how to run his business

21
Q

Dar esquinazo a alguien

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To give SO the slip

The thieves gave the police the slip

22
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Y viceversa

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And vice versa

23
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La inspiración existe, pero que te pille trabajando

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Inspiration exists but it has to find you working

24
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En total

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In all

There were seven guests at the hotel in all, including ourselves

25
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Llevar a cabo un compromiso

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To effect a compromise

26
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Ser muy afectado por algo

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To be hard hit by

The universities have been hard hit by the government cuts in spending

27
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Tratar a alguien estrictamente

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To be hard on SO

Bill is being unnecessarily hard on his son

28
Q

Hacer algo de la manera más difícil

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To do ST the hard way

I learnt French the hard way - years of irregular verbs at school

29
Q

Hacerse el duro

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To play hard to get

He hasn’t given us a response. Playing hard to get, is he?

30
Q

En este estado de cosas

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In this state of affairs

In this state of affairs, there are no offices where complaints can be lodged

31
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Tan natural como respirar

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As natural as breathing

To her, singing is as natural as breathing

32
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Ubuntu

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Ubuntu
I am because of you
People are not people without other people
Ubuntu emphasises the importance of empathy, sharing and cooperation

33
Q

Reunir las ventajas de …

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To gather the advantages of …

We have developed a new technique which gathers the advantages of both methods

34
Q

Frase importancia de la tecnología

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Technology is absolutely critical to managing our world, but even more important is the understanding and wisdom to apply it

35
Q

Ponerse rojo como un tomate

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To go as red as a beetroot

Whenever I talked about his past life, he would go as red as a beetroot

36
Q

No poder apartarse de algo/alguien

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To be all over ST/SO like a rash

You were all over her like a rash

37
Q

Ser muy amiguitos y contarse secretos

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To be as thick as thieves

Chiara and Rita are as thick as thieves

38
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No poder competir con algo/alguien

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To be no match for ST/SO

Gibson ran well but were no match for the young Italian

39
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Lo que es más, es más, más aún

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For that matter

How you feel with A, or for that matter how you feel with B is irrelevant

40
Q

Estorbar, romper la armonía

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To rock the boat

Don’t rock the boat!

41
Q

Broma descuido cuerpo

A

We look upon our body simply as a means of transport for our head, a way to getting our head to meetings

42
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Por alguna razón

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For some reason

43
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Ese no es el caso

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That’s not the case

I thought you were angry with me, but now I see that’s not the case

44
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Valorar algo

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To put a value on ST

We only put a value on things that are scarce

45
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Temo a los griegos incluso cuando traen regalos

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Beware of Greeks bearing gifts

Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes

46
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Frase problema movilidad

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Mobility tends to get worse as societies become richer

47
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Frase transporte público y sociedades avanzadas

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An advanced city is not the one where even the poor use cars, but rather the one where even the rich use public transport

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