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Se argumenta …

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It is argued …

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La muerte es un agujero en la realidad

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Death is a hole in reality

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Es una creencia común …

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It is a common belief …

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Nunca esto ha sido más obvio

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Never has this been more obvious

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Cambiando de tema

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On another note

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Hacerte un lío

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To get yourself into a mess

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No quiero ponerme serio aquí

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I don’t want to get heavy here

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El jefe entre ellos

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Chief among these

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Presumiblemente es ya un cadáver

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Presumably would now be better called Mr Bones

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Subirse a la cabeza de alguien

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To go to SO’s head

Winning the beauty contest has gone to Sheila’s head

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Decir algo públicamente y que queda grabado

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To go on record (as saying ST)

Are you prepared to go on record as supporting the council?

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Ser desperdiciado o no usado

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To go to waste

Eat your potatoes! Don’t let them go to waste!

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Irse de repente por la tangente

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To go off at a tangent

It’s hard to get a firm decision out of him - he’s always going off at a tangent

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Intentar que algo tenga éxito trabajando mucho

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To try to make a go of ST

She’s really making a go of her new antique shop

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De manera muy clara

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In no uncertain terms

She told him what she thought of his behaviour in no uncertain terms

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No coneguir nada con lo que estás haciendo

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To get nowhere (fast)

He was trying to persuade her to let him drive, but he was getting nowhere fast

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Morir con las botas puestas

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To go out in a blaze of glory

The Japanese decided to go out in a blaze of glory and fight to the very last man

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Se revela en

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It reveals itself in

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Sentar las reglas

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To lay down the rules

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Tener a alguien en alta estima

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To hold SO in high esteem

SO is helded in high esteem by SO

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Estar completo y acabado

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To be done and dusted

By now the deal is done and dusted

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Dar algo a alguien en bandeja de plata

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To give/hand ST to SO on a plate

The team did very little to impress, yet the game was handed to them on a plate by their opponents

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Estar grabado a fuego

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To be set/written in concrete/stone

The financial plan is set in stone

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Dar luz verde a algo

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To give the green light to ST

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Dejar a alguien que haga lo que quiera

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To leave SO to their own devices

In the afternoon students are left to their own devices

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Proporcionar luz, clarificar

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To shed light on ST

Can you shed any light on when it was built?

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Rodar cabezas

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To roll heads

The manager is furious and I think heads will roll

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Mis labios están sellados

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My lips are sealed

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Caer en algo

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The penny drops

I had been listening when finally the penny dropped and I realised it

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Dar los últimos toques a algo

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To put/make the finishing touches to ST

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Presentar cargos

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To press charges

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Por la fuerza

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Forcibly

The protestors were forcibly removed from the building

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Por razones mejor conocidas por …

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For reasons best known to …

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Sustancialmente, considerablemente

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Substantially, considerably

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A un tiro de piedra de …

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A stone’s throw (away) from

The cottage is just a stone’s throw from the sea

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Hacer un esfuerzo para entender o gestionar una situación

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To come/get to grips with

The government have failed to come to grips with the two most important social issues of our time

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Con la esperanza de que …

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In the hope that …

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Arrojar luz sobre algo

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To shine a light on ST

We shine a light on human rights business

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Avergonzados por nuestra carencia de conocimiento sobre …

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Ashamed of our lack of knowledge of …

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Engañados por falsas promesas …

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Tricked by false promises …

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La esclavitud de hoy tiene que ver con el comercio

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Today’s slavery is about commerce

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Nos vemos unos a otros como hermanos seres humanos

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We see one another as fellow human beings

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Poner objeciones a algo

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To raise objections to ST/SO’s doing ST

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Hacer exactamente lo que se necesita para tener éxito

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To oush the rights buttons

With its modern design and functionality, it pushes all the right buttons

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Calentito de la prensa, …

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Hot off the press, …

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Estar a años luz de algo

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To be light years away from ST/doing ST

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Hacer algo que impide que un plan o actividad tenga éxito

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To throw a spanner in the works

The funding for the project was withdrawn so that really threw a spanner in the works

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Reinventar la rueda, perder el tiempo intentando crear algo que ya existe

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To reinvent the wheel

Trying to do it all ourselves may mean we’re just reinventing the wheel

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Si no está roto, no lo arregles

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If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it

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Dejar de funcionar de repente

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To go haywire

The television’s gone haywire

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Poner en marcha la maquinaria

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To set the wheels in motion

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Engrasar las ruedas

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To oil the wheels

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Ver las cosas de color de rosa

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To see ST through rose-tinted spectacles

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Más allá de tus sueños

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Beyond your wildest dreams

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En mi opinión, en mi pueblo, …

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In my book, …

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Encontrarse enfermo

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To feel under the weather

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Desequilibrar la balanza

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To tip the balance/scales
Two quick goals from Robson tipped the balances in favour of England
Her lack of computer skills tipped the scales against her

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Hagamos sitio para las cosas buenas

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Let’s make room for the good stuff

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Por motivos morales o religiosos

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On moral/religious grounds

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Novedo ningún mal en …

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I see no harm in …

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Causar estrechez o dificultad en algo

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To put a crimp in ST

Her mother might put a crimp in her social life

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Echarle un tiento a algo, intentar algo por primera vez

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To try your hand at ST/doing ST

I tried my hand at short stories, but poetry is my field

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Tener un golpe de suerte

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To strike it lucky

A few writers strike it lucky by creating a bestseller

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Por miedo a

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For fear that/of ST/of doing ST
They don’t let the cat outside for fear that it runs over
I didn’t want to move for fear of waking her up

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En vez (de)

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In lieu (of)
His family requested donations to a charity in lieu of flowers
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Es la norma

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Is the norm

As for global warming, indifference is the norm

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La cubierta de un libro es un haiku de la historia

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A book cover is a haiku of the story

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Mostrar el poder económico

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To display one’s wealth

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Broma hombre equivocado y mujer

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If a man speaks his mind in the forest and no woman hears him, is he still wrong?

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Lleva un estigma grabado

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It has a stigma attached to it

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Ojo por ojo y diente por diente

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An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

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Más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando

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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

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La verdad es que …

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The fact of the matter is that …

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Pocos discutirían el hecho de que …

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Few would dispute the fact that …

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Tener ojo para

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To have an eye for

You definitely have an eye for good restaurants

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Volver a las andadas

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To return to the old habits

My printer returned to the old habits and didn’t print anything

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Mens sana in corpore sano

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A healthy mind in a healthy body

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Mantener las tradiciones vivas

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To keep traditions alive

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Pasar de generación en generación

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To hand down from generation to generation

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Ser vendido en una subasta

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To go under the hammer

A private collection of early paintings is expected to go under the hammer next week

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Qué se puede hacer con este escenario desolador?

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What can be done about this gloomy scenario?

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Sin gastarse mucho dinero

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Without breaking the bank

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Ejercitar tus derechos legales

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To exercise your legal rights

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El triunfo de la mente sobre los problemas

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The triumph of mind over matter

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Ponerte al límite

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To push yourself to the limit

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Rechazar la aceptación de la derrota

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To refuse to accept defeat

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Superar tus limitaciones

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To overcome your limitations

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Por lo que sabemos, …

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For all we know, …

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Por lo común, la mayoría de las veces

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More often than not

When you read their books, more often than not they will come across as people…

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No hay nada que me gustaría más que …

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There’s nothing I’d like more than to do ST

There’s nothing I’d like more than to visit the art gallery again

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Como último recurso

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In the last resort/as a last resort

British police are supposed to use guns only as a last resort

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Quieres poner las cosas en marcha?

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Do you want to get things going?

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Valorar algo (abstracto)

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To place value on ST

That’s why I place value on everything that happens to me

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Buscar algo más

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To look for something more

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Por lo que, consecuentemente, esa es la razón por la que

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Hence
His mother was Italian, hence his name - Luca
Students need a certificate for foreign study, hence the huge demand for courses

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Causar sorpresa o shock, hacer levantar la ceja

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To raise some/a few eyebrows

Jemma’s miniskirt raised a few eyebrows at the board meeting

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Tocarle las narices a alguien

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To get up SO’s nose

People who drive like that really get up my nose

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Cumplir con lo prometido

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To come up with the goods

This chairman is good at making promises but he hardly ever comes up with the goods

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Solidarizarse con alguien en un huelga y no trabajar

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To come out in sympathy with

The pilots came out in sympathy with the cabin crew during the one-day strike las week

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Uno puede verse fácilment influido hacia …

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One can easily be swayed to …

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Esto puede verse en …

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This can be seen in …

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Aunque pueda ser solamente una cuestión de …

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Yet it might only be a question of …

102
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Tener las primeras experiencias en algo

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To cut your teeth

The minister cut her political teeth on student debates

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Igualmente

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Similarly, equally, additionally

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Subir peldaños

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To progress up the rungs

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Todavía no se sabe, no se ha decidido

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The jury’s still out (on, as to)

The jury’s still out on what implications this has for humans

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Agachar la cabeza y evitar problemas

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To keep your head down

He’s in a bad mood today - I’m just keeping my head down

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La gente joven está más que dispuesta a trabajar sin cobrar o cobrando muy poco

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Young people are usually more than willing to work unpaid or for minimal wages

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Casi

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Almost
All but
Nigh on
Well nigh
I have all but finished; just give me a few minutes
Our family has lived there well nigh/nigh on two hundred years

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Relaciones personales a lo largo de los años

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The infant seeks nurture-the child, responsiveness-the preadolescent, a close friend-the teenager, friendship with the other sex-and the adult, a spouse

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En una realidad alternativa

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In an alternative lifetime

In an alternative reality

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Desde el principio

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From the beginning
All along
They have known about it all along

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Precisamente tú

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You of all people

I never expected you of all people to say such a thing!

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Abrirte el apetito por

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To whet you appetite for

What she told me whetted my appetite for the rest of the story

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Ser la niña bonita de

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To be the apple of

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Nada más que

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Nothing other than

Nothing other than a full refund will satisfy her

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Esperar tu oportunidad

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To bide your time

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Estar hecho para

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To be cut out to

James realized that he wasn’t cut out to be an architect

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Pensar por ti mismo

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To think for yourself

Dare to think for yourself

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Algo te hace hervir la sangre

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ST makes your blood boil

His attitude really makes my blood boil

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Contar la verdad sobre algo y desahogarte

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To make a clean breast of it

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Coger el toro por los cuernos

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To take the bull by the horns

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Revelar algo

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To lay bare

It’s been promoted as the biography that lays bare the truth behind the legend

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Estar equivocado con la manera de hacer algo

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To be barking up the wrong tree

She thinks it’ll solve the problem, but I reckon she’s barking up the wrong tree

125
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Estar obsesionado con algo y hablar de ello

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To have a bee in your bonnet (about)

He has a bee in his bonnet about the dishonesty of lawyers

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Las acciones hablan más que las palabras

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Actions speak louder than words

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Es mejor actuar de inmediato que dejar pudrir el problema

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A stitch in time saves nine

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Muchos patrones y pocos marineros

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To many chiefs and not enough Indians

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A quien madruga Dios le ayuda

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The early bird catches the worm

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Siempre hay algo positivo en lo malo

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Every cloud has a silver lining

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Las desgracias nunca vienen solas

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It never rains but it pours

132
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No vale la pena lamentarse por algo ya que ya no tiene remedio

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There’s no use crying over spilt milk

133
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Más vale tarde que nunca

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Better late than never

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El tiempo no espera

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Time and tide wait for no man

Carpe Diem

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Bien está lo que bien acaba

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All’s well that ends well

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No vendas la piel del oso antes de cazarlo

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Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched

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Nunca nos conformamos con lo que tenemos

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The grass is always greener on the other side

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La curiosidad mató al gato

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Curiosity killed the cat

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Mi única razón para hacer algo es …

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My sole reason for doing ST is to do ST

My sole reason for coming was to see you

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Esta afirmación es demasiado extrema

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This statement is too extreme

141
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Hacer trabajo en equipo

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To do group work

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Una generación criada con una dieta de pop

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A generation reared on a diet of pop

143
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Aprender practicando

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Learning by doing

The most appreciated way of learning is learning by doing

144
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Presidir una reunión

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To chair a meeting

145
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Jugar bien tus cartas

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To play your cards right

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Dejar las cosas estar para no causar problemas

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To let sleeping dogs lie

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Encontrar fallos, criticar

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To find fault with SO

Our boss constantly finds fault with our work

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