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EOI 5 Flashcards

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Conectores razón (porque, como, debido a)

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Because / As / Since (+clause)
Because of (+noun)
Due to/owing to (+noun)

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Cláusula

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Clause

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Conectores resultado
(Así, a consecuencia, por lo tanto, por consiguiente)
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So (+clause)

As a result / Therefore / Consequently (+ clause in the 2nd sentence)

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Conectores propósito (para, de modo que, en caso que)

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To / In order (not) to / So as (not) to (+infinitive)
So that (+can/could/will/would/ present tense with a future meaning)
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Conectores contraste

Pero, aún, sin embargo, aunque, a pesar de

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But / Yet / Although / Even though (+clause)
However / Nevertheless (+clause in 2nd sentence)
In spite of / Despite (+noun/gerund/the fact that…/+ clause)

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Saber lo que quieres

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To know your own mind

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Mantenerse firme en sus ideas

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To stick to your guns

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En un sentido

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In a sense

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Zona de confort

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Confort zone

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Apretar los dientes

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To grit your teeth (be determined)

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Contar a alguien lo que está pasando…

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To fill sb in…

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Alcanzar a alguien

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To catch up with sb

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Ser sincero, honesto

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To speak your mind, to be honest

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Ocuparse de sus asuntos

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To mind your own business

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Dudar, estar indeciso

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To be in two minds about sth

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Lo que pasa por tu cabeza

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Cross your mind

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Dar un toque de atención

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To give sb a piece

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Inconveniente, desventaja

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Drawback, Downside

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Establecer, fundar, comenzar a funcionar

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Set up

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Lo de los otros siempre es mejor…

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The grass is always greener in the other side

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No perder el tiempo…

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Not let the grass grow under your feet

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Jubilar a alguien

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To put someone out of grass

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Aumento de sueldo, mejora económica

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To get a rise

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Ascender

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To be promoted

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Semanada, salario semanal o quincenal

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Wage

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Notas, títulos alcanzados

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Qualifications

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Perspectivas de mejora

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Prospects

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Rotación (de personal)

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Turnover

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Despedir (por torpe o malo)

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To fire, to sack

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Despedido (por falta de trabajo)

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to be made redundant

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Sin trabajo, desempleado

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Out of work

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Fuera del trabajo (temporalmente)

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Off work

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Quedar atrapado en…

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To get stuck on…

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33
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Cerciorarse

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To make sure

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Captar su atención

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To catch his eye

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35
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De frente

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Head on

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36
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Mentira piadosa

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White lie

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En todos los ámbitos

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Across the board

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38
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despotricando de uno y otro

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Ranting on one and other

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39
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Burlarse

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To tease, to take the piss

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Tener cuidado

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To watch your step

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Dar la espalda a alguien, traicionar

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To give sb the cold shoulder

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La gota que colma el vaso

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To take the biscuit, the last straw

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Estar enfadado con alguien

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To have a bone to pick with someone

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44
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Dar esquinazo

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To give someone the slip

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45
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Dar algo/alguien por supuesto

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To take sb/sth for granted

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En la punta de la lengua

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On the tip of your tonge

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47
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Broma

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Tongue in cheek

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48
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Hacer una montaña de algo

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Make a mountain out of a molehill

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Engañar

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To pull someone’s leg

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50
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Fuera de lugar, no negociable

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Out of the question, no way

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Vengarse

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Get your own back

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Deprimido

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Down in the mouth, dejected

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53
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Tener un papel segundario

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Play second fiddle

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54
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No enterarse, no entender correctamente

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To get/(hold of) the wrong end of the stick

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55
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Especificar exactamente

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To put your finger on

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56
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Tener mucho éxito, ir muy bien

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To go like a bomb

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57
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Llegar a un acuerdo

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To come to terms with

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58
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Estar serio, evitar sonreir

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To keep a straight face

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59
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Fuera de control erraticamente

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To go haywire

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Mantener la calma, sin pánico

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To keep your head

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Poner los pelos de punta

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To make your hair stand on end

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Jactarse

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To blown your own trumpet

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Mariposas en el estómago

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To have butterflies in your stomach

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Tener muy buena relación

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To get on like a house in fire

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Además

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Besides

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Establecerse, echar raíces

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To put down its roots in

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Mendigo

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Beggar

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Cajón

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Drawer

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Asistir

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Attend

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Matricularse

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To register

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acción recíproca dos / varios

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each other / one another

72
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cancelar

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call off

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descubierto en cuenta bancaria

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overdraft

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Vengarse, to take revenge

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to get your own back

75
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publicar

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to post

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derramar

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to pour

77
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A regañadientes

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unwillingly

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romper (una relación)

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to break up

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zumbido

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buzz

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frenesí

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frenzy

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pico de la montaña

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peak

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hacer malabares

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to jugle

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Hacer frente

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to cope

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Llevar a cabo

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to carry out

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sobrecargado

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overloaded

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obstruído

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clogged

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ventisca

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blizzard

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superar un problema o dificultad

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to overcome

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golondrina

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swallow

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soportar

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to put up

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discutir

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to argue, to fall out

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recuperar, compensar

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to make up for

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con tiempo de sobras

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with time to spare

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probablemente

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likely, bound to

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molestar

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to tease

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aceptar

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to take on

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Dar una idea equivocada

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to mislead

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reirse de alguien

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to mock

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estar muy feliz, contento

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to be over the moon

100
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en el ojo del huracán

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in the eye of the storm

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sensato

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sensible

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cometer un error, meter la pata

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to make a blunder, to put your foot in

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inclinarse

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to bow

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gráfica

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flow chart

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contenedor de basura

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dumpster

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trampa

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trap

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puntada (de hilo)

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stitch

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grueso

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thick

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ya que estamos, a por todas

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in for a penny, in for a pound

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encoger (se)

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to shrink

111
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plantarse

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to put his foot down

112
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reunir

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to gather

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fiscal

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prosecutor

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reunirse socialmente

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to get together

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Recuperarse

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to get over

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Hacer entender a alguien

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to get through to sb

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Continuar, llevarse bien

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to get on

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Empezar en una carrera o profesión

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to get into

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Moverse de un sitio a otro

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to get around

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Hacer algo mal sin que te pillen

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to get away with

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Adaptarse a lo disponible

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to get by

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Ir por detrás en algo, llevar retrasado

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to get behind

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Deprimirse

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to get down

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Evitar una responsabilidad u obligación

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to get out of

125
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Escribir o hablar más tarde

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to get back to

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Perder el tiempo

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To waste my time

127
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Con tiempo de sobras

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with time to spare

128
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ganar tiempo

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to save time

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Justo de tiempo

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Short of time

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Ocupar todo mi tiempo

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To take up all my time

131
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Hacer pasar un mal rato, reprimenda

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To give sb a hard time

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Se acabó el timepo

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Time’s up

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Tener tiempo disponible

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To have time in their hands

134
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A esta hora la próxima semana

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this time next week

135
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Matar el tiempo

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To kill time

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Conseguir

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To get hold of

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Deshacerse

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To get rid of

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Llevarse muy bien

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To get on like a house on fire

139
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Teñido

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dyed

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Vajilla

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Crockery

141
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Pesado, molesto

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A pain in the neck, in the ass

142
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Olvidar

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To slip your mind

143
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Maldito

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Damm

144
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Estafador

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Crook

145
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Es probable / improbable

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It’s likely / unlikely (adj)

146
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Considerar hacer algo

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To have half a mind to do sth

147
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Revelar un secreto

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To spill de beans

148
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Vertedero

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Landfill

149
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Formas de distanciamiento con pasivo

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It is said that / It has been announced that / is expected to / are understood to have been / there are thought to be

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Especulación

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Adjectives: Be bound + inf / Be sure to + inf / (un)likely + inf / (un)likely + that + clause
Adverbs: Definitely / probably (ojo: it won’t probably be there)

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Enfaisis (inversiones)

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Not only / Not until / Never / No sooner / Not only / Only when / Hardly / Rarely

152
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Preferencia

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would rather + subject + past tense (different subject)

would rather + infinitive (same subject)

153
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Adverbios y expresiones

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Talking of / By the way / Incidentally / Actually / In fact / As a matter of fact / In any case / Anyway / Al least / As I was saying / On the whole / all in all / After all / Besides / Basically / Obviously / I mean / In other words / Otherwise / As far as / As regards / Regarding / That is to say / On (the) one hand / On (the) other hand

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Preposiciones

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Obsess with
Addict to
helpful to
depend on
fed up with
open to
sick of
famous for
hook on
proud of
keen on
aware of
based on
allergic to
familiar with
responsible for
identical to
fond of
fluent in
satisfied with
capable of
due to
mad about
upset about
short for
in theory
in practice 
in advance
on purpose
by heart
at the latest
by chance
on the news/ in the news
in a mood
by mistake
for nothing
on good terms
on/in principle
in debt
against the law
As a rule
Succeed in
Manage to
155
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it and there

A

it’s for temperature, time and distance

There people and thingas that are present or exists (or not)

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