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
Wage
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Notas, títulos alcanzados
Qualifications
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Perspectivas de mejora
Prospects
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Rotación (de personal)
Turnover
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Despedir (por torpe o malo)
To fire, to sack
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Despedido (por falta de trabajo)
to be made redundant
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Sin trabajo, desempleado
Out of work
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Fuera del trabajo (temporalmente)
Off work
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Quedar atrapado en...
To get stuck on...
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Cerciorarse
To make sure
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Captar su atención
To catch his eye
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De frente
Head on
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Mentira piadosa
White lie
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En todos los ámbitos
Across the board
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despotricando de uno y otro
Ranting on one and other
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Burlarse
To tease, to take the piss
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Tener cuidado
To watch your step
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Dar la espalda a alguien, traicionar
To give sb the cold shoulder
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La gota que colma el vaso
To take the biscuit, the last straw
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Estar enfadado con alguien
To have a bone to pick with someone
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Dar esquinazo
To give someone the slip
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Dar algo/alguien por supuesto
To take sb/sth for granted
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En la punta de la lengua
On the tip of your tonge
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Broma
Tongue in cheek
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Hacer una montaña de algo
Make a mountain out of a molehill
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Engañar
To pull someone's leg
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Fuera de lugar, no negociable
Out of the question, no way
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Vengarse
Get your own back
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Deprimido
Down in the mouth, dejected
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Tener un papel segundario
Play second fiddle
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No enterarse, no entender correctamente
To get/(hold of) the wrong end of the stick
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Especificar exactamente
To put your finger on
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Tener mucho éxito, ir muy bien
To go like a bomb
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Llegar a un acuerdo
To come to terms with
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Estar serio, evitar sonreir
To keep a straight face
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Fuera de control erraticamente
To go haywire
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Mantener la calma, sin pánico
To keep your head
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Poner los pelos de punta
To make your hair stand on end
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Jactarse
To blown your own trumpet
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Mariposas en el estómago
To have butterflies in your stomach
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Tener muy buena relación
To get on like a house in fire
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Además
Besides
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Establecerse, echar raíces
To put down its roots in
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Mendigo
Beggar
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Cajón
Drawer
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Asistir
Attend
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Matricularse
To register
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acción recíproca dos / varios
each other / one another
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cancelar
call off
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descubierto en cuenta bancaria
overdraft
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Vengarse, to take revenge
to get your own back
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publicar
to post
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derramar
to pour
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A regañadientes
unwillingly
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romper (una relación)
to break up
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zumbido
buzz
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frenesí
frenzy
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pico de la montaña
peak
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hacer malabares
to jugle
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Hacer frente
to cope
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Llevar a cabo
to carry out
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sobrecargado
overloaded
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obstruído
clogged
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ventisca
blizzard
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superar un problema o dificultad
to overcome
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golondrina
swallow
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soportar
to put up
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discutir
to argue, to fall out
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recuperar, compensar
to make up for
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con tiempo de sobras
with time to spare
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probablemente
likely, bound to
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molestar
to tease
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aceptar
to take on
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Dar una idea equivocada
to mislead
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reirse de alguien
to mock
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estar muy feliz, contento
to be over the moon
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en el ojo del huracán
in the eye of the storm
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sensato
sensible
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cometer un error, meter la pata
to make a blunder, to put your foot in
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inclinarse
to bow
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gráfica
flow chart
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contenedor de basura
dumpster
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trampa
trap
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puntada (de hilo)
stitch
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grueso
thick
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ya que estamos, a por todas
in for a penny, in for a pound
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encoger (se)
to shrink
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plantarse
to put his foot down
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reunir
to gather
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fiscal
prosecutor
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reunirse socialmente
to get together
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Recuperarse
to get over
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Hacer entender a alguien
to get through to sb
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Continuar, llevarse bien
to get on
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Empezar en una carrera o profesión
to get into
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Moverse de un sitio a otro
to get around
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Hacer algo mal sin que te pillen
to get away with
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Adaptarse a lo disponible
to get by
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Ir por detrás en algo, llevar retrasado
to get behind
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Deprimirse
to get down
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Evitar una responsabilidad u obligación
to get out of
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Escribir o hablar más tarde
to get back to
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Perder el tiempo
To waste my time
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Con tiempo de sobras
with time to spare
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ganar tiempo
to save time
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Justo de tiempo
Short of time
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Ocupar todo mi tiempo
To take up all my time
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Hacer pasar un mal rato, reprimenda
To give sb a hard time
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Se acabó el timepo
Time's up
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Tener tiempo disponible
To have time in their hands
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A esta hora la próxima semana
this time next week
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Matar el tiempo
To kill time
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Conseguir
To get hold of
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Deshacerse
To get rid of
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Llevarse muy bien
To get on like a house on fire
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Teñido
dyed
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Vajilla
Crockery
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Pesado, molesto
A pain in the neck, in the ass
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Olvidar
To slip your mind
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Maldito
Damm
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Estafador
Crook
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Es probable / improbable
It's likely / unlikely (adj)
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Considerar hacer algo
To have half a mind to do sth
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Revelar un secreto
To spill de beans
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Vertedero
Landfill
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Formas de distanciamiento con pasivo
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
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)
Not only / Not until / Never / No sooner / Not only / Only when / Hardly / Rarely
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Preferencia
would rather + subject + past tense (different subject)
| would rather + infinitive (same subject)
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Adverbios y expresiones
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
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it and there
it's for temperature, time and distance
| There people and thingas that are present or exists (or not)
