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1
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Parece que va a llover

A

It looks like It’s going to rain

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De alguna manera

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In a way, in some ways

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De mala manera

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In a bad way

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A primera hora

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First thing in the morning

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5
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Lista de cosas que hacer

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To-do list

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Ya era hora

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It is high time

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Tenemos tiempo de sobra

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We have plenty of time

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8
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Ninguno de nosotros

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Neither of us (dos)

None of us (tres o más)

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Todos nosotros

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Both of us (2)

All of us (3 ó más)

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10
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De todos los tiempos

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Of all times

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11
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Vale la pena el esfuerzo

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it is worth the effort

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12
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De media

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On average

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13
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A cada uno lo suyo

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To each their own

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14
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Una y otra vez

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Over and over again

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15
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Año tras año

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Year after year

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16
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Cada uno de los niños

A

Every other kid

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17
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Ella se ha ido

A

She is gone

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18
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Ella se ha ido

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She is gone

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19
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No son buenas noticias

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It is not good news

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20
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Ellos tienen mucho cuidado

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They are very careful

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21
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For a while

In a while

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Un rato

Por un tiempo

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22
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Desde las 8.30 en adelante

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From 8.30 onwards

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23
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En cuanto a

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As for

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24
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Con el tiempo

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Over time

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25
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Finalmente

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Eventually

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26
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All at once

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De repente (suddenly)
Todos a una (at the same time)
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27
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De vez en cuando

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From time to time

Once in a while

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28
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Si es asi

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If so

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29
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Relativo a, sobre

A

Concerning

About

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30
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Pero no al revés

Al contrario

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But not the other way around

The other way around

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31
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7 de cada 10 nacimientos

A

7 of out every 10 births

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32
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Later on

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Más adelante

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33
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A cambio

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In return

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34
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Después de un tiempo

A

After a while

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35
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Ha acabado

A

It is over

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36
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Olvídalo

A

Never mind

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37
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Para que conste

A

For the record

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38
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De vez en cuando

A

From time to time

Once in a while

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39
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Por tercer año consecutivo

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For the third year in a row

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40
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Tirarse a la bartola

A

Put your feet up

After work, Maurice loved to just put his feet up and watch TV in his easy chair (sillón)

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41
Q

Dejadme entrar
Están dentro
Nadie va a venir

A

Let me in
They are in
No one is coming

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42
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Aquí tienes

A

There you go

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43
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Por fin

A

At last, finally

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44
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Miedo a volar

Miedo al fracaso

A

Fear of flying

Fear of fail

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45
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Cuando te venga bien

A

At your leisure

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46
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Coger el tren

A

Catch the train

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47
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Por el hecho de que

A

By the fact that

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48
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Al final,

Al final de

A

Finally, in the end (the opposite is: at first)

At the end of

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49
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Permanecer despierto

A

Stay awake

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50
Q

Mantenerse en forma

A

Keep in shape

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51
Q

Antes de nada

A

First off

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52
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Llama!

A

Make the call!

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53
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Por aquí por favor, por aquí es

A

Over here please, over here is

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54
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Mira!

A

Have a look! Take a look!

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55
Q

Anda ya!

A

Get along!

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56
Q

Por mí mismo

Por su cuenta

A

On my own
By myself

On his own
By himself

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57
Q

Tener cariño a los perros

Su cariño por los perros

A

I am fond of the dogs

His fondness for the dogs

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58
Q

Hacer la colada

A

Do a wash, do your laundry

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59
Q

Cuando quieras!

A

Any time!

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60
Q

Coger una llamada

A

Answer the phone / take a call

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61
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(en una llamada) Hola, Somos Javier y Megan

A

Hello. It’s Javier and Megan here

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62
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En caso contrario, sino

A

Or else, otherwise, if not

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63
Q

De nuevo, una vez más

A

All over again, over again

I’ll have to do it over again (tendré que empezar de nuevo)

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64
Q

To be locked out

A

Quedarse fuera (sin llaves o sin poder acceder a un sitio)

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65
Q

Por qué molestarse?

A

Why bother?

Why bother fighting with her?

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66
Q

Respecto a tus preguntas

Según el testigo

A

Regarding your questions, As for your questions

According to the witness

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67
Q

Sin empleo

Fuera de servicio

A

out of work = Unemployed

out of order = it doesn’t work (no funciona)
- The coffee machine is put of order

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68
Q

Rightly (adv)

A

Con razón

The killer was rightly sentenced to life in prison.

El asesino fue sentenciado con razón a cadena perpetua

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69
Q

En lugar de

A 
Instead of (doing)
- I watched TV instead of doing my homework.
Rather than (do)
- Rather than go to the beach, we decided to go to the swimming pool.
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70
Q

Mientras que

A

Whereas

- He likes broccoli, whereas she hates it.

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71
Q

No quise molestarte

A

Sorry I didn’t mean to disturb you

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72
Q

Volverse loco

A

Go crazy (mental o de entusiasmo)

  • I think I’m going crazy: this morning I found my running shoes in the refrigerator. (me estoy volviendo loco)
  • They scored a winning goal at the last possible moment and the fans went crazy.
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73
Q

Sólo uno de cada cuatro personas

A

Only one in four people

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74
Q

Dar por sentado

A

Take (sb/sth) for granted.

  • Take it for granted.
  • Sometimes we take for granted that our family will always be there
75
Q

Quédate el tiempo que quieras

A

Stay as long as you want

76
Q

Vienes?

A

Are you coming?

77
Q

Se supone que tú eres arquitecto

A

You’re supposed to be an architect

78
Q

Tú primero

A

Go ahead

79
Q

A la hora de

Cuando se trata

A

When it comes to the crounch people aren’t brave (a la hora de la verdad la gente no es tan valiente)

When it comes to improving your English you have to study every day (cuando se trata de mejorar tu inglés…)

When it comes to her friends she is very generous

80
Q

De ahora en adelante

Desde las 4 en adelante

A

Henceforth
From now on

From 4.00 onwards

81
Q

Hora punta

A

rush hour

peak time

82
Q

Aceptar consejos

A

Take advice

- She’s a very independent young woman: she refuses to take advice from anyone.

83
Q

Dos veces seguidas

A

Twice in a row

84
Q

A propósito

Por accidente

A

On purpose

By accident

85
Q

con respecto a

relativo a

A

Concerning
- He wrote a letter concerning the problem

Related to
- Any issues related to payment of salaries is handled by the payroll department.

86
Q

Regardless of

Regardless

A

A pesar de (despite)
Independientemente de

De todas formas (anyway)

87
Q

La etiqueta carece de información sobre los efectos secundarios de la medicación.

A

The label lacks information about the side effects of this drug

88
Q

Aprovechar

A

Take advantage of + a noun
- I take advantage of my trip to the store

Take advantage of the fact that + sentence
- I take advantage of the fact that I will be in Ottawa to visit my brother

89
Q

Es dos veces más caro

A

This product costs twice (three times) more expensive than the other.

90
Q

Mind you,

A

Eso sí, (informal)

91
Q

Te vas ya?

A

Are you leaving already?

92
Q

Ponerse en huelga

A

Go on strike

  • The workers went on strike to protest against a decrease in their wages.
93
Q

Me duele el costado. Me pregunto porqué

A

My side hurts. I wonder why

94
Q

Por el camino

A

Along the way

95
Q

Estar al borde del colapso

A

To be on the verge of collapse

96
Q

the nail in the coffin of

A

“La gota que colma el vaso”
- A fine would be the final nail in the coffin of the airline.

Nail= clavo
Coffin = ataúd
97
Q

Dar el punto final para conseguir el resultado esperado

A

Do the trick

- This sauce needs more flavour - some lemon juice should do the trick.

98
Q

Hacer una fortuna

A

Make a killing
Make a fortune
- They made a killing when they sold their London flat at the top of the market.

99
Q

Ganarse la vida

A

Make a living

- He made a living by working as a cook

100
Q

No tengo dudas de eso

A

I have no doubts about it

101
Q

Mientras tanto

A

In the meantime

102
Q

A largo plazo

A

In the long term

103
Q

Indeed

A

Efectivamente
De verdad
- He is smart indeed

De hecho (in fact)
- I don't like what he is saying; indeed, I strongly disagree with him.
104
Q

De momento

A

For now

105
Q

Poco a poco

A

Little by little

106
Q

Dejar las instalaciones /Abandonar el local (al despedirte o al terminar un contrato de alquiler)

A

Leave the premises / vacate the premises

107
Q

Eso me ha alegrado el día

A

That’s really made my day

108
Q

No me he enterado de nada

A

I can’t make anything of it

109
Q

Me parece que no voy a poder llegar a las 9

A

I’m afraid I can’t make it by 9.00

110
Q

Sólo una de cada 3 personas

A

Only one in three people

Only one out of three people

111
Q

While on duty

A

Durante el servicio

112
Q

Be to

A

= have to

  • If I were to squander millions of euros = If I had to squander millions of euros
  • Students, you’re to arrive at 8:00 so that we can take a group photo.
113
Q

In a bid to

A

En un intento de

- In a bid to improve healthcare system (en un intento por mejorar el sistema de salud)

114
Q

El que primero llegue, lo recibe.

A

First come, first serve

- Free tickets will be given out on a first come, first served basis.

115
Q

deterioro por uso

A

Wear and tear

- The insurance company will pay for accidental damage, but not wear and tear.

116
Q

Aún así

A

Even so

117
Q

Play it by ear

A

To decide how to deal with a situation as it develops, rather than acting according to plans made earlier (hacerlo sobre la marcha):
- We can’t make a decision yet. Let’s just play it by ear

118
Q

A medida que pasa el tiempo ….

A

The population grows as time passes (A medida que pasa el tiempo, la población del país aumenta)

119
Q

Out of character

A

Impropio/a (relacionado con el comportamiento behaviour)

  • It would be out of character for Uganda to associate with such a group (sería impropio de Uganda relacionarse con tales grupos)
  • I was surprised at the way he behaved. It was completely out of character.
120
Q

No tiene sentido,
No merece la pena,
No hay razón

A

There’s no point (in) (similar to It’s not worth …)

  • There’s no point in heating your house when there’s no one home or when everyone is asleep.
  • There’s no point in getting angry about things that don’t matter
121
Q

Estar en dos sitios a la vez

Hacer dos cosas a la vez

A

To be in two places at once

To do two things at once

122
Q

Más vale que

A

You had better / You’d better

  • You’d better fix that
  • You’d better not insult him otherwise he might hit you
  • You’d better wear your sea tbelt otherwise you could be hurt
123
Q

Además de eso

A

On top of that

124
Q

Wait and see

A

Tendrás que esperar y ver qué pasa

Yoy’re going to have to wait and see

125
Q

Etcétera

A

And so on

126
Q

A partir del martes en adelante

A

From Tuesday on (en lugar de from now on)

127
Q

Independientemente de

A

Regardless of

128
Q

See [sth/sb] in a new light

A

Ver (algo/alguien) desde otra perspectiva

129
Q

Las horas pasan en minutos,

A

Hours flash by in minutes

130
Q

Por una vez

A

For once

131
Q

Así es la vida

A

Such is life

132
Q

Acabo enseguida

A

I’m almost done

133
Q

In the wake of the storm

In the aftermath of the storm

A

“en la secuela de la tormenta”

Después de la tormenta

134
Q

En poco más de 20 horas

A

In a little over 20 hours.

In just over 20 hours.

135
Q

Tomorrow at 2pm. That’s settled then!

A

Está decidido! o Ya está acordado!

136
Q

Tiene sentido

A

That figures

- He quita? That figures, as he said he was headhunted by another company the other week

137
Q

Más adelante

A

Later on

138
Q

A largo plazo

A corto plazo

A

In the long run

In the short run

139
Q

Lo contrario, otra cosa

A

Otherwise
- I’ll go unless you tell me otherwise (… a no ser que me digas lo contrario)

  • While most of us went to the cinema, John and Amy did otherwise and went to a bar. (… hicieron otra cosa)
140
Q

Una hora y media

Dos horas y media

A

One hour and a half

Two and a half hours

141
Q

Ir de camino al trabajo

A

To go on your way to work

142
Q

Yo tampoco

A

Neither do I

Me neither

143
Q

Me alegro que no pudiesen venir

A
  • I’m glad they couldn’t make it
  • I’m glad they went early
  • I’m glad you managed to finish your novel
144
Q

To start/get the ball rolling

A

Empezar a hacer algo o poner algo en marcha

  • With your first driving lesson you have already gotten the ball rolling.
  • Next week, we’ll have a lot of work to do regarding the new project. Let’s get the ball rolling this week by calling a meeting
145
Q

Me decanto a pensar

A

I’m inclined to believe

146
Q

Mucho mejor

A

Quite a bit better

Much better

147
Q

Ni siquiera si ….

A

not even if

- He won’t help you, not even if he says it to you

148
Q

Quedar en un sitio

A

Settle on (tb acordar o fijar), arrange to meet, plan to meet

  • They settled on 7 o’clock for their dinner date.
  • My daughter and her friends arranged (or: planned) to meet at the cinema at 6 o’clock.
149
Q

No me atrevo a hacerlo

A

I don’t dare to do it

150
Q

A la vuelta de la esquina

A

Around the corner

151
Q

Perseguir a gente por mails, cosas, etc

A

Chase people for information, mail

152
Q

Estar absorto o abstraído en algo

A

To be engrossed in sth

- Rosa doesn’t notice anything when she’s engrossed in a book.

153
Q

Él es un gran lector

A

He’s a big reader

154
Q

a medida que pasa el tiempo, él es más egoísta

con el tiempo, comprará el coche

A

as time goes on, he is more selfish

eventually he’ll buy the car

155
Q

Me da miedo

A

It scares/frightens me a lot

156
Q

Sacar la basura

A

Take out the rubbish

157
Q

de alguna manera

A

somehow

158
Q

Ella no está al tanto

A

She’s not in the loop

To be in the loop (estar al tanto)

159
Q

Antes del cierre de las operaciones (antes de terminar el dia de trabajo)

A

By close of business

160
Q

La última cerveza

A

One for the road

161
Q

No puede evitarlo

No puedo soportar a mi jefe

A

She can’t help, she has to critize everything I do

I can’t stand my boss

162
Q

Estar comprometido con algo

A

To be committed to sth

163
Q

Trabajar horas extra

A

Work overtime

- I won’t work overtime unless they pay me extra for the hours

164
Q

Además de eso

Además de mis obligaciones

A

Besides that / on top of that

Besides my normal obligations / on top of my obligations

165
Q

No me extraña

A

No wonder

  • No wonder the house is so cold, the heater is broken!
  • No wonder the baby is crying, his diaper needs to be changed.
166
Q

Tiene sentido

A

It makes sense

167
Q

Conseguir un objetivo

A

Achieve a goal (no get)

168
Q

Hacer una compra

A

Make a purchase /purchis/

169
Q

Nada de nada

A

Nothing at all

170
Q

ir a la cama

A

Go bed

171
Q

To come to light

A

to be made public

172
Q

to be in someone’s good books

A

to be in a position where someone is pleased with you and nice to you

  • You’re in my good books
  • He was in Sarah’s good books
173
Q

To be out

A

To be excluded

174
Q

to keep your mouth shut

A

To say nothing

175
Q

I am going to show you the ropes

A

Te voy a enseñar cómo funcionan las cosas (positive way)

176
Q

Ahead of time

Ahead of its time

A

Antes de tiempo, con antelación

Adelantado a su tiempo

177
Q

Can you give me a lift to the station?

A

Puedes llevarme a la estación?

178
Q

Requiere mucho tiempo aprender inglés (o cuesta mucho)

Requiere práctica

Requiere un gran esfuerzo

A

It takes so long to learn english

It takes practise

It takes a great effort

179
Q

No sé porqué tardo tanto en hacer esto

A

I don’t know why It takes me so long to do this

180
Q

No me haría ilusiones si fuera tú

A

I wouldn’t hold my breath if I were you

181
Q

A día de hoy

A

As of today

182
Q

Make it to

A
  1. To arrive (at some thing or location) successfully or on time.
    - I can’t believe we made it—I thought for sure that we would miss the flight!
    - He can’t make it to tomorrow’s meeting.
    - We only made it to the concert a few minutes before it was supposed to begin.
    - I don’t think I can make it back to camp—you go on without me!
  2. To manage to reach some stage or point of progress.
    - I ended up graduating with honors, but there were some points during college where I didn’t even think I’d make it at all.
    - This is the first time in over 30 years that our team has made it to the championship finals.!
183
Q

Esta comida precocinada está caduca

A

This convenience food is past its sell- by date

184
Q

At the time

A

En ese momento, por aquel entonces

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