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1
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A chorros

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In great amounts

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A como de lugar

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At all costs

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A contramano

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In the wrong direction

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A destiempo

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Ill-timed

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A dos pasos

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Very close

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A duras penas

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Scarcely

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A fin de cuentas

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When all is said and done

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A gatas

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On all fours

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A granel

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In bulk

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10
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A la carrera

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Hurried way of doing something

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A la larga

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In the long run

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A la vez

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At the same time

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A las espaldas de alguien

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Behind someone back

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A mano

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By hand, even

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A mas tardar

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At the latest

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A menudo

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Often, many at a time

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A ojo de buen cubero

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By rule of thumb

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18
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A palo seco

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Without drinking anything

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19
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A proposito

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By the way

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20
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A que

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I bet…

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21
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A reganadientes

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Unwillingly

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22
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A rey muerto, a rey puesto

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Out with the old, in with the new

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23
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A solas

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Alone

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24
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A tientas

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By instinct

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25
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A toda costa

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At all costs

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26
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A toda maquina

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Very fast

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27
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A todas luces

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Clearly

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28
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A todo trapo

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With luxury

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29
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A todo vapor

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Very fast

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30
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A troche y moche

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Unthoroughly

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A tumba abierta

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At breakneck speed, exposing oneself to danger

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32
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A tutiplien

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Profusely

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33
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A ultima hora

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At the last moment

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34
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A voz en grito

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Shouting

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35
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Abrirse paso a codazo

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To elbow your way in

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36
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Acoger en su regazo

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To take under one’s wing

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37
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Acostarse con las gallinas

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To retire to bed early

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38
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Aguzar el oido

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To be alerted

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39
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Ahuecar el ala

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To hit the road

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40
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Al ahi se va

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Not thoroughly

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41
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Al fin y al cabo

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When all is said and done

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42
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Al hambre no hay pan duro

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Beggars cant be choosers

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43
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Al pie de letra

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To the letter

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44
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Al por mayor

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Wholesale

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45
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Al reves

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Upside down

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46
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Alzarle la mano a alguien

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To threaten or hit someone

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47
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Amoscarse

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To get angry

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48
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Andar a paso de tortuga

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At snail’s pace

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49
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Andar como burro sin mecate

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To be out of control

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50
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Andar de cabeza

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To run around like a headless chicken

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51
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Andar de capa caída

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To be in low spirits

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52
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Andarse por las ramas

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To beat around the bush

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53
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Apretar las clavijas a alguien

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To pressure somebody

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54
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Apretarse el centurion

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To cut expenses, to tighten the belt

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55
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Aqui hay gato encerrado

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There’s something fishy going on here

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56
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Armado hasta los dientes

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Armed to the teeth

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57
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Armar un jaleo

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To make a fuss

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58
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Armarse la gorda

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To make a big fat fuss

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59
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Arriesgarse el pellejo

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To risk one’s neck

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60
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Arrimar el ascua a su sardine

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To put one’s benefit first

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61
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Arrimarse el sol que mas calienta

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To seek out those from whom one can profit

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62
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Arrojar a alguien a los lobos

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To throw someone to the wolves

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63
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Astuto como un zorro

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Sly as a fox

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64
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Ave nocturna

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Night owl

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65
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Bailar al son que tocan

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To dance to whatever music happens to be playing, go with the flow

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66
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Bajársele los humos a alguien

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To be taken down a peg (one’s excessively high opinion of themselves is burst)

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67
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Barrer para adentro

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To act advantageously, to take credit

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68
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Bicho raro

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Rare specimen

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69
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Blasfemar, hablar como un carretero, renegar, jurar

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Swear like a trooper

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70
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Borracho como una cuba

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Drunk as a skunk

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71
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Borron y cuenta nueva

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Let bygones be bygones

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72
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Bueno como un angel

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Saintly

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73
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Buscar una aguja en un pajar

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Needle in the haystack

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74
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Buscarle a alguien los cosquillas

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To provoke somebody

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75
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Buscarle tres pies al gato

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To complicate things

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76
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Cabeza de chorlito

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Scatterbrain

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77
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Cade hijo de vecino

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All and sundry

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78
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Cada muerte de obispo

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Once in a blue moon

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79
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Caer bien/mal

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To be likeable or not

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80
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Caer como moscas

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To drop like flies

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81
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Calado hasta los huesos

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Soaked through

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82
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Calarse las gafas

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To put on one’s glasses

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83
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Cerrar algo a cal y canto

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To seal shut

84
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Cerrar el pico

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To shut one’s trap

85
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Chillar como un condenado

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To sob like a baby, or scream from fear or pain

86
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Cocerse, cocinarse en su propia salsa

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To stew in one’s own juices

87
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Comer como un pajarito

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To pick at your food

88
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Como los perros en misa

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Unecessary

89
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Como perro en barrio ajeno

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Out of place

90
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Como pez en el agua

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At home

91
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Como si fuera poco

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As if that wasn’t enough

92
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Con el sudor de su frente

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By the sweat of his brow

93
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Con pelos y señales

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In all detail

94
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Consultar algo con la almohada

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To sleep on something

95
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Contra viento y marea

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Through thick and thin

96
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Cortar de raiz

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Eradicate

97
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Costar un ojo de la cara

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To cost an eye

98
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Creerse el ombligo del mundo

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To think the world revolves around them

99
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Cuando las ranas crien pelos

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When pigs learn to fly

100
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Cuanto antes

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As soon as may be

101
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Cuatro gatos

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Hardly anyone there

102
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Dar algo por bueno

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To approve of something

103
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Dar de sí

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To give- said of people

104
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Dar en el clavo

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To hit the nail on the head

105
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Dar gato por liebre

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To cheat

106
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Dar la lata

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To be a pain in the neck

107
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Dar la tabarra

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To pester

108
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Dar luz verde

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To give the green light

109
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Dar por sentado

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To take something as a given

110
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Dar una de cal y una de arena

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Be accommodating by providing different things

111
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Dar a algo el visto bueno

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To give one’s approval

112
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Darle a alguien mala espina algo

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To have one’s suspicious aroused by somethig

113
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Darle sopas con honda

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To be overhwhmingly superior

114
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Darse por vencido

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To give up

115
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Darse prisa

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To hurry up

116
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De buenas a primeras

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Suddenly

117
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De higos a brevas

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Once in a blue moon

118
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De nuevo

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Again

119
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De par en par

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Wide open

120
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De pelo en pecho

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Manly

121
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De perlas

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Excellently

122
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De plano

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Entirely

123
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De pronto

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Suddenly

124
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De una vez por todas

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Once and for all

125
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Dejar en paz a alguien

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To leave somebody alone

126
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Dejar plantado a alguien

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To stand somebody up

127
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Descubrir la polvora,

A

Discover something obvious

128
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Desde luego

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Ofcourse

129
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Deshacerse en atenciones

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To go overboard, to bend over backwards for someone

130
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Devanarse los sesos

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To rack one’s brains

131
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Dormir a pierna suelta

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To sleep like a log

132
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Ojo al parche

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Look out!

133
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Echar lena al fuego

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Add fuel to fire

134
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Echar un cuarto a espadas

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To contribute one’s own opinion in a discussion

135
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Echar la casa por la ventana

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To spend without measure or restraint

136
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El mundo es un pańuelo

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Its a small world

137
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El que sigue la consigne

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If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again

138
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Empezar la casa por el tejado

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To do things in the wrong order

139
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Empinar el codo

A

To bend the elbow

140
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En boca cerrado no entran moscas

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You are better off keeping quiet and minding your own business

141
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En cueros

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Naked in the buff

142
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En el séptimo cielo

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On cloud nine

143
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En fila india

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In single file

144
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En las barbas de alguien

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Right under someone’s nose

145
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En menos que canta un gallo

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In an instant

146
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En un abrir y cerrar de ojos

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In a flash

147
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Endeudado hasta las ojos

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Up to one’s ears in debt

148
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Entre chanzas y versa

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Half earnest, half jest

149
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Entre la espada y la pared

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Trapped in a delicate situation

150
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Es como hablar a la pared

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Like talking to a brick wall

151
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Esperar la semana que no traiga viernes

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Procrastinate forever

152
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Estar (loco) como una cabra

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Nutty as a fruitcake

153
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Estar con un pie en al aire

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To be uncomitted

154
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Estar de buenas

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To be in a good mood

155
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Estar en ascuas

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To be on pins and needles

156
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Estar en boca de todos

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To be on everyone’s lips

157
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Estar en la flor de la edad

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To be in the prime of life

158
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Estar en la luna

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To have one’s head in the clouds

159
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Estar entre pinto y valdemoro

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To be half of one mind and half of another

160
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Estar frito

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To be toast

161
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Estar hasta la coronilla

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To be fed up

162
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Estar mas loco que una cabra

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To be as mad as hatter

163
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Estar mas perdido que carracuca

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To be hopelessly lost

164
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Estirar la pata

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To kick the bucket

165
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Exhalar el ultimo suspiro

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To give up the ghost

166
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Faltar el rabo por desollar

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Te hardest part of a task still remains to be accomplished

167
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Faltar el rabo por desollar

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The hardest part of a task still remains

168
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Faltarle un tornillo a alguien

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To have a screw loose

169
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Fresco como una lechuga

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Fresh as a daisy

170
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Fulano de tal

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A certain person

171
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Gajes del oficio

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Occupational hazards

172
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Ganarse el pan

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To earn one’s bread and butter

173
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Gastar pólvora en chimangos

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To waste time or effort in an unworthy cause

174
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Gastar saliva

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To waste one’s breath

175
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Importarle a alguien un bledo algo

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To care not a wit for something or somebody

176
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Ir de la ceca a la meca

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To run about all over the place

177
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Ir de mal en peor

A

To go bad from worse

178
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Ir por lana y salir trasquilado

A

Said when we expect to get a win but instead lose

179
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Irse la garete

A

To spoil

180
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Irse cantando o silbando bajito

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A person in shame trying to leave discreetly

181
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Irse con la música a otra parte

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To take one’s song and dance elsewhere

182
Q

Irse o despedirse a la francesca

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To leave without saying goodbye

183
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Irse por los cerros de ubeda

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To ramble

184
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Irsele a uno el santo al cielo

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Used when one forgets what one was about to say

185
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Jugarse el pellejo

A

To risk one’s skin or life

186
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La prudencia es la madre de la ciencia

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Discretion is the better part of valor

187
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Las palabras se las lleva el viento

A

Actions speak louder than words

188
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Liso y llano!

A

Easy peasy

189
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Llegar como agua en mayo

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To be just what the doctor ordered

190
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Llegar y besar el santo

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To attain swiftly a goal which is demanding in terms of time and effort

191
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Llevar la procession por dentro

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To suffer without showing it

192
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Llevarse como el perro y el gato

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To fight like cats and dogs

193
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Llevarse el secreto a la tumba

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To take a secret to one’s deathbed

194
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Llevarse un chasco

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To suffer a sudden disappointment

195
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Llorar a lagrima viva

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To cry very intensely

196
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Mandar a freír esparragos

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To send someone packing

197
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Mandar a la porra

A

To send someone packing

198
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Mantener a raya

A

To keep or hold something or somebody at bay

199
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Mantener un tira y afloja

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To bargain while alternating severity and flexobility

200
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Mantenerse en sus trece

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To stick to one’s guns

201
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Mas terco que una mula

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As stubborn as a mule

202
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Mas vale estar solo que mal acomponado

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Solitude is better than bad company

203
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Mas cale maña que fuerza

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Brain is better than brawn

204
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Mas vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando

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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

205
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Como quien oye llover

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Its like water off a duck’s back

206
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Mas vale tarde que nunca

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Better late than never

Notes In Spanish Vocab (2 decks)

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