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To be on call

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ready to go to work at any time if needed.

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break down

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to separate, or to separate something, into smaller parts:

Can you break down our expenses by month and by region?

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to clash

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to fight or argue:
Students clashed with police after demonstrations at five universities.
The government and the opposition parties have clashed over the cuts in defence spending.

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to came across

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to meet or find by chance

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to come over

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to come to a place, move from one place to another, or move towards someone:
Come over here!

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to crash

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an accident in which a vehicle hits something

choque, accidente

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grasp

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to understand something, especially something difficult:

I think I managed to grasp the main points of the lecture.

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to get back up

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to return to an upright position

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to go in

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to enter a place:

I looked through the window, but I didn’t actually go in.

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to go over

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to practice something in order to learn it

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to go up

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to move higher, rise, or increase:

The average cost of a new house has gone up by five percent to £276,500.

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to lay out

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to arrange things as you can see them easily

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to put on

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A phrasal verb meaning to add something;To start wearing something.I put on weight when I went away to college.

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to show around

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to lead someone around a place for the first time so that they can see all parts of it

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to watch x over

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to protect someone and make certain that that person is safe:
She had to watch over four young children and take care of a sick husband.

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worth

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having a particular value, especially in money:

Our house is worth £200,000.

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candid

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honest, especially about something that is unpleasant or embarrassing
sincero, abierto
She was very candid about her personal life in the interview.

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charming

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nice and attractive
seductor
a charming smile

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checkered past

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a way to say that someone got into trouble in the past

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cheesy

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of bad quality or in bad taste:

cheesy hotel music

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clash

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to fight or argue:

Students clashed with police after demonstrations at five universities.

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crew

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a group of people who work together, especially all those who work on and operate a ship, aircraft, etc.:
an ambulance/lifeboat crew

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heart skipped a beat

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used to say that someone suddenly felt excited and nervous

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heart to heart

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A serious and honest conversation

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hesitant

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If you are hesitant, you do not do something immediately or quickly because you are nervous or not certain:
You seemed a bit hesitant about recommending that restaurant - is something wrong with it?

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steadfast

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not willing to change one’s mind;staying the same for a long time and not changing quickly or unexpectedly
inquebrantable, férreo, firme
a steadfast friend/ally

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to back out

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to withdraw from a promise etc
echarse/volverse atrás; no cumplir
You promised to help – you mustn’t back out now!

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to come out of

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to appear or emerge from

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to find out

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to discover
descubrir, averiguar
I found out what was troubling her.

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to grab attention

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llamar la atencion.To cause one to become interested n something

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to pop the question

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To ask someone to get married

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to stick to one’s guns

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To refuse to change your mind

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to walk into

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to enter

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to win x over

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to persuade someone to support you or agree with you, often when they were opposed to you before:
He’s not sure about the idea, but I’m sure we’ll win him over in the end.

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to withdraw

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To remove yourself from a situation.

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a whole bunch

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A lot of something.

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all over the place

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everywhere

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ambiance

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the character of a place or the quality it seems to have:

Despite being a busy city, Dublin has the ambience of a country town.

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back and forth

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moving first in one direction and then in the opposite one:

She swayed gently back and forth to the music.

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barely any

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almost none

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behind the scenes

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happening or conducting out of view of general public

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classy

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stylish or fashionable
con estilo, con clase
That’s one classy vehicle you’ve got there.

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intonation

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the way your voice goes up and down when you speak

entonación

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keeper

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someone or something that you should keep

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let me get this straight

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used if you are confused about something or if you want to clarify if you are understanding the other person correctly

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news anchor

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A person who presents news during a news program on the tv, radio or the internet.

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set time

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At a particular time; at an assigned time.

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bank on

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to rely on
contar con
I was banking on Jim to help me, but he hasn’t turned up.

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to come up

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to happen, usually unexpectedly:

I’ve got to go - something has just come up at home and I’m needed there.

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to get into

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to become interested in an activity or subject, or start being involved in an activity:
She’s been getting into yoga recently - she does three classes a week.

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get together

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to ask or make people together in one place;if two people get together, they start a romantic or sexual relationship.

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to happen to be x

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used to say that something is unplanned or unexplained

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to hold on to x

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to stop someone from leaving you or from doing what they want.

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to hop around

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to move from one thing to another thing

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to move into

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to stop discussing or doing something and begin discussing or doing something different.

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to plan on

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to intend to do something:

We were planning on just having a snack and catching the early train.