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No pisar

Quién lo pisó?

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Keep off

Who step on it?

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Dejar/parar de hacer algo

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Leave off doing sth

Stop doing sth

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Let off

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Dejar irse

Police let him off for a couple of hours to visit his mum in hospital

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Resolver, solucionar, averiguar

Comprender, darse cuenta

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Figure out (solve or understand)

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Rely on / rely upon

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Confiar en

Depender de

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Recortar, reducir gastos (en)

Hay otras opciones como reducir el consumo de snacks no saludables

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Cut back (on)

There are others options like cutting back on unhealthy snacks

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Leave out

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Excluir, dejar fuera
I was left out of the will (testamento)

Omitir
Don’t leave out any detail

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Get up to

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Hacer (bastante informal y sólo en preguntas)

What did you get up to last weekend?
Qué hiciste el pasado fin de semana?

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Get on with (someone)

Get on with (sth)

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(someone) Have a good relationship (informal)

If you can’t get on with your boss, it might be better to quit

(sth) ponerse con (informal)
Just get on with your homework! Ponte con tu tarea

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Get over

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Recover from

I hope you get over your flu really quickly

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Take over

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Encargarse de

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Get away with (sth)

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Salirse con la suya, librarse

The murderer got away with his crime (se libró)

Get away! Anda ya!

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Get rid of (sth)

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Deshacerse de (remove or throw away sth)

You need to get rid of those pants

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Get through to (sb)

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Localizar a alguien o comunicarse con alguien (phone)

I am trying to get through to him but he is not answering his phone

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Set out

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Salir de viaje
They set out for London early the following day

Exponer, precisar

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Look up

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Levantar la vista, buscar

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Play down

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Quitar importancia

In my job interview I played down my previous failures and emphasized my successes.

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Get along

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Llevarse bien
- My friends and I get along very well.

Arreglárselas (cope)
- After she went blind (ciega), it took her a long time to learn how to get along without vision.

Progresar
- In my profession, you aren’t going to get along without the support and help of more experienced people.

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Run out (of)

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Quedarse sin
- Can you go and buy milk? We’ve completely run out.

  • We do need to go shopping as we have run out of teabags.
  • The time is running out. (se está acabando)
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Use up

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Agotar, gastar

  • I can’t go away with you next week; I’ve used up all my vacation time for this year.
  • I used up nearly everything in the refrigerator for this meal.
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Fall

Drop

Fall over

Fall down

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  • I fell from a ladder yesterday. (me caí de la escalera)
  • He dropped his keys on the pavement. (=let fall, dejar caer intencionadamente o no)
  • The picture had fallen off the wall (se cayó de la pared)
  • The brick wall fell down. (se derrumbó)
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Run on

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Alargarse

  • The presentation of new materials ran on until the evening
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Drag on

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No terminar nunca

  • I usually have two weeks off to rest in the summer, otherwise the year drag on me
  • The three-hour movie dragged on and on (no terminaba nunca)
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Hold up

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(v) Hacer retrasar algo
- Aren’t you ready yet? You’re holding us all up!

(n) Retraso
- Because of the weather, there was a hold up in the event

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Hurry up

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Darse prisa

- If you don’t hurry up, we will miss the bus!

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Take back to

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Recordarte a algo del pasado

- This song takes me back to my college days or childhood

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Date back to

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Datar desde / existir desde

- Marlon and I have been friends for a long time. Our friendship dates back to the late 90s.

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Keep up (with)

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Seguir el ritmo de
- The old woman struggled to keep up with her agile young granddaughter.

Mantenerse actualizado
- Technology moves too fast these days for me to keep up.

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Give up

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Darse por vencido

  • I gave up trying to get them to believe me.
  • I gave up playing football.
  • It’ll be hard, but I’m going to try giving up chocolate for Lent. (Cuaresma)
30
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Work out

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Solve (resolver)

Ejercitarse
- We’re going to the gym to work out this afternoon

Ejercicio (n)

31
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Come across

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Encontrarse con sth or sb (by chance). (=stumble across)

  • We came across Monica in the post office.
  • I came across English (with) books in the cupboard.
  • It’s very probably you come across relatives in your hometown

Dar la impresión
- I don’t know Emily very well, but she comes across as an intelligent girl.

32
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Get across

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Expresar / hacer entender (to make people understand sth clearly)

  • He tried to get his point across but it was so convoluted, no one could understand.
  • It’s really hard to get your message across (es difícil expresar bien tu mensaje)
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Go up to

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Acercarse

  • Don’t be shy, just go up to him and say hi!
34
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Shut down

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Dejar de funcionar, apagarse un aparato

Cerrar (un negocio)

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Break down

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Averiarse

Desglosar
- You have to break down the figures

36
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Depender de

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Rely on
Depend on
- The country relies on foreign investment

37
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Trade off (for)

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Sacrificar algo por (exchange)
- I would not trade more working hours off for a salary bonus

Comerciar

38
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Mark (sth) down
Mark down (sth)
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Bajar la nota
- The teacher marked my paper down because I misspelled so many words

Rebajar los precios
- The store marked down the Christmas merchandise in January

39
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Take up

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Empezar a hacer (a hobby)
- He took up woodworking (carpintería) after inheriting (heredar) his grandfather’s tools.

Aceptar
- They took up the company’s offer to pay for additional training. (de pagarles la formación complementaria)

40
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Cut off

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Desconectar

  • It’s a good way to cut off after a busy day rather than watch TV
  • While on the net, we were cut off.

Interrumpir, cortar
- Francesca cut me off while I was in the middle of speaking.

41
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Go over

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Darle vueltas a algo

- For hours afterwards, she kept going over and over what he’d told her but it still made no sense.

42
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Come up

A

Surgir

- The senator knew that questions about his campaign would come up

43
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Lift up

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Levantar
- Everyone in the crowd lifted up their hands and clapped along to the music. I’ll go up to the attic, so can you lift up the boxes and hand them to me?

44
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Go over

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Repasar

Darle muchas vueltas a algo
- For hours afterwards, she kept going over and over what he’d told her but it still made no sense.

Go over budget: salirse del presupuesto

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Sit in

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Asistir como oyente

46
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Llegar en coche

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Drive up

- I was surprised to see him drive up in a flashy sportscar.

47
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Move forward

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Avanzar (make progress or go forwards )

  • Put the car in gear so you can move forward
  • Now that I have the supplies I need, I can move forward with my project.
48
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Do without

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Estar sin, pasar por alto, apañarselas (to manage without having something)
- We can’t afford to fix the car this month, so I guess we’ll need to do without it for a few weeks.

49
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Do good

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To improve someone’s health or life

- Take the medicine - it will do you good.

50
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Make room

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Hacer hueco, hacer espacio

- We need to make room here for a new computer

51
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To put up with

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Tolerar, aguantar, soportar

- I will not put up with your whining any more. Go to bed this minute!

52
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TAKE
1. Take away

  1. Take apart
  2. Take care of
  3. Take down
  4. Take after
  5. Take on
  6. Take over
  7. Take back
  8. Take up
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  1. Llevarse, quitar, sacar
    - Could you take away this old chair? I don’t want it anymore.
    - If your grades don’t improve, we’ll have to take away your telephone.
  2. Desmontar, desarmar
    - I am taking apart my old mobile phone to build something new with its parts.
  3. Cuidar de; asumir la responsabilidad de algo
    - Can you take care of Anna tonight?
    - Don’t worry about the project – I’ll take care of it.
    (sin embargo ten cuidado con -> take care with)
  4. Bajar algo, tomar nota
    - Could you take the trash down for me? I’m not dressed
    - The policeman took down his name and address and told him not to leave town.
  5. Parecerse a alguien, perseguir (chase US)
    - Many people say that Maria takes after her grandmother.
    - The boys took after the dog
  6. Hacerse cargo de algo (assume, accept), contratar a alguien (hire)
    - Taking on the directorship was his first mistake
  7. Reemplazar a alguien, hacerse cargo de
    - Mike will take over from Silvia until she is back from maternity leave.
    - Take over the meeting for me, I’ll be back in a moment.
  8. Devolver, recuperar algo, recordarme a algo
    - The sweater I bought was too small, so I took it back to the store for a refund.
    - I managed to take/get my books back, after asking for them for months.
    - I enjoyed experimenting with colours–it took me back to my childhood.
  9. Comenzar un hobbie, ocupar espacio o tiempo
    - I am taking up meditation (voy a empezar…)
    - That project will take up most of your time
53
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Turn into

A

Convertirse en

- He turned a simple woman into a fine young woman

54
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Go off

A

Dejar de gustar algo
- I used to like broccoli but I went off it (I stopped liking it). I’ve gone off broccoli.

Irse (go away)
- He left the family farm and went off to the big city to look for work.

Pasarse (caducarse)
- Dairy products go off quickly if they’re not kept in the fridge.

55
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Back out (of)

A

Echarse atrás (de)

- Sue backed out of helping us paint the house.

56
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Turn down

A

Rechazar (refuse)
- I turned down the offer because it was very expensive

Bajar el volumen
- I wish you’d turn down that music!

57
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Build up

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Desarrollar, crear (business)
- Johnson gradually built up his business empire.

Crecer, reforzar la idea de
- Excitement was building up as the runners lined up for the race

58
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Let (sb) down

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Decepcionar
- Don’t let me down

Tirar o dejar caer
- The girl let down a rope and her boyfriend climbed up into her room

Decepción (also is a noun) = disappointment

Decepcionado (also is an adjective) = disappointed

59
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Phase out

A

Eliminar gradualmente
- Hospitals will phase out junk food from their menus

  • Most of the countries are going to phase out paper money due to the high rise in cards payments.
60
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Phase in

A

Introducir gradualmente

61
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Drag on

A

Hacerse eterno

- The three-hour movie dragged on and on

62
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Catch up

A

Alcanzar a alguien (en una carrera)

Ponerse al día (be updated)
- I missed a week of work, and now I have to catch up.

63
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Sort out

A
  • Planear, preparar
    Julia intended to go home early in order to sort out the dinner arrangements.
    Julia quería irse a casa temprano para preparar la cena.
  • Poner en orden
    My son needs to sort out the clothes in the closet

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