Prepositions - Por expressions 01 Flashcards

1
Q
  1. (tener) por costumbre

2. No tengo por costumbre charlar con camareros.

A
  1. to be used to / to do sth out of habit

2. I’m not in the habit of talking with bartenders.

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  1. de por vida

2. No hay garantías de empleo de por vida aquí.

A
  1. for all your life

2. No guarantees of lifetime employment here.

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  1. gracias por

2. Muchas gracias por estas significativas preguntas

A
  1. thanks for

2. Thank you very much for these relevant questions.

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  1. palabra por palabra

2. Quiero saber precisamente qué dijo, palabra por palabra

A
  1. word for word

2. I want to know precisely what he said, word for word.

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  1. por (el) amor de Dios / por Dios

2. Qué alguien conteste por el amore de Dios!

A
  1. for God’s sake

2. Somebody answer for God’s sake!

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  1. por adelantado

2. Espero que te pagara por adelantado.

A
  1. in advance

2. Well, I hope you got paid in advance.

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  1. por ahora

2. Debéis mantenerlo en secreto por ahora.

A
  1. for now

2. You must keep it a secret for now.

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  1. por allí / aquí

2. Lo pondré por allí

A
  1. around there; that way / around here; this way

2. I’ll put it over there,

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  1. por aquel entonces

2. Los límites estaban bastante borrosos por aquel entonces.

A
  1. back then/ in those days

2. Boundaries were pretty blurry back then.

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  1. por casualidad
  2. Me preguntaba… si por casualidad…
  3. Te lo dije, llegué aquí por casualidad.
  4. ¡qué casualidad!
A
  1. by any chance, by chance
  2. I was wondering … by any chance …
  3. Like I said, I came in here by chance.
  4. what a coincidence!
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11
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  1. por ciento
A

percent

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  1. por cierto
  2. Y por cierto, luces sensacional (a propósito)
  3. Y, por cierto, no es un derrotista. (desde luego)
A
  1. certainly, by the way
  2. And by the way, you look sensational. (synonym)
  3. And he is certainly not a defeatist.(synonym)
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  1. por completo
  2. No entiendo por completo cómo ocurrió.
  3. Los problemas varían por completo en el supuesto de …
A
  1. completely, entirely
  2. I don’t understand completely how it happened.
  3. An entirely different set of questions arises in the case
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14
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por consecuencia

A

consequently

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15
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por dentro

A

inside

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16
Q

por dentro y por fuera

A

inside and out

17
Q

por desgracia

A

unfortunately

18
Q

por esa época

A

for that period

19
Q

por ningún lado

A

nowhere