Rofer _Common Expressions1

Question 1

Lo harán siempre que les respaldes

Answer 1

They’ll do it AS LONG AS you back them up

Question 2

Como regla general,

Answer 2

As a general rule,

Question 3

Que yo sepa,

Answer 3

As far as I know,

Question 4

En cuanto a mí,

Answer 4

As far as I’m concerned,

Question 5

Ya he hablado con él detenidamente sobre el asunto

Answer 5

I’ve already spoken to him at length about the matter. (At lenght = in detail, in depth, carefully, thoroughly.

Question 6

En el mejor de los casos,

Answer 6

At best

Question 7

¿No sabrías por casualidad dónde está Pepe?

Answer 7

You wouldn’t know, BY ANY CHANCE, where Pepe is?

Question 8

John es, con mucha diferencia, el mejor.

Answer 8

John is BY FAR the best.

Question 9

En cuanto a ese tema, no tengo más que decir.

Answer 9

Concerning that subject, I have nothing more to say.
Concerning=Regarding=With regard to=As for..

Question 10

El coste de la vida es muy alto aquí

Answer 10

The cost of living is very high here

Question 11

El nivel de vida es muy alto

Answer 11

The standard of living is very high

Question 12

Debido a circunstancias imprevistas,

Answer 12

Due to unforeseen circumstances,

Question 13

Te daré un toque mañana (por teléfono)

Answer 13

I’ll give you a ring tomorrow

Question 14

A la larga, al final, aprenderás mucho

Answer 14

Eventually you’ll learn a lot

Question 15

Un día sí y otro no

Answer 15

Every other day

Question 16

Para siempre

Answer 16

For good (=forever)

Question 17

Utiliza las cifras preliminares por ahora

Answer 17

Use the preliminary figures FOR THE TIME BEING. (=for the moment)

Question 18

Además de esos problemas

Answer 18

In addition to those problems,

Question 19

En todo caso,

Answer 19

In any case,

Question 20

Hice un análisis en profundidad

Answer 20

I made an in-depth analysis

Question 21

En resumidas cuentas,

Answer 21

In short,

Question 22

En términos de beneficios,

Answer 22

In terms of profits,

Question 23

A la larga ( a largo plazo),

Answer 23

In the long run, in the long term

Question 24

Mientras tanto,

Answer 24

In the meantime, (=meanwhile),

Question 25

En teoría, el negocio va muy bien

Answer 25

In theory, the business is going very well

Question 26

En vista de los problemas, he decidido cancelarlo.

Answer 26

In view of the problems, I’ve decided to cancel it.

Question 27

Por escrito

Answer 27

In writing

Question 28

Trae tu agenda por si acaso

Answer 28

Bring your diary just in case

Question 29

..debido a un malentendido

Answer 29

..on account of a misunderstanding (due to / because of)

Question 30

Sin duda tienes noticia de …

Answer 30

No doubt you’ve heard of..

Question 31

En nombre de la Dirección,

Answer 31

On behalf of the management,

Question 32

camino de la oficina

Answer 32

On the way to the office

Question 33

En términos generales, (teniendo todo en cuenta, en su conjunto)

Answer 33

On the whole

Question 34

Sanos y salvos

Answer 34

safe and sound

Question 35

Antes de entrar en esta empresa,

Answer 35

Prior to joining this company (=before joining this company),

Question 36

Estoy dispuesto a..

Answer 36

I’m willing to..

Question 37

Hasta cierto punto

Answer 37

To a certain extent

Question 38

En el peor de los casos

Answer 38

At worst,

Question 39

Fue la gota que colmó el vaso

Answer 39

That was the last straw