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To be just around the corner

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Estar a la vuelta de la esquina

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Al fin y al cabo

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Anyway, anyhow, at any rate, in the end

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In no time, shortly

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Dentro de poco

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X Es un pedazo de pan

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X is a really nice person

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It’s a piece of cake

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¡Es pan comido!

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Daydream

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Soñar despierto

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To reject someone

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Dar calabazas

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Ir al grano

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Get to the point

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Plantar cara a

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To stand your ground

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No es moco de pavo

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It’s important

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Just in case

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Por si las moscas…

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To pull someone’s leg

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Tomar el pelo a alguien

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Es el colmo

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It’s too much (like reaching the end of patience)

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Tener echufe

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Have benefits you haven’t earned yourself eg when you get a job cos your dads friendly with the employers

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To be in the prime of life

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Estar en la flor de la vida

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Estar hecho un flan

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When you’re really scared/nervous

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Estar en el quinto pino

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When something is far away

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Making a mountain out of a molehill

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Hacer una montaña de un granito de arena

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Poking your nose in other people’s business

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Meter las narices en asuntos de otros

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Hacer la vista gorda

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Turn a blind eye

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Hablar por los codos

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To be a chatterbox

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Tener mala leche

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To be in a bad mood

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Aburrirse como una ostra

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Super bored

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To be just around the corner

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Estar a la vuelta de la esquina

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Better to be safe than sorry

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Mejor per venir que lamentar

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I’ve already made the point that…

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Ya he constado que…

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In the long run, it’s different

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A largo plazo, es otra cosa

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Become a member of

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Hacerse miembro de

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Be up to date

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Estar al corriente

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Implement, put into practice

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Poner en práctica

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Think long/short term

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Pensar a largo/corto plazo

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Carry out (2)

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Llevar a cabo

Realizar

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Llevar cuenta

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To keep account, keep track of

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Full of people

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Llena de gente

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Doesn’t look good

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No tiene un aspecto bueno

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Mi madre siempre me da la lata con ello

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My mother always gives me the can with it

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Llevar por mal camino

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Lead astray

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Hacer frente

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Face/confront something

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Hacer gracia a alguien

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Make someone laugh

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Ponerse colorado

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To blush

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Meets the expectations

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Cumple con las expectativas

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Dar vueltas

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To go around in circles

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Menos mal que

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I’m glad that

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Don’t miss it

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No te lo pierdas

44
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Looking out to sea

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Mirando hacia el mar

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Ruti turned red

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Ruti se puso encarnado

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Stroke of luck

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Golpe de suerte

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To clear the ground

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Para despejar el terreno

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It’s a subject that greatly interests me

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Es una tema que me tiene muy interesada

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Firstly, the facts

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Primero, los datos

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Given that

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Dado que

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When all is said and done

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A fin de cuentas

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The key to the problem

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La clave del problema

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As far as I know

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Que yo sepa

54
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Seen like that

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Visto así

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In brief, to sum up

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En resumen

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To cap it all

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Para colmo

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I wish I could conclude by saying

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Ojalá pudiera concluir diciendo que

58
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By the way

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Por cierto

59
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Rascarse el bolsillo

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Fork some money out

60
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Levantar cabeza

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To get back on your feet

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Ir con pies de plomo

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To be careful

62
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The other side of the coin

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La otra cara de la moneda

63
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Ahogarse en un vaso de agua

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To be easily depressed by very small problems

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Caerse el alma (a los pies)

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To suddenly become very depressed

Lit: soul falls to you feet

65
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Ser agua pasada

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To belong to the past & nobody should pay attention to it anymore

66
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eat until ur full

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comer hasta el hartazgo

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era una idea que se me paso por la cabeza

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era una idea que se me paso por la cabeza

68
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go all out

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Tirar/Echar la casa por la ventana

69
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poner las pilas

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be alert/get ready/be awake (lit. put in the batteries

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dar el alto

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stop

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do something at one sitting/in one go

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hacer algo de una sentada

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the more you train, the more you will improve your ability

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Mientras más entrenas, más vas a mejorar tu competencia

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try everything

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hacer las mil y una

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no tiene pies ni cabeza

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Makes no sense at all

75
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get its (own) way

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salirse con la suya

77
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How do they get away with it?

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Cómo se las arreglan para salirse con la suya?

77
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the way its supposed to be

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como Dios manda

78
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as it it were not enough

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como si no fuera poco

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to cross the line

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to cross the line

80
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to hit a raw nerve

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poner el dedo en la llaga

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Until he left his country, he had never felt homesick for his mother’s cooking.

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Hasta que se fue de su país, no había sentido nostalgia por la comida de su mamá

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It has never been a problem until now

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hasta ahora nunca ha sido un problema

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until then I’d never been to italy

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hasta entonces no había estado nunca en Italia

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that was the situation up until a few days ago

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Esta era la situación hasta hace unos días

85
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go back (to a previous time)

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volver atrás

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una manera de dar rienda suelta a

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an oulet for

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give free reign

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dar rienda suelta a

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force for good

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fuerza positiva

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a question that has been discussed for many years

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una cuestion que se debate hace años

90
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tighten one’s belt, economize

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apretarse el cinturón

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beat the living daylights out of someone; wipe the floor with someone

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dar a algn para el pelo

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use a carrot and stick policy

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dar una de cal y otra de arena

93
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pull out all the stops

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poner toda la carne en el asador

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