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Question 1

Demostrar con acciones lo que dices

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Put your money where your mouth is

Question 2

mi ingles esta oxidado

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my english is rusty

Question 3

repasar

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brush up on
I need to brush up on my Spanish

Question 4

Aprender algo

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Pick something up

Question 5

Tener dificultades para entender

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Struggle to grasp

Question 6

La mayoría de las veces

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More often than not

Question 7

Decepcionado

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Crestfallen

Question 8

Mi promesa de hacer algo se está desvaneciendo

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My vow to do something slipping away

Question 9

Sumergirse

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Plunge

Question 10

justamente

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fairly

Question 11

con duda

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hesitantly

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Totalmente

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Utterly
he performance was utterly captivating

Question 13

De antemano

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Beforehand

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Indudablemente

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Undoubtedly

Question 15

Sumergido en

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Immersed in

Question 16

lograr

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Attain

Question 17

Perspicaz

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Insightful

Question 18

vino y se fue (algo ha sucedido y luego ha terminado o desaparecido)

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Come and gone
The excitement of the holidays has come and gone

Question 19

Sutil

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Subtle

Question 20

En curso

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Ongoing

The ongoing project
el proyecto en curso

Question 21

Enormemente

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Hugely

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desapercibido

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Unnoticed

Question 23

Desviarse (Moverse lentamente de manera que no sea controlado)

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Drifted

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acosar (afliguir)

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Plagued
Financial problems have been plaguing their new business partners.

Question 25

Inconsistencias

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Inconsistencies

Question 25

Ocurriendo en

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Occurring in

Question 25

Diferenciar

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Differentiate

Question 26

Distinguir - diferenciar

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Distinguish

Question 27

Transmitir - comunicar

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Convey

Question 28

indicar

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Indicate

Question 29

demostrar

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Illustrate

Question 29

to represent a quality or an idea exactly

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Embody

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Interpretar

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Interpret

Question 31

ese tal

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whatshisname

Question 32

Más o menos (informal)

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Give or take
The project will cost around $5000, give or take a few hundred dollars.

Question 33

Palabras similares

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Words to that effect
“He said something along the lines of, ‘We need to rethink our strategy,’ or words to that effect.”

Question 33

algo como eso (informal)

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Something along those lines

Question 34

Cosa (algo cuyo nombre no conoces o no quieres mencionar.)

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Thingy
Can you pass me that thingy over there

Question 35

No estás entendiendo el punto

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You are missing the point

Question 36

Tengo dudas sobre esto (informal)

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I’m in two minds about sth

Question 37

Estoy de acuerdo hasta cierto punto

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I agree up to a point

Question 38

Entender - lidiar con

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get to grips with
“It took me a while to get to grips with the new software, but now I find it quite easy to use.”