Useful Spanish Phrases Flashcards

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1
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After all / when all is said and done.

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A fin de cuentas

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Maybe / perhaps / at best (G)

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A lo mejor

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as from / as of

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A partir de

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in spite of / despite

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a pesar de

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5
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by the way / on purpose

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a propósitio

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6
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have just

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acabar + infinitive

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7
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upside down / inside out

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al revés

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face down / face up

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boca abajo / boca arriba

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9
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How often

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Cada cuánto

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10
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be fond of / like (a person)

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caer bien

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11
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to lock

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cerrar con llave

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12
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you bet / of course

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cómo no

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13
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as if / as though

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como si

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14
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To be hard to do

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costar mucho trabajo

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15
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I guess so / I believe so

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creo que si

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16
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at the most

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cuando mucho

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17
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as soon as possible / at once

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cuanto antes

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18
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How long / how much time

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Cuánto tiempo

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19
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give birth

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dar a luz

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20
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to take for granted / to assume

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dar por sentado / dar por hecho

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21
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to realise

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dar se cuenta

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22
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to give in / to surrender

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darse por vencido

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23
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I give up

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Me doy por vencido

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24
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from now on

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de ahora en adelante

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25
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next door

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de al lado

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26
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I n fact / actually

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de hecho

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27
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round trip

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de ida y vuelta

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28
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overnight

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de la noche a la manana

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29
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no way! / absolutely not

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de ninguna manera

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30
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once again / once more

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de nuevo

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31
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suddenly / all of a sudden

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de repente

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32
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anyway

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de todos modos

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33
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once and for all

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de una vez

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34
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every now and then

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de vez en cuando

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35
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to stop / to quit

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dejar de

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36
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to leave alone

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dejar en paz

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37
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of course / certainly

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desde luego

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38
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to miss

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echar de menos

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39
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absolutely not

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en absoluto

40
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on the other hand

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en cambio

41
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in place of / instead of

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en lugar de

42
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on the dot / on the hour

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en punto

43
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no kidding / seriously

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en serio

44
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everywhere / all over the place

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en todas partes

45
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instead of / rather than

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en vez de

46
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in other words

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es decir

47
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I hope not

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espero que no

48
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to be about to

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estar a punto de

49
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to be in a hurry

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estar de prisa

50
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to save time / gain time

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ganar tiempo

51
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a long time ago / long ago

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hace tiempo

52
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to pay attention

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hacer caso

53
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to line up / to stand in line

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hacer cola

54
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be harmful / cause harm

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hacer daño

55
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to lack / to be needed

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hacer falta

56
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one must / be necessary to

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hay que

57
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nowadays

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hoy en dia

58
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get to the point

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ir al grano

59
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get on/along well with

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llevarse bien con

60
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the important thing

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lo importante

61
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the same thing / the same

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lo mismo

62
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the only thing is

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lo único

63
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beyond

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más allá

64
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rather / on the contrary

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mas bien

65
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its all the same to me / I don’t care

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me da igual

66
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I’m off

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me voy

67
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very often / frequently

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muy a menudo

68
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once in a blue moon

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muy de vez en cuando

69
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nothing else / that’s all

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nada más

70
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not even / not so much as

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ni siquiera

71
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don’t mention it / no thanks is needed

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no hay de que

72
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it doesn’t matter

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no importa

73
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its beside the point / it’s got nothing to do with

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no tiene que ver

74
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not worth the trouble / it isn’t worth it

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no vale la pena

75
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at all

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para nada

76
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for a change

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para variar

77
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waste time

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perder tiempo

78
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by any chance/ by coincidence

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por casualidad

79
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finally

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por fin

80
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at least

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por lo menos

81
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or course / by all means

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por supuesto

82
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to mean / to mean to say

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to mean to say

83
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it slipped my mind

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se me olvidó

84
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even though

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si bien

85
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nevertheless / nonetheless

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sin embargo

86
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without meaning to / by mistake

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sin querer

87
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above all / most of all

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sobre todo

88
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it’s me

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soy yo

89
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put on weight

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subir de peso

90
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to have to do with

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tener que ver

91
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to be right / to be in the right

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tener razon

92
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everyone

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todo el mundo

93
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to pull someones leg / to kid / tease?

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tomar el pelo

94
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to be about

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tratarse de

95
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seeing that

A

ya que

96
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I’m done

A

ya terminé

97
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we’ll see

A

ya veremos