Vocabulary Flashcards
On the point of
You are about to do something
Came as
Came as a surprise
Came as a complete shock
Effect that something has
Held up by
To delay someone or something
As long as/ provided that
Intended duration of a plan or idea
(Siempre y cuando)
Make a point of
I’ll make a point of asking her today.
To give one’s attention to (doing something) make sure that it happens.
Proponerse hacer algo
Hand in one’s notice/ give in one’s notice
You tell your employer that you intend to leave your job.
Allocate
Assign something to someone
Take notice of
Pay attention to
A matter of time before
Cuestion de tiempo
I can not see the point in (learning to…)
There has no sense
To be in no doutb
They were in no doubt that she was going to be a good athlete.
Having no doubt
Have any/no recollection of something
To remember nothing.
Made/make up his mind
Make up someone’s mind
He still has not made up his mind about it.
To make a decision about something
Go ahead
To begin or continue with a plan or activity without waiting.
Go on diet
Hacer dieta
To put up with
To accept someboby/something that is annoying, unpleasant, etc.
Lost/lose sight of
I am worried that we are losing sight of our objectives.
To forget about an important idea or fact because you are thinking too much about other things
No matter how/what
Sin importar como o qué
Come across to someone as
She comes across really well on television = she creates a positive image
To behave in a way that makes people believe that you havr a particular characteristic
Break down in tears
Romper en llanto
Make no/any reference to
Not mentioned
Place the blame on
To attribute culpability (for something) to someone.
Be left with the impression that/of
Be given with the impresion
Having the impression
Be under the impression
Que da la impresion de que…
