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…
Get something across
To make something understood.
To make someone understand or believe something.
