Vocabulary IV Flashcards by Damián Verde Villena

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Trabajo estable

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Steady job

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Pelearse con alguien

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Fall out with someone

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Llevarse muy bien/de p*** madre

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Get on like a house on fire

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De vez en cuando

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Once in a while

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Ponerse de los nervios mutuamente

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Get on each other’s nerves

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Para colmo de males…

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To add insult to injury…

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Polos opuestos

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Poles apart

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Estar resentido

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To have a chip on your shoulder

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Tener amigos influyentes

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To have friends in high places

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Estar en la lista negra de alguien

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To be in somebody’s bad books

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Hacer llorar a alguien

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Reduce someone to tears

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No tener sentido

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To hold no water

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Tener sentido

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To hold water

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Apenas

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Barely

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Reunión familiar

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Family gathering

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Impensable

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Unthinkable

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Desinformación

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Misinformation

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Desgracia

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Misfortune

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Irrelevante

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Irrelevant

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Nonsense

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Sinsentido

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Salirte con la tuya

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To get/have your way

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Quitar algo del camino

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To get something out of the way

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Incapaz

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Incapable

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Insuficiente

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Insufficient

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Inasequible

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Unaffordable

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Descontento, insatisfecho

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Discontent

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Engañado, confundido

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Misled

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Comprar tu primera casa

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To get onto the housing ladder

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Ya que estamos en ello…

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While we are at it…

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Ser pelota

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To be a brown noser

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Chivato, soplón

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Whistleblower, snitch

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Descuidado

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Neglected

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Fecha límite en…

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Due on…

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Prácticamente

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Virtually

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En el último momento

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At the last minute

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Probar algo, intentar

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Have a go at

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Resulta ser…

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Happens to be…

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Tener una extensión de tiempo…

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Have an extension…

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Borde

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Shirty

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Ponerse al día

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To catch on

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Compensar

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To make up for it

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Persona muy sociable

A

Social butterfly

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Con mucha bulla, muy animado

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Buzzing

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Sitio donde se organiza/celebra algo

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Venue

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Estar petado, lleno de gente

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Packed out

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Amigos

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Pals

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Abusar

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Overuse

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Estar de acuerdo

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To go along with something

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Estar muy equivocado

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To bark up to the wrong tree

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Acaparar más de la cuenta

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Bite off more than you can chew

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Introvertido

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Introvert

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Polémico

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Contentious

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Tocarte la china

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Draw the short straw

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Crecer, mejorar

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On the rise

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Ser la leche

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To be the cat meow/pajamas