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1
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Estar entre dos aguas / Tener dudas

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To be in two minds

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2
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Impetuoso

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Impetuous

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3
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Flor de un día / Un visto y no visto


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A flash in the pan

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4
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Humildemente

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Go cap in hand

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Efusivo (intensidad en los actos)


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Effusive

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6
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Sano y salvo


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Safe and sound

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6
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Cerrar el pico / Callarse la boca


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To clam up

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7
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Principio


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Outset

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8
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Controvertido / Polémico


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Controversial

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9
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Meter la pata


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Put your foot in it / in your mouth

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10
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Pillar a alguien (con las manos en la masa)


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Caught red-handed

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11
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Ímpetu / Empuje / Impulso / Fuerza


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Momentum

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12
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Agresivo / Avasallador


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Pushy

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13
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Cohibido / Tímido

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Self-conscious

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14
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Proponer / Plantear


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Put forward

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15
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Taciturno (Tímido / Reservado) (Often negative)


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Taciturn

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16
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Equilibrado

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Well-balanced

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17
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Llamar a las cosas por su nombre


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Call a spade a spade

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18
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Terreno pantanoso / Estar/Meterse en un berenjenal

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To be on/Step on the/a slippery slope

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19
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Ser la leche


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Be the cat ́s meow/pajamas

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20
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Crecer / Mejorar

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On the rise

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21
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Tocarte la china

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Draw the short straw

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22
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Polémico / Conflictivo

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Contentious

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23
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Introvertido

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Introvert

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24
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Acaparar más de la cuenta

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To bite off more than you can chew

25
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La pelota está en tu campo / Es tu turno/responsabilidad

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The ball´s in someone´s court

26
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Es totalmente cierto

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No cap

27
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Estar muy equivocado

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To bark up the wrong tree

28
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Jugárselo todo a una carta

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To pull all your eggs in one basket

28
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Desfogar / Desahogarse / Liberar tensiones

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To let off steam

29
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Suponerse / Tener que / Deber

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Be meant

30
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Más sano que una pera

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(Be) as fit as a fiddle

31
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Aprobar con muy buenas notas

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To pass with flying colors

32
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Trabajar día y noche / a destajo / Hincharse de trabajar

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Burn the candle at both ends

33
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Dar un cachete / una bofetada

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Smack

34
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Dar el tipo / Proyectar una buena imagen / Estar a la altura

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Look the part

35
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En caliente

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In the heat of the moment

36
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Sin embargo / No obstante

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Be that as it may

37
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Quitarse el sombrero ante alguien

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To take your hat off to somebody

38
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Tener un asunto pendiente con alguien

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To have a bone to pick with somebody

39
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De buena tinta / De su propia boca

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Straight from the horse’s mouth

40
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No hay mal que por bien no venga / Una suerte

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A blessing in the disguise

41
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Como dos gotas de agua

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Two peas in a pod

42
Q

Estar hasta arriba de trabajo

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To have a lot / enough / too much on your plate

43
Q

Encantado de la vida / Contentísimo

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Be thrilled to bits

44
Q

A saber lo q estás pensando /

Pagaría por saber lo q estas pensando

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Penny for your thoughts

45
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Pasar de las palabras a los hechos /

Predicar con el ejemplo

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Walk the talk / Walk it like you talk it

46
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A las duras y a las maduras / Para lo bueno y para lo malo

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Through thick and thin

47
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Encantar / Flipar

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Get a ( real ) kick out of something

48
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Pasar el marrón / Escurrir el bulto

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Pass the buck

49
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( Sentirse ) La persona más feliz del mundo

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On top of the world

50
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Porque te de la gana, por gusto

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To do something for kicks

51
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Afrontar las consecuencias / Apechugar

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Face the music

52
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Pasar página

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Turn over a new leaf

53
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Creerse la mitad de lo que uno dice / No creerse algo del todo

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To take something with a pinch of salt

54
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Robarle el protagonismo a alguien

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To steal somebody’s thunder

55
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Agarrarse a un clavo ardiendo

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To clutch / grasp at straws

56
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Hay mucho más dónde elegir

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There are plenty more fish in the sea

57
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Por todas partes / Hasta el último rincón

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Every nook and cranny

58
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Empezar algo / Ponerse en marcha

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Get the/this show on the road

59
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No tener la más mínima opción

A

Not have a snowball’s chance in hell

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