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1
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Principio

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Outset

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Estar entre dos aguas / Tener dudas

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To be in two minds

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3
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Pasarlo pipa/a lo grande

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To have a whale of a time

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4
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Ponerse las pilas

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Pull your socks up

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Pasarse de la raya / Ir demasiado lejos

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Overstep the mark

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6
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Aguar la fiesta

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To rain on somebody’s parade

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7
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Un contratiempo

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A Bump on the way / in the road

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8
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Flor de un día

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A flash in the pan

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9
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Proponer / Plantear

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Put forward

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10
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Humildemente

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Go cap in hand

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11
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Sano y salvo

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Safe and sound

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12
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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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13
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Llamar a las cosas por su nombre

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Call a spade a spade

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14
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Tocarte la china

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Draw the short straw

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15
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Haciendo o Haciéndose más grande/relevante

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On the rise

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16
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Un aplatanao

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A couch potato

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17
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Cerrar el pico / Callarse la boca

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To clam up

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18
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Acaparar más de la cuenta

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To bite off more than you can chew

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19
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Estar con el corazón en un puño

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To have your heart in your mouth

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20
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La pelota está en tu campo

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The ball is in your/someone´s court

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21
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Más sano que una pera

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(To be) as fit as a fiddle

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22
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Aprobar con muy buenas notas

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To pass with flying colours

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23
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Trabajar día y noche / A destajo / Hincharse de trabajar

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To burn the candle at both ends

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24
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Hacer un esfuerzo extra

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Go the extra mile

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25
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Dar el tipo / Proyectar una buena imagen / Estar a la altura

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Look the part

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26
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En caliente

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In the heat of the moment

27
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El equipo sorpresa

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To be the dark horses

28
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Un partido complicado

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A banana skin

29
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Estar en una buena racha

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To be on a good run

30
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Ronda de eliminación/clasificación

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Knockout stage

31
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Ser el campeón actual/vigente

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(To be) the cup holder(s)

32
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Tiro a puerta

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Shot on target

33
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Una cantada/fallo garrafal

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A howler (of a goalkeeper)

34
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El área

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The (penalty) box

35
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Quitarse el sombrero ante alguien

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To take your hat off to someone

36
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Tener un asunto pendiente con alguien

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To have a bone to pick with somebody

37
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Mal presagio

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A bad omen

38
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Tirarse flores / Darse autobombo/importancia

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To blow your own trumpet

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 disguise

41
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Rollo / Palabrería

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A rigmarole

42
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Duro golpe / Mazazo / Golpe demoledor

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Crushing blow

43
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Como dos gotas de agua

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Two peas in a pod

44
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Estar hasta arriba de trabajo

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

45
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No hay mal que por bien no venga

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A blessing in disguise

46
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Encantado de la vida

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Be thrilled to bits

47
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A saber lo que estás pensando

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Penny for your thoughts

48
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Encantar , flipar

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Get a real kick out of sth

49
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Pasar pagina

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Turn over a new leaf

50
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Pasar el marrón

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Pass the buck

51
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Ir muy desencaminado

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Bark ( ing ) up the wrong tree

52
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Pasar de las palabras a los hechos

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Walk the talk

53
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A las duras y a las maduras

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Through thick and thin

54
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Robarle el protagonismo a alguien

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To Steal somebody’s thunder

55
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De buena tinta

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Straight from the horse’s mouth

56
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Agarrarse a un clavo ardiendo

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To clutch at straws

57
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Por todas partes

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Every nook and cranny

58
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Hacer borrón y cuenta nueva

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To go back to the drawing board

59
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Andarse por las ramas

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Beat around the bush

60
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Poner al mal tiempo buena cara

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Grin and bear it

61
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Cueste lo que cueste

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By hook or by crook

62
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Agua pasada

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Water under the bridge

63
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Empezar algo , ponerse en marcha

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Get this show on the road

64
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A pasos agigantados

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By leaps and bounds

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