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de la nada, sin avisar
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out of the blue
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"Listen, I'm sorry to drop in on you out of the blue."
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consultárselo (informal)
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to run something by someone
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"Steve, would you mind if... I've gotta run something by Hank, if it's all right."
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macanudo, de gran categoría
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top notch
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"Peter, anyway, he's out in Rio Rancho. He's supposed to be top notch."
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te toca a tí
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you're up
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"If you ever needed to give the performance of a lifetime, it's now.
You're up." |
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una bomba de relojería
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a loose canon
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"She's a loose canon." (She = Lidia)
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en funcionamiento (informal)
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up and running
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"We up and running? Yeah."
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nada, una mierda (vulgar)
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Jack sh*t
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"You haven't explained jack sh*t."
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así es la vida (vulgar)
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SH*T HAPPENS
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"Sh*t happens, huh? I mean, I'm sorry, but I had to do it."
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improvisar, pensar rapidamente (expresión)
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TO THINK ON YOUR FEET
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"We never would've been able to catch him. I was thinking on my feet."
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Al fin y al cabo...
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WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT...
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"And when it comes down to it, are we in the meth business? Or the money business?"
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traicionarse;
venderse; liquidar (phrasal verb) |
TO SELL OUT
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"I have not been working this hard just to sell out."
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acosar, acechar
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TO STALK
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"However, I would counter that an open–ended, unrestricted surveillance like this amounts to stalking."
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comerse el mundo, conquistar al mundo
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TO TAKE THE WORLD BY STORM
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"We were gonna take the world by storm."
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lograr llegar
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TO MAKE IT
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"Oh, hi there, I didn't think you were going to make it."
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