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# Ella me lleva dos años
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-> she's 2 years older than I am
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# Llevar mosca
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-> to go away offended and angry
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Llevar una caída,
... golpe, ...porrazo, ... chasco |
to suffer a fall or blow; to be disappointed
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# Le llevamos al teatro -
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> we took him to the theater
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Lleva una vida tranquila
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she leads a quiet life
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# Lleva las desgracias con paciencia
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she bears misfortunes patiently
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# El tren lleva una hora de retraso ->
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the train is an hour late
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# Llevo estudiados 3 capítulos ->
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I have studied 3 chapters
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Llevar a cuestas ->
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1. To carry on one's shoulders or back.
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me llevao a matar con él
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we´re mortal enemies
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este año se lleva el verde
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green is in this year
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yo me llevo siempre las culpas
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-> I always get the blame
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alguien se ha llevado mi sombrero
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someone has taken my hat
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llevo mucho tiempo leyendo
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I've spent a long time reading
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* llevar el paso
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-> to keep in step
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¿cómo lo llevas?
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how are you getting on?
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me llevó un día hacer este guiso
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it took me a day to make this dish
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te llevo seis puntos
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I'm six points ahead of you
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* me llevó en coche
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he drove me there
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lo llevaban en hombros
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they were carrying him on their shoulders
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llevo gafas
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I wear glasses
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no llevo dinero
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I haven't got any money on me
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llevo el pelo largo
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I have long hair
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se complace en comunicar
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is pleased to say that...
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corre un rumor
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-> there's a rumor going round
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a flor de agua/tierra
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-> at water/ground level
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tengo los nervios a flor de piel
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my skin is flowering
(-> my nerves are really on edge |
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la flor de la canela
la flor y nata |
the flower and cream
(-> to be the crème de la crème |
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flor de un día (figurative)
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one-day flower
(flash in the pan |
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le echa flores
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he throws her flowers
(-> pays her compliments |
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pedir peras al olmo
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ask an elm tree for pears
(-> to ask (for) the impossible |
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* lleva la contabilidad
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-> she keeps the books
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# Tiene un padre que se las trae
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-> she has an excessively severe father
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* trae a tus amigos
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-> bring your friends (along)
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¿qué traes ahí?
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what have you got there?
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trae un artículo interesante
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it has an interesting article in it
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¿qué trae ese sobre?
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what's in that envelope?
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* le pidió prestado
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he borrowed...
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pide un millón por la moto ->
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he's asking a million for the motorbike
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¿qué has pedido de postre?
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what have you ordered for dessert?
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# Ponerse los pantalones
# Llevar ... |
wear the pants
(to show who is the boss |
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saber dónde le aprieta el zapato
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know where the shoe pinches her
(be able to deal with someone |
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# Andar con zapatos de fieltro
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go with felt shoes
(-> to proceed with great caution and silence |
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vivir de gorra
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(informal) -> to scrounge
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está pegado a las faldas de su madre
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(informal figurative) -> to be tied to his/her mother's apron strings
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le sentó en la falda de ella
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sat on her lap
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se ha criado bajo las faldas de mamá
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raised under his mother´s skirts
(he´s led a very sheltered life |
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iba vestido con
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dressed in
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a través de los siglos
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through the ages
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traje de novia ->
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wedding dress
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* traje de época
* traje típico - |
period dress
national dress |
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# ligero de ropa
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scantily clad
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nadar y guardar la ropa
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swim but stay dressed
(to cover one's back |
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ropa de abrigo
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warm clothes
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ir a por lana y volver esquilado
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-> to be hoist with one's own petard, have the shoe on the other foot
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Tiene más lana que un borrego.
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He´s got more wool than a lamb
(he´s loaded with cash, has money to burn |
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A otro perro con ese hueso"
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Go to another dog with that bone
(Go tell it to the Marines (with dogs) |
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Es el mismo perro con otro collar”
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It’s the same thing under a different name (same dog, new collar)
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Llevarse el gato al agua
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To pull it off-- get a cat to water
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Eso lo sabe hasta el gato
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Everybody knows that -- even the cat
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Ser más listo que el hambre
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he´s as sharp as a tack -- smarter than hunger
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a sangre caliente
a sangre fría |
in the heat of the moment
coldbloodedly |
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me arde la sangre cuando...
me bulle... me enciende... me hierve... |
it makes my blood boil when ... (4ways)
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les bulle la sangre en las venas
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the blood is boiling in their veins
(they are bursting with energy |
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hace correr la sangre
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sheds blood
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a sangre y fuego
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by blood and fire
(ruthlessly |
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me hago muy mala sangre cuando...
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I get really annoyed (bad blood)
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tiene la sangre de horchata
...de atole |
he´s got blood of horchata
(he´s cold-blooded |
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es de sangre ligera
es liviano de sangre es de sangre pesada |
he´s easy-going (2 ways) -- light blooded
he´s not very nice (Chile) -- heavy blooded |
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anda con sangre en el ojo
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has blood in his eye
(he bears a grudge |
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pero no llegó la sangre al río
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the blood didn´t get to the river
(but it didn´t amount to much |
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no tiene sangre en las venas
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he´s bloodless
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lo llevo en la sangre
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it´s in my blood
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la sangre tira
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blood is thicker than water
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San Isidro
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patron saint of Madrid, also a May celebration in Madrid with theatre and bullfighting
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corta por lo sano
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go right to the root of the problem
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es en Sansón
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he´s tremendously strong (a Samson)
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santiaguero
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a faith healer
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en un santiamén
en menos que canta un gallo en un dos por tres en un abrir y cerrar de ojos |
in a flash (4 ways)
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santificado sea Tu Nombre
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hallowed be thy name
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le hace la santísima
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she drives him up the wall
(plays the little saint) |
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santiguarse
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to cross oneself
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hace su santa voluntad
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she does as she jolly well pleases
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con su santa calma
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as cool as a cucumber
(with his sainted calmness) |
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santo patrón
... titular |
patron saint (2 ways)
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¿a santo de qué?
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why on earth?
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¡por todos los santos!
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for Pete´s sake!
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no es santo de mi devoción
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its not my saint
(my cup of tea |
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desnuda a un santo para vestir otro
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robs Peter to pay Paul
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se le fue el santo al cielo
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his saint went off to heaven
(he lost his train of thought |
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fue llegar y besar el santo
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was like getting there and kissing the saint
(it was a piece of cake |
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se come los santos
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she eats saints
(she´s terribly devout |
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tiene el santo de cara
... de espaldas |
he has the luck of the devil
... rotten luck |
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es mi santo
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its my name day
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con saña
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viciously
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saquito de papel
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paper bag
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es un sarcasmo que
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its ludicrous that...
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como sardinas en lata
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like sardines
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condena a perpetuidad
cadena perpetua |
life sentence (2 ways)
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me miró perplejo
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he gave me a perplexed look
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perro callejero
... vagabundo |
a stray dog (2 ways)
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perro dogo
... de presa |
bulldog (2 ways)
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perro lobo
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German Shepherd
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allí atan los perros con longaniza
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where they tie dogs with sausages
(the land of milk and honey |
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un humor de perros
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a rotten mood
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le echó los perros
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he set the dogs on him (lit and fig)
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eché una hora a perros
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I threw an hour to the dogs
(I wasted a whole hour |
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hace perro muerto
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avoids paying (plays dead) (Child, Peru)
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mete los perros en danza
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set the dogs dancing
(gets things riled up |
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se llevan como perro y gato
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they fight like cats and dogs
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le trata como a un perro
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she treats him like a dog
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es perro viejo
...gato... |
he´s an old hand (2 ways)
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a perro flaco todo son pulgas
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it never rains but it pours (refrán)
(the skinny dog gets the fleas) |
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perro ladrador, poco mordador
perro que ladra no muerde |
his bark is worse than his bite (2 ways)
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¡qué perra vida!
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life´s a bitch!
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está en plena persecución
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to be in full pursuit
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persecución sexual
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sexual harassment
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lo persiguen los remordimientos
... la mala suerte |
he is plagued by remorse
... by bad luck |
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se enrolla como una persiana
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she unrolls like a window shade
(she goes on and on |
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pero que muy...
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but really (pretty, wrong, whatever)
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le dio gato por liebre
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he conned her
(gave her a cat for a rabbit) |
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no había más que cuatro gatos
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there was hardly a soul there (no more than 4 cats)
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aqui hay gato encerrado
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a cooped up cat
(there´s something fishy going on here |
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juege al gato y al ratón con él
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she plays cat and mouse with him
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se llevó el gato al agua
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she pulled it off (got the cat to water)
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el gato escaldado del agua fría huye
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a burnt cat flees the water
(once burnt, twice shy |
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de noche todos los gatos son pardos
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at night all cats are brown
(everything looks the same in the dark |
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gato romano
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tabby cat
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gavillero
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gunman
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gaya ciencia
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the art of poetry
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cazar un gazapo
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spot a mistake
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gazmoño
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prudish, sanctimonious
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refrescar el gaznate
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wet your whistle
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gaznetón
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loudmouth
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de gazpacho no hay empacho
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you don´t get sick on gazpacho
(you can´t have too much of a good thing (refrán) |
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esto es como la ley del embudo
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there´s one law for some people and amother law for the rest of us
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embutido en
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stuffed into
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llorar de emoción
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be moved to tears
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nos comunica una emoción de...
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it gives us a feeling of...
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sentí gran emoción
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I felt great excitement
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se emociona y no para de hablar
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she gets carried away and won´t stop talking
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estoy empachado de...
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I got indigestion from
(or, I´m fed up with...) |
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el chocolate empacha
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chocolate gives indigestion
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sin empacho
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without ceremony
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no tiene empacho en
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he has no objections to...
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me empalaga
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is too sweet for me, is cloying
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empalmar con
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link up with
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se empantana en
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gets bogged down in
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empañados en lágrimas
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wet with tears
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empapado hasta los huesos
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drenched to the bone
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se empaparon de aceite
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soaked up the oil
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se empapó de
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he crammed (a subject)
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¡para que te empapes!
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so there!
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emparentarse con
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marry into
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empaste
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a filling (dental)
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quedan empatados
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they´re tied (in a game)
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se empecina en
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she´s stubborn about / persists in...
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un bebedor empedernido
fumador pecador soltero |
a heavy/unrepentant drinker
smoker sinner bachelor |
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galleta salada
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cracker
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me acosté con las gallinas
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I went to bed with the chickens
(I went to bed early |
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anda como gallina clueca
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she´s as pleased as a hen with an egg, pleased as punch
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está como gallina con huevos
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she´s like a hen with eggs
(she´s distrustful |
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¡hasta que meen las gallinas!
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when pigs fly!
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matar la gallina de los huevos de oro
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kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
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las gallinas de arriba ensucian a las de abajo
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it´s the chicken at the bottom of the pecking order that suffers (refrán)
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jugar a la gallina ciega
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play blind man´s bluff
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gallina ponedora
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laying hen
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gallinaza
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hen droppings
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se puso gallito
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he got cocky
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es el gallito del grupo
...del mundo |
he´s the top rooster(2 ways)
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comió gallo
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suffered a setback
(ate the rooster) |
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como gallo en corral ajeno
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like a rooster in a foreign yard
(like a fish out of water |
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está como gallo en el gallinero
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he´s well respected
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alzar el gallo
levantar... |
to bawl, carry on
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SKIP
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SKIP
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otro gallo cantaría
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things would be different
(another rooste would crow) |
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hay gallo tapado
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I smell a rat (a covered rooster)
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tiene mucho gallo
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he´s cocky
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anda siempre en gallos
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he goes round in roosters
(his clothes are all hand-me-downs |
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le quitaron los galones
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they took his stripes
(they demoted him |
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aumentó a un ritmo galopante
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shot up, increased very quickly
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a galope tendido
a medio galope |
at full gallop
at a canter |
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una extensa gama de colores
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an extensive range of colors
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alto de gama
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at the top of the range
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comer con ganas
reirse ... |
to eat heartily
to laugh heartily |
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con ganas de trabajar
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willing to work, hardworking
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con ganas de divertirse
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keen to enjoy themselves
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le entran ganas de
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he gets the urge to
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me quedé con las ganas de saberlo
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I never got to find out
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se me han quitado las ganas de saberlo
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I don´t feel like finding out any more
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lo hace sin ganas
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he does it reluctantly
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tengo ganas de ir al servicio
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I need to go to the loo
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tengo ganas de que llegue el sábado
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I´m looking forward to Saturday
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tengo poco ganas de ir
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I don´t really feel like going
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de buena gana te ayudaría, pero no puedo
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I´d really like to help you, but I can´t
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es mal con ganas
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he´s thoroughly nasty
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haz lo que te dé la gana
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do just as you please
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me visto como me da la gana
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I dress the way I want to
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donde hay gana hay maña
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where there´s a will, there´s a way
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gana tiene de coles quien besa al hortelano
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she who kisses the gardener loves cabbage
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íbamos amontonados como sardines
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we were packed in like sardines
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ganancias y pérdidas
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profits and losses
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no le arriendo la ganancia
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I don´t envy him, I don´t begrudge him the advantage
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llegó a los doce cabales
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he arrived exactly at 12
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una idea cabal del asunto
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a clear picture of the matter
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nos proporciona
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provides us with
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no está en sus cabales
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she´s not in her right mind
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perdió sus cabales por ella
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he lost his mind over her
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cabalgar al pelo
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ride bareback
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la cabalgata de Reyes
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12th Night Procession (Jan 5) -- parade with floats, 3 Kings throw sweets to children
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caballería de carga
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beast of burden
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se anda en caballerías
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he´s overdoing the compliments
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es todo un caballero
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he´s a real gentleman
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los caballeros de la Tabla Redonda
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Knights of the Round Table
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le armaron caballero
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they knighted him
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el Caballero de la Triste Figura
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Don Quixote
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caballete de serrar
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saw horse
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la llevó a caballito
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gave her a piggyback ride
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caballito del diablo
caballito de mar / marino caballito de niño |
dragonfly
seahorse rocking horse |
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tropas de a caballo
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mounted troops
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una dosis de caballo
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a huge dose, a horse pill
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una depressión de caballo
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a horse depression
(huge |
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a caballo entre oriente y occidente
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halfway between east and west
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como caballo desbocado
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rashly, like a runaway horse
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a caballo regalado no mires el diente
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don´t look a gift horse in the mouth
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caballo de tiro
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cart horse
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está de cabanga
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she´s homesick (CAm)
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cabaña de madera
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log cabin
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dar cabeceadas
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to nod off
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apareció en la cabecera
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made the headlines
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en la cabecera de la mesa
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at the head of the table
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llevaba el cabello recogido atrás
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she wore her hair tied back
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te deja los cabellos brillantes
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it leaves your hair shiny
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¡no me cabe en la cabeza!
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I can´t get my head around it!
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no cabe en sí de gozo
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he can´t contain himself from joy
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en este depósito caben 20 litres
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this tank holds 20 gallons
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no cabe por la puerta
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won´t fit thru the door
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sólo caben dos explicaciones
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there are only 2 possible explanations
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todo cabe en ese chico
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that boy is capable of anything (behavior)
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no cabe en él hacerlo
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he doesn´t have it in him
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ya no caben más lamentaciones
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it´s no use complaining (any longer)
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no cabe perdón
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it´s inexcusable
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más bella que cabe imaginar
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the most beautiful imaginable
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cabe intentar
cabe preguntar |
it would be worth trying...
one might ask... |
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dentro de lo que cabe
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under the circumstances
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no cabe más que
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we can´t do anything but...
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cabe la posibilidad que/de
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it´s possible that
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aún mejor, si cabe
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even better if possible.
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me cabe el honor de...
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I have the honor to...
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cabestrillo
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a sling
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le llevó del cabestro
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led him by the nose
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por encima de nuestras cabezas
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overhead
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afirmar con la cabeza
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nod affirmatively
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caer de cabeza
|
fall headlong
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negar con la cabeza
|
to shake one´s head
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por cabeza
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per person
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se tiró al agua de cabeza
|
he dove headlong into the water
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se me va la cabeza
|
I feel giddy
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volver la cabeza
|
to turn one´s head
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me da vueltas la cabeza
|
my head is spinning
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será necesario cortar cabezas
|
heads will roll
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esconder la cabeza
|
keep one´s head down
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se me fue de la cabeza
|
it went right out of my head
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se juega la cabeza
|
he´s risking his neck
|
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se lanzó de cabeza a
|
he rushed headlong into
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sigue sin levantar la cabeza
no termina de... |
hasn´t managed to get his head up
(turn the corner (2 ways) |
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hace falta estar mal de la cabeza para...
|
you´d have to be out of your head to...
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mantener la cabeza fuera del agua
|
keep your head above water
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metió la cabeza en la arena
|
she hid her head in the sand
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por fin le metimos en la cabeza que...
|
we finally got it into his head that...
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la tengo metido en la cabeza
|
I´ve got it stuck in my head
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jamás se me pasó por la cabeza
|
it never went through my mind
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tiene cabeza de pollo
|
has a chicken head
(she has a memory like a sieve |
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se rompió la cabeza
|
he wracked his brains
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el vino se me subió a la cabeza
|
the wine went to my head
|
|
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tiene la cabeza dura
|
he has a hard head (stubborn)
|
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tiene la cabeza sobre los hombros
|
he´s got a head on his shoulders
(he has his head screwed on right |
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va en cabeza
|
he´s in the lead
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le saca una cabeza a...
|
he´s a head taller than...
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cabeza caliente
|
hothead
|
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cabeza de chorlito
|
scatterbrain
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cabeza de turco
|
scapegoat
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cabeza de serrín
cabeza hueca |
airhead (2 ways)
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cabeza rapada
|
skin head
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dar cabezadas
|
to doze
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|
lo llevaron de los cabezones
|
they dragged him along against his will
|
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no hay cabida para 20
no puede dar cabida a 20 |
can´t hold 20 (2 ways)
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|
se da cabida a
|
opens the way for...
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no hay cabida para supersticiones
|
there´s no room for supersticions
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cabildeo
|
intrigues
|
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|
calculé a ojo
|
I made a rough guess
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écha la harina a ojo
|
add the flour without measuring
|
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en un abrir y cerrar de ojos
|
in a twinkling, in a moment
|
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ver algo con buenos ojos
|
to look well on
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|
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a ojos cerrados
|
eyes closed
(without a second thought |
|
|
tiene ojo clínico
|
she has good intuition
|
|
|
cuesta un ojo de la cara
|
it costs an arm and a leg
|
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da en los ojos
|
is conspicuous
|
|
|
es el ojo derecho de su abuela
|
he´s the apple of his grandmother´s eye
|
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|
te tiene echado el ojo
|
he has his eye on you
(could be good or bad....) |
|
|
te tiene entre ojos
|
he has it in for you
|
|
|
hacer del ojo
|
wink (archaic)
|
|
|
ven de malos ojos que
|
they disapprove of...
|
|
|
¡no es nada lo del ojo!
|
its no big deal
|
|
|
no pegué ojo en toda la noche
|
I didn´t sleep all night
|
|
|
SKIP
|
SKIP
|
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|
se le pusieron los ojos como platos
|
she was wide'eyed with amazement
|
|
|
da en los ojos
|
is conspicuous
|
|
|
es el ojo derecho de su abuela
|
he´s the apple of his grandmother´s eye
|
|
|
te tiene echado el ojo
|
he has his eye on you
(could be good or bad....) |
|
|
te tiene entre ojos
|
he has it in for you
|
|
|
SKIP
|
SKIP
|
|
|
ven de malos ojos que
|
they look with evil eyes on...
(they disapprove of... |
|
|
¡no es nada lo del ojo!
|
its no big deal
|
|
|
no pegué ojo en toda la noche
|
I didn´t sleep all night
|
|
|
se le salieron los ojos de las órbitas
|
his eyes popped out of his head
|
|
|
se le pusieron los ojos como platos
|
she was wide-eyed with amazement
|
|
|
le pone ojos
|
he´s looking at her longingly
|
|
|
en mis propios ojos
|
right before my eyes
|
|
|
eso sale de ojos
da en los ojos |
it´s obvious (2 ways)
|
|
|
tengo ojo para..
|
I´m a good judge of...
|
|
|
es todo ojos
|
he´s all eyes
|
|
|
a ojos vistas
|
visibly
|
|
|
ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente
|
out of sight, out of mind (refrán)
|
|
|
ojo amoratado
|
black eye
|
|
|
paseó los ojos por la sala
|
he looked around the living room
|
|
|
torcer los ojos
|
squint
|
|
|
le clava los ojos
|
she´s staring at him
|
|
|
me entra por los ojos
|
(food) is mouth-watering
(comes in through the eyes |
|
|
tiene los ojos puestos en
|
he´s focussed on
|
|
|
salta a los ojos
|
its blindingly obvious
|
|
|
España tiene los ojos puestos en...
|
all eyes in Spain are on...
|
|
|
¡ojo!
|
careful!
|
|
|
hay que ir con ojo
|
you have to keep your eyes open for trouble
|
|
|
el ojo de la cerradura
|
the keyhole
|
|
|
un puente de cuatro ojos
|
a bridge with 4 spans
|
|
|
ojo de buey
|
porthole
|
|
|
la primera oleada del ataque
|
the first wave of the attack
|
|
|
pintar al óleo
|
paint in oils
|
|
|
ha olido lo que estás tramando
|
he suspects what you´re up to *
|
|
|
huele que alimienta
|
it smells heavenly *
|
|
|
te huelen los pies
... el aliento |
your feet smell
your breath... |
|
|
huele a quemado
|
there´s a burnt smell
|
|
|
sus excusas me huelen a camelo
... a chamusquina |
his excuses sound fishy to me *
|
|
|
se olía que...
|
he had the feeling that...
(suspicion) |
|
|
nadie se había olido nada
|
nobody suspected anything
|
|
|
oligofrénico
|
mentally handicapped
|
|
|
nos pasó olímpicamente
|
he completely snubbed us
|
|
|
nos despreció de forma olímpica
|
he was utterly contemptuous of us
|
|
|
nanay *
nasti ** |
no way, nothing doing *
|
|
|
tengo la nariz tapada
|
I have a stuffy nose
|
|
|
nariz respingona
|
turned up nose
|
|
|
me da en la nariz que
|
I have a feeling that *
|
|
|
se dio de narices con la puerta
|
he bumped into the door *
|
|
|
de las narices
de narices (much milder) |
damn * Esp
|
|
|
una bronca de narices
|
a hell of a telling off
|
|
|
me encuentro de narices
|
I feel great
|
|
|
en sus propias narices
|
right under his nose
|
|
|
estoy hasta las narices
|
I´m fed up
|
|
|
se le hincharon las narices
|
he blew his top * (Esp)
|
|
|
mete las narices en todo
|
he pokes his nose into eveything *
|
|
|
eso me paso por las narices
|
I couldn´t care less *
|
|
|
tiene que ser por narices
|
had better be, no matter what, that´s that * (Esp)
|
|
|
restregar por las narices
pasar por las narices |
show off
|
|
|
hazlo o te rompo las narices
|
do it or I´ll smash your face in
|
|
|
se están todo el día tocando las narices
|
they sit around all day doing nothing
|
|
|
no ven más allá de sus narices
|
they can´t see beyond the end of their noses *
|
|
|
¿dónde narices están...?
|
where in the world are ...
|
|
|
¡qué días de fiestas ni que narices?
|
holidays? what are you talking about?
|
|
|
se cebó conmigo
|
she vented her anger on me
|
|
|
la oposición se cebó con el presidente
|
the opposition launched a savage attack on the president
|
|
|
"ceda el paso"
|
"give way", "yield"
|
|
|
ceder terreno
ceder la palabra |
to give ground
to give the floor to someone |
|
|
ceder al chantaje
|
give in to blackmail
|
|
|
no ceden en su empeño de...
|
they´re not giving up on their attempt to...
|
|
|
el tejido ha cedido
el techo ha cedido |
the fabric has stretched
the roof gave way |
|
|
cédula en blanco
|
blank check
|
|
|
cejas pobladas
|
bushy eyebrows
|
|
|
endeudado hasta las cejas
|
in debt up to his eyebrows *
|
|
|
meterse algo entre ceja y ceja
|
to get something firmly into one´s head *
|
|
|
se quema las cejas
|
he´s burning the midnight oil
|
|
|
sin cejar
|
unflinchingly
|
|
|
no ceja en su trabajo
|
he´s keeping up the work
|
|
|
caer en la celada
|
to fall in the trap
|
|
|
celar la justicia
|
to see that justice is done
|
|
|
tener mucha labia
|
have the gift of gab
|
|
|
es muy valiente de labios para afuera
|
he comes off as brave, he seems brave on the face of it
|
|
|
no descoser los labios
|
keep one´s mouth shut
|
|
|
no se muerde los labios
|
she doesn´t pull punches, she´s outspoken
|
|
|
sin despegar los labios
|
without saying a word
|
|
|
"profesión: sus labores"
|
"profession: housewife"
|
|
|
labor de chinos
|
tedious job
|
|
|
labor de equipo
|
teamwork
|
|
|
laca para uñas
|
nail polish
|
|
|
¡a la orden!
|
yes sir!
(at your orders) |
|
|
estoy a la orden para lo que necesites
|
if you need anything, just ask
|
|
|
¡a sus ordenes!
|
at your service
|
|
|
ordenación urbana
|
city planning
|
|
|
ordenadamente colocados
|
neatly arranged
|
|
|
tiene toda la casa muy ordenada
|
she keeps the house very neat
|
|
|
de ordinario coge el autobús para ir a trabajar
|
he usually takes the bus to work
|
|
|
cuenta chistes ordinarios
|
he tells crude jokes
|
|
|
aguza las orejas
|
he pricks up his ears
|
|
|
le calentó las orejas
|
she boxed his ears
|
|
|
descubrir la oreja
enseñar la oreja |
show one´s true colors
|
|
|
con las orejas gachas
|
with his tail between his legs
|
|
|
hacer orejas
|
to listen to sense
|
|
|
le pone las orejas coloradas
|
he´s embarrassing her, making her blush
|
|
|
reír de oreja a oreja
|
to beam, to grin (smile from ear to ear)
|
|
|
verle las orejas al lobo
|
to get a sudden fright
|
|
|
se le ve la oreja
|
you can see his little game
(you can see hi sears sticking up) |
|
|
dibujo al carbón
|
charcoal drawing
|
|
|
dibujo al pulso
|
freehand drawing
|
|
|
es una dicha poder
|
it is a happy thing to be able to ...
|
|
|
con esto queda todo dicho
|
that says it all
|
|
|
o dicho de otro modo
|
putting it another way
in other words |
|
|
lo dejó dicho lo que...
|
she gave him instructions about...
|
|
|
dicho y hecho
|
no sooner said than done
|
|
|
o mejor dicho
|
or rather
|
|
|
dicho sea de paso
|
incidentally
|
|
|
para dicho propósito...
|
for that purpose...
|
|
|
como dice el dicho...
|
as the saying goes
|
|
|
del dicho al hecho hay mucho trecho
|
saying is one thing, doing is another (refrán)
|
|
|
me siento dichosa de hacer...
|
I feel privileged to ...
|
|
|
¡dichosos los ojos!
|
How nice to see you!
|
|
|
departmento de didáctica
|
education dept
|
|
|
echar los dientes
le están saliendo los dientes |
to teethe
he´s teething |
|
|
diente cariado
|
bad tooth
|
|
|
estar a diente
|
to be ravenous
|
|
|
decir algo para dientes afuera
|
to say one thing and mean another
|
|
|
enseñar los dientes
|
to turn nasty
|
|
|
hablar entre dientes
|
to say under one´s breath
|
|
|
nunca pude hincarle el diente a ese libro
|
I never could sink my teeth into that book
|
|
|
se me ponen los dientes largos
|
I get green with envy
|
|
|
pelar el diente
|
smile affectedly (L Am)
|
|
|
tener buen diente
|
be a good eater
|
|
|
más cerca están mis dientes que mis parientes
|
charity begins at home (refrán)
|
|
|
a diestro y siniestro
|
right left and center
|
|
|
estar a dieta
|
be on a diet
|
|
|
un lempo de caballo
|
a great big horse (Andes)
|
|
|
según las malas lenguas
|
according to ggossip
|
|
|
saque la lengua
|
stick out your tongue
|
|
|
anda en las lenguas
|
he´s the talk of the town
|
|
|
le ató la lengua
le tapó la boca |
he silenced her (2 ways)
|
|
|
le busca la lengua
|
he picked a quarrel with her
|
|
|
se da a la lengua
|
he talks too much, he chatters
|
|
|
se da la lengua
|
he french-kisses
|
|
|
se me fue de la lengua
|
I let the cat out of the bag
|
|
|
se hace lenguas de eso
|
he praises it to the skies
|
|
|
llegó con la lengua fuera
|
he arrived out of breath
|
|
|
se mordió la lengua
|
se held her tongue
|
|
|
nació con la lengua fuera
|
he was born idle
|
|
|
no muerde la lengua
no tiene pelos en la lengua |
she doesn´t mince words (2 ways)
|
|
|
lo tengo en la punta de la lengua
|
I have it on the tip of my tongue
|
|
|
soltó la lengua
|
he spilled the beans
(he shot off his tongue) |
|
|
le tiró de la lengua
|
he drew her out, got her to talk
|
|
|
lengua de trapo
|
baby talk
|
|
|
lengua larga
lengua viperina |
sharp tongue
vicious tongue |
|
|
en lenguaje llano
|
in plain language, in plain English
|
|
|
lenguaje de programación
|
programming language
|
|
|
ganarse las lentejas
|
to earn one´s way
|
|
|
a un ritmo lento
|
sluggishly
|
|
|
hacer leña
|
gather firewood
|
|
|
echar leña al fuego
|
add fuel to the fire
|
|
|
llevar leña al monte
|
carry coals to Newcastle
|
|
|
le dio leña
...sacudió ... le cargó leña de él ... hartó ... |
gave him thrashing
|
|
|
trincar leña
|
to sweat blood
|
|
|
durmió como un leño
|
he slept like a log
|
|
|
hacer leño del árbol caído
|
to kick someone while he´s down
|
|
|
estoy hecha un león
|
I´m furious (as a lion)
|
|
|
carro blindado
|
armored car
|
|
|
taquigrafía
|
shorthand
|
|
|
bloque publicitario
|
commercial break
|
|
|
me bloqueé en el examen
|
my mind went blank on the exam
|
|
|
me quedé bloqueado ante tanta información
|
I was overwhelmed by so much information
|
|
|
siempre me bloqueo ante el peligro
|
I always freeze in the face of danger
|
|
|
cuando me habla me bloqueo
|
when he talks to me, I get tongue-tied
|
|
|
burlar el bloqueo
forzar el bloqueo |
run the blockade
|
|
|
no para de hacer bobadas
|
he keeps doing stupid things
|
|
|
de bóbilis
|
gratis, without lifting a finger
|
|
|
andar bobo con tecnología
|
be crazy about technology
|
|
|
entre bobos anda el juego
|
one´s as bad as the other (refrán)
|
|
|
a los bobos se les aparece la madre de Dios
|
fortune favors fools (refrán)
|
|
|
está tumbado boca abajo
|
he´s lying face down
|
|
|
boca de escorpión
|
a wicked tongue
|
|
|
suena extraño en boca de un socialista
|
it sounds strange coming from a socialist
|
|
|
está en boca de todos
|
everyone´s talking about it
|
|
|
por boca del negociador
|
through a negotiator
|
|
|
no abrió la boca en toda la tarde
|
he didn´t open his mouth all afternoon
|
|
|
la cosa anda de boca en boca
|
going from mouth to mouth
(the story is doing the rounds |
|
|
ella anda de boca en boca
|
everyone is talking about her
|
|
|
de boca para fuera
|
lipservice
|
|
|
decir algo con la boca chica
... pequeña |
to say something without really meaning it
|
|
|
hablar por boca de ganso
|
to parrot opinions
(to goose opinions) |
|
|
hacer boca
se me hace la boca agua |
to whet the appetite
it makes my mouth water |
|
|
le busca la boca
|
he trying to provoke her
|
|
|
se le llena la boca del coche
|
all he can talk about is his car
|
|
|
se metió en la boca del lobo
le metió en la boca del lobo |
she put her head in the lion´s mouth
he put her on the spot |
|
|
oscuro como boca de lobo
|
pitch black
|
|
|
todo salió a pedir de boca
|
everything came out perfectly (refrán)
|
|
|
se quedó con la boca abierta
|
he was open-mouthed with astonishment
|
|
|
me lo has quitado de la boca
|
you took the words right out of my mouth
|
|
|
torcer la boca
|
to sneer
|
|
|
en boca cerrada no entran moscas
por la boca muere el pez |
silence is golden
a closed mouth catches no flies (refrán) (2 ways) |
|
|
el que tiene boca equivoca
|
to err is human
|
|
|
bebe a boca de jarro
|
he drinks to excess
|
|
|
lo disparó a boca de jarro
|
he shot him point-black
|
|
|
tener buena boca
|
to have a good flavor
|
|
|
son seis bocas las que tengo que alimentar
|
I have six mouths to feed
|
|
|
a bocaditos
|
piecemeal
|
|
|
no he probado bocado en todo el día
|
I haven´t had a bite to eat all day
|
|
|
hablar entre bocado y bocado
|
talk between mouthfuls
|
|
|
no hay para un bocado
|
there´s not enough, not even a mouthful
|
|
|
el bocado del león
|
the lion´s share
|
|
|
bocado sin hueso
|
a sinecure, easy job
|
|
|
bocado de Adán
|
Adam´s apple
|
|
|
le he dado sólo un bocado de tu bocadilla
|
I just had a bite of your sandwich
|
|
|
decir a bocajarro
|
to say bluntly, point-blank
|
|
|
echar bocanadas
|
to brag, boast
|
|
|
dar boche a
|
to snub (L Am)
|
|
|
ser un bocho
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to be brainy
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¡qué bochorno!
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how embarrassing!
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toca la bocina
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he blows his horn (automobile)
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ázimo
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unleavened
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temblar como un azogado
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shake like a leaf
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es un azogue
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he´s always on the go
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tiene azogue
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he´s restless
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azota las calles
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he´s loiters around the streets
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condenado a 100 azotes
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sentenced to 100 lashes
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azotes y galeras
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the same old stuff
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azulgrana
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the blue and scarlet (Barcelona Futbol)
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azuzar a los perros a
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set the dogs on
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sangre azul
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noble blood
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un amago de mapa
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a sketch of a map
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un amago de sonrisa
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the suggestion of a smile
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amago tormentoso
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outbreak of bad weather
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vivir amancebados
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to live in sin (archaic)
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el día amaneció lloviendo
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at daybreak it was raining
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amanece a las siete
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it gets light at seven
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ameneció acatarrado
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he woke with a cold
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amanecieron bailando
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they danced all night
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¿como amaneciste?
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how are you this morning?
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nación amante de la paz
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a peace-loving nation
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amañar
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to rig, fake, tamper with (esp election)
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ya se amaña en Quito
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he´s already feeling at home in Quito
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ponerse como una amapola
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turn red as a beet
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tiene amaño para
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she´s has an aptitude for...
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le amargó la vida
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she made his life a misery
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a nadie le amarga un dulce
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no one is more bitter for a sweet
(something is better than nothing |
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más amargo que tueras
más amargo que la hiel |
more bitter than gall (2 ways)
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amarillismo
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sensationalism
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para mí es griego
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it´s all Greek to me
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agua de grifo
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tapwater
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cerrar el grifo
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cut off the funds
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¡eso es grilla y no canta!
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a likely story!
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me da grima
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it puts my teeth on edge
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gris marengo
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dark gray
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le gritaron que callara
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they shouted at him to be quiet
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llorar a gritos
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to weep and wail
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pegar un grito
lanzar un grito |
give a shout (2 ways)
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está poniendo el grito en el cielo
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he´s screaming bloody murder
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esa chica está pidiendo un corte de pelo a gritos
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that girl needs a haircut badly
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a grito pelado
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at the top of her voice
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el último grito
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the latest thing
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grito de independencia
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proclamation of independence
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el ambiente convida a ...
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the environment is conducive to ...
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convertirse al Islam
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to convert to Islam
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trabar conversación con
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to strike up a conversation with
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convocatoria de huelga
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call to strike
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hay que echarle muchas horas
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it takes a long time
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echaron una programa sobre...
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there was a show about...
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voy a echarme un rato
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I´m going to lie down for a bit
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échate un poco para la izquierda/ para atrás
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move a little to the left / back
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se las echa de experto
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he makes himself out to be an expert
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el modernismo hizo eclosión...
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modernism burst onto the scene (literally, hatched)
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el partido ecologista
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the Green party
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libre empresa
libre mercado |
free market
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los económicamente fuertes / débiles
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the economically well-off / badly-off
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economizar tiempo
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to save time
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está previsto hacer...
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there are plans to ...
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me hizo mucho servicio
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I got a lot of use out of it
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servidora
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yours truly
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no se puede servir a Dios y al diablo
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no man can serve two masters (refrán)
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¿te sirvo un poco más?
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Can I give you a little more (food)?
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servir la mesa
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serve the meal
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todavía puede servir
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it might still be useful
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puede servir para limpiar ...
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its good for cleaning (a material)
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¿para qué sirve esto?
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what is this good for?
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no está sirviendo para nada
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is not accomplishing anything
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yo no servía para médico
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I wouldn´t be any good as a doctor
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servir de guía
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be useful as a guide
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por si sirve
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in case its useful
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no sirve de nada hacer...
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its no use doing ...
it doesn't help to... |
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¿de qué sirve mentir?
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what´s the use of lying?
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se sirvieron de la oscuridad para...
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they made use of the darkness to...
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estar hecho un eccehomo
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be in a sorry state
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¿qué te han echado los Reyes?
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What did you get for Christmas?
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échame agua
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could you pour me some water
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no me eches tanto
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don´t give me so much
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echar de comer a los animales
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feed the animals
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resiste lo que le echan
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she can take whatever they throw at her
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la chimenea echa humo
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smoke is coming out of the chimney
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echa peste
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to stink
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últimamente
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recently
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¡vaya mal genio que has echado!
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you´ve become really bad tempered
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echar la llave
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to lock
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echar la persiana
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to draw the blinds
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echar el cuerpo hacía atrás
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lean back
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échale una hora andando
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give it an hour for walking / if you walk
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¿cuantos años le echas?
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how old do you think she is?
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echar las cartas
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to read the cards (fortune-telling)
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¿echamos un café?
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shall we have a coffee?
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echar un cigarillo
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smoke a cigarette
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seriado
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mass-produced
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tamaño de serie
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standard-sized
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fabricación en serie
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mass production
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serimiri
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drizzle
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me voy a poner seria contigo si ...
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I´m going to get cross with you if ...
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¿lo dices en serio?
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do you really mean it?
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una empresa seria
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a reliable firm
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no es serio que
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its not responsible to
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vaya sermón que nos saltó
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what a lecture we got
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serpiente de verano
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a filler story (used to fill out the newspapers during a slow season)
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serpiente boa / de anteojos / de cascabel / pitón
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boa constrictor / cobra / rattlesnake / python
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estar de servicio
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to be on duty
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estar libre de servicio
estar fuera de servicio |
to be off duty
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servicio al domicilio
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home delivery
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fulminar a alguien con la mirada
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to look daggers at someone
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hacer algo en plan fullero
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to botch something
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estar fumado
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to be stoned (on drugs)
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realizar una función
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perform a function
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hace la función de puerta
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acts as a door
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desempeñar la función de director
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act as director
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tener la función de
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have the role / function of
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en función de
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as a function of, according to
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estar en función de
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to depend on, be a function of, be on the basis of
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el matrimonio no funcionó
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the marriage didn´t work out
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le admitieron a caución
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they granted him bail
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caudales públicos
|
public funds
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le causó una honda impresión
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made a great impression on him
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hombre cavernícola
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caveman
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