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to be responsible for
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estar encargada/o de
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asap
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cuanto antes
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most often
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mas que nada
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just as
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igual de
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We had just started talking...
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Justo habíamos empezado a hablar
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exhausted from so much verb
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agotado/a DE tanto INFINITIVE
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it took him/her a moment to verb (realize)
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tardó un momento EN INFINITIVE (darse cuenta de que)
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to realize that
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darse cuenta DE QUE
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from house to house
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de casa en casa
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I'm fed up with you
(There's) a lot (of food) |
me tienes harta
Hay harta comida |
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towards the end of (winter)
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hacia el final del (invierno)
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call back (or return the favor, etc.)
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te devuelvo la llamada (el favor)
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You had better take your coat.
It would be better not to do it. Better late than never. |
Más vale que te lleves el abrigo.
Más vale no hacerlo. Más vale tarde que nunca. |
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I wouldn’t go even if you paid me.
I kept walking even though my feet hurt. |
No iría, aunque me pagaras.
Seguí caminando aunque me dolían los pies. |
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not in the mood for
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no está para
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to be bored stiff (really really bored)
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aburrirse como una ostra
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no way!
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qué va!
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We’re planning on (staying in DF for a few days.)
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Tenemos pensado quedarnos unos días en DF.
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I'm bad at pirouettes/pirouettes are my weak point
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estoy muy floja en pirouettes.
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Nobody turned their back on me because of it. On the contrary, they congratulated me.
Are you bored? - Not at all, I’m loving it. |
Nadie me dio la espalda por ello. Al contrario, me felicitaron.
¿Te aburres? - Al contrario, me encanta. |
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from now on
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De ahora en adelante
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to be unlucky enough to do or to have the misfortune to
they were unlucky enough to break an arm |
tener la desgracia de hacer
tuvieron la desgracia de fracturarse un brazo |
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in any case/no matter what
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En todo caso
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if not, otherwise
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En caso contrario
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against/opposed to
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ser contrario/a A sustantivo o infinitivo
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the opposite direction
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en sentido contrario/ dirección contraria
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whereas, however, but, on the other hand
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en cambio
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gets on my nerves
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me pone de los nervios
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to be on edge (nervous)
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estar de los nervios
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has the radio on
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tiene el radio puesto
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to complain about a noun
to complain about a verb |
quejarse del/de la sustantivo
quejarse de que indicativo |
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to think yourself to be/ like to think of yourself as
I like to think of myself as generous |
presumir de (sustantivo o adjectivo)
presumo de generosa |
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just to be on the safe side (un decir)
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por si las moscas
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hardly any people (decir)
There were only a few of us there. |
cuatro gatos
No eramos más que cuatro gatos allá. |
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to swindle or to con somebody
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dar gato por liebre (te dieron gato por liebre - they swindled you)
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(#) at a time
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de a #
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every five minutes (constantly)
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cada dos por tres
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look up, down, away, back
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levantar, bajar, apartar, volver la vista
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the right/wrong time
couldn't have been at a better/worse time |
el momento oportuno/inoportuno
no pudo ser más oportuno/inoportuno |
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I’m sorry to bother you.
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Siento mucho molestarle.
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at all
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en absoluto
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anyway,
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en fin,
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in the meantime, in the meanwhile
meanwhile |
en el entretanto
entretanto |
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supposed to
was supposed to |
se supone que (indicativo)
se suponía que (indicativo pasado) |
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as soon as
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en cuanto (+subj si es el futuro)
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to change one´s mind
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cambiar DE idea
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make no mistake
there´s no doubt about it |
¡No le quepa la menor duda!
no cabe la menor duda |
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during the week / on a weekday
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entre semana
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to come to light
to be patently obvious |
saltar a la luz
saltar a la vista |
