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to be necessary to, to be essential to
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haber (in the third-person singular) que + infinitive
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Hay que comer. It is necessary to eat. Habrá que salir a las tres. It will be necessary to leave at 3.
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to be to, to be supposed
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haber de + infinitive
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Hemos de salir a las tres. We are to leave at 3. He de viajar a Nueva York. I am supposed to go to New York.
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must (in the sense of showing high probability)
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haber de + infinitive
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Ha de ser inteligente. He must be intelligent. Había de ser las nueve de la noche. It must have been 9 p.m.
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Once upon a time ...
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había una vez (or, less frequently, hubo una vez)
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Había una vez un granjero que tenía una granja muy grande. Once upon a time there was a farmer with a very large farm.
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to be no such thing
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no haber tal
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No hay tal cosa como un almuerzo gratis. There's no such thing as a free lunch.
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Hi! What's happening?
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¡Qué hubo!, ¡Quihúbole! (regional variation)
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Don't mention it. It's not important. No big deal.
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No hay de qué.
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to have it out with, to quarrel with
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habérselas con
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Me las había con mi madre. I had it out with my mother.
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How far is it from ... ?
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¿Cuánto hay de ... ?
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¿Cuánto hay de aquí a Londres? How far is it from here to London?
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What's happening? What's new?
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¿Qué hay? ¿Qué hay de nuevo?
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here is, here are.
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he aquí
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He aquí una lista de nombres. Here is a list of names.
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Here I am.
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Heme aquí.
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Here it is. There it is. Here they are. There they are.
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He lo aquí. He lo allí. He los aquí. He los allí.
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And that's that!
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¡He dicho!
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"there is sun") is often used for "it is sunny"
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hay sol
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literally, "you are of that which there are none") can be used for "you're unbelievable!" or something like that.
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¡eres de lo que no hay!
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