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94 Cards in this Set
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Ser de buena pasta
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to be a good guy
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Ser de pelicula
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To be sensational
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Ser de poca monta
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to be of little value
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Ser el colmo
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To be the limit
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Ser harina de otro costal
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to be a horse of a different color
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Ser el ojo derecho
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to be someones pet
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Ser la flor y nata
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To be the cream of the crop
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Ser otro cantar
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To be a horse of a different color
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Ser pan comido
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piece of cake
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Ser para chuparse de los dedos
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To taste delicious
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Ser todo oidos
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To be all ears
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Ser un cero a la isquierda
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To be worthless
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Ser un mirlo blanco
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To be an impossible dream
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Ser una lata
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To be annoying
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Ser una perla
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To be the pearl
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Ser uña y carne
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To be best friends
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No ser cosa del otro jueves
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To be normal
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Andar de boca en boca
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To be well known
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Andarse por las ramas
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To beat around the bush
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Armarse un escandalo
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To cause a fight
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Buscar tres pies al gato
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To split hairs
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No caber en si/su piel
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To be beside oneself/to be presumptuous
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Caerse el alma a los pies
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To be down in the dumps
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Consultar con la almohada
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to sleep on it
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Decirle cuatro verdades
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To tell someone a thing or two
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No decir ni pio
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To not say a word
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Dejar caer
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To drop
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Dejar de (algo)
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to stop doing something
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Dejar plantado
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To stand up
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No dejar piedra por sin mover
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To leave no stone unturned
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Durar la pildora
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To sugarcoat something
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Dormir a pierna suelta
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Sleep like a log
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Dormir la mona
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to sleep off a hangover
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Dormirse en sobre la laureles
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To rest on your laurels
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Faltarle a uno en tornillo
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To have a loose screw
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Hablar hasta por los codos
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To talk incessantly
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Llamar al pan, pan y al vino, vino
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to call it what it is
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Mandar a freir asparagos
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To tell someone to go fly a kite
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Matar la gallina de los huevos oros
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To kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
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Matar dos pajaros de un tiro
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To kill two birds with one stone
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No importar un bledo/ un comino/un pepino
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To not give a damn about
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Pasarlas de Cain
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To go through Hell
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Pedir peras olmo
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To expect the impossible
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No pegar ojo en toda la noche
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To not sleep a wink
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Quemarse las sejas
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To burn the midnight oil
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Querer decir
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To mean to say
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No saber a que carta quedarse
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To be unable to make up your mind
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Sacar/Salir a luz
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To publish
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Sacar en limpio/en claro
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To make clear
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Salirse con la suya
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To get your way
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Saltar a la vista
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To be obvious
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Tocar en lo vivo
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To hurt deeply
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Tragarse la pildora
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To swallow a lie
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Valer la pena
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To be worthwhile
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Valer un mundo/un ojo de la cara/un Potosi
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To be worth a fortune
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Venir de perlas
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To be just the thing
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Verlo todo color de rosa
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To see with rose colored glasses
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Verlo todo negro
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To be pessimistic
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No poder verlo ni en pintura
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Can't stand the sight of someone
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cold symptom
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감기 기운
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Volver en si
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To come to
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A otro perro con ese hueso!
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nonsense don't give me that!
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A pedir de boca
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Perfectly or smoothly
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Como el que mas
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As well or better than anyone else
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Contra viento y marea
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against all odds
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Dar gato por liebre
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To sell a pig in a poke
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De buenas a primeras
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Right off the bat
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De carne y hueso
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Of flesh and blood
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De categoria
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Of importance
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De mal en peor
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From bad to worse
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De segunda mano
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Second hand
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Desde que el mundo es el mundo
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Since the world began
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Dios mediante
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God willing
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El que diran
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What people say
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Entre la espada y la pared
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Between the devil and the deep blue sea
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en un abrir y cerrar de ojos
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In a twinkling of an eye
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Esta chupado/tirado
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Its a piece of cake
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Hay gato en cerrado
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Something fishy going on
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Hay moros en la costa
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The coast isn't clear
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Mas vale cuatro ojos que dos
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Two heads are better than one
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Ojo!
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Be careful
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Peces gordos
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Big shots
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Sin mas ni mas
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Without hesitation
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Tocar madera
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To knock on wood
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Todo el santo dia
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The whole darn day
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Trato hecho
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Its a deal
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Si Clause:
Present tense goes with..... |
Future
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Si Clause:
Imperfect Subjuntive goes with... |
Conditional
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Si Clause:
Hubiera goes with... |
Habria
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Adverbs that always use subjunctive
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E: En caso de que
S: Sin que C: Con tal de que A: A menos de que P: Para que A: A fin de que |
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Adverbs that sometimes use subjunctive
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C: Cuando
A: Aunque M: Mientras E: En cuanto L: Luego que o: o (or) T: Tan pronto como |
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When do you use subjunctive?
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W: Wishes
E: Emotions I: Impersonal Expressions R: Requests D: Doubts O:Ojala |
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Present subjunctive is never used after what?
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The word "si"
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The participle agrees with the noun only in...
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The past voice (fue pasado)
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