Vocabulary VII Flashcards by Damián Verde Villena | Brainscape

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Tener dudas, estar entre dos aguas

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To be in two minds

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Impetuoso

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Impetuous

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Flor de un día

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A flash in the pan

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Humildemente

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Go cap in hand

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Efusivo

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Effusive

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Sano y salvo

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Safe and sound

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Cerrar el pico, callarse la boca

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To clam up

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Meter la pata

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To put your foot in it, to put your foot in your mouth

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Pillar a alguien con las manos en la masa

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To be caught red-handed

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Agresivo, avasallador

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Pushy

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Tímido, cohibido

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Self-conscious

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Taciturno

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Taciturn

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Equilibrado

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Well-balanced

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Llamar a las cosas por su nombre

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To call a spade a spade

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Estar, meterse en un berenjenal

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To be on a slippery slope

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Ser la leche

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To be the cat’s pajamas, to be the cat’s meow

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Tocarte la china

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To draw the short straw

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Introvertido

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Introvert

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Acaparar más de la cuenta

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To bite off more than you can chew

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La pelota está en tu campo

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The ball is in your court

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De verdad, no es mentira

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No cap

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Estar muy equivocado

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To bark up the wrong tree

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Jugárselo todo a una carta

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To put all your eggs in one basket

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Desahogarse, liberar tensiones

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To let off steam

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Tener que, deber, suponerse

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Be meant to…

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Más sano que una pera

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To be as fit as a fiddle

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Aprobar con muy buenas notas

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To pass with flying colours

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Trabajar día y noche, a destajo

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To burn the candle at both ends

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Dar un cachete, dar una bofetada

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To smack

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Dar el tipo, dar una buena imagen, estar a la altura

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To look the part

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En caliente

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In the heat of the moment

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Quitarse el sombrero ante alguien

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To take your hat off to somebody

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Tener un asunto pendiente con alguien

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To have a bone to pick with somebody

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De buena tinta, de su propia boca

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Straight from the horse’s mouth

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No hay mal que por bien no venga

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A blessing in disguise

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Como dos gotas de agua

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Two peas in a pod

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Estar hasta arriba de trabajo

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To have too much on your plate

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Encantado de la vida, contentísimo

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Be thrilled to bits

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Pagaría por saber lo que estás pensando

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Penny for your thoughts

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Predicar con el ejemplo

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Walk the talk, walk it like you talk it

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A las duras y las maduras, para lo bueno y para lo malo

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Through thick and thin

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Encantar, flipar

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Get a kick out of something

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Pasar el marrón, escurrir el bulto

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Pass the buck

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Sentirse la persona más feliz del mundo

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On top of the world

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Porque te da la gana, por gusto

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To do something for kicks

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Afrontar las consecuencias, apechugar

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To face the music

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Pasar página

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Turn over a new leaf

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Creerse la mitad de lo que uno dice

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To take something with a pinch of salt

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Robarle el protagonismo a alguien

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To steal somebody’s thunder

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Agarrarse a un clavo ardiendo

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To clutch at straws

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Hay mucho más donde elegir

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There are plenty more fish in the sea

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Por todas partes, hasta el último rincón

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Every nook and cranny

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Empezar algo, ponerse en marcha

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Get the show on the road

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No tener la más mínima opción

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Not have a snowball’s chance in hell