121 Examen 2 Flashcards

(75 cards)

1
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Fuera de horas

A

Not during a normal time

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2
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Tener los huesos molidos

A

sad

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3
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Darle igual algo

A

doesn’t matter

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4
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Agudizar el ingenio

A

Sharpen wits

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5
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Tomarle el pelo (a alguien)

A

pull someone’s leg

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6
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sacarle el jugo a

A

take full advantage of

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7
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a lo loco

A

like crazy

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8
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levantarse con el pie izquierdo

A

wake up on the wrong side of the bed

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9
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no tener pelos en la lengua

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not to mince words

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10
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echar leña al fuego

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add to the fire

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11
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poner en duda

A

to question

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12
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llegar a buen puerto

A

to be successful

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13
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ponerse al tanto

A

catch oneself up

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14
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estar de luto

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to be mourning

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15
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dejar huella

A

to leave a mark

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16
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guardarle rencor

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to hold a grudge

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17
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restar importancia

A

downplay

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18
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pasarse de la raya

A

cross the line

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19
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no saber ni jota de

A

to know nothing

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20
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jugarse la vida

A

play with life

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21
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jugar con fuego

A

play with fire

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22
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jugar sucio

A

play dirty

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23
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cada loco con su tema

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to each their own

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24
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hacérsele la boca agua

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mouth water

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a la ligera
carelessly
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volver la espalda
to turn one's back
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hurgar en la herida
open old wounds
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mucho ha llovido desde entonces
a lot has happened
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ser peor el remedio que la enfermedad
the remedy is worse than the disease/replace one evil w another
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declararse en huelga
go on strike
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hacerse ilusiones
have a good feeling
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de improviso
impromptu
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sin perder detalle
without missing any details
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ir de juerga
to go to a party
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hombre prevenido vale por dos
a cautious man is worth 2
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dejar a un lado
set aside
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temblar de miedo
tremble with fear
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ir en contra de la corriente
go against the flow
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tener lengua de víbora
to have a sharp tounge
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llevarse un susto
get a scare
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no ver la hora de
i can't wait
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volver a las andadas
lapse into a bad habit
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romper el hielo
break the ice
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a primera hora
first thing in the morning
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acabar de + inf
to have just done something
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acabar/terminar por + inf
to end up doing something
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acostumbrar a + inf
to do something usually
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comenzar a + inf
to begin to do something
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deber + inf
to have to do something
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deber de + inf
must + inf (indicate probability)
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dejar/parar de + inf
to stop doing something
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empezar a + inf
to begin to do something
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empezar por + inf
to begin by doing something
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estar por + inf
to be about to do something
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haber de + inf
to have to do something
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haber que + inf
to have to do something (impersonal)
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ir a + inf
going to do something
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llegar a + inf
to come to do something
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parecer + inf
to seem + inf
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pasar a + inf
to go on to do something
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poder + inf
to be able to do something
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ponerse a + inf
to begin to do something
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querer + inf
to want to do something
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saber + inf
to know how to do something
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soler + inf
to do something usually
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tener que + inf
to have to do something
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terminar de + inf
to finish doing something
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venir a + inf
probability verb + approx + quantity
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volver a + inf
to do something again
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andar + gerund
to be doing something intermittently
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estar + ger
to be doing something
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ir + ger
to be gradually doing something
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llevar + (time) + ger
do have been doing something (for a period of time) up to the present
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seguir/continuar + ger
to keep on doing somehthing
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venir + ger
to have been doing something