English C1+ vocabulary 4T - others 1 Flashcards
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Con respecto a, en cuanto a
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As for
As for this guy, I think he’s stupid
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Día tras día
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Day in day out
It’s so boring, doing the same thing day in day out
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Pensativamente, atentamente
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Thoughtfully
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Avistar, ver
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To catch sight of ST
In this club you can catch sight of someone famous
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Ir mal, ir cuesta abajo
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To go downhill
The company went downhill rapidly
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Estar muy ocupado
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To have one’s hand full
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Tener huevos
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To have (the) guts
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En cualquier caso
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In any case
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Hacerse el inocente
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To play the innocent
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Ponerse de pie
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To rise in SO’s feet
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Estrujarse las neuronas
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To think hard
He had to think hard to remember the details
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Al infierno con
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To hell with
To hell with you!
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Sin ninguna duda (COL)
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Sure as hell
I sure as hell wouldn’t do it
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Voluntariamente
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Willingly
They willingly agreed to make amends
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El dinero manda
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Money talks
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De tal palo tal astilla
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The apple does not fall far from the tree
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A veces las cosas buenas son las pequeñas
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Good things come in small packages
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No es oro todo lo que reluce
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All that glitters is not gold
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No juzgues un libro por su cubierta
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Do not judge a book by its cover
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Dos cosas malas no hacen una buena
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Two wrongs do not make a wright
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Estar de acuerdo
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Come to agree
We have come to agree on important matters
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Desde el preciso instante…
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From the minute…
From the minute we entered her home we became friends
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Eso dicen
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So they say
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Más allá, más allá de
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Beyond
Beyond all understanding, beyond comparison, beyond control, beyond reach, beyond suspicion, beyond the bounds
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Negociar duramente, saber regatear
To drive a hard bargain
| The parliamentary delegation drove a hard bargain
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Arremangarse y ponerse a trabajar
To roll SO's sleeves up
| Just roll your sleeves up and install linux
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Lo pasado, pasado está
Let bygones be bygones
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Entremedio
In between
| Downing a cup of coffee in between meetings
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Comparativamente
Comparatively
| This habit is comparatively easy to acquire
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Fuere lo que fuere, en absoluto, nada en absoluto
Whatsoever
| There was no vegetation whatsoever in the area
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Desde luego, de hecho
Indeed
| You're doing very well indeed
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Qué saco yo de eso?
What's in it for me?
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Caer en desgracia
To fall out of favor
| Those who fall out of favour with the regime are in trouble
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Dar cuenta, informar
To give an account of
| The author's book gives a vivid account of his childhood
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Arrojar luz sobre
To cast some light on
| Can you cast some light on how Jack made it?
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Aceptar, asumir, apechugar
To come to terms with
| She has finally come to terms with the fact that it is over
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De hecho
Actually, in actual fact
| In actual fact, they are identical
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Siempre que, en la medida que
So long as
| He didn't care how old she was, so long as she was pretty
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Mantener algo en secreto
To keep ST under your hat
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Acoplarse como un guante, sentar muy bien
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To fit (SO) like a glove
My new shoes fit me like a glove
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Tomar forma
To take shape
| The work is beginning to take shape
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Fuera de baja
Away on leave
| She was three years away on maternity leave
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Esforzarse mucho para hacer algo
To take pains to do ST
| Many musicians take pains to protect their hearing
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Adquirir la habilidad, aprenderse los trucos
To acquire the knack
| This is an art, and you need time to acquire the knack
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Apreciablemente, considerablemente, bastante
Appreciably
| Standards have fallen appreciably
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Oponerse a, objetar
To take exception to ST
| I take exception to that comment
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Reparar un mal hecho
To make amends for ST
| This allows me to make amends for my unfair review
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Irse de las manos
To get out of hand
| These competitive games get dangerously out of hand
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Calmarse, recuperar el control
To get a grip
| He struggled to get a grip on himself
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Emocionarse hasta las lágrimas
To move to tears
| I was moved to tears during the final scene
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Nada se mueve
Nothing stears
| In the heart of Antarctica, nothing stears
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Es decir, o sea
That is
| Except, that is, in that lake
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El corazón se acelera, el corazón se hiela
SO's heart misses a beat
| My heart missed a beat when I saw the burglar
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Implacablemente, inexorablemente, incansablemente
Relentlessly
| These avertisements relentlessly condition us
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Etcétera, por mencionar alguno
You name it
| We are bombarded by TV, radio, newspapers, you name it
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Dado que
Given that
| You don't understand, given that you weren't listening
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Cuestión de minutos
A matter of minutes
| The storm broke out in a matter of minutes
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Exagerar, irse de las manos
To go overboard
| The fitness center has gone overboard with the air-conditioning
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Ser consciente de algo, tener presente algo
To be mindful of ST
| She was mindful of her need to study quite a bit before going to bed
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Tomar partido, ponerse del lado de
To take sides (in)
| He tried not to take sides in the quarrel between them
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Todavía no...
To have yet to...
| I've yet to meet a more generous person than him
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Poner fuera de juego, rechazar
To kick SO into touch
| He has failed to deliver on time, we ought to kick him into touch
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En estado natural
In a natural state, in its natural state
| The possession of coca leaf in its natural state is not illegal
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Todo para ti, te lo puedes quedar
You can keep ST
| I hate sand. No, you can keep it, as far as I'm concerned
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No ser capaz de entender, no descrifrar, no tener ni idea
Can't make head nor tail
| We couldn't make head nor tail of the film
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En la práctica
In practice
| That never worked for me in practice
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Sin expresión, con cara de póker, sin entender
Blankly
| I used to stare blankly at the pictures, as I didn't understand them
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De todo esto se desprende que
Following on from this
| Following on from this, it's better to stay at home
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A veces
At times, sometimes
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Llegar a término, llegar a conclusión
To draw to a close
| The last mission to the moon drew to a close in 1973
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Poner en órbita
To send into orbit
| It's really expensive to send water into orbit
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Invadir el silencio
To fall silence (over, upon)
| Silence fell over the teachers
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Poner la vista en, tomar como objetivo
To set SO's sights on ST
| He set his sights on making pure films
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En su totalidad, en su conjunto
In its entirely
| We aim to span the history of western music in its entirely
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Incuestionablemente
Unquestionably
| Environmental problems have unquestionably put science at the centre of public debate
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Sentir el peligro
To sense danger
| Cats get nervous when sensing danger
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Por todas partes, por todos los alrededores
Far and wide
| Concern for damage to the environment extends far and wide
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Al tocar un botón
At the touch of a button
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Sujeto a, siempre que
As long as
Subject to
The new cinema will be built subject to the council's agreeing to it
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Evaluar algo
To take stock of ST
| I took stock of the situation
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En lo principal, en la práctica, en lo más importante
To all intents and purposes
| They created something which was to al intents and purposes a brand new car
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Mucho más
Much more
| A great deal more
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A punto de, al borde de
On the verge of + ING
| He was on the verge of making a comment
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La ausencia alimenta al corazón
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
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Perder repentinamente las ganas de hacer algo planeado
To get cold feet about doing ST
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No tener buen aspecto
To look a bit off-colour
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Aguantar la cara seria sin reirse
To keep a straight face
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Revelar un secreto o decir algo que no debes
To let the cat out of the bag
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Engañar a alguien (COL)
To pull the wool over SO's eyes
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Abundantemente, a montones, en cantidad
Galore
| There are ferries galore and water-taxis
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A tu aire, por tu cuenta
Under your own steam
| If you prefer to go under your own steam, you can do it
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Huelga decir...
It goes without saying...
| It goes without saying that I have listened very carefully
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No tener consecuencias para
To be of no consequence to
| It is of no consecuence to me which car you choose
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Coger a alguien con las manos en la masa
To catch SO red-handed
| They've just caught Jones red-handed, trying to get into the Principal's drawers
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Ser un estorbo que estropea la diversión
To be a wet blanket
| I don't want to be a wet blanket, I'll be fine here at home
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Cabrearse mucho y perder el control
To hit the roof
| He nearly hit the roof when she said she had damaged the car
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No tener nada que hacer, estar ocioso
To be at a loose end
| Asking me out for a drink? You really must be at a loose end
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Manejar la contabilidad falsamente, especialmente para robar
To cook the books
| The firm's accountant was cooking the books and now has disappeared
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Hacer una montaña de un grano de arena
To make a mountain out of a mole-hill
| You're making a mountain out of a mole-hill, don't exaggerate
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Oler a chamusquina, olerse algo
To smell a rat
| I don't think this was an accident. I smell a rat
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Tomarse algo con dudas, escuchar algo sin acabar de creérselo
To take ST with a pinch/grain of salt
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Apuntarse al carro
To jump on the bandwagon
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Engañar a alguien con mala intención
To lead SO up/down the garden path
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Obtener información directamente de la mejor fuente
To get ST straight from the horse's mouth
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Ser muy torpe con las manos y cometer muchos fallos
To be all fingers and thumbs
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Tener éxito en algo fácilmente, pasar con facilidad
To pass with flying colors
| Don't worry about the exam. You'll pass with flying colours
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Ser demasiado ATR
Be too much of an + NOUN
| She is too much of an introvert to ever voice her opinions
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Siendo este el caso, ...
This being the case, ...
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Visitar o llamar a gente, organizaciones, sitios
To do the rounds
| There are many email scams currently doing the rounds on the Internet
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¿Dónde está el truco, dónde está el engaño?
Where/what's the catch?
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Hacerte acreedor de
To make yourself eligible to do ST
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Momentáneamente
Momentarily
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Pasar a codazos, entrar a codazos
To elbow your way through/into
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Estar a la par de algo
To be on a par with ST
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Acabarse la batería
Fail the battery
| All batteries fail sooner or later
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Desde el inicio
From the outset
| From the outset of this debate, ...
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Sacar algo de tu cabeza
To get ST out of your mind
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Tener algo delante
To have ST before you
| What he had before him was the work of a matematical genius
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En un futuro no muy lejano, en poco tiempo
Before very long
| These technical matters are bound to disappear before very long
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Hasta la fecha, hasta nuestros días
To this day
| There are areas of research still being worked on to this day
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Tener el hábito de hacer algo
To be in the habit of doing ST
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Armar tanto revuelo
To make such a fuss
| The manager made such a fuss that he only made the office stressed
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Uno de cada cinco
One in every five
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Con toda honestidad
In all honesty
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Tiene poco que ver con
It's a far cry from
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A fuerza de, mediante
By dint of
| He pretends to cover up this inefficiency by dint of controls, laws and decrees
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No tener suficiente conocimiento o experiencia, estar sobrepasado
To be out of your depth
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Dejar algo a la fortuna
To leave something to chance
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Ha habido muchas veces que ...
Many is the time that ...
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Tener una oportunidad de oro de
To have a golden opportunity of doing ST
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Escapársete algo
To let ST slip
| I didn't know it was a secret and I let it slip that Sue was getting married
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Encontrar placer haciendo algo
To take pleasure in doing ST
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No hacerse ilusiones sobre
To be under no illusion about ST
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Servir como ejemplo para alguien
To set an example to SO
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Estar (no) en buena posición para conseguir algo
To be in (out of) the running for ST
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Fuera de lugar, fuera de contexto
Out of place
| As the only Europeans present, we felt a little out of place
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Acabarse, agotarse, perderse
To run thin
| My patience was running thin
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Dar una ventaja competitiva sobre
To give a competitive edge over
| We provide training to give you that competitive edge over your peers
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Ser solamente trabajo y no diversión
To be all work and no play
| A gap year needn't be all work and no play
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Cosechar beneficios para
To reap rewards for
| It will reap rewards for your careerReap the benefit of
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No tener fundamento para creer algo
Not to have a leg to stand on
| This argument is illogical. You haven't got a leg to stand on
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Estar más allá de tu capacidad de comprensión
To go over your head
| The new financial norms went completely over my head. I was lost
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Ser incapaz de pensar en nada más
To have ST on the brain
| All he thinks about is motorbikes, he's got them on the brain
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No poder aguantar el ver a alguien
Not to be able to stand the sight of SO
| Jill can't stand the sight of Jack
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No gustarte alguien desde el primer momento por su apariencia
Not to like the look of SO
| I don't like the look of that suspicious-looking man
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Querer obtener algo y poseerlo
To have your eye on ST
| I've got my eye on something in this shop
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Estar pensando en algo mucho tiempo
To have ST on your mind
| She looks a bit worried, she's got something on her mind
