Expressions I Flashcards
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1
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If I have some old trousers and I use them only for clean my bike, that’s…
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That’s the only use I use them for
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When I should practice more but I’ve practiced just a little bit
- I don’t ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
- I haven’t ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
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- practice as much as I should
- practiced as much as I should
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When I want to use an umbrella that is not mine I ask…
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Can I borrow an umbrella?
4
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Ask her if you can borrow ten dollars from her, say please
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Can I borrow ten dollars please?
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If something doesn’t work from the beginning
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It has never worked
6
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To shut with force and noise
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Slam
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If something deserved your effort
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It was worth it
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If you’re driving and you want to warn any danger you…
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Honk the horn
hɑŋk) (hɔrn
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Ask her if he seen to be in a good mood
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Does he seen to be in a good mood?
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To diminish the differences between two things
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Bridging the gap
ˈbrɪʤɪŋ ðə gæp
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If you had an abrupt cessation of consuming something you can use
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I stopped something cold turkey
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Ask her if you have some milk left in the refrigerator
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Do we have any milk left in the refrigerator?
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- When it’s the last week on her vacation (with there)
- When it’s the next to last week on her vacation (with there)
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- There is one week left on her vacation
- There are two weeks left on her vacation
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When it’s the last week on her vacation (with have/has)
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She has one week left on her vacation
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My Uncle’s son
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My causin
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My brother’s children
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My nephiew and niece
(ˈnɛfju) (nis)
(ˈnɛfjuz) (ˈnisɪz)
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If I give my girlfriend a ring she would be my…
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Fiance (fiˈɑnˌseɪ)
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I know I should to do it… but I ___ ___ ___
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But I haven’t done it
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When she has an strict meal plan tell her to follow it
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Stick to your meal plan
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Bogotá is 2,640 metres above sea level that is…
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Altitude (ˈæltəˌtud)
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A place to camp is a…
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Campsite
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If you live close to the supermarket, so the supermarket is…
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Near me
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I have a lot if pencils, if you want some you want…
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Some of them
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If everybody heard about something (With have)
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Everybody has heard about
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If something takes more time but you don't really have time
That takes more time than I really have
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Tell him you were own a ps1
I owned a ps1
| aɪ) (oʊnd) (ə
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If something is perfect for you
It suits me
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In this period of time _______ three Presidents.
There have been
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Until now
So far
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When you know something but you don't know if that changed recently, you would say...
As far as I know...
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Ask him if that's the use for that
Is that what that's for?
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When the nurse took your blood you went...
for bloodwork
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You can go to the gym and do cardio and...
Weight lifting
| weɪt ˈlɪftɪŋ
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- Use this word to express what you would like to happen:
- ____ he'll come around
- ___ Mary wouldn't be too angry with him
Hopefully
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Believing that something will happen the way you want it to (Negative + Past)
I wasn't very hopeful
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Something started a little bit after the last 12 months
It started just over a year
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If they're in brazil because they left their origin country last night
They left for brazil last night
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When you find out something
I learned
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Ask a question with who (to do something in the past)
___ ___ this?
The answer would be
___ ___ that
- Who did this?
| - She did that
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Who / Whom (her his)
Whom (hum)
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This big device to clean clothes
Washing machine
| ˈwɑʃɪŋ) (məˈʃin
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You recently got to this new home
I just moved here
| ʤʌst
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If I had known... (go with you)
I would have gone with you
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I never would have caught the cheese flavor... (you say to me)
if you hadn't said to me
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If my girfriend had fallen down... (be terrible)
It would have been terrible
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What do you get watching rap battles?
I get goosebumps (gusbʌmps)
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This place where you cook bread is
Oven
| ˈʌvən
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If you want to tell that you were with 3 friends...
There were four of us
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Run out (You, your girlfriend) (Energy) (Past)
We ran out of energy
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Run out (You, your girlfriend) (Water) (In this moment)
We're running out of water
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Ask her the duration of that movie (with do and last)
How long does that movie last?
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If you're motivated and you don't want to (bored - something)
I don't want to get bored of it
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If you're in your bike and suddenly you're on the floor, that was because...
I fell down
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- If a tree was born ___ its branches never straighten
| - Not straight, bending, curved
Crooked (krʊkt)
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2 types of bikeways
Bike path, Bike lane
| baɪk pæθ), (baɪk leɪn
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If you're in your office and you left you're bike at home
I didn't bring my bike
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If you're at home and you left computer in the office
I didn't bring my computer home
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Tell him your girlfriend got home with something for you
My girlfriend brought me something
| brɔt
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Do you know something? (You don't know) (With even)
Not even the basics
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Tell her that in addition to programming, you design
As well as program, i design
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In addition to
As well as
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If you don't have any doubt
I'm pretty sure
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You were talking to your friend 29 minutes, How long were you talking with him?
For about 30 minutes
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You were working 3 minutes ago and now you're on the street
I just got off of work
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If you are back at home, you only have 1 minute there and you were in some place
I just got back from somewhere
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Not being productive, not focusing too much (ˈfoʊkəsɪŋ)
Slacking off
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Something has many things that your mind can assimilate
I pick up so much from it
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If you want to take advantage of your free time
To make the most of my free time
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Ask who is the owner of the pen
Whose pen is it
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Store with nails, hammer, etc
Hardware Store
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You're on your bike going up... You are on a...
- Steep street
| - Steep slope
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FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
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You've been all day at home, Nevative outside
I haven't been outside all day
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She was in wrong place, it's dangerous (Should)
She shouldn't have gone there
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It's 11 and you're still at home (One hour late) (Leave)
I should have left at 10
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It's been 3 hours and your boss ask you for some emails
- See
- Read
- One on more than one
- I haven't seen it yet
- I haven't seen them yet
- I haven't read it yet
- I haven't read them yet
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We are two, We weren't...
Neither of us
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We are two, We are....
Both of us
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We are three, We weren't...
None of us
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We are three, We were...
All of us
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Ask him for a glass of water
Can I have a glass of water?
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- Happen (past - perfect)
| - I didn't know ___ ___ ___ until (ənˈtɪl) someone told me
What had happened
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What do you have to do when the water is here?
1 - I go out from the apartment
2 - ?
3 - I take the water
4 - I go back to the hall with the water bottle
5 - ?
2 - I go down the stairs
| 5 - I go up the stairs
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Tell her you got to chie like a tourist, now you're still here
I stayed here
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The better I know her, ___ ___ I like her
The more
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If you're cleaning your floor with this stick, so you're using your ___ ___ ___
broom to sweep
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I got a ___ the last week in the beach (Sun color)
Tan
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- In winter you have to turn on your...
| - Wood ___
stove
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- To desist from
| - Please, Don't ___ ___
Give up
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Used for introducing what you want to tell someone, especially when you are pleased or excited about it
Guess what!
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- This is the correct way
- Use should (it)
- This ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
is how it should be
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Compare
- In comparisson with
| - Copared to (kəmˈpɛrd)
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- You can't form or devise (a plan or idea) in your mind
| - I can't ___
I can't conceive
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- Feeling or causing someone to feel uncomfortably confined or hemmed in by lack of space.
- The opposite of spacious
Cramped (kræmpt)
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- Put your back against the floor
| - I ___ ___ ___ ___floor
I lay down on the floor
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When you have your back against the floor
I am lying down
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You make soup in a
Pot
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You make fry potatoes in a
Pan
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The table has four
Legs
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Some chickpeas come in a box and some come in a...
Can
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- You use this word to introduce a subordinate clause which contains a statement which makes the main clause of the sentence seem surprising or unexpected
- ___ it was very muddy, the football game went on
Although
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- You have 5 minutes left to get off of work
- Use future
- In 5 minutes my work day ___ ___ ___
In 5 minutes my work day will be over.
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It, Sense, Negative
It doesn't make any sense
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If you study, you'll learn
If you don't, you won't
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___ Is something that some one else can gets, always
Disease
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___ is something that someone else may not get
Illness
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She can listen to the pressure cooker's sound because she is near the kitchen and...
I'm further the kitchen than she is
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Gatherers gather...
| (ˈgæðərərz) (ˈgæðər)...
fruits
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Prohibited words...
- Course words
- Cursing
- cussing
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Do you live in chile? - Yes... (Have/Has, 5, Moving)
It's been 5 years since I moved here
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The bag you put on your bike
Saddlebag
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What the health ___ me
brainwashed
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Piece of paper to clean your mouth while eating
Napkin
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- Causing or feeling uneasy embarrassment or inconvenience. He had put her in a very ___ position
- Difficult to use, do, or deal with:
- I always feel ___ when I'm with Chris
Akward
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I haven't ___ ___ ___ ___ in five years. (Again in Veneuela)
Been back to Venezuela
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- You're about to finish it
| - ( Have / has ) Almost
I've almost finished it
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If you live in the second floor
Nobody lives under this floor
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If you don't use yeast, the bread
doesn't rise
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When you finished your breakfast 1 minute ago
- I just ate breakfast
| - I just had breakfast
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Queen (Relation) Elizabeth and Canada, (Ask her)
What does the Queen have to do with Canada?
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Tell her you were on your bike but now you're next to your bike
I got off the bike
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to speak in a low indistinct manner, almost to an unintelligible exten
Mumble
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To ___ somebody, e.g. a team, a friend, a rival
Beat
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You're outside the gym, tell her that you went out recently
I just left the gym
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You stopped building a puzzle (Use two expressions)
- I surrenderd
| - I gave up
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- You had a lot of thing to understand but lately you completed that
- I ___ what I ___ ___
I understood what I was missing
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Those dogs let a lot of poop on the ground
They did their business on the ground
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That idea... 🤯 (Past)
blew my mind
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Use rather in a question, coffee or tea?
Would you rather have coffee or tea?
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Preffer
Rather (ˈræðər)
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Someone ask you something but you don't want (Rather / Negative)
I would rather not.
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- When did your friend become vegan?
| - (Adapt / Lifestyle)
When she saw me adopt this lifestyle
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Be the property of
- The vehicle didn't ___ to him
- The puppy ___ to my sister.
- That doesn't ___ to you
Belong
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- If you say that something happens ___ ___ ___ something else happens, you mean that it happens immediately after the other thing.
- As soon as
| - As soon as relations improve they will be allowed to go
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Laundry, cleaning floors, washing dishes
Houseworks
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Tell her that he wasn't fired, the boss...
laid him off
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Tell her the material of those tables
they are wooden
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This is the first time that you see them
Your friend - I hadn't seen them...
You - (Use never and either)
I had never seen them before either.
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Tell her about the people you know and their bikes in the parking
I know people whose bikes have been stolen
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There are riders and drivers, the people walking are:
Pedestrians
| pəˈdɛstriənz
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What's the name of this thing to change direction? cars, bikes
- Steering wheel
| - Handlebars
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You got to chile from peru...
In the nick of time
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Is it a business trip or a... (Not placer) ?
leisure (ˈlɛʒər)
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What's La vega?
A street market
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She is asking you for your chikpeas, tell her they're black
I burned them.
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You're in the hall wainting for the elevator with your dirty clothe, so you're going...
To the top floor
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I'm using my phone as a...
Hotspot
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This place where there are dead animals on sale
Butcher shop (ˈbʊʧər ʃɑp)
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Tell her your phone is not good... (Sometimes it stops working)
Sometimes it breaks
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Empanadas are made with
Dough (doʊ)
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You ___ lucky (In the past, for something good)
Got
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Are you going to stay? (Without going)
No, I'm not staying.
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Pronounce this: Close the door and put on the clothes
Those words sound similar (Close and Clothes)
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Ask her the duration of that movie (with going and last)
How long is the movie going to last?
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We have a list of things we want for our birthdays, in this way we can ___ the ___ of each one
Meet expectations
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This phrase is used for emphasizing that a particular situation will remain the same no matter what happens.
I’m determined to prove my innocence ___ ___ that means going to the highest court in the land.
Two answers:
- even if
| - Even though
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The dog has four
Paws (pɔz)
