Set Phrases

Question 0

To be just around the corner

Answer 0

Estar a la vuelta de la esquina

Question 1

Al fin y al cabo

Answer 1

Anyway, anyhow, at any rate, in the end

Question 2

In no time, shortly

Answer 2

Dentro de poco

Question 3

X Es un pedazo de pan

Answer 3

X is a really nice person

Question 4

It’s a piece of cake

Answer 4

¡Es pan comido!

Question 5

Daydream

Answer 5

Soñar despierto

Question 6

To reject someone

Answer 6

Dar calabazas

Question 7

Ir al grano

Answer 7

Get to the point

Question 8

Plantar cara a

Answer 8

To stand your ground

Question 9

No es moco de pavo

Answer 9

It’s important

Question 10

Just in case

Answer 10

Por si las moscas…

Question 11

To pull someone’s leg

Answer 11

Tomar el pelo a alguien

Question 12

Es el colmo

Answer 12

It’s too much (like reaching the end of patience)

Question 13

Tener echufe

Answer 13

Have benefits you haven’t earned yourself eg when you get a job cos your dads friendly with the employers

Question 14

To be in the prime of life

Answer 14

Estar en la flor de la vida

Question 15

Estar hecho un flan

Answer 15

When you’re really scared/nervous

Question 16

Estar en el quinto pino

Answer 16

When something is far away

Question 17

Making a mountain out of a molehill

Answer 17

Hacer una montaña de un granito de arena

Question 18

Poking your nose in other people’s business

Answer 18

Meter las narices en asuntos de otros

Question 19

Hacer la vista gorda

Answer 19

Turn a blind eye

Question 20

Hablar por los codos

Answer 20

To be a chatterbox

Question 21

Tener mala leche

Answer 21

To be in a bad mood

Question 22

Aburrirse como una ostra

Answer 22

Super bored

Question 23

To be just around the corner

Answer 23

Estar a la vuelta de la esquina

Question 24

Better to be safe than sorry

Answer 24

Mejor per venir que lamentar

Question 25

I've already made the point that...

Answer 25

Ya he constado que...

Question 26

In the long run, it's different

Answer 26

A largo plazo, es otra cosa

Question 27

Become a member of

Answer 27

Hacerse miembro de

Question 28

Be up to date

Answer 28

Estar al corriente

Question 29

Implement, put into practice

Answer 29

Poner en práctica

Question 30

Think long/short term

Answer 30

Pensar a largo/corto plazo

Question 31

Carry out (2)

Answer 31

Llevar a cabo | Realizar

Question 32

Llevar cuenta

Answer 32

To keep account, keep track of

Question 33

Full of people

Answer 33

Llena de gente

Question 34

Doesn't look good

Answer 34

No tiene un aspecto bueno

Question 35

Mi madre siempre me da la lata con ello

Answer 35

My mother always gives me the can with it

Question 36

Llevar por mal camino

Answer 36

Lead astray

Question 37

Hacer frente

Answer 37

Face/confront something

Question 38

Hacer gracia a alguien

Answer 38

Make someone laugh

Question 39

Ponerse colorado

Answer 39

To blush

Question 40

Meets the expectations

Answer 40

Cumple con las expectativas

Question 41

Dar vueltas

Answer 41

To go around in circles

Question 42

Menos mal que

Answer 42

I'm glad that

Question 43

Don't miss it

Answer 43

No te lo pierdas

Question 44

Looking out to sea

Answer 44

Mirando hacia el mar

Question 45

Ruti turned red

Answer 45

Ruti se puso encarnado

Question 46

Stroke of luck

Answer 46

Golpe de suerte

Question 47

To clear the ground

Answer 47

Para despejar el terreno

Question 48

It's a subject that greatly interests me

Answer 48

Es una tema que me tiene muy interesada

Question 49

Firstly, the facts

Answer 49

Primero, los datos

Question 50

Given that

Answer 50

Dado que

Question 51

When all is said and done

Answer 51

A fin de cuentas

Question 52

The key to the problem

Answer 52

La clave del problema

Question 53

As far as I know

Answer 53

Que yo sepa

Question 54

Seen like that

Answer 54

Visto así

Question 55

In brief, to sum up

Answer 55

En resumen

Question 56

To cap it all

Answer 56

Para colmo

Question 57

I wish I could conclude by saying

Answer 57

Ojalá pudiera concluir diciendo que

Question 58

By the way

Answer 58

Por cierto

Question 59

Rascarse el bolsillo

Answer 59

Fork some money out

Question 60

Levantar cabeza

Answer 60

To get back on your feet

Question 61

Ir con pies de plomo

Answer 61

To be careful

Question 62

The other side of the coin

Answer 62

La otra cara de la moneda

Question 63

Ahogarse en un vaso de agua

Answer 63

To be easily depressed by very small problems

Question 64

Caerse el alma (a los pies)

Answer 64

To suddenly become very depressed | Lit: soul falls to you feet

Question 65

Ser agua pasada

Answer 65

To belong to the past & nobody should pay attention to it anymore

Question 66

eat until ur full

Answer 66

comer hasta el hartazgo

Question 67

era una idea que se me paso por la cabeza

Answer 67

era una idea que se me paso por la cabeza

Question 68

go all out

Answer 68

Tirar/Echar la casa por la ventana

Question 69

poner las pilas

Answer 69

be alert/get ready/be awake (lit. put in the batteries

Question 70

dar el alto

Answer 70

stop

Question 71

do something at one sitting/in one go

Answer 71

hacer algo de una sentada

Question 72

the more you train, the more you will improve your ability

Answer 72

Mientras más entrenas, más vas a mejorar tu competencia

Question 73

try everything

Answer 73

hacer las mil y una

Question 74

no tiene pies ni cabeza

Answer 74

Makes no sense at all

Question 75

get its (own) way

Answer 75

salirse con la suya

Question 77

How do they get away with it?

Answer 77

Cómo se las arreglan para salirse con la suya?

Question 77

the way its supposed to be

Answer 77

como Dios manda

Question 78

as it it were not enough

Answer 78

como si no fuera poco

Question 79

to cross the line

Answer 79

to cross the line

Question 80

to hit a raw nerve

Answer 80

poner el dedo en la llaga

Question 81

Until he left his country, he had never felt homesick for his mother's cooking.

Answer 81

Hasta que se fue de su país, no había sentido nostalgia por la comida de su mamá

Question 82

It has never been a problem until now

Answer 82

hasta ahora nunca ha sido un problema

Question 83

until then I'd never been to italy

Answer 83

hasta entonces no había estado nunca en Italia

Question 84

that was the situation up until a few days ago

Answer 84

Esta era la situación hasta hace unos días

Question 85

go back (to a previous time)

Answer 85

volver atrás

Question 86

una manera de dar rienda suelta a

Answer 86

an oulet for

Question 87

give free reign

Answer 87

dar rienda suelta a

Question 88

force for good

Answer 88

fuerza positiva

Question 89

a question that has been discussed for many years

Answer 89

una cuestion que se debate hace años

Question 90

tighten one's belt, economize

Answer 90

apretarse el cinturón

Question 91

beat the living daylights out of someone; wipe the floor with someone

Answer 91

dar a algn para el pelo

Question 92

use a carrot and stick policy

Answer 92

dar una de cal y otra de arena

Question 93

pull out all the stops

Answer 93

poner toda la carne en el asador