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conversador

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conversationalist

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Creo / Supongo que

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I guess

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Depender de

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Depend on

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Algo te cuesta / Tener dificultades con

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Struggle with

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Ni de lejos

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By any stretch of the imagination

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Por alguna razón

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For some reason

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¡Te estás quedando conmigo!

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You’re having me on!

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¡De ninguna manera! / ¡No me digas!

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No way!

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¡Qué pesadilla!

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What a nightmare !

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Ser teloneros de

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To support

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En ese momento

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At the time

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Quédate el libro

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Keep the book

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Parientes lejanos

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Distant relatives

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Por parte de mi padre

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Of my father’s side

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Por primera vez

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For the very first time

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Agua pasada

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Water under the bridge

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Fuerza mayor

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Act of god

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Entonces caí en la cuenta

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Then the penny dropped

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Chocarse con alguien

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To bump into someone

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Tirar alguien al suelo

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To knock someone to the floor

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Muerto de vergüenza

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Mortified

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Disculparse profundamente

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Apologise profusely

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Y encima

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At that

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Restaurante de coches (Mac auto)

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Drive-through restaurant

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Bajar la ventanilla
Wind down the window
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Hacer un pedido
Place an order
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Llamar al trabajo diciendo que estás malo
Call in sick for work
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No pegar ojo
Not sleep a wink
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Comprensivo
Understanding
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Me importa
Matters to me
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Receta
Recipe
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Ticket
Receipt
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Entre
Between
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Entre varios
Among
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Elogiar
Compliment
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En principio
Principle
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Principales / Director
Principal
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Vergüenza
Embarrassment
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Meter la pata
Mess up
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Testarudo
Opinionated
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Imaginarse a sí mismo
Picture yourself
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Hasta ( la edad de )
Up until
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Cuando se refiere a
When it comes to
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Asimilar
Pick up
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Inconscientemente
Unconsciously
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No sorprendente
Unsurprising
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Infravalorado
Underestimated
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Declaración atrevida
Bold claim
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Prueba viviente
Living proof
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Consciente
Conscious
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Alrededor de
In the region of
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Buscar
Look up
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Es muy probable

Odds are that
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Tener problemas
Have a hard time
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Lo contrario
The other way round
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Con el paso del tiempo
Over time
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Combatir
Combat
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En voz alta
Out loud
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Perspectiva de trabajo
Job prospects
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Hacer negocios
Do business
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Recuperar
Enhance
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Hacer investigación
Do research
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Ganar dinero
Make money
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Emplear
Employ
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Empleabilidad
Employability
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En cierto modo
In a way
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De momento bien

So far, so good
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Plataforma petrolera
Oil rig
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Mi culpa
My fault
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No lo he pillado
It went over my head
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¡Vamos a intentarlo!
Let’s give a shot !
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Igualado
Evenly matched
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Ponerse a trabajar (en serio)
Knuckles down
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Un reto

Tall order
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Involucrarse
Immerse yourself in
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La mayoría de las veces
More often than not
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Mejoro muchísimo
Really took off
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En voz alta
Out loud
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Al dedillo
Word-perfect
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Aparte de
Apart from
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Parientes lejanos
My extended family
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Estar decidido a hacer algo
To be determined to do something over the years
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Comunicar lo que quieres decir
To get your point across
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Ser absorbido por / con algo
To be taking away by something
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Musicalizar
Set to music
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En ese mismo momento
There and then
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Llamar al camarero
Call over ( a waiter )
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Cohibido / Tímido
Self-conscious
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Callejón
Alley
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Aliado
Ally
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El atractivo de
Appeal of
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Ignorar
Disregard
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Puede pasar que
Conceivable
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Fundamentalmente / Basicamente 

Fundamentally
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Enredado / Complicado
Involved
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Relativamente
Relatively
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Transmitir ( un mensaje )
Convey
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Inmediatamente
Instantaneous
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Sin duda
Indisputably
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Superar en cantidad
Outnumbered
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En primer lugar
For one thing
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Simplificación excesiva
Oversimplification
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Experimentar cambios
Undergo huge changes
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En camino a continuar
Set to continue
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Afirmar / Mantener
Claim to
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De confianza / confiable
Reliable
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De esa manera
And thus
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Con decisión / firmeza
Decisively
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Precisión
Accusary
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Confianza / Fiabilidad
Reliability
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Los sin voz
The voiceless
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Fuera de proporción
Blown out of all proportion
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Alabarse a sí mismo
Self-glorification
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Ponerse en ridículo a uno mismo
To make a fool of yourself
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Ser bueno en
To be good at

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