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Flashcards by Andrea Lladro, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Andrea Lladro
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| Dijo muy enojada que estaba hasta la coronilla de escucharnos discutir | She said angrily that she was fed up to the back teeth of hearing us bicker To be fed up to the back teeth of doing sth / to be sick to the back teeth of doing sth |
| Eres un traidor ahora que es buscado por su propio país | You are a turncoat now, wanted by your own country To be a turncoat = a traitor (chaquetero) |
| No cantes victoria Estás preparando tu discurso de agradecimiento antes incluso de ser nominado? No cantes victoria ¿Por qué me estás suplicando para coger mi coche para el colegio mañana cuando tú todavía tienes que pasar el exámen de conducir? No cantes victoria. | You're preparing your acceptance speech before even being nominated? Don't count your chickens before they hatch Why are you begging to drive my car to school tomorrow when you still need to take your license test? Don't count your chickens before they hatch babe!! |
| Estaban a punto de cerrar las puertas! Parecía que nosotros íbamos a coger el vuelo por los pelos En la carrera iban todos codo con codo hasta muy el final, pero Sally ganó por los pelos. | by a hair's breadth By an extremely short distance or slim margin of time. A very small amount or short length. They're just about to close the gates! It looks like we made the flight by a hair's breadth. The race was neck and neck till the very end, but Sally won it by a hair's breadth. by the skin of (one's) teeth Barely. Often used to describe something that almost didn't happen. Oh man, my car wouldn't start this morning—I just made it here by the skin of my teeth! Fig. just barely. (By an amount equal to the thickness of the (imaginary) skin on one's teeth.) I got through calculus class by the skin of my teeth. I got to the airport a few minutes late and missed the plane by the skin of my teeth. Lloyd escaped from the burning building by the skin of his teeth. |
| Los dos atletas han ido empatados durante toda la carrera La elección está muy empatada. Vamos a tener que esperar hasta que los últimos votos sean escrutados | The two athletes have been neck and neck for the entire race The election is neck and neck. We're going to wait until the very last votes are tallied (to tally: escrutar) |
| desde mi experiencia recortar las horas extra sólo favorece a aquellos que pueden capear el temporal y es importante que les demos a la gente los medios para que puedan apoyar a sus familias. | To weather the storm Capear el temporal In my experience, restricting people's overtime only favours those that can afford to weather the storm and it is important that we give people the means to support their families. |
| Talent, creativity, social assistance, infrastructure and investment in human capital will allow us to weather the storm. | El talento, la creatividad, la ayuda social, la infraestructura y la inversión en capital humano nos permitirán capear el temporal. |
| Ella también estaba preocupada por la incidencia de graves casos de malnutrición secundaria y anemia entre las mujeres, que se podría atribuir al hecho de que en tiempos de escasez se da prioridad a la alimentación de los hombres y los niños varones. | She was concerned about the incidence of serious cases of secondary malnutrition among women which could be attributable to the fact that in lean times priority was given to feeding men and boys. |
| Lo que es más, la definición extensiva de interés, que difiere de las definiciones que son adoptadas en los convenios contra la doble imposición genera conflictos, incluso discriminaciones, entre productos financieros que son más de lo mismo | What is more, the broad definition of interest that differs from the definitions adopted in the conventions against the double taxation will lead to conflict and even discrimination between financial products that are all much of a muchness |
| Mis padres viajaban siempre un montón así que mi infancia la gasté arrastrado de un lado para otro. | My parents were always on the move (on the move=travelling a lot)and so my childhood was spent being dragged from pillar to post. If someone goes from pillar to post, they are forced to keep moving from one place to another |
| Yo estaba intentando mantener la fiesta en secreto pero Mel fue y se le escapó ¡¡Gracias por irte de la lengua con lo de mi embarazo!!!! (desde luego....) | let the cat out of the bag to allow a secret to be known, usually without intending to: I was trying to keep the party a secret, but Mel went and let the cat out of the bag. Thanks for letting the cat out of the bag about me being pregnant. |
| Ella estará terriblemente aburrida sin ti allí | She will be as dull as dishwasher without you there. dull as dishwasher, as dull as dishwasher, informal (boring, uninteresting) (coloquial) aburrido como la carta de ajuste loc adj |
| ¿no te estás anticipando deciciendo qué te vas a poner para la boda antes incluso de que te hayan invitado a la boda? | put the cart before the horse to do things in the wrong order: Aren't you putting the cart before the horse by deciding what to wear for the wedding before you've even been invited to it? |
| EL gobierno se está precipitando invirtiéndo con grandes cantidades antes de hacer reformas mayores. | The government put the cart before the horse by investing heavily before making major reforms. Don't count your chicken before they hatch |
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