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<p>Página creada con «Vocabulario y frases hechas que quiero fijar o sobre el que suelo dudar. ;sway:influenciar. Ejemplo: it is a bad thing to try to sway a jury. ;ticked off:enfadado. Es la v...»</p> <p><b>Página nueva</b></p><div>Vocabulario y frases hechas que quiero fijar o sobre el que suelo dudar.<br /> <br /> ;sway:influenciar. Ejemplo: it is a bad thing to try to sway a jury.<br /> ;ticked off:enfadado. Es la versión educada de pissed off.<br /> ;peck:picotear. Ejemplo: don&#039;t peck at your food!. Ejemplo: woodpecker (picapinos)<br /> ;coaxing:animar, atraer. Ejemplo: he coaxed the snake into the trap. Puede ser sinonimo de luring.<br /> ;word of mouth:boca a boca<br /> ;stingy:tacaño<br /> ;bump off: matar. Ejemplo: They bumped off that russian guy. Tiene connotaciones de juego sucio, espías.<br /> ;word for word: al pie de la letra. Ejemplo: we need to follow the rules word for word. Sinonimo: to the letter.<br /> ;blinkers: lo que se usa en los ojos de los caballos para que solo miren al frente.<br /> ;to be blinkered: metaforicamente, que solo ve en una direccion.<br /> ;pundit: experto en una materia. Example: he is a political pundit.<br /> ;to scrap: mandar al desguace, descartar, tirar: Example: it is time to scrap your car. Scrap that idea, is useless.<br /> ;to scrape; raspar. Example: it was freezing last night, you will need to scrape your windshield.<br /> ;to be on the fence: en medio, en una postura intermedia entre dos.<br /> ;drop a bombshell: metaforicamente soltar una bomba, una noticia impactante.<br /> ;something is not a patch on something:ni punto de comparacion. Bush is not a patch on Obama.<br /> ;to be on the wane:ir a desaparecer. Example: Analog mobile phones are on the wane.<br /> ;to lag behind: quedarse atras.<br /> ;pull your (his/her/...) socks up: improve, increase performance (ponerse las pilas)<br /> ;to be (or not) up to scratch: to meet (or not) expectations. I think that my boss thinks that I am not up to scratch.<br /> ;to work flat out:to work at maximum performance, to be swamped. Example: If you are already working flat out on a project, you cannot take any more tasks.<br /> ;to mull over something:give things some time to think about them. Example: I am not ready to give you an answer, I am going to mull it over.<br /> ;to bring/take something up with someone:traer algo a la atencion de alguien. Example: I&#039;d like to bring some of the project issues up with you.<br /> ;outlay:total cost of something (always used for cost). Example: I&#039;d like to know the project&#039;s outlay now, I don&#039;t enjoy surprises.<br /> ;to work out:calculate something. Example: please work out the project&#039;s outlay and send it to me ASAP.<br /> ;to add up to:ascender a (en el sentido de suma, generalmente dinero). The bill adds up to $500.<br /> ;to go about something: to approach something. Example: how should we go about working up the project&#039;s outlay? It is a difficult task.<br /> ;medical/dental/law practice: buffete, S.L.. Example: my friend is starting a medical practice at Segovia.<br /> ;tort law: ley civil.<br /> ;tort crime: crimen civil.<br /> ;to put up with someone/something:soportar<br /> ;to get by with:salirte con ello, superar una dificultad. Example: it is a quick hack but we will get by with it.<br /> ;to take on something: encargarse. Example: I want to report this to my manager so it is assigned and someone takes on it.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Antiguo==<br /> <br /> Aquellos que ya he ido asimilando y en teoría ya me se y soy capaz de usarlos. Conservados aquí por si acaso :)<br /> <br /> <br /> ;bold: brave, adventurous.<br /> ;witty: good with words. Example: Buenafuente is a quite witty guy.<br /> ;whimsical:light music, something not to be taken seriously.<br /> ;under the weather: enfermo. Example: I am under the weather.<br /> ;nuances:matices<br /> ;ballpark figure:cifra muy a groso modo<br /> ;tight:tacaño<br /> ;sink or swim:apañatelas tu solito. Ejemplo: they put me in a sink or swim situation.<br /> ;throw somebody at the deep end:sinonimo de sink or swim.<br /> ;yardstick:algo contra lo que medirse o compararse.Ejemplo: that will be our yardstick for this project.<br /> ;to make do:salirte con ello. Example: is not the best solution but it will make do.<br /> ;to put out:apagar, para luces, fuego, mechero, cigarro.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Inglés]]</div>

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