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Frage | Antworten |
ser consciente | BE AWARE *I'm aware of that *Not as far as I'm aware (=I don't think so) |
Dejar un lugar, desaparecer, marcharse | GO AWAY *This drug should make the pain go away *We usually go away for the summer *Go away and leave me alone |
Suceder, Continuar (haciendo lo mismo o para pasar a la siguiente cosa) | GO ON +ING verb (continuar con la acción) *We really can't go on living like this +to infinitive (continuar con otra cosa, normalmente el siguiente paso) *After making dinner, I went on to set the table |
Elegir algo, gustar algo, intentar tener o conseguir algo | GO FOR *I think I'll go for the steak. What are you having? *I don't go for horror films in a big way *Are you planning to go for that scholarship to Harvard university? |
Romper una promesa, cambiar de opinión, cambiar una decisión o acuerdo | GO BACK ON (STH) *She's gone back on her word and decided not to give me the job *It's a decision you can't go back on |
Presumir, alardear | SHOW OFF *Stop showing off! *He only bought that sports car to show off |
Caer enfermo de | GO DOWN WITH *Marta has gone down with flu |
Probar (algo, a hacer algo), dar una oportunidad a algo o hacer algo | HAVE A GO (AT DOING STH) *Shall I have a go? (¿Lo intento yo?) * feel free to have a go at it if you wish. * I doubt if he'll listen to advice from me, but I'll give it a go |
Meterse con alguien, insultar a alguien, cantarle las cuarenta | HAVE A GO (AT SB) *María had a go at her husband for being late *I'm not having a go at you, don't be so sensitive |
Ser evidente, no hace falta decir que, se sobreentiende que | GO WITHOUT SAYING (THAT) *OF COURSE, IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT YOU'LL BE PAID FOR THE EXTRA HOURS YOU WORK |
Recoger algo, recoger a una persona (bien porque el destino es el mismo o te queda de camino) | PICK UP *While you're in town, can you PICK UP my trousers from the Dry Cleaner? *Can you PICK me UP and take me to The George when you go to the party? *Can you PICK UP some friends of mine on your way to the party? They're going too. |
Dejar algo o a alguien en un sitio, quedarse dormido | DROP OFF *Could you drop this letter off at the post office for me? *I'm going near your house, I can drop you off if you want. *I dropped off while watching TV last night |
Tener una buena relación con alguien, lidiar/manejar/ ocuparse de algo | GET ALONG WITH *I don't GET ALONG WITH my sister *How are you GETTING ALONG WITH the training course? |
Tener una buena relación con alguien | GET ON WITH *We're getting on much better now that we don't live together *He doesn't get on with his daughter. |
Inventar, reconciliarse | MAKE UP *They MADE UP an excuse for being late *They are always arguing, but they MAKE UP again very quickly. |
Solucionar, resolver, hacer ejercicio | WORK OUT *I hope you work out the problem with your boss *I couldn't WORK OUT all the answers to the crossword puzzle. *He goes to the gym to work out 3 times a week. |
Probarte ropa | TRY ON *I gave her that dress to try on – but I really want it for myself! |
Encontrarte algo o a alguien por casualidad | COME ACROSS *I CAME ACROSS my old school reports when I was clearing out my desk. *I went to the mall and I came across Andrea. I hadn’t seen her for ages |
Proponer una idea, plan, solución | COME UP WITH *Brenda came up with a great solution *Is that the best you can come up with? |
Librarse de ser castigado, culpado, criticado,etc por algo que se ha hecho o romper las normas | GET AWAY WITH *If I thought I could get away with it, I wouldn't pay any tax at all. |
Recuperarte, sentirte mejor después de haber pasado por una enfermedad o problema | TAKE OVER *It took me a few days to get over my cold." *I was very sad when my grandmother died, it took me a long time to get over it. |
Parecerse a un miembro de la familia en apariencia o carácter | TAKE AFTER SOMEONE *I take after my mother. We are both impatient |
Admirar, respetar a alguien | LOOK UP TO *He'd always looked up to his uncle |
Criar a alguien | BRING SOMEONE UP *An aunt brought him up *My parents BROUGHT me UP strictly |
Salir (principalmente para hacer algo de entretenimiento), salir (en el sentido de tener una relación) | GO OUT *Do you fancy going out for a meal after work? *How long have you been going out with him? |
Romper una relación | SPLIT UP (WITH) *They are always SPLITTING UP and then getting back together again *She split up with her boyfriend last week |
Discutir y estar a malas con alguien | FALL OUT (WITH SB) (OVER STH) *They FELL OUT over the decision and hardly speak to each other any more *He left home after falling out with his parents. |
Dar por hecho | TAKE FOR GRANTED *One of the problems with relationships is that after a while you just take each other for granted *I suppose I just took it for granted. |
Tomarse con calma/filosofía algo (normalmente no muy agradable o dificil) | TAKE STH IN YOUR STRIDE *There are often problems at work but she seems to take it all in her stride. * She faced a serious problem, but she was able to take it in her stride |
Ponerse al día con alguien, alcanzar, ponerse al nivel | CATCH UP (WITH) *Go ahead, I'll catch you up in a minute *Staff are struggling to catch up with the backlog *He finally caught up with his brother in height |
Seguir el ritmo, mantener | KEEP UP (WITH) *He walks too fast and it's really hard to KEEP UP WITH him *Technology moves too fast these days for me to keep up. |
Reducir | CUT DOWN (ON+NOUN) *Sally is cutting down on sweets *The doctor advised him to cut down his working hours. (Detrás va "his" por lo que no usamos "on") |
Esperar con interés o con muchas ganas algo | LOOK FORWARD TO *I am looking forward to seeing you |
Tolerar, aguantar, aceptar | PUT UP WITH *How has Maria put up with him for so long? *I will not put up with your bad behaviour any longer! |
Compensar por algo | MAKE UP FOR *She made up for being rude to me yesterday by inviting me out for coffee. *No amount of money can make up for the death of a child *He'll never be able to make up for his lack of natural ability(talento natural). |
Descubrir, averiguar, enterarse de | FIND OUT (ABOUT) *Lisa mustn't find out about the party so keep your mouth shut *I'll just go and find out what's going on outside *Too late, she found out that the flight had been cancelled. |
Acabarse, quedarse sin, agotarse | RUN OUT OF *My patience is beginning to run out *"Do you have any milk?" "Sorry, I've run out." |
Darse un resultado inesperado, resultar | TURN OUT *How did the recipe turn out? *The film seemed good at first, but it turned out to be very boring |
Repartir, distribuir, divulgar | GIVE OUT *The scores of each team will be given out on Monday morning *Some shops give out sweets on Halloween |
Ordenar, organizar, aclarar (solucionar, pero nunca para problemas matemáticos) | SORT OUT *Has the firm SORTED OUT its tax problems yet? *Will you two stop arguing and sort out your disagreements? *Let's sort out everything before Lisa arrives |
Ponerse de moda, hacerse popular, pillar algo, entender | CATCH ON * Britpop caught on quickly * Everyone else realised what was happening, but it took Henry ages to CATCH ON |
Inventar | Make up |
Gandulear | Slacking / Slacking off |
Cavar | To dig |
Rugir | To roar |
Soportar | To bear |
Respaldar / Promocionar / apoyar | Endorse |
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