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Flashcards by Ismael Gutiérrez, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Ismael Gutiérrez
about 4 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| APOYAR (de respaldar) | BACK UP (The new evidence backs up my arguments) |
| Hacer copia de seguridad de un archivo | BACK UP (You should back up those files as a safety measure) |
| DEJARSE LLEVAR (por la emoción) | BE/GET CARRIED AWAY (I ordered too much food, I think I was carried away) |
| TO EXPLODE | BLOW UP (The bridge blew up) |
| HINFLAR | BLOW UP (He blew up the balloon) |
| ROMPERSE (emocionalmente) | BREAK DOWN (She broke down and wept) |
| AVERIARSE | BREAK DOWN (My car broke down on the way to work) |
| FRACASAR | BREAK DOWN (The talks have broken down) |
| TIRAR (algo) ABAJO | BREAK DOWN (The police broke down the door) |
| ALLANAR (un sitio) | BREAK IN (Thieves broke into the museum at night and stole the painting) |
| INTERRUMPIR, CORTAR (una conversación) | BREAK IN (I was reductant to break in on their conversation) |
| DESPRENDERSE (un trozo de algo) (emocionalmente) | BREAK OFF (A long piece of ice had broken off from the iceberg) |
| DETENERSE (en una conversación) | BREAK OFF (She broke off in the middle of setence) |
| DESATARSE, ESTALLAR | BREAK OUT (The fire broke out in the early morning) |
| EVADIRSE, ESCAPARSE (de la cárcel, de una norma) | BREAK OUT (A prisioner has broken out) |
| ABRIRSE CAMINO | BREAK THROUGH (The crowd break through the barrier) |
| ROMPER (un relación) | BREAK UP (He has broken up with his girlfriend) |
| TERMINAR, ACABAR, CERRAR | BREAK UP (The meeting broke up at 4 a.m. When the schools breaks up, holidays begin) |
| DESINTEGRAR, HACER PEDAZOS | BREAK UP (He broke up the old furniture and burn it) |
| SACAR (un producto del mercado: libro, película...) | BRING OUT (She has brought out her last book last week) |
| SACAR A LA LUZ, HACER PÚBLICO | BRING OUT [+ into the open] (It's time it was brought out into the open) |
| EDUCAR, CRIAR (a alguien) | BRING UP (Her parents brought her up to be polite) |
| SACAR A RELUCIR, PRESENTAR (algo) | BRING UP (Bring the matter up at the next meeting) |
| AUMENTAR (to increase) | BUILD UP (Traffics builds up in the late afternoon) |
| CREAR (algo) Y HACERLO (CRECER) MÁS FUERTE GRADUALMENTE | BUILD UP (His father built up that grocery business from nothing) |
| IRRUMPIR EN UN LUGAR SIN AVISO | BURST IN / INTO (The side door of the bar flew open and a man burst in) |
| ROMPER DE REPENTE A REÍR / CANTAR / EN LÁGRIMAS | BURST INTO LAUGHTER / BURST INTO SONG / BURST INTO TEARS |
| ESTALLAR EN LLAMAS | BURST INTO FLAMES |
| EMPEZAR DE REPENTE A REÍR O LLORAR | BURST OUT LAUGHING / CRYING |
| PASARSE (por un sitio) | CALL IN (Will you call in at the supermarket for some eggs?) |
| CANCELAR | CALL OFF (The party's been called off) |
| PASARSE A VER, VISITAR A ALGUIEN | CALL ON (I'll call on him tomorrow) |
| CEDER LA PALABRA | CALL ON (The magistrate finally called on the prosecution to open their case) |
| PEDIR (a alguien públicamente a que haga algo) | CALL ON (The UN secretary called on both sides to stop fighting) |
| CUIDAR = to look after | CARE FOR (The nurse will care for you) |
| QUERER TENER CARIÑO | CARE FOR (I don't care for him enough to marry him) |
| CONTINUAR | CARRY ON (You should carry on working) |
| DIRIGIR (un negocio, etc.) | CARRY ON (He carries on a bussiness as a grocery) |
| PONERSE DE MODA | CATCH ON (The fashion soon caught on) |
| ENTENDER, DARSE CUENTA, PILLARLO | CATCH ON (He's a bit slow to catch on) |
| ALCANZAR, PONERSE AL MISMO NIVEL | CATCH UP WITH (We soon caught up with the car in front) |
| CONFIRMAR INVESTIGAR SI ALGUIEN ES DE CONFIANZA | CHECK UP ON (Have you been checking up on me?) |
| DEJAR LA HABITACIÓN | CHECK OUT (To leave a hotel after paying) |
| PAGAR (después de coger todo lo que se quiere) | CHECK OUT (I had already checked out when I remenbered we were out of milk) |
| DESPEJAR (el tiempo) | CLEAR UP (If the weather clear up, we'll go for a pinic) |
| ORDENAR | CLEAR UP (Clear up this mess) |
| TROPEZARSE, ENCONTRARSE (con alguien) TO MEET | COME ACROSS (He came across some old friends) |
| ACOMPAÑAR | COME ALONG [+with] (Come along with me) |
| PROGRESAR, IR TO PROGRESS | COME ALONG (How are things coming along?) |
| BAJAR, DECRECER | COME DOWN (Houses prices have come down recently) |
| ENFERMAR, CONTRAER | COME DOWN WITH (I think I'm coming sown with flu) |
| CAERSE, SOLTARSE | COME OFF (His shoe came off) |
| TENER LUGAR, SUCEDER | COME OFF (The gamble didn't come off) |
| APARECER, ENTRAR EN ESCENA | COME ON (They waited for the comedian to come on) |
| ¡Venga! Hurry up! Don't be ridiculous! | COME ON (Come on, the taxi is waiting) |
| SALIR (libros, películas, sun and moon) | COME OUT (When does their new album come out?) |
| REVELARSE, SALIR A LA LUZ | COME OUT (The truth was finally come out) |
| TO BE REMOVED, SER ELIMINADO | COME OUT (This dirty mark won't come out) |
| HACER UNA VISITA | COME ROUND TO / COME TO (Come round and see us soon) |
| VOLVER EN SÍ to regain consciousness | COME ROUND TO / COME TO (After receiving anesthesia, don't expect to come round at least twenty minutes) |
| ACERCARSE | COME UP (A young girl came up to me and asked for money) |
| SER MENCIONADO | COME UP (What issues come up at the meeting?) |
| TENER QUE LIDIAR CON UN PROBLEMA (to have deal with a problem) | COME UP AGAINST [sth] (If you come up against difficulties, let me know and I helped you) |
| OCURRIRSE (una idea) TO THINK OF, TO PRODUCE | COME UP WITH (He's come up with a great idea) |
| CONTAR CON TO RELY ON (a person or happening) | COUNT ON (I'm counting on yoy to persuade her) |
| TACHAR | CROSS OUT (He crossed out all her mistakes) |
| ATRAVESAR UN LUGAR | CUT ACROSS [STH] (If we cut across the field, it will save time) |
| INTERRUMPIR LA FUENTE DE ENERGÍA | CUT OFF (I was cut off in the middle of the phone call) |
| TALAR, CORTAR | CUT DOWN (He has cut down the apple tree) |
| REDUCIR (una cantidad) | CUT DOWN (I haven't given up something, but I'm cutting down) |
| PARAR DE FUNCIONAR (debido a un dispositivo o sistema de seguridad/emergencia) | CUT OUT (The engine cuts out) |
| DEJAR DE | CUT OUT (I've cut out smoking) |
| TRATAR DE | DEAL WITH (This book deals with methods pf teaching English) |
| ABORDAR, OCUPARSE | DEAL WITH (She deals with all the customer inquires) |
| SUPRIMIR, ABOLIR, ELIMINAR, ACABAR CON TO GET RID OF | DO AWAY WITH (They did away with uniforms at that school years ago) |
| ABROCHAR ALGO | DO UP (Do your coat up. It's cold outside) |
| RENOVAR, ARREGLAR ALGO | DO UP |
| PASAR SIN, ARREGLÁRSELAS SIN, PRESCINDIR DE | DO WITHOUT (We'll just have to do without a phone) (If you're too lazy to fecth the ice cream you can just do without) |
| DETENERSE, PARARSE (vehículo) | DRAW UP (We drew up outside the house) |
| ALINEAR, DISPONER, REDACTAR, PREPARAR PONER EN UN ORDEN ACEPTABLE | DRAW UP (They drew up the soldiers in line) (The solicitor drew up a contract for them to sign) |
| ACERCAR, TO MOVE CLOSER | DRAW UP (Draw up a chair!) |
| ENDEREZARSE | DRAW UP (He drew himself up to his full height) |
| AFRONTAR, PLANTAR CARA | FACE UP TO (She had to face up to a difficult situation) |
| PICAR, DEJARSE ENGAÑAR | FALL FOR (I made up a story to explain why I had not been at work and he fall for it) |
| ENAMORARSE DE, TO FALL IN LOVE | FALL FOR (He has fallen for your sister) |
| REÑIR, PELEARSE | FALL OUT (She has fallen out with Sam again) |
| IRSE A PIQUE, FRACASAR (un plan) | FALL THROUGH (Our plan fell through) |
| LLEVARSE BIEN, INTEGRARSE | FIT IN [WITH] (smb) (She doesn't fit in with the other children) |
| PEGAR CON ALGO, ENCAJAR | FIT IN [WITH] (smth) (It's very nice sofa, but it doesn't fit in with the rest of room) |
| COMUNICAR, HACER ENTENDER | GET ACROSS (smth) TO (smb) (the lecturer was struggling to get his point across) |
| TO REACH LLEGAR A, ACCEDER, ALCANZAR | GET AT (smth) (The farm is very difficult to get at because it is so remote) |
| TO SUGGEST, TO IMPLY | GET AT (What are you getting at?) |
| SEÑALAR UNA FALTA, METERSE CON, ATACAR, TOMAR EL PELO | GET AT (He's always fetting at me) |
| HUIR, ESCAPAR, DARSE A LA FUGA | GET AWAY [from] (We walked to the next beach to get away from the casuals) |
| DESCONECTAR | GET AWAY [from] (I just need to get away for a few days) |
| (poder) SALIR | GET AWAY [from] (I usually get away from the office at four-thirthy) |
| SALIR IMPUNE, QUEDAR SIN CASTIGO | GET AWAY WITH (Murder is so serious crime and people rarely get away with it) |
| DEPRIMIR, DESANIMAR | GET DOWN (Working in this place really gets me down) |
| PONERSE A, EMPEZAR A TRABAJAR EN ALGO (seriamente) | GET DOWN TO (I want get down to some work) |
| TENER ÉXITO EN ENTRAR A UN SITIO | GET IN (They got in through the bathroom window) |
| LLEGAR (a un sitio en una tiempo en particular) | GET IN (My train got in at 9:45 p.m.) |
| SER SELECCIONADO | GET IN (He wanted to go to Cambrigde University but he didn't get in) |
| LLAMAR, HACER VENIR (a una persona) | GET IN (The television is broken, we need to get in a man to repair it) |
| PONERSE (ropa, etc.) | GET INTO (Get into your pijamas) |
| PONERSE TO BEGIN IN A PARTICULAR STATE O BEHAVE | GET INTO (He got into a temper) |
| PASARLE ALGO (EXTRAÑO) A ALGUIEN "¿QUÉ MOSCAR LE HA PICADO?" | GET INTO (I don't know what has got into him) |
| EMPEZAR O CONTINUAR ALGO, ESPECIALMENTE TRABAJAR | GET ON WITH (Stop talking and get on with it) |
| BAJARSE DEL COCHE | GET OUT (Stop at the corner so I can get out) |
| SALIR, ESCAPARSE | GET OUT (No one knows how the lion got out) |
| SALIR A LA LUZ, HACERSE PÚBLICO (información) | GET OUT (I've o idea how word get out that you were leaving) |
| LIBRARSE, EVITAR, AHORRARSE | GET OUT OF (I wonder how can get out of wasting the dishes?) |
| RECUPERARSE, REPONERSE, SUPERAR (enfermedad, sorpresa, decepción...) | GET OVER (I can't get over her leaving suddenly) |
| HACERSE ENTENDER, COMPRENDER | GET OVER (We must get over our message over to general public) |
| QUITARSE DE ENCIMA, TERMINAR, ACABAR CON | GET OVER [WITH] (I'm not looking forward to this meeting, but let's get over [with]) |
| ENGATUSAR, CONVENCER | GET ROUND (She can always get round her grandfather by giving him a big smile) |
| RESOLVER, SALVAR (un problema) | GET ROUND (We can easily get round these few difficulties) |
| PODER HACER, ENCONTRAR TIEMPO PARA HACER ALGO | GET ROUND TO (I don't know when I'll get round to painting the door) |
| TERMINAR, DEJAR LISTO | GET THROUGH (We got through a lot of work today) |
| APROBAR (un examen) | GET THROUGH (Luckily she got through her history test) |
| LLEGAR (normalmente con dificultades) | GET THROUGH (The food through to fort despite the enemy's attempts to stop it) |
| HACERSE ENTENDER, LOGRAR COMUNICAR CON | GET THROUGH (I just can't get through for her anymore) |
| REUNIRSE | GET TOGETHER (A few of us are getting together next week for a barbacue) |
| QUITAR, QUITARSE, SACAR | GET OFF (I can't get my boots off) |
| CAMBIAR DE TEMA | GET OFF (We've rather got off the subject) |
| PONERSE DE PIE | GET UP (Terry got up and walked over to the window) |
| LEVANTARSE DE LA CAMA | GET UP (Get John up at seven o'clock) |
| ACELERAR | GET UP (We soon get up to maximun speed) |
| ARREGLAR, ORGANIZAR, PREPARAR (algo) | GET UP (We must get up some sort of celebration for him when he leaves) |
| REGALAR, DESHACERSE DE | GIVE AWAY (I'm going to give all my old clothes away to charity) |
| REVELAR, DESCUBRIR, DEJAR ESCAPAR | GIVE AWAY (He gave away our hiding-place) |
| RENDIRSE | GIVE IN (You'll never guess the answer - do you give in?) |
| CEDER | GIVE IN (We will never give in to terrorism' demands) |
| ENTREGAR (algo) A ALGUIEN (con autoridad) | GIVE IN (Do we have to give in our books at the end of the lesson?) |
| DEJAR DE, ABANDONAR | GIVE UP (They gave up the search) |
| RENUNCIAR A | GIVE UP (I won't give up all my hobbies for you) |
| ENTREGAR, RENUNCIAR, SACRIFICAR TO HAND OVER | GIVE UP (He was eventually persuaded to give up the stolen jewels) |
| DEDICAR, SACRIFICAR, CONSAGRAR | GIVE UP (He gave up all his time to gardening) |
| DAR POR | GIVE UP [ + as ] [ + for ] (You took so long for arrive that we had almost given you up for lost) |
| EMPEZAR A HACER ALGO, SEGUIR ADELANTE | GO AHEAD (We have permission to go ahead with project) |
| ADELANTE, something that you say to someone to allowthem to do something | GO AHEAD (Can I borrow your book? Sure, go ahead!) |
| PASAR (el tiempo) | GO BY (The days went by really slow) |
| BASAR UNA OPINIÓN EN | GO BY (We can't go by what he says) |
| SEGUIR, GUIARSE POR | GO BY (I always go by the instructions) |
| HUNDIRSE, SER DERROTADO (con alguien, con algo) | GO DOWN WITH (If our company goes down, our subsidiaries will go down with us) |
| CAER EFERMO | GO DOWN WITH (Roger went down with flu) |
| TIRARSE SOBRE, ATACAR | GO FOR (The two dogs went for each other as soon as they met) |
| ELEGIR ALGO | GO FOR (I don't know wether to go for the fish or the meat) |
| IRSE | GO OFF (She went off with Laurie) |
| APAGARSE (la luz o máquinas) | GO OFF (The heating goes off at ten o'clock) |
| EXPLOTAR, DISPARARSE | GO OFF (A bomb or gun goes off) |
| SALTAR, DISPARARSE UNA ALARMA O UN RUIDO | GO OFF (His car alarm goes off every times it rains) |
| ESTROPEARSE LA COMIDA | GO OFF (That milk has gone off) |
| PERDER EL GUSTO POR ALGO | GO OFF (I've gone off that game show, it's just the same every week) |
| DURAR (periodo de tiempo) | GO ON (The speech seemed to go on forever) |
| PASAR, SUCEDER, TO HAPPEN | GO ON (What's going on?) |
| SEGUIR, CONTINUAR | GO ON (We can't go on living like this) |
| HABLAR SIN PARAR | GO ON (She goes on and on about her health) |
| BASAR EN (una investigación) | GO ON (The police find very few clues to go on in their search for the murderer) |
| EXAMINAR, ESTUDIAR, REVISAR | GO OVER (I want to go over the work you have done before you do anymore) |
| REPETIR, REPASAR | GO OVER (I'll go over the whole lesson again) |
| ENUMERAR, RECAPITULAR | GO OVER (He went over her faults) |
| TENER BUENA/MALA ACOGIDA (a play, behave/behaviour, etc.) SER BIEN/MAL RECIBIDO | GO OVER (The play didn't go over at all the first night) |
| REGISTRAR, REBUSCAR | GO THROUGH (I've gone through all my pockets bu I still can't find my key) |
| PASAR POR, SUFRIR | GO THROUGH (You have no idea what I went through to get this finished in time) |
| GASTAR | GO THROUGH (We went through a lot of money on holiday) |
| CUMPLIR, TO COMPLETE | GO THROUGH (You have to go through certain formalities to get a visa) |
| CONCLUIR, HACERSE, TO BE COMPLETED | GO THROUGH (After long hours of negotiations, the deal went through) |
| SUBIRSE POR LAS PAREDES | GO THROUGH THE ROOF HIT THE ROOF (She hit the roof when he forgot their wedding aniversary) |
| ENTREGAR, TO SURRENDER | HAND OVER (The handed the thief over to the police) |
| ENFRENTARSE (a una cosa futura, una situación) | HEAD FOR (They're heading for disaster if they're not careful) |
| GO SOMEWHERE, START A JOURNEY, LEAVE A PLACE | HEAD OFF (What time are you heading off?) |
| ESCONDER, GUARDARSE, OCULTAR TO REFUSE TO TELL SOMENONE | HOLD BACK (The police were convinced that the man was holding something bacl) |
| CONTENER, REPRIMIR, RETENER TO PREVENT FROM HAPPENING BEING SEEN, ETC (con esfuerzo) | HOLD BACK (The little girl succeeded in holding back her tears) |
| REFRENAR, IMPEDIR TO PREVENT FROM MAKING PROCESS | HOLD BACK (I meant to finish cleaning the house, but the children have held me back all morning) |
| ESPERAR | HOLD ON (Hold on I'll just check my diary) |
| AGARRAR(SE), SUJETAR | HOLD ON [+ to] (She held on to me to stop herself slipping) |
| MANTENER A DISTANCIA | KEEP AWAY (Keep away from the crocodiles) |
| MANTENER ATRÁS NOT TO ALLOW TO MOVE FORWARD | KEEP BACK (She kept the child back on the edge of the crowd) |
| OCULTAR NOT TO TELL OR KNOWN | KEEP BACK (I feel he's keeping the real story back for some reason) |
| RETENER NOT TO GIVE OR PAY OUT | KEEP BACK (Part of my allowance is kept back to pay for my meals) |
| SEGUIR AGACHADO, SUJETAR NOT TO ALLOW TO RISE UP | KEEP DOWN (Keep down - They're shooting us) |
| LIMITAR TO CONTROL OR PUT A LIMIT ON | KEEP DOWN (They are taking steps to keep down the rabbit population) |
| MANTENER EN EL ESTÓMAGO TO DIGGEST WITHOUT VOMITING | KEEP DOWN (He has eaten some food, but he won't be able to keep it down) |
| MANTENER A DISTANCIA, TO STAY AWAY | KEEP OFF (The rain kept off and we had sunshine for the wedding) |
| NO DEJAR ACERCARSE, NO DEJAR ENTRAR | KEEP OFF (This umbrella isn't pretty but it keeps off the rain) |
| IR AL MISMO PASO, MANTENER EL RITMO, SEGUIR | KEEP UP WITH (She was walking so fast I couldn't keep up with her) |
| ESTAR AL CORRIENTE | KEEP UP WITH (It's important to keep up with international news) |
| DERRIBAR | KNOCK DOWN (He was angry with the man that he knocked him down) |
| REBAJAR, REDUCIR EL PRECIO | KNOCK DOWN (She bought a coat that had been knocked down to half price) |
| DEJAR SIN CONOCIMIENTO | KNOCK OUT (The boxer knocked his opponent out in the third round) |
| ELIMINAR DE UNA COMPETICIÓN | KNOCK OUT (That team knocked us out in the semifinals) |
| VOLCAR, TIRAR | KNOCK OVER (The dog knocked over a chair as it rushed past) |
| OMITIR, EXCLUIR NOT TO INCLUDE OR PUT IN | LEAVE OUT (You're left out a word in that setence) |
| BAJAR, TO LOWER | LET DOWN (She let down the blind) |
| FALLAR, DERAUDAR | LET DOWN (She felt he had let her down by not coming to see her performance) |
| DESINFLAR | LET DOWN (When he got back to his car, he found that some children had let his tyres/tires down) |
| ALARGAR | LET DOWN (She had to let down the childs shirt) |
| HACER EXPLOTAR, ESTALLAR. TO FIRE (a gun) OR CAUSE (a firework, etc) | LET OFF (He let the gun off accidentally) |
| PERDONAR, TO ALLOW TO GO WITHOUT PUNISHMENT | LET OFF (The policeman let him off (with a warning)) |
| LIBERAR ESTRÉS, TO RELEASE OR GET RID OF EXCESS ENERGY, EMOTION, etc | LET OFF STEAM (The children letting off stem by running about in the playground) |
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