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to knock down a peg or two
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English |
to discredit, disrepute |
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to knock down a peg or two
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English |
to criticise: to publicly report the errors or faults of someone |
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to knock off (poss) pedestal
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English |
to criticise: to publicly report the errors or faults of someone |
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to knock oneself out
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to knock someone up
Ct
MD
Fr
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English |
make pregnant (Dejar embarazada a una mujer) |
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to knock someone up
MD
Fr
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English |
Make pregnant (Dejar embarazada a una mujer) |
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to know the score
F
Ct
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MD
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to knuckle down
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English |
Empezar a trabajar o estudiar duro
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to knuckle under
MD
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English |
To give up, submit |
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to labour under a delusion
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English |
Estar equivocado |
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to lay an egg
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English |
To make a mistake or be unsuccessful |
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to lay down one's arms/weapons
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English |
To yield both parties in a quarrell.
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to lay down one's life
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English |
Sacrifice one’s life for a cause.
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to lay into sb
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English |
To attack someone physically or with cruel words because you are angry
with them |
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to lay/put one's cards on the table
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English |
To maintain firmly one's opinion
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to laze away the day
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English |
Holgazanear |
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to lead someone on
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English |
To deceive someone, especially to make them think you love them. |
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to lead the way
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
To provoke a situation in order to obtain previous information |
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to leave it at that
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English |
To yield both parties in a quarrell. |
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to leave no stone unturned
F
Ct
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MD
Fr
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to leave through/by the back-door
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English |
To abandon one's goal |
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to let out a yell
MD
|
English |
dar un alarido, pegar un alarido |
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to let the cat out of the bag
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English |
To reveal a secret carelessly or by mistake |
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to lie like a rug
|
English |
To lie brazenly and barefacedly. |
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to lie like a tombstone
|
English |
To lie brazenly and barefacedly. |
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to lie like a trooper
|
English |
To lie often and barefacedly. |
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to lie through one's teeth
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English |
To accuse a person of lying in his teeth is the strongest of accusations, implying that the person is such a double-dyed liar as to be unfamiliar with truth. |
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to lie through your teeth
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English |
To deliberately say something that is completely untrue, in a way that makes other people angry or upset. |
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to lift an elbow
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English |
Beber mucho, con exceso |
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to listen in
MD
|
English |
Estar a la escucha |
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to listen too much
MD
|
English |
Estar con las orejas tan largas |
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to live and breathe
|
English |
Pasar tanto tiempo pensando en una situación concreta que se vuelve incapaz de pensar en otra cosa. |
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to live by your wits
F
|
English |
Vivir a costa de otros |
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to live from hand to mouth
|
English |
Tener muy poco dinero para sobrevivir |
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to live from pay check to pay check
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English |
Tener muy poco dinero |
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to live from pillar to post
|
English |
Tener muy poco dinero para sobrevivir |
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to live high on the hog
|
English |
To have a lot of money |
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to live in cloud cuckoo-land
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
Living in a place or condition that is fanciful, lacking in reality, impractically utopian |
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to live in clover
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English |
To have a lot of money |
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to live off
F
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English |
Vivir a costa de otros |
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to live on the fat of the land
F
|
English |
Vivir muy bien, en la abundancia, riqueza |
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to live within your means
|
English |
Ahorrar dinero porque tienes muy poco |
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to lock horns
|
English |
To begin to argue or fight. |
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to lock someone away
|
English |
encarcelar, recluir en la cárcel, prisión a alguien |
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to lock someone up
|
English |
encarcelar, recluir en la cárcel, prisión a alguien |
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to look a fright
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
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to look a sight
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
to be dressed in an untidy way |
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to look a sight
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
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to look a wreck
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
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to look after number one
Fr
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English |
To selfishly put your own needs and interests before everyone else's |