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to lead the way
Nu
MD
Fr
|
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
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
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to leave through/by the back-door
|
English |
To abandon one's goal |
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to lie through your teeth
|
English |
To deliberately say something that is completely untrue, in a way that makes other people angry or upset. |
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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 in cloud cuckoo-land
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
Living in a place or condition that is fanciful, lacking in reality, impractically utopian |
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to look after number one
Fr
|
English |
To selfishly put your own needs and interests before everyone else's |
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to look away
|
English |
To turn one’s gaze away from someone |
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to look down
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
Bajar los hojos por humildad, modestia |
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to look over
MD
|
English |
Mirar por encima |
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to look sb up and down
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
Mirar con aire de superioridad |
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to lose count
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
To miss information about something in a certain moment |
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to lose faith
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
To leave believing that something is going to happen |
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to lose hope
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
To be unable to find hope |
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to lose mind
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
To become crazy or confused |
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to lose one’s self-control
Nu
MD
Fr
|
|
To be unable to control one's feelings or actions. Lack restraint.
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to lose track
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
to have/not have information about what is happening or where somebody/something is |
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to lose your bearings
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
to be unable to stop yourself from crying, laughing, etc; to become crazy |
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to lose your strings
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
to become momentarily crazy |
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to make a dead set at someone
|
English |
To have a firm purpose |
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to make a supreme effort
F
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
|
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to make every effort
|
English |
To make every effort and to pay as much attention as possible |
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to make matters worse
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
Añadir a un error otro mayor, queriendo enmendar el desacierto |
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to make no bones about something
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
to talk frankly |
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to make somebody look bad
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
Desmentirle y dejarle mal a los ojos de otros |
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to make someone look good
|
English |
Desmentirle y dejarle bien a los ojos de otros |
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to make the hair stand on end
|
English |
To terrify, to scare or frighten, to fill with with fear. The allusion i to the way an animal's hair, especially that on the back of the neck, involuntary stiffens and becomes erect in the face of danger. |
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to make the most of something
|
English |
To face a situation in a direct and open way
|
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to make up one's mind
|
English |
To make, adopt a decision
|
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to make your blood run cold
|
English |
If a thought or experience makes your blood run cold, it shocks and frightens you because it is extremely cruel, violent or dangerous |
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to make/do a u turn
|
English |
Variation in one's behaviour or language |
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to makle something up
|
English |
To invent a story, explanation, etc. in order to deceive someone. |
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to mince no words
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
to talk frankly |
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to miss a chance
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
To fail to attain a goal |
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to miss out
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
to fail to take advantage of |
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to miss the boat
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
To miss the opportunity |
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to miss the opportunity
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
To fail to take advantage of doing something |
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to move heaven and earth
MD
|
English |
to do everything you can to achieve something |
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to not save work
F
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
|
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to open someone's eyes
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
Desengañarle en cosas que le pueden importar, sacarle de su engaño, hacerle ver la realidad |
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to overlook
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
Fingirse alguien distraído, no enterarse de algo |
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to palm off something
|
English |
To trick or persuade someone to take something. |
|
to palm something off
|
English |
To trick or persuade something to take something. |
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to parrot other people's opinions
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
Decir cosas inspiradas por otra persona |
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to pass (on) the baton
|
English |
To yield
|
|
to pass someone or something off (on someone) (as someone or something)
|
English |
To give someone or something to someone as a gift that appears to be someone or something desirable (as if the gift had been concealed in one's palm until it was gotten rid of). |
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to pawn someone or something off (on someone) (as someone or something)
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
To give someone or soemthing to someone as a gift that appears to be someone or something desirable (as if the gift had been concealed in one's palm until it was gotten rid of). |
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to pay attention
MD
Fr
|
English |
Alargar los oídos; aplicar alguien los oídos |