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drone on
To speak in a boring way for a long time.
-"My Diseño Curricuar's teacher drones on for 2 hours every week."
hang on something
to depend on something in order to be successful.
- Would it be possible to do the morning shift tomorrow?
- Than hangs on the administrative department.
to reason with someone
to persuade someone in order to convince them to do something.
- Your sister doesn't want to eat the fruit. I'll have to reason with her.
lavish money on someone
to spend a lot of money on someone.
- She keeps lavishing money on her boyfriend, but as soon as he finds another one he's going to dump her.
to siphon off
to take money dishonestly from an organization.
- Julian Muñoz siphoned off money from the town hall and now he's in jail.
wind up
to close down a business.
- We were forced to wind up the restaurant as we were going bankrupt.
jut out from flat
to protude.
- That picture frame juts out from flat.
get saddled with work
to be given extra work you are not responsible of in the beginning.
- Maria's got the flu, so today I got saddled with her work.
dish out advice
to give advice when it's not wanted.
- Jane keeps dishing out advice about how to do my job. She doesn't even know how to do hers!
blend in with
to become unnoticed.
- I wore sunglasses and trendy shoes in order to blend in with the people there.
dissociate from someone or something
to show that you're not connected to something or someone in order to avoid trouble.
- Amazon has dissociate from Woody Allen since he is suspected of sexual harrassment.
swot up on something
to revise.
- I'll swot up on chemistry for the test.
brood on something
to think about something for a period of time.
- I'm brooding on taking the English exam or not.
to simmer down
to become less angy.
- He just got fired. You'll have to wait him to simmer down if you want to talk to him.
answer to the description
to have the characteristics described.
- The boy answered to the description given in his Tinder profile.
dabble in something
take part in something but not too seriously (hacer pinitos)
- I dabbled in jazz music when I was in college.
shell out money on something
spend a lot of money on something.
- I have been shelling out money on my German classes. I feel that I've been throwing money down the drain.
set out
to intend to do.
- I set out to study this morning without success.
to arrange things.
- I set out my room so it's a quiet and tidy place.
take on
to agree to do something.
- I was offered the opportunity to work with them and I took on.
look into
investigate.
- My lawyer tried to look into the problem.
stand out
to hightight.
- Is there any juicy story that you'd like to stand out?
- I must stand out her confidence.
find out
discover.
- We found out that the mayor had been siphoning off the town hall.
try out
to test something or someone to see how effective it is.
-I'm trying out this new place to study.
point out
to mention.
- I need to point out that the washing machine isn't working anymore.
back down
to admit defeat.
- I'll have to back down the moment the see I failed the exam.
tip off
secret warning or piece of information.

- The police were tipped off about the drug dealers.
push forward with
to continue to do something with effort and motivation.
- I pushed forward with my plant to pass the exam, although I wasn't convinced I was going to pass.
knock off
steal
- I was caught knocking off chocolates from the shop.
fall out with someone
argue and not be friendly anymore
be/get carried away
dejarse llevar.
- I got carried away and took that flight to Copenhangen.
fork out
to spend money unwillingly.
- I have to fork out 154€ for that loan every month.
to be dead set on doing something
completamente decidido
- I'm dead set on going to that trip to Paris next year.
come to terms with
get used to something
rake over
keep talking about an unpleasant event or experience.
- My best friend keeps raking over her breaking up with her boyfriend when she should get on with her life.
take exception to something
if you take exception to something you feel offended or annoyed by it and end up complaining.
- I took exception to my colleagues not doing their job properly.
rule out
to prevent something from happening.
- A terrorist attack in London cannot be ruled out.
to be sworn in
to promise to be honest and loyal in an official position.
- Obama was sworn in in 2008.
grappling with the problem
try many methods of solving a problem.

- Scientists have been grappling with the problem of tartar for many years.
sneak in
colarse
cut down on
reducir
-I'm of the opinion that we should cut down on meat consumption.
wind down
relax, unwind
everything's fallen into place
todo ha salido cmo esperaba
while away the time
pasar el tiempo esperando otra cosa (leyendo en el autobús, esperando el tren, etc.)
branch out into new markets
to extent a business into new areas.
- Companies in the future will probably need to branch out into electronics.
eat into
to spend more money than expected in something.

- When I made a year abroad I didn't expect groceries to be so expensive and that was eating into my budget for the year.
fizzle out
to gradually end, often in a disappointing way.
- My relationship with my friend Jessica ended up fizzling out since we went to different universities after high school.