a can of whoop ass	an occasion when someone is hit, punished, or defeated
a case in point	buen ejemplo, caso en cuestión
A Nard Dog	Así se le dice a un bernardo
a rought patch	o experience a lot of problems in a period of your life: Andy's going through a rough patch at the moment - his wife wants a divorce.
above and beyond	far beyond what is required by (something, such as a duty) He went above and beyond the call of duty.
Accountability	responsabilidad
acquaintanceship	a relationship between two people who have met but do not know each other well: Ours was a strictly professional acquaintanceship. He proposed to his wife after only three days of acquaintanceship.
afterwards	at a later or succeeding time : SUBSEQUENTLY, THEREAFTER found out about it long afterward
airtight	hermético
alike	parecido
all along	todo el tiempo
allegiance	lealtad
amognst	Among and amongst definition Both words are prepositions that mean “into, surrounded by; in the midst of, so as to influence; with a share for each of; in the number, class, or group of; mutually; or by all or with the whole of.”
apiarist	apicultor
asset	activo
auction	subasta
awkward	incómodo
bargain	la ganga
barge	to hurry somewhere or through a place in a rude and forceful way:
bear	soportar, bear interest: crecer en términos de rendimiento-
behalf	en nombre de
being in the spotlight	estar en el centro de atención
bested	superado
bickering	disputa
binder	la carpeta
Black Belt	el cinturón *****
bloaded	Obscenely wealthy and obnoxious in showing it. A hybrid of the words "bloated" and "loaded". Someone who overtly peels through several hundred-dollar bills when paying a modest check or who shows off by tipping the valet $20. Someone with sunglasses, watch, handbag, luggage all clearly branded with top of the line designers or who casually drops lines like "so I was driving my Lamborghini in Beverly Hills the other day."
blossom	florecer
bludgeoned	aporreado
boner	metedura de pata
bounce off	rebotar
bound	obligado
Bound books	libro encuadernado
Boundaries	límites
brag	presumir
break away	soltarse (1: to detach oneself especially from a group : get away 2: to depart from former or accustomed ways 3: to pull away with a burst of speed
Bring it in (informal)	to make money: Their chain of restaurants brings in millions of dollars a year.
bummer/is a bummer	que lastima/una lastima
bumpin	Description of a party/club/event that was hype, dope, phat or sick. Also can describe a bass line or actions to it. 1. "Yo that party was bumpin'"
bunt	in the game of baseball, to deliberately hit the ball so that it only goes a short distance
busted	arrestado
calves	pantorrillas
catch up	ponerse al día
catch up with	ponerse al día
chalk up	-to achieve something, such as a victory, or to score points in a game: : ATTAIN, ACHIEVE -Credit: to accept failure and learn from a particular experience: "So your new job didn't work out very well?" "No, it didn't, but never mind - chalk it up to experience."
Checks	Notes
cherish	apreciar, valorar, estimar
chessy	cursi
chewed up	masticado
chocolate shavings	Chocolate que se produce al rayar, como virutas de chocolate
chump	tonto
chunks	trozos
clam up	cerrar el pico
coddle	1.consentir: to treat with extreme or excessive care or kindness : PAMPERaccused the court of coddling criminalscolleges that coddle their athletes 2. to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling pointcoddled the eggs for the Caesar salad
come along	acompañar
come around	volver en sí
come up	: to come near : make an approachcame up and introduced himself 2.: to rise in rank or statusan officer who came up from the ranks 3: a: to come to attention or consideration: the question never came up b: to occur in the course of time. any problem that may come up coin came up tails
come up with	proponer
commited	comprometido
companionship	la compañía, the enjoyment of spending time with other people: I lived on my own for a while but I missed the companionship of others.
concierge	el conserje
coop up	enjaular, encerrar
court	cancha
crank some tunes	Poniendo algunas canciones
crowning	aparición de la cabeza fetal. A crowning event or achievement is the best or most important one: "the crowning achievement of her long career"
cuckolded	cornudo/cachoneado
darn	Caray
deathless	inmortal
Delusions	ilusiones falsas
desecrate	profanar
despise	despreciar
despite, in spite of	a pesar de
detour	desvío
dibs/dibs on something	a right to have or get something from someone, or to use something: deuda
digger	excavadora
distress	angustia
do-si-do	a square-dance figure: a: a figure in which the dancers pass each other right shoulder to right shoulder and circle each other back to back b: a figure in which the woman moves in a figure circling first her partner and then the man on her right
dorky	tonto
douche	Duchas, lavados vaginales
down the line	En todo momento/ If you say that something happens all down the line, or right down the line, you mean that it happens in every case. Excellent acting all down the line captures the sound and feeling of that semi-feudal age. Democrats and Republicans differed right down the line on what the proper responses were.
drop out	abandonar
duck	to move your head or the top part of your body quickly down, especially to avoid being hit
Due Process	debido proceso
dug	cavar
dull	soso
dumpster diving	the activity of searching through dumpsters or other large containers holding waste, in order to find food that can still be eaten or objects that can still be used:
dusky	1: somewhat dark in color specifically : having dark skin 2: marked by slight or deficient light : SHADOWY
eager	ansioso
eager	ansioso
eager	entusiasta
Enabler	facilitador someone who allows or makes it possible for another person to behave in a way that damages that person:
enforce	hacer cumplir a law, a command, one's own will
entice	persuadir
fabric	tela
farfetched	inverosímil
fart	echar pedos
fattening	engordante
fax over	enviar por fax
features	características
fill in for sb	sustituir a alguien
fill someone in	If you fill someone in, you give them more details about something that you know about. I didn't give Reid all the details yet-I'll fill him in. He filled her in on Wilbur Kantor's visit.
fizzle	intransitive verb 1 : FIZZ 2 : to fail or end feebly especially after a promising start —often used with out
flare up	rebrote
flattery	halago
flee market	el mercado de pulgas
flounder	luchar para mantenerse a flote
fluke	golpe de suerte
flunk out	reprobar
fluster	poner nervioso
follow through	Acabar lo que se empieza
foreman	: a first or chief person: such as a : a member of a jury who acts as chairman and spokesman b (1) : a chief and often specially trained worker who works with and usually leads a gang or crew (2) : a person in charge of a group of workers, a particular operation, or a section of a plant
Foremen	capataces
Forfeiture	Decomiso, pérdida, incautación
framed	incriminado
Funk	miedo
furnace	el horno
gavel	mazo
get back together	reconciliarse/recomponer
give it up for somebody	INFORMAL•US applaud a performer or entertainer.
gnaw	roer, carcomer
Go down-the-line	To move from person to person or thing to thing, which are arranged in a line.
goatee	barba de chivo
Goosebumps	piel de gallina/escalofrios
grape	la uva
grope	manosear
gross	asqueroso
gruesome	horripilante
grumpy	gruñón
half-heartedly (adv.)	a medias
hang-gliding	volar con ala delta
hardly	apenas
heck	Caray
hell of an/a	extremely, or extremely big: It's a/one hell of a big decision to take. The house was in a/one hell of a mess.
hick	pueblerino
hindsight	comprensión retrospectiva
holier-than-thou	expresión para decir que alguien se cree muy santo Más santo que tú
hook up	Conectar, engancharse
hooked up with	to meet or begin to work with another person or other people:
household	Hogar
How dare you!	¡Cómo te atreves!
hustled	timo
hypercritical	hipercrítico
I am thrilled	Estoy encantada
I just winged it.	To have no skill or natural ability in the task you are fixing to do but having the ability to make everyone around you think that you do also when giving speeches that you just made up I had no idea what I wrote last night but I got an A. I must've winged it.Forgot about that assignment. Oh well, I'll just wing it.
I was way out of line	Estaba fuera de lugar
I'll cut right to the chase.	Iré directo al grano.
I'm headed	Me dirijo (de ir a un lugar)
if you catch/get my drift	used to say that you have left out information or your opinion from what you have just said, but that you expect the person listening still to understand it:
inane	vano, inútil
inner	interno
intend	intentar
intended	planeado, previsto
intercourse	coito, relaciones sexuales
intercourse	coito, relaciones sexuales
it comes to	se trata de
jackpot	premio gordo
jelly	jalea
jerk	imbécil
jerky	quick and sudden: The disease causes sudden jerky movements of the hands and legs.
jot down	apuntar/anotar un mensaje
kind of	Más o emnos, algo así
Knocked up	to cause to stop sleeping
Knots	nudos
Koinophilia	Koinophilia is an evolutionary hypothesis proposing that during sexual selection, animals preferentially seek mates with a minimum of unusual or mutant features, including functionality, appearance and behavior.
laud	elogiar
layoffs	despidos
leap	saltar
lease	contrato de arrendamiento
lecture	conferencia
Letter of Intent	la carta de motivación
Loading Dock	A loading dock or loading bay is an area of a building where goods vehicles are loaded and unloaded.
loafer	mocasín
lobster	la langosta
lodge	alojar
look even the tiniest bit	parecerse en lo más mínimo
looms	telares/ v. Cernir
made up	inventar
maid	criada
make up one's mind	to make a decision about something : to decide I can't make up my mind where to take my vacation.
making out	besandose
manure	el abono
mean	to have a particular result: "the end justifies the means" significar, dar lugar a: Lower costs mean lower prices.[ + that ] Advances in electronics mean that the technology is already available.
mean it	ir en serio
mentally check out	desconectado mentalmente
mistress	amante
mortar	mortero
muddy	1. covered or filled with mud 2. not clear or bright muddy colours 3. cloudy a muddy liquid 4. (esp of thoughts) confused or vague VERB Word forms: -dies, -dying or -died 5. to become or cause to become muddy
nailed	To do something perfectly or with great skill and accuracy: This is the meaning used in the phrase "I thought we nailed the whole transfer thing earlier." In this context, "nailed" means that the speaker believed the transfer was completed with great success and efficiency. To fix or secure something in place: For example, "He nailed the board to the wall." In this context, "nailed" means to physically attach or fasten something using nails. To catch or capture someone or something: For example, "The police nailed the thief." In this context, "nailed" means to apprehend or take into custody.
nightlight	Luz de noche
no hard feelings	sin resentimientos
obnoxious	odioso
made out of	MADE FROM/he dress was made out of velvet.,
out of bounds	fuera de límites
outmeal	avena
outrun	to move faster or further than someone or something: The men easily outran the police officer who was chasing them. to develop faster or further than something: In the future, demand for tungsten will outrun supply.
overlook	pasar por alto, ignorar
padding	relleno, acolchado
pallet	la paleta
pestering	molestando
pestle	mano de mortero
plastered	enyesado, borracho
play along	seguir la corriente, seguir el juego
pleased	Encantado
plowing	arado
poised	preparado
pour out	derramar
preemptively	said or done before someone else has a chance to act or attack so that their plans or actions are prevented from happening
preemptive	preventivo
promptly	rápidamente
psyched	entusiasmado
pull over	orillar
Pump It Up	Put more energy into what you're doing! Be more enthusiastic! Get excited!
Pun	juego de palabras
pushy	molesto, agresivo, insistente
put up with	soportar, aguantar, tolerar
put your foot down	to use your authority to stop something happening: When she started borrowing my clothes without asking, I had to put my foot down.
queasy	Mareado, intranquilo
rat out	delatar
rebound relationship	is a reactionary relationship that is inspired by the unhealed wounds of a previous one.
relies on	se basa en
repartee	réplicas agudas
rest assured	to be certain that something will happen: You can rest assured that you're going to get a good deal. Note: Used to make someone feel safe or less worried about something.
restrain	to control the actions or behaviour of someone by force, especially in order to stop them from doing something, or to limit the growth or force of something: When he started fighting, it took four police officers to restrain him. She was so angry that she could hardly restrain herself. You should try to restrain your ambitions and be more realistic. Growth in car ownership could be restrained by increasing taxes.
Ribs	las costillas
riddle	acertijo
roaring	rugiendo
robe	bata
roped off	acordonado
rundown	resumen
Sasquatch	El sasquatch
scam	estafa
scoop	a tool with a deep bowl-shaped end that is used to dig out and move a soft substance or powder: a measuring scoop an ice-cream scoop
scuba	bucear
Scuttlebutt	news or information that may or may not be true:
seeping	filtrando
seldom	RARE, INFREQUENT
set somebody up	to establish someone or yourself in a business or position: After he left college, his father set him up in the family business. She set herself up as an interior designer.
setback	contratiempo
setup	an action that deceives someone in order to profit or get an advantage:
sewn	cosido
shake someone down	to get money from someone by using threats or tricks
shake-up, shake sth up	If an unpleasant experience shakes someone up, it makes them feel shocked and upset: I think she was pretty shaken up by the accident.
sharpen	afilar
sheet cake	Un pastel de hoja o pastel de losa es un pastel horneado en un molde para pastel grande, plano y rectangular.
shirtless	sin camisa
shortchanged	to give someone back less money than they are owed when the person is buying something from you: I think I was shortchanged in the café, because I've only got £5 in my purse when I should have £10. to treat someone unfairly, by giving them less than they deserve: Children who leave school unable to read and write are being tragically shortchanged.
shove something down someone’s throat	to force someone to accept something unpleasant: I’m tired of Dave shoving his opinions down our throats.
shrill	chillón
shrine	santuario
shutting down	apagar, cerrar
sight-seeing	ver las atracciones. devoted to or used for seeing sights the activity of visiting the famous or interesting places of an area : the act or pastime of seeing sights
single-handedly (adv)	without any help from anyone else:
slammed	golpeado
sleep around	Acostarse con cualquiera
slighty	ligeramente
sly	astuto
smooth	having or showing very polished and worldly manners
Smudge	1. To make dirty, especially in one small area: My shirt was smudged with soot. 2. To smear or blur (something): smudged grease on my pants; smudged her makeup. 3. To fill (an orchard or an inhabited area) with dense smoke from a smudge pot in order to prevent damage from frost or to repel insects.
snap decision	decisión rápida
so as to	para que, de manera que
so long	Hasta luego
so that, in order that	para que
soar	elevarse
soared	se elevó, se disparó
something from scratch	Algo desde cero
something is up	used for saying that something is wrong or something bad is happening It's not like Sara to be so rude. Something must be up.
speak out of turn	to say something that you should not have said:
specifics	detalles
squirming	Retorciéndose
stall	puesto
start over	empezar de nuevo
step in	intervenir, tomar cartas en el asunto
stomp	pisar fuerte
Storks	cigüeñas
straightjacket	camisa de fuerza
stroll	pasear
Strike up	to start to play or sing something: When the applause had died down, a band struck up the national anthem. to start a relationship or conversation with someone: She struck up a relationship with an artist soon after she arrived in Paris.
swap	intercambiar
take a dump	cagar
take on	hacerse cargo de,to accept a particular job or responsibility: to employ someone:,to fight or compete against someone or something:
take the fall for	to accept the blame for something another person did: I wasn't going to take the fall for him
taking a dump	cagar
tasteful	de buen gusto
tee bal game	Tee-ball es un deporte de equipo basado en una forma simplificada de béisbol o softbol. Está pensado como una introducción para que los niños de 4 a 6 años desarrollen habilidades en el juego de pelota y se diviertan.
tentist	a tentist is a person who puts up and installs tents
thriftiness	the quality of being careful with money or resources, especially by avoiding waste: Ahorro
thrive	prosperar, crecer mucho, desarrollarse
to reherse	ensayar
to sweep	barrer
top-of-the-line	DE CALIDAD SUPERIOR
treadmill	la cinta caminadora
trim	un recorte
trout	trucha
truce	tregua
turmoil	confusión
turn around	darse vuelta
turntable	el tocadiscos
tweed	tejido
unknowable	desconocido
vast	amplio
vested interest	interés personal
warehouse	almacén, bodega, depósito
warrant	Orden:The police have a warrant for his arrest. justificación: to justify. A slight cold does not warrant your staying off work.
well-off	adinerado
What are you up to?	¿qué andas haciendo?
What's your deal?	Typically, if an offense is given, the response is what is your deal?; aka what is wrong with you! you are offensive.
when push comes to shove	a la hora de la verdad
whence	de donde, por lo cual, por consiguiente.
whip up	batir
whodunit	película policíaca
whorish	sexually promiscuous or provocative.
wingman	compinche
womanizer	mujeriego
worship	adorar
write up	amonestar
writhing	Retorciéndose
Fizz	1: to make a hissing or sputtering sound : EFFERVESCE 2: to show excitement or exhilaration fizz : a hissing sound b : SPIRIT, LIVELINESS 2 : an effervescent beverage fizzy ˈfi-zē adjective
As if / as though	Como si It looks as if they’ve had a shock. It looks as though you’ve not met before.
Falstaffian	jovial, plump, and dissolute
wheel barrow	la carretilla
juggle	hacer malabares
winch	manivela
hoist	v. izar, Levantar raise (something) by means of ropes and pulleys. high overhead great cranes hoisted girders s. montacargas
gooey	1. sticky, soft, and often sweet 2. oversweet and sentimental
entourage	séquito, comitiva
squirt	chorro
escort out	escoltar
dissolute	Someone who is dissolute does not care at all about morals and lives in a way that is considered to be wicked and immoral.

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