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Hold back contenerse “She tried, but she couldn’t hold back the tears any longer”.
1.Hold on! esperar. Común en inglés hablado. “Hold on” Es como WAIT FOR ME. “Esperenme”.
2.Hurry up darse prisa “Hurry up or we will be late”.
3.Keep on seguir “She kept on asking me the same questions”.
4.Lay (somebody) off despedir “With the crises, we have been forced to lay off some staff”.
5.Let (somebody) down defraudar, decepcionar “I don’t want to let you down, but I don’t think I can come with you
to the party tomorrow”.
6.Look forward to tener ganas de “We are really looking forward to your visit!”.
7.Look out prestar atención, tener cuidado Look out! “That car almost hit you!”.
8.Look up encontrar algo como en una agenda, en Internet o en algún catálogo. “Can you look up their address on
the Net?”.
9.Look up to (somebody) admirar a alguien “She’s so brave, I have always looked up to her”.
10.Look after cuidar. “I have to travel next week. Can you look after mu dog?”.
11.Look into investigar. “I’ll look into it right away and come back to you as soon as possible!”.
12.Make (something) up inventar algo “I don’t believe you. You’re making that up!”.
13.Make up (somebody) reconciliarse “Our parents had an argument last night, but they made up this morning”
14.Make out Reconocer o distinguir detalles “I just couldn’t make out what she was saying!”.
15.Pick on (somebody) fastidiar, burlar “When I was young, my brother always picked on me”.
16.Put (something) off posponer, atrasar “You must not want to do it, you keep putting it off”.
17.Point out señalar o hacer notar “Braulio pointed out that their department hadn’t done early shifts for
1.Pull over detenerse (también usado cuando estas en el carro y detienes el carro llevandolo a un lado de la
carretera) “Can you pull over?. I think we hit a dog”.
2.Put down escribir, anotar “Hold on, I’ll put it down, let me just find a piece of paper!”.
3.Put forward proponer una idea. “Can I put forward something?”.
4.Put off posponer o dejar para mas tarde “I don’t want to clean my house today,I’ll put it off till tomorrow”.
5.Put through – transferir una llamada “Can you put me through to the sales department, please?.
6.Rely on contar con, confiar en “I hope I can rely on you to be discreet”.
7.Run out of agotarse, acabarse “We just ran out of milk, can you buy some more, please?”
8.Run off imprimir copias de un de algo como un documento “Can you run off a few more survey sheets, please?”
9.Set up fundar, establecer, instalar “I’ve always dreamt of setting up my own business!”.
10.Show off presumir “Michael always likes showing off in front of girls, that’s the way he is!”
11.Show up aparecer (como cuando llegas a una reunión y llegas tarde)“Well, well, look who decided to show up!”
or “He showed up late, and the game had already started without him”.
12.Slow down reducir la velocidad “Slow down please, you are driving too fast!”.
13.Sort out resolver un problema “ Bill, please do something about the problem. OK, Ok I’ll sort it out”.
14.Stand for representar “What does AWOL stand for?” “What does J.K. stand for in J.K. Rowling’s name?”.
15.Stand up for defender tus derechos. “I’ll definitely stand up for my rights to take summer holidays this year as I
haven’t had them for four years!”.
16.Stay on quedarse en algo o en algun lugar mas de lo esperado. “Are you staying on today as well?”.
1.Stick together estar juntos (cuando 2 o mas personas paran juntos) “We should stick together, you know, it’ll be
much easier as everyone else seems to be on their own!”.
2.Take after (somebody) parecerse “With that bad temper, he must take after his father”
3.Take over sustituir, hacerse con el control “If you are tired of driving, I can take over for a while”
4.Take off despegar “The plane will take off in 5 minutes”.
5.Take up ocupar, empezar una afición “He has taken up tennis in his free time”
6.Talk down to hablar con menosprecio haciendo a la otra persona que es es inferior. “He is his boss but he should
talk down to Juan”
7.Tell (somebody) off echar la bronca, regañar “She told him off after he was late again”
8.Throw out echar “They should throw that guy out, he’s really drunk”
9.Turn down rechazar “I’ll never forget how she turned down my invitation!”
10.Turn up significa llegar o aparecer. “Has Michael turned up today. I haven’t seen him?”
11.Turn out cuando algo sale diferente a lo que esperado “It turned out that I actually knew that guy from my
12.Watch out! tener cuidado. “Watch out! “The floor is slipery. You might fall”.