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Idioms As long: whereas Be up to ones ears: To have problems Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Break one neck:

Work hard By the skin of ones teeth: Complete with difficulty Catch someones eyes: Attract someone attention Change ones mind: Re consider a decision Cost an arm and a leg: Cost too much Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me Get on someones nerves: To bother someone Get out of hands: Get out of control Go to ones head: Big ego Have on heart to set on: To really want something Have ones hand full: Be occupied Hindsight is 20 20: When you looking back you can have a perfect vision Holding back: Reprimirse I am in a bit of a fix: I am in trouble I am joking around: I a kidding I have my work cut out for: A lot of work If Johnny jump off a bridge would you? In the long run Is the other way around: es al revez Keep in mind: Remember Keep ones head: Remain calm in a emergency Let ones hair down: To relax Make up ones mind: Decide something Neck and neck: Close together in a competition No have the heart to: Unable to say something unpleasantly Over ones head: Too difficult Pack rat: Person who never throws anything away Pay through the nose: Pay too high price Play it by ear: Act with out plan Potato coach: Person who are lazy Pull someone leg: Make fun of somebody Put ones foot down: Demand something be done in a particularly way Put ones foot in ones mouth: Make a mistake Run through: To practice See eye to eye: Be in agreement Split hairs: Argue Spring chicken: Too young Stick one neck out: Take a risk Switch Gears: Change the subject The stick and the carrot: The punishment and the reward

To dress down: Dress in a casual way To have a sense of belonging: Be patriotic We are shooting ourselves in the foot: To do something against your country Weighed more heavily: Important idea You hit the bottom: Tocaste fondo

Phrasal Verbs Call on: Visit Call for: Require Call up: To call Call back: Return the call Call out: Shout Call off: Cancel Get across: Make clear Get down: depress Get along: friendly Get through: Finish Get ahead: Improve Get by: Live with difficulty Get up: To get up Get in: Enter (car, building) Get out: Leave Get on: Enter (train, Ship, bus) Get off: Leave Get into: Enter an argument Graving agarrar Give away : Allow someone to have Give back: Return Give in: Accept a idea Give off: sensory of smell Give out: Exhausted Give up: Stop trying Go along: Accompany Go by: Pass Go on: Continue Go up: Increase Go down: Decrease Go away: Leave Go back: Return

Go into: Consider detail Put on: Dress one self Put down: Place down Put away: Put in usual storage Put out: Extinguish Put off: Postpone Put up: Patiently Turn up: Make louder Turn down: Make a soften decrease Turn in: To give Turn on: Start the flow Turn off: Stop the flow Turn over: Change position Turn into: Transformed Turn out: Found an answer Come in: To enter Come off: Become separated Come on: Hurry Come over: visit Come across: Meet by chance Come down with: Become ill Come from: Originate from Keep back: Hold back Keep up: inconvenient Keep away: Stay away Keep out: Avoid entering Keep on: Continue Keep off: Avoid walking Keep right on: To continue Take up.: Begin studying Take over: Take control of Take on: To take Take in: Assimilate Take down: Write notes Take off: Stop working Take after: Act like other person Look up: Reference book Look around: Examine possibilities Look into: Investigate Look down: Consider one self better than

Look like: Similar appearance Look forward to: Anticipate with pleasure

Vocabulary

Band: Get along. Behold: To see Bicker: To argue Breed: Type of dog Calt: A thing that everybody loves Clash: To disagree Emancipator: Liberator Emerge: Appear as Flawed: Incorrect Gauche (gosh): Inappropriate Harsh: Quite comfortable Houses: To contain Hunch: Strange feeling Husky: Masculine voice Hutchie: tacky Impromptu: Speech of last minute Label: To give a name Miscarry: When somebody lost a baby Mother Nature: Natural process Mundane: Boring stuffs you make every day Offspring: Animal descendence Paradoxical: Contradictory Pawn: A person whose actions are controlled by others Picky: A person really exigent Preeminence: The best Release: To emit Set it apart: To differentiate Slightly: A little Still born: The baby is dead Stunts: Foolish actions someone does to get attention Surrogate: substitute mother Task: Chore, things to do in your house Tend to: to be like to do something Tinker: Work in a experiment Undertake: to begin a project Wallowing: To rolling Wrap: swathe

flattering: halagador

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