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C A M I L O B E LT R A N Y BRAHIAN CASTILLO

SETTING UP:
“They´re setting up for tonight!”
In cases like this one, the phrasal verb
setting up is used to say to prepare, in
other words, he is saying that they are
working to have everything ready for that
night´s celebration.

- The world cup is setting up stadiums here

SIGN UP:
“You should sign up”
To sign up is to enroll yourself in a certain
activity in order to participate in it.

- Daniel should sign up for the dance contest


FREAK:
“My family would freak!”
To freak is to panic or have a strong
emotional reaction to something.

- Mom will freak

SEIZE YOUR MOMENT:


“Seize your moment”
The phrase seize your moment is used
to encourage people to live their life to
its full potential, In other words, in
some way this means "enjoy life while
you can".

- seize your moment every day


SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT:
“show me what you got, muchacho”
the phrase show me what you got is commonly used to ask
someone to show you their talents or abilities.

- Come on and show me what you got.

AUDIENCE:
“I´ll be you first audience”
An audience is the group of people that gets together in
one place to see someone perform.
as Miguel never played his music in public this
musician would be his first audience.

- I´m need a audience


GETTING A SHINE:
“I was just getting a shine”
as we can see in this scene, the musician is payin Miguel to polish
his shoes.
If you ever polished your shoes you probably know that they end
p being very shiny.
For this reason, we can also call this a "shoe shiny", and Miguel is
a shoe shiner. the mariachi reduce it by just saying "shine".

SHAME ON YOU:
“shame on you”
shame on you is a good phrase to use when you want
to tell someone off, as it is a way of saying that he or
she should feel shame because of their acts.

- Carol, shame on you
KEEP AWAY FROM:
“You keep away from him”
if someone tells you to keep away from someone or
something, that person means that you should avoid that
person, as they seem unpleasant, dangerous likely to
cause problems.
- I told you to keep away from my daughter.

NODDING AND YES-ING:


“i´m nodding and i´m yes-ing”
both nodding and yes-ing have similar
meanings, as they are used to express
agreement.
BLESSING:
"i'll count it as a blessing"
If you say that you have been blessed or have a blessing, you mean
that you feel lucky to have something such as health, love or in this
case, a bit of craziness. Now, the expression "to count one´s blessings"
means to be grateful for what one has.
Often we will use it to tell someone they should be grateful.

ej: They just want to give you their blessing

NOT SO BAD YOURSELF


"Not so bad yourself"
This phrase is quite common and it is used to say
that you are good at something. So by saying this, he
means that Miguel is actually a really good
musician!
THE LIBERTIES YOU´RE TAKING:
The phrase to take liberties is used when someone
feels very comfortable with a situation or thing and
acts in a way that could be considered too free.

ej: I took the liberty or ordering a drink for you while


you were in the bathroom.

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