Common English Idioms and Business Vocabulary with Translations
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Idioms
- Get away from it all
- somewhere peaceful
- Off the beaten track
- go where other tourists don't
- Up close and personal
- experiencing something from very near
- In the blink of an eye
- very quickly
- A drop in the ocean
- a small amount compared to what is needed
- Goes through the roof
- rises to a very high level
- Go up in smoke
- spoiled or wasted (destroyed by fire)
- The tide is turning
- reversing events
- As right as rain
- fresco como una rosa
- Feeling under the weather
- no sentirse bien físicamente
- Sleep like a log
- dormir como un tronco
- Feeling down in the dumps
- estar de bajón
- As fit as a fiddle
- estar como un roble
- Out of the blue
- suddenly, unexpected
- Have blood on their hands
- responsible for someone's death
- Bitter pill to swallow
- an unpleasant fact that has to be accepted
- Handed to me on a plate
- to give something to someone very easily
- For love or money
- por amor o dinero
- Go it alone
- ir por libre
- Up and running
- en funcionamiento
- Have a head for business
- ser listo para los negocios
- Bring it on
- dale
- Sum up
- to describe the important facts or characteristics of something or someone
- Clock up
- to achieve a particular number or amount of something (sincronizar)
- Come up with something
- to think of a plan, an idea or a solution to a problem
- Put something together
- to prepare a piece of work by collecting several ideas and suggestions and organizing them
- Start something up
- if a business, organization, or person starts up, it is created and starts to operate
Vocabulary
- on the dole
- en el paro
- get fired / get the sack
- ser despedido
- whiz-kids
- niño prodigio
- tech-savvy
- conocedor de la tecnología
- patent-pending
- patente en trámite
- prodigy
- prodigio
- a market researcher
- investigador de mercado
- market share
- participación en el mercado
- on the market
- a la venta
- stock market
- mercado de valores
- the job market
- mercado laboral
- a good head for business
- buena cabeza para los negocios
- go out of business
- quebrar
- mean business
- hablar en serio
- run your own business
- montar tu propio negocio
- start up a business
- empezar un negocio
- dead-end (job)
- trabajo sin futuro
- employer
- empleador
- long-term
- largo plazo
- short-term
- corto plazo
- full-time
- tiempo completo
- part-time
- tiempo parcial
- employment
- empleo
- employee
- empleado
- profit
- beneficio
- loss
- Pérdida
- promising job
- trabajo prometedor
- get a job
- conseguir trabajo
- nine-to-five
- horario (9-17)
- government grant
- subvención del gobierno
- unemployment benefit
- prestación por desempleo
- fixed salary
- salario fijo
- be redundant
- ser despedido
- cover one's costs
- cubrir gastos
- go into business
- entrar en el negocio
- start one's own business
- empezar tu propio negocio
- do something for a living
- profesión con la que te ganas la vida
- run a business
- llevar una empresa
- be one's own boss
- ser tu propio jefe
- buy stuff in bulk
- comprar al por mayor