Common Idioms and Expressions with Definitions

To wonder -> To ask yourself questions about

To get hold of -> To obtain something

To turn out -> To become or result in; to appear, to end up being

To do/go cold turkey -> The unpleasant symptoms caused by suddenly ceasing to take a drug to which one is addicted: stopping the drug may result in cold turkey.

To be dealt a bad hand -> To be very unlucky

To cope with a situation -> To manage a situation

To binge on something -> A period of excessive indulgence in an activity, especially drinking alcohol or eating:

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To feel entitled to something -> When you feel you deserve something...just because

Self esteem -> Confidence in yourself

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Peer pressure -> A feeling that you should do something because that is what your Friends want the influence that people your age may have on you.

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To be in the spotlight -> intense scrutiny or public attention

To oversee a situation -> To monitor/supervise a situation

To resettle in a place -> To move to a different place

To ditch someone -> To leave/abandon someone

Ludicrous -> Ridiculous, laughable, absurd

Displaced -> Removed from a place

Infinitive -> The possibility (what grammatical structure)

In blanking -> no difficulty

Set off -> To start a journey

Gerund(ing) -> Recommend (what structure)

What time it is -> No one knows what time is it or what time it is

An in depth analysis -> A thorough study

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To manage a situation -> To handle a situation

A blast -> An explosion

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To broadcast information -> To emot information through the media, to tell a lot of people (colloquial)

To bump into -> To meet by chance

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To sneeze -> Estornudar

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To be mad -> To be very annoyed (or also used to describe "crazy"

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Tender -> sensitive, emotional,sweet

To make an enquiry -> To ask for information (more formal)

To build up -> (v) To boost, to develop, to fortify

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To say something out loud -> Say something so that people can hear it

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A working lunch -> To have lunch and work at the same time

Insignificant -> Unimportant

To reunite -> To meet again

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To quote -> To repeat exactly what someone else has said or written

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To happen to see something/do something -> To see or do by chance

Nitpicking -> Quisquilloso

Assaulted -> Atacado

Digress -> Divagar

Query -> Interrogar

At fault -> Ser culpable

Coached -> Entrenado

Efficient -> Eficiente

Untrustworthy -> Que no es de fiar

Straight away -> Ahora mismo

Frumpy -> Desaliñado

Slut -> Puta

So, in short

Bloodstained clothes -> Manchado de sangre

Fake tan -> Bronceado

Misogyny -> Misoginia

Nadir -> El punto más bajo

Barely notice -> Apenas se nota

Middle-class -> Clase media

As opposed to -> Lo opuesto

Girls -> Chicas

Willingly -> voluntariamente

Focused on -> Concentrado en

Alleged -> Victims

Weird -> Extraño

Indecent exposure -> Excibisionismo

Perverting the course of justice -> Obstrucción de la justicia

Were cleared of -> Estar seguro

Dubbed -> Doblar

Rape -> Violar