Mastering English Vocabulary: Idioms, Phrases & Verbs

Classified in Spanish

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Hair-raising: escalofriante, aterrador (terrifying, frightening)
Spine-chilling: escalofriante (terrifying, frightening)
To face up to something: hacer frente a algo (to confront something)
Hard to stomach: difícil de digerir, difícil de aceptar (difficult to accept/tolerate)
Turn your back on something: dar la espalda a algo (to abandon or ignore something)
Thin-skinned: sensible, susceptible (easily offended)
Pain in the neck: un incordio, un fastidio (an annoying person or thing)
Makes my blood boil: me hierve la sangre (makes me very angry)
Get butterflies in my stomach: tener mariposas en el estómago (to feel nervous or excited)

Down in the dumps: estar deprimido (feeling depressed)
Under the weather: sentirse mal (feeling a bit ill)
Over the moon: estar muy feliz y emocionado (extremely happy and excited)
In the doghouse: castigado, en desgracia (in trouble, in disgrace)
Out of the blue: de repente, sin avisar (unexpectedly, without warning)
On a roll: estar en racha (having a lot of good fortune or success)
Kept his cool / Remain calm: mantener la calma (stayed calm)
Lost his head / Become angry very suddenly: perder los estribos, enfadarse rápidamente (became very angry)
Finished / History: terminado, cosa del pasado (ended, over)
Had nothing in common / Have different interests and tastes: no tener nada en común (no shared interests)
Their eyes met / See and then look at each other: sus miradas se cruzaron, mirarse (looked at each other)
Through thick and thin / In good times and bad times: en las buenas y en las malas (in all circumstances)

These prefixes are used to form words with opposite or negative meanings:

ir-: irresponsible (irresponsable)
il-: illegal (ilegal)
dis-: distasteful (desagradable), disobedient (desobediente)
im-: immoral (inmoral), immature (inmaduro)
in-: indecent (indecente), inoffensive (inofensivo)
un-: unsuitable (inadecuado), uncensored (sin censura), unsafe (inseguro)

Get to know someone: conocer a alguien (to become acquainted with someone)
Go out with: salir con alguien (to date someone)
Flirt: flirtear, ligar (to behave in a way that shows sexual attraction)
Get on well with: llevarse bien con alguien (to have a good relationship with someone)
Get over: superar, recuperarse de (to recover from something, often an illness or breakup)
Make a commitment: comprometerse (to make a promise or pledge)

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