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to kill time
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English |
Holgazanear |
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to kneel
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
Pedir perdón, suplicar |
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to kneel down
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
|
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to knock oneself out
F
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
|
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to know the score
F
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
|
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to knuckle under
MD
|
English |
To give up, submit |
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to lay down one's arms/weapons
|
English |
To yield both parties in a quarrell.
|
|
to lay down one's life
|
English |
Sacrifice one’s life for a cause.
|
|
to lay/put one's cards on the table
|
English |
To maintain firmly one's opinion
|
|
to laze away the day
|
English |
Holgazanear |
|
to lead someone on
|
English |
To deceive someone, especially to make them think you love them. |
|
to lead the way
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
To provoke a situation in order to obtain previous information |
|
to leave it at that
|
English |
To yield both parties in a quarrell. |
|
to leave no stone unturned
F
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
|
|
to leave through/by the back-door
|
English |
To abandon one's goal |
|
to lie through your teeth
|
English |
To deliberately say something that is completely untrue, in a way that makes other people angry or upset. |
|
to listen in
MD
|
English |
Estar a la escucha |
|
to listen too much
MD
|
English |
Estar con las orejas tan largas |
|
to live in cloud cuckoo-land
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
Living in a place or condition that is fanciful, lacking in reality, impractically utopian |
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to look after number one
Fr
|
English |
To selfishly put your own needs and interests before everyone else's |
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to look away
|
English |
To turn one’s gaze away from someone |
|
to look down
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
Bajar los hojos por humildad, modestia |
|
to look over
MD
|
English |
Mirar por encima |
|
to look sb up and down
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
Mirar con aire de superioridad |
|
to lose count
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
To miss information about something in a certain moment |
|
to lose faith
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
To leave believing that something is going to happen |
|
to lose hope
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
To be unable to find hope |
|
to lose mind
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
To become crazy or confused |
|
to lose one’s self-control
Nu
MD
Fr
|
|
To be unable to control one's feelings or actions. Lack restraint.
|
|
to lose track
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
to have/not have information about what is happening or where somebody/something is |
|
to lose your bearings
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
to be unable to stop yourself from crying, laughing, etc; to become crazy |
|
to lose your strings
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
to become momentarily crazy |
|
to make a dead set at someone
|
English |
To have a firm purpose |
|
to make a supreme effort
F
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
|
|
to make every effort
|
English |
To make every effort and to pay as much attention as possible |
|
to make matters worse
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
Añadir a un error otro mayor, queriendo enmendar el desacierto |
|
to make no bones about something
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
to talk frankly |
|
to make somebody look bad
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
Desmentirle y dejarle mal a los ojos de otros |
|
to make someone look good
|
English |
Desmentirle y dejarle bien a los ojos de otros |
|
to make the hair stand on end
|
English |
To terrify, to scare or frighten, to fill with with fear. The allusion i to the way an animal's hair, especially that on the back of the neck, involuntary stiffens and becomes erect in the face of danger. |
|
to make the most of something
|
English |
To face a situation in a direct and open way
|
|
to make up one's mind
|
English |
To make, adopt a decision
|
|
to make your blood run cold
|
English |
If a thought or experience makes your blood run cold, it shocks and frightens you because it is extremely cruel, violent or dangerous |
|
to make/do a u turn
|
English |
Variation in one's behaviour or language |
|
to makle something up
|
English |
To invent a story, explanation, etc. in order to deceive someone. |
|
to mince no words
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
to talk frankly |
|
to miss a chance
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
To fail to attain a goal |
|
to miss out
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
to fail to take advantage of |
|
to miss the boat
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
To miss the opportunity |
|
to miss the opportunity
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
To fail to take advantage of doing something |