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to bring down a peg or two
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English |
to criticise: to publicly report the errors or faults of someone |
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to bring forth
Nu
MD
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English |
give birth to something |
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to bring home the bacon
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English |
Ganar dinero |
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to bring home the bacon
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English |
Trabajar para vivir, ganarse la vida |
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to bring into disrepute
Fr
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English |
To give (something) a bad name. |
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to bring s.o. down a peg
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English |
To do something to show someone that they are not as good as they
thought they were |
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to bring someone into the world
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
give birth to or assist at the birth of someone. |
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to bring sth up
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English |
Raise a matter for discussion or consideration |
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to build a nest egg
MD
|
English |
Ahorrar dinero para el futuro |
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to build castles in air
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English |
to daydream |
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to build castles in spain
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English |
«To create dreams, hopes, or plans that are impossible, unrealistic, or have very little chance of succeeding». |
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to build castles in the air
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English |
Tener planes con muy poca posibilidad de que ocurran
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to burn a hole in your pocket
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English |
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to burn the candle at both ends
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English |
Trabajar desde temprano hasta tarde por la noche sin descansar apenas
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to burn the midnight oil
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English |
Trabajar hasta tarde por la noche
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to burn with a low blue flame
Nu
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English |
Estar borracho, ebrio |
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to burst a blood vessel
F
|
English |
To growl, to protest in anger.
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to burst with health
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English |
To be healthy and strong |
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to bury the hatchet
|
English |
To yield both parties in a quarrell.
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to bust a slug
F
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
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to bust someone
|
English |
To catch someone while doing something unlawful |
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to buy the farm
MD
|
English |
to die |
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to call every name in the book
|
English |
To insult or criticize somebody. |
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to call it a day
|
English |
To stop the work you are doing.
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to call spade a spade
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English |
To say the truth about something, even if it is not polite or pleasant |
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to carry coals to newcastle
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Hacer algo innecesario o superfluo
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to carry coals to newcastle
|
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Hacer algo innecesario o superfluo
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to carry coals to newcastle
F
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
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to cast a glance
MD
|
English |
Echar una mirada |
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to cast aspersions on
|
English |
to express disapproval of someone |
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to catch a pv
|
English |
To lose parole. |
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to catch sb in a fib
F
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
Coger en una mentira, contradicción |
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to catch sb out
F
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
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to catch someone red-handed
|
English |
Sorprender a alguien en flagrante delito, en una mala acción, pillar desprevenido. |
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to catch the drift
|
English |
To understand the general meaning of some situation or piece of information. |
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to catch with their pants down
|
English |
« If you are caught with your pants down, you are exposed in an embarrassing situation. It can also mean that you were caught unprepared for a situation or an event ». |
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to catch with their trousers down
|
English |
« Catch someone in an embarrassingly unprepared state » |
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to chance one's arm/luck
|
English |
To take a risk, to dare to do something that can be dangerous |
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to change for the better
|
English |
Variation in one's behaviour or language |
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to change for the worse
|
English |
Variation in one's behaviour or language |
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to change one's mind
|
English |
To adopt a different opinion or plan.
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to change one's tune
|
English |
Variation in one's behaviour or language |
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to change one's ways
|
English |
Variation in one's behaviour or language |
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to chase one's tail
|
English |
Estar ocupado haciendo muchas cosas pero no conseguir nada
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to chase rainbows
|
English |
Perder el tiempo intentando tener algo imposible de conseguir
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to cheat
|
English |
To behave in a dishonest way in order to win or to get an advantage, especially in a competition, game, or examination. |
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to cheat
|
English |
To trick or deceive someone so that they do not get or keep something they have a right to have. |
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to cheat at
|
English |
To behave in a dishonest way in order to win or to get an advantage, especially in a competition, game or examination |
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to cheat someone out of something
|
English |
To trick or deceive someone so that they do not get or keep something they have a right to have. |
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to chew out
|
English |
To tell someone angrily that they have done something wrong. |