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to jump all over
|
English |
to express disapproval of someone |
|
to jump on the bandwagon
MD
|
English |
Engancharse al tren; subirse al tren; subirse al carro |
|
to jump out of your skin
|
English |
To make a sudden movement because you are surprised and frightened by something that happens very suddenly |
|
to jump through hoops
|
English |
To obtain something with big effort and sacrifice |
|
to keep an eye on the door
F
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
|
|
to keep it down
F
|
English |
to make the level of noise lower and keep it lower
|
|
to keep it together
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
To be in control of your life, so that you are successful and are doing what you wan to do. |
|
to keep one's nose to the grindstone
|
English |
Trabajar duro y sin descanso
|
|
to keep silence
MD
|
English |
callar, guardar silencio |
|
to keep up appearances
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
Disimular, encubrir cierta situación para evitar habladurias, críticas |
|
to kick the bucket
MD
Fr
|
English |
To die |
|
to kill time
|
English |
Holgazanear |
|
to kneel
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
Pedir perdón, suplicar |
|
to kneel down
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
|
|
to knock down a notch or two
|
English |
to discredit, disrepute |
|
to knock down a notch or two
|
English |
to criticise: to publicly report the errors or faults of someone |
|
to knock down a peg or two
|
English |
to discredit, disrepute |
|
to knock down a peg or two
|
English |
to criticise: to publicly report the errors or faults of someone |
|
to knock off (poss) pedestal
|
English |
to criticise: to publicly report the errors or faults of someone |
|
to knock oneself out
F
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
|
|
to knock someone up
Ct
MD
Fr
|
English |
make pregnant (Dejar embarazada a una mujer) |
|
to knock someone up
MD
Fr
|
English |
Make pregnant (Dejar embarazada a una mujer) |
|
to know the score
F
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
|
|
to knuckle down
|
English |
Empezar a trabajar o estudiar duro
|
|
to knuckle under
MD
|
English |
To give up, submit |
|
to labour under a delusion
|
English |
Estar equivocado |
|
to lay an egg
|
English |
To make a mistake or be unsuccessful |
|
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 into sb
|
English |
To attack someone physically or with cruel words because you are angry
with them |
|
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 let out a yell
MD
|
English |
dar un alarido, pegar un alarido |
|
to let the cat out of the bag
|
English |
To reveal a secret carelessly or by mistake |
|
to lie like a rug
|
English |
To lie brazenly and barefacedly. |
|
to lie like a tombstone
|
English |
To lie brazenly and barefacedly. |
|
to lie like a trooper
|
English |
To lie often and barefacedly. |
|
to lie through one's teeth
|
English |
To accuse a person of lying in his teeth is the strongest of accusations, implying that the person is such a double-dyed liar as to be unfamiliar with truth. |
|
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 lift an elbow
|
English |
Beber mucho, con exceso |
|
to listen in
MD
|
English |
Estar a la escucha |
|
to listen too much
MD
|
English |
Estar con las orejas tan largas |
|
to live and breathe
|
English |
Pasar tanto tiempo pensando en una situación concreta que se vuelve incapaz de pensar en otra cosa. |
|
to live by your wits
F
|
English |
Vivir a costa de otros |
|
to live from hand to mouth
|
English |
Tener muy poco dinero para sobrevivir |