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to push the envelope
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Intentar hacer un esfuerzo extremo haciendo cosas nuevas o que no eran aceptables antes
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to push water uphill
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English |
Intentar hacer un esfuerzo a pesar de que haya una gran dificultad
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to put a brave (bold) face
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English |
To face the difficulties of a problem |
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to put a cap in
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to put a dent in your wallet
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English |
Gastar mucho dinero sin restricciones en si mismo |
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to put a foot wrong
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English |
To make a mistake |
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to put all one’s eggs in one basket
MD
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English |
to depend for your success on a single person or plan of action |
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to put away
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English |
To be imprisoned. |
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to put bread on the table
Ct
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English |
My musician children struggle to put bread on the table |
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to put bread on the table
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to put down
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English |
To insult, humiliate or critize. |
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to put in the club
MD
Fr
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impregnate |
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to put in the family way
MD
Fr
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English |
impregnate |
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to put on a brave face
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to put on airs
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
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Presumir, jactarse, hacer alarde de |
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to put on one's glad rags
MD
Fr
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to dress formally |
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to put on the dog
Nu
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English |
dress formally for an special event; to make a display of wealth or importance, especially by dressing stylishly and flashily |
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to put on weight
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
Engordar |
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to put one's back into it
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English |
Hacer mucho esfuerzo físico para conseguir algo
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to put one's foot in it
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English |
To say something by accident that embarrasses or upsets someone |
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to put one's foot on one's mouth
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English |
To say something by accident that embarrasses or upsets someone |
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to put one's head in the lion's mouth
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English |
To place oneself in a dangerous position
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to put one’s finger on the sore spot
F
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English |
to say something that causes a lot of annoyance; to bring up what hurts the most |
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to put someone in prison
F
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English |
Estar en la cárcel, en prisión, encarcelado / to be in jail, in prison |
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to put the knife in
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English |
to express disapproval of someone |
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to put the knife into
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English |
to express disapproval of someone |
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to put up with anything
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English |
Not to surrender before adversity, to persist
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to put/give/set one's mind on something
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English |
To have a firm purpose |
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to put/set the cat among the pigeons
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English |
To say or do something that causes trouble or makes a lot of people very angry. |
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to quake in my boots
F
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English |
To be very frightened or anxious about something that is about to happen |
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to quake in one's boot
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English |
To be petrified, terrified, panic-stricken; to be scared out of one's wits. The expression is often applied figuratively to corporate as well as indivivual bodies. |
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to rain in torrents
Ct
Nu
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English |
Llover mucho, copiosamente |
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to rake it in
Fr
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English |
Ganar mucho dinero |
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to reach one's majority
Nu
Fr
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English |
to reach the age of majority |
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to reach the age of majority
Fr
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English |
to reach the age of majority |
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to really lay into sb
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to receive a visit from the stork
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English |
To give birth to a child. |
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to relinquish
MD
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English |
To give up something such as a responsibility or claim |
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to reproach sb for sth
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English |
To impute blame to (a person) for an action or fault; rebuke |
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to reproach sb for sth
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English |
If you reproach someone, you say or show that you are disappointed, upset or angry
because they have done something wrong |
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to rest on one's laurels
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English |
To let oneself go, to abandon oneself, to stop making efforts after getting a triumph |
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to rig something
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English |
If something is rigged, especially a vote or an election, it is dishonestly arranged so that a person or group gets the result they want. |
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to ring the changes
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English |
Variation in one's behaviour or language
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to rip into
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English |
To attack or criticize someone or something with great force. |
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to rip off someone
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English |
To make someone pay much more for something than it is worth. |
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to rip somebody off
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
Cobrar demasiado dinero por un servicio, un trabajo que no tiene tanto valor. |
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to rip someone off
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English |
To make someone pay much more for something than it is worth. |
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to rip to shreds
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English |
to express disapproval of someone |
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to risk one's neck
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English |
To take a risk |
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to rock out with (one's) cock out
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English |
(vulgar slang)
To party, especially in a wild, crazy, or uninhibited manner. |