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to set one's sights on something
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English |
To have a firm purpose |
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to set one's teeth
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English |
To have a firm purpose |
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to set sb against
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English |
To cause one person to argue or fight with another person. |
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to set someone free
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English |
liberar a alguien que está en la cárcel, prisión |
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to settle accounts with sb
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English |
to bring a final end to an argument, disagreement, etc. |
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to shake in one's shoes
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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 individual bodies. |
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to shake like an aspen's leaf
Ct
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English |
To tremble, quake; to shiver, quiver. This metaphor derives from the aspen tree with its delicate leavesperche atop long flexible stems that flutter even in the slightest breeze. |
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to sharpen the sight
MD
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English |
Aguzar la vista y el oído |
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to shave the tonsure
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
Cortar el pelo formando una corona |
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to shell out
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English |
gastar una cantidad innecesaria de dinero en algo |
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to shoot a line
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English |
Presumir, fanfarronear, jactarse de algo que es mentira |
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to shoot up
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MD
Fr
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to shop until you drop
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English |
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to shout sth from the rooftops
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English |
to spread, propagate something |
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to show in a bad light
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English |
to discredit, disrepute |
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to show in a bad light
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English |
to criticise: to publicly report the errors or faults of someone |
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to show off
Ct
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MD
Fr
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to show one's cards (or one's hand)
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English |
To face a situation in a direct and open way |
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to show one's teeth
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English |
To face the difficulties of a problem
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to shower somebody with insults
F
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
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to shower somebody with insults
F
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
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to shuffle off this mortal coil
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
to die |
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to shut someone up
F
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English |
estar en la cárcel / to be in prision |
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to sit around scratching oneself
F
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English |
Holgazanear |
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to sit back and do nothing
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English |
Holgazanear |
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to sit there/around twiddling one's thumbs
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English |
Holgazanear |
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to size up
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
To form an estimate of (a situation, person, etc.); judge |
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to slag off
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English |
to express disapproval of someone |
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to slave away
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English |
Trabajar de forma dura e intensa
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to sleep with one eye open
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English |
Dormir con un sueño poco profundo, vigilando
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to sleep with one eye peeled
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English |
Dormir con un sueño poco profundo, vigilando
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to sleep with one's eyes open
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English |
Dormir con un sueño poco profundo, vigilando
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to sleep with one's eyes peeled
|
English |
Dormir con un sueño poco profundo, vigilando
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to sling mud at
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English |
to discredit, disrepute |
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to sling mud at
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English |
to criticise: to publicly report the errors or faults of someone |
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to slip on a banana skin
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English |
To make a silly and embarrassing mistake |
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to slip up
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English |
Darse cuenta de que se ha cometido un error |
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to slip up
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English |
To make a mistake |
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to slog one’s guts out
F
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
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to slurp the gherkin
F
Ct
MD
Fr
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to smear the reputation of
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English |
An attempt to harm someone s reputation by publicly accusing them of something that is unpleasant, unreasonable, or unlikely to be true. |
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to snooker someone
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English |
To lead another into a situation in which all posible choices are undesirable; to trap; to fool. |
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to snuff it
MD
Fr
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English |
to die |
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to soak one’s face
Nu
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English |
Beber mucho, con exceso |
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to sow the wind and reap the whilrwind
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English |
Malas acciones tendrán malos resultados
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to spare no effort
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English |
Conseguir algo trabajando lo más duro posible
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to spare no effort
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English |
To make every effort and to pay as much attention as possible |
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to spare no expense
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English |
gastar dinero sin restricciones |
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to speak behind (poss) back
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English |
to talk without the knowledge of someone |
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to speak evil of
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English |
To make a false spoken statement that causes people to have a bad opinion of someone. |