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to take down a peg or two
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to discredit, disrepute |
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to take down a peg or two
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to criticise: to publicly report the errors or faults of someone |
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to take it easy
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Holgazanear |
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to take leave of one's senses
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To say to someone 'have you taken leave of your senses?' means that you think their behaviour is crazy. |
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to take matters into own hands
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to take one's chance
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To take a risk
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to take opportunity by the forelock
MD
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Asir la ocasión por el copete; coger la ocasión por el copete; tomar la ocasión por el copete |
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to take over/up the reins
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To face the difficulties of a problem |
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to take part in
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to take sb to task
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To chew someone out for something they’ve done wrong |
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to take someone for a ride
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To device someone. |
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to take something in hand
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English |
To face a situation in a direct and open way
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to take something in the wrong way
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To misunderstand or misinterpret something, especially in such a way as to take offense at what is said or done |
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to take the bait
MD
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Morder el cebo; tragarse el cebo |
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to take the bull by the horns
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To face the difficulties of a problem
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to take the floor
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to take the plunge
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to take the plunge
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Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
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Intervenir, participar en un debate |
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to take the trouble to
MD
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English |
do something which requires a small amount of additional effort. |
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to take time by the forelock
MD
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English |
Asir la ocasión por la melena; coger la ocasión por la melena; tomar la ocasión por la melena; tener por la guedeja |
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to take time by the forelock
MD
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English |
Asir la ocasión por los cabellos |
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to take to task
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English |
To criticize someone angrily for something that they have done |
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to talk at the top of one´s voice
MD
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English |
gritar (hablar) a grito pelado, hablar a grito herido, hablar a grito limpio, hablar a voz en cuello, |
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to talk behind (poss) back
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English |
to talk without the knowledge of someone |
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to talk somebody down
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English |
To criticize; to talk about someone or something in a way that makes people think they are not as good as they really. |
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to talk trash
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English |
to express disapproval of someone |
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to talk turkey
MD
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to talk frankly |
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to tangle with sb
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English |
To become involved with someone, usually by arguing or fighting with them. |
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to tap into
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
To gain access to something to obtain profit or information |
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to teach sb a lesson
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
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To show what should not be done |
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to tear a strip off
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English |
to express disapproval of someone |
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to tear into
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English |
To criticize (someone or something) in a very harsh or angry way. |
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to tear sb to shreds
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English |
To criticize someone or something very severely |
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to tear somebody to pieces
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English |
To criticize, upbraid, or condemn someone or something severely or thoroughly. |
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to tear to shreds
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English |
to express disapproval of someone |
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to tell a bald-face lie
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English |
To tell an obvious lie with no sense of shame. |
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to tell a barefaced lie
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English |
To tell an obvious lie with no sense of shame. |
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to tell a blatant lie
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English |
To tell an obvious lie. |
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to tell a complete lie
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English |
To tell something that is completely untrue. |
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to tell a downright lie
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English |
To tell something that is clearly a lie, especially when you feel annoyed. |
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to tell a half truth
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English |
To tell a statement that is almost a lie because it does not tell the whole truth about something. |
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to tell a tissue of lies
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English |
tell something that is completely false |
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to tell a vicious lie
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English |
To tell a lie that is very unkind and very untrue. |
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to tell a white lie
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To tell a lie that does not harm anyone, especially one that is told in order to avoid hurting someone's feelings. |
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to tell all and sundry
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English |
to spread, propagate something |
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to tell an outright lie
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English |
To tell something that is completely untrue. |
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to tell fibs
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English |
To tell lies, especially ones that are not very important -used especially by children. |
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to tell huge lies
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English |
To lie a lot |
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to tell porkies
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English |
To tell lies, especially ones that are not very important -used especially by children. |
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to tell sb a few home truths
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English |
A true but unpleasant fact about yourself that another person tells you |