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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 |
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to tell sb off
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English |
To speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong |
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to tell sb off
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
To speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong |
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to tell tales
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English |
To tell, especially children, lies about someone else, in order to make you believe that the other person has behaved badly. |
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to tell tales on
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English |
To tell tales, especially children, about someone else, in order to make you believe that the other person has behaved badly. |
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to test the ground
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
to put somebody/something in a situation which will show what their or its true qualities are |
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to think much of something/someone
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English |
Pensar en algo y no ser capaz de olvidarlo |
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to think out if the box
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English |
To think of something that is beyond what is considered usual, traditional, or conventional. |
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to throw good money after bad
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English |
Usar dinero en algo en lo que ya se ha usado dinero o no sirve
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to throw in the sponge
F
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to throw in the towel
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English |
Abandonar el trabajo o el esfuerzo por pereza. |
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to throw in the towel
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English |
To abandon, to renounce because too much effort is needed
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to throw in the towel
MD
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English |
to stop trying to do something because you have realized that you cannot succeed. |
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to throw money around
F
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English |
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to throw money down the drain
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English |
gastar una cantidad innecesaria de dinero |
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to throw mud at
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English |
to discredit, disrepute |
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to throw mud at
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English |
to criticise: to publicly report the errors or faults of someone |
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to throw someone in jail
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English |
encarcelar, recluir en la cárcel, prisión a alguien |
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to throw something
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English |
If a player or team throw a game, they deliberately lose it, especially to get money. |
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to to white as a sheet
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English |
To suddenly feel very frightened, with the result that your face becomes very pale. |
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to toss and turn
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English |
Dormir con un sueño poco profundo, vigilando |
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to trick somebody out of
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English |
To get money or possessions from someone, by tricking or deceiving them. |
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to trick someone
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English |
To make someone believe something that is not true, in order to get something from them or make them do something. |
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to triffle away one's time
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English |
Holgazanear |
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to trip up
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English |
To make a mistake, or to cause someone to make a mistake |
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to try
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
To do something in order to find out what happens, or to find out whether something is |
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to try to empty the ocean with a spoon
MD
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English |
Hacer un esfuerzo ínutil
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to try to empty the ocean with a spoon
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English |
Hacer un esfuerzo ínutil
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to turn a blind eye (to something)
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
Fingirse alguien distraído, no enterarse de algo |
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to turn a deaf ear
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English |
«to ignore someone when they complain or ask for something» |
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to turn aside the look
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
To avoid looking at someone or something |
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to turn crimson
MD
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English |
Show shyness, embarrassment, anger or shame by becoming red in the cheeks or the whole face. |
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to turn someone out
F
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
to be beautifully, well, etc. dressed |
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to turn the tide
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English |
Variation in one's behaviour or language |
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to use a four-letter word
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English |
To use a short word that is considered to be extremely rude and offensive. |
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to use bad language
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English |
Use words that are considered offensive by most people. |
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to use the f-word
F
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English |
Use of the polite word for fuck. |
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to utter slander against
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English |
To hurt the reputation of (someone or something) especially by saying things that are false or unfair. |
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to wait in the wings
MD
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English |
Andar a la que salta; estar a la que salta |
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to wait the advent
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
To wait quietly for an inexistent opportunity to come |
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to walk free
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English |
To be released from prison after having served one's sentence. |
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to walk on by
MD
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English |
Seguir su camino |
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to wash sb s mouth out
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English |
An expression used humorously when someone has used a rude or offensive word. |
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to waste away
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
to gradually get thinner and weaker, in a way that is unhealthy (Haber adelgazado mucho, quedarse delgado) |
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to waste one's breath
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English |
Gastar tiempo y energía hablando
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to waste one’s energy
MD
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English |
If you waste something such as time, money, or energy, you use too much of it doing something that is not important or necessary, or is unlikely to succeed. |
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to wear a pink triangle
Nu
Fr
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English |
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to wear evening dress
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
to dress formally |
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to wig out
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English |
Freaking out, going crazy, out of control. |
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to wink at
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
Fingirse alguien distraído, no enterarse de algo |