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the act of judging or deciding the amount, value, quality, or importance of something, or the judgment or decision that is made:<br />
Evaluación
Assesment
a piece of work given to someone, typically as part of their studies or job:
Assignments
A collective word for people who teach and wotk in universities.
Academics
An Adjective to describe someone who is very clever academically
Brainy (Informal)
Brilliant
you must do it because of a rule or law:
Compulsory
work set at regular periods as part of an educational course
Coursework
it happens even if the people who are involved do not want it to happen:
willy-nilly (adverb)
a school that provides the first part of a child's education, usually for children between five and eleven years old
Elementary School
Primary School
the subjects studied in a school, college, etc. and what each subject includes:
curriculum
a group of departments in a college that specialize in a particular subject or group of subjects:

the people who teach in a college or university, or in a department of a college or university
Faculty
Final exams
Finals (noun)
a person who has a first degree from a university or college:
to complete a first university degree successfully:
Graduate (noun)
graduate (verb)
a school for children between the ages of 11 and 18, approximately:
a school in the US for older children, usually children from grades 9-12, or aged approximately 14-18:
Secondary School
high school
Cociente intelectual
Intelligence quotient (IQ)
in the UK, a school or part of a school for children who are four to seven years old:<br />
4-7 years old
Infant school
a school in the UK for children who are seven to eleven years old:
Junior school
a long period of time:
In the future
at a time that is far away in the future.
In the long run
ability to do basic mathematics:
+ - X /
Numeracy
to take an exam again because you failed it the first time:
Retake
Resit
to improve your knowledge of something already learned but partly forgotten:
to brush up (on) something<br />
Phrasal Verb
the problem or situation of children being absent from school regularly without permission:
Truancy
Truant (intransitive verb)
to stay away from school without permission
To Play truant
To play hooky
the first year of school, for children aged five
kindergarten
Nursery school
an advanced college or university degree:
master’s degree
a student at a college or university who is older than the usual age
Mature student
a student who has already received one degree and is studying at a university for a more advanced degree
postgraduate
an official record showing that you have finished a training course or have the necessary skills, etc.:
Qualifications
To learn something by rote
Rote learning
an occasion when a teacher or expert and a group of people meet to study and discuss something:
Seminar
a school that is free to go to because the government provides the money for it<br />
<br />
a school that does not receive financial support from the government
State school<br />
Private School
an amount of money given by a school, college, university, or other organization to pay for the studies of a person with great ability but little money:
Scholarship
a detailed plan showing when events or activities will happen :
Timetable
a student who is studying for their first degree at a college or university
Undergraduate
a serie of courses that providing skills and education that prepare you for a job:
Vocational (courses)
exempli gratia: a Latin phrase that means "for example". It can be pronounced for example":
e.g
id est (= Latin for "that is"):
i.e
the amount of work to be done, especially by a particular person or machine in a period of time:
Workload
a room or building where things are made or repaired using machines and/or tools:
Workshop
a book published every year by a school, that gives information about the events and achievements of the previous year, and has pictures of the students
Yearbook
the act of punishing all criminal or unacceptable behaviour severely, even if it is not very serious:
Zero tolerance
the place to which Roman Catholics believe that the spirits of dead people go and suffer for the evil acts that they did while they were alive, before they are able to go to heaven
Purgatory
Do it yourself
DIY
the scientific study of animals, especially their structure
Zoology
you do a part of someone's work or give someone money:

to do work for someone or provide the person with something that is needed:
To help (someone) out
(Phrasal Verb)
an amount of money paid for a particular piece of work or for a particular right or service:
Fees
a group of teams playing a sport who take part in competitions between each other
league
to keep within limits; not to allow to spread:
Contain (verb)
a short, cylinder-shaped piece of plastic, or rubber that is put into the top of a bottle, especially a wine bottle, to close it:
Cork
Para decir el segundo de para atras ( en un texto)
The second to last line
to have the right to speak:
To have the floor
To work very hard for a long time
With their nose to the grindstone
to begin doing something:
To start out with
Ponerle más esfuerzo a algo
To put in more effort
making you feel extremely tired:<br />
broken-hearted
Shattering
a continuation or repetition of something that has already been started or done.
To follow-up
to ignore or not deal with something:
To put aside something
to become smaller, or to make something smaller:
Shrink
in a way that is not thought about, planned, or developed by training:
instinctively
on the outside, or at a greater distance from the center or inside:
Outer
Escaneo mental
Brain scan
unable to think clearly and make decisions because of old age:
To go gaga
To become senile
to prepare (someone) in a short time for an examination
To cram
to organize and perform a particular activity:
To conduct
short story that tells a general truth or is only partly based on fact, or literature of this type:
fable
learn to handle something with some skill, through practice or diligence,
to get the hang of something
to prevent someone doing something easily:
Hamper
To publicly speak in protest about something especially when protesting could be dangerous,
To Speak Out
To wait or spend time somewhere doing nothing.
To hang around
It becomes less strong, active or violent
To die down
To go to live in a different area.
To move away
To walk away in a slow relaxed way especially so that you look confident or proud
To saunter off
To go to an airport. train station etc to say goodbye to somebody
To see somebody off
To talk in a friendly, informal way for a long time especially about things that are not important
To chat away
To eat all of something

When you're talking about something — or someone — who uses up or consumes resources, especially at a rapid pace.
To eat up
To be present in a situation or place for a while
To be around
gently:
Lightly
someone who has a mental disability but who is very good at doing a particular thing, for example remembering things
idiot savant
Active and deactivate parts of the brain
Brain zapper
move or cause to move suddenly and rapidly.
To zap
An action (something that you do with your memory)
Feats (of memory)
To turn off
To disconnect
To switch off
to see something or someone for a very short time or only partly:
Glimpse
Mental ilness
Psychiatric disorder
having a lot of trouble with something, or having to deal with a lot of something that causes problems:
Beset
to fail to include someone or something, usually by accident
To forget to include
Miss out on something
to accept or absorb an idea, opinion, belief, etc. so that it becomes part of your character:
Internalise
El silencio es aceptar las cosas
Silence gives consent
thought not to be completely true or not able to be trusted:
Dubious
much or many:
Loads of (something) (informal)
Lots of (formal)
without any clear intentions, purpose, or direction:
Aimless
Very good education and complete
Well rounded education
the way a particular situation is expected to develop in the future, for example, whether it will get better or worse:
perspectiva
Outlook
Comunidad religiosa
Religious community<br />
The School was run by a religious community
A school which is only for one sex
Boys-only school
Girls-only school
having male and female students being taught together in the same school or college rather than separately:
Coeducational school
Co-ed
If you put in a piece of material, you keep it in position by placing one edge or end of it behind or under something else.
Tener la camisa por dentro
Tuck in (your shirt)
someone who starts their own business, especially when this involves seeing a new opportunity:
Entrepreneurs
a college where teachers are trained
Teacher-training school
you mean that you are going to cause them the same amount of harm or annoyance as they have caused you.
To get even with<br /><br />
I'm going to get even with you for this. 
trying to destroy or damage something, especially an established political system:
Subversive
physical exercises usually done repeatedly to keep your muscles in good condition and improve the way you look or feel:<br />
Calentamiento
Calisthenics
a long, loose, usually black piece of clothing worn especially by priests
Sotana
Cassock
a round, flat hat made of soft material
Beret
someone who does not believe in any God or gods:
Atheist
is an undergraduate and/or graduate school or department at a college or university;w hich specializes in the pre-professional training in drama and theatre arts, such as acting, design and technical theatre, arts administration, and related subjects.
Stage schools
drama school
theatre school
a school where students live and study
Boarding school
Boarder: Student
a student who sleeps at home and studies at a school where some of the other students live
Day pupil
Day student
​ to do the last part of something; to make something end by doing one last thing I
To finish off
Another way to say
I didn't sleep there
I didn't board there
informal for show business
Showbiz
you enjoy yourself very much indeed.<br />
overjoyed
You have the time of your life
when you view something in the same way as others do, or that you agree with someone about something.
To see eye to eye (with someone about something)
I see eye to eye with my father about politics
experienced in the ways in which people behave and able to deal with most situations:<br />
worldly-wise<br />
Lisa was sufficiently worldly-wise to understand the situation"
to give a summary of something.<br />
Expression
It sums it up.
to rub something using a piece of cloth or brush to clean it and make it shine:

belonging to or relating to Poland, its people, or its language
Polish
Polish
Recordar algo con mucho aprecio y cariño
To look back on (it very fondly)
apart from; except.
Other than that
in the exact sense of the word.
As such
to start doing something suddenly and energetically, often without stopping to think:
To dive into the subjects
without having any clear purpose or specific reason:
Aimless
on the whole.<br />
In general<br />
you use it to introduce a summary or general statement.
All in all
one of many equal parts into which the world is divided. In any place within each part, the particular point in the day is the same, and is an hour in front of or behind that in the parts on either side:
Time zone
a time when all lights must be hidden by law, or when there is no light or power because of an electricity failure
Blackout
the physical, legal, and cultural separation of people according to their biological sex
Sex segregation
Sex segregated
 a professional or collegiate sports facility at which competitions take place before a public audience.<br />
Gym, fieldsets
Sport Facilities
Too many words and confusing
clumsy, insensitive, or overly forceful.
Heavy-handed
is a phrase whose parts are fixed in a certain order, even if the phrase could be changed without harming the literal meaning.
Set phrase
to secretly take money that is in your care or that belongs to an organization or business you work for<br />
Corruption
Embezzle
the crime of secretly taking money that is in your care or that belongs to an organization or business you work for:
Embezzlement
used to refer to something that is of higher than usual quality:
Premium
Consequence of
Spin-off
a disease in which the body produces too many white blood cells, causing weakness and sometimes death
Leukemia
Gente que no es superficial
Deeper people
to begin doing something:
Let's get started
Another way to say :<br />
I believe or I think
I reckon
to leave in a car:<br />
To move your car to any direction
To drive off
a cold sauce made from oil and vinegar, added to salads to give flavour
Salad dressing
repair (something that is broken or damaged).
To mend
polish your nails
Nail file
an extra tyre kept in a car, to be used if another tyre is damaged<br />
<br />
<br />
Spare tyre
the thing that everyone looks at or is interested in:
Focal Point
a device that allows turning movement to be sent from one part of a machine to another:
Clutch
a piece of equipment that can be opened slowly under a heavy object such as a car in order to raise it off the ground:
Jack <br />
To jack up
a line on cloth or paper where it has been folded or crushed:<br />
Linea del pantalón
Crease
the electrical system in an engine that causes the fuel to burn or explode in order to start the engine:
Ignition
the part around the neck of a piece of clothing, usually sewn on and sometimes made of different material: (collar)<br />
<br />
the thicker material at the end of a sleeve closest to the hand (cuff)<br />
Collar and cuffs
to fill something with air using a pump:<br />
to increase the price or the amount of something
To pump something up
the thin skin at the base of the nails on the fingers and toes
Cuticles
to make something shorter or smaller, especially by cutting:
Crop
To take something an throw into a container
To toss
To be useful at the moment
To come in handy
to examine someone to make sure they are healthy
To check (somebody) over <br /><br />
Phrasal verb
not reacting in a quick or positive way to something :
Unresponsive
Artificial respiration.
The kiss of life
a long, flat, vertical bone in the centre of a person's or animal's chest
Breastbone<br />
Sternum
If you're wearing it  with a large gold heart on a delicate chain in your neck
Pendant necklace
to hold someone or something firmly in your hands or arms
to Clasp
to support something physically, often by leaning it against something else or putting something under it
to Prop up<br />
I propped my bike (up) against the wall
the area around a place or where the speaker is :
Vicinity
to spend time in a pleasant, relaxed way, often doing small jobs in your house:
To potter about/around (sth)
To separate from one group or something
To break away from
discard something as useless or unwanted.
To throw something away
to sleep or live together as unmarried sexual partners<br />
To shack up
Meaning of around
Pointless activity :<br />
Messing around, Hanging around<br />
In the vicinity:<br />
drive around <br />
walk around <br />
stand around
Meaning of particle away
Intently/ for a long time <br />
To chat away ,To work away ,To type away <br />
Far from: <br />
Move away, run away
Meaning of particle back
To the past :Think back, Check back <br />
From where it came: Come back, Go back, Put back, Hand back
Meaning of particle down
Becoming less: Slow down, calm down, die down <br />
Onto paper : Write down, take down, note down
Meaning of particle on
Continue <br />
Work on <br />
carry on <br />
Drive on
Meaning of particle out
Out:. Different people <br />
Hand out Share out Send out<br />
Out: loudly/ publicly<br />
Speak out, shout out, call out
Meaning of particle up
Complete or finish <br />
Lock up <br />
Drink up <br />
Eat up<br />
Tidy up
Meaning of particle: off
Off: To another place <br />
Drive off, walk off, run off, saunter off, rush off.
formal) a fact or action that is completely different from usual, and may be unacceptable
aberration
a person who is) involved in or connected with improving people’s lives and reducing suffering
Humanitarian
If a document or agreement is not worth the paper it is written/printed on, it is of very little value.
Not worth the paper something is printed/written on
formal) a fact or action that is completely different from usual, and may be unacceptable
<br />
aberration
completely developed and ready to be collected or eaten.
Ripe (of fruit of crops)
Those bananas aren’t ripe yet – they’re still green.)
berries of coffee, which are red when they are ripe
Coffee cherries
a soft wet mass from any fruit
Fruity pulp
to produce and release liquid
Secrete
to continue to be in a place, job or school after the other people who were with you have left
To stay on
Gill decided to stay on at university to do further research. // We asked him to stay on as youth leader for another year
to succeed in learning how to do something after practising it.
To get the hang of it <br />
Driving feels awkward when you’re new to it, but it’s easy once you get the hang of it.
something that happen
Go on
behaving in a silly way and not taking anything seriously:
Frivolous
artificially attractive or too perfect:
Pretty but not pleasure
Twee
typical of a child<br />
when an adult behave badly in a way that would be expected of a child:<br />
behave or children
Childish
old-fashioned and therefore not as good or as fashionable as something modern:
Outdated
(especially of hair, clothes, or shapes) smooth, shiny, and lying close to the body, and therefore looking well cared for; not untidy and with no parts sticking out:
Sleek
empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary:
stark
unpleasantly bright:
Garish
shocking and morally unacceptable:
Outrageous
(of a person or their clothes) old-fashioned and not attractive:
Frumpy
of cheap quality or in bad style:
Tacky
untidy and looking a little dirty
Scruffy
Synonym of: It suits you
To flatter
having no colour, firm ideas, principles, or noticeable qualities of any type:
Wishy-washy colours
shaped like a box:
Boxy
a woman's shoe with a narrow, high heel:
stiletto shoes
has a body with attractive curves.
Curvaceous
is tidy in appearance and behaves well:
Clean appearance
Clean-cut
una ropa muy brillante y extravagante
garish
Pixelado??
Brash stroke
Another way to say
I don't like it
It's not my taste
used to show that what you are describing is in fact much more serious or important than you have suggested:
To say the least
It's going to be awkward, to say the least.
to go to another place to get something or someone and bring it, him, or her back:
Fetch
is much too large:
Exorbitant
Gatito horrible ( logo de una camiseta )
Hideous kitten
To tint your hair
To dye your hair
liking to cuddle, or making you want to cuddle:
Cuddly
In clothes
So much colourful
Loud psychedelic pattern
Leather trousers<br />
pantalon de cuero
a light, bright, greenish-yellow colour
Lime green
a spicy soup
Curry
mulligatawny
To buy something immediately, because it is very good value
To snap up a bargain
I managed to snap up a bargain with this cheap computer in the January sales
To live your life in the way you've always dreamed of
To live the dream
Since he became a professional fotballer, Gaby has been living the dream
To get a good reaction from somebody
To go down well
The film went down well in the US
To be similar to what people expect or think is usual
To conform to expectations
To improve and reach the same standard as others
To catch up with
To be extremely sad because of something that has happened
To be heartbroken
To become very popular very quickly
To be an instant hit
To be very advanced or new and not understood or accepted
To be ahead of one's time
To be ahead of your time
Used humorously to say that you do not understand why somebody has chosen something
There's no accounting for taste
Why did she marry someone like that? there's no accounting for taste
The advantage of being able to understand a situation because it has already happened.
The benefit of hindsight
of high quality and lasting value, or showing the best and most typical characteristics of a particular type of thing, especially from the past:
Vintage
using the smallest range of materials and colours possible, and only very simple shapes or forms:
Minimalistic
Minimalist
stylish and fashionable:
Chic
not suitable, simple, dignified or beautiful; not in the style preferred by the upper classes of society:
Vulgar
too extreme and not suitable, or demanding too much attention or effort, especially in an uncontrolled way:
Over-the-top
to go to another place to get something or someone and bring it, him, or her back:

to be sold for a particular amount of money:
fetch
(of prices and demands) much too large:
exorbitant
extremely ugly or bad:
hideous
the small round part in the middle of the stomach that is left after the umbilical cord (= the long tube of flesh joining the baby to its mother) has been cut at birth

the small round part or hollow place in the middle of the stomach which is left after the umbilical c
Navel
an object that is beautiful rather than useful:
ornament
Ornate
it is so exciting that you do not want to stop reading it:
unputdownable
energetic and full of new ideas:
brash
Pincelado
broad brash stroke (pincelado)
a loose outer piece of clothing without sleeves, that fastens at the neck, and is worn instead of a coat
cloak<br />
(capa)
Trench coat<br />
Gabardina
tank top<br />
Camiseta sin mangas
a decoration worn on the shoulder of a piece of clothing, especially on a military coat, shirt, etc.
epaulette<br />
<br />
charretera
Chaqueta de cuero
Leather jacket
a small plastic tube that you twist hair around to make it curl
Rulo
Curlers
Gancho (para el cabello)
Claw
the head covering that some Muslim women wear when they are outside their home, or with people that they do not know well:<br />
Barbijo
headscarf
a high, cone-shaped hat with a flat top and no brim, usually made of red material and with threads hanging from the top, especially as worn in the past by men in some Muslim countries
Fez
a black hat with a square, flat top, worn for formal occasions and ceremonies by some teachers and students at a college or university, and in the past by some schoolteachers<br />
birrete
Mortarboard
Tom o'shanter
Fedora
a head covering for a man, worn especially by Sikhs, Muslims, and Hindus, made from a long piece of cloth that is wrapped around the top of the head many times
Turban
a tall, black or grey hat worn by men on some formal occasions, especially in the past<br />
Sombrero de copa
Top hat
Sombrero de piel de oso
Bearskin hat
Gorro de lana
Woolen cap
Sombrero de piel de oso
Bearskin hat
Compañía de aviones
Air-bus company
Snuggie
Kigurumi
overol
Overall<br />
Dungarees
Beluga airplane
Overol completo
Coveralls
Item of clothing that consists of slack pants attached to a top sometimes it has sleeved in one-piece garment
Jumpsuit
Trousers, waist coat
Three-piece suit
Waistcoat
Vest
Man in a trench coat
Trousers
Socks
Bermuda Shorts
Baggy trousers
Flared trousers <br />
Flared jeans
Trapered Trousers /jeans / pants
Suit with stripes
Pinstripe suit
Hobble skirt
Crinoline dress
Flip flops <br />
slippers
Wellington boots<br />
wellies
Cañería
Sewage
Oxford shoes
Black and white Oxford shoes
Knee-high boots
Long Johns
Skin-tight<br />
ajustado a la piel
Faja
Girdle
Calzoncillos
Briefs
Slips
Jack
G-strings
Panty hose <br />
Stockings
Pendant
Locket
Brazalete
Bangle
Signet ring
Cufflink
Hair pin
Tie bar
Charm bracelet
Piercing
Pierced
Synonym of : Too much time
Big deal of time
Aviator frames
Mirrored sunglasses
Anklets
Leggings
the official home of a queen or king:
Court
Jaula
Wire Cage
the richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society:
Elite
Tiny Elite
Very Elegant dress and excesive
Lavish dressing
are scale models of ships.
Ship model
someone who competes with other people to try to win something:
Contender
an early, unintentional end to a pregnancy when the baby is born too early and dies because it has not developed enough:
To loss the baby
Miscarriage
Interrumption of the pregnacy
Abortion
to copy the way in which a particular person usually speaks and moves, usually in order to make people laugh:
mimic
Little and delicate
Dainty
tie or fasten (something) tightly together.
stick together or cause to stick together in a single mass.
To bind
Pasarela
Catwalk
Runway
to waste a skill or opportunity:
to get rid of something you do not want any more:
To throw something away
Etcetera
and so forth
in the 1920s, a fashionable young woman, especially one showing independent behaviour
Flapper
a person who does unskilled physical work, especially outside:
Labourer
used for saying that something is less true/more true than a previous statement
to a lesser/greater extent
To have an abundance of suitable or ideal options from which to choose, such that it may be difficult to make a decision.
I'm spoilt for choise
a piece of underwear
Undergarments
Underwear
Leggins for men
Meggins
trying to appear or sound more important or clever than you are, especially in matters of art and literature:
pretentious
una combinación lingüística de palabras, en la que partes de varias palabras o sus fonemas se combinan en una nueva palabra, 
portmanteau word
In my opinion, in my view
In my book
Achieve a success after retirement or failure,
To make a comeback
to think or believe:
To consider (informal)
To reckon
It is reckoned that
??? Again and again
Time and again
Asamblea escalonada
Staggered Assembly
to walk through water
To wade
on very many occasions; repeatedly.
Time and again
to grow or develop well
to be successful or active
To flourish
To give someone the chance to give an opinion
To give somebody a say
the ability to imagine how another person feels
the ability to understand and share other people’s feelings and problems.
Emphaty
the quality of allowing people to do or believe what they want even though you do not agree with it
Tolerance
to make a channel in
canalizar
To channel
done or shown publicly or in an obvious way and not secret
easy-to-see
very explicit
Overt
illegal and immoral activities, especially involving illegal sex, drugs, etc.
Vices
to invent something using your imagination and sometimes dishonestly
To devise something with someone suspicious
To cook up
unhappy, annoyed, and disappointed about something:
Disgruntled
to pay an amount of money, especially unwillingly:
To fork out something
to behave in a way that makes someone you are with feel ashamed or embarrassed:
To show somebody up
to make someone feel very tired:
To tired somebody out
to start to talk about a particular subject:
To bring something up
to decide to stop something that is already happening
To call off
to invite someone to go with you somewhere socially, esp. because you have romantic feelings for the person:
To ask somebody out
If a vehicle do that, it starts moving:
To pull away
to cause someone to believe something that is not true, or to trick or deceive someone:
To take somebody in
to finish, use, or sell all of something, so that there is none left:
To run out
to do something that you have not been able to do recently:
catch up with something
to discover a fact or piece of information
To find out
to become unconscious for a short time, for example when ill, badly hurt, or drunk:
To pass out
to die (phrasal verb)
To pass away
apagar algo
fuego
To put out
cada uno tiene su gusto
There's no accounting for taste
not identified or authorized by a person's signature.
Unsigned (band)
to not care at all
Couldn't care less
I couldn't care less if he doesn't want to talk to me.
Idiom
used to refer to a person whose job or interest is to notice people or things of the type mentioned: Buscatalentos
Spotter
to be very eager to do something:
To fall over yourself
Publishers are falling over themselves to produce non-fiction for seven-year-olds.
A famous company
Management company
to make a recording go back towards the beginning:
To rewind
to pretend that something is less serious than it is:
To laugh off
to leave, feeling ashamed and embarrassed because you have failed or made a mistake:
to leave, to go off, etc. with your tail between your legs
To be received
To go down (well) (bad)
to obey a rule or reach the necessary stated standard, or to do things in a traditional way:
To conform (with or to)
also known as (acronym)
A.K.A
the ability to understand an event or situation only after it has happened:
Hindsight
not loved:
Unloved
a person or organization that promises to pay back a loan (= borrowed money) if the person or organization that borrowed it cannot pay it back:
Guarantor
If something bad that you have done or that has been happening to you catches up with you, it begins to cause problems for you:
To get familiar
To caught up with
pale and transparent in a way that does not seem real, like a ghost:
Shocking or unpleasant
Ghostly
extremely beautiful or attractive:
Stunning
to comfort someone and stop them from worrying:
Reassuring
confused and uncertain:
Bewildering
bewildered
Low quality
Plonk
to immediately offer someone a job or position because you want them very much:
snap someone up
to buy or obtain something quickly and enthusiastically:
snap up (something)<br />
snap up bargain
said about people who have similar characters or interests, especially ones of which you disapprove, and who often spend time with each other
Birds of feather flocks together to flock
a type of strong wire with sharp points on it, used to prevent people or animals from entering or leaving a place, especially a field:
Barbed wire
I can cook more or less ( expression)
I can cook after a fashion
to a certain extent but not perfectly.
After a fashion
to look like or be like someone or something
Resembles
a person who watches for danger:
Lookout
someone who watches something that is happening in a public place but is not involved in it:
Onlooker
you shouldn't act without first considering the possible consequences or dangers.
Look before you leap
Por un lado y por el otro lado ( en ingles)
One the one hand and in the other hand
a planned attempt to harm the reputation of a person or company by telling lies about them:
smear campaign
the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office)
Tenure of office
someone who works in the Civil Service
funcionario
Civil servant
to lose your job because your employer has told you there is not enough work
To make someone redundant
a written statement of the beliefs, aims, and policies of an organization, especially a political party
manifesto
the process of asking people questions to discover what they think about a subject
Poll
The future circumstances
the road ahead
To catch something very firmly
Grubby fist
dirty:
Grubby
someone who regularly travels between work and home:
Commuters
Synonym of strangely
Curiously
Perfectamente limpio
Spotlessly clean
Mancha
Stain
in a way that is conspicuous (= noticeable):
Conspicously
a man whose job is to bring milk to your home in the early morning:
milkman
a cone-shaped device that makes your voice louder when you speak into it, so that people can hear you although they are not near to you
Loudhailer
Megaphone
to be extremely beautiful or surprising:
To take someone breath away
is evil, sinful, or otherwise wrong behavior
Bad things made by politicians
Fundamentally immoral
Absolutamente espectacular
Absolutely spectacular
something that is very ugly and usually large:
A monstrosity
Me vuelve loco
It drives me mad
It drives me crazy
extremely unpleasant or unacceptable:
Digusting
Absolutely unpleasant
not enjoyable or pleasant:
A real creep
Bad behaviour
Totally gross
Una perdida de tiempo
A waste of time
Often refers to events
Simplemente magico
Just magic
very great and rare natural ability or skill, especially in a particular area such as science or art, or a person who has this:
Genius
boring:
Tedious
to have or show a strong feeling of respect and admiration for God or a god:
Worship
That you cannot understand
To fail to understand
an occasion when a large number of people behave in a noisy, violent, and uncontrolled way in public, often as a protest:
Riot
Material things people have
Assets
to admire and respect someone very much, often too much:
Idolise
it means that it's important to do it.
To can't afford to do something
We can't afford to take the risk.
information that very few people know:
Well-kept secret
Trancon
Congested highway
tasting extremely good:
scrumptious
to be the perfect size and shape for someone:
To fit like a glove
Menos mal que en ingles
It's a good job
It started to pour when I was in the city centre last night, it's a good job I was carrying my umbrella with me
Sorprendentemente en ingles
Amazingly enough
Fiona is always complaining about the food, amazingly enough she didn't say that the rice was soggy
Dios quiera que. Expresion en ingles
All being well
Albert is going to drive all the way to Saint Martin. All being well, he won't have any problem with the harpin bends of the road
a bend in the road that is so sharp that it almost turns back in the opposite direction
curva en u
The hairpin bends
Very Comic
Strange Odd
Funny
Funny haha or funny peculiar?
To say something ridiculous
To lose face
a thick, strong cotton cloth, often blue in colour, used especially for making jeans:
Denim
Desteñir o acabarse algo
to come off something
having only a short distance from the top to the bottom:
shallow
and to an even greater degree do something:
No poder hacer una cosa porque no es capaz de hacer otra mucho mas sencilla
Mucho menos
let alone do something
I can't buy a chevrolet let alone a mercedez benz
(of food) not cooked:
(of materials) in a natural state, without having been through any chemical or industrial process:
Raw
to put on a piece of clothing in order to see how it looks and whether it fits
To try on
To stop working
To packed up
to improve the quality or usefulness of something, or change it for something newer or of a better standard:
Upgraded
very comfortable and of very high quality:
Deluxe
graceful and attractive in appearance or behaviour:
a litte bit small
Elegant junior
enough or satisfactory for a particular purpose:
Adequate
acceptable or right for someone or something:
Suitable
to try very hard to do something, especially for someone else:
To go out of your way
When I visited my aunt, she always goes out of her way to make my stay really pleasant
making you think a lot about a subject:
thought-provoking
extremely funny
Laugh-out-loud
to cause something to be not perfect:
imperfecciones
Flaws
Another way to say made in that country
Set in (country)
very excited, and giving all your attention to something, because you want to know what is going to happen:
on the edge of your seat
Something catchable
atrapable
Grip
heavy and solid in an ugly way:
Clunky
extremely exciting, beautiful, or surprising:
Breathtaking
to have someone's attention completely so that they cannot think of anything else:
hypnotise
Mesmerise
to be wrong:
to be wide of the mark
Methods, beliefs, ideas, etc. that are like this combine whatever seem the best or most useful things from many different areas or systems, rather than following a single system:
Eclectic
R&B
rhythm and blues
Another way to say; For my taste
For my liking
a metal container that is round and often has a long handle and a lid, used for cooking things on top of a cooker.
Pan
you remove the liquid from something usually by pouring it away or allowing it to flow away,

liquid flows away or out of it.
Drain
(Example: Drain the pasta thoroughly. / We drained the pond and filled it with fresh water. / Drain (off) any liquid that is left in the rice. / Don’t bother drying the pans ― just leave them to drain.)
put something in another place while you do something different
Set aside
a small separate part of a bulb of garlic (SPANISH EQUIVALENT: DIENTE DE AJO).
Clove of garlic (Example: This recipe takes four cloves of garlic.)
a long thin vegetable with a dark green skin. It is a type of small marrow
Courgette<br />
Zucchini
to improve the flavour of savoury food by adding salt, herbs or spices when cooking or preparing it.
Season
)is an Italian white bread made from wheat flour, water, salt, olive oil and yeast, created in 1982 by a baker in Adria, Veneto, Italy, in response to popularity of French baguettes.
Ciabatta
to give something to someone in a position of authority
Hand in
Example: Have you handed in your history essay yet? / I’ve decided to hand in my resignation
to visit or stay at a place briefly when you are going somewhere else
Stop off (somewhere)
I’ll stop off at the shops on my way home and get some wine. / We’re going to stop off in Paris for a couple of days before heading south.)
to give something to a person in authority
Hand in<br />
Please hand in your keys when you leave the hotel
someone or something that is similar in appearance to someone or something else
lookalike<br />
Doppelgänger
a facial expression of disapproval, disgust, or anger.
a dirty look
to admire and respect someone
to look up to
a short sentence or phrase that is easy to remember, often included in a speech made by a politician and repeated in newspapers and on television and radio:
a sound bite
to express your opinions forcefully, especially without being asked for them
a sound off
the result of a particular influence:
Effect
the sounds, especially the music, of a film, or a separate recording of this:
Soundtrack
causing happy and positive feelings about life:
a feel good (movie)
extremely happy ( expression )
On top of the world
Sentimientos encontrados
Mixed (feelings )
the scientific study of the natural processes of living things
Biology
 a scheduled time when workers stop working for a brief period
Break time
a system of fast writing that uses lines and simple signs to represent words and phrases:
shorthand
a way of studying, especially for a degree, where you study mostly at home, receiving and sending off work by post or over the internet
Distance Learning
a formal talk on a serious subject given to a group of people, especially students:
Lecture
the line of short hairs above each eye in humans:
Eyebrow
A low fast car often with a roof thant can be folded
Sports Car
having a good understanding of the way people behave and/or a good knowledge of culture and fashion:
Sophisticated
a small piece of a soft material that is put into the shoulder of a piece of clothing to raise it or improve its shape
Shoulder pads
a hairstyle in which the hair is tied up high at the back of the head so that it hangs down like a horse's tail
Ponytail
shoes with extremely thick soles that raise the feet from the ground more than usual
Platform shoes
a covering of artificial hair worn on the head to hide a loss of hair or to cover your own hair:
Wig
a short sock that covers only the foot and ankle
Ankle socks
used to emphasize that something is true:
Undoubtedly
possible to imagine or to believe:
Conceivably
Bastante Improbable
Highly Unlikely
easily and without interruption or difficulty:
Smoothly
To react in a bad way
To react badly
behaving in a way that is suitable and acceptable:
Rightly
in large amounts:
profusely
Verdaderamente embarazoso
Deeply (embarrasing)
in a way that causes pain:
Painfully ( aware)
in a way that shows strong negative emotion such as anger or disappointment:
Bitterly
to speak, write or shout in a loud, uncontrolled, or angry way, often saying confused or silly things:
Rant
to speak in an uncontrolled way, usually because you are upset or angry, or because you are ill:
Rave
Para ser honesto
To be perfectly honest
Estoy deleitado en decirte
Me temo decirte que
I'm glad to say
I'm afraid to say
Siendo honesto de verdad
Quite Frankly
Gracias al cielo
Thank Goodness
Para mi gran sorpresa
Much to my surprise
A decir verdad
To tell the truth
strangely, in a way that is surprising:
funnily enough
Para poner las cosas mas feas
To make matters worse
Para mi completo asombro
To my utter astonishment
era dirigido por ( phrasal )
the school was run by academics
lo positivo o negativo de
the minus side to it
the plus side to it
to sell something quickly
to sell off