19. BILL
• v. facturar, cargar, cargar a la cuenta,
cargar en cuenta;
• enviar la factura a, cobrar,
• pasar la cuenta a; poner en cartelera,
anunciar
• May I have the bill?
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25. CARRY OUT
• verbo transitivo
1 (un proyecto) llevar a cabo, realizar
2 (el deber) cumplir
•
II (crímenes) perpetrar:
• “Vicious attacks were carried out against the
immigrants” ( los inmigrantes fueron víctimas de
salvajes agresiones)
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26. CARRY OUT
• Examples:
• In my new job, I have to perform many
challenging tasks
• In my new job, I have to CARRY OUT
many challenging tasks
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27. CATCH ON
• ganar popularidad:
• “the idea didn't catch on”
la idea no cuajó
• Do you think this style will become popular
next season?
• Do you think this style will CATCH ON
next season?
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29. CHASE
To run after someone or something in order
to catch them.
– Persecución
caza
– Perseguir
– Correr
– Ahuyentar
cazar
seguir
carrera
Alcance
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30. CHEAP
• adv. barato
• adj. barato, de bajo precio; de mala
calidad; de mal gusto; tacaño, mezquino
Not expensive , or costing less than
usual
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38. CUT BACK
1 (gastos) reducir
2 (la producción) disminuir
3 (una planta) podar
• “Now that I am unemployed we are going
to have to cut back on our spending.”
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43. DRAG
– Obstáculo
– rastra
– resistencia al avance
•
verbo
– arrastrar
– rastrear
– llevar arrastrado
– arrastrarse por el
suelo
– moverse muy
despacio
– hacerse interminable
– pasar lentamente
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44. ENCOURAGE
• Animar
• To make someone more likely to happen.
“My parents encouraged me to try new things”
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45. ENGAGED
• adj. comprometido, ocupado
•
• v. contratar, dar empleo a, dar ocupación
a, emplear; empeñar; engranar, enlazar,
interconectar; involucrar;
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61. HAND IN
(un billete, un trabajo) entregar
(una solicitud, la dimisión) presentar
• “The students handed in their
assignments to the teacher.”
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62. HANDSOME
• bien parecido, agraciado,
• apuesto, buen mozo,
• de buen aspecto, elegante, galán,
hermoso, muy mozo
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63. HANG ON
• STOP, wait for a moment.
• Hang on! Are you trying to make a
monkey out of me?
• Hang on please, I'm just putting you
through.
• Hang on please and I'll be with you in a
couple of minutes.
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68. HOLD
• v. sujetar, agarrar, mantener, mantener a
la fuerza, contener, guardar, poseer; creer
que, aseverar, mantener la opinión que;
sostener, creer en; cumplir; soportar,
aguantar
•
• s. agarre, apoyo, asimiento,
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69. HOLD
• To have something in your hand or arms.
He was holding a glass of wine.
She held the baby in her arms.
• To keep something in a particular position
• To organize an event
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76. IMPROVEMENT
• There was a steady improvement in the
pupil's results.
• The doctor saw no improvement in the
patient.
• The repairs to the car brought about an
improvement in its speed
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93. PASS OVER
• pasar por alto, olvidar
• Not notice
• Ignore
“Even though Mary had worked as a manager in
that department she was passed over for
promotion.”
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103. PUT OFF
• POSTERGAR
• “I'm busy this afternoon; can we put our
meeting off until tomorrow?”
• “He was too busy in the morning, so he
put his appointment off until the
afternoon.”
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114. ROUGHLY
• (approximately) aproximadamente adv
• Roughly speaking, we will have your
phone service restored in 24 hours.
• The cost to construct your house will be
about $100,000, roughly speaking.
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119. SET UP
• Establecer
• Set something up
To get all the necessary equipment ready
for an activity
•
I need one or two people to help me set up the display.
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120. SHIVER
• v. temblar, tiritar, titiritar; hacer añicos
•
• s. temblor, escalofrío,
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