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    1.

    Be about to

    To be going to happen or do something very soon

    Traducción: Estar a punto de (hacer o pasar algo)

    "When we arrived the ceremony was about to begin."

    2. Be out of

    To lack or be short of something

    Traducción: Quedarse sin

    "We are out of onions for supper! Can you go to the shop and get some?"

    3. Be over

    To be ended, finished.

    Traducción: Finalizarse; Acabarse

    "In two hours the exam will be over, and we will finally get some rest"

    4. Blow up

    To explode.

    Traducción: Estallar

    "The police arrived before the bomb blew up, and no one was hurt"

    5. Break down

    To stop working.

    Traducción: Dejar de funcionar; Averiarse.

    "The car broke down only 20km away from their destination"

    6. Carry on

    To continue.

    Traducción: Seguir; Continuar.

    "Please, carry on working on your essays."

    7. Carry out
    To perform; To complete a task

    Traducción: Llevar a cabo "The hospital is carrying out tests to find out what's wrong with her."

    8. Come back

    To return

    Traducción: Regresar

    "We decided to come back to Scotland for another holiday.."

    9. Come in

    To enter

    Traducción: Entrar

    "Everyone turned their eyes towards her as she came in the room."

    10. Come up

    To occur; To happen unexpectedly.

    Traducción: Surgir "A problem came up and I had to stay at work until late."

    11. Cut down on

    To reduce; To decrease.

    Traducción: Reducir

    "Tom tried to cut down on his expenses."

    12. Die out

    To extinguish.

    Traducción: Extinguirse; Apagarse

    "Some people think that the Condor might die out in the next decades."

    13. Do without

    To succeed in living or working without someone or something.

    Traducción: Apañárselas sin algo, o alguien.

    " There’s no more milk, so I guess we’ll just have to do without."


    14. Find out

    To discover; To learn a fact.

    Traducción: Averiguar; Descubrir

    "He was fired after his company found out the truth about his sick leave."

    15. Get off

    To leave a bus, plane, or train.

    Traducción: Bajarse de un vehículo

    "Remember to take all your personal items before you get off the bus."

    16. Get on

    To get into a bus, plane, or train.

    Traducción: Subirse a un vehículo

    "I turned off my mobile phone before I got on the plane."

    17. Get up

    To get out of bed after sleeping.

    Traducción: Levantarse

    "What time do you usually get up in the morning?"

    18. Hang on

    To wait.

    Traducción: Esperar

    "Hang on a minute. I'll call Laura"

    19. Look after

    To take care of someone or something and make certain that they have everything they need.

    Traducción: Cuidar

    "It’s hardwork looking after three children all day."

    20. Look for


    To search for someone or something.

    Traducción: Buscar

    "I’m looking for Jim. Have you seen him?"

    21. Look forward to

    To feel happy and excited about something that is going to happen.

    Traducción: Tener ganas de que algo pase

    "I'm really looking forward to my holiday."

    22. Make up

    To put make up on oneself; To invent a lie; To be reconciled.

    Traducción: Maquillarse; Inventarse algo; Reconciliarse

    "They were angry with each other, but they made up yesterday."

    23. Put off

    To postpone.

    Traducción: Retrasar algo, posponerlo.

    "The wedding has been put off until January."

    24. Take off

    To leave the ground and start flying.

    Traducción: Despegar.

    "The plane took off ten minutes after the last passenger had sat down."

    25. Turn out

    To be present/attend; To conclude.

    Traducción: Presentarse; Resultar.

    "Jessica turned out to be an old friend of my cousin."

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