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de sopetón
de sopetón
unexpectedly
remontar el vuelo
remontar el vuelo
to soar
echarse a perder
echarse a perder
to go off
cada tanto
cada tanto
every now and then
sin demora
sin demora
without delay
¡Sanseacabó!
¡Sanseacabó!
That's it!
en aprietos
en aprietos
in a tight spot
en aprietos
en aprietos
in dire straits
en aprietos
en aprietos
struggling
hacer borrón y cuenta nueva
hacer borrón y cuenta nueva
to let bygones be bygones
hacer borrón y cuenta nueva
hacer borrón y cuenta nueva
to wipe the slate clean
de por medio
de por medio
involved
de un plumazo
de un plumazo
at a stroke
de un plumazo
de un plumazo
in a jiffy
matar el gusanillo
matar el gusanillo
to get one's fix
matar el gusanillo
matar el gusanillo
to scratch the itch
matar el gusanillo
matar el gusanillo
to stave off hunger
el colofón
el colofón
coda
el colofón
el colofón
culmination
el colofón
climax
el colofón
grand finale
en su conjunto
as a whole
en su conjunto
overall
tener cabida para
to have a capacity of
tener cabida para
to have room for
tener cabida para
to hold
cundir
to go a long way
cundir
to go well
cundir
to spread
tiznado
drunk
tiznado
sooty
de rechupete
scrumptious
de rechupete
yummy
dar cuerda
to get started
dar cuerda
to wind up
hoy por hoy
as things are at the moment
hoy por hoy
at this moment in time
hoy por hoy
right now
hoy por hoy
at the present time
poner a punto
to calibrate
poner a punto
to fine-tune
poner a punto
to tune up
improviso
suddenly
improviso
unexpectedly
hazme caso
mark my words
hazme caso
listen to me
rendir cuentas
to account for
rendir cuentas
to answer
rendir cuentas
to report
en boga
in fashion
en boga
fashionable
en boga
in style
de reojo
askance
de reojo
out of the corner of one's eye
de reojo
sideways
dar carpetazo a
to drop
dar carpetazo a
to put an end to
dar carpetazo a
to shelve
los avatares
ups and downs
echar por tierra
to wreck
airoso
successful
airoso
with flying colors
a la zaga
behind
hace poco
a little while ago
hace poco
not long ago
hace poco
recently
hace mucho
long ago
hace mucho
long time ago
hace mucho
a long time ago
yugular
to nip in the bud
en un principio
in the beginning
en un principio
at first
en un principio
to start with
dar abasto
to be enough to get by
dar abasto
to be enough
dar abasto
to cope
dar abasto
to keep up
¡Ajá!
Splendid!
¡Ajá!
Aha!
¡Ajá!
Uh-huh!
por antonomasia
ultimate
por antonomasia
par excellence
por antonomasia
quintessential
exacto
precisely
exacto
exactly
exacto
precise
exacto
exact
efectivamente
indeed
efectivamente
really
de improviso
without warning
de improviso
out of the blue
de improviso
suddenly
de improviso
unexpectedly
a deshora
at an inconvenient time
a deshora
at odd times
a deshora
out of hours
a secas
just
a secas
plain
a bulto
at a rough guess
a bulto
roughly
como sea
however one can
como sea
no matter what
como sea
at all costs
como sea
whatever it takes
como sea
any way
en aquel entonces
back then
en aquel entonces
in those days
en aquel entonces
at that time
para cuando
by the time
para cuando
for when
para cuando
until
no caber duda
to have no doubt
caer en la cuenta
to realise
caer en la cuenta
to catch on
caer en la cuenta
to realize
eso sí
although
eso sí
even if
eso sí
mind you
aun así
still
aun así
even so
aun así
even then
conciliar el sueño
to fall asleep
conciliar el sueño
to get to sleep
reñido
at odds
reñido
close
reñido
hard-fought
reñido
tough
reñido
fallen out
reñido
at odds
reñido
on bad terms
ir de marcha
to go out clubbing
ir de marcha
to go out on the town
ir de marcha
to march out
ir de parranda
to go out partying
ir de parranda
to go out on the town
dar lo mismo
to not mind
dar lo mismo
to not care
dar lo mismo
to not care one way or the other
a fin de que
in order to
a fin de que
so that
tal y como
just as
tal y como
just like
es lo que hay
that's how things are
si bien
although
si bien
even though
si bien
while
por ende
consequently
por ende
therefore
con tal de
as long as
con tal de
to
cuando menos
at least
surtir efecto
to be effective
surtir efecto
to work
surtir efecto
to take effect
a bocajarro
at point-blank
a bocajarro
at point-blank range
a bocajarro
out of the blue
en funciones
in office
en funciones
interim
en funciones
acting
mediante
by means of
mediante
through
mediante
with
a solas
on one's own
a solas
alone
estar al tanto
to keep abreast of
estar al tanto
to keep an eye out
estar al tanto
to know about
estar al tanto
to be informed about
estar al tanto
to be up to date with
estar al tanto
to know
a la deriva
adrift
a cambio de
in exchange for
a cambio de
in return for
en entredicho
in doubt
en entredicho
in question
en entredicho
questionable
aledaño
adjacent
aledaño
neighbouring
entre tanto
in the meantime
entre tanto
meanwhile
de media
knitting
de media
on average
y tal
and all that stuff
incluso
even
incluso
including
estar pendiente de
to be waiting for
estar pendiente de
to keep an eye on
ni de lejos
not even remotely
ni de lejos
not nearly
dar la murga
to be a pain
dar la murga
to be a pain
o sea
come on
o sea
in other words
o sea
that is to say
como si nada
as though nothing had happened
como si nada
casually
como si nada
just like that
desde ya
as of now
desde ya
right away
desde ya
right now
desde ya
straightaway
la resaca
hangover
sobre la marcha
as one goes along
sobre la marcha
there and then
por lo visto
apparently
por lo visto
it would appear
poner el dedo en la llaga
to hit a raw nerve
poner el dedo en la llaga
to put one's finger on it
poner el dedo en la llaga
to touch a raw nerve
de ahí
over there
de ahí
from there
de ahí
hence
más bien
actually
más bien
more like
más bien
rather
menos mal
luckily
menos mal
it's a good thing
menos mal
it's just as well
hacer la vista gorda
to turn a blind eye
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