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be slippery

be slippery(
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An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g., Everybody please stand up.).
intransitive verb phrase
a. estar resbaladizo
Be careful in the street. Yesterday's rain froze over last night and it's slippery.Ten cuidado en la calle. La lluvia de ayer se congeló anoche y está resbaladiza.
b. estar resbaloso
These noodles are slippery. I can't pick them up with chopsticks.Estos fideos están resbalosos. No puedo cogerlos con palitos.
c. estar escurridizo
The soap was so slippery that I dropped it three times during my shower.El jabón estaba tan escurridizo que se me cayó tres veces durante mi ducha.
d. patinar
The floor is slippery because I just washed it.El piso patina porque lo acabo de fregar.
a. ser escurridizo
Billy the Kid was an outlaw of the Wild West known for being slippery.Billy the Kid fue un bandido del salvaje oeste conocido por ser escurridizo.
b. ser poco de fiar
Don't believe what the suspect tells you. I've heard he's slippery.No creas lo que el sospecho te diga. He oído que es poco de fiar.
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