also goof around)

to goof off — abzwitschern (inf)

Ex: Some people believe that that most students students jsut goof off in college.

me fastidia tener que ir — it's a pain having to go *

nos ha fastidiado las vacaciones — it's spoiled o ruined our holidays

¡la hemos fastidiado! — drat! *

la hemos fastidiado! — that's done it! (colloq)

no fastidies! ¿de veras? — go on! you're kidding! (colloq)

tendré que fastidiarme — I'll have to put up with it (colloq)

hay que fastidiarse! — (Esp) that's great! (colloq & iro)

te fastidias! — (Esp) tough! (colloq)

la hemos fastidiado! — that's done it! (colloq)

no fastidies! ¿de veras? — go on! you're kidding! (colloq)

tendré que fastidiarme — I'll have to put up with it (colloq)

hay que fastidiarse! — (Esp) that's great! (colloq & iro)

te fastidias! — (Esp) tough! (colloq)

Ex: She had been told from time to time that he seemed to derive satisfaction from needling the staff, but she had never been able to pin down specifically what he does that irks them.

hacer la plancha — [bañista] to float

plancha a o de vapor — steam iron

hacer o tirarse una plancha — to drop a clanger **, put one's foot in it

tirarse una plancha — (Esp fam) to put one's foot in it (colloq), to goof (colloq)

qué plancha pasé! — I was o felt so embarrassed!

tirarse una plancha — (Esp fam) to put one's foot in it (colloq), to goof (colloq)

qué plancha pasé! — I was o felt so embarrassed!

Ex: As with all electrical devices, be cautious when using blow-dryers and flat-irons around water and/or children.

Ex: The griddle is ready when a few drops of water sprinkled on it form fast-moving bubbles
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Ex: Inferencing skills can be learned as students clarify contextual meanings of ambiguous statements, mispronunciations, and boners that may be found in newspaper headlines, texts, and conversations.

•a la vez, hablaban todos a la vez — they were all talking at once o at the same time

•¿has estado alguna vez en...? — have you ever been to...?

• las más de las veces — mostly, in most cases

• por primera vez — for the first time

• toda vez que... — since..., given that...

• por última vez — for the last time

lo he hecho cien veces — I've done it hundreds o lots of times *

•a veces, [algunas] veces — sometimes, at times

• contadas veces — seldom

• de vez en cuando — now and again, from time to time, occasionally

•¿ cuántas veces? — how often?, how many times?

• dos veces — twice

•en... veces, se fríen las patatas en dos veces — fry the potatoes in two batches

• por enésima vez — for the umpteenth time *

• muchas veces — often

• otra vez — again

• pocas veces — seldom, rarely

• rara vez, [raras] veces — seldom, rarely

• repetidas veces — again and again, over and over again

• una vez — once

érase o había una vez una princesa... — once upon a time there was a princess...

• varias veces — several times

• de una vez — (=en una sola ocasión) in one go; (=definitivamente) once and for all *

¡acabemos de una vez! — let's get it over with (once and for all)! *

¡cállate de una vez! — for the last time, shut up! *

•en vez de — instead of

• hacer las veces de — to serve as

• una vez que — once

• de una vez para siempre, de una vez por [todas] — once and for all *, for good

• ceder la vez — (gen) to give up one's turn; (en cola) to give up one's place

• pedir la vez — to ask who's last in the queue

• quitar la vez a algn — to push in in front of sb

mil veces or miles de veces — a thousand times o thousands of times

la de veces or las veces que se lo dije! — the (number of) times I told him!

érase or había una vez — (liter) once upon a time (liter)

¿por qué no lo dejamos para otra vez? — why don't we leave it for another time o day?

una vez más — once again o more

cada vez — every o each time

se utiliza cada vez más — it's being used increasingly o more and more

de una vez — ( expresando impaciencia) once and for all; ( simultáneamente) in one go

una vez que hayan terminado — once o when you have finished

hacer las veces de algo — caja/libro to serve as something; persona to act as something

¿quién tiene or me da la vez? — who's last?

mil veces or miles de veces — a thousand times o thousands of times

la de veces or las veces que se lo dije! — the (number of) times I told him!

érase or había una vez — (liter) once upon a time (liter)

¿por qué no lo dejamos para otra vez? — why don't we leave it for another time o day?

una vez más — once again o more

cada vez — every o each time

se utiliza cada vez más — it's being used increasingly o more and more

de una vez — ( expresando impaciencia) once and for all; ( simultáneamente) in one go

una vez que hayan terminado — once o when you have finished

hacer las veces de algo — caja/libro to serve as something; persona to act as something

¿quién tiene or me da la vez? — who's last?

Ex: In particular note, for example by ticking them, those terms that merit a turn in the lead position, and those that do not.