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botas de agua — gumboots, wellingtons ( esp Brit), rubber boots ( esp EEUU)

botas de goma, botas de hule — Méx gumboots, wellingtons ( esp Brit), rubber boots ( esp EEUU)

colgar las botas — to hang up one's boots

morir con las botas puestas — to die with one's boots on

ponerse las botas — (Esp fam)

colgar las botas — to hang up one's boots

morir con las botas puestas — to die with one's boots on

ponerse las botas — (Esp fam)

Ex: Equality of opportunity is a myth: whilst some people start the race highly trained and wearing spikes others have balls and chains attached to their ankles and wear hobnailed boots = La igualdad de oportunidades es un mito: mientras que algunas personas empiezan la carrera muy preparados y llevan zapatillas de clavos, otras arrastran grilletes y cadenas en sus tobillos y llevan botas con clavos.

ni para el arranque Méx * —

¡10.000 pesos!, con eso ni para el arranque — 10,000 pesos! that's nowhere near enough *

ni para el arranque — (Méx fam)

con un kilo no tenemos ni para el arranque — one kilo won't get us far (colloq)

ni para el arranque — (Méx fam)

con un kilo no tenemos ni para el arranque — one kilo won't get us far (colloq)

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• calle abajo — down the street

• calle arriba — up the street

calle cerrada Ven, Col, Méx —

calle ciega Ven, Col —

calle cortada — Cono Sur dead end, dead-end street, cul-de-sac

calle de sentido único, calle de una mano Cono Sur —

calle de una sola vía Col —

calle de un solo sentido — Chile one-way street

calle residencial — residential street ( with low speed limit and priority for pedestrians)

se sentaba en la calle a ver pasar a la gente — he used to sit out in the street o outside watching the people go by

• irse a la calle — to go out, go outside

• salir a la calle — (=persona) to go outside; (=disco, publicación) to come out

llevo varios días sin salir a la calle — I haven't been out of the house o outside for several days

iba vestido de calle — (Mil) he was wearing civilian clothes, he was wearing civvies *

esa calle no tiene salida — that's a no through road, that street o road is a dead end

de calle: traje/vestido de calle everyday suit/dress; aplanar calles (AmL fam) to loaf around; echar a alguien a la calle to throw somebody out (on the street); echarse or salir a la calle to take to the streets; echar or tirar por la calle de en medio to take the middle course; en la calle <estar/quedar> ( en la ruina) penniless; ( sin vivienda) homeless; ( sin trabajo) out of work; hacer la calle (fam) to work the streets (colloq); llevarse a alguien de calle (fam): se las lleva a todas de calle he has all the girls chasing after him (colloq); llevar or traer a alguien por la calle de la amargura — (fam) to make somebody's life a misery (colloq)

esa calle no tiene salida — that's a no through road, that street o road is a dead end

de calle: traje/vestido de calle everyday suit/dress; aplanar calles (AmL fam) to loaf around; echar a alguien a la calle to throw somebody out (on the street); echarse or salir a la calle to take to the streets; echar or tirar por la calle de en medio to take the middle course; en la calle <estar/quedar> ( en la ruina) penniless; ( sin vivienda) homeless; ( sin trabajo) out of work; hacer la calle (fam) to work the streets (colloq); llevarse a alguien de calle (fam): se las lleva a todas de calle he has all the girls chasing after him (colloq); llevar or traer a alguien por la calle de la amargura — (fam) to make somebody's life a misery (colloq)

Ex: Peter was trying to convince himself that it wasn't his fault as he navigated the glistening slippery streets.

• comer caliente — to have a hot meal, have some hot food

• servir algo caliente — to serve sth hot

tuvo que responderle en caliente — he had to answer him there and then o on the spur of the moment

• caliente de cascos — hot-headed

estar caliente — to feel horny **

• poner caliente a algn — to turn sb on *, make sb horny **

• ponerse caliente — to get turned on *, get horny **

caliente, caliente — (Jueg) you're hot, getting hotter

agarrarle a alguien en caliente — (Méx fam) to catch somebody red-handed

pagar en caliente y de repente — (Méx fam) to pay cash on the nail

caliente, caliente — (Jueg) you're hot, getting hotter

agarrarle a alguien en caliente — (Méx fam) to catch somebody red-handed

pagar en caliente y de repente — (Méx fam) to pay cash on the nail

Ex: Preferred word forms will also be noted: 'heat' may be preferred to ' hot'.

de carga frontal — front-loading antes de s

de carga superior — top-loading antes de s

no puedo con tanta carga — I can't take o manage such a heavy load

la carga de la prueba — (Jur) the burden of proof

carga financiera — [por gastos] financial burden; [por intereses] financial expense, financing cost

carga lectiva — hours of attendance at lectures or seminars

cargas familiares — dependants, dependents (EEUU)

carga de pólvora — (Min) gunpowder charge

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