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1 to knock off
1 (make fall) tirar, hacer caer2 (deduct - money) descontar; (reduce - time) quitar■ I'll knock five pounds off the price te descuento cinco libras del precio, te rebajo el precio en cinco libras1 (stop work) acabar, salir del trabajo■ what time do you knock off work? ¿a qué hora sales del trabajo? -
2 to take up
1 (fill, occupy) ocupar2 (take upstairs) llevar, subir; (remove, lift - carpet etc) quitar, levantar4 (continue) continuar, reanudar1 (offer) aceptar1 (start to do) dedicarse a2 (pursue - point etc) volver a3 (sew) acortar -
3 to mess about / mess around with
to mess about / mess around with1 (fiddle with) tocar, manosear; (play with) jugar con1 (get involved with) meterse con1 (have affair with) tener un lío con, estar liado,-a con2 (sexually interfere with) abusar deEnglish-spanish dictionary > to mess about / mess around with
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4 to draw out
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5 to get across
1 (cross - street, road) cruzar; (- bridge) atravesar1 (idea etc) hacer comprender, hacer entender1 hacerse entender -
6 to get off
1 (remove) quitarse1 (vehicle, horse, etc) bajarse de1 bajarse■ he got on the roundabout, but he couldn't get off subió al tiovivo, pero no pudo bajarse2 (leave) salir■ I get off at 6.00 pm salgo (de trabajar) a las seis3 (begin) comenzar4 (escape) escaparse -
7 to lay off
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8 to make out
3 (understand) entender, comprender1 familiar (pretend, claim) pretender, hacerse pasar por■ how did you make out? ¿qué tal te fue?2 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL (sexually) darse el lote, pegarse el lote -
9 to run down
1 (knock down) atropellar2 (criticize) criticar3 (battery) agotar1 bajar corriendo1 bajar corriendo2 (battery) agotarse3 (clock) pararse -
10 to run up
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11 to take on
1 (decide to do, undertake) hacerse cargo de, encargarse de, aceptar; (responsibility) asumir2 (employ) contratar, coger3 (challenge) desafiar, enfrentarse con1 (begin to have, assume) asumir, tomar, adquirir1 (become upset) agitarse, ponerse nervioso,-a -
12 to take over
1 (country, party etc) tomar (posesión de), apoderarse de; (building) ocupar2 (company, business) absorber, adquirir; (job, post) hacerse cargo de; (duty, responsibility) asumir1 (assume control) tomar el poder, hacerse con el poder; (job) entrar en funciones, relevar1 (lines, points, argument) repasar; (show round) enseñar, mostrar -
13 to turn off
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14 to turn on
1 (electricity) conectar; (light, gas, appliance) encender; (tap) abrir; (engine) poner en marcha, encender2 (attack) atacar, arremeter contra; (aim, point at) apuntar, dirigir1 (hinge on) depender de, girar en torno a1 encenderse -
15 to turn over
1 (invert) dar la vuelta a, volver, poner al revés2 (idea) dar vueltas a3 (hand over) entregar1 (page) volver2 SMALLCOMMERCE/SMALL facturar, hacer2 (engine) marchar en vacío, funcionar -
16 to turn up
■ don't worry, some job's bound to turn up no te preocupes, seguro que te saldrá algún trabajo1 (fold upwards) doblar hacia arriba, levantar; (shorten) acortar2 (radio, gas, heat, etc) subir, poner más fuerte1 (find) descubrir, encontrar -
17 to build on
1 (extension, part of house) añadir2 figurative use (base on, found) basarse en, fundarse en1 (use profitably) saber aprovechar -
18 to count against
1 perjudicar1 tomar en cuenta, tener en cuenta -
19 to count out
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20 to get over
1 (illness) recuperarse de2 (recover from) sobreponerse a; (forget) olvidar3 (obstacle) salvar; (difficulty) vencer1 (idea etc) comunicar, hacer comprender
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