| Term | Definition |
|---|
| pushover | a person who is capable of no effective resistance |
| to be in hot water | to be in trouble |
| to be in a real bind | to be in a difficult situation |
| to give notice at work | to quit |
| to take the plunge | to take a decision |
| to fall behind schedule | to be near a dead line with lots of work pending |
| to look shaky | to look scared |
| to be scared to death | to be really afraid |
| to get stuck in sth | to be trapped |
| to be at one's wits' end | to be really frustrated |
| to lift sb's spirits | to cheer sb up |
| racket | a loud and disturbing noise |
| to tick off at sb | to be really annoying |
| to get hold of sb | to calm down |
| to confide in sb | to confer a trust upon |
| to take on more than one can handle | to accept more responsibility than one can realistically deal with |
| to keep it in | to avoid expressing one's feelings |
| to let it go / to shrug it off | to decide not to be bothered by something |
| to let off steam | to get rid of one's anger in a way that does no harm anyone |
| to lose one's temper | to suddenly become so angry that one cannot control oneself |
| to make an issue out of sth | to argue about something others don't think is important |
| to take it out on someone | to treat someone badly because one is angry or tired |
| to tell someone off | to talk angrily to a person who has done something wrong |
| to snap | to lose control of one's emotions |
| stage fright | fear that affects a person about to face an audience |
| startling | provoking surprise, fright, wonder, or alarm |
| to turn sth around | to change to be better |
| have a head for figures | to be good at mathematical calculations |
| have an ear for music | to be good at recognizing, remembering and imitating musical sounds |
| have an eye for details | to be good at seeing thing that other don´t notice |
| have a way with words | be able to express your ideas and opinion well |
| have a knack for language | have a natural skill or ability to learn and speak foreign languages |
| have a good intuitive sense | be able to draw conclusions based on feelings rather than facts |
| have a way with people | be able to attract and influence people |
| be good with one´s hands | have the ability to use one´s hands to make or do things |
| be mechanically inclined | be able to undestand how machines work |
| To show sb the ropes | To give general instructions or to show sb the things that has to do |
| To stay on target | To be focused on the things or activities that you are doing |
| Now we're back to square one | We have to start to doing sth again |
| A blooper | A clumsy verbal mistake, especially one made in public |
| A limerick | A light, humorous five line poem |
| Play a joke on someone | Trick someone, in order to make that person appear silly, stupid or ridiculous |
| Be the butt of a joke | Be the person on whom the practical joke is played |
| Be in bad (or poor) taste | Be offensive or extremely cruel |
| To crack up | cagarse de risa. |
| Slander | calumniar, calumnia. |
| Hoard | reserva secreta. |
| Countervail | compensar. |
| Inveigh | lanzar invectivas, vituperar. |
| Ply | acosar: she plied me with food and drink, |
| Raconteur | story teller. |
| Mercurial | voluble. |
| Death knell | campanas fúnebres.music executives thought that digital downloading would be their death knell, |
| Deterrence | retaliación. |
| Feud | contienda. |
| Grievance | motivo de queja. |
| Trench war | guerra de trincheras. |
| Subsume | subsumir |
| Conflate | unido,anexado. |
| Contentious | polémico,beligerante. |
| Negligible | insignificante. |
| Overriding | primordial. |
| Deter | disuadir. |
| Jeremiad | muestra de aflición excesiva. |
| Raconteur | cuentista. |
| Indictment | acusación. |
| Scoundrel | sinvergüenza, canalla. |
| Swindler | estafador, timador. |
| Queasy | mareado. |
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