Rubro Palabra Espaol English

informal flow the way you do things

informal the popo the police
phrasal verb to boil down cocinar por mucho tiempo
phrasal verb to boil down to simplificar, resumir ideas
phrasal verb to do (ST) in to ruin
phrasal verb to figure out to understand
phrasal verb to get handle on ST to put ST under control
phrasal verb to go through (ST) to experience
phrasal verb to knock (upside) the head avivar
phrasal verb to lay out (a code) presentar/ exponer
phrasal verb to live with to tolerate
phrasal verb to look beyond to hope to get to a result when there's an obstacle or challenge
phrasal verb to look up (situation) mejorar
phrasal verb to make (ST) up inventar/ reconciliarse
phrasal verb to pass out desmayarse
phrasal verb to play off (ST) enfrentar
phrasal verb to play out to imagine in SO head
phrasal verb to pry off hacer palanca
phrasal verb to pull back to resist
phrasal verb to pull back out (a project) to abort
phrasal verb to run (it) by to take ST SW/ to eplain one more time (to run your idea by me)
phrasal verb to run into to meet ST by chance/ to encounter
phrasal verb to turn down bajar/ rechaza (oferta)
phrasal verb to weigh up to evaluate pros and cons
phrases "across the board" in every single thing/ aspect
phrases "for your own good" por tu bien
phrases "get to the bottom of" discover the reason
phrases "I get you" te entiendo
phrases "nature vs nurture" scientific debate about how you born and how you were raised
phrases "you can say that again" tal cual
prepositions to act on
prepositions to ask SO out
prepositions to be away from
prepositions to be sorry about
prepositions to be wrapped up in
prepositions to blow up
prepositions to breathe ST out
prepositions to call SO back
prepositions to care about
prepositions to end up
prepositions to get in (a car)
prepositions to insist on
prepositions to leave ST on
prepositions to pull ST out
prepositions to think of
prepositions to use ST in
prepositions to work in/ from/ at
Rubro Palabra Espaol English
verbs to bailout rescate (econmico) to help SO (in general) with a lot of money
verbs to be left to be left
verbs to break through to pass a "barrier"
verbs to cause a stir to make problems
verbs to cause upheaval to make chaos
verbs to drain to let the water out
verbs to embrace to accept ST/ to be commited to ST/ to hug
verbs to hack (into) hackear to break into something (technology/ computers)
verbs to lean on apoyarse en
verbs to loosen up relajarse
verbs to neglect not to give ST/ SO whati it diserves
verbs to numb anestesiar to be/ make without feeling
verbs to nurture (my wound) to take care of ST/ to raise
verbs to outperform (the competition) to do better than
verbs to outsmart aventajar to show you know something someone else doesn't
verbs to parent to be a father/ mother to ST/ SO
verbs to perfect perfeccionar
verbs to pledge allegiance prometer lealtad to be loyal to something/ someone
verbs to shred destruir en piezas pequeas
verbs to shrink to make smaller
verbs to spair to give something extra
verbs to stalk to follow without them knowing
verbs to stir revolver
verbs to sweet talk to compliment someone to get something
verbs to take a hint to understand or do ST that is communicated indirectly
verbs to tread to wakl
verbs to tread (carefully) with SO to treat SO carefully
verbs to trip tropezar (sin caer)/ "maquinar"
verbs to undergo (change/ surgery) sufrir, someterse a to have an experience ou are part of
verbs to underpin to have a topic but put something else under it
verbs to unravel desenredar to separate
verbs to upheave/ to overturn to take something heavy and move it
a breakthrough a discovery
agenda list of topics for a meeting
appraisal an evaluation of performance/ assesment
bento box (brand) a cartboard box
big toe dedo gordo
bike path bicisenda
BS bull shit
carved tallado
catastrophizing to make something a catastrophy
comeback retorno
concrete vestiges proof
conversely on the other hand
coon offensive way to refer to a black person
core center/ heart
dandruff caspa
deferential respectful
draining sucks your energy/ your life
excruciating (pain/ heat) unbearable, the maximum level
folk grupo de personas
folks grupos de personas
fork herramienta para hacer palanca
grief pena, pesar, luto feeling of sadness usually due to a loss
hard wired to come ready for
hidden not visible
Rubro Palabra Espaol English
lame pobre, dbil/ aburrido
low blow golpe bajo
magic pixie no responsability and no purpose
manila folder carpeta para archivar (brand)
measuring stick metro
measuring tape cinta mtrica
passage way pasadizo
passive aggressive without saying to someone face/ behind someones back
props utilera something that ou use to support you in a play
pudgy regordete
reluctant not convinced about something
roughly almost/ about
SARS virus respiratorio
slug ugly hit, with force
spelling bee concurso de deletreo
streetfight/ slugfest a fight with ugly hits
stretched/ spread thinly ajustado
sugar cone cucurucho
thumbnail ua del dedo de la mano
tooth pick escarbadientes
tread "pelos" en rueda "I'm losing the tread, I have to change my tires".
typo error de tipeo
underpass paso bajo nivel
unprecedented unique/ would not expect to find
unsubstantiated not required
vulnerability to be affected or to be potencially affected by
whole-hearted (adj) de todo corazn
wit rapidez, ingenio
worm garden lombricera
worthy value + diserve
DIFFERENCES

objectively
deliverately with intention

really (don't think) + emphatic

(don't really) think - emphatic

to confront to face a ST/ SO with different opinions (in general)

to argue more emotional, longer
to discuss open to other opinions

work tightly with

to work closely to

to boost money/ ideas

to boost earnings

to drop by accident
to spill for liquids/ uncountables

it was actually the doubt was in yourself (there's a doubt)

actually, it was it's more convincing, the doubt is coming from outside

to push others roughtly

to push others hard

issue
problem specific
BOOK
learning organizations
systems thinking
personal development plans
vocabulary skills deficit
shared vision
performance management
employee participation
paradigm shift
structural change
collective aspiration
in the real world
the bigger picture
phrases
across the board
in the long run
answering a wide range of
needs
coming from key departments/
management
coming from all areas and
adjectives
levels of company
answering particular work-
related needs
coming from the individual
member of staff
companies where people continually expand their
capacity to create the results they truly desire, where
new and expensive patterns of thinking are nurtured,
where collective aspiration is set free and where people
are continually learning to see the whole together.
an ability to see and think about the organization as a
whole
a written record of how an employee would like to
progress in their career
a lack of ability and knowledge amongst a group of
people
a view of the future that everyone is committed to
facilitation of staff achievement and progresion by a
company
personal involvement of a staff member in an activity
a radical change from one way of thinking to another
when a company reorganizes itself and inroduces new
systems
ambition and desire for success that is shared by the
group
generic
one size fits all
top down
centrally driven
bottom up
decentralized
job specific
self directed

checking a fact
saying that you haven't heard
or fulle understood what was
said
asking for repetition of a whole
idea
checking understanding
requestiong more information
phrases
about something
clarifying following a
misunderstanding
digressing
resuming
something doesn't reach the
right level of quality
ST is not as good as they hopedIt hasn't lived up to expectations so far
beforehand
ST isn't useful for them
phrases
ST is making them impatient or
bored
they cannot stand any more of
ST
Pre participle (verb + ing) +
PreS/C/P/ PasS/C
for present and recent
situations
PARTICIPLE To replace "because there is"/
CLAUSES "because+be"
having + past participle
To replace Past perfect
Passive participle
To replace a passive adverbial
Did you say ?
What was again?
did you say?
I'm not quite clear about
I'm not quite sure I understand
Could you run it by me again?
And what you're saying is
Could you clarify what ?
Could I ask you to spair some details?
No, it's not that we
What I'm saying is
That's not what I mean.
just a thought. It may not be entirely relevant, but
That reminds me, have you heard?
By the way, talking about
actually, it doesn't matter - it's a bit off-topic right now
anyway sorry. That's a bit of a digression
let's get back to the main issue
It's just not up to scratch
I'm not very happy with
I was expecting something a bit more professional
I'm not getting much out of it
I can't really see the point of -ing
I just don't think this is the best use of my time
It's doing my head in!
It's really testing my patience, too.
I'm finding it a bit frustrating.
I've reached my limit.
working on
knowing how
Travelling by train,
given
having discussed
Having decided to hire (after we had decided)
faced with
Offered the job (when I had been offered the job)
 the future from a point of view
I was going to visit our Alicante office too, but my plane
in the past (things planned or
was delayed
FUTURE IN THE former intentions)
PAST
an intention of a plan that can Tomorrow we were going to go to the races, but the
WAS/ WERE
be in the future course has been flooded.
GOING TO to talk
an intention of a plan that can Yesterday I was going to have my appraisal, but my boss
about:
be in the past was ill.
She's been going to visit this office for ages - I don't think
Going to + perfect tenses
she ever will.
Past continuous I was meeting their sales rep at 3pm but he's just
For former arrangements cancelled.
Was/ Were to
We were to launch the product at the International
As the past form of be to, in
Spring Convention. Unfortunately there ware delays
formal style, to talk about past
beyound our control.
plans and arrangements