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empezar lección
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empezar lección
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used to show sth surprising or ironic
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empezar lección
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used to get someone's attention or show surprise
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empezar lección
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we shouldn't discuss it further
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when all is said and done empezar lección
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i haven't got the foggiest empezar lección
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i have absolutely no idea
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empezar lección
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empezar lección
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empezar lección
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used to add extra information
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empezar lección
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used to add a contrasting or clarifying remark
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empezar lección
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empezar lección
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sth/sb that is a bad influence on others
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empezar lección
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a crime commited by sb within a company/organization/group, etc.
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empezar lección
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to reveal information/ the truth
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empezar lección
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empezar lección
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empezar lección
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to hide/ get rid of incriminating evidence
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empezar lección
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empezar lección
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to serve a prison sentence
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empezar lección
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empezar lección
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to take the blame (for sb else)
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brush sth under the carpet empezar lección
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to hide/ ignore sth unpleasant/illegal/embarassing, etc.
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empezar lección
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to stop sth bad or illegal from happening by telling the authorities
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empezar lección
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to discover sb in the act of wrongdoing
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on the spur of the moment empezar lección
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empezar lección
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to do sth terrible/illegal without being punished
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empezar lección
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in the daytime/ when it is easy to see
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empezar lección
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empezar lección
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empezar lección
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empezar lección
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to punish sb in order to improve their behavior
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look straight/ right through someone empezar lección
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to ignore someone deliberately
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leave someone in the lurch empezar lección
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to abandon someone when they need help
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empezar lección
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to keep sth under control or secret
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empezar lección
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to be very angry and protest
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empezar lección
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to consider sth completely normal
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bring a lump to your throat empezar lección
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empezar lección
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to be uncertain or undecided
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fade/ pale into insignificance empezar lección
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to seem unimportant compared with sth else
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empezar lección
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empezar lección
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to refuse to consider doing sth
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blow sth out of proportion empezar lección
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empezar lección
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to become extremely angry
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empezar lección
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to be the main cause of a problem
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not all sb/sth is cracked up to be empezar lección
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to not be as good as people say
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empezar lección
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to be better than someone else
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leave a lot to be desired empezar lección
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to be disappointing or inadequete
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empezar lección
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to have the qualities needed to become sth
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empezar lección
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someone or sth completely useless
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empezar lección
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simple and not carefully made but usable
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throw the baby out with the bathwater empezar lección
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to get rid of good useful parts when trying to improve sth
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empezar lección
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to follow the popular trend
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play the devil's advocate empezar lección
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to deliberarely argue the opposite side of an issue
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make an exhibition of oneself empezar lección
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to embarass oneself in public
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never do anything by halves empezar lección
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to do things with extreme enthusiasm
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empezar lección
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to become the object of ridicule
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be a bit on the expensive side empezar lección
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to be slightly too big/expensive/heavy
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empezar lección
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to cause great annoyance or frustration
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empezar lección
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final (attempt/effort, etc)
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empezar lección
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to give up doing sth so as to limit/ prevent further loss/damage
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empezar lección
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the tiniest sign of a larger problem
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empezar lección
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empezar lección
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empezar lección
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empezar lección
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empezar lección
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not to change one's position/to stay where one is
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empezar lección
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a close encounter with danger
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empezar lección
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empezar lección
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to restore a situation after confusion/disaster
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empezar lección
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by the skin of one's teeth empezar lección
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empezar lección
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without tools/machinery, etc.
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empezar lección
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empezar lección
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in a difficult/awkward position
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empezar lección
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to produce promised/ expected results
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have one's back against the wall empezar lección
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to be in a desperate situation in which one must struggle to survive
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at the end of one's tether empezar lección
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at the point of losing one's patience
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empezar lección
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empezar lección
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to prove reliable/valuable over a long period
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empezar lección
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at a time in the past when sb was young/popular/successful, etc.
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empezar lección
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to behave as if what existed in the past still exists
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empezar lección
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empezar lección
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empezar lección
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to go back in time, especially to sth now considered old-fashioned
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empezar lección
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empezar lección
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to progress with changing customs/fashions, etc.
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empezar lección
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empezar lección
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to begin to understand/cope with sth, especially a problem/difficult situation
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empezar lección
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to reach a particular standard/ to succeed
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empezar lección
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unable to understand/control, especially a difficult topic/situation
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have a good head on one's shoulders empezar lección
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empezar lección
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to have no knowledge of a subject
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empezar lección
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of sb who understands and learns things slowly
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get on top of sth/ be on top of sth empezar lección
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to deal with sth successfully
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talk the hind legs off a donkey empezar lección
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empezar lección
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the talent to talk easilt and persuasively
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be head and shoulders above sb empezar lección
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to be more important/greater/better than others
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empezar lección
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former student, especially from an all-boys private school (old girl also)
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from the wrong side of the tracks empezar lección
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from the poor/less respectable part of town
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