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a-idioms
a-idioms
38
Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 1
01/10/2009
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Term
al cabo (de)
 Definition
finally or after
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al caer de la noche
 Definition
at nightfall
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al centavo
 Definition
just right, to the letter
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al contado
 Definition
cash
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al cuidado de
 Definition
in care of
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al derecho
 Definition
right side out
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al (or en) derredor
 Definition
around
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al descubierto
 Definition
openly
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al dIa
 Definition
per day
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al dIa siguiente
 Definition
on the following day
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al filo de (las cinco)
 Definition
at about (5 'o clock)
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al fin y al cabo
 Definition
in short, at last, anyway
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al frente de
 Definition
in front of
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al habla
 Definition
within speaking distance; speaking! (in answering telephone)
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al igual
 Definition
equally
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al menudeo (or al por menor)
 Definition
at retail, in small quantities
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al oIdo
 Definition
confidentially
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al otro dIa
 Definition
on the following day
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al pan, pan y al vino, vino
 Definition
call a spade a spade
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al parecer
 Definition
apparently
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al pelo
 Definition
perfectly, agreed, just right
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al pie de la letra
 Definition
literally, to the letter
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al punto
 Definition
at once
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al raso
 Definition
in the open air
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al sereno
 Definition
in the night air
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al sesgo
 Definition
on the bias, diagonally, obliquely
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al soslayo
 Definition
on the bias, slanting, obliquely
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al tanteo
 Definition
hit or miss, by guess
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algUn otro
 Definition
s.b. else, some other
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alzar el codo
 Definition
to drink too much
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allA a las quinientas
 Definition
once in a blue moon
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! AllI esta estA el toque !
 Definition
there is the heart of the matter!
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amante de
 Definition
fond of
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amigo de
 Definition
fond of (friend of)
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andar a gatas
 Definition
to creep, crawl
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andar agitado
 Definition
to be out of sorts
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andar bien
 Definition
to keep good time (e.g. a watch), to work well, to be right
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andar (or ir) de parranda( or de fiesta en fiesta)
 Definition
to go on a spree
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