Useful expressions translated

At the end of the day - Al fin y al cabo
Are you kidding me? - ¿Estás de coña?
As clear as a day - tan claro como el agua
Between the devil and deep blue sea - entre la espada y la pared -- British
By hook or by crook - por las buenas o por las malas
By the skin of my teeth - Por los pelos
Count me in - cuenta conmigo
Don't be a pussy - No seas marica
Don't bullshit me! - Deja de decirme gilipolleces / No me cuentes gilipolleces
Don't get me wrong - No me malinterpretes
Don't make a fool out of myself - No me tomes por tonto
Easy-peasy - Tirado, chupado, muy fácil
Enough is enough - Ya está bien
Fair and square - Como Dios manda, de forma justa
to win fair and square-  ganar con todas las de la ley  
Guess what - A que no sabes que
Hanging out (hang out) - Pasando el rato (pasar el rato
High Five/Give me five - Choca esos cinco!
Hold your horses! - para el carro!
What a drag! Qué rollo/lata!

Useful expressions translated

At the end of the day - Al fin y al cabo
Are you kidding me? - ¿Estás de coña?
As clear as a day - tan claro como el agua
Between the devil and deep blue sea - entre la espada y la pared -- British
By hook or by crook - por las buenas o por las malas
By the skin of my teeth - Por los pelos
Count me in - cuenta conmigo
Don't be a pussy - No seas marica
Don't bullshit me! - Deja de decirme gilipolleces / No me cuentes gilipolleces
Don't get me wrong - No me malinterpretes
Don't make a fool out of myself - No me tomes por tonto
Easy-peasy - Tirado, chupado, muy fácil
Enough is enough - Ya está bien
Fair and square - Como Dios manda, de forma justa
to win fair and square-  ganar con todas las de la ley  
Guess what - A que no sabes que
Hanging out (hang out) - Pasando el rato (pasar el rato
High Five/Give me five - Choca esos cinco!
Hold your horses! - para el carro!
What a drag! Qué rollo/lata!

It's not just what you eat, but when: Eating lunch too late may make you fat

• Those who eat lunch after 3pm shed fewer pounds than those eating earlier
• Late eaters were also more likely to skip eating breakfast.

Taking a late lunch makes it much harder for people to lose weight, according to researchers. 

Those who ate before 3pm lost 30 per cent more weight than those who dined later in a 420-strong group of people taking part in a 20-week diet. 

Half of the group ate lunch - their biggest meal of the day - before 3pm, while half ate later. 

Those eating early lost an average of 22lb, 5lb more than the late eaters, reveals a report in theInternational Journal of Obesity.

Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and the University of Murcia studied 420 overweight people who followed a 20-week weight-loss treatment programme in Spain.

It's not just what you eat, but when: Eating lunch too late may make you fat

• Those who eat lunch after 3pm shed fewer pounds than those eating earlier
• Late eaters were also more likely to skip eating breakfast.

Taking a late lunch makes it much harder for people to lose weight, according to researchers. 

Those who ate before 3pm lost 30 per cent more weight than those who dined later in a 420-strong group of people taking part in a 20-week diet. 

Half of the group ate lunch - their biggest meal of the day - before 3pm, while half ate later. 

Those eating early lost an average of 22lb, 5lb more than the late eaters, reveals a report in theInternational Journal of Obesity.

Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and the University of Murcia studied 420 overweight people who followed a 20-week weight-loss treatment programme in Spain.

Collocations, 4

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. Use one of the words in the box on the left plus a preposition. (Most of the prepositions will be used more than once) There is an example at the beginning (0).

air     order     average   purpose     debt    random
first      sight      short     good      stock     heart                      the moment     myself      the house     once      work

by     in     at     on     for     out of

0 We flew to Paris.
We went to Paris by air

1 Come here immediately!
Come here_________________________________!

2 My name’s Patrick, but most people call me Pat.
My name’s Patrick. Pat ________________________

3 Most people in this country work forty hours a week.
________________________people in this country    work forty hours a week.

4 He left Russia in 1992 and will never go back there.
He left Russia __________________________in 1992

5 We’ll have to use the stairs. The lift’s not working.
We’ll have to use the stairs. The lift’s ______________

6 Mr Blake comes back from his holiday next week.
Mr Blake is on holiday___________________________

7 He owes the bank £5,000.
He is £5,000_______________________________

8 I memorized the poem.
I learnt the poem__________________________

9 It was no accident. He did it deliberately.
It was no accident. He did it _____________________

10 He hasn’t had a job for over two years.
He’s been _____________________for over two years

11 I fell in love with her the moment I saw her.
It was love_______________________________

12 No one helped me with the homework.
I did the homework__________________________

13 The goods you want won’t come in until next week.
The goods you want are _____________at the moment.

14 ‘You don’t have to pay for the drinks -they’re free tonight’, said the hotel manager.
‘The drinks are ________tonight’, said the hotel manager

15 When you play bingo, the numbers are not called out in any particular order.
When you play bingo, the numbers are called out ________

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Collocations, 4

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. Use one of the words in the box on the left plus a preposition. (Most of the prepositions will be used more than once) There is an example at the beginning (0).

air     order     average   purpose     debt    random
first      sight      short     good      stock     heart                      the moment     myself      the house     once      work

by     in     at     on     for     out of

0 We flew to Paris.
We went to Paris by air

1 Come here immediately!
Come here_________________________________!

2 My name’s Patrick, but most people call me Pat.
My name’s Patrick. Pat ________________________

3 Most people in this country work forty hours a week.
________________________people in this country    work forty hours a week.

4 He left Russia in 1992 and will never go back there.
He left Russia __________________________in 1992

5 We’ll have to use the stairs. The lift’s not working.
We’ll have to use the stairs. The lift’s ______________

6 Mr Blake comes back from his holiday next week.
Mr Blake is on holiday___________________________

7 He owes the bank £5,000.
He is £5,000_______________________________

8 I memorized the poem.
I learnt the poem__________________________

9 It was no accident. He did it deliberately.
It was no accident. He did it _____________________

10 He hasn’t had a job for over two years.
He’s been _____________________for over two years

11 I fell in love with her the moment I saw her.
It was love_______________________________

12 No one helped me with the homework.
I did the homework__________________________

13 The goods you want won’t come in until next week.
The goods you want are _____________at the moment.

14 ‘You don’t have to pay for the drinks -they’re free tonight’, said the hotel manager.
‘The drinks are ________tonight’, said the hotel manager

15 When you play bingo, the numbers are not called out in any particular order.
When you play bingo, the numbers are called out ________

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Collocations. The answers

1 Come here immediately!
Come here____at once____________!

2 My name’s Patrick, but most people call me Pat.
My name’s Patrick. Pat __for short________

3 Most people in this country work forty hours a week.
__On average____people in this country work forty hours a week.

4 He left Russia in 1992 and will never go back there.
He left Russia __for good_____in 1992

5 We’ll have to use the stairs. The lift’s not working.
We’ll have to use the stairs. The lift’s _out of order_____

6 Mr Blake comes back from his holiday next week.
Mr Blake is on holiday____at the moment______

7 He owes the bank £5,000.
He is £5,000__in debt_______

8 I memorized the poem.
I learnt the poem__by heart___________

9 It was no accident. He did it deliberately.
It was no accident. He did it __on purpose_________

10 He hasn’t had a job for over two years.
He’s been __out of work_______for over two years

11 I fell in love with her the moment I saw her.
It was love__at first sight_______

12 No one helped me with the homework.
I did the homework__by myself______

13 The goods you want won’t come in until next week.
The goods you want are __out of stock____at the moment.

14 ‘You don’t have to pay for the drinks -they’re free tonight’, said the hotel manager.
‘The drinks are _on the house___tonight’, said the hotel manager

15 When you play bingo, the numbers are not called out in any particular order.
When you play bingo, the numbers are called out _at random__