Tips Frases Inglés

Say that sth is certain: He´s certain to try and get her back. / It´s certain to rain

Encourage someone: sth will come along.

Thank someone: That´s awfully kind of you.

Making a collective decision: Who´s for staying here? Who´s against doing it? Let´s take a vote on it.


Well I expect sth will come along
Mr. P. hasn´t been very helpful so far.
It would be a good idea if you got intouch with me.
Well I´d better not stay here, to start with!

What if someone stole it? (que tal que alguien se la roba?)
That´s real kind of you! I don’t know how to thank you.

Make yourself at home.
Hey what about annie? Won´t she come around looking for you? Should I offer her a drink or two perhaps?
I´ll get in touch with her myself.
Everything is going wrong

Gist: the main ideaand meaning of what someone has said or written
the gist of
The gist of his argument is that full employment is impossible.
Don't worry about all the details as long as you get the gist (=understand the main meaning) of it.

Right that´s decided then by a majority of three to one.

Would you mind giving me a hand?

She´s walked out?
Say hello to her…
If or when he comes here, I don´tthink we should even let him in.
Let´s take a vote on it, then. Who´s for keeping him out? And who´s against?

One or two items of furniture…

I thought you said she was on holiday

Cheese: slang: an important or powerful person: He´s the big cheese of the operation in Sth America.
Cooking oil: aceite de cocina
Egg [-+obj+on] to urge or encourage, incite: He egged his opponent on to makethe tennis match more exciting

How much is that so far? (Hasta ahorita cuánto llevamos, cuánto es de la cuenta hasta ahorita?)
I´d also like half a pound of fresh tomatoes.
I’ve only got 10 dollars!
I´ll just have only one…

I´ll only take one can of beer.
That´s real kind of you!

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Use some short informal expressions : Here we go./ Please yourself (sírvete, como gustes)/ get lost!Ask if a seat is taken: Is anybody sitting here?
Be emphatic: The apartment is so nice / These are such pretty flowers.

There´s a diner just around the block, we´ll go there.
I´ll tell you everything when we get to the diner.
It´s only a short way away. (queda cerca…)
A fried egg sandwich
We decided no to let you in!
I´ll just go out with him for a quarter of an hour or so.
What isall this about?
…and we go on all these expensive vacations.
What sort of things?

I’m not going to go and marry some horrible, rich, fat business man or some successful robot that I don´t care a damn about.
But I haven´t asked you to.

designer clothes: ropa de diseñador. He hasn´t been good to her.
Annie went to live with Ann because she was fed up with Hugo’s way of life.
There are somany things that matter to me more than money.
Can you pass the pepper and salt please?
I´ll have anything you haven´t made yourselves.
I really think I´ve heard enough of this nonsense.
I´m still in the hotel as you can see.
And if you don´t feel like living with your own father…
Every now and then…
Looking forward to hearing from you
It´s a bit lonely, really, staying in this hotel….
Itwould be nice to hear from you every now and then, if only to know that you´re alright that´s not much to ask, is it?

Express pleasure/ preferences: I´m very keen on classical music. / My father took me to the match and I was hooked.

Give opinions: Amateur football hasn´t changed all that much. / To me sport it isn´t necessarily about winning but competing.

Compare: the past: in those daysplayers weren´t paid very much./ The present: Nowadays players are paid enormous fees./ The future: what does the future hold?

What I´m concerned to say…
An old fashion view
Flair: [singular]a natural ability to do something very well
ￚsynonym talent. Jo has a flair for languages.
2 [uncountable]a way of doing things that is interesting and shows imagination
artistic/creative flair a...