go off the rails

to start behaving in a way that is not generally acceptable, especially dishonestly

or illegally:
He went off the rails in his first year at university.

indelible- imborrable ( indelibol)

wisecrack
a funny remark, especially one that criticizes someone:
He made some wisecrack about my lack of culinary ability.

wisecracking
Sadly, despite the relentless wisecracking, there's very little plot to carry this
film.

wise
(RELATING TO) relating to a particular thing:
What shall we do food-wise - do you fancy going out to eat?

Money-wise, of course, I'm much better off than I used to be.

What do we need to take with us clothes-wise?
We were very lucky weather-wise yesterday.

to be wise after the event

used to mean that it is easy to understand what you could have done to prevent
something bad from happening after it has happened:
In retrospect, we should have insisted on checking his calculations, but it's easy
to be wise after the event.

hereof
of the thing or document that is being talked about:
This Agreement shall commence on the date of signature hereof.

in the brain/looks department

in intelligence or beauty:
He's somewhat lacking in the brain department.

witty
using words in a clever and funny way:
a witty comment/remark

witticism
a remark that is both clever and humorous

wordplay
the activity of joking about the meanings of words, especially in an intelligent
way.

jokester
someone who likes telling funny stories or making people laugh.

worldly-wise
experienced in the ways in which people behave and able to deal with most
situations:
Tyler is remarkably worldly-wise for such a young girl.

be none the wiser

to still be confused about something even after it has been explained to you:
I've read the instructions twice and I'm still none the wiser.
teach your grandmother to suck eggs
to give advice to someone about a subject that they already know more about than
you.

wise to sth
understanding a dishonest situation or way of doing something:
People are getting wise to the tricks politicians use in campaign advertisements.

clout
to hit someone or something with the hand or with a heavy object:
Quigley clouted me smartly across the side of the head.

clout(POWER)( influence)
power and influence over other people or events:
The Queen may have privilege but she has no real political clout.

clout(HIT)
the act of hitting someone or something with your hand or with a heavy object:
If the photocopier stops working, just give it a clout.

a rap on/over the knuckles

the act of speaking to someone severely or angrily because of something they have
done or failed to do:
I got a rap on the knuckles for not finishing my essay on time.

lay sb out (HIT)

informal to hit someone so hard that they fall down and become unconscious:
Harrison was laid out for several minutes by a blow to the head.

lay sb out(DEAD BODY)

to prepare a dead person's body to be buried

cloudburst
a sudden heavy fall of rain

don't look a gift horse in the mouth :

a caballo regalado no le mires el dentado

gift-wrap
to cover (something intended as a present ) with attractive paper

baffle
to cause someone to be completely unable to understand or explain something:
She was completely baffled by his strange behaviour.

baffling ( estupideces)
I found what he was saying completely baffling.

badly off
having little money and few of the things you need to live:
They're not badly off but they don't have much money to spare.

cloud over
If the sky clouds over, it becomes covered with clouds.

(FACE)
If a person's face clouds over, they suddenly look unhappy or worried:
At the mention of her dead husband, her face clouded over.
be laughing on the other side of your face
laugh out of the other side of your mouth
used to tell someone that, despite being pleased now, they will not be pleased
later when things do not happen as expected or planned:
She's pleased with her promotion but she'll be laughing on the other side of her
face when she sees the extra work.

hit/touch a (raw) nerve

to upset someone:
She touched a raw nerve when she mentioned that job he didn't get.

tear sb's heart out

to make someone very sad:
The thought of those poor, hungry children is tearing my heart out.

mess sb up(CAUSE PROBLEMS)

to cause someone to suffer emotional and mental problems:
Drugs can really mess you up.

knock sb's block off

If you say that you will knock someone's block off, you are threatening to hit them
very hard, especially on the head:
I'll knock his block off if he tries anything with me!

funeral parlour
a place where a dead person is prepared to be buried or burned, and where relatives
and friends can see the body.

pay your respects

to visit someone in order to welcome or talk to them:
We went to pay our respects to our new neighbours.

also pay your last respects to honour someone after their death, usually by going
to the person's funeral:
Friends and relatives came to pay their last respects to Mr Clarke.

cloud over/up
to become filled with clouds:
The sky clouded over, and you could hear thunder in the distance.

fog up
If a glass surface fogs up, a thin layer of liquid develops on it so that it is
difficult to see through:
I couldn't see a thing because my glasses had fogged up.

a cloud hanging over sb

a situation or future event that makes you worry or feel unhappy:
When you're waiting for an operation, you feel like there's a cloud hanging over
you.

haunt: to cause repeated suffering or anxiety

Fighting in Vietnam was an experience that would haunt him for the rest of his
life.
30 years after the fire he is still haunted by images of death and destruction.

pallbearer
a person who helps to carry a coffin at a funeral or who walks at the side of the
people carrying it.
mourner
a person at a funeral:
The dead man's wife and children were the chief mourners.

loutishness
rude, offensive behaviour

lout
a rude, stupid, or awkward man:
He’s such a lout.

louse (sth) up
to spoil something or cause it to fail:
This is a great opportunity, so don't louse it up.

it's a wonder
it is surprising:
It's a wonder (that) he ever reached Paris, because he set off with only £5 in his
pocket.

work wonders/miracles / work a treat

to produce very good effects:
A little bit of oil works wonders on squeaky hinges.
Running works wonders for the metabolism.

wonders never cease

an expression of surprise used when something unusual or unexpected happens:
Lynda actually managed to get up before ten o'clock. Wonders never cease!

I shouldn't wonder
probably:
"Where's Mark been recently?" "Up to no good, I shouldn't wonder."

suffuse
to spread through or over something completely:
His voice was low and suffused with passion.

tank up
to fill a vehicle with fuel:
Make sure you tank up before you go. Gas is expensive on the highway.

when push comes to shove

if push comes to shove

when all the easy answers to a problem have not worked, and something else must be
tried:
Only a few people were there to help me when push came to shove.

enduring, everlasting, undying, long-lasting, imperishable( que dura toda la vida)

seamless( sin costura)

seamlessly ( sin problemas)

round-the-clock -happening or done all day and all night:

He's very sick and needs round-the-clock care.
ceaseless - without stopping, or seeming to have no end

ceaselessly, unendingly, incessantly ,unceasingly (nincesatamente)

indistinguishable- indistingible

sink without (a) trace

to be forgotten about completely, or to not attract any attention or interest:
Since his last book five years ago, he seems to have sunk without trace.

melt (away) into sth

to look so similar to something else all around you, or to be so much a part of it,
that people do not see or notice you:

forgeries- falsificacion

off the beaten track(off the beaten path )

in a place where few people go, far from any main roads and towns:
The farmhouse we stayed in was completely off the beaten track.

scuttlebutt, nasty remark, tittle-tattle, hearsay ( rumores, habladuras)

go off the rails

to start behaving in a way that is not generally acceptable, especially dishonestly
or illegally:
He went off the rails in his first year at university.

go off
If a warning device goes off, it starts to ring loudly or make a loud noise:
The alarm should go off automatically as soon as smoke is detected.
Didn't you hear your alarm clock going off this morning?

go off at half-cock /go off half-cocked

to fail because of not being well planned or because of starting too soon

off the cuff

If you speak off the cuff, you say something without having prepared or thought
about your words first:
I hadn't prepared a speech so I just said a few words off the cuff.

off the bat

immediately:
You can't expect to be accepted in a new town right off the bat.

off the hook

If you leave the phone off the hook, you do not put it back correctly and it will
not ring.

If you are off the hook, you have escaped from a difficult situation:
John's agreed to go to the meeting in my place so that gets/lets me off the hook.

instate: to establish something:

He pledged to instate new policies.

branch out
to do something that is related to what you have done in the past but that takes
you in a new direction:
The clothing manufacturer recently branched out into children’s wear.

wade in
to start to do or say something in a forceful way, often without thinking about it
carefully:
Even when she knows nothing about it, she wades in with her opinion.

off the charts

at a very high level:
His blood pressure was off the charts

extremely popular or successful:

The new restaurant is totally off the charts.

get off track

to lose one's bearings or course of direction.
It was only after an hour or so that we realized that we had somehow
gotten off track during the storm

get off track

to lose sight of or be distracted from one's goal(s); to become unfocused;
to stray from the central topic, issue, or subject at hand.

I tried to keep everyone's attention on the few key issues that needed to be
addressed, but we kept getting off track with general complaints and asinine
suggestions.
We wanted to have the product released by the early spring, but we got off track
with a number of technical issues.

bridal
of a woman about to be married, or of a marriage ceremony:
The magazine had a section on bridal wear (= the clothes that a woman wears at her
marriage).
We stayed in the hotel's bridal suite (= the rooms for recently married people).

customary ( usual)
She's not her customary cheerful self today.

customary (TRADITIONAL)
In my village, it is customary for a girl to take her mother's name

more often than not// most of the time:

More often than not, a student will come up with the right answer.

usually:
In winter it rains a lot, and more often than not, you're carrying an umbrella.

as a (general) rule- usually:

As a general rule, I don't read detective novels.

appropriacy
the fact that a word or phrase sounds natural and is acceptable when used in a
particular situation :
Teachers aim to assess the appropriacy of the language used by their students in
particular contexts.

age-appropriate
suitable or right for people of a particular age:
age-appropriate clothing

correspondent (LETTER WRITER)

a person who writes letters to another person:
Willa was not a good correspondent, and often didn’t write for months.
correspond (MATCH)
to match or be similar or equal:
The money I've saved corresponds roughly to the amount I need for my plane ticket.

correspond (WRITE)
to communicate by writing a letter or sending an email:
I've been corresponding with several experts in the field.

That is not much of a punishment - it doesn't correspond with the seriousness of

the offence.
Her reply corresponded with yours, so I suppose I must believe you

acquiesce: to accept or agree to something, often unwillingly:

Reluctantly, he acquiesced to/in the plans.

meet sb halfway
to do some of the things that someone wants you to do, in order to show that you
want to reach an agreement or improve your relationship with them

batch: a group of things or people dealt with at the same time or considered
similar in type:
The cook brought in a fresh batch of homemade cupcakes.

breeches
trousers that do not cover the whole of the leg:

bootcuts
Bootcut trousers are slightly wider at the ankle than at the knee.

ill-fitting
Ill-fitting clothes do not fit well.

wraparound
(a piece of clothing that is) made so that it can be tied around the body:
a wraparound skirt

preppy
a young person from a rich family who goes to an expensive school and who wears
expensive, tidy clothes

bell-bottoms
trousers that are very wide below the knee

half-pant
trousers that end above the knee or reach the knee; shorts

drainpipes
trousers that are very tight all the way down the legs

low-cut
A low-cut piece of women's clothing does not cover her neck and the top part of her
chest:

palm
to make something seem to disappear by hiding it in the palm of your hand as part
of a trick, or to steal something by picking it up in a way that will not be
noticed:
I suspected that he had palmed a playing card.
have sb in the palm of your hand// have sb eating out of the palm of your hand
?to have complete control over someone and to be able to make them do anything you
want:
He had the audience in the palm of his hand.

palm sb off with sth

to give someone an untrue or unsatisfactory answer, or to give someone something
that has no value in order to try to satisfy them and make them go away:
You're not going to palm me off with that feeble excuse.

have occasion to do sth

to need to do something:
Of course, as a teacher I had authority, but rarely did I have occasion to use it.

have one foot in the grave

to be very old and near death

palm sth off

to give away something, or persuade someone to accept something, because you do not
want it and you know it has no value:
She tried to palm her old car off on me.

have sb to thank (for sth)

If you have someone to thank for something, that person is responsible or to blame
for it:
You have John to thank for this problem.

have sb taped
also have sb on tape
to know about and be able to deal with a person or situation

squeaky, creaky ( rechinador)

(of an object, typically a wooden one) making or liable to make a harsh, high-
pitched sound when being moved or when pressure or weight is applied.

wanting
not having something; lacking:
I think she's perhaps a little wanting in charm.

wanting- missing:
It was a perfect party – nothing was wanting.

long on sth and short on sth

having too much of one quality and not enough of another:
I've always found his movies long on style and short on content.

be thin on the ground

to exist only in small numbers or amounts:
Traditional bookshops are thin on the ground these days.

measly
too small in size or amount, or not enough:
a measly amount of money

none to speak of
very little of something:
"Did you get much rain while you were in Singapore?" "None to speak of

measliness ( malestar)
could count sth on (the fingers of) one hand
If you could count something on (the fingers of) one hand, it does not happen very
often or exists in very small numbers:
I could count the number of times he's paid for dinner on the fingers of one hand.

gust- strong wind that blows for a very short time:

A sudden gust of wind blew his umbrella inside out, sudden,
sudden gust lifted his trailer and tossed it on its side.

gust up to
Winds are gusting up to 55 miles per hour.

gusty, squally, blustery, blowy,windy ( ventoso)

disturbingly ( Inquietantemente)

mooning
the act of showing your naked bottom in public as a joke or as a protest

pump sb's hand

to shake someone's hand (= hold it and move it up and down, especially in order to
greet that person)

frosting
a thin layer of sugar mixed with a liquid and used to cover a cake:
chocolate/vanilla frosting

frostily
in an unfriendly way:
"I didn't ask you to come," she said frostily.

estranged
an estranged husband or wife is not now living with the person they are married to:

lacking interest in and no longer close or friendly with someone, esp. a family
member or friend
his estranged wife

at) daggers drawn

If two people, countries, etc. are at daggers drawn, they are in a state of extreme
unfriendliness and do not trust each other:
The two sides have been at daggers drawn for some months now with no sign of
improvement in relations.

with friends like you, who needs enemies?

said to or about someone who says he or she is your friend but who is treating you
very badly

give sb the time of day

If someone will not give you the time of day, they are unfriendly and refuse to
speak to you:
We had an argument with our neighbours, and now they won't even give us the time of
day.

groovy
very fashionable and interesting:
That's a groovy hat you're wearing, did you knit it yourself?

take some beating

If something takes some beating, it is so good that it is hard to improve on it:
His new world record will take some beating.

sucking diesel- feeling good:

"How are you this morning?" "Sucking diesel, mate

knock spots off sth

to be much better than something or someone else:
It knocks spots off that restaurant in Cotswold Street.

nifty
good, pleasing, or effective:

broadside
a strong written or spoken attack (on someone):
The candidate fired/launched yet another broadside at the president.

broadside (ON THE SIDE)

on or from the side:
Her car was struck broadside by a truck.

broadside
to hit something on one of its longer sides:
A vehicle broadsided the police car on the passenger side.

floppy
soft and not able to keep a firm shape or position:

flop (FALL)
to fall or drop heavily:
Hugh's hair keeps flopping over/into his eyes.
When she gets home from school, she's so tired all she can do is flop down in front
of the television.

flop (FALL)
an occasion when someone or something falls or drops heavily:
He fell with a flop on the bed.

corrode
If metal corrodes, or if something corrodes it, it is slowly damaged by something
such as rain or water:

corrode
to destroy or be destroyed, esp. by acid or rust, usually over a long period of
time:
Rain water corroded the metal pipes.

harlot
a female prostitute

meek
quiet, gentle, and not willing to argue or express your opinions in a forceful way:
She seemed so very meek and mild.
meekness, tameness( mansedumbre)

the backwoods
a place in the countryside that is a long way from any town and in which not many
people live:
I grew up in the backwoods, with no cable TV and no Internet access.
tender-hearted
very kind and showing a lot of sympathy

mentoring
the activity of supporting and advising someone with less experience to help them
develop in their work:
We train people through one-on-one mentoring.

come out at/to sth

to be a particular amount or number after a mathematical calculation:
A 10-month program costs $2,000, which comes out to $50 a week.

hold out on sb: to refuse to give help or information to someone:

Don't hold out on me - I need to know who did it.

hold out on : to refuse to give money to someone

off the track

Away from one's objective, train of thought, or a sequence of events,
It is often put as get or put or throw off the track ,

Your question has gotten me off the track.

The interruption threw Mom off the track and she forgot what she'd already put into
the stew .

stagecoach
(in the past) a covered vehicle pulled by horses that carried passengers and goods
on regular routes:

remand
to send someone accused of committing a crime away from court until their trial
begins:
He was remanded on theft charges.

on remand
in prison until a court trial begins:
He was held on remand in prison for 18 months.

immured
kept as a prisoner or closed away and out of sight:
Immured in a dark airless cell, the hostages waited six months for their release.

knock-kneed
If someone is knock-kneed, their knees bend towards each other.

knock-down-drag-out
a knock-down-drag-out fight or argument is very serious and continues for a long
time:
Look, I don't want to get into a knock-down-drag-out fight with you over this, so
let's forget it.

shear
to cut the hair on a person's head close to the skin, especially without care:
He recalled the humiliation of having his hair shorn and exchanging his clothes for
the prison uniform.

shear off
If part of something, especially something made of metal, shears, it breaks into
two pieces, usually because of a sideways force:
The old screws holding the engine casing had sheared (off).

expanse: a very wide space or area:

the vast expanse of this campus

sleight of hand
speed and skill of the hand when performing tricks:
Most of these conjuring tricks depend on sleight of hand.

sleight- ( artimañas, habilidad)

penny-wise
extremely careful about the way one spends even small amounts of money.

splinter, break into tiny pieces : ( astillarse)

matchwood
the very small pieces of wood that are left after something wooden has been
destroyed

amalgamate
to join or unite to form a larger organization or group, or to make separate
organizations do this:
The two towns amalgamated to combine their police and fire protection.

meddle
to try to change or have an influence on things that are not your responsibility,
especially by criticizing in a damaging or annoying way:
My sister's always meddling in other people's affairs.

fratricide
the crime of murdering your brother, or killing members of your own group or
country

peddle
to sell things, especially by taking them to different places:
These products are generally peddled (from) door to door.
He travels around, peddling his wares.

If you peddle stories or information, you spread them by telling different people:
The organization has peddled the myth that they are supporting the local
population.

wry
showing that you find a bad or difficult situation slightly funny:
a wry smile/comment

eyelet
a small hole in material, the edge of which is protected by a ring of metal,
through which a piece of string, a shoelace, etc. is put to fasten something
?
a small hole with thread around the edge as part of a design used to decorate
material:
an eyelet bedspread

quaint
attractive because of being unusual and especially old-fashioned:
a quaint old cottage
Quaint can also be used to show that you do not approve of something, especially an
opinion, belief, or way of behaving, because it is strange or old-fashioned:
"What a quaint idea!" she said, laughing at him.

kinky
unusual, strange, and possibly exciting, especially in ways involving unusual
sexual acts:
kinky ideas/behaviour

kooky
(especially of a person) strange in his or her appearance or behaviour, especially
in a way that is interesting:
She's got this kooky, high-pitched voice.

quail
to feel or show fear; to want to be able to move away from something because you
fear it:
Charlie quailed at the sound of his mother's angry voice.
She quailed before her boss's anger.

berth
a bed in a boat, train, etc., or a place for a ship or boat to stay in a port:
She booked a berth on the ferry from Palermo to Naples.

old maid
a woman who is not married or has not had a sexual relationship and is not now
young.

you snooze, you lose

if you do not pay attention and do something quickly, someone else will do it
instead of you

take the plunge

to make a decision to do something, especially after thinking about it for a long
time:
They're finally taking the plunge and getting married.