OF SYMPATHY
- 'I offer you my condolences'
- 'I feel for you'
- 'What a pity!'
- 'What a shame!
FOR PERMISSION
- 'Go ahead!'
- 'You`d better not...'
- 'You are not allowed to...'
- 'Do you mind if...?'
- 'Would it be right if...?'
AT A RESTAURANT
- 'Another...?'
- 'I've had enough'
- 'I'll have...'
- 'What do I owe you?'
- 'Help yourself!'
- To be fed up = to be exasperated.
- Whirlpool = circular movement in the water.
- Ace = the best at an activity ('as').
- Dork = stupid and with no friends.
- Dweeb = shy and clever.
- Gnarly = a good lad.
- To goof off = to behave as a stupid guy ('hacer el ganso').
- Gross = disgusting.
- To recoil = to spring back, to go back.
- Assertion = statement.
- To have a memory like an elephant = to have a great memory.
- To eat like a horse = to eat large amounts of food.
- To be a big fish = to be a powerful, rich person.
- To let the cat out of the bag = to reveal a secret to sb. ('irse de la lengua').
- 'Elvis has left the building' = 'This is over' ('se acabó lo que se daba').
- To cry over the spilt milk = to regret sth. you've done.
- To take sth. with a grain of salt = not to get angry with sth.
- To be the best thing since sliced bread (American) = to be awesome.
- To cost an arm and a leg = to be very expensive.
- To sit on the fence = not to be able to make up your mind.
- To be the devil's advocate = to contradict sb.'s opinion.
- 'Speak of the devil' = ('hablando del rey de Roma').
- To let sleeping the dogs lie = to let it be before it goes worse.
- 'Don't count your chickens before the eggs have hatched' = 'don't guarantee sth. before it happens'.
- Loan = lent money.
- To have the heart in the right place = to always have the best intention.
- 'My heart isn't in it' = 'I don't care'.
- To have a bad hair day = to have a terrible day.
- To have a gut feeling = to have a premonition of sth.
- To have a head start = ('tener ventaja').
- Young blood (business) = skilful young workers.
- To rain cats and dogs = to pour.
- To be like water off a duck's back = to be sth. which does not interest to anyone.
- To be a night owl = to go out at night.
- To be queer fish = to love swimming.
- To be a wolf in sheep's clothing = to be someone different from which they seem to.
- To have an egg on the face = to get embarrassed.
