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Category: Phrases

You “have to” say it in Spanish! Emergency Spanish for Beginners.

April 15, 2018 Marie Ryan Connolly

Rush, rush, rush. ………………………………..”¡PRISA, PRISA, PRISA!” If you want to learn Spanish, there are a few basic concepts you MUST have under your belt. One

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Spanish Expressions with Estar: I’m Up to my Nose…

February 14, 2018 Marie Ryan Connolly

Are you fed up, up to your back teeth? Are you sick and tired of something or someone? Take heart and be ready for a giggle.

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Where is the fifth pine tree?

October 31, 2017 Marie Ryan Connolly

If you wanted to say something was far away, many of us would have used the word for ‘far’ in Spanish, “LEJOS”.  “It’s very far away” could

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As good as gold (Ser más buena que el pan)

October 24, 2017 Marie Ryan Connolly

This is a lovely expression. What could be nicer than being ‘as good as gold’? Strangely enough, it’s not actually the word “GOLD” used in

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Estar a dos velas : Stoney broke!

October 19, 2017 Marie Ryan Connolly

A lot of expressions are of maritime origin.  Many in the past have attributed this expression “Estar a dos velas” could mean “being with two sails”, the association deriving from being without resources to travel, leading to the idea of having no money.

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Idioms and idiomatic expressions: Are you pulling my leg?

October 19, 2017 Marie Ryan Connolly

Native English speakers use many idioms and idiomatic expressions every day, perhaps even without realising it, as these expressions are so common in our everyday speech, the meaning is understood immediately by other native speakers.

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