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bolt from the blue (something totally unexpected) noun [UK: bəʊlt frəm ðə bluː] [US: boʊlt frəm ðə ˈbluː] | |
bottom the house (clean a house extremely thoroughly) verb | |
box the compass (To recite the 32 points of the compass) verb [UK: bɒks ðə ˈkʌm.pəs] [US: ˈbɑːks ðə ˈkʌm.pəs] | |
break the bank (exhaust one's financial resources) verb [UK: breɪk ðə bæŋk] [US: ˈbreɪk ðə ˈbæŋk] | arruinarseverb |
break the bank (win all the money that is available to be paid) verb [UK: breɪk ðə bæŋk] [US: ˈbreɪk ðə ˈbæŋk] | |
break the fourth wall (direct communication with the viewer or reader) verb | |
break the ice (to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness) verb [UK: breɪk ðə aɪs] [US: ˈbreɪk ðə ˈaɪs] | romper el hieloverb |
break the Internet (to literally break the Internet) verb | romper Internetverb |
break the mold (to depart from tradition) verb | romper el moldeverb romper esquemasverb |
brevity is the soul of wit (conciseness is essential to witty remarks) phrase | |
bring home the bacon (to make a living) verb [UK: brɪŋ həʊm ðə ˈbeɪk.ən] [US: ˈbrɪŋ hoʊm ðə ˈbeɪk.ən] | ganarse la vidaverb |
bring up the rear (to be last in a moving line of people) verb [UK: brɪŋ ʌp ðə rɪə(r)] [US: ˈbrɪŋ ʌp ðə ˈrɪr] | cerrar la marchaverb |
build castles in the air (to have any desire, idea, or plan unlikely to be realized) verb [UK: bɪld ˈkɑːs.l̩z ɪn ðə eə(r)] [US: ˈbɪld ˈkæs.l̩z ɪn ðə ˈer] | forjar castillos en el aireverb |
burn the candle at both ends (work hard night and day) verb [UK: bɜːn ðə ˈkæn.dl̩ ət bəʊθ endz] [US: ˈbɝːn ðə ˈkæn.dl̩ ət boʊθ ˈendz] | |
burn the midnight oil (work through the night) verb [UK: bɜːn ðə ˈmɪd.naɪt ɔɪl] [US: ˈbɝːn ðə ˈmɪd.ˌnaɪt ˌɔɪl] | |
bury the hatchet (to stop fighting or arguing) verb [UK: ˈbe.ri ðə ˈhæ.tʃɪt] [US: ˈbe.ri ðə ˈhæ.tʃət] | hacer las pacesverb |
by the book preposition [UK: baɪ ðə bʊk] [US: baɪ ðə ˈbʊk] | a toda leypreposition |
by the Grace of God (By divine right) preposition [UK: baɪ ðə ɡreɪs əv ɡɒd] [US: baɪ ðə ˈɡreɪs əv ˈɡɑːd] | por la Gracia de Diospreposition |
by the looks of things (apparently) adverb | por lo que pareceadverb |
by the same token preposition [UK: baɪ ðə seɪm ˈtəʊkən] [US: baɪ ðə ˈseɪm ˈtoʊkən] | de la misma manerapreposition por la misma razónpreposition |
by the skin of one's teeth (barely, closely) preposition [UK: baɪ ðə skɪn əv wʌnz tiːθ] [US: baɪ ðə ˈskɪn əv wʌnz ˈtiːθ] | con las justaspreposition dejando pelos en la gaterapreposition por el canto de un duropreposition por un pelopreposition |
by the time (when) conjunction | para cuandoconjunction |
by the way (incidentally) preposition [UK: baɪ ðə ˈweɪ] [US: baɪ ðə ˈweɪ] | a propósitopreposition a todo estopreposition de pasopreposition dicho sea de pasopreposition por ciertopreposition |
call the fire department phrase | llamar a los bomberosphrase |
call the police phrase | llama a la policíaphrase |