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out of the frying pan, into the fire (get from an already bad situation to a worse one) preposition [UK: ˈaʊt əv ðə ˈfraɪ.ɪŋ pæn ˈɪn.tə ðə ˈfaɪə(r)] [US: ˈaʊt əv ðə ˈfraɪ.ɪŋ ˈpæn ˌɪn.ˈtuː ðə ˈfaɪər] | salir de Guatemala y meterse en Guatepeorpreposition salir de Málaga y entrar en Malagónpreposition |
party of the first part noun | primera partenoun |
play with fire (put oneself in a precarious situation) verb [UK: ˈpleɪ wɪð ˈfaɪə(r)] [US: ˈpleɪ wɪθ ˈfaɪər] | jugar con fuegoverb |
pull out of the fire verb [UK: pʊl ˈaʊt əv ðə ˈfaɪə(r)] [US: ˈpʊl ˈaʊt əv ðə ˈfaɪər] | |
pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire (do someone's difficult work) verb [UK: pʊl ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈtʃe.snʌts ˈaʊt əv ðə ˈfaɪə(r)] [US: ˈpʊl ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈtʃe.snʌts ˈaʊt əv ðə ˈfaɪər] | |
rapid-fire (able to fire bullets in quick succession) adjective [UK: ˈræ.pɪd ˈfaɪə(r)] [US: ˈræ.pəd ˈfaɪər] | tiro rápidoadjective |
ready, aim, fire (sequence of commands) interjection | apunteninterjection fuegointerjection listosinterjection |
reaffirm [reaffirmed, reaffirming, reaffirms] (affirm again) verb [UK: ˌriːə.ˈfɜːm] [US: ˌriə.ˈfɝːm] | reafirmarverb |
right of first refusal (contractual provision) noun | derecho de tanteonoun |
Ring of Fire (area of frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity) proper noun | anillo de fuegoproper noun cinturón de fuegoproper noun |
sacred fir (Abies religiosa) noun | oyamelnoun |
set fire (to light using fire) verb | incendiarverb pegar fuegoverb prender fuegoverb |
set on fire (arouse passionate feelings in) verb [UK: set ɒn ˈfaɪə(r)] [US: ˈset ɑːn ˈfaɪər] | calentarverb |
set on fire (cause to begin to burn) verb [UK: set ɒn ˈfaɪə(r)] [US: ˈset ɑːn ˈfaɪər] | alumbrarverb encenderverb incendiarverb pegar fuegoverb prender fuegoverb |
set the Thames on fire (to achieve something amazing) verb | |
seventy-first (ordinal number 71st) adjective [UK: ˈsevn.ti ˈfɜːst] [US: ˈse.vən.ti ˈfɝːst] | septuagésimo primeroadjective |
shoot first and ask questions later (To take hasty, immediate action with serious consequences) verb | |
sixty-first (ordinal number) adjective [UK: ˈsɪk.sti ˈfɜːst] [US: ˈsɪk.sti ˈfɝːst] | sexagésimo primeroadjective |
spread like wildfire (spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably) verb [UK: spred ˈlaɪk ˈwaɪld.faɪə(r)] [US: ˈspred ˈlaɪk ˈwaɪld.ˌfaɪər] | |
St. Elmo's fire (electrical discharge) noun [UK: seɪnt] [US: ˈstriːt] | |
terra firma (land, as opposed to water or air) noun [UK: ˈte.rə ˈfɜː.mə] [US: ˈte.rə ˈfɝː.mə] | tierra firmenoun |
the first step is always the hardest phrase | el primer paso es siempre el más difícilphrase todo es ponersephrase |
trial by fire (test in which a person is exposed to flames) noun | prueba de fuegonoun |
twenty-first (ordinal) noun [UK: ˈtwen.ti ˈfɜːst] [US: ˈtwen.ti ˈfɝːst] | vigésimo primeronoun |
twenty-first (portion of a whole) noun [UK: ˈtwen.ti ˈfɜːst] [US: ˈtwen.ti ˈfɝːst] | veintiunavonoun |
twenty-first (the ordinal form of the number twenty-one) adjective [UK: ˈtwen.ti ˈfɜːst] [US: ˈtwen.ti ˈfɝːst] | vigésimo primeroadjective vigesimoprimeroadjective |
under fire (criticized for something) preposition [UK: ˈʌnd.ə(r) ˈfaɪə(r)] [US: ˈʌnd.r̩ ˈfaɪər] | estar en la mirapreposition |
wildfire [wildfires] (rapidly spreading fire) noun [UK: ˈwaɪld.faɪə(r)] [US: ˈwaɪld.ˌfaɪər] | fuego incontroladonoun |