Pláticas cotidianas
Aprende expresiones para las conversaciones del día a día. Lee cada ejemplo para ver en qué situaciones puedes usar la expresión.
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Talk into
Talk someone into something means you persuade another person through conversation to agree to an idea or take an action. The phrase highlights the spoken exchange that changes a person's mind from doubt or reluctance to agreement.
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Run into
Run into has four common meanings: meeting an acquaintance by chance, encountering an obstacle or difficulty, physically colliding with an object or vehicle, and reaching a large total amount.
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Pick up
Pick up can mean collect or lift someone or something, learn through experience, become stronger or better, or continue something that stopped. The situation tells you which meaning fits.
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Hold up
The two main meanings of hold up depend on how the sentence works. When something holds up a person, event, or task, it causes a delay. When an object, material, or argument holds up, it stays strong, remains reliable, or continues to seem true under pressure.
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Video · 8 min Get over
Get over means recover: become well or feel better again after an illness or an upsetting experience.
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Cut off
Cut off describes a phone conversation ending suddenly because the connection fails, or a person or place becoming separated from normal access or social contact.
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Chip away
Chip away literally describes breaking off tiny pieces from a hard surface with repeated small strikes. In everyday figurative use, chip away at describes making steady progress against a large task or slowly diminishing a quantity, feeling, or barrier through small efforts over time. It shows that the target is diminishing, but it does not claim that the work is finished.
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Bump into
Bump into means to meet someone unexpectedly without prior arrangement, or to hit an object or person accidentally with your body.
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Video · 7 min Bring up
Bring up has three distinct meanings in everyday English. First, it means to introduce a topic or start discussing an issue in conversation. Second, it means to care for, feed, and educate a child until adulthood. Third, in technology contexts, it means to make a document, image, or website appear on a screen.
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Video · 8 min Break up
Break up expresses four main ideas in modern English. First, it describes romantic partners ending a relationship. Second, it describes people in a gathering dispersing or an organizer ending an event. Third, it means dividing something larger into smaller pieces or groups. Fourth, it describes an unstable voice or video signal that cuts out during a conversation.
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Renewing library items
Renewing an item grants permission to keep it past its original return date. If an item cannot be renewed, its original deadline remains active. In our conversation, the cookbook and audiobook receive new deadlines, while the reserved gardening book must still be returned on Saturday.
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Weather-dependent plans
Conditional plans establish two possible paths based on an uncertain event. In this conversation, the friends prefer cycling outdoors, but rain makes that choice uncertain. The word if introduces the weather condition required for cycling. The word otherwise introduces the indoor alternative if that condition fails. The word instead highlights that cooking lunch replaces cycling rather than adding another event to their afternoon.
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Changing a plan
In this conversation, the friends keep their bike ride but change the start time. One person explains the delay and suggests a new time. The other person then accepts it. Listen for that acceptance before deciding what the final plan is.
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Word of mouth
Word of mouth describes information, recommendations, or news passed directly from person to person through informal conversation rather than paid advertising or official announcements.
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Video · 5 min When it comes to
'When it comes to' means 'about this particular subject'. You name the subject and then say something about it. For example: 'When it comes to sewing, I need help.'
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Touch a nerve
To touch a nerve means to say something that causes an immediate sensitive, defensive, or upset reaction because it mentions an uncomfortable topic.
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Video · 7 min Take it easy
'Take it easy' means to rest and reduce effort, to calm down when feeling anxious or agitated, or to offer a warm, casual goodbye.
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Take for granted
Take something for granted has two distinct meanings in daily conversation. First, it means to accept a fact, plan, or outcome as true without verifying it. Second, it means to receive regular help, kindness, or support without acknowledging its value or thanking the person providing it.
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