Expresiones idiomáticas, phrasal verbs y estructuras en inglés: vocabulario esencial para mejorar tu nivel

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Expresiones idiomáticas en inglés

Come out of the blue: unexpected

Fall into place: go exactly as you wanted

Go downhill: getting worse for moments

On the cards: predictable

The rest is history: the rest is obvious

A change of heart: a change of opinion

To be made redundant: you are no longer needed

The icing on the cake: unexpected extra good thing

Have a lot on your plate: be very busy

Put all your eggs in one basket: to depend on one thing or person

Have bigger fish to fry: to have more important things to do

Sweeten the pill: make something bad seem better

Take something with a pinch of salt: not to believe something which may be true

Spill the beans: tell a secret

Sell like hot cakes: to sell well and quickly

Get an egg on your face: to be seen as stupid

Eat humble pie: to admit you were wrong

Phrases

Clutch at straws: desperately trying new ways

Give and take: flexible in a relationship

Black and white: to be clear

Time and again: something repeats

Through thick and thin: good and bad times

High and dry: to be in a bad situation

Touch and go: possible but uncertain

Fame and fortune / First and foremost: most important thing

Flesh and blood: family

Life and soul: the most fun person at a party

Prepositional phrases

In the region of = approximately
On the blink of = very close
To some extent = partly
In conjunction with = together with
On behalf of = as a representative of
In vain = without success
On the grounds that = because
With the exception of
On the verge of = about to...

Word formation

predictable, alternative, hopeful, philosophical, experimental, speechless, noticeable, flawless, disposable, disastrous, extracurricular, beneficial, opinionated, kingdom, compulsive, apparent, innovators, constraints, consumption, domesticity, strengthened, misfortune, irreplaceable, disapproval, occupants, antiquity, dominant, customising, kinship, outline, undoubtedly, infinity, unpredictable, undeniable, unconscious, unassertive, insignificant, inconclusive, inexhaustible, irreplaceable.

Phrasal verbs

To step in for somebody = sustituir
To come up with = elaborar
To jump at = aprovechar una oportunidad
To take on = asumir
To hang around = spend time in a place
To help out = help someone in a particular way
To cheer somebody up = become less sad
To end up = acabar de forma improvisada
To run out = use up the resources
To settle in = acostumbrarse a algo nuevo
To catch up with = alcanzar / reunirse con
To cut back on = reduce
To get in with = join a group
To pay off = finish paying something
To track somebody down = find somebody
To turn up = aparecer
To meet up = come together
To bring about = make some changes happen

Condicionales

1st conditional (inverted): If I study, I will pass → Should I study, I will pass.

2nd conditional: If I were you, I would study → Were I to be you, I'd study.

3rd conditional: If you had studied, you would have passed → Had you studied, you would have passed.

(if = given that, as long as, provided that, on condition that)