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1. For a completed action in a time before now.
Example:

I met my husband in 1993.

I broke up with my girlfriend yesterday.

2. For events that were true for some time in the past.
Example:

They lived in Russia for three years.

They were on the beach for three days.

3. For a list of completed actions in the past.
Example:

Ryan came in, took off his coat and sad down.

My sister vomited and was scared.

4. For habits in the past.
Example:

When I was a child, I played the piano.

When I was fat, I ate a lot.

5. To talk a bout an action in the past that takes place in the middle of another action.
Example:

When she arrived, I was watching TV.

When he fell, he was looking at his cell phone.

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1. Action before y after a specific time.
Example:

Yesterday at noon, I was eating lunch.

Yesterday at the gym, I was lifting  weights.

2. Interrupted action in the past.
Example:

We were watching a movie when she called.

I was playing fifa when my mom sent me to tortillas.

3. To start a story / create an atmosphere.
Example:

The sun was shining and the birds were singing...

The moon was shining an the owls were coming out.

4. Parallel actions.
Example:

I was reading while my brother was playing guitar.

I was playing while my dog ate chicken.

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What were you and others doing? Answer the questions using the past progressive.

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1. What were you doing when the phone rang last night?
I was sleeping when the phone rang.

2. What were your friends doing at 6 p.m. yesterday evening?

They were playing video games.

3. What were you doing last weekend?
I was celebrating mothers day.

4. What was the teacher doing when you first saw her/him today?
She was teaching us the past continuos.

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1. While phone breakfast, the Alex was rang eating.

While Alex was breakfast, the phone rang.

2. Playing while football, it they began were to rain.

While they were playing football, it began to rain.

3. he sun shining The was got up when.

The sun was shining when he got up.

4. when Jack called walking down was the street the police he an accident. Saw He.

Jack was walking down the street when he saw an accident. He called the police.

5. came into While were watching  the room TV, they a burglar their money and stole.

While they were watching TV, a burglar came into the room and stole their money.

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Common Idiomatic Phrases and Expressions.

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Common Idiomatic Phrases and Expressions.

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1. A penny for your thoughts.
This idiom is used as a way of asking someone what they are thinking about.

Literal:
Un centavo por tus pensamientos.

Spanish equivalent:

Daría lo que fuera por saber que estas pensando.

I'd give anything to know what you're thinking.

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2. Add insult to injury.
To make a bad situation even worse.

Literal:
Añadir sal a la herida.

Spanish equivalent:

No le eches mas sal a la herida.

Do not add more salt to the wound.

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3. Once in a blue moon.
When something happens very rarely.

Literal:
Una vez en una luna azul.

Spanish equivalent:

Te bañaste, va a llover.

You took a bath, it's going to rain.

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4. See eye to eye.
Idiom is used to say that two (or more people) agree on something.

Literal:
Ver a los ojos.

Spanish equivalent:

Confirmo que también iré a ala fiesta.

I confirm that I will also go to the party.

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5. Hear it on the grapevine.
This means 'to hear a rumor' about something or someone.

Literal:
Escúchalo en la viña.

Spanish equivalent:

Me lo dijo un pajarito.

A little bird told me.

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6. Miss the boat.
This idiom is used to say that someone missed his or her chance at something.

Literal:
Perder el bote.

Spanish equivalent:

Se me fue el avión.

My plane left me.

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7. It's raining cats and dogs.
To rain very heavily.

Literal:
Están lloviendo gatos y perros.

Spanish equibalent:

Esta lloviendo cantaros.

It's raining pots.

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8. Send someone packing.
To ask someone to leave immediately.

Literal:
Envía a alguien a hacer las maletas.

Spanish equivalent:

ves a ver si ya puso la marrana.

See if he already put the sow.

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9.  A night owl.
A person who is or prefers to be up and about late at night.

Literal:
Un búho de la noche.

Spanish equivalent:

Parece vampiro.

Looks like vampire.

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10. Lie low.
To hide so you will not be caught by someone.

Literal:
Miente poco.

Spanish equivalent:

Se barrio de la placa.

It neihgborhood of the plate.

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11. At a snail's space.
Very slowly.
Etymology: from the fact that a snail moves very slowly.

Literal:
En el espacio de un caracol.

Spanish equivalent:
Trabajas como tortuga.
You work like a turtle.

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12. Break the ice.
To make a start.
To relax a tense or unduly formal atmosphere or social situation.

Literal:
Romper el hielo.

Spanish equivalent:

Se rompió el hielo cuando platicamos.

The ice broke when we talked.

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