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Meaning: Something is very easy.

Literal: Un pedazo de la torta.

Spanich equivalent: "Es pan comido".

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Meaning: You are full energy.

Literal: Tan fresco como una margarita.

Spanish equivalent: "Fresca como una lechuga".

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Meaning: You are not able to sit still. Being very excited or worried about something.

Literal: Tienes hormigas en tus pantalones.

Spanish equivalent: "No puedes quedarte quieto"

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Meaning: You have secrets, secrets from the past that you don't want anyone to know.

Literal: Esqueletos en tu armario.

Spanish equivalent: "Secretos del pasado", "Zapatos a la cabeza", "Un muerto en el armario".
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Meaning: Hurry up!

Literal: ¡Sacude una pierna!

Spanish equivalent: "Rómpete una pierna".

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Meaning: Be patient. Used to tell someone to stop and consider carefully their decision or opinion about something.

Literal: Sostenga sus caballos.

Spanish equivalent: "No te aceleres"

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Meaning: Be very happy or excited.

Literal: En la novena nube.

Spanish equivalent: "Estar en las nubes".

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Meaning: A very small part of something.

Literal: Una gota en la cubeta.

Spanish equivalent: "Como una gota en el mar", "Gota a gota se llena la bota".

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Meaning: You cannot change who you are.

Literal:Un leopardo no puede cambiar sus manchas.

Spanish equivalent: "Aunque la mona se vista de seda mona se queda".

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Meaning: A visual presentation is more descriptive than words.

Liretal: Una imagen pinta más que mil palabras.

Spanish equivalent: "Una acción vale más que mil palabras".

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Meaning: 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 lo que piensas".

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Meaning: To make a bad situation even worse.

Literal: Empeorar las cosas.

Spanish equivalent:"Echarle más sal a la herida".

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Meaning: When something happens very rarely.

Literal: Una vez en una luna azul.

Spanish equivalent: "Muy rara vez se ve", "Muy raramente", "Allá en las 500".

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Meaning: Idiom is used to say that two (or more people) agree on something.

Literal: Ver a los ojos.

Spanish equivalent: "Estar de acuerdo con alguien",
"Hablar el mismo idioma", "Jalo", "Confirmo".

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Meaning: This means "to hear a rumor" about something or someone.

Literal: Escúchalo en la viña.

Spanish equivalent: "Me lo dijo un pajarito", "Las paredes hablan/escuchan".

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Meaning: This idiom is used to say that someone missed his or her chance at something.

Literal: Perder el bote.

Spanish equivalent: "El que se fue a la villa, perdió su silla".

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Meaning: To rain very heavily.

Literal: Están lloviendo gatos y perros.

Spanish equivalent: "Está lloviendo a cantaros", "Se está cayendo el cielo".

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Meaning: To ask someone to leave immediately.

Literal: Envía a alguien a empacar.

Spanish equivalent: "Aquí se rompió una taza y cada quien para su casa".

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Meaning: A person  who is or prefers to be up and about late at night.
Literal: Un búho de la noche.

Spanish equivalent: "Alguien que se desvela"

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Meaning: To hide so you will not be caught by someone.
All we could think to do was to get into the woods - any woods - as fast as possible and just lie low.

Literal: Miente poco. Esconderse para no ser atrapado.

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Meaning: Very slowly. Etymology.- From the fact that a snail moves very slowly.

Literal: A paso de caracol

Spanish equivalent: "Eres más lento que un caracol", "Paso de tortuga".

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Meaning: You are  the first to do or say something.
1. To make a start.
2. To relax a tense or unduly formal atmosphere or social situation.

Literal: Romper el hielo.

Spanish equivalent: "Romper el hielo".

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

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Student B answers (Ortega Arellano ángel Rafael)

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Student B answers (Ortega Arellano ángel Rafael)

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1. What were you doing one hour ago?

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2. What were you doing at six o'clock this morning?

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3. Were you watching TV at eleven o'clock last night?

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4. Who were you talking to a few minutes ago?

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5. What were you doing yesterday afternoon at one o'clock?

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6. Was it raining one hour ago?

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7. Were we studying English an hour ago? If "no", what were we doing?

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8. What were you doing at midnight last night?

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9. What was our teacher doing one minute ago?

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10. What were we talking about five minutes ago?

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

Example:

What were you doing when I called this morning?
I was trying to make up when you called.

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1. What were you doing when the phone rang last night? (9 p.m.)
I was doing my homework when the phone rang.

2. What were your friends  doing at 6 p.m. yesterday evening?
My friends were working on their classes.

3. What were you doing last weekend?
I was getting ready to celebrate a friend's birthday.

4. What was the teacher doing when you first saw her today?
She was turning on her camera to start the class when I saw her today.

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Form sentences with while.
Use the past progressive.

Example: read / steal
While the man was reading, the prisoner was stealing his wallet.

1. While my friend was talking, I was drinking a juice.

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2. While the children were playing, the parents were watching them.

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3. While the sun was shining, the baby was splashing in the pool.

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Use the past progressive in the following contexts.

1. Action before and after a specific  time
Example: Yesterday at noon, I was eating lunch.

2. Interrupted action in the past
Example: We were watching a movie when she called.

3. To start a story / create an atmosphere
Example: The sun was shining and the birds were singing.

4. Parallel actions
Example: I was reading while my brother was playing guitar.

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Ex. The students were very quiet.

1. The weather was cold, and the animals were hiding.

2. I was sleeping the dorbell rang.

3. We passed the turn two minutes ago.

4. Where did you buy those earrings?

5. When the fire alarm  went off, we left the building quickly.

6. You didn't come  to practice yesterday.

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

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

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Ex. I met my husband in 1993.

My cousin played volleyball yesterday.

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

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

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Ex. They lived in Russia for three years.

We traveled for 1 year around the world.

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

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

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Ex. Ryan came in, took off his coat and sat down.

My brother finished dinner, brushed his teeth and went to sleep.

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Ex. When I was a child, I played the piano.

I played a lot when I was with my dad.

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5. To talk about an action in the past that takes place in the middle of another action. 

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5. To talk about an action in the past that takes place in the middle of another action. 

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Ex. When she arrived, I was watching TV.

When I arrived, he was looking at me.

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2. While they were playing football, it began to rain.

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3. The sun was shining when he got up. / When he got up, the sun was shining.

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

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