GREETING AND INTRODUCING

• SYMPATHY
• You offer someone condolences: you use it when someone has died
• You say I feel for you: sympathy
• What a pity: you feel sorry about something unfortunate
• I´m so sorry

• ASKING PERMISSIONS
• Go ahead: dar el visto bueno
• Are we allowed to...?: ¿Tenemos permiso para...?
• You would better not: es mejor que...
• Do you mind if...? ¿Te importaría si...?

• GOING OUT FOR A COFFE
• I have had enough: he tenido suficiente
• Would you like another?: ¿Vas a querer otro?
• What do I owe you?: ¿Cuanto le debo?

IDIOMS AND SLANGS

• You should let sleeping dogs lie: vamos a dejar las cosas tranquilas

• Don't count your chickens before the eggs have hatched: No vendas la piel antes de matar al oso.

• To let the cat out of the bag: say a secret of someone to others

• Elvis has left the building: se acabó lo que se daba

• Don't cry over spilt milk: no te arrepientas

• Take it with a grain of salt: no te lo tomes a mal

• That's the best thing since sliced bread: it is very good

• It cost an arm and a leg: it cost a lot

• Speak of the devil: hablando del rey de Roma

• To be the devils advocate: hacer de abogado del diablo

• Sitting on the fence: you don´t know what you have to choose

• It´s raining cats and dogs: raining a lot

• Like water of a duck's back: como si nada

• A night owl: ave nocturna

• A whale of a time: pasárselo en grande

• A wolf in a sheep's clothing: lobo con piel de cordero

• Zebra crossing: paso de cebra

• To have egg on your face: quedar en ridículo

• Your hands are tied: no puedes ayudar a alguien

• Your heart is in the right place: have the best intention

• Your heart goes out to someone: sientes simpatía con alguien

• Your heart isn´t in it: I don't care

• A bad hair day: a bad day

• A gut feeling: instinto

• A head start: empezar con ventaja

• A kick in the teeth: it feels bad to you

• Young blood: young people

• Big fish: important person

• Eat like a horse: eat a lot

• Have a memory like an elephant: great memory

SLANGS

• Ace: a skil person

• Awesome: incredible

• Dork: a person that doesn´t speak with anybody

• Dweeb: a person that speaks very little but is very intelligent

• Gnarly: very good

• Goof off/ goof around: waste your time

• Gross: disgusting

• Hang out: go out with you friends

• Hickey: chupetón