Chunks

Me cuesta + infinitive

I find it difficult to

Llevo + time + gerund

I’ve been doing something for

“lo que pasa es que + [clause]”

the thing is / what happens is that / the problem is that

a pesar de que + clause

despite / even though

a pesar de haber + participio

“despite having done something

Después de + haber + participio

After Having…

Habiendo + participio

Having done something…

A lo mejor

Maybe/Perhaps

Me falta + singular noun

I lack something/ Im missing something

No tiene sentido + infinitivo

It doesn’t make sense to…

Se me ocurrió

It occurred to me

merecer la pena + infinitivo

to be worth doing

Darse cuenta de que

To Realise

A la hora de

When it comes to/At the time of

Se trata de

Its about, Its Consists of/ It concerns of

En Cuanto +Verb

As soon as

llevarse bien con alguien

To get along well with someone

estar a punto de + infinitivo

to be about to do something

Estar acostumbrado a

to be used to something

Acostumbrarse a + infinitive

to get used to something

Dejar de

To stop or to quit doing something

Pensar en

To think about / to think of

acabar de + infinitivo

To Have Just

la verdad es que

the truth is that / honestly

as a result

como resultado

number + a la vez

x at a time

(no) me apetece

to (not) feel like or to fancy

No me queda otra

to have no choice