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

I have no choice

Aunque fuera

Even if it were / Even though it might be

asegurarse de

To make sure

llegar a su fin

To come to an end

estar en volumen

To be bulking

estar en quinto pino

To be in the middle of nowhere

Nada mas + Infinitive

as soon as / upon doing something

Hacerle caso

to pay attention to / to listen to/ to take advice

Ir en camino

to be on the way

Un momento en el que

a moment when

Una vez en la que

a time when

en su lugar

Instead

Lejos de + infinitive

Far from + Gerund

en cuestion de segundos

In a matter of seconds

Hacer transbordo

to change/transfer (in regards to public transport)

Dar mala espina

To have a bad feeling

De entrada llega

from the start

viendolo ahora

Looking back/ Seeing it now

para situar el contexto

to set the scene/ to put into context

depender de

to depend on

así como

as well as, just like

Hasta Ahora

So Far, Up to Now

Aun así

even so," "nevertheless,"

pasar un poco de tiempo + gerund

To spend a little time doing something

sacar el maximo provecho de

To make the most of something

Al+ Infintive

“upon doing" or "when doing" something

seguir + gerund

to keep doing or to still be doing something

Empezar a

to start to or to begin to

en algun momento

at some point

De inmediato

Right Away/ At Once/

Hacer Falta

To need

poner el precio

to set the price/ to put the price

Hasta Ahora

So far

Un poco de todo

A bit of everything/ A mix