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Frere Jacques (un equivalente para América Latina)	Arroz con leche (o muchas otras)	(Non-member)
from the mouths of babes	los niños y los locos (dicen siempre la verdad)	rdom
full-motion	con todo su movimiento	(Non-member)
furnace-blasted basics	unas pocas realidades grabadas a fuego	Tomás Cano Binder
garden sea view	terraza vista al mar	(Non-member)
Geek is chic	esta de moda estar loco por el internet	Lydia De Jorge
generic pitch	presentación genérica	(Non-member)
get / be in on the act	ponerse manos a la obra (España); estar en la jugada (Colombia)	Michael Powers (PhD)
Get a clue, find the treasure in you	sigue la pista, tesoro interior a la vista	PaulinaRich
get a lock on	comprende profundamente	(Non-member)
get along	convivir, llevarse bien	(Non-member)
Get away with	salen impunes / se les permite	(Non-member)
get bought and paid for	estamos manipulados/a merced de la publicidad	olv10siq
get caught with your foot in your mouth	estar desprevenido	(Non-member)
get down and dirty	arremangarse y hacer lo que haga falta/tomar cartas en el asunto/	(Non-member)
get down with someone	gozar con alguien	Rafa Lombardino
get kicked from pillar to post	te patean de aquí para allí	(Non-member)
get on the wrong side of	ganarse la antipatía de	Michael Powers (PhD)
get one's wires (lines) crossed	se produce un cortocircuito en la comunicación	Michael Powers (PhD)
get out of a jam	salir de un atolladero / lío / embrollo / candela / mala vaina	Patrick Dotterer

get to	dañar, hacer daño	Maria Rosich Andreu
get to first base	[succeed ininitial phase of plan] no pasar de ahí (México); cuajar (España); [petting no further than kissing] fajar (México);	Michael Powers (PhD)
Get under that one	la has enviado rumbo al/hacia el cielo	John Cutler
gets us off the nut	nos saca de apuros	(Non-member)
Gifts That Give Goosebumps Still Available at XXX	Regalos que nos erizan la piel	(Non-member)
give functionality reports to ...	dar/transmitir (al ...) informes operativos/de operaciones	(Non-member)
give one's right arm for something	dar hasta lo que no tengo por algo, dar hasta lo que no tiene por algo (Guatemala, Chile, Argentina); dar un ojo de la cara (Esp	Michael Powers (PhD)
Give somebody a break	dar a alguien un respiro	(Non-member)
give someone a white knuckle ride	ponerle los pelos de punta o como escarpias	(Non-member)
give up their wild activities and knuckle down	dejar atrás sus locas pasiones y bajar las revoluciones	Fabio Descalzi
gnarly	(aspectos) enrevesados, intricados	Smartranslators
go	listo/terminado	(Non-member)
go bananas	volverse loco (España, Argentina, México); botársele a uno la canica (México); chiflársele a uno el moño (Argentina); arrebatars	Michael Powers (PhD)
go for	realmente le atraiga	Karin Kutscher
go for the gusto	disfruta la vida mientras puedas	(Non-member)
go over	cruzar	(Non-member)
go tootie	echarse una pluma	ptorres
go-for-broke	osado/intrépido (empresario, etc.)	(Non-member)
gobble, gobblers	gluglú, pavos/glotones	(Non-member)
God does not ask us to dig a ditch with a sledge hammer.	Dios no nos pide cavar un pozo con una cucharita de café	(Non-member)

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