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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)
god-sleeping industries	industrias que aprovechan el hecho de que dios está dormido para hacer lo que quieran	(Non-member)
goes into stalemate.	entra entra en un punto muerto/llega a estancarse totalmente/paralización completa	(Non-member)
going for broke	voy resteado	Miguel Falquez-Certain
good enough is not good enough	Lo bueno no basta / El que sea bueno no basta / no es suficiente	(Non-member)
goody-goody people	santurrones	Lydia De Jorge
Goose	¡Qué tonto eres!	...
got behind the eight ball	estuvo en un apuro	Yaotl Altan
grab a tiger by the tail	el que juega con fuego, termina quemado//el que duerme con niños, amanece mojado	(Non-member)
grain of truth from hundreds of years ago	un vestigio de verdad exagerado a lo largo de siglos	(Non-member)
great spirits	unos compañeros de lujo	(Non-member)
Groom your tooth	Afílate los dientes	mónica alfonso
Ground to dust and ash	reducido/a a polvo y ceniza	Nicholas Ferreira
half the battle	la mitad de la batalla (está ganada) (Argentina, España); (tener) la mitda del camino (hecho) (España) [Proz]	Michael Powers (PhD)
Happy camper	feliz de la vida/encantado de la vida	(Non-member)

hat in hand	gorra en mano (Argentina, España); sombrero en mano (España); con la cabeza gacha, baja (Argentina); con el rabo entre las piern	Michael Powers (PhD)
have a quick taster	dale una probadita	(Non-member)
have been around	tener calle	Michael Powers (PhD)
have clean hands	estar libre de pecado; estar limpio; tener las manos limpias; no estar implicado (España, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Chile); limpio	Smartranslators
he can pull one over on you	es que te puede ganar	(Non-member)
He didn't know any better	por no saber/por ignorancia/por falta de conocimiento	Lydia De Jorge
he had a way with words	¡Vaya que sí sabía expresarse!	(Non-member)
He is taking the book from the woman	esta haciendo lo que haria una mujer (ver abajo)	Lydia De Jorge
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how	Quien tiene un por qué para vivir, puede soportar casi cualquier cómo	(Non-member)
He's gone bananas for me...	está loco por mí...	Teresa Moreno
He's holding his cards close to his vest.	No pone todas sus cartas sobre la mesa	(Non-member)
head in the oven, feet in the fridge	tan inútil es no llegar como pasarse	(Non-member)
hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil monkeys	Los Tres Monos Sabios/The Three Wise Monkeys	(Non-member)
help with spending value and savvy for cardmembers	...ayuda a sus miembros a gastar conciensudamente/sabiamente y con ahorros	Lydia De Jorge
her Starbucks has kicked in	ya le hizo efecto su café/cafeína	(Non-member)
her words completely sucked the air out of the room	dijo esto y se hizo el silencio en la sala	(Non-member)
herding the cats	domar al viento // Encargado de Domar al Viento	Lydia De Jorge
Here lies a man who knew how to enlist in his service better men than himself.	Aquí yace un hombre que hizo fortuna por haber tenido inteligencia para servirse de hombres más inteligentes que él.	(Non-member)
here's to swimming with bowlegged women	Brindemos a nadar con mujeres patizambas/cascorvas	(Non-member)
His bark is worse than his bite	perro que ladra no muerde..	(Non-member)

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Rubber = Materials *
SAP
Sailing = Ships *
Science (general)
Shipping = Transport *
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Slang
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Software = Computers: Software *
Sports / Fitness / Recreation
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Surveying
Symbols / Abbreviations / Acronyms = General *
Tax = Law: Tax *
Telecom(munications)
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Tourism & Travel
Trains = Transportation *
Transport / Transportation / Shipping
Travel = Tourism *
Veterinary = Livestock *
Video Games = Games *
Video editing/DVDs = Media *
Wine / Oenology / Viticulture
Wood = Materials *
Wood Industry = Forestry *
Zoology

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