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Idiom | Language | Category |
¡de qué buena gana recibiría… | Spanish | Desire |
Avere sempre la lingua lunga | Italian | Complaint |
Je ne suis pas à la hauteur | French | Bewilderment |
Quedarse completamente en ayunas | Spanish | Bewilderment |
Trouillard | French | Contempt |
! cuanta cara! | Spanish | Indignation |
! que cara mas dura ¡ | Spanish | Indignation |
!mire que hacen esperar a la gente así! | Portuguese | Impatience |
!quién fortuna sfacciata! | Italian | Envy |
¡qué asco! | Spanish | Disgust |
¡Suertudo! ¡Morrudo! | Spanish | Envy |
?Encuentras palabras ? | Spanish | Indignation |
¿Puedo ayudarle? ?Le puedo echar una mano? | Spanish | Courtesy |
(dei musei) posso farne a meno | Italian | Indifference |
(En) revenir à ses moutons | French | Contradiction |
(If he said that,) He must have a screw loose: he`s lost his marbles | English | Contempt |
(Il caso) lui spossato | Italian | Embarrassment |
(Museen) lassen mich kalt | German | Indifference |
(museums) leave me cold | English | Indifference |
(Museus ) me deixam com frio | Portuguese | Indifference |
(The court case) Wiped him out | English | Embarrassment |
(toujours) chercher la petite bête | French | Complaint |
(Un menú) como para chuparse los dedos | Spanish | Desire |
Abrir as portas a uno | Portuguese | Encouragement |
Abrir as portas para alguém | Portuguese | Encouragement |