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LEARNING ENGLISH5

Get

Get across

Make something understood; communicate something understandably.

Glen is really intelligent but sometimes he has problems getting his ideas across.

Get along

 have a friendly relationship (with); be friendly (toward).

“Why can’t you and your sister get along? Everyone else gets along with her just fine!”

Get around

avoid having to do something.

“Teresa got around the required maths classes by doing well on a math proficiency test". 

Get around

move from place to place.

“She doesn’t have a car. She gets around by bicycle, bus, or taxi.”

 

Get around to

do something eventually.

“I really should wash the dishes, but I don’t feel like it. Maybe I’ll get around to them tomorrow morning.”

Get by

survive, financially, in a difficult situation.

“It’s going to be hard to pay the rent now that you’ve lost your job, but somehow we’ll get by.”

Get in

Enter a small, closed vehicle.

“I don’t know where Carole was going. She just got in her car and drove away.”

Get in

Arrive.

“Do you know what time Fred’s plane gets in?”

 

Get on

Enter a large, closed vehicle.

“I’m sorry, but you’re too late to say goodbye to Angela. She got on the plane about 20 minutes ago.”

 

Get off

Leave a large, closed vehicle.

“When you get off the bus, cross the street, turn right on Oakland Road and keep going until you’re at Anerly Hill.”

 

Get off

 Be excused (for a period of time) from school, class, work,  or other activities.

 

“Kieran got Saint Patrick’s Day off but I didn’t. 

 

Get off

Make it possible for someone to avoid punishment.

“Everyone knew he was guilty, but his solicitor managed to get him off.”

 

Get out of

Leave a small, closed vehicle.

“There’s something wrong with the passenger's door opener. I'll have to get out of the car and open it by hand.”

 

Get out of 

Escape having to do something.

“Lisa said she had a terrible headache and got out of giving her speech today.”

|Get over

 Finish. (Note: for individual activities, not ones that happen again and again.)

“What time do your classes get over?”

 

Get over

 Recover from an illness or painful experience.

“Katy was really upset when she failed the test. She thought she would never get over feeling so stupid.”

Get rid of 

Dispose of; give away or throw away.

“That shirt is really ugly. Why don’t you get rid of it?”

 

Get rid of

 Dismiss someone; fire someone from a job; cause someone to leave.

“The treasurer of the XYZ company was spending too much money so the company president got rid of him.”

 

Get up

Leave bed after sleeping and begin your daily activities.

“You’ll have to get up much earlier than usual tomorrow. - We have to leave by no later than 4:00 AM.”

“I know I won’t hear the alarm tomorrow morning. - Can you get me up at 3:30 AM?”          

Get across             Cause to be understood  -   it’s difficult to get humour across in another language

           

Get ahead            make progress    -  I can’t get ahead even though I work two jobs.          

Get ahead of             surpass   -   you need to work overtime in order to get ahead of schedule.          

Get along            have a good relationship   -   Do you and your sister get along?        

Get along with             have a good relationship    -   Giovanna doesn’t get along with her two brothers.    

Get around             avoid someone or something    -  Some people get around paying taxes by hiring a good accountant.       

Get around            go many places  -    It’s easy to get around town with public transportation.  

Get away            escape            the bank robbers got away         

Get away with       -      do something against the rules or illegal and not get Caught or punished     -       my sister gets away with everything!           

Get by 

survive without having the things you need or want            I lost my job, so I am having a hard time getting by this year           

Get by on  

           survive with minimal resources            it’s nearly impossible to get by on making minimum wage 

 

 

 

Get by

to have just enough money for one’s needs

 

 

Get by with   

          Manage with      you don’t need a computer you can get by with the typewriter

           

Get down to          

   Get serious about a topic     enough small talk Let’s get down to business           

Get in  enter a car, a small boat     Get in the front seat you will have more leg room 

Get in   enter            Get in I will give you a ride to school   

Get off send a package            I finally got my sister’s birthday present off yesterday         

Get off remove a spider from your shirt            Can you get this spider off my shirt?   

Get off leave a bus, plane, train, boat            we need to get off the bus at the next stop         

Get off leave            it’s dangerous to sit on the roof Get off!      

Get off            idiomatic phrase - How does he justify saying that?            Where does he get off saying that?      

Get on 

Put on clothes you should get your jacket on because it’s going to be cold     

 

Get on enter a bus, train, mount a horse, a bike   the train is leaving Quick, get on!

Get on enter a bus, train; mount a horse, a bike  

Get on a bus /climb on a bus but not enter a bus or get in a bus however, we say get in a car

We say take the bus/ride the bus/go there on the bus but usually not We can drive there on the bus However we say We can drive there in her car

We say take the bus/ride the bus/go there on the bus but usually not We can drive there on the bus However we say We can drive there in her car

Get on my bike and I will give you a ride home

Get on have a good relationship            Sara doesn’t get on with her brother.

Get on with             have a good relationship            Do you get on with your neighbours?     

Get on with             continue an activity            Now that the police have left, let’s get on with the party!  

Get out of             exit a small boat, car, and an enclosed area I fell into the water when I tried to get out of the canoe     

Get over             recover a cold, a disease, an ex-boyfriend/ex-girlfriend             Jennifer still hasn’t gotten over her break up with Peter

Get over            It took me a fortnight to get over my last cold.

           

Get through             complete          we will never get through all of these boxes by 9pm    

Get through             penetrate         we need a stronger drill to get through this wall     

Get through            penetrate         the door was jammed, so we couldn’t get through

Get through with      finish            Have you gotten through with your homework yet?     

Get through to             make contact it’s hard to get through to Janet because her telephone line is always busy     

Get up cause someone to rise from a sitting position or a lying position            Ahmed got Abdul up at 5am by turning the music up really loud        

Get up rise from sitting position or a bed      what time did you get up this morning?         

Give away             give something without asking for anything in exchange            why did Nancy give all of her furniture away? 

Give away             betray a secret            we are having a surprise party for Susan next Saturday, so don’t give our surprise away by acting suspicious        

Give back             return something you borrowed            when are you going to give that book back to your teacher?   

Give in stop trying    never give in! You can do it!         

Give off             release a smell, light            that white flower gives off a beautiful smell  

Give out             distribute          I earn extra money by giving out brochures on the street         

Give out            become very tired             I hope this car doesn’t give out in the middle of the desert  

Give up             surrender something            the police told the thief to give himself up 

Give up            surrender         never give up learning English!           

Go back            return            When are you going back to your house?

                        Let’s go back to the last chapter

Go back on             not keep one’s word, a promise            don’t trust him He always goes back on his promises          

Go for try to achieve our team is going for the gold medal in the Olympics         

Go for            idiomatic phrase - I am craving for a pepperoni pizza            I could go for a pepperoni pizza           

Go in for             participate       Are you going to go in for soccer this year at school?

Go off explode            the bomb could go off at any moment           

Go off become angry    Maria went off last night after I told her about losing her bike           

Go on            continue.          Please, go on don’t let me interrupt you

Let’s go on to the main point  

Go on   happen            this place is a mess! What went on here last night? 

Go on with             continue a plan, a conversation.            I think we should go on with the meeting and stop wasting time     

Go out stop burning a fire            The fire went out after four days        

Go over             review            Do you usually go over your notes before class?   

Go over            succeed          that didn’t go over well     

Go through with             persevere despite difficulties            I have decided to go through with the operation         

Go with             Match clothing.  That shirt doesn’t go with those trousers.  

Go with             accompany a person            I am going with Alejandro to the party          

Go with             Have a boyfriend/girlfriend       I am going with Sally.

Go without             Abstain from something you want or need     A man can go without water for three days.  

Grow

Grow up            mature            your brother needs to grow up and start thinking about his future

 

Have

Have over            I’d rather have this thing over with as soon as possible   

     

Have over            invite guests to your home    why don’t we have Mr and Mrs Jones over for dinner tonight   

 Have on             wear            Do you have your hiking boots on? 

       

Hand

Hand back             return            is the teacher going to hand back our tests today?     

Hand down             pronounce formally            the president is going to hand his decision down on health care tonight      

Hand down             give as an inheritance            when my clothes got too small for me as a child, I handed them down to my sister   

Hand in             submit            I have to hand in an offer by March            

Hand out             distribute          we should hand the concert fliers out at school    

Hand over             relinquish control of            Hand your car keys over you’re too drunk to drive  

Hang

Hang around             stay in a place for fun             Maria and Salvador usually hang around the beach after school 

Hang around            stay in a place for fun            those guys just hang around all day  

Hang up             suspend clothes on a hanger you can hang your jacket up in the front closet      

Hang up             put down the telephone receiver            don’t hang up I’m going to change phones

Hang out             stay in a place for fun             Let’s go hang out at the mall tonight 

Hang out            stay in a place for fun            what are you doing? - - I’m just hanging out      

Hear from             receive news from a letter, an e-mail            Have you heard from Steve lately?    

Hear of             know about something or somebody            Have you heard of chocolate covered ants?  

Hit on             find on accident            I hit on the idea while watching the Richardson’s show   

Hit on            flirt with            Jay’s friend Marc was trying to hit on my sister last night    

Hold back             restrain            the police held the demonstrators back while the politicians entered the building

Hold off             restrain            Mr Johnson held the dog off while we crossed the yard    

Hold off on             delay            we should hold off on making dinner until your parents arrive   

Hold on            grasp tightly  Hold on tight! The roller coaster is about to take off       

Hold on            tell someone to wait on the telephone            Hold on a minute I’ll get Carol         

Hold on to             grasp tightly   Make sure you hold on to the hand rail as you walk down the stairs

Hold out            not give in, continue to resist    Stop holding out and tell us where you found all of these old records

Hold out against not give in, resist            they held out against enemy attack   

Hold up             delay a flight, traffic;            the accident held traffic up for an hour    

Hold up             rob a bank, a person with a weapon            five men held the bank up yesterday         

 

           

Iron out            eliminate          we need to have a meeting this week in order to iron out the distribution problems         

 

           

Jack up             to raise            we need to jack up the car before we change the tire      

Joke around            to be humorous            Mike is always joking around at work

Jump in             enter a conversation            Feel free to jump in at any moment while we are talking 

Jump to             make a quick, poorly thought out decision            you shouldn’t jump to conclusions  

 

           

Keep at             not give up an activity, to persevere            you should keep at your studies     

Keep on            continue          He kept on talking after everybody asked him to stop     

Keep continuing, persisting in an activity everybody said she would never finish the puzzle, but she kept to it until it was done         

Keep up            stay on the required schedule            you have to keep up if you want to work here    

Keep up             continue          you are doing a great job! Keep it up

Keep up with             stay on schedule with a person, the workload, homework            I have so much reading that I can’t keep up with the writing exercises         

 

           

Lay away             save for the future            why don’t you lay away your wedding outfit?

Lay down             establish laws, rules            Lori lays down the law in her class English only!    

Lie in on             scold or criticize severely            my mom really laid in on me when I got home at 5am     

Lay into             scold or criticize severely            I saw Sara’s mother lay into her when she came home late last night    

Lay off             suspend someone from a job during a slow period The company was losing money, so they had to lay off 100 workers           

Lay out             arrange            why don’t we lay the pieces of the table out before we put it together

Lay out to spend money; especially a large amount            of it.

 

Splash out         to spend a lot of money on something you don’t need, but is very pleasant.

 

 

           

Leave out             not include, omit            Why did your parents leave you out of their vacation plans?

Let down            disappoint         I felt let down when I didn’t receive a birthday card from my sister  

Let down            lengthen pants in sewing my uncle is a tailor, so he can let your pants down   

Let out release             I am happy my brother was let out of prison early    

Let out make bigger in sewing            I need to let out this skirt because I have gained weight 

Let up weaken in intensity            I told her NO a thousand times, but she won’t let up   

Lie down            rest, recline I need to lie down before we go out tonight       

Lie down on             rest; recline on a couch, bed            I’m going to lie down on the sofa for a while

Lie with             be decided by            Whether or not you can go to the party lies with your father   

Light up             illuminate          Let’s get some candles to light this room up    

Light up             to smoke Do you have to light up another cigarette? I thought you were trying to cut down         

Live down             live in a way that a shameful or embarrassing event is forgotten            Jose will never live down singing that song at the karaoke bar     

Live on             survive from     I could live on bread and cheese      

Live up to             keep a standard             it would be hard to live up to her parent’s expectations they are so demanding

 

Look

Look back on remember; reflect on / consider something in the past.

“When they looked back on their many years together, they realized that their marriage had been a very happy one.”

look down on hold in contempt; regard as inferior.

“It’s not surprising that Fred has few friends. He seems to look down on anyone who doesn’t like the same things that he does.”

look forward to anticipate pleasantly; think about a pleasant thing before it happens

“I’m really looking forward to vacation. I can’t wait for it to begin!”

look in on visit in order to check something’s / someone’s condition.

“My father just came home from the hospital. I plan to look in on him today after I finish work.”

look into investigate / get more details about something.

“Someone said there was a meeting at 9:30 but I haven’t heard anything about it. Shall I look into it?”

look like resemble (in appearance).

“Does he look like his father or his mother?”

look over check; review.

“I think I may have some typos in this report. Could you look it over?”

look up find something in a reference work.

“I’m sorry, but I don’t know what that word means. I’ll have to look it up.”

look up find where someone lives or works and visit him/her.

“Thanks for giving me your brother’s address. When I’m in Chicago next month, I’ll be sure to look him up.”

look up to respect.

“Everyone looks up to Joyce because she always makes time to help others.”

           

Look after             take care of a child, a house, a pet            when my sister goes on vacation, I look after her dog

Look at       Let’s look at tomorrow’s homework       

Look back on             to remember nostalgically            when I look back on my childhood, I often feel angry

Look down on             see as superior.            She’s so conceited She looks down on everybody else

Look for             to seek or search for            I’m looking for my keys have you seen them?      

Look forward to             anticipate with pleasure I am looking forward to travelling to New York next year

 

           

Look into             investigate        the police are looking into the murder

Look on            observe as a spectator            everybody just looked on as the two men fought       

Look over             examine, review            When I’m camping, I look my shoes over before I put them on            Look over     after that I finally had time to look the device over, and I really liked what I saw

 

Look up             search for in a dictionary             I take time to look up new vocabulary words  

Look up             locate and visit            if you ever travel to California, you should look me up       

Look up to             respect, admire someone            He looks up to his father   

 

Phrasal Verb            Definition            Example

 

Phrasal Verb with “make” make fun of make jokes about (usually unkindly).

“I agree that Bob looks ridiculous since he shaved his head, but don’t make fun of him. You’ll hurt his feelings.”

make up invent / create (imaginary) information.

“Judy’s story is hard to believe. I’m sure she made it up.”

make up compensate for something missed or not done by doing extra or equivalent work.

“I’m sorry I missed the exam. May I make it up?”

make up (with) re-establish a friendly relationship by admitting guilt.

“Mark and his girlfriend were very angry with each other, but last night they finally made up.

make out see / hear something well enough to understand what it means. (Note: often negative.)

“Eleanor’s writing is very small. You almost need a magnify glass to make it out. “What were the last two examples that teacher gave? I couldn’t make them out.”

make for go to or toward.

“Her teenaged children are always hungry. As soon as they arrive home from college, they make for the frige.”

make for result in; cause.

“Many hands make for light work. (If many people work together, there’s less work for everyone.)” 

         

Make out            decipher           I can’t make out your handwriting what does this say?    

Make out             write a check or other document            that should I make this check out to?      

Make out            succeed          He really made out in the stock market last year           

Make out            progress           how is your son making out in his new job?    

Make out            kiss passionately            I saw Rob and Ann making out in the movie theatre last night!   

Make out with             kiss someone passionately            did you make out with Sally?  

Make over            do again    the teacher made me does my homework over           

Make up             invent a story     don’t believe anything she says She always makes things up          

Make up             complete what was missed. 

Fortunately; my professor let me make up the exam I missed yesterday.         

Make up             put on cosmetics            I takes me XX minutes to make

my face up.

Make up            reconcile          you two have been friends for so long that I think you should make up          

Make up for             compensate for Allen made up for being late by getting me flowers.

 

Mix up             confuse.            I sometimes mix the verb tenses up       

Mix up             blend.            We need to mix up these different kinds of nuts before we put them in a bowl. 

Mix up             make lively a party.            Let’s mix up this party with a little disco music.

Move on        Let’s move on to the next point

Move away    Let’s move away from this paragraph

Mull over                          Company executives are mulling over what to do with the contaminated building

           

Name after             name a child using another family member’s name            I was named after my grandfather      

Nod off            fall asleep   the movie was so boring that I nodded off before it was finished

Nose around             sneak around I hate it when my sister noses around my room   

 

Occur to             pop into one’s mind, come to one’s mind     it didn’t occur to me to buy a present for my wife's 40th birthday. Needless to say that I was not a very popular person for a week or so.  

Open up            share feelings I’m glad that John feels comfortable enough around me to open up 

Out to verb            try to.            She is out to get revenge now that her husband left her for another woman.

 

Pan out

be successful, turn out well.           

The trip to Vegas didn’t pan out.

Pass away            die.            After battling cancer for several years, he finally passed away at the age of 47   

Pass out             distribute.          We need to pass out these flyers for the concert tomorrow.        

Pass out            become unconscious.            He passed out because the room was too hot      

Pass up             not take advantage of an opportunity.            I can’t believe she passed up the opportunity to study in Rome  

Pass on             transmit.            Please pass this message on to your co-workers.           

Pass on             not accept an invitation to eat or do something.

Jennifer passed on the invitation to join us for dinner    

Pass on       die.          

I am afraid Professor Johnson has passed on.   

 

To pass over

Pasar por encima   

Tim Potter has once more been passed over for promotion.  The post he was hoping for has gone to Jeremy  Beadle.  

    

Pay back             repay            if I loan you money, will you pay me back

Pay back          to return money owed to some

           

Pay off             complete payment on a debt     it took me ten years to pay off my credit card debt           

Pay off             to bribe            don’t try to pay the police officer off if you get pulled over for speeding

Pay off          to finish paying all money that is owed

 

 

PICK

 

Pick on             to tease; bully            She keeps picking on me! Make her stop           

Pick out             choose            Diane picked out a lovely dress for the dance         

 

Pick out        choose; select.

“Billy’s grandmother especially liked her birthday card because Billy had picked it out himself.”

Pick up  lift; take up.

“Sar, those books don’t belong on the floor. Will you help me pick them up?”

Pick up              arrange to meet someone and give her/him a ride.

“Of course we can go there together. What time should I pick you up?”

Pick up             to lift an object with the hands   Keep your back straight when you lift the TV up

Pick up                     get; buy.

“The children just drank the last of the milk. Could you pick some more up on your way home this evening?”

Pick up           refresh; revitalize.

“He was feeling a little tired, so he drank a glass of orange juice. It picked him up enough to finish his work.”

Pick on bully; intentionally try to make someone upset.

“You should be ashamed of teasing your little brother, Bob! Pick on someone your own size!”          

           

Pick up             come and get someone in a car       what time are you going to pick me up  

Pick up             learn something without effort            It’s possible to pick up enough English in two weeks to get by on your trip to Los Angeles    

Pick up             try to initiate a relationship with someone            some weird guy tried to pick Patricia up at the pub last night          

 

Pick up            grow, increase             Business is really picking up this quarter

Play down             makes less important             The President played down his affair with the intern         

Play up highlight something             She played up her part in the new movie, but it was actually a very small role 

Play up to             flatter someone for your personal advantage            She has been playing up to the boss because she wants a promotion        

Point out             indicate            I’d like to point out that figures in column two might be outdated          

Pull down            earn     

 

He is a company director; he pulls down about £500,000 a year.

Pull in   park a vehicle Mark pulled in too quickly and crashed into the wall     

Pull out departs a vehicle            our train pulls out at 8am/pm, so don’t be late    

Pull through            barely survive I didn’t think she was going to make it, but she pulled through in the end         

Put across             communicate an idea or suggestion clearly so that it is understood            I thought Ms Smith put her ideas across rather clearly in the meeting      

Put away             store            I told you kids to put your toys away

Put aside          to save money for a specific purpose

Put off             postpone         don’t put off your homework - do it now! 

Put on            wear     “Make sure you wear clean underpants my boy”, my mother remarked

 

Save up          to keep money for a large expense in the future

 

Tide over          to help someone with money for a period of time until they have enough

 

Rake over            We cannot afford to waste our time and our talent settling old scores and raking over the past

Run up          to create a large debt 

 

Scrape by          to manage to live on very little money

 

 

 

set

 

set up make arrangements for something.

 

“You’ll see Mr. Thomas tomorrow. I’ve set a meeting up for 9.30am.”

 

set back cause a delay in scheduling.

“We’ve had some problems with the project that have set us back at least two days . We’ll give you a progress report tomorrow.”

 

set back cost.

“I wonder how much Bill’s new car set him back?”

 

 

Set up make arrangements for something.

“You’ll see Mr. Thomas tomorrow. I’ve set a meeting up for 9:30 AM.”

 

set back cause a delay in scheduling.

“We’ve had some problems with the project that have set us back at least two days . We’ll give you a progress report tomorrow.”

set back cost.

“I wonder how much Bill’s new car set him back?”

 

 

Shell

Shell out            inf. to pay for something, usually something you would rather not have to pay for.

                       

Stand

Stand out

Be distinctive; easily seen or detected; appreciable.

A.     Claudio’s team performance at the theatre of dreams stood out last night. They outplayed Alex’s outfit and came out victorious in a hard disputed match. “

B.     Her goddess look stands out among mortals. There is something in the way she moves that attract me like no other woman; there is something in the way she looks at me that makes me think that I do not need another lover. She put a spell on me. My world would be a sea of tears if I did not have you for I need you to be by side in times of joy, distress and uneasiness.

 

Stand up/for

Rise to one’s feet; fail to keep an appointment; withstand an examination.

A.     When the headmaster entered the classroom the class stood up and greeted him at the same time.

B.     Marie stood me up at the cinema. I waited and waited but she never arrived.

C.     David’s ability to play football was never in question when he moved to Madrid. He stood up to the test of living his country where he is still idolized by many and they were not very pleased to see him going, I can assure you; however, such is life and time was right, in my opinion, to move abroad and for that he will become a better player.

D.     Listen to me, young lady, your mother and I would not stand for such a behaviour; you had better change your ways or else.

  

 

Talk over            we talked it over, and everyone thought it was such a great idea

           

Think over            if letter makes the offer, you have time to think it over more carefully and less emotionally than you would if you received it by telephone or in person

           

Turn over                         after turning it over in my mind for a few minutes, I said yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gather in conveys the following: to collect, meet, get together, congregate, group, assemble, draw together, gather round, bring together, bunch up.

De agruparse, aglomerarse, amontonarse, apilarse, convocarse. 

The gift of the gab conveys the following: eloquence; to be able to speak with ease; fluent powerful user of a language.

Destreza y maestría al conversar, charlista, conferenciante, orador, labia, parlanchín, lenguado, cotorra, loro, verbosidad,, facundia, charlatanería.

Gloss over conveys the following: to try to hide something; skim over; explain briefly; give a cursory quick and superficial explanation; pass over; dismiss; evade and dodge.

Ocultar algo, encubrir, tapar, revestir, eludir, no dar la cara.

Go like clockwork conveys the following:   to run with complete regularity and precision, without a hitch, regularly, efficiently.

Trabajar sin fallar, parar, con eficacia, eficiencia, poder, validez, vigencia.

 

A golf widow conveys the following: a woman who is left at home while her partner plays golf.

Dejar en casa a la mujer mientras el marido se va a jugar al golf, menospreciar, desatender a alguien.

Grin and bear it conveys the following: to put up with it, lump it, take the rough with smooth, take the bad with the good, come safely through, ride it out.

Tolerar algo, sobrellevar, soportar, conllevar, resistir, aguantar, llevar.

Gun for conveys the following:   to follow a goal; in pursuit of.

Perseguir, acosar, asediar, ceñir, ahogar, amenazar.

Gung ho conveys the following:   one is enthusiastic, eager, keen, zealous, bullish, upfront, extremely eager or enthusiastic, hot-blooded, impassioned, full of emotion.

Entusiasmado, entusiasta, entusiástico, arrebatado, vehemente, exaltado, apasionado, fogoso, loco, ardiente, febril, efusivo.

Great guns convey the following:   large in size and heavy in weight.

Armas, armamentos, artefactos, maquinas, pesadas.

Half baked   conveys the following:    something is incomplete, not thought out, crackpot, eccentric unplanned, hare-brained, impractical, absurd, ridiculous, loopy, silly, unwise ill-considered, idiotic, not thought through.

Incompleto, parcial, inconcluso, inacabado, irresuelto, imperfecto, pendiente, irresoluto.

Hail from conveys the following: to originate from, come from, be from, resided in, lived in, and grew up in.

Proceder de, venir de, emanar, originarse, derivar, desprenderse, descender, engendrarse, provenir,

Hand it to conveys the following:   to give credit to, recognize.

Reconocer, aceptar, admitir, conceder, atribuir, avalar, apoyar, acreditar.

Hang your head conveys the following: ashamed; embarrassed and ashamed; abashed.

Avergonzarse de, abochornarse, sonrojarse, ruborizarse, enrojecerse.

No hard feelings conveys the following:    there is no ill will, animosity, hostility, antagonism, enmity, and malice on the speaker’s part.

No-resentimiento; ausencia de rencor, no-antipatía, no-enemistad, no-aborrecimiento, no-hostilidad.

If one’s heart goes out to someone one feels sorry for him/her/them, feel or express sympathy; e.g. my heart goes out to victims of war crime.

Simpatía; apiadarse, compadecerse, condolerse de alguien.

A head start conveys the following: well ahead of; to gain an advantage; advance; leadership; vanguard; e.g. one begins or commences or starts before the others.

Empezar bien; Buen comienzo; adelantarse; avanzarse; anticiparse; encabezarse; dirigir; a la vanguardia.

Heavy-duty conveys the following: something is strong, hardwearing, heavyweight, durable, long lasting, tough and powerful.

Fuerte, duradero, pesado, cargado, poderoso, eficaz.

Hook up with conveys the following:   to link up, connect.

Conectar, enchufar, ligar, vincular, enlazar, encadenar.

 

 

Hush-hush conveys the following: it’s under wraps, confidential, cloak-and- dagger, clandestine, secret.

Confidencial, Secreto, privado, intimo, recóndito, oculto, disimulado, clandestino, encubierto, escondido, tapado.

In the family way  conveys the following: expecting, having a baby; pregnant.

Estar preñada, fecundada, cubierta, fertilizada, encintada, engendrada, encintas.

 

 

In the wind conveys the following: it’s about to happen, looming, coming up, forthcoming, pending, impending, in the offing, on the cards, imminent.

Algo es inminente, amenazador, imperioso, apremiante, perentorio, inaplazable, ineludible.