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She’s feeling up to it.
At high season more tourists come here.
For me, that was the high point of the week.
The kids were having high jinks (= having a great
time).
It’s high summer just now (= the warmest and most
pleasant time).
‘Face up’ or ‘boca arriba’ are expressions which
describe the orientation of any object whose functional,
informative and/or generally important side is exposed. Not
surprisingly, ‘patas arriba’ (= something that is usually down is
up) means ‘en desorden.’
BAD IS DOWN
English
He let me down.
They have a down on me (= behave towards me in a
way that is constantly disagreeable).
We all came down with flu.
He’s down on his luck.
Their marriage has broken down.
The project didn’t get off the ground.
The new play was a flop.
Old people are said to be in their declining years.
The computers are down today (= not working).
Her new novel is a bit pedestrian.
That was an underhand deal.
Spanish
El negocio fue a pique.
De salud, está bajo mínimos.
Echó por tierra mis ilusiones.
La sitación tocó fondo.
Siempre le pone por los suelos.
El trato se llevó a cabo bajo cuerda.
Percibía comisiones bajo mano.
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