undeserved favour

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to apple polish
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lambonear
To apple-polish is to ingratiate (engraciar) yourself or curry favor with someone, but usually through flattery (adulación) or extra efforts beyond what’s required or expected. Brown-nose, Ingratiate, Flatter, Butter up, Suck up to, Curry favor, Kowtow
Don’t apple-polish me; it’ll do you no good (no te servira de nada), Her constant compliments and apple-polishing are annoying
backstabbing
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apuñalar por la espalda
noun and adj
I hate my job and back-stabbing colleagues but worry I won't be able to find a new one"
sycophant
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adulador
/ˈsɪkofant/
because he is high-ranking, he's surrounded by sycophants
wickedness
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maldad, perversidad
fool
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tonto
you are a fool (ful)
hunch
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corazonada
stink
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hedor
passageway
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el corredor
a matter of life and death
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una cuestión de vida y muerte
ash
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ceniza
today I’m ash
I am sane
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estoy cuerdo
betray
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traicionar
Spare me the details
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Ahórrame los detalles
I would relish this opportunity
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Me encantaría esta oportunidad
temporary reprieve
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respiro temporal
a formal inquiry
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una investigación formal
hairdresser
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el peluquero
it grows legs
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le crecen piernas
Something that's likely to be stolen.
jews are odd
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los judíos son raros
loaf of bread
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la barra de pan
baiting me
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provocándome
sun up
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amanecer
double crossed
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traicionado
time to be done
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ha llegado a su fin

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