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Locuciones verbales
Inglés		Español
close in on [sb/sth] vtr phrasal insep	(pursuit: get closer) (coloquial)	pisar los talones a loc verb
	Drive faster! The cops are closing in on us!
	¡Conduce más deprisa! ¡Los polis nos pisan los talones!
		dar alcance a loc verb
	¡Maneja más rápido, que la policía nos va dar a alcance!
		alcanzar a vtr + prep
		acercarse a v prnl + prep
	¡Conduce más deprisa, que la poli nos va a alcanzar!
close in on [sb/sth] vtr phrasal insep	figurative (make claustrophobic) (figurado)	venirse encima loc verb
	Inside the small room, he felt like the walls were closing in on him.
	Dentro de la pequeña habitación sentía que las paredes se le venían encima.
	(figurado)	asfixiar⇒ vtr
	Dentro del pequeño cuarto, sentía que las paredes le asfixiaban.

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Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
close the door on [sth] v expr	figurative (rule out, exclude) (figurado)	descartar⇒ vtr
	The politician's latest comments, unfortunately, closed the door on a peace agreement between the two countries.
	Los últimos comentarios del político, desgraciadamente, descartaron un acuerdo de paz entre los dos países.
	(figurado)	dejar afuera loc verb
	(figurado)	cerrar el paso loc verb
close the door on [sb] vtr	(on [sb]: shut door to exclude)	cerrarle la puerta en la cara a loc verb
		darle con la puerta en las narices a loc verb
keep a close watch on [sb/sth] v expr	(monitor [sth], [sb] attentively)	vigilar a vtr + prep
	Parents of teenagers have to keep a close watch on everything they do.

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