Llamar al celular/móvil de alguien accidentalmente y sin darse cuenta.

To pocket dial, to butt dial.

I pocket dialed her at 5:00 a.m.

Sorry, I pocket dialed  you.

In News:

"Authorities charged Scott Simon, 24, with first-degree murder after he "pocket dialed" 911 and was overheard telling someone he was going to follow a 33-year-old man home from a Waffle House in Broward County, Fla., and kill him"
Colorado springs Independent.

"But I think I’ve figured out what causes it. I’ve heard of people unintentionally “pocket dialing,” even “butt dialing,” a number. "
Colleton Today.

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Mujer que tiene una relación amorosa con un hombre mucho mucho menor que ella.

Cougar. (informal)

Cougar: older woman who has sexual relationships with younger men.
Cambridge Dictionary Online

On the Radio:

Hacer clic en reproductor para escuchar.




Rick Dees and the Weekly Top 40 December 2010.

Pagar tanto de inicial por algo.

Pay/put money down on something.


"We paid 10% down on the house and took out a mortgage for the rest."
Cambridge Dictionary of Business English.

I paid $ 10000 down on my new car.

On Radio Commercials:
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Tos Seca.

Hacking cough.

Hacking cough: a loud cough that sounds painful.
Cambridge Dictionary Online.  

In Modern Literature:

"He has a hacking cough from years of working in the mines"
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins  

In News:

"Once symptoms start appearing below the neck; chest congestion, hacking cough, bronchitis, upset stomach, etc."
Broadway World. 


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Paro Indefinido, Huelga Indefinida.

Open-ended strike.

Venezuelan public universities went on open-ended strike.

In News:

"Israel’s three airlines have launched an open-ended strike in protest against a proposal by the Tel Aviv regime that would allow European carriers to compete with Israeli carriers."
PreesTV 

"So we are preparing for an open-ended strike,” said union representative Heiner Reimann. 
PressTV

"Future Movement MP Mouin Merhebi called for an open-ended sit-in outside Tripoli's Justice Palace until Eid is brought in for interrogation over ..."
The Daily Star 

Nota: Sit-in es un tipo de huelga.

Sit-in: An occasion when a group of people go into a public building and refuse to leave or allow normal activities to continue there until a situation that they are complaining about is changed: Students staged a sit-in in the university offices as part of their protest campaign. 
Cambridge Dictionary Online. 

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Discusión ( de un proyecto de ley)

Reading.

The Housing Bill was given its second reading in Parliament today.
Cambridge Dictionary Online.

The bill was approved on second reading.

In News:

"Introducing the bill for its second reading, Justice Minister Christiane Taubira decried "spouters of hatred" who had violently opposed it."
France 24.

"On Monday, the Texas House of Representatives approved more than a dozen gun-related bills on third reading."
KVUE

"In its second and final reading, a majority of lawmakers approved the bill."
Globalpost.


Lecture d'un porject de Loi en anglais en français.

Proyecto de Ley.

Bill.

"When a bill is passed in Parliament it becomes law."
Cambridge Dictionary Online. 


In News:

"As a bill legalising same-sex marriage and adoption went to France’s National Assembly for a final vote on Wednesday, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault called for calm after thousands of people protested against the legislation in Paris."
France 24.
 
"The French Senate on Friday approved a bill to allow same-sex couples to wed and adopt children."
New York Times. 

"You may feel that that kind of Bill would be thrown out."
Pinknews.co.uk 

Repícame/tímbrame cuando llegues/para guardar tu número/para despertarme.

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Give me a missed call when you arrive, to save your number, to wake me up.

Give me a missed call when you get on the bus.

On Websites:

"In many countries, it is also a common way of acquiring somebody's number without typing it in manually into your own handset. Person B simply saves the number that the 'missed call' came from. 'Give me a missed call' is a common expression."

Wikipedia.

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Impugnar una resultados de una elección.

To contest election results.

Henrique Capriles formally contested April 11th election results today. 

In News:

"Venezuelan opposition candidate Henrique Capriles says his campaign will formally contest the official results of the presidential elections in a Supreme Court filing."

The Voice of America. 

Cuaderno de votación.

Register of electors.

Capriles said that registers of electors will also be audited.


In Legal Documents:

"Polling agents will wish to note on their own copy of the register of electors who has voted, but they cannot take this marked copy of the register out of the polling station until after the

close of poll."

Handbook for polling station staff Supporting a UK Parliamentary election.