Entrenamiento adelantado (entrenamiento de soldados a métodos de guerra específicos de sus unidades)

set in train Idioma

catch a plane/bus/train

go to the airport and get on the plane After the meeting, you can catch the plane to Toronto.

crack under the strain

become irrational or hysterical due to strain, around the bend Mother was a strong person. She never cracked under the strain of raising ten children.

gravy train

a job or work that pays more than it is worth For many years his job was a real gravy train but now the company has become very strict and will not pay overtime.

lose my train of thought

forget my order of thoughts or words Don't interrupt me because I may lose my train of thought.

train of thought

(See lose my train of thought)

L-train

1. the late train;"I'm on the L train going insane" -- The Roots (Silent treatment)
2. elevated trains in Chicago or NYC

trainspotter

generally a usually intelligent but particularly anally retentive person; the person may be obsessed with trivia or an interest such as trainspotting, stamp collecting etc. Originates from the much ridiculed hobby of trainspotting. Compare with "anorak" and "nerd"

restrain…from

hold back；keep under control；prevent from doing sth．克制；抑制；阻止于某事
The dog was restrained from attacking the man．那狗被挡住，不让它咬人。
We had difficulty in restraining the children from rushing into the hall．我们很难不让孩子们冲进礼堂来。

strain after

strive laboriously for竭力追求；拼命争取
The workers are straining after quality as well as quantity．工人们力求保质保量。
There is no straining after effects in this writer's work．在这个作家的作品里，没有追求表面效果的痕迹。

ride the gravy train

Idiom(s): ride the gravy train

Theme: SUCCESS

to live in luxury. (Informal.)
• If I had a million dollars, I sure could ride the gravy train.
• I wouldn't like loafing. I don't want to ride the gravy train.

set in train

To alpha (a arrangement of events); to set in motion. Making this advertisement will set in alternation a alternation of accomplishments that we will not be able to stop, so amuse accede it carefully.Learn more: set, train

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right side up right on time right down one's alley right and left riding for a fall ride the gravy train ride sth out ride roughshod over ride on one's coattails ride off in all directions rev sth up return the favor