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Grammar notes

• uña y carne

  To be nail and flesh

  Juan y yo somos uña y carne.

  Juan and I are nail and flesh.

  This expression means we are inseparable. We are very close each other, really good friends.
• no caigo

  I don't get it

  No caigo en quién es esa persona de la que hablas.

  I don't get who's this person you're talking about.

   CAER EN + ALGO, means to understand something or to remember something.
• hará unas dos semanas

  There will be a couple of weeks

  Hará unas dos semanas que trabaja aquí.

  There will be a couple of weeks, he works here.

  HARÁ, futuro verbo HACER. There's a use of future which is to use future with a sense of present tense, meaning probability. When we are not sure of something in the present, we use the future. Examples: ¿Qué hora es? No sé, serán las dos.  ¿Dónde está Juan? Estará en clase.
• me he vuelto a enamorar

  I felt in love again

  Me he vuelto a enamorar de un chico de mi oficina.

  I felt in love again with a boy from my office.

  VOLVER A + INFINITIVE. This is a periphrasis, which means to do something one more time. Example: He vuelto a estudiar español.
• me estás dejando a cuadros

  You're stunning me

  Me estás dejando a cuadros.

  You're stunning me.

  DEJAR A CUADROS (a alguien) is a expression which means you are surprising so much someone that it is difficult for this person to react.