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les officiers étaient en bourgeois (or, en civil)The officers were in plain clothes, in mufti.Rate it:

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civil tongueA polite manner of speaking.Rate it:

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estado civilSituación en la que se encuentra una persona física según sus circunstancias y la legislación.Rate it:

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keep a civil tongue in one's headTo maintain a polite manner of speaking.Rate it:

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birthday suitNakedness; a lack of clothing.Rate it:

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follow suitTo play a card of the same suit as the previous or leading card.Rate it:

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follow suitTo follow an example; to imitate.Rate it:

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penguin suitA tuxedo.Rate it:

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romper suitbaby's outfitRate it:

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suit down to the groundTo suit perfectly.Rate it:

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suit upTo clothe, to put clothes on.Rate it:

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suit upTo don a suit, such as a spacesuit or a formal suit.Rate it:

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suit yourselfDo whatever you want to do.Rate it:

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a carpet-baggerA candidate for election who has no roots or interest in the constituency he wishes to represent. The original meaning was a Unionist financier or adventurer who exploited the cheap labour in the American South after the Civil War. The carpet bags carried by these adventurers were made of carpet material.Rate it:

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hell in a hand basketto go to one's doom, to deteriorate quickly, to proceed on a course to disaster. The phrase go to hell in a handbasket is an American phrase which came into general use during the American Civil War, though its popularity has spread into other countries.Rate it:

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too rich for one's bloodToo expensive or fancy to suit one's taste or preferences.Rate it:

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gear toTo design or adapt so as to suit.Rate it:

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ab ineunte (prima) aetate (De Or. 1. 21. 97)from one's entry into civil life.Rate it:

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ace of spadesThe playing card belonging to the spades suit and featuring one pip.Rate it:

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actio, petitioa private, civil prosecution.Rate it:

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bellum intestinum, domesticum (opp. bellum externum)a civil war.Rate it:

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buddy upTo form small teams, especially pairs, often to reduce the likelihood of an individual suffering harm without being noticed or to suit the nature of a task to be accomplished.Rate it:

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burn everything russian except the sources of their energy, coal, natural gas and oil.From an early form of boycott and civil resistance in Ireland with implied relevance in today's world.Rate it:

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causa privataa civil case.Rate it:

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cela fera parfaitement l'affaireThat will do capitally; That will suit down to the ground.Rate it:

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estar al loro"Estar al loro" es una expresión acuñada en la Guerra Civil Española. Los soldados aliados italianos, decían "Sono loro", en italiano, son ellos, cuando veían un avión del bando Republicano y así es como aparentemente se acuñó esta expresión.Rate it:

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hidrología fluvialEstudio de los cursos de agua en su ambiente natural con el fin de llevar a cabo obras de construcción civil.Rate it:

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Hora Universal CoordinadaUTC por sus siglas en Inglés es un estándar para la hora basada en un reloj atómico de alta precisión que de forma aproximada sigue la Hora Universal. Es la base para la hora civil en todo el planeta. Las zonas horarias al rededor del mundo son expresadas como adiciones o substracciones del UTC. En este papel también se le conoce como el termino "Hora media de Greenwich".Rate it:

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letters after one's nameA list of abbreviations, separated by commas, representing the academic qualifications and civil or military honours achieved by a person.Rate it:

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magistratus et imperia (Sall. Iug. 3. 1)civil and military offices.Rate it:

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non prosequiturA judgement entered against the plaintiff in a suit where he/she fails to appear to prosecute.Rate it:

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passez-moi l'expressionS’emploie afin d’atténuer le caractère potentiellement choquant de l’expression qui suit.Rate it:

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pendente litepending a legal suit in courtRate it:

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poder temporalPoder civil, el gobierno de un país en manos de civiles, en oposición al gobierno de la iglesia, que posee el poder espiritual.Rate it:

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see the elephantTo witness something unexpected and awe-filling. [early 19th c. to Civil War]Rate it:

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tiempo universal coordinadoUTC, por sus siglas en inglés, es un estándar para la hora, basada en un reloj atómico de alta precisión que de forma aproximada sigue la hora universal. Es la base para la hora civil en todo el planeta. Las zonas horarias alrededor del mundo son expresadas como adiciones o substracciones del UTC. En este papel también se le conoce como hora media de Greenwich.Rate it:

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