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dance of the seven veilsThe incremental disclosure of tantalizing bits of information.Rate it:

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seven outin the game of craps, to roll a seven after having established the "point"Rate it:

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four score and seven years agoAs an opener, a sometimes sarcastic indicator to indicate a past event being mentioned is particularly important.Rate it:

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only the tip of the icebergTip of the iceberg speaks to the relative size of an Atlantic iceberg as the exposed tip above the seas' surface is only one eighth of the actual vertical size of the entire mass. Seven eighths of the ice is below the sea level.Rate it:

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Richard of York gave battle in vainA mnemonic phrase to help remember the order of the seven colours of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.Rate it:

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baker's half dozenSeven, a group of seven.Rate it:

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Buch mit sieben Siegelnseven sealsRate it:

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dance of the seven veilsA striptease performance.Rate it:

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four score and seven years ago87 years prior to today.Rate it:

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it's not what you know but who you knowFor success, and especially to obtain employment, one's knowledge and skills are less useful and less important than one's network of personal contacts.1951, G. P. Bush and L. H. Hattery, "Federal Recruitment of Junior Engineers," Science, vol. 114, no. 2966, p. 456:Eighty-four students referred to political influence as a disadvantage of federal employment with such remarks as: "There are too many political connections necessary . . . it's not what you know but who you knowRate it:

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mais où est donc ornicarA mnemonic phrase to help remember the seven coordinating conjunctions in French - mais, ou, et, donc, or, ni, car.Rate it:

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marcher à pas de géantTo put on one’s seven-league boots.Rate it:

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sieben Todsündenseven deadly sinsRate it:

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Solo, unus de septem (illis)Solon, one of the seven sages.Rate it:

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