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tiran más dos tetas que dos carretashaving breasts can get things done much quicker than by other meansRate it:

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le juge les a renvoyés dos à dosThe judge nonsuited them both.Rate it:

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John HancockOne's signature.Rate it:

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John Q. PublicA generic individual; some hypothetical average or ordinary citizen.Rate it:

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John DoeA fictitious name used in the legal documents for an unknown or anonymous male person.Rate it:

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John DoeAny unknown or anonymous male person.Rate it:

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John HenryOne's signature.Rate it:

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John ThomasThe penisRate it:

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Master John GoodfellowPenis.Rate it:

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tu m'étonnes, JohnTu m’étonnes.Rate it:

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who shot johnA long and involved explanation; a thing of which an explanation would be long and involved.Rate it:

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a dos manosCon entusiasmo e interés.Rate it:

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apretar con las dos manosActuar de manera sobresaliente.Rate it:

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arma de dos filosAmbigüedad.Rate it:

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arma de dos filosEn sentido figurado, acción que puede tener efectos contrarios a los esperados.Rate it:

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arma de dos filosArma blanca que posee filo en ambos lados de la hoja.Rate it:

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c'est assez, dit la baleine, je me cache à l'eau car j'ai le dos finPhrase destinée à retenir facilement le nom des cétacés car elle évoque phonétiquement cétacé dit la baleine, je me cachalot car j’ai le dauphin.Rate it:

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coûter la peau du dosto cost an arm and a leg: to cost too much, to be very expensiveRate it:

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dos cabezas piensan mejor que unatwo heads are better than oneRate it:

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dos cervezas, por favortwo beers pleaseRate it:

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dos d'ânespeed bump; sleeping policemanRate it:

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en dos d'âneSloping on both sides, sharp-ridged.Rate it:

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faire le gros dosto weather the storm, lie lowRate it:

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faire le gros dosto arch one's back.Rate it:

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il a bon dosHis back is broad enough to stand a good deal.Rate it:

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il fait le gros dosHe gives himself airs.Rate it:

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il ne se laisse pas manger la laine sur le dosHe is not the man to let himself be made a fool of; He will not allow people to take the food out of his mouth; He will not tamely submit to any imposition.Rate it:

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j'en ai plein le dos (pop.)I am sick and tired of it.Rate it:

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je me suis mis le juge à dosI have made an enemy of the judge.Rate it:

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la vida son dos díaslife is shortRate it:

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poil au dosLocution utilisée comme rime d’un mot se terminant par le son de la lettre o.Rate it:

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ser como el alcalde de Dos Hermanas, que derogó el Concilio de TrentoSe aplica a los que tratan de abusar de su autoridad sin preocuparse por las leyes.Rate it:

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tejado de dos vertientesTejado formado por dos superficies que se unen en el centro en ángulo agudo.Rate it:

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a la de tres, va la vencidaExpresión que indica que tras dos tentativas infructuosas, la tercera tendrá éxito.Rate it:

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a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go downAn otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.1999, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253335833, page 372,One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bitter," arduous path of upholding burdensome precepts and prohibitions, a tale can lighten the load, make the "medicine" easier "to swallow."2001, Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316736368, page 319,It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, ISBN 1564147045, page 11,If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.Rate it:

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rima consonanteCoincidencia exacta de acentos, vocales y consonantes en la terminación de dos versos, consecutivos o no, a partir de la última vocal acentuada.Rate it:

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throw dirt enough, and some will stickIf enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say Rate it:

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catch-as-catch-canA. 1681, John Fryer, Richard Chiswell, Robert Roberts, Robert White, A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters, Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672 and Finished 1681.Rate it:

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Jane DoeFemale equivalent of John Doe.Rate it:

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play old harryBlenkiron and I have been moving in the best circles as skilled American engineers who are going to play Old Harry with the British on the Tigris. — John Buchan, "Greenmantle", 1916..Rate it:

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'tis an ill wind that blows no goodSimilar to "every cloud has a silver lining" or "one man's gain is another's loss". This expression appeared in John Heywood's 1546 proverb collection and remains so well known that it is often shortened. (www.dictionary.com}Rate it:

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a la tercera, va la vencidaExpresión que indica que tras dos tentativas infructuosas, la tercera tendrá éxito.Rate it:

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a las tres, va la vencidaExpresión que indica que tras dos tentativas infructuosas, la tercera tendrá éxito.Rate it:

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a tres, va la vencidaExpresión que indica que tras dos tentativas infructuosas, la tercera tendrá éxito.Rate it:

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a tresbolilloSe dice de una de las formas de colocar elementos, de manera que estando repartidos en al menos dos filas paralelas, formen triángulos equiláteros entre ellos.Rate it:

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Aaron's beardA common name for several plants, which have tufts of stamens.[First attested in the late 19 century.]Cymbalaria muralis (ivy-leaved toadflax, Kenilworth ivy)Hypericum calycinum (great St. John's-wort, Jerusalem star)Saxifraga stolonifera (creeping saxifrage, strawberry geranium)Opuntia leucotricha (arborescent prickly pear, Aaron's beard cactus)Rate it:

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Aaron's beardHypericum calycinum (great St. John's-wort, Jerusalem star)Rate it:

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ábaco biquinarioÁbaco en el cual el marco está dividido en dos partes por una barra que separa cada hilo en segmentos de dos y cinco fichas.Rate it:

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aceleración relativaAceleración de un móvil respecto a dos sistemas de referencia diferentes, en donde un sistema de referencia tiene un movimiento relativo al otro, considerado en reposo.Rate it:

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alcohol etílicoCompuesto orgánico formado por un grupo hidroxilo u oxidrilo unido a una cadena hidrocarbonada no ramificada a su vez formada por dos átomos de carbono unidos a través de enlaces simples; generalmente usado como antiséptico en primeros auxilios o como solvente. Es el componente principal de las bebidas alcohólicas.Rate it:

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