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lost causeA cause, attempt, or effort that is hopeless or futile.Rate it:

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cause toujours tu m'intéressesSignifie que l'interlocuteur n'est pas intéressant et que l'on ne souhaite plus l'écouter.Rate it:

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il a pris fait et cause pour moiHe stood up for me; He took my part.Rate it:

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common causeUsed other than as an idiom: see common, cause.Rate it:

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accordez-vous si votre affaire est bonne, si votre cause est mauvaise, plaidez. [j. b. rousseau , épigrammes, ii. 19]If you’ve a good case, try and compromise; If you’ve a bad one, take it into court.Rate it:

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cause a stirTo cause controversy, or raise a disturbance.Rate it:

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cause toujoursCause toujours tu m’intéresses.Rate it:

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common causeShared purpose.Rate it:

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common causeAnacoenosis.Rate it:

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en connaissance de causeKnowingly.Rate it:

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il a eu gain de causeHe gained the day.Rate it:

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il parle en connaissance de causeHe knows what he is talking about.Rate it:

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j'ai toujours pris fait et cause pour vousI have always stood up for you, taken up the cudgels in your defence.Rate it:

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je ne veux pas y aller et pour causeI do not want to go there, and for a very good reason.Rate it:

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la cause est entendueL’affaire est prête à être jugée.Rate it:

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la cause est entendueLe débat est clos.Rate it:

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root causeAn initiating cause of a chain of events which leads to an outcome or effect of interest.Rate it:

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un avocat sans causeA briefless barrister.Rate it:

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vous êtes hors de causeYou are not concerned in the matter; This has nothing to do with you.Rate it:

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I lost my bagIndicates that the speaker has lost his or her backpack.Rate it:

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one who hesitates is lostA person who spends too much time contemplating what to do may miss a valuable but fleeting opportunity.Rate it:

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better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at allHaving experience of love, even if it ended, is better than having no experience of love.Love is worthwhile despite the pain involved in separation.Rate it:

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get lostTo be absent, to seem to be absent.Rate it:

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get lostTo lose one's way.Rate it:

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get lostUsed to tell somebody to go away or leave one alone.Rate it:

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he who hesitates is lostone who is not quick to act gets left behind.Rate it:

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I lost my backpackIndicates that the speaker has lost his or her backpack.Rate it:

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I lost my bagIndicates that the speaker has lost his or her handbag.Rate it:

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I lost my glassesIndicates that the speaker has lost his or her glasses.Rate it:

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I lost my handbagIndicates that the speaker has lost his or her handbag.Rate it:

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I lost my keysIndicates that the speaker has lost his or her keys.Rate it:

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I lost my walletIndicates that the speaker has lost his or her wallet.Rate it:

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I'm lostIndicates that the speaker is unable to find his or her way.Rate it:

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I've lost my keysIndicates that the speaker has lost his or her keys.Rate it:

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look as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpenceTo look annoyed or displeased.Rate it:

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lost errandA mission likely to fail.Rate it:

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lost footageA lack of information, a lack of memory relative to vital details in a particular event.Rate it:

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lost herto lose a femaleRate it:

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lost in the shuffle!'Lost in the shuffle' 0ccurs when the conversation, the discussion becomes so 'hot 'N heavy', so disjointed, so agitated that the original theme is 'lost in the SHUFFLE' !Rate it:

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lost in translationUnable to understand due to having been poorly translated.Rate it:

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lost soulA soul that is destined to go to hell; a person possessing such a soul.Rate it:

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lost soulOne who is forlorn, who lacks direction, purpose, or motivation in life.Rate it:

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lost twinStill birth of one of two twins leaving only 1 living twinRate it:

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no love lostDislike, animosity.Rate it:

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you lost meYou left me out in left field, You did not explain clearly. Your explanation was to me enigmatic, and requires another meeting of the minds.Rate it:

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a vicious circlea sequence of reciprocal cause and effect in which two or more elements intensify and aggravate each other, leading inexorably to a worsening of the situation.Rate it:

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act upTo misbehave; to cause trouble.Rate it:

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bite one's lipTo forcibly prevent oneself from speaking, especially in order to avoid saying something inappropriate or likely to cause a dispute.Rate it:

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buy timePurposefully cause a delay to something, in order to achieve something else.Rate it:

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buying timeTo purposely cause a delay to allow you to finish something.Rate it:

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