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estate agentproperty sellerRate it:

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fourth estateWhich governed legislation.Rate it:

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fourth estateJournalism or journalists considered as a group; the Press.Rate it:

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the fourth estatethe press; the profession of journalism.Rate it:

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third degreeIntensive rough interrogation in order to extract information or a confession.Rate it:

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third personA form of narrative writing using verbs in the third person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to another person.Rate it:

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third time's a charmOne is sure to succeed at a task or event on the third try.Rate it:

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Give Someone the Third DegreeA long period of inquiry or questioningRate it:

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third countryA country outside the European Union.Rate it:

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third handNot new, having more than one previous owner.Rate it:

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third personSomeone not associated with a particular matter; a third party.Rate it:

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third personthe form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement. In English, pronouns used with the third person include he, she, it, one, they, and who.Rate it:

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third personUsed other than as an idiom: see third, person.Rate it:

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third personThe words, word-forms, and grammatical structures, taken collectively, that are normally used of people or things other than the speaker or the audience.Rate it:

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third rateinferiorRate it:

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third stringOf a decidedly lower quality or condition.Rate it:

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third stringA unit of players that plays behind the first and second strings; a junior varsity team.Rate it:

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third time's the charmAlternative form of third time's a charm.Rate it:

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third wheelA person or thing that serves no useful purpose.Rate it:

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two dogs fight for a bone, but a third runs away with itWhen two sides contend, it's always the third party that benefits.Rate it:

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blood is thicker than waterFamily relations and loyalties are stronger than relationships with people who are not family members.1866, Anthony Trollope, The Belton Estate, ch. 30,Blood is thicker than water, is it not? If cousins are not friends, who can be?circa 1915, Lucy Fitch Perkins, The Scotch Twins, ch. 5,The old clans are scattered now, but blood is thicker than water still, and you're welcome to the fireside of your kinsman!Rate it:

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fall into the wrong handsTo become the possession of, or be discovered by, an unfriendly third party.Rate it:

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balls upThird-person singular simple present indicative form of ball up.Rate it:

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around the hornA difficult or precarious route that is less advisable than a simpler alternative; also, in baseball, throwing the ball from third base to second to firstRate it:

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blue moonThe third full moon in a quarter that contains four rather than the usual three full moons.Rate it:

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bawdy basketThe twenty-third rank of canters, who carry pins, tape, ballads, and obscene books to sell, but live mostly by stealing.Rate it:

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jouer la belleTo play the rubber (or third game, to see which of the players is the conqueror).Rate it:

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black babiesThird world charities, the missions.Rate it:

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clogs to clogs in three generations(UK) Wealth earned in one generation seldom lasts through the third (grandchildRate it:

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lionThe arms of the University of the West Indies are Barry wavy of six Argent and Azure an open Book proper bound Gules garnished Or on a Chief of the third a Lion passant guardant Erminois. Crest: A Pelican proper. . See talk page.Rate it:

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across the boardA racing bet where one bets that the same competitor will place in first, second and third.Rate it:

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apron string holdAn estate held by a man during his wife's life.Rate it:

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apron-string holdAn estate held by a man during his wife's life.Rate it:

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beats one's swords into ploughsharesThird-person singular simple present indicative form of beat one's swords into ploughsharesRate it:

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blue noteNotes added to the major scale for expressive quality in jazz and blues music, particularly the flatted third, fifth and seventh.Rate it:

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corroborata, firmata aetatehaving reached man's estate.Rate it:

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curb appealThe visual attractiveness which a house, commercial establishment, or other real estate property has when initially seen by a prospective buyer or other person standing in front of the property "at the curb".Rate it:

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get out while the getting's goodTo sell all or part of one's holdings in stocks, real estate, a business, etc. while conditions are good, particularly in anticipation of a drop in prices.Rate it:

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go upstairsTo request a decision by the third umpire (traditionally by making a sign of a TV set with the hands)Rate it:

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going at itthird-person singular simple present indicative form of go at itRate it:

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grandior factushaving reached man's estate.Rate it:

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hedge one's betsTo place bets with a third party in order to offset potential losses.Rate it:

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heres ex asse, ex dodrantesole heir; heir to three-quarters of the estate.Rate it:

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in feeOf an estate in land, inherited or owned by one who has the absolute right to dispose of the land as they desire, including the right to select an inheritor of the land.Rate it:

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iterum, tertium consulconsul for the second, third time.Rate it:

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joe jobAn act of e-mail spamming where the sender's identity and address are those of an innocent third party, intended either to tarnish that person's reputation or to flood that person's e-mail with bounces.Rate it:

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love triangleWhen two people are romantically pursuing the same third person, or when one person is pursuing someone who is pursuing someone else.Rate it:

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meae vitae rationes ab ineunte aetate susceptae (Imp. Pomp. 1. 1.)the principles which I have followed since I came to man's estate.Rate it:

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not invented hereInvented outside one's own company (referring to the knee-jerk dismissal of products, technologies, etc. that come from third parties).Rate it:

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on the gripping handfrom a third point of viewRate it:

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