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c'est une autre paire de manchesThat is quite another thing; That is a horse of another colour, another pair of shoes.Rate it:

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ça marcheOK, all right, sure, sure thing, that's fine, that works for meRate it:

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call (someone) out (on something)to challenge or expose someone that has done or is doing the wrong thing or to say something they said or did isn't right or trueRate it:

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candle in the windA fragile or vulnerable thing, likely to be put in jeopardy.Rate it:

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cat and mouseA relationship in which two parties closely monitor and challenge one another in a suspicious or self-protective manner, often because each party is attempting to gain an advantage over the other.Rate it:

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cat and mouse gameTwo individuals and/or groups repeatedly keeping check on each other in a suspicious or self-protective way, often with the goal of one or both parties trying to gain a malicious advantage over the other.Rate it:

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caught between the devil and the deep blue seaHaving a choice between two alternatives, both undesirable.Rate it:

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ce que c'est que la vie!What a strange thing life is! What poor mortals we are! Rate it:

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ce que vous proposez est bel et bon, mais je n'en ferai rienWhat you propose is all very fine, but I shall do no such thing.Rate it:

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cela laisse à désirerThere is room for improvement; It is not quite the thing.Rate it:

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cela ne se fait pasThat is not proper; That is not the correct thing.Rate it:

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cela revient au mêmeThat is just the same thing.Rate it:

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cette place est votre faitThat situation is just the thing for you.Rate it:

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chance would be a fine thingAlternative form of chance'd be a fine thingRate it:

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chance'd be a fine thingGiven to indicate that an aforementioned thing would be desirable but unlikely. Comparable to if I should be so lucky.Rate it:

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change horses in midstreamTo change plans or approaches at an inopportune time, such as when an effort is already underway, generally considered an inadvisable thing to do.Rate it:

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chou pour chouTaking one thing with another.Rate it:

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clean upTo make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy.Rate it:

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close enough for government workIt is not worth investing additional time on perfecting this thing.Rate it:

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closed bookA person or thing that cannot be easily understood; someone or something incomprehensible or puzzling.Rate it:

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cohaerere, coniunctum esse cum aliqua reto be closely connected with a thing.Rate it:

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come firstTo be the most important thing to consider.Rate it:

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committere aliquid alicui or alicuius fideito entrust a thing to a person's good faith.Rate it:

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common lawOne of two legal systems in England and in the United States before 1938 (the other being equity).Rate it:

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companyA military unit, typically consisting of two or three platoons.Rate it:

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comprehensam quandam animo speciem (alicuius rei) habereto have formed an ideal notion of a thing.Rate it:

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concludere, colligere, efficere, cogere ex aliqua reto draw a conclusion from a thing.Rate it:

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coniecturam alicuius rei facere or capere ex aliqua reto infer by comparison, judge one thing by another.Rate it:

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conqueri, expostulare cum aliquo de aliqua reto expostulate with a person about a thing.Rate it:

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considerare in, cum animo, secum aliquidto think over, consider a thing.Rate it:

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consist inTo have the thing mentioned as the only or most important part.Rate it:

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consistere in aliqua reto depend upon a thing.Rate it:

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contineri aliqua reto depend upon a thing.Rate it:

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cook offTo pull the pin from a grenade and wait two or three seconds before throwing.Rate it:

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correlation does not imply causation(statistics) The observed correlation between two parameters, say, the growth of a market and the growth of a neighbor's child may, in fact, have nothing to do with each other's causation.Rate it:

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cosy up toTo form a relationship with some one or some thing for the purpose of obtaining some benefit.Rate it:

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crash diveA rapid descent by a person or thing ending in a violent collision.Rate it:

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cross pathsTo be, by chance, in the same physical place at the same time, as a result of two completely separate journeys.Rate it:

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cross swordsUsed other than as an idiom: see cross, sword., to place or hold two swords so they cross each other.Rate it:

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cry out forTo say that a situation needs a thing, or a solution urgently.Rate it:

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CUThe ISO 3166-1 two-letter code for Cuba.Rate it:

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culpam alicuius rei sustinereto bear the blame of a thing.Rate it:

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cupiditate alicuius rei accensum, inflammatum esseto be fired with desire of a thing.Rate it:

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cupiditate alicuius rei ardere, flagrareto have an ardent longing for a thing.Rate it:

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curae habere aliquidto have laid something to heart; to take an interest in a thing.Rate it:

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curate's eggA thing which has good and bad parts.Rate it:

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curtain-raiserA prelude or introduction to an activity or thing.Rate it:

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damn by associationDiscredit or condemn a position, person, or thing by attacking those things with which he/she/it is associated.Rate it:

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dare, concedere aliquidto grant, admit a thing.Rate it:

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de fil en aiguilleBit by bit; One thing leading to another.Rate it:

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