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negotium ad aliquem deferreto entrust a matter to a person; to commission.Rate it:

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negotium alicui facessere (Fam. 3. 10. 1)to give a person trouble, inconvenience him.Rate it:

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neither heaven nor hellA person very unconfirmed undecided or uncertainRate it:

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nem mas, nem meio mas"absolutely not!", "but me no buts", as a response and means of interrupting another person who started a phrase with mas.Rate it:

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nice to almost meet youAn expression used upon first conversing with someone by phone, text, email, etc. when you can't say "Nice to meet you" because you haven't actually met in personAn expression used upon first conversing with someone by phone, text, email, etc. when you can't say "Nice to meet you" because you haven't actually met in person; a friendly and informal way of acknowledging that the encounter is not happening in person at the moment but might occur in the future. It is often used humorously or to convey a sense of anticipation.Rate it:

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nighthawkA person whose preference or custom is to remain awake and active during the night and the early morning hours.Rate it:

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nine day wonderSomething that generates interest for a limited time and is then abandoned.Rate it:

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no slave to fashionA person whose style of clothing and appearance are unconventional, informal, or slovenly; a person who takes little interest in how he or she is dressed.Rate it:

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no spring chickenSaid of a person who is no longer particularly young.Rate it:

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No Spring ChickenNo longer young, old person, over his young ageRate it:

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no-good assThe butt of a bad person, especially a bad boyfriend.Rate it:

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no-showAn absence; a person or group that does not show up or fails to make a scheduled appearance, especially at a hotel or at one's place of employment.Rate it:

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nomen alicuius deferre (apud praetorem) (Verr. 2. 38. 94)to accuse, denounce a person.Rate it:

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nomen alicuius grato animo prosequito think of a person with a grateful sense of his goodness.Rate it:

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not playing with a full deck(chiefly US, Canada) (of a person) Not acting completely sanely, or mildly mentally retarded or diminished.Rate it:

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notare aliquem ignominia (Cluent. 43. 119)to brand a person with infamy.Rate it:

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nulla pœna sine legeThe principle that a person shall receive no punishment unless he has committed an offence as explicitly defined in a law.Rate it:

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obscurare alicuius gloriam, laudem, famam (not obscurare aliquem)to render obscure, eclipse a person.Rate it:

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obviam alicui aliquem mittereto send to meet a person.Rate it:

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oculis privare aliquemto deprive a person of his eyes.Rate it:

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oculorum aciem alicui praestringere (also simply praestringere)to dazzle a person.Rate it:

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oculos operire (morienti)to close the eyes of a dying person.Rate it:

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odd duckAn unusual person, especially an individual with an idiosyncratic personality or peculiar behavioral characteristics.Rate it:

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odd fishAn unusual thing or eccentric person.Rate it:

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oddballAn eccentric person; goofy.Rate it:

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odium alicuius inflammareto kindle hatred in a person's heart; to fill some one with hatred (not implere, vid. sect. IX. 2, note gaudio...).Rate it:

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of that ilkUsed other than as an idiom. Of that kind; of the same kind of person or thing as the one just mentioned.Rate it:

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off with someone's headUsed to express a desire to kill the person in question.Rate it:

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offendere in aliquo (Mil. 36. 99)to have something to say against a person, to object to him.Rate it:

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offendere, nancisci aliquemto meet, come across a person; to meet casually.Rate it:

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offensionem habereto give offense to, to shock a person (used of things, vid. sect. V. 18).Rate it:

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oil trashAn uncultured, rowdy roughneck employed in the petroleum industry, especially a "white trash" person if used negatively.Rate it:

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old fartAn elderly person who holds views that are considered old-fashioned.Rate it:

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old fogeyOld person.Rate it:

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old handA person who is experienced at a certain activity.Rate it:

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old sodUsed other than as an idiom: see old, sod (person).Rate it:

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old womanA person (irrespective of age or sex) who is always complaining about his or her situation.Rate it:

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older adultAn old person.Rate it:

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omnibus artibus aliquem ludificari, eludereto fool a person thoroughly.Rate it:

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omnium rerum copia diffluereto be abandoned to a life of excess.Rate it:

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on a first-name basisHaving enough familiarity with another person to call them by their first name, as opposed to their surnameRate it:

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on the highstreetIn personRate it:

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on the shelfLaid aside, unused, abandonedRate it:

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one after the otherOne by one; singularly; not occurring all at the same time (of a person or thing).Rate it:

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one and the sameThe same person or thing. Used to emphasize the identity or equivalence of two things.Rate it:

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one eye lookin at a squirrel and the other eye lookin at a possum.Describing a person with eyes looking in different directions at once. Someone who’s walleyed or has wonky eyes.Rate it:

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one man's gain is another man's loss.Often a benefit to one person comes at a cost to another.Rate it:

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one should be so luckyIt is highly doubtful: indicating that something is not likely to happen to the person specified.Rate it:

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one's got to do what one's got to doA person must do what he or she feels obliged to do.Rate it:

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one's word is lawRequests or orders of (a person) should definitely be fulfilled.Rate it:

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