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"before kicking the ball into the goal, think like a goalkeeper."GoalkeeperRate it:

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"we're peanut butter and jelly"by Curtis Lassiter to describe his extraordinarily unbreakable bond with daughter Renowned Global Activist Greshun De Bouse, and to describe how neither of them is good or as good without the other-like peanut butter and jelly #curtislassiter #activistdebouseRate it:

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...and that's the way it isThe phrase "...and that's the way it is" is used to repeat Walter Kronkite's quote and/or to signify the conclusion of something like a piece of new news or that elude to the fact that what was just said is true or an account of something that really did happen; a way of putting a stamp of approval on what was just stated; same as "and there you have it folks"Rate it:

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a bird of passageSomeone who never stays long in one place; a wanderer, like a swallow which migrates according to season.Rate it:

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à bon entendeur salutAvertissement plus ou moins voilé ou menaçant : que celui qui entend bien ce que je dis en fasse son profit, qu’il fasse attention.Rate it:

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à chacun son compteTo give every one his due.Rate it:

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à chacun son dûGive the devil his due; Every man is worth his hire.Rate it:

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à chacun son goûtto each his ownRate it:

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à chacun son goûtTastes differ.Rate it:

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à chacun son métier et les vaches seront bien gardées (florian , fables, i. 12)Let the cobbler stick to his last.Rate it:

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à chacun son tourEvery dog has his day; Now it is my turn.Rate it:

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a contralechoEjemplo: Corte. Esta operación se efectúa en los talleres a donde son transportados los bloques obtenidos. Allí se procede a sacar placas de diferente grosor, ya sea a lecho, ya a contralecho, lo que permite multiplicar los efectos decorativos.Rate it:

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a cut dog ain't got no pups.It goes without saying that a fixed dog can't father any puppies.Rate it:

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a horny handed son of the soilA hard working gardener or a farmercalRate it:

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à l'abordageLocution utilisée par le capitaine pour donner le départ d’un abordage à son équipage.Rate it:

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à la bonne heure!Well done!; That’s right!; Capital!; That is something like!Rate it:

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à méchant ouvrier, point de bon outilCelui qui fait mal son affaire trouve toujours une excuse ou un prétexte.Rate it:

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à père avare, enfant prodigueA miserly father has a spendthrift son.Rate it:

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à qui mal veut, mal arriveHarm watch, harm catch; Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.Rate it:

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a seat of learningA retreat for scholars where learning is an end in itself, like the universities.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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à toi l'honneurou Locution qui se dit pour inviter son adversaire à tirer ou à jouer le premier.Rate it:

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à tout oiseau son nid est beauHome is home, be it ever so homely. Rate it:

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à tout seigneur tout honneurChacun doit recevoir ce qui lui est dû selon son rang, sa dignité, ses mérites, ses actions, etc.Rate it:

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a votéFormule prononcée après qu’un électeur a inséré son bulletin de vote dans l’urne. Le contrôleur des émargements annonce alors à voix haute « A voté ».Rate it:

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à vous l'honneurou Locution qui se dit pour inviter son adversaire à tirer ou à jouer le premier.Rate it:

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aceite de erigeronAceite volátil, cuyos componentes son el ácido gálico y el ácido tánico, el cual se destila de la zamarraga canadiense y de la hierba de caballo.Rate it:

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act like a bull in a china shopTo act rudely or clumsily in a delicate situation.Rate it:

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activo financieroTítulos que las instituciones generan para representar el capital del cual están constituidos. Son activos financieros las acciones, cuentas remuneradas, instrumentos de deuda, fondos comunes de inversión, derechos, títulos de valores de naturaleza mobiliaria, depósitos bancarios, valores mobiliarios, participaciones en fondos de inversión, contrato a futuro, opciones, swaps, etc.Rate it:

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activo intangibleEl activo intangible son aquellos bienes con los que una empresa posee como ejemplo los gastos de constitución, de instalación, marcas, patentes y todo lo relacionado a los pagos por anticipados que la empresa pueda realizar.Rate it:

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aditivo químicoSon elementos químicos que modifican características de los metales y de los plásticos.Rate it:

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adopt outTo send a son or daughter away to live in another country..Rate it:

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aguará guazú. Mamífero omnívoro de la familia de los cánidos, que habita en el norte de Argentina y zonas limítrofes de Paraguay y Brasil. Tiene el aspecto de un zorro rojo, con extremidades y parte del lomo negro. Ha sido objeto de persecusión y sus poblaciones son escasas y dispersas.Rate it:

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aguas negrasSon aquellas aguas procedentes de actividades domésticas, comerciales, industriales y agropecuarias que presentan características físicas, químicas o biológicas dañinas a la salud humana animal o al ecosistema.Rate it:

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ah! le bon billet qu'a la châtrePromises are like pie-crust, made to be broken.Rate it:

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aimer biento likeRate it:

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aimer la besogne faiteTo hate work; To like to get work over.Rate it:

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aimer quelqu'un comme la prunelle de ses yeuxTo love somebody like the apple of one’s eye.Rate it:

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alacrán cebolleroEspecie de insecto ortóptero de la familia Gryllotalpidae, de cuerpo color marrón terroso, alas plegadas en abanico y patas delanteras grandes y adecuadas para cavar. Los machos miden aproximadamente 35 a 41 mm y las hembras de 40 a 46 mm. Es nativo de Europa, oeste de Asia y Norte de África e introducido en América. Son muy agresivos.Rate it:

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Albatross Around Your NeckA person or a thing you feel like a burden and you always want to avoid and get rid of, something bad you did and want to avoid discussing or someone else recall it againRate it:

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alelo dominantese refiere al alelo que se manifiesta en un fenotipo, tanto si se encuentra en dosis doble, habiendo recibido una copia de cada padre como en dosis simple, en la cual uno solo de los padres aportó el alelo dominante en su gameta.Los genes dominantes, son los que más predominan, como los ojos de color café en vez de los verdes o azules.Rate it:

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all hat, no cattleDresses like a cowboy, but isn't really a cowboy; a "drugstore cowboy"Rate it:

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all over the place like a mad woman's custardMoving about randomly.Rate it:

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all piss and wind like a barber catAll talk and noise with no actionRate it:

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all the rageVery fashionable and popular, like a craze.Rate it:

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all-out brawlA brutal fight without honor, often referring to spontaneous conflicts that erupt in a public place like a bar.Rate it:

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aller comme un chat maigreTo run like a lamplighter. Rate it:

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aller son petit bonhomme de cheminTo jog along quietly.Rate it:

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always be yourselfdon´t change the way you are. be you, be special. don´t be like othersRate it:

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