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il faut que je parle, c'est plus fort que moiI must speak, I cannot help it.Rate it:

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il faut savoir se bornerOne must place limits on one’s desires.Rate it:

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il faut se faire une raisonWe must be guided by reason; We must look at things from a reasonable point of view.Rate it:

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il faut se soumettre ou se démettreOne must knuckle under or clear out.Rate it:

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il faut tenir les gens en haleineOne must keep the ball rolling.Rate it:

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il le fautIt must be so.Rate it:

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il n'entend pas raillerie là-dessus1. You must not speak lightly of that before him. 2. He will not be trifled with on that point.Rate it:

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il n'est chance qui ne retourneThe luck must change.Rate it:

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il n'y a pas à balancerWe must not hesitate, but act.Rate it:

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il n'y a pas d'amitié qui tienneFriendship has nothing to do with the question; It must be done in spite of friendship.Rate it:

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il n'y a si bonne compagnie qui ne se quitteThe best of friends must part.Rate it:

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il n'y a si méchant pot qui ne trouve son couvercleEvery Jack must have his Jill.Rate it:

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il ne faut pas clocher devant les boiteuxOne must not remind people of their infirmities. Rate it:

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il ne faut pas confondre autour avec alentourOne must not mix up two things entirely different.Rate it:

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il ne faut pas courir deux lièvres à la foisYou must not have too many irons in the fire.Rate it:

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il ne faut pas dire vos affaires au tiers et au quartYou must not tell your business to all the world, to everybody.Rate it:

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il ne faut pas dire, fontaine, je ne boirai pas de ton eauOne must never be sure of not wanting some one (or, something).Rate it:

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il ne faut pas me la faire (pop.)You must not try that on with me.Rate it:

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il ne faut pas parler de corde dans la maison d'un penduWe must not make personal remarks; We must not allude to the skeleton in the cupboard. Rate it:

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il ne faut pas s'endormir sur le rôtiWe must keep our wits about us; We must not neglect our work; We must not be too slow over it; We must not rest on our laurels.Rate it:

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il ne faut pas y aller par quatre cheminsYou must not beat about the bush; You must go straight to the point; You must not mince matters; It’s no good shilly-shallying.Rate it:

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il ne faut prendre de son ami tout ce qu'on peutFriends are like fiddle-strings, they must not be screwed too tight.Rate it:

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in for a penny, in for a poundExpressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof; accepting that one must Rate it:

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in the canAt a late stage of completion, generally when the actual work is done and some finalizing process must be undertaken.Rate it:

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it is what it isThis circumstance is simply a fact and must be accepted or dealt with as it exists.Rate it:

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je me sauveI must be off.Rate it:

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je veux en avoir le cœur netI must clear that up.Rate it:

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jump ropeThe activity, game or exercise in which a person must jump, bounce or skip repeatedly while a length of rope is swung over and under, both ends held in the hands of the jumper, or alternately, held by two other participants. Often used for athletic training and among schoolchildren. Variations involve speed, chants, varied rope and jumper movement patterns, multiple jumpers and/or multiple ropes.Rate it:

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latch-key childA child who returns home from school to an empty house and therefore must unlock/unlatch the exterior door with a key, especially a child of working or absent parent(s).Rate it:

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latch-key childA child who returns home from school to an empty house and therefore must unlock/unlatch the exterior door with a key, especially a child of working or absent parent.Rate it:

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leave someone holding the babyTo abandon someone and put them in a position where they must take the responsibility or blame.Rate it:

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lefty loosey, righty tightyA mnemonic used to recall the direction a spanner must turn to either tighten or loosen a bolt.Rate it:

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les affaires sont les affairesBusiness is business; One must be serious at work.Rate it:

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les oreilles ont dû vous corner (tinter)Your ears must have burned.Rate it:

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lightning chessA form of chess in which each player must move much faster than normal. Time is controlled by a clock or a buzzer. If a player fails to make the time control he or she forfeits the game. Also known as speed chess.Rate it:

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make an example ofHe made an example of the drunken sailor with twenty lashes, to show that he must have a sober crew.Rate it:

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make one's bed and lie in itTo create a difficult situation whose unpleasant consequences one must now endure.Rate it:

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map out my dayList tasks, phone-calls, errands, must-do's, for the day.Rate it:

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money doesn't grow on treesYou must work in order to have money.Rate it:

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must have killed a ChinamanA jocular explanation for bad luck.Rate it:

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necessary evilAn unfavorable thing that must be done or accepted, especially because the available alternative courses of action or inaction would be worse.Rate it:

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no pain, no gainOne must be willing to endure some inconvenience or discomfort in order to achieve worthwhile goals.Rate it:

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no rest for the wicked(humorous) People who are wicked must work harder than normal people.Rate it:

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nobody's perfectUsed when someone's mistakes or flaws are acknowledged, to remind that everyone else makes mistakes and has flaws1995, New York Magazine Vol. 28, No. 5, 30 January 1995, The de-moralization of society (Book Review)Hypocrisy, particularly in sexual matters, is excused on the grounds that hey, nobody's perfect, and at least folks back then felt bad enough to lie.2000, Madonna, Nobody's PerfectI feel so sad. What I did wasn't right. I feel so bad and I must say to you: Sorry, but nobody's perfect. Nobody's perfect. What did you expect? I'm doing my bestRate it:

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on fait comme on peutWe must do the best we can; We have done the best we could.Rate it:

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one must fight the beast of brutality, to defend one’s stance on neutralityWhen war is thrust upon a nation by another belligerent nation, a neutral nation suffers a dilemma of the collective state conscience.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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ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny(biology, social sciences, art, philosophy) The physical, cultural, moral, or intellectual development of each individual passes through stages similar to the developmental stages of that individual's species, society, or civilization.1905, J. A. Harris, "The Importance of Investigations of Seedling Stages," Science, New Series, vol. 22, no. 554, p. 186:With reference to seedling stages the statement that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny must be made with great reserve.1961, M. E. Wolfgang, "Pioneers in Criminology: Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909)," The Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology, and Police Science, vol. 52, no. 4, p. 367:Haeckel maintained that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny, and this idea was incorporated by Lombroso into his parallelism between the criminal and the child.2002, B. S. Jackson, "Models in Legal History: The Case of Biblical Law," Journal of Law and Religion, vol. 18, no. 1, p. 11:For even if we accept that "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny," those responsible for the drafting of ancient legal documents were not children, and are hardly to be endowed with some form of infantile mentality.Rate it:

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opinio juris sive necessitatisThe principle of International Law where states believe or accept that a practice exists and must be followed because of a rule of Law requiring it, to the extent that it becomes part of the body of norms known as international Customary Law. See the Lotus CaseRate it:

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où la chèvre est attachée il faut qu'elle brouteOne must bow to circumstances; One must put up with the inconveniences of one’s position if one can get nothing better; One must not expect more from life than life can give; We must take things as we find them.Rate it:

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