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litteris persequi (vid. sect. VIII. 2, note persequi...) aliquidto treat in writing.Rate it:

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look down onTo regard or treat as inferior.Rate it:

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Look Down Your Nose at SomeoneTo look down upon people, to treat people inferior or lowRate it:

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look on asTo treat someone in a particular role; to consider someone in a particular way.Rate it:

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look the partTo appear suitable for a particular kind of work, position or role.Rate it:

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lucubrare (Liv. 1. 57)to work by night, burn the midnight oil.Rate it:

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lump togetherTo put different items or groups together and treat them, or think of them as one single group.Rate it:

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magnum opusgreatest workRate it:

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make an honest pennyTo make an honest living through hard work.Rate it:

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make a mountain out of a molehillTo treat a problem as greater than it is; to blow something out of proportion; to exaggerate the importance of something trivial.Rate it:

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make it rainto bring prosperity or work to an enterprise by selling, inventing or other productive or successful activityRate it:

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make quick work ofTo accomplish a specified task easily and quickly.Rate it:

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make short work ofTo make a task quicker or easier.Rate it:

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make the world go aroundTo play an essential role in causing the things in life to work as they should; to underlie the fulfillment of the needs of human existence.Rate it:

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make yourself at homeA welcoming invitation to a guest to treat a place as if it were their home; a gesture to put someone at ease or make them feel more comfortable, especially in a new or unfamiliar placeRate it:

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male mereri de aliquoto deserve ill of a person; to treat badly.Rate it:

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man proposes, god disposesThings don't always work out as they were planned.Rate it:

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manos a la obraLet's get to work.Rate it:

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many hands make light workA large number of people co-operating can perform tasks easily.Rate it:

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mettre la main à la pâteTo put one’s shoulder to the wheel; To set to (a special piece of) work oneself.Rate it:

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mind your own businessMind your own business means that we should do our work we should not bother about any others work; pay attention to what you are doing and not to what I am doing.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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money gone to bedLots of money and not having to work.Rate it:

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mourir à la peine1. To die in harness. 2. To work oneself to death.Rate it:

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muck aboutTo do random unplanned work or spend time idly.Rate it:

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muddle alongTo live or work in an unplanned and unorganised way.Rate it:

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no guts, no glorySuccess will not be achieved without hard work and struggle.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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no rights reservedThe owner of a work, or other copyright holder, releases the work into public domain.Rate it:

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nose to the grindstoneHard at work.Rate it:

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nullum tempus a labore intermitterenot to leave off work for an instant.Rate it:

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nullum tempus intermittere, quin (also ab opere, or ad opus)to devote every spare moment to...; to work without intermission at a thing.Rate it:

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nut outTo find a solution for, to work out the finer details, especially in a group discussion.Rate it:

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off the chainFree from work or direct supervision. In reference to slave labor, where workers are chained, or to the figurative chain of workers of an assembly line.Rate it:

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omne studium in litteris collocare, ad litteras conferreto employ all one's energies on literary work.Rate it:

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on specShort form of "on speculation": Creating a work with the hope of selling it, as opposed to creating a work "on commission" for hire.Rate it:

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only fools and horses workPhilosophy of life that people who do not look for an easy way of earning a living are foolish.Rate it:

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oooAn abbreviation for Out of Office, a phrase often used in professional contexts to indicate that someone is unavailable for work.Rate it:

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opus facere (De Senect. 7. 24)to do work (especially agricultural).Rate it:

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opus omnibus numeris absolutuma master-piece of classical work.Rate it:

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opus redimere, conducereto undertake the contract for a work.Rate it:

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opus summo artificio factuma master-piece of classical work.Rate it:

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out of workUnemployed, or having nothing to do.Rate it:

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out to lunchAway eating lunch or for a midday break; especially, away from work or a job.Rate it:

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over the transomSaid of an unsolicited work submitted for publication.Rate it:

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ox is in the ditchThis is a big problem; there is unavoidable or demanding work ahead.Rate it:

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painting rocksPointless or futile work organised by the government, supposedly to increase employment but in fact merely disguising the unemployment level.Rate it:

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partner upTo form a partnership; to decide to work together in a duo.Rate it:

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pencil pusherOne who does routine office work; someone involved mainly in paperwork.Rate it:

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