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absence makes the heart grow fonderWhen someone or something is faraway, you realise how much you love (or miss) them or it.Rate it:

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accident waiting to happenA thing or situation which is almost certain to eventually lead to an accident.Rate it:

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accordez mieux vos flûtes, si vous voulez réussirYou must agree better among yourselves if you wish to succeed.Rate it:

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accordez-vous si votre affaire est bonne, si votre cause est mauvaise, plaidez. [j. b. rousseau , épigrammes, ii. 19]If you’ve a good case, try and compromise; If you’ve a bad one, take it into court.Rate it:

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according to CockerDone properly, correctly and reliably; in accordance with proper procedure and established rules.Rate it:

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account forTo explain by relating circumstances; to show that some one, thing or members of a group are present or have been processed.Rate it:

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ache forTo desire, or want something, or someone, very much.Rate it:

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acting funnyActing 'funny' means that a person is behaving differently towards you or a group of people.Rate it:

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ad artem, ad rationem revocare aliquid (De Or. 2. 11. 44)to reduce a thing to its theoretical principles; to apply theory to a thing.Rate it:

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ad calculos vocare aliquid (Amic. 16. 58)to go through accounts, make a valuation of a thing.Rate it:

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ad exitum aliquid perducereto finish, complete, fulfil, accomplish a thing.Rate it:

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ad felicitatem (magnus) cumulus accedit ex aliqua rehis crowning happiness is produced by a thing; the culminating point of his felicity is...Rate it:

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ad finem aliquid adducereto finish, complete, fulfil, accomplish a thing.Rate it:

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ad rei publicae rationes aliquid referreto consider a thing from a political point of view.Rate it:

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adhocdone if necessaryRate it:

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adhuc tua messis in herba est (proverb.)your crop is still green, i.e. you are still far from your ambition.Rate it:

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adieu paniers, vendanges sont faitesYou come too late, it is all over.Rate it:

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admire toTo want to do; to be enthusiastic about doing.Rate it:

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adumbrare aliquid (Or. 14. 43)to roughly sketch a thing.Rate it:

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adversante et repugnante natura or invitā Minervā (ut aiunt) aliquid facere (Off. 1. 31. 110)to do a thing which is not one's vocation, which goes against the grain.Rate it:

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aegre, graviter, moleste, indigne ferre aliquidto be discontented, vexed at a thing; to chafe.Rate it:

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aequo (aequissimo) animo ferre aliquidto endure a thing with (the greatest) sang-froid.Rate it:

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after all is said and doneAlternative form of when all is said and doneRate it:

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after youA gesture, usually polite, urging another person to take a turn at something ahead of the speaker.Rate it:

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after you, AlphonseAn exchange indicating excessive formality or effort at politeness, particularly where two people each refuse to go forward because each insists on allowing the other to go forward first.Rate it:

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aggredi ad aliquid faciendumto prepare to do a thing.Rate it:

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agitare (in) mente or (in) animo aliquidto think over, consider a thing.Rate it:

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ah! vous m'en direz tant!1. Well, that alters the case! 2. Ah! now I understand, why did you not say so at first? 3. There’s no going against such a reason as that.Rate it:

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ahead of the curveAbove average; generally performing well.Rate it:

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aí estáthere you have itRate it:

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ain tu?do you think so? are you in earnest?Rate it:

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Air Your Dirty Laundry in PublicTo discuss your personal matters and conflicts publicly specifically when you argue with someone .Rate it:

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airmailTo throw the ball well over a fielder's head where that fielder is unable to make a play on the ball.Rate it:

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AITYDInitialism of and I think you do.Rate it:

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al fin y al cabowhen all is said and doneRate it:

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albatross around one's neckSomething that one is associated with that keeps one from succeeding in what they want to achieve.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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alicui expensum ferre aliquidto put a thing down to a man's account.Rate it:

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alicui periculum creare, conflareto endanger, imperil a person or thing.Rate it:

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alicuius animum ab aliqua re abducereto draw away some one's attention from a thing.Rate it:

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aliqua re moveri, commoverito be moved by a thing.Rate it:

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aliquem (aliquid) exempli causa ponere, proferre, nominare, commemorareto cite a person or a thing as an example.Rate it:

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aliquem in oblivionem alicuius rei adducere (pass. in oblivionem venire)to make a person forget a thing.Rate it:

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aliquem, aliquid in periculum (discrimen) adducere, vocareto endanger, imperil a person or thing.Rate it:

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aliquid (τι) dicis (opp. nihil dicis)there is something in what you say; you are more or less right.Rate it:

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aliquid ad meum fructum redundatI am benefited by a thing.Rate it:

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aliquid ad ridiculum convertereto make a joke of a thing.Rate it:

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aliquid alienum (a) dignitate sua or merely a se ducereto consider a thing beneath one's dignity.Rate it:

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aliquid animo mentique penitus mandare (Catil. 1. 11. 27)to impress a thing on one's memory, mind.Rate it:

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aliquid compertum habereto know a thing for certain.Rate it:

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