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fail overTo automatically switch processing from a failed component in a critical system to its live spare or backup component.Rate it:

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faire acte de présenceTo put in an appearance.Rate it:

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faire avaler des couleuvres à quelqu'unTo say very humiliating things to a man who, on account of his inferior position, is obliged to put up with them; To make any one swallow a bitter pill.Rate it:

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faire bonne mine à mauvais jeuTo put a good face on misfortune; To make the best of a bad job.Rate it:

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faire l'entenduTo put on a knowing look.Rate it:

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faire la bouche en cœurTo try and look amiable; To put on a captivating look; To purse up one’s lips.Rate it:

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faire le bon apôtreTo put on a saintly look; To pretend to be holy.Rate it:

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faire le pot (or, panier) à deux ansesTo put one’s arms akimbo.Rate it:

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faire une gaffeTo put one’s foot in it; To make a stupid blunder.Rate it:

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fall apartTo break into pieces through being in a dilapidated state.Rate it:

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fall from graceTo lose God's favour through sins or wrongdoings.Rate it:

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fall throughTo be unsuccessful, abort, come to nothing/naught; to be cancelled; not to proceed.Rate it:

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fall through the cracksTo be missed; to escape the necessary notice or attention.Rate it:

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Famous Last WordsAn ironic response to an absurd statement one makes when he or she is not sure of its resultRate it:

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Feast or FamineEither you have too much of something or too little of it, something which is surplus sometimes and sometimes you have its shortageRate it:

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fendre la presseTo make one’s way through the crowd.Rate it:

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ferret aroundTo search for something by sorting through materials or by speaking to contacts and following leads.Rate it:

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ferro viam facere (per confertos hostes)to cut one's way (through the enemies' ranks).Rate it:

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fiduciam in aliquo ponere, collocareto put confidence in some one.Rate it:

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finish withTo put aside, break all relations with, or reject finally.Rate it:

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firm upTo make muscles more toned through physical exercise.Rate it:

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fit togetherTo put the appropriate parts of into a whole; to combine pieces that go together to create a finished object.Rate it:

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flick throughTo browse rapidly.Rate it:

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flogging the landDamaging agricultural land through excessive grazing or clearing.Rate it:

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flower of the flockSomething exceedingly good or the best of its type.Rate it:

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flumen extra ripas diffluitthe river is over its banks, is in flood.Rate it:

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flumen super ripas effunditurthe river is over its banks, is in flood.Rate it:

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flutter in the dovecoteI further argued that the principal cause for the political deadlock that persisted for thirty years after the guns fell silent was Israeli intransigence rather than Arab intransigence. The appearance of the first wave of revisionist studies excited a great deal of interest and controversy in the media and more than a flutter in the academic dovecote. — Israel Confronts Its Past.Rate it:

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fly like a rockto travel through the air with little or no benefit from aerodynamic liftRate it:

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fob offto put off by evasionRate it:

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fold awayTo put away by folding; to collapse something into a space where it can be stored while not in use.Rate it:

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follow throughTo finish; to complete, especially, of a commitment.Rate it:

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fools rush in where angels fear to treadA person who does not plan ahead and think matters through becomes involved in risky or unfavorable situations which prudent people avoid.Rate it:

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foot votingExpressing one's preferences through one's actions, by voluntarily participating in or withdrawing from an activity, group, or process; especially, physical migration to leave a situation one does not like, or to move to a situation one regards as more beneficial.Rate it:

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fortunam ex manibus dimittereto let success slip through one's fingers.Rate it:

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fourth wallThe imaginary invisible wall at the front of the stage in a proscenium theatre, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play.Rate it:

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fugam facere (Sall. Iug. 53)(1) to put to flight, (2) to take to flight.Rate it:

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fugare hostemto put the enemy to flight.Rate it:

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full circleThrough a rotation or revolution that ends at the starting point.Rate it:

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full circleThrough a cycle of transition, returning to where one started after gaining experience or exploring other things.Rate it:

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full-fledgedHaving all its feathers; able to fly.Rate it:

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galeam induereto put on one's helmet.Rate it:

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game outTo run through scenarios to determine what will happen given certain decisions; to play out possibilities; to examine several ideas to come up with their likeliest end results.Rate it:

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genus universum in species certas partiri et dividere (Or. 33. 117)to analyse a general division into its specific parts.Rate it:

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get acrossTo make an idea evident; to successfully explain a thought or feeling; put over.Rate it:

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Get in on the Ground FloorTo get associated with an important or major business and project at its startRate it:

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get one over onAlternative form of put one overRate it:

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get outTo take something from its container.Rate it:

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get pastTo cause someone to overcome a source of grief or get through a difficult time.Rate it:

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get pastTo get through a difficult time; to overcome a source of grief.Rate it:

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