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cañuela noblePlanta gramínea nativa de Europa y del norte de África. Es una forrajera de clima templado muy importante dentro de los sistemas de producción extensivos de ganado.Rate it:

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cause toujours tu m'intéressesSignifie que l'interlocuteur n'est pas intéressant et que l'on ne souhaite plus l'écouter.Rate it:

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il a pris fait et cause pour moiHe stood up for me; He took my part.Rate it:

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common causeUsed other than as an idiom: see common, cause.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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cause a stirTo cause controversy, or raise a disturbance.Rate it:

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cause toujoursCause toujours tu m’intéresses.Rate it:

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common causeAnacoenosis.Rate it:

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common causeShared purpose.Rate it:

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en connaissance de causeKnowingly.Rate it:

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il a eu gain de causeHe gained the day.Rate it:

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il parle en connaissance de causeHe knows what he is talking about.Rate it:

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j'ai toujours pris fait et cause pour vousI have always stood up for you, taken up the cudgels in your defence.Rate it:

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je ne veux pas y aller et pour causeI do not want to go there, and for a very good reason.Rate it:

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la cause est entendueL’affaire est prête à être jugée.Rate it:

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la cause est entendueLe débat est clos.Rate it:

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lost causeA cause, attempt, or effort that is hopeless or futile.Rate it:

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root causeAn initiating cause of a chain of events which leads to an outcome or effect of interest.Rate it:

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un avocat sans causeA briefless barrister.Rate it:

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vous êtes hors de causeYou are not concerned in the matter; This has nothing to do with you.Rate it:

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a vicious circlea sequence of reciprocal cause and effect in which two or more elements intensify and aggravate each other, leading inexorably to a worsening of the situation.Rate it:

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act upTo misbehave; to cause trouble.Rate it:

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bite one's lipTo forcibly prevent oneself from speaking, especially in order to avoid saying something inappropriate or likely to cause a dispute.Rate it:

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buy timePurposefully cause a delay to something, in order to achieve something else.Rate it:

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buying timeTo purposely cause a delay to allow you to finish something.Rate it:

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do someone proudTo cause someone to feel pride, admiration, or satisfaction.Rate it:

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dolorem alicui facere, afferre, commovereto cause a person pain.Rate it:

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don't shit where you eatOne should not cause trouble in a place, group, or situation in which one regularly finds oneself.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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knock the living daylights out ofTo knock out; to hit and cause to be unconscious.Rate it:

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lead by the noseTo cause to follow blindly.Rate it:

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shine upto cause to be shiny or more shinyRate it:

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sinking shipSomething which is doomed; a lost cause; an impending debacle; an ongoing disaster.Rate it:

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sit downTo cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.Rate it:

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split upcause to come apart, separate or splitRate it:

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take its tollTo affect, especially negatively; to damage or degrade; to cause destruction.Rate it:

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bring uponTo cause to befall.Rate it:

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fall awayTo cease to support a person or cause.Rate it:

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take backTo cause to remember some past event or time.Rate it:

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bring roundTo resuscitate; to cause to regain consciousness.Rate it:

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buck offTo cause to fall off.Rate it:

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causa posita est in aliqua rethe motive, cause, is to be found in...Rate it:

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cool downTo cause to become less agitated.Rate it:

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dieFollowed by with. Now rare as indicating direct cause.Rate it:

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esprit de corpsA shared spirit of comradeship, enthusiasm, and devotion to a cause among the members of a group, for example of a military unit.Rate it:

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Get to the Bottom of SomethingTo discover the root cause of something, to find out and investigate the actual cause of matterRate it:

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Grease Someone's PalmAny act which involves corruption to get benefitedRate it:

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keep fromTo prevent or restrain ; refrain or cause refrain.Rate it:

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lay lowTo knock out; to cause to fall.Rate it:

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monkey on one's backA state of persistent distress or worry or the cause of such a state.Rate it:

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