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universidad popularCentro de cultura orientado a la formación general de los adultos sobre materias de distinta índole.Rate it:

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Face the MusicTo confront the consequences of ones decisions and actions, or to accept the responsibility of one’s actionsRate it:

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make beautiful music togetherTo have a great romantic relationship with each other.Rate it:

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face the musicTo accept or confront the unpleasant consequences of one's actions.Rate it:

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chin musicIdle chatterRate it:

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music hallvaudevilleRate it:

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music to one's earSome unexpected good news; a favorable outcome after some initial confusion or delay.Rate it:

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music to someone's earsSome good news; a spoken expression or a sound which is pleasing; a welcome remark or information.Rate it:

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what kind of music do you likewhat kind of music do you like?Rate it:

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before it was coolBefore was popular, trendy, famous, or duly appreciated.Rate it:

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catch of the dayA person who is a popular or desirable choice to be a partner in a prospective marital or romantic relationship.Rate it:

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go from zero to heroTo become very popular after being unpopular.Rate it:

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mr. potato headA popular, commercially available, children's game featuring a plastic potato onto which a variety of features can be added for amusing results.Rate it:

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pickin' and grinnin'a country way of saying "playing music"Rate it:

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shuffleA rhythm commonly used in blues music. Consists of a series of triplet notes with the middle note missing, so that it sounds like a long note followed by a short note. Sounds like a walker dragging one foot.Rate it:

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slave to the rhythmBeing compelled to enjoy music or dance.Rate it:

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the wave of the futureMovement, concept, modality, product, or trend which catches on in time or becomes very popular or prevalentRate it:

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eyes closed all earsto listen to high fidelity music in the fullest senseRate it:

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catch onTo become popular; to become commonplace; to become the standard.Rate it:

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vicar of brayA person who changes their beliefs and principles to stay popular with people above them is a Vicar of Bray. The religious upheavals in England from 1533 to 1559 and from 1633 to 1715 made it almost impossible for any individual to comply with the successive religious requirements of the state.Rate it:

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tin earInsensitivity to and inability to appreciate the elements of performed music or the rhythm, elegance, or nuances of language.Rate it:

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blow upTo become popular very quickly.Rate it:

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strike upTo start something, usually playing live music.Rate it:

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smash hitSomething that is tremendously popular or successful.Rate it:

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put onTo play recorded music.Rate it:

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modos facereto compose, put to music.Rate it:

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yuan renminbiUnidad monetaria de la República Popular de ChinaRate it:

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8675309A popular phrase from a song of the same name: 8675309/JennyRate it:

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a mal tiempo buena caraface the musicRate it:

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ad intellegentiam communem or popularem accommodare aliquidto accommodate something to the standard of the popular intelligence.Rate it:

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ad vulgarem sensum or ad communem opinionem orationem accommodare (Off. 2. 10. 35)to express oneself in popular language.Rate it:

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all the rageVery fashionable and popular, like a craze.Rate it:

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all washed-upno longer successful, skillful, popular, or needed.Rate it:

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andar en manosSer popular y común.Rate it:

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artem musicam discere, tractareto learn, study music.Rate it:

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as they sayA vague invocation of popular convention when introducing a phrase or expression, which may be accompanied by attribution to a source or locale in which the phrase or expression is used.Rate it:

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aura favoris popularis (Liv. 22. 26)popular favour; popularity.Rate it:

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aura popularis (Harusp. 18. 43)popular favour; popularity.Rate it:

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aurae popularis homo (Liv. 42. 30)a popular man.Rate it:

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baño turcoMétodo para limpiar el cuerpo y relajarse que fue particularmente popular durante la Era Victoriana. El proceso que envolvía tomar un baño turco es similar al de una sauna, pero está más relacionado con las prácticas de baño de los romanos.Rate it:

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blue noteNotes added to the major scale for expressive quality in jazz and blues music, particularly the flatted third, fifth and seventh.Rate it:

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cake walkFrom the mid 1900s, a game at a fair or party in which people walk around a numbered circle along to music. When the music is stopped, the caller draws a number from a jar and whoever is standing on or closest to that number that number wins a cake.Rate it:

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cakewalkThe style of music associated with such a contest.Rate it:

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carry a tuneTo produce music, especially to sing, with accurate pitch.Rate it:

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chalkfaceA musical concept or genre in which music is completely improvised and never played twice. Most often mixing elements of hip-hop, metal, punk and avant-garde jazz.Rate it:

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computer says noA popular phrase for an attitude in customer service in which the default response is to check with information stored or generated electronically and then make decisions based on that, apparently without using common sense, and showing a level of unhelpfulness whereby more could be done to reach a mutually satisfactory outcome, but is not.Rate it:

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cry the bluesTo sing in the style of blues music.Rate it:

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d.c. al codaA music notation roughly meaning "go back to the beginning, playing everything again up to the coda."Rate it:

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echar comisiónEncumbrar un volantín que usa hilo curado, un hilo tratado con cola y vidrio molido que lo vuelve cortante, y derribar el volantín del rival. Es una competencia popular, tradicional, sin mayores reglas, pero muy peligrosa, pues los hilos de los volantines lo mismo pueden cortar una mano que un cuello que se atraviese en su camino. Por este motivo esta práctica ha sido prohibida en 2005.Rate it:

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every cloud has a silver liningIn every bad situation there is an element of good1881, National Academy of Code Administration (U.S.), Folio, page 417:Every cloud has a silver lining; but in the old-fashioned meeting-houses every cloud of hymnal melody generally had a nasal lining before the congregation...1887, Shakers, Religion, page 36:that "a little reserve and thou'lt fail surely," will prove to be true in our experience. Every cloud has a silver lining and so has every sorrow,1918, George Jean Nathan, Performing Arts, page 222:But the most popular attitude toward what we may call "sad" plays is the peculiar one of believing that, since every cloud has a silver lining,Rate it:

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