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twenty-five cent wordAn uncommon word, often used in place of a more common one with the intent to appear sophisticated.Rate it:

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twenty-twenty hindsightPerfect understanding of events only after they have happened.Rate it:

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twenty-twenty hindsightPerfect understanding of events only after they have happenedRate it:

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cent ans bannière, cent ans civièreCe proverbe signifie que l'on peut déchoir de la plus haute noblesse.Rate it:

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word for wordusing exactly the same words, verbatimRate it:

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you get more with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word aloneIt is advantageous not to rely solely on being nice.Rate it:

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word-for-wordUsing exactly the same words (as were originally used).Rate it:

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I am twenty years oldAlternative form of I'm twenty years oldRate it:

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twenty totwenty minutes before the next hourRate it:

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free, white, and twenty-onebeholden to no one; master of one's own destiny.Rate it:

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I'm twenty years oldIndicates that the speaker is aged twenty.Rate it:

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twent-twenty visionnormal eyesight, a perceptive view of the futureRate it:

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twenty to the dozenvery fast, fluently (i.e. "to say twenty words to another's dozen")Rate it:

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twenty winksa very short sleep, half as long as forty winks.Rate it:

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cent heures de chagrin ne payent pas un sou de dettesOn n’avance à rien en s’abandonnant à la tristesse.Rate it:

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cent ans de chagrin ne paient pas un sou de dettesWorrying will not pay your debts.Rate it:

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cent livres de chagrin ne payent pas un sou de dettesOn n’avance à rien en s’abandonnant à la tristesse.Rate it:

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en un mot comme en centOnce and for all.Rate it:

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être aux cent coupsTo be half mad (distracted) with anxiety; To be in the greatest difficulties.Rate it:

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faire les cent coupsTo amuse oneself noisily; To play all sorts of tricks.Rate it:

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il a fait de cent sous quatre livres, et de quatre livres rienHe has brought his noble to ninepence, and his ninepence to nothing.Rate it:

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je vous le donne en centI bet you 100 to 1 you will not guess it.Rate it:

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mettez cent francsMake it £4.Rate it:

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parier il y a cent (or, gros) à parier qu'ils ne reviendront pasThe odds are that they will not come back.Rate it:

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un point à temps en épargne centA stitch in time saves nine.Rate it:

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have a word withTo talk or speak with.Rate it:

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ten-dollar wordA long and uncommon word used in place of a shorter and simpler one with the intent to appear sophisticated.Rate it:

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as good as one's wordFaithful to a promise one has made.Rate it:

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get the word outTo make some information more widely known.Rate it:

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loaded wordAny word, set phrase or idiom that has strong positive or negative connotations beyond their ordinary definition.Rate it:

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Word of MouthRumors through oral communication, gossips spreading through spoken communicationRate it:

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from the word goFrom the very beginning; from the outset; immediately upon starting.Rate it:

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good as one's wordFaithful to a promise one has made.Rate it:

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breathe a wordto divulge a secret (usually used with a negative)Rate it:

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hang on every wordTo be completely attentive to what another person is saying.Rate it:

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have a word with oneselfTo think about one's attitudes or behaviour with a view to reform.Rate it:

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able to get a word in edgewiseAble to participate in the conversation; able to interrupt another person's monologue.Rate it:

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bad wordA vulgar word.Rate it:

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dirty wordThe name of a topic that a person does not like to hear or discuss.Rate it:

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dirty wordA word that is considered vulgar, not necessarily sexual in nature.Rate it:

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From the Word GoFrom the very start of something, inception or onset of somethingRate it:

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get a word in edgewaysAlternative form of get a word in edgewise.Rate it:

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get a word in edgewiseTo break into or participate in a conversation.Rate it:

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have a wordTo speak to someone in private, often with a negative implication.Rate it:

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how do you pronounce this wordPlease say this word out loud so that I can learn how it is pronounced.Rate it:

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how do you spell this wordI want to know how this word is written.Rate it:

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last wordThe final statement uttered by a person before death.Rate it:

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last wordA final decision, or the right to make such a decision.Rate it:

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last wordThe finest, highest, or ultimate representative of some class of objects.Rate it:

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man of one's wordSomeone who sticks to their promisesRate it:

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