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quiet the waves	A positive development, incident, action, minor miracle, change, reversal, retraction, in a situation and the possible positive effects.	Rate it: (5.00 / 2 votes)
make waves	To cause a disturbance.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
make waves	To upset the status quo.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Make Waves	To create trouble; to make a disturbance	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
fluctibus iactari	tossed hither and thither by the waves.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
fluctuare or fluctuari	driven by the waves.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
frapper les grands coups	make waves	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
on the air	broadcasting usually over radio waves or on live television	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
OSETI	Acronym of optical search for extraterrestrial intelligence. It is SETI using visible light instead of traditional radio waves.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
shipping them green	When a ship is heading into waves, its bow will sometimes plunge into the onrushing wave. At first, spray will break over the bow, but as the height of the waves increases, the bow will plunge deeper into the wave, and instead of spray, unbroken green water will pour onto the Fo'c'sle and decks. Hence the seafarer's expression "Shipping them green", implying worsening weather, or, by extension, a worsening and/or dangerous or unsatisfactory situation.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sweep up	to transport to shore by waves.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take on water	To slowly fill with water, as due to a leak or being washed by high waves; to begin to sink.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
the heart of the earth	Jesus said that he would be in the heart of the earth for three days meaning in the earth in the tomb. Jonah was in the “heart of the sea” meaning below the waves.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)