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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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vicissitudines dierum noctiumquethe succession of day and night.Rate it:

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victoria multo sanguine ac vulneribus stetit (Liv. 23. 30)the victory cost much blood and many wounds, was very dearly bought.Rate it:

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victory at seaOcean conditions very windblown and messy, possibly to the point of being inimical to surfing and other water sports.Rate it:

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vieil ami et vieux vin sont vraiment deux bons vieux, mais vieux écus sont encore mieuxOld friends and old wine are good, but old gold is better than both.Rate it:

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viginti anni et amplius, aut plustwenty years and more.Rate it:

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vilains taillables et corvéables à merciSerfs taxable and workable at their lord’s will and pleasure.Rate it:

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vim and vigorenergetic spirit, zeal, vitalityRate it:

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vir omni doctrina eruditusa man perfect in all branches of learning.Rate it:

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vires consenescuntto become old and feeble.Rate it:

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virgin territoryBy extension, ideas or concepts or activities that have not yet been tried, explored or developed.Rate it:

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viri clari et honorati (De Sen. 7. 22)men of rank and dignity.Rate it:

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virtutem pristinam retinereto live as scrupulously moral a life as ever.Rate it:

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virtutis perfectae perfecto munere fungi (Tusc. 1. 45. 109)to live a perfect life.Rate it:

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vita honesta (turpis)a virtuous (immoral) life.Rate it:

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vita occidensthe evening of life.Rate it:

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vita occupata (vid. sect. VII. 2)the busy life of a statesman.Rate it:

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vita omnibus flagitiis inquinataa life defiled by every crime.Rate it:

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vita omnibus flagitiis, vitiis deditaa life defiled by every crime.Rate it:

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vita privata (Senect. 7. 22)private life.Rate it:

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vita rusticacountry life (the life of resident farmers, etc.)Rate it:

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vita umbratilis (vid. sect. VII. 4)the contemplative life of a student.Rate it:

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vitae finem facereto put an end to one's life.Rate it:

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vitae ratio bene ac sapienter institutaa sound and sensible system of conduct.Rate it:

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vitae societassocial life.Rate it:

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vitam (inopem) tolerare (B. G. 7. 77)to endure a life of privation.Rate it:

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vitam alicuius depingereto make a sketch of a man's life.Rate it:

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vitam alicuius exponereto give an account of a man's life.Rate it:

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vitam beatam (miseram) degereto live a happy (unhappy) life.Rate it:

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vitam solitariam agereto live a lonely life.Rate it:

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vitam, aetatem (omnem aetatem, omne aetatis tempus) agere (honeste, ruri, in litteris), degere, traducereto live (all) one's life (honourably, in the country, as a man of learning).Rate it:

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vive la différenceUsed to express appreciation of diversity, especially between the sexes; sometimes referring to cultural diversity, and more rarely to diversity of opinion, as in "let's agree to disagree".Rate it:

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vivre d'amour et d'eau fraîche (or, claire)To live on bread and cheese and kisses.Rate it:

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você e quem maisyou and whose army ?Rate it:

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vocum et fidium (nervorum) cantusvocal and instrumental music.Rate it:

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voice in the wildernessA person, publication, or other source of assertions that expresses an opinion, doctrine, or point of view which is ignored or rejected by almost all others; the actual utterance of an unpopular opinion, doctrine, or point of view.Rate it:

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voilà trois médecins qui ne vous trompent pas: gaîté, doux exercice et modeste repasThe best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merriman.Rate it:

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voilà un discours qui n'est pas piqué des versThat’s a fine speech if you like [lit. not worm-eaten.]Rate it:

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von nichts kommt nichtsyou scratch my back and I'll scratch yoursRate it:

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vous arrivez on ne peut mieuxYou could not have come at a more opportune moment.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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vous êtes orfèvre, monsieur josse!That is a bit of special pleading; That is not disinterested advice; There’s nothing like leather!Rate it:

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vous faites la sourde oreilleNone so deaf as those who will not hear.Rate it:

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vous heurtez de front tous ses préjugésYou run counter to (or, openly attack) all his prejudices.Rate it:

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vous lui avez tenu têteYou did not give in to him.Rate it:

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vous n'y êtes pasYou do not understand it; “You are out of it.”Rate it:

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vous ne le prendrez pas sans vertYou will not catch him napping.Rate it:

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vous ne lui allez pas à la chevilleYou are a pigmy compared with him; You are no match for him at all.Rate it:

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vous ne me ferez pas prendre le changeYou will not impose upon me, put me on the wrong scent.Rate it:

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vous ne me tirerez pas les vers du nezYou will not pump me (i.e. make me tell secrets).Rate it:

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