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ups and downsPeriods of positive and negative events, moods, or interactions; highs and lows.Rate it:

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urban fabricThe physical aspect of urbanism, emphasizing building types, thoroughfares, open space, frontages, and streetscapes; while excluding without prejudice to this useful term, environmental, functional, economic and sociocultural aspects.Rate it:

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use a sledgehammer to crack a nutTo use significantly excessive force to carry out an action; to do something overzealouslyRate it:

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use it or lose itHuman abilities require repetitive usage or practice lest one become, rusty. out of tune, uncoordinated:Rate it:

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use it or lose itProperty and privileges will be lost if they are not utilized.Rate it:

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use your noodleUse your brains and work it out yourselfRate it:

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va te faire foutrego get fucked!; go fuck yourself!; get your butt out of here!; fuck you!; fuck off!Rate it:

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vale of tearsA symbolic "valley of tears"; meaning the world and the sorrows felt through life. Similar to the Old Testament Psalm 23's reference to the "valley of the shadow of death", the phrase implies that sadness is part of the physical world (i.e. part of human experience).Rate it:

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valley of deathThe phase of a startup business beginning with the entrepreneur's fulltime commitment to it and ending when the business has achieved sustainable cash flow.Rate it:

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vee have vaysThis phrase is said as a joke when someone doesn't answer you or lies. It is an alternative pronunciation with a German accent and a shortened version of the movie quote "We have ways of making you talk."Rate it:

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veg outTo relax by not moving much.Rate it:

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veillez au grainKeep a sharp look-out.Rate it:

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vela armamentaquesails and rigging.Rate it:

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vendre en gros et en détailTo sell wholesale and retail.Rate it:

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vent out one's blood, sweat and tearsA person's determination and hard work.Rate it:

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ventre affamé prend tout en gré“They that have no other meat, Bread and butter are glad to eat.”Rate it:

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ventum (tempestatem) nancti idoneum ex portu exeuntthe ships sail out on a fair wind.Rate it:

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ventus cadit, cessatthe wind dies down, ceases.Rate it:

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vera et falsa (a falsis) diiudicareto distinguish true and false.Rate it:

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vestimenta (et calceos) mutareto change one's clothes (and shoes).Rate it:

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viae se committereto set out on a journey.Rate it:

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vibe outTo lose oneself in music.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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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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vires consenescuntto become old and feeble.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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vitae ratio bene ac sapienter institutaa sound and sensible system of conduct.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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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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von der Stangeout of the box, off-the-rack; ready for immediate useRate it:

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

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vote downBy a majority vote.Rate it:

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vote outTo expel the holder of an office or other position through an act of voting.Rate it:

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votre rival vous coupera l'herbe sous le piedYour rival will cut you out, will take the wind out of your sails, will cut the ground from under your feet.Rate it:

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vous dites des choses de l'autre mondeYou say most out-of-the-way things.Rate it:

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vous êtes loin du compteYou are out in your reckoning.Rate it:

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vous faites d'une mouche un éléphantYou make a mountain out of a molehill.Rate it:

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vous m'avez tiré une épine du pied(fig.) You have got me out of a difficulty. 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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wack outTo become deranged.Rate it:

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wade inTo interrupt someone, or a situation, by doing or saying something abruptly, or forcefully, and usually without thinking about the consequences.Rate it:

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