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every day is a school dayYou learn something new every day.Rate it:

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every timeUsed to express a strong preference for something.Rate it:

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evil twinA duplicate or counterpart of something or someone that acts in a contrary, nefarious, or insidious manner.Rate it:

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excess baggageSomething or someone not needed or not wanted; something or someone of little use or importance; something or someone considered burdensome.Rate it:

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excuses are a dime a dozenThe excuse given is not unique; everyone has an excuse for something.Rate it:

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express elevatorSomething that gets a person somewhere fastRate it:

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eye poppingSomething of such nature, beauty or appeal to the viewers, it is categorized as eye popping!Rate it:

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eye upTo examine closely something coveted.Rate it:

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f*** me sidewayswhen something takes you by surprise or annoyingRate it:

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fail at lifeTo do something disappointing, especially to fail at something.Rate it:

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fair enoughAn expression used to concede a point; denotes that, upon consideration, something is correct or reasonable; an expression of acknowledgment or understanding.Rate it:

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faire marcherto make something workRate it:

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faire quelque chose en grandTo do something on a large scale.Rate it:

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faire quelque chose par manière d'acquitTo do something for form’s sake, perfunctorily.Rate it:

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faire table raseTo make a clean sweep and begin again; To start everything afresh.Rate it:

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fall at the last hurdleTo fail near the end of something.Rate it:

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fall belowTo go under a marker or limit; to be reduced beyond a certain amount.Rate it:

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fall from graceTo fall from one's current social position to something lower, to lose one's prestige, status or power.Rate it:

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fall intoTo go into something by falling.Rate it:

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fall intoTo be classified as; to fall under.Rate it:

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fall into one's lapTo receive something that one desires with little or no effort.Rate it:

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fall outTo come out of something by falling.Rate it:

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fall underTo belong to for purposes of categorization.Rate it:

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false lightA cause of action arising under the common law where a person is portrayed in a way which, while not technically false, is misleading and likely to cause embarrassment to that person.Rate it:

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familia gladiatoria (Sest. 64. 134)a band, troupe of gladiators under the management of a lanista.Rate it:

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fan the flamesTo intensify something; to worsen an already difficult situation or unfavourable set of circumstances.Rate it:

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far be itPewtey in Marriage Guidance Counselor from And Now For Something Completely Different.Rate it:

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far be itA disclaimer stating that the person speaking will not do something.Rate it:

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far crySomething very dissimilar or different.Rate it:

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fart in a windstormSomething utterly insignificant, ineffective, or fleeting.Rate it:

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fatal attractionAn attraction to someone or something that is so strong, common sense and logic are thrown out in pursuit of the attraction.Rate it:

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faute de mieuxFor want of something better.Rate it:

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fearA phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.Rate it:

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feast or famineA situation in which something is always either extremely abundant or in extremely short supply.Rate it:

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Feast or FamineEither you have too much of something or too little of it, something which is surplus sometimes and sometimes you have its shortageRate it:

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feedbagVulgarization for; a meal, food, something to eat.Rate it:

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feel up toTo be confident in being able to do something.Rate it:

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feel up toTo have an inclination to do something.Rate it:

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fend awayTo turn something away; to ward off.Rate it:

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ferret aroundTo search for something by sorting through materials or by speaking to contacts and following leads.Rate it:

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ferret outTo discover something after searching.Rate it:

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fess upTo confess to something; to admit something.Rate it:

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fiddle while Rome burnsTo neglect helping when one's time is needed most; to ignore the major problem at hand (whilst doing something less important); to be idle, inactive, or uninterested in a time of great need.Rate it:

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Fiddle While Rome BurnsTo do nothing or engage you in trivial things knowing that something urgent and critical is happening aroundRate it:

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fiddle withTo manipulate in order to gain something for oneself.Rate it:

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fidem addere alicui reito confirm, ratify, sanction something.Rate it:

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fight a losing battleTo try to do something so difficult that it will probably end in failure.Rate it:

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fight shy ofTo avoid something.Rate it:

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Fight Tooth and NailTo fight vigorously and ferociously, to make tiring effort to get somethingRate it:

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file downTo reduce the size of something by filing.Rate it:

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