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il a bon dosHis back is broad enough to stand a good deal.Rate it:

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il a l'abord rude, mais il s'adoucit bientôtHe receives you roughly at first, but that soon passes off.Rate it:

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il a mis les pieds dans le plat (fam.)He put his foot in it.Rate it:

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il est sans gêneHe is free and easy (casual, off-hand); He makes himself too much at home.Rate it:

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il est sur le flancHe is laid up, on his back.Rate it:

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il fait la roueHe shows off.Rate it:

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il fait un vent à décorner (or, écorner) un bœufThere is a wind enough to blow one’s head off.Rate it:

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il fait un vent à écorner (or, décorner) un bœufThe wind is enough to blow one’s head off.Rate it:

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il faut filer (or, filons!) (fam.)We must be off, trot off.Rate it:

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il lui a rendu la monnaie de sa pièceHe paid him back in his own coin.Rate it:

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il n'a pas demandé son reste!He soon took himself off, I can tell you! He soon shut up, I can tell you!Rate it:

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il ne sait ni A ni BHe does not know B from a bull’s foot; He cannot read; He is a perfect ignoramus.Rate it:

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il nous berce de sornettesHe puts us off with silly tales.Rate it:

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il s'est donné un tour de reinsHe sprained his back.Rate it:

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il tomba les quatre fers en l'air(lit.) He fell on his back; (fig.) He was struck all of a heap.Rate it:

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imperium alicui abrogare (Off.3. 10)to depose a person from his command.Rate it:

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in meliorem spem, cogitationem aliquem inducere (Off. 2. 15. 53)to induce some one to take a brighter view of things.Rate it:

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in through the back doorTo introduce a measure in a way which one's opponents will not notice.Rate it:

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in viam reducere aliquemto bring a person back to the right way.Rate it:

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iniuria abstinere (Off. 3. 17. 72)to refrain from doing a wrong, an injustice.Rate it:

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inside outDescribes the hitting of a ball that pitched outside of leg stump to the off side of the field.Rate it:

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intercludere commeatumto cut off the supplies, intercept them.Rate it:

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intercludere, prohibere hostes commeatuto cut off all supplies of the enemy.Rate it:

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ioco uti (Off. 1. 29. 103)to make a joke.Rate it:

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iter ingredi (pedibus, equo, terra)to begin a journey (on foot, on horseback, by land).Rate it:

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iter terrestre, pedestretravel by land, on foot.Rate it:

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iugum servile a cervicibus deicere (Phil. 1. 2. 6)to shake off the yoke of slavery.Rate it:

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iugum servitutis excutereto shake off the yoke of slavery.Rate it:

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iureiurando teneri (Off. 3. 27. 100)to be bound by oath.Rate it:

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ius ac fas omne delereto trample all law under foot.Rate it:

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j'ai fait mon travail d'arraché piedI did my work straight off, without stopping.Rate it:

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jack offTo masturbate.Rate it:

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jack offTo manually stimulate someone sexually, generally a male.Rate it:

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jack offAn annoying person or one who has committed a transgression with no or insufficient apology; a jerk, an asshole.Rate it:

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je lui ai rendu le changeI paid him back in his own coin. Rate it:

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je me sauveI must be off.Rate it:

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je ne fais que toucher barresI am off again immediately.Rate it:

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je ne sais plus où j'en suis1. I have lost the place where I left off (in reading, etc.). 2. I do not know what I am about.Rate it:

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jerk offTo masturbate, usually a male.Rate it:

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jerk offTo do nothing; to waste time.Rate it:

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jerk offTo deceive.Rate it:

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jerk offA mean, nasty or obnoxious person.Rate it:

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jerk offOne who masturbates.Rate it:

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jerk offUsed other than as an idiom: see jerk, off.Rate it:

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jerk offan annoying person.Rate it:

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jerk-offSomeone who behaves rudely or inappropriately, or is ignorant of certain social norms, usually a male.Rate it:

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jerk-offSomeone who masturbates, usually a male.Rate it:

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jet offTo depart hurriedly.Rate it:

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jet offTo go by airplane to a destination.Rate it:

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jeter son bonnet par dessus les moulins (of women)To throw off all restraint; Not to care a straw for what people may think of your bad conduct.Rate it:

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