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je ne suis pas ici pour enfiler des perlesI am not here to waste my time.Rate it:

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je ne veux pas être en reste avec vousI do not want to do less for you than you have done for me.Rate it:

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je ne veux pas y aller et pour causeI do not want to go there, and for a very good reason.Rate it:

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je ne vois pas cela d'un bon œilI do not look favourably upon that.Rate it:

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je ne vous conseille pas de vous y frotterI advise you not to meddle with it.Rate it:

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je ne voyais pas mon livre, cependant il me crevait les yeuxI did not see my book, yet it was staring me in the face (right under my nose).Rate it:

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je sors d'en prendre (fam.)I had rather be excused; You will not catch me again so soon.Rate it:

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je suis à jourI am up to date; I am not behind in my work.Rate it:

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je suis désorienté1. I am disconcerted. 2. I am out of my element; I do not feel at home; I have lost my bearings.Rate it:

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je suis resté courtI did not know what to say.Rate it:

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je suis tout en nageI am in a thorough perspiration; I have not a dry thread on me.Rate it:

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je vais y couper (pop.)I am going to “cut” that; I am not going to do it.Rate it:

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je vous demande pardon.—il n'y a pas de quoiI beg your pardon.—Pray do not mention it.Rate it:

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je vous le donne en centI bet you 100 to 1 you will not guess it.Rate it:

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je vous le donne en dixI bet you ten to one you will not guess it.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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jeu de mains, jeu de vilains1. Horse-play is not gentlemanly. 2. Rough play often ends in tears.Rate it:

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joe coolAn “Average Joe,” that has reached “Cool” status, Used derogatorily = pointing out that “No, you have not” — reached Cool Status Snoopy, reached Cool Rate it:

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jolie laideunconventionally attractive. Literally it means "pretty and ugly" but is not generally used in reference to ugliness; a more accurate translation would be unusual, flawed or quirky good looks.Rate it:

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jug earsEars whose plane is markedly not parallel to the plane of the head.Rate it:

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jump the gunTo trade securities based on information that is not yet public; to trade on inside information.Rate it:

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just another pretty faceSomeone who is attractive, but not too distinguished.Rate it:

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justice delayed is justice deniedIf a wrong is not corrected within a reasonable amount of time, it is as though the wrong were not corrected at all.Rate it:

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karma cultureA form of internalized social anxiety that sharing content will result in embarrassment, whether because the content does not receive enough appreciation, or fear they will not have enough clout to influence.Rate it:

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Keep Body and Soul TogetherTo have just reason to be alive, just surviving but not living in real senseRate it:

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keep downTo cause not to increase or rise.Rate it:

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keep downTo lie low. To stay concealed by not standing up.Rate it:

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keep downNot to vomit.Rate it:

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keep hope aliveEven if something seems to become more and more unlikely, do not stop believing in it.Rate it:

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keep mumDo not talk; especially keep silent about something that may be sensitive or secret.Rate it:

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keep one's eye on the ballMy ethos has always been to be very straight with people, tell it as it is. It doesn't often make people happy but I found that over a period of time it's better to be that way. So being straight, also being very focused on your objectives, keep your eye on the ball and not get deflected away from it.Rate it:

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keep one's lips sealedTo keep quiet; to keep a secret; to not tell.Rate it:

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keep one's options openTo not commit to a decision, to keep various options available.Rate it:

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keep someone in the darkTo deliberately not tell someone details about somethingRate it:

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Keep Something under Your HatTo hold off disclosing something, not to reveal something secretRate it:

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keep toTo adhere strictly to; not to neglect or deviate from.Rate it:

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Keep Your Shirt OnTo remain patient and cool, not to get angry and enraged and to control one’s temperedRate it:

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kettle of fishA situation which is recognized as different from or as an alternative to some other situation, and which is not necessarily unfavorable.Rate it:

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keyboard warriorA person who behaves aggressively and/or in an inflammatory manner in online text-based discussion media, but at the same time does not behave similarly in real life, potentially due to cowardice, introversion or shyness.Rate it:

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killNotRate it:

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knock on woodHave not had a misfortune yet.Rate it:

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knock oneself outto grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal, especially when the speaker is not interested in its outcome.Rate it:

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know what i'm saying?Do you understand? "You are not going out tonight", said Dad; "Know What I'm saying?"Rate it:

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l'arbre ne tombe pas au premier coupEverything requires time and exertion; Rome was not built in a day.Rate it:

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l'habit ne fait pas le moineThe cowl does not make the friar; The coat does not make the gentleman.Rate it:

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l'herbe sera bien courte s'il ne trouve à brouterHe would live on nothing; It will go hard if he does not pick up a living.Rate it:

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la beauté ne se mange pas en saladeBeauty does not fill the larder; Prettiness makes no pottage.Rate it:

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la belle affaire!Is that all? (i.e. it is not so difficult or important as you seem to think).Rate it:

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la belle cage ne nourrit pas l'oiseauFine clothes do not fill the stomach.Rate it:

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la clef dont on se sert est toujours claireOne does not get rusty in what one does every day.Rate it:

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