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if you want a thing done well, do it yourselfIt is better to do something oneself, than rely on others to do it well.Rate it:

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ignem excitare (pro Mur. 25. 51)to make up, stir up a fire.Rate it:

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ignem facere, accendereto light, make a fire.Rate it:

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Ignorance is BlissWhen you are glad, it is better to be unaware of bad thingsRate it:

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il a eu plus de peur que de malHe was more frightened than hurt.Rate it:

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il a reculé pour mieux sauter1. He waited for something better. 2. (ironic.) He avoided a small evil to fall into a greater.Rate it:

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il doit plus d'argent qu'il n'est grosHe owes more money than he can pay.Rate it:

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il en sait bien d'autresHe knows more than one trick.Rate it:

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il en sait plus d'une (fam.)He knows more than one trick; He knows a trick or two.Rate it:

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il est à l'article de la mortHe is at the point of death, at death’s door.Rate it:

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il était à deux doigts de la mortHe was at death’s door, within an ace of death.Rate it:

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il faut faire son beurreOne must make a profit; One must feather one’s nest.Rate it:

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il fera des gorges chaudes du malheur de sa tanteHe will chuckle over (or, make fun of) his aunt’s misfortune.Rate it:

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il lui en pend autant au nezHe may expect as much (something unpleasant); He will fare no better.Rate it:

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il mange à plus d'un râtelierHe has more than one string to his bow; He gains money from different sources.Rate it:

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il me ferma la porte au nezHe shut the door in my face.Rate it:

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il me la payeraI will make him smart for it.Rate it:

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il n'est rien de tel que d'en avoirThere is nothing like money to make one respected.Rate it:

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il n'y entend pas malice1. He does not mean any harm; He means no more than he says. 2. He takes it innocently.Rate it:

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il ne faut pas parler de corde dans la maison d'un penduWe must not make personal remarks; We must not allude to the skeleton in the cupboard. Rate it:

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il ne se gêne guèreDoesn’t he make himself at home! Well, he is a cool customer!Rate it:

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il recommença de plus belleHe began again worse than ever.Rate it:

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il sait tirer parti de la vieHe knows how to make the best of life.Rate it:

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il vaut mieux avoir affaire à dieu qu'à ses saintsIt is better to deal with superiors than subordinates.Rate it:

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il vaut mieux tendre la main que le couIt is better to beg than to steal.Rate it:

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il vous rendrait des pointsHe is more than a match for you; He could give you points.Rate it:

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il y a plusieurs façons de plumer un canardthere's more than one way to skin a catRate it:

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illudere alicui or in aliquem (more rarely aliquem)to make sport of, rally a person.Rate it:

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ils criaient à qui mieux mieuxEach was trying to shout louder than the other; Each tried to drown the others’ voices.Rate it:

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ils s'échappèrent qui par la porte, qui par les fenêtresSome escaped through the door, others through the windows.Rate it:

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impellere aliquem in furoremto make some one furious.Rate it:

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improve onTo fix, make better or increase the quality of in comparison to previous attempts; to contribute to an ongoing effort to improve.Rate it:

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in a cleft stickUsed other than as an idiom: see in, cleft, stick.Rate it:

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In a NutshellTo make something clear in few words, to say something briefly and to the pointRate it:

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in alicuius potestatem se permittereto make one's submission to some one.Rate it:

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in aliqua re progressus facere, proficere, progredito make progress in a subject.Rate it:

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in black and whiteHaving it displayed using shades of gray/gray rather than colour/color .Rate it:

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in black and whiteUsing shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color.Rate it:

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in brevi conspectu ponere aliquidto make a short survey of a thing.Rate it:

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in contentionUsed other than as an idiom: see in, contention.Rate it:

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in controversiam vocare, adducere aliquidto make a thing the subject of controversy.Rate it:

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in deditionem venire (without alicui)to make one's submission to some one.Rate it:

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in for a penny, in for a poundExpressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof; accepting that one must Rate it:

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in gratiam cum aliquo redireto be reconciled; to make up a quarrel.Rate it:

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in invidiam adducere aliquemto make a person odious, unpopular.Rate it:

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in invidiam, odium (alicuius) vocare aliquemto make a person odious, unpopular.Rate it:

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in kindIn the form of goods and service rather than money.Rate it:

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in medio ponere (proponere)to publish, make public.Rate it:

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in one's bookUsed other than as an idiom: see in, one's, book.Rate it:

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in one's dreamsUsed to express the speaker's belief that a preceding statement expressed a desired rather than an actual state of affairs.Rate it:

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