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twenty-five cent wordAn uncommon word, often used in place of a more common one with the intent to appear sophisticated.Rate it:

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twilight yearsOld age.Rate it:

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un bon averti (or, prévenu) en vaut deuxA man well warned is twice a man; Forewarned, forearmed.Rate it:

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un chevalier d'industrieA swindler, a man who lives by his wits.Rate it:

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un homme d'honneur n'a que sa paroleAn honest man’s word is as good as his bond.Rate it:

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un homme qui n'a jamais mangé de la vache enragée n'est jamais qu'une poule mouillée (mme. de girardin )A man who has never roughed it is always a milksop.Rate it:

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un homme qui se noie s'accroche à toutA drowning man catches at a straw.Rate it:

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un mot à double ententeA word (or, remark) with two meanings.Rate it:

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un verre de vin avise bien un hommeA glass of wine puts wit into a man.Rate it:

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un vieux de la vieilleA veteran of the old Imperial Guard; One of the old brigade.Rate it:

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une noce à tout casser (pop.)A rare old jollification.Rate it:

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une verte vieillesseA hale old age.Rate it:

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unless the wheels available to you aren't made for the vehicle you're trying to drive.Follow-up to the phrase, "No need to reinvent the wheel." Meant for when one does, in fact, need to reinvent a process to account for accumulated changes that make the old status-quo obsolete.Rate it:

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unspoken wordA great and viable factor, a venerable background, solid financial condition. Long and successful business history.Rate it:

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up and at 'emVigorously launched or launching into an activity; Also used to mean promptly awake and ready to start the day or given as a command to wake up, get out of bed, and get busy with activitiesRate it:

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up in herehere; in this place; it doesn't mean "up" (higher) literallyRate it:

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uxorem habere (Verr. 3. 33. 76)to be a married man.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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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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vee have vays of making you talkThis is a German accent version of the American movie quote "We have ways of making you talk." It is said as a joke when someone doesn't answer you or lies.Rate it:

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vent au visage rend un homme sageAdversity makes a man wise, not rich.Rate it:

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ventre affamé n'a point d'oreillesA hungry man will not listen to reason.Rate it:

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verbis concertare or altercari cum aliquo (B. C. 3. 19. 6)to hold an altercation with a man.Rate it:

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verbum ductum esse a...putareto derive a word from... (used of an etymologist).Rate it:

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verbum e verbo exprimereto translate literally, word for word (not verbo tenus).Rate it:

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verbum ex aliquo elicereto extract a word from some one.Rate it:

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verbum pro verbo reddereto translate literally, word for word (not verbo tenus).Rate it:

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verbum prorsus nullum intellegerenot to understand a single word.Rate it:

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verbum translatum (Or. 27. 92)a figurative expression; a word used metaphorically.Rate it:

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versurā solvere, dissolvere (Att. 5. 15. 2)to pay one's old debts by making new.Rate it:

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vetamur vetere proverbioan old proverb tells us not to...Rate it:

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vetustate amicitiae coniunctum esseto be very old friends.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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vieux comme les rues, comme le mondeAs old as the hills.Rate it:

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vir constans, gravis (opp. homo inconstans, levis)a man of character, with a strong personality.Rate it:

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vir defunctus honoribusa man who has held every office (up to the consulship).Rate it:

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vir magno ingenio praeditusa man of ability.Rate it:

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vir magno ingenio, ingeniosusa man of ability.Rate it:

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vir omni doctrina eruditusa man perfect in all branches of learning.Rate it:

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vir or homo doctus, litteratusa man of learning; a scholar; a savant.Rate it:

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vir perfecte planeque eruditusa man of profound erudition.Rate it:

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vir ut temporibus illis doctusa man of considerable learning for those times.Rate it:

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vires consenescuntto become old and feeble.Rate it:

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vis et notio verbi, vocabulithe fundamental meaning of a word.Rate it:

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vitam alicuius depingereto make a sketch of a man's life.Rate it:

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vitam alicuius exponereto give an account of a man's life.Rate it:

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vitam, aetatem (omnem aetatem, omne aetatis tempus) agere (honeste, ruri, in litteris), degere, traducereto live (all) one's life (honourably, in the country, as a man of learning).Rate it:

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vocabulum angustius valetthe word has a narrow meaning.Rate it:

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vocabulum latius patetthe word has a more extended signification.Rate it:

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vocabulum propriumthe proper term; a word used strictly.Rate it:

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