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boire comme un trou (une éponge)To drink like a fish.Rate it:

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bon chien chasse de raceLike sire, like son; Cat after kind.Rate it:

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bon sang ne peut mentirGood breeding always shows itself; Like father, like son.Rate it:

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border onTo be almost like some other thing.Rate it:

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break inNew function more naturally through use or wear.Rate it:

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break the InternetTo overwhelm a web server through organic user-driven demand, such that the server goes offline or is in danger of doing so.Rate it:

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break the InternetTo deliberately overwhelm a web server through a cyberattack such as a DDOS, such that the server goes offline or is in danger of doing so.Rate it:

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break throughUsed other than as an idiom: see break, through.Rate it:

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break throughTo penetrate the defence of the opposition.Rate it:

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break throughTo gain popularity.Rate it:

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break windTo flatulate; fart; to expel gases generated during digestion through the anus.Rate it:

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breed like rabbitsTo breed very rapidly, to have many childrenRate it:

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breeze throughTo get through or succeed in quickly and easily.Rate it:

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brickbatA piece of brick used as a weapon, especially if thrown, or placed in something like a sock and used as a club.Rate it:

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bring owls to athensPerhaps we have not been sufficiently aware that talking about access and its implications in Scandinavia is like bringing owls to Athens. — Herbert Burkert.Rate it:

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BroadwayThe wide road which runs diagonally through Manhattan, New York City.Rate it:

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brûler une station (une étape)To run through a station (or, a halting-place) without stopping.Rate it:

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bug stormA large number of insects in the air, especially when passed through by a vehicle.Rate it:

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built like a brick shithouseExceptionally well constructed; strong or tough.Rate it:

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built like a brick shithouseOf a person, with an exceptionally well-developed chest.Rate it:

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built like a tankSturdy; exceptionally well constructed.Rate it:

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built like a tankBroad shouldered and of solid, muscular build.Rate it:

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bung upTo close an opening with a cork, cork like object or other improvised obstruction.Rate it:

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butter cupA term of affection Or endearment for someone you like Buttercups are a large genus of flowering plants called Ranunculus. It has yellow, shiny petals, and grows wild in many places. It is poisonous to eat for humans and cattle, but when dry the poison is not active.Rate it:

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by the grace of the almightyThrough the kindness of the AlmightyRate it:

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by way ofBy the route of; through; via.Rate it:

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c'est comme le couteau de jeannotThat is like the Irishman’s gun (said of anything that has been mended so often as to have nothing of the original left).Rate it:

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c'est comme si je chantaisIt is like talking to the air, preaching in the desert.Rate it:

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c'est le chien de jean de nivelle, il s'enfuit quand on l'appelleThe more you call him, the more he runs away, like John de Nivelle’s dog.Rate it:

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c'est un homme comme il en faudrait beaucoupI wish more men were like him (because of his straightforward or courageous nature).Rate it:

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c'est un homme que j'ai dans la mainHe is a man I hold in the hollow of my hand, i.e. I can make him do what I like.Rate it:

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camel through the eye of a needleHyperbole to illustrate that something is almost impossible to do or to happen.Rate it:

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can't get enoughTo greatly enjoy; to like a lotRate it:

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care forTo like or appreciate; to consider to be appealing, tasteful, or suitable.Rate it:

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carry throughTo manage to execute; to perform successfully, all the way to the end.Rate it:

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ce mari bat sa femme comme plâtreThat husband beats his wife like a dog.Rate it:

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ce sont des descriptions prises sur le vifThose descriptions are life-like.Rate it:

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ce sont là de vos traitsThat is just like you.Rate it:

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cela arrive comme mars en carêmeThat comes regularly, like clockwork.Rate it:

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cela en a tout l'airIt looks uncommonly like it.Rate it:

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cela me sourit assezI rather like this.Rate it:

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cela ne sent pas bon(fig.) I don’t like the look of that.Rate it:

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chacun cherche son semblableLike will to like. Rate it:

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check throughTo inspect something, often to try to find errors, problems, etc.Rate it:

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check throughTo permit someone to continue onward, e.g. through a security checkpoint, after verifying their identity, tickets, etc.Rate it:

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check upTo verify through brief investigation or examination; to revisit for assurance that there are no problems.Rate it:

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chestnutOf a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut.Rate it:

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chickenizeTo make chicken-like or suitable for chickens.Rate it:

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China syndromeA hypothetical kind of catastrophic failure in which a nuclear reactor melts through the floor of its containment system and penetrates the earth's surface, continuing downward as if (from a Western Hemispheric point of view) traveling through the planet toward China.Rate it:

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chrome hornThe front bumper of a car when used to bump another vehicle, usually to inform the driver of the other vehicle, that the first car would like to pass.Rate it:

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