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bum outTo cause a person to be depressed or disappointed.Rate it:

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burn a hole in one's pocketTo cause someone to be tempted to spend money.Rate it:

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burn offTo cause to dissipate by applying heat.Rate it:

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burn some rubberAn expression of intent to drive ruthlessly, speedily, wildly, illegally: Express the intention to perform tasks, agendas in wild abandon, in order to impress, gain an advantage, recover lost time or missed opportunity:Rate it:

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buy timePurposefully cause a delay to something, in order to achieve something else.Rate it:

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buying timeTo purposely cause a delay to allow you to finish something.Rate it:

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c'est le diable et son trainC'est tout à la fois long, difficile, cause de souffrances, et dangereux ; bref, infernal.Rate it:

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c'est un homme flambéHe is a ruined man, a lost man.Rate it:

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call awayTo summon; to cause to depart.Rate it:

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causa posita est in aliqua rethe motive, cause, is to be found in...Rate it:

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causa repetenda est ab aliqua re (not quaerenda)the motive, cause, is to be found in...Rate it:

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causae rerum et consecutionescause and effect.Rate it:

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causam popularem suscipere or defendereto take up the cause of the people, democratic principles.Rate it:

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cause a stirTo cause controversy, or raise a disturbance.Rate it:

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cause toujoursCause toujours tu m’intéresses.Rate it:

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cause toujours tu m'intéressesSignifie que l'interlocuteur n'est pas intéressant et que l'on ne souhaite plus l'écouter.Rate it:

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ce n'est pas en cassant le thermomètre qu'on fait tomber la fièvreLe thermomètre n’est pas cause de la fièvre, le casser ne sert de rien. Donc, figurativement, cette expression signifie que si des résultats sont insatisfaisants, on ne saurait en blâmer les instruments de mesure employés pour exprimer ces résultats. Choisir de se passer de ces instruments de mesure ne changera rien à ses mauvais résultats.Rate it:

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ce qui est différé n'est pas perduAll is not lost that is delayed.Rate it:

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chase backto chase back those sales lost in previous monthsRate it:

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chase downTo investigate the cause of something.Rate it:

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chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foinSe dit en parlant d’une chose que l’on cherche, mais qui est très difficile à trouver, à cause de sa petitesse.Rate it:

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chip upTo cause something to have cracks or dents.Rate it:

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choke offTo get rid of, cause to come to an end.Rate it:

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choke upTo block up; to cause something to be blocked.Rate it:

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chop upTo cause a body of water to become choppy.Rate it:

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claw backTo recover or retake, with great effort, something that was lost.Rate it:

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come betweenTo affect negatively or cause discord between and another person.Rate it:

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come to JesusTo become committed or display commitment to a cause.Rate it:

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come to one's sensesTo reawaken after having lost consciousness.Rate it:

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common causeUsed other than as an idiom: see common, cause.Rate it:

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common causeAnacoenosis.Rate it:

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common causeShared purpose.Rate it:

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consilia cum aliquo communicare(1) to communicate one's plans to some one; (2) to make common cause with a person. Similarly c. causam, rationem.Rate it:

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cook offTo cause an accidental detonation of explosives, especially due to excess heat.Rate it:

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cook up a stormTo cause a storm.Rate it:

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cool downTo cause to become less agitated.Rate it:

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cool downTo cause something temperature to lower.Rate it:

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cool offTo cause to decrease in temperature, activity or temper.Rate it:

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count outTo determine that a competitor has lost a match, by a referee's enumeration aloud of the increments of time for which the competitor has been incapacitated.Rate it:

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crack upTo cause to laugh heartily.Rate it:

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crash togetherTo cause objects to collide with great force.Rate it:

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crazy assMad or lost your marblesRate it:

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cry all the way to the bankTo be happy due to the receipt of money, although expressing sorrow about the cause of such receipt.Rate it:

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cut like a knifeTo sting severely, to cause a sensation of stinging, especially said of cold weather.Rate it:

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dar las tantascause someone to take a long timeRate it:

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dar las uvasto cause to go slowlyRate it:

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Davy Jones's lockerThe bottom of the ocean, especially as the grave for sailors. Also a common saying when something goes overboard and is lost.Rate it:

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Diamond in the RoughSomeone or something that has lost charm now, but has immense value and the prospective to be stunningRate it:

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dieFollowed by with. Now rare as indicating direct cause.Rate it:

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die awayTo cause to die; to do away with.Rate it:

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