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break the deadlockTo score the first goal or point in a competitionRate it:

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break the sealWhen consuming alcohol, to urinate for the first time, which leads to needing to urinate more and more often.Rate it:

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BroadwayA street name, typically for a wide road; a broad way.Rate it:

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BroadwayA place name for a settlement which grew up around such a road. For example, Broadway, Worcestershire, Broadway, Somerset.Rate it:

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Buggins's turnThe appointment of a person by rotation or promotion, on the basis of length of service (it being that person's "turn") rather than merit or level of qualification.Rate it:

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c'est un homme hors ligneHe is a first-rate man. Rate it:

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c'est un joueur de première forceHe is a first-rate player.Rate it:

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call off the dogsDuring a one-sided sports contest, to remove the first-string unit of a team from the game after dominating the opponent.Rate it:

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call outYell, Scream, Bellow, or utilize P.A. system or any viable means to summon HELP or summon individuals by name, number I.D. rating, rank, or any viable identifier.Rate it:

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call someone's bluffTo take action on the basis that another person is bluffing.Rate it:

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cast onTo start the first row of knitting by putting stitches on a needle.Rate it:

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Cast the First StoneTo be first to blame or criticize someone, to lead the scolding over offenderRate it:

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cast the first stoneTo act self-righteously in accusing another person, believing that one is blameless.Rate it:

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chamo-memy name is…Rate it:

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China syndromeA rare disease, first characterized in the early 1990s, which resembles poliomyelitis but which has somewhat different characteristics and occurs in persons vaccinated for poliomyelitis.Rate it:

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Christmas graduateA freshman who drops out of college at the end of the first semester.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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clear one's nameprove someone's innocence; exonerateRate it:

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come aroundTo change one's mind, especially to begin to agree or appreciate what one was reluctant to accept at first.Rate it:

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come firstTo win first place in a competition.Rate it:

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come firstTo be the most important thing to consider.Rate it:

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come si chiamawhat's your name?Rate it:

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come ti chiamiWhat is your name?Rate it:

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common nameThe name by which a species is known to the general public, rather than its taxonomic or scientific name.Rate it:

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common nameUsed other than as an idiom: see common, name.Rate it:

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como te chamaswhat is your name?Rate it:

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cómo te llamaswhat is your name?Rate it:

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coup de foudreA sudden unexpected event, especially an emotional one; love at first sight.Rate it:

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coup de foudrebolt from the blue; love at first sightRate it:

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crack of dawnThe first moment of daylight; sunrise.Rate it:

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cut a rugTo dance, especially in a vigorous manner and in one of the dance styles of the first half of the twentieth century.Rate it:

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day-to-dayOn a daily basis.Rate it:

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de prime abordAt first sight; At the first blush.Rate it:

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dictatorem dicere (creare)to name a person dictator.Rate it:

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did i stutter?Something said to a person who asks again and again, “what did you say?” Or someone who won’t hear you when you said “no” or “leave me alone” the first time and keeps annoyingly asking for your input.Rate it:

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dip a toe intoTo enter or get involved in tentatively and for the first time.Rate it:

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dire tantôt blanc, tantôt noirTo say first one thing and then another.Rate it:

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dirty wordThe name of a topic that a person does not like to hear or discuss.Rate it:

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do the best and live the restFirst do your work with your 100% dont think about the resultRate it:

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don't put your cart before the horseThe same as saying, "First things first"; asserts that there is a certain order in which things happen and that the listener should consider that before going forward (outside of that order) regarding the matter at handRate it:

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don't ask, don't tell, don't harass, don't pursueFull name of the U.S. Military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy concerning the service of homosexuals in the military as defined in 10 USC § 654.Rate it:

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draw first bloodreferring to the first participant(s) in a game, contest, debate, etc. to gain an advantage over their opponent; to score first points in any competitionRate it:

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e proscriptorum numero eximere aliquemto erase a person's name from the list of the proscribed.Rate it:

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elementa et tamquam semina rerumthe elements and first beginnings.Rate it:

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elizabeth the firstthe virgin queenRate it:

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elle a deux enfants du premier litShe has two children by her first husband.Rate it:

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elle est ma nièce à la mode de bretagneShe is the daughter of my first cousin.Rate it:

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elle est ma tante à la mode de bretagneShe is my father’s (or, mother’s) first cousin; She is my first cousin once removed.Rate it:

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eximere de reis aliquemto strike a person's name off the list of the accused.Rate it:

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eye-openerAn alcoholic beverage consumed first thing in the morning.Rate it:

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