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heart to heartA sincere, serious, or personal conversation.Rate it:

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hits pretty close to homehaving a direct personal effect on you.Rate it:

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hold someone's feet to the fireTo maintain personal, social, political, or legal pressure on someone in order to induce him or her to comply with one's desires; to hold someone accountable for his or her actions.Rate it:

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hounded me almost to deathA continuing harassment, a constant and recurring state of personal raging.Rate it:

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i'm in a real pickle now!Personal Realization That One Is In A Dilemma; In An Awkward Circumstance Or A Baffling Interpersonal Relationship.Rate it:

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il n'a pas de dehorsHis personal appearance is not prepossessing; He looks nobody.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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Imperio BizantinoNombre que recibe por los historiadores el Imperio Romano de Oriente, especialmente tras la caída del Imperio Romano de Occidente. Su nombre proviene de Bizancio, antigua ciudad sobre la que el emperador romano Constantino el Grande fundó su capital, llamada en su honor Constantinopla. Luego de la caída del Imperio Romano de Occidente en el 476 d.C., mantuvo por más de mil años la cultura romana, fusionada y enriquecida con la cultura griega. De hecho, el idioma utilizado fue el griego.Rate it:

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it's a small worldUsed to express surprise at meeting an acquaintance or discovering a personal connection in a distant place or an unexpected context.Rate it:

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it's not what you know but who you knowFor success, and especially to obtain employment, one's knowledge and skills are less useful and less important than one's network of personal contacts.1951, G. P. Bush and L. H. Hattery, "Federal Recruitment of Junior Engineers," Science, vol. 114, no. 2966, p. 456:Eighty-four students referred to political influence as a disadvantage of federal employment with such remarks as: "There are too many political connections necessary . . . it's not what you know but who you knowRate it:

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it's your nickelReference to one's right to shop, select, evaluate, purchase any item for any personal reason.Rate it:

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kitchen table softwareEspecially in the early years of personal computers, a set of computer programs developed by an entrepreneurial advanced amateur or self-employed professional computer programmer in his or her own home; software developed by a small business using the services of such programmers.Rate it:

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know someoneTo have personal or social connections.Rate it:

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line one's pocketsTo accumulate personal wealth, especially in an illegal or morally objectionable manner.Rate it:

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lowest point in my lifeTo experience extrene depression as a result of certain circumstances, loss of a lov'd one, financial or personal reverses, physical or emotional deprivation.Rate it:

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memoriter(1) with good memory; (2) from personal recollection.Rate it:

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meter en el mismo sacoTratar o considerar del mismo modo a personas que deberían serlo de forma diferente en función de la situación personal de cada cual.Rate it:

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micro enchuladaMicro amarilla, vehículo antiguo de locomoción colectiva que ya no puede circular en Santiago de Chile, que ha sido repintada para usarla como bus urbano, debido al déficit de buses nuevos en la capital.Rate it:

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mobilia sequuntur personamCommon law doctrine holding that personal property held by a person is governed by the same law that governs that person, so that if a person who is legally domiciled in one jurisdiction dies with property in a second jurisdiction, that property is legally treated as though it were in the first jurisdiction.Rate it:

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no strings attachedWhen something is given free and clear without any conditions of payment or personal service in return.Rate it:

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not that there's anything wrong with thatA signal phrase that one does not wish to offend when discussing a potentially contentious issue involving personal beliefs.Rate it:

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oración compuestaClase de oración que tiene más de un núcleo o forma personal del verbo.Rate it:

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oración simpleClase de oración que solamente tiene un núcleo o una sola forma personal del verbo.Rate it:

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paper chaseThe effort to earn a diploma, college degree, personal certificate or license (as the necessary paperwork required [documents, assignments, forms, reports, applications] amasses a literal trail of paper)Rate it:

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personal capitalFinancial resources or other wealth belonging to a particular person, especially when used for investment purposes.Rate it:

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personal capitalGood reputation, credibility, or influence.Rate it:

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personal computersPCsRate it:

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pin moneyAn allowance of money given by a man to his wife or to other dependents for their personal, discretionary use. [from 16th c.]Rate it:

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pin moneyA relatively small sum of cash kept in one's personal possession, for routine expenses or incidental purchases; an amount of money which is not particularly significant. [from 18th c.]Rate it:

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private eyeA private personal detective, employed to gather information about someone.Rate it:

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pronombre reflexivoTipo de pronombre personal que actúa como objeto gramatical de un verbo o una preposición, y se refiere a la misma persona, animal o cosa que el sujeto.Rate it:

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que mal lhe pergunteSaid preceding a question that may be seem as too rude or personal, to reduce the impact of said question.Rate it:

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res, quae moveri possunt; res moventes (Liv. 5. 25. 6)movable, personal property.Rate it:

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roving eyeThe personal characteristic of taking amorous interest in people other than one's own spouse or regular romantic partner.Rate it:

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sacarse el pilloEludir o esquivar una respuesta, de forma de no comprometerse con una opinión personal.Rate it:

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Santiago del Nuevo ExtremoNombre con que Pedro de Valdivia fundó la ciudad que se convertiría en Santiago, capital de Chile.Rate it:

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Santo ToméCapital del estado de Santo Tomé y Príncipe.Rate it:

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Santo ToméIsla principal de Santo Tomé y Príncipe, en donde se encuentra la capital.Rate it:

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sell outTo abandon one's supporters or principles to seek profit or other personal advantage.Rate it:

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shoot oneself in the footTo deliberately sabotage an activity in order to avoid obligation, though it causes personal suffering. Origins in first world war trench warfare.Rate it:

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sleeping partnerA sleeping partner is a partner who has invested capital in a firm but plays no part in its management.Rate it:

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slings and arrowsMisfortune or adversity that is not one's fault; adverse factors or circumstances; also, judgments, harsh criticisms, or personal attacksRate it:

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socio comanditarioEl que en las sociedades en comandita interesa solo por su capital, sin figurar su nombre en la razón social y sin más responsabilidad que hasta donde alcance el capital aportado, estando excluido de la gerencia y demás actos sociales.Rate it:

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Solo capite sanxit, si quis... (Att. 10. 1)Solon made it a capital offence to...Rate it:

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sort oneself outTo organize or solve one's personal problems.Rate it:

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stop throwing shadesThis means to refrain from throwing sarcasm to a person either via SMS or in personal conversation. It calls to rather get direct to the point. It is like firing a bullet at point blank.Rate it:

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strike out into unknown territoryVenture forth into a new or unknown business, theme, vacation, personal relationship or program.Rate it:

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stuffMiscellaneous items; things; personal effects.Rate it:

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suck upTo adulate or flatter somebody excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour.Rate it:

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supplicio (capitis) afficito suffer capital punishment.Rate it:

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