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deliver the message to garciaWhat we need is people who get the job done, no matter how. We don't want pickers who'll only learn if we use their preferred learning method. Have you read "A Message to Garcia" ? That's what we need today - young people who can deliver the message to Garcia.Rate it:

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desudare et elaborare in aliqua re (De Senect. 11. 38)to exert oneself very considerably in a matter.Rate it:

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dicksize warA pointless competition, dispute or conflict, often over some trivial matter.Rate it:

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dispositio rerum (De Inv. 1. 7. 9)the arrangement of the subject-matter.Rate it:

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do not pass go, do not collect $200A phrase telling someone to pursue a path directly without deviations.Rate it:

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do not pass go, do not collect £200A phrase telling someone to pursue a path directly without deviations.Rate 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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dope sheetA summary, ordinarily in the form of a document, containing important facts and background information concerning a person, activity, or other subject matter.Rate it:

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dumb downTo convey some subject matter in simple terms, avoiding technical or academic language, especially in a way that is considered condescending.Rate it:

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ein Machtwort sprechento decide a matter; to exercise one's authorityRate it:

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exercise for the readerA matter left to the addressee's judgement to decide.Rate it:

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fashion policeThe mythical fashion police are always standing in the wings eyeballing female employees as they pursue their careers in the executive offices of New York City.Rate it:

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fish to fryA matter to attend to.Rate it:

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flower not but flowers petal.Get a good small bit of big thing, matter, incidence.Rate it:

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Food for ThoughtA thought provoking idea, or considerable thing or matterRate it:

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for that matterAs far as that is concerned.Rate it:

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for the love of meno matter what I do; whatever I doRate it:

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free spacevacuum; a space free of matter.Rate it:

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get it straight, Understand It Correctly, Get The Truth In The MatterRate it:

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get on toTo contact in order to raise or discuss a certain matter.Rate it:

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get one's finger outTo proceed with the matter in hand.Rate it:

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get one's knickers in a twistTo become overwrought or unnecessarily upset over a trivial matter.Rate it:

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get one's panties in a bunchTo become overwrought or unnecessarily upset over a trivial matter.Rate it:

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get ontoTo contact a person or organisation about a particular matter.Rate it:

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Get to the Bottom of SomethingTo discover the root cause of something, to find out and investigate the actual cause of matterRate it:

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give chaseTo chase or pursue a person.Rate it:

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go afterTo pursue an object or a goal.Rate it:

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go afterTo pursue in attempt to catch another.Rate it:

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go through the motionsTo do something in a mechanical, unreflective manner, especially as a matter of routine and without commitment or enthusiasm; to perform a task perfunctorily.Rate it:

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go to batBe aggressive, be assertive, actively pursue a goal or action.Rate it:

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grasp at strawsTo guess randomly at or pursue any apparent option, as due to lack of options or information.Rate it:

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grey matterA collection of cell bodies and (usually) dendritic connections, in contrast to white matter.Rate it:

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grey matterBrains; a person's ability to think.Rate it:

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gun forTo pursue as a goal; to work hard to achieve.Rate it:

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gut check) An honest, reflective appraisal of one's true feelings concerning a matter of concern.Rate it:

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hate abounds, eye's awaken/ still your heart, the grounds only quakin'The cumulative mindset of our human condition and how we affect matter without even realizing it, yet we fail or refuse to see exactly what’s we/you’re doing no matter the consequences.Rate it:

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have one's eye onto seek, pursueRate it:

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hill to die onAn issue to pursue with wholehearted conviction and/or single-minded focus, with little or no regard to the cost.Rate it:

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hoc longe aliter, secus estthis is quite another matter.Rate it:

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hold that thought a momentIn conversation which flows rapidly and is complicated or heavily detailed, one' may be asked to retain the just spoken remark so as to avoid confusion and loss of reasoned progress in the matter at hand.Rate it:

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horse of a different colorAn unrelated or only incidentally related matter with distinctly different significance.Rate it:

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hostes insequi, prosequito pursue the enemy.Rate it:

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il fait bonne mine à mauvais jeuHe puts a good face on the matter; He makes the best of a bad job.Rate it:

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il le mène bon train dans cette affaireHe drives him hard in that matter.Rate it:

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il mènera cette affaire rondementHe will not dally about that matter.Rate it:

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il n'y a pas de quoi rireIt is no laughing matter.Rate it:

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il s'est jeté à corps perdu dans cette affaireHe threw himself headlong (or, with might and main) into the matter.Rate it:

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intentum esse alicui reito be engaged upon a matter.Rate it:

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it comes and goesSometimes you might feel like nothing is right and everything is against you, but don't give up. Things could change for the good in a matter of seconds.Rate it:

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