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charity muggerA person employed by a charity, or by an intermediary fundraising agency employed by the charity, who stands in the street and invites passersby to set up standing orders or direct debits to make regular donations to the charity.Rate it:

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chickens coming home to roostConsequences visited upon someone who originally had appeared to escape them.Rate it:

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cibum apponere, ponere alicuito set food before a person.Rate it:

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close of playThe end of the final game (not to be confused with set or match) during a day at the All England Tennis Championships (Wimbledon)Rate it:

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come down toTo depend upon, basically, ultimately or in essence.Rate it:

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come onTo encounter, discover; to come upon.Rate it:

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come toTo befall; to affect; to happen to; to come upon.Rate it:

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come to gripsseize the day! grasp the meaning, act upon the challenge, address the issue, issue stringent directives, take command, show 'em who's boss!Rate it:

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come uponTo befall; to affect; to happen to.Rate it:

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come uponto discover or find, especially by chance or accident.Rate it:

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come upon the townBecome a prostitute; turn to prostitution.Rate it:

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comedy of errorsA set of amusing or farcical events involving a series of awkward missteps or other mistakes.Rate it:

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comply withTo abide by a set of rules.Rate it:

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comptez dessusDepend upon it.Rate it:

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consistere in aliqua reto depend upon a thing.Rate it:

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contineri aliqua reto depend upon a thing.Rate it:

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copious free timeA hypothetical time set aside for performing time-consuming tasks, however insinuating that the speaker really has no free time.Rate it:

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count onTo rely upon, trust, or expect.Rate it:

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count uponto count onRate it:

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cursum dirigere aliquoto set one's course for a place.Rate it:

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CYLORUsed to encourage the addressee to rely upon his rabbi's, rather than others', answers to questions of religious import.Rate it:

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dead men's shoesA position or property that is only attainable by someone else upon the current holder's death.Rate it:

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dead set againstCompletely opposed, with no possibility of a change of mind.Rate it:

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descend uponto visit in large numbersRate it:

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dial inconfigure, set up, particularly a complex machine with many configuration options.Rate it:

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dial it inTo set up in a perfect or complete way.Rate it:

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dog eat dogRuthlessly acquisitive or competitive. Describes a business or other set of circumstances where people try to succeed at the expense of other people.Rate it:

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domo pedem non efferreto never set foot out of doors.Rate it:

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don't do anything I wouldn't doA phrase, often used jocularly, to give vague advice upon parting.Rate it:

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dope sheetA set of detailed instructions which the designer of an animated film provides to the photographers and editors.Rate it:

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dope sheetA summary of the content and technical information for a set of photographs.Rate it:

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draw the lineTo set a boundary, rule, or limit, especially on what one will tolerate.Rate it:

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draw uponTo appeal to, make a demand of, rely on; to utilize or make use of, as a source.Rate it:

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dress downThe heavy criticism, personal attack upon a subaltern by a superior for any infraction, misdemeanor, rule violation, felony et al which leaves the victim shattered:Rate it:

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dwell uponAlternative form of dwell onRate it:

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elle frise la quarantaineShe is just upon forty.Rate it:

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embark on a ventureset up/begin/start a businessRate it:

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enlarge upon1. Expend; 2. To make larger; 3. add to; 4. To give greater scope to;Rate it:

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érase que se eraonce upon a timeRate it:

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érase una vezonce upon a timeRate it:

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es war einmalonce upon a timeRate it:

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être sujet à cautionNot to be relied upon. Rate it:

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exemplo esseto set an example.Rate it:

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exemplum edere, prodereto set an example.Rate it:

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exponere, proponere merces (venales)to set out goods for sale.Rate it:

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fair enoughAn expression used to concede a point; denotes that, upon consideration, something is correct or reasonable; an expression of acknowledgment or understanding.Rate it:

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fall back uponTo fall back on.Rate it:

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fall foulTo collide; to conflict with; to attack (+ on, of, upon)Rate it:

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fall in withTo accept a set of generally agreed rules, or a suggestion.Rate it:

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fall onTo experience; to suffer; to fall upon.Rate it:

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