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around the clockAll the time or seemingly all the time; constantly.Rate it:

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as hungry as a hunterTo be very hungry. Hunters are presumed to be hungry because of the (often lengthy) time taken in order to catch their quarry.Rate it:

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as long asWhile; for some period of time.Rate it:

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as ofFrom, on or at a specified time.Rate it:

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as often as notMore or less half of the time; on many occasions but not always; frequently.Rate it:

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at lastAfter a long time; eventually.Rate it:

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at onceAt the same time; simultaneously; together.Rate it:

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at someone's disposalAvailable to be used at any time and in any way the user sees fit.Rate it:

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at this point in timeRight now.Rate it:

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aunt floColloquialism for the time of a month when a woman is menstruating.Rate it:

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avoir la vie dure1. To have a hard time. 2. To have nine lives.Rate it:

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baby-killera Vietnam veteran returning to the United States, used by war opponentsRate it:

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back in the dayIn the past; at one time, especially a time which is fondly remembered.Rate it:

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bad old daysthe past, seen as a time when things were worse.Rate it:

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banged upSpending time in prison or jail.Rate it:

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bank nightAn event where patrons are enticed to buy entry tickets into some venue, for example a movie theater, with the anticipation that they will be entered into a drawing to win an amount of money if their ticket is drawn and they are on-site at the time of the winning.Rate it:

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basket caseIn World War 1, a victim who had one or more severed limbs. They were brought off the field in a “basket”.Rate it:

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bat five hundredTo be successful half of the time, to have a success rate of 50%.Rate it:

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Batten Down the HatchesTo prepare for any sort of emergency before time by taking proper measuresRate it:

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battle crySomething the troops yell out when going to war or battle.Rate it:

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beat offTo waste time.Rate it:

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beat the clockTo perform a task or successfully complete an activity within a time limit.Rate it:

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beat the clockPerform a task quickly or within a fixed time limit.Rate it:

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before someone's timeFrom before one was born or old enough to be aware of the world.Rate it:

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before someone's timeAt a stage in one's life, development, etc. that seems premature.Rate it:

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behind its timeShowing characteristics of the past; present in one's work after later advances in the field; coming later than could be generally accepted.Rate it:

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behind timeLate, arriving late.Rate it:

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belli finem facere, bellum finireto put an end to war.Rate it:

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belli sedes (Liv. 4. 31)the seat of war, theatre of operations.Rate it:

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bello implicarito be involved in a war.Rate it:

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bello persequi aliquem, lacessereto harass with war.Rate it:

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bello se interponere (Liv. 35. 48)to interfere in a war.Rate it:

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bellum administrareto have the control of the war.Rate it:

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bellum componere (Fam. 10. 33)to terminate a war (by a treaty, etc.)Rate it:

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bellum conficere, perficereto terminate a war (by force of arms and defeat of one's opponents).Rate it:

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bellum conflare (Fam. 5. 2. 8)to kindle a war.Rate it:

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bellum coniungere (Imp. Pomp. 9. 26)to wage war in conjunction with some one.Rate it:

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bellum cum aliquo inireto begin a war with some one.Rate it:

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bellum ducere, trahere, extrahereto protract, prolong a war.Rate it:

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bellum facere, movere, excitareto cause a war.Rate it:

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bellum gerere cum aliquoto make war on a person.Rate it:

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bellum impendet, imminet, instata war is imminent.Rate it:

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bellum indīcere, denuntiareto make formal declaration of war.Rate it:

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bellum intestinum, domesticum (opp. bellum externum)a civil war.Rate it:

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bellum iustum (pium)a regular, formal war.Rate it:

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bellum molirito meditate war.Rate it:

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bellum or arma ultro inferreto be the aggressor in a war; to act on the offensive.Rate it:

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bellum oritur, exardescitwar breaks out.Rate it:

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bellum parareto make preparations for war.Rate it:

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bellum pro religionibus susceptuma religious war.Rate it:

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