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damer le pion à quelqu'unTo outwit some one.Rate it:

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damned if one does and damned if one doesn'tA dilemma where either choice results in a negative outcome.Rate it:

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damnum inferre, afferre alicuito do harm to, injure any one.Rate it:

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Daniel come to judgementOne who wisely settles a difficult matter.Rate it:

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dans le royaume des aveugles les borgnes sont roisAmong the blind, the one-eyed is king.Rate it:

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danser devant le buffetTo have nothing to eat.Rate it:

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darning needleA damselfly, or a dragonfly that resembles one.Rate it:

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darsi da fareHave sexRate it:

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das duas, umaeither one or the otherRate it:

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das Kind fällt in den Brunnena disaster happens or becomes inevitable; it is too late for precautions that should have been taken earlierRate it:

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date with destinyAn inevitable future event or encounter, especially one which is likely to be momentous.Rate it:

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day larkOne who gets up early in the morning or goes to bed early.Rate it:

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day oneThe very beginning.Rate it:

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dayenuIt will have been sufficient.Rate it:

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de cabezaoff the top of one's headRate it:

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de fil en aiguilleBit by bit; One thing leading to another.Rate it:

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de fond en comblefrom top to bottom, from wall to wallRate it:

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de gradu deici, ut diciturto lose one's composure; to be disconcerted.Rate it:

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de iure suo decedere or cedereto waive one's right.Rate it:

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de potestate decedereto give up, lay down office (usually at the end of one's term of office).Rate it:

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de principatu deiectus (B. G. 7. 63)deposed from one's high position.Rate it:

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de sententia deici, depelli, deterrerito be forced to change one's mind.Rate it:

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de sententia sua decedereto give up one's opinion.Rate it:

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de statu suo or mentis deici (Att. 16. 15)to lose one's composure; to be disconcerted.Rate it:

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de suo (opp. alieno) vivereto live on one's means.Rate it:

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de, ab officio decedereto neglect one's duty.Rate it:

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deadWithout interest to one of the senses; dull; flat.Rate it:

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dead duckOne who is in serious danger or trouble.Rate it:

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dead endA path or strategy that goes nowhere or is blocked on one end.Rate it:

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deadbeatOwes money but is unlikely to pay it backRate it:

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deadbeat dadA man, especially one who is divorced or estranged from his partner, who fails to provide monetary child support when he is legally required to do so.Rate it:

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death spiralA manoeuvre in which a male skater spins in place while holding one hand of his female skating partner as she circles around him with one skate on the ice and one leg extended outward parallel to the ice surface, all the while slowly lowering herself until her back almost touches the ice surface.Rate it:

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death spiralThe situation or course of action of one who is on a path toward some sort of inevitable catastrophic failure.Rate it:

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deathbed conversionAn abrupt, last-minute change in one's professed beliefs, principles, or point of view in order to escape a serious threat or to increase one's chances of success.Rate it:

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deathbed conversionAcceptance of religious belief immediately before one dies, typically in a state of anxiety or fear of the insecurity of what will happen to one in and after death.Rate it:

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débander l'arc ne guérit pas la plaieTo cease doing mischief does not undo the harm one has done.Rate it:

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déchirer quelqu'un à belles dentsTo criticise some one mercilessly; To tear a person’s reputation to shreds.Rate it:

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decimum aetatis annum ingredito be entering on one's tenth year.Rate it:

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decimum annum excessisse, egressum esseto be more than ten years old, to have entered on one's eleventh year.Rate it:

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deep pocketsAn ample supply of money, especially money which one is willing to spend; the possessor of such money.Rate it:

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deest mihi argumentum ad scribendum (Att. 9. 7. 7)I have nothing to write about.Rate it:

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deferri, deici aliquoto be driven out of one's course; to drift.Rate it:

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défiler (or, dire) son chapeletTo say all one has to say.Rate it:

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deicere aliquem de saxo Tarpeioto throw some one down the Tarpeian rock.Rate it:

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deliver the goodsTo keep one's promises.Rate it:

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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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déménager à la cloche de bois (fam.)To shoot the moon; To leave a house without paying one’s rent or one’s creditors.Rate it:

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den grünen Daumen habento have a green thumbRate it:

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deponere magistratumto give up, lay down office (usually at the end of one's term of office).Rate it:

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der Reihe nachone by one, in turnRate it:

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