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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 manu in manus or per manus tradere aliquidto pass a thing from hand to hand.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 tanto aprontar, hoje conheço as artimanhas de quem pensa em me enganar.For those who want to fool me, I've learned how to behave after make a lot of bad things.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 : So hated by that they are absolutely ignored.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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dead lastThe standings, often by a considerable margin to the next-to-last-place finisher or after an exceptionally poor showing or season.Rate it:

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dead men tell no talesOnce someone is dead, they can no longer communicate, hence killing someone is the best way to keep him/her quiet.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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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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deadstick landingWhen a pilot lands a plane after the engine has died; a landing lacking any propulsion control.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 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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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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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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deditione facta (Sall. Iug. 26)after capitulation.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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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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delectari aliqua reto take pleasure in a thing.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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deliver the message to garcia...grasp the demands and exactions of business life. He learns that the main thing to do is to "deliver the message to Garcia"....Rate it:

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deliver the message to garciaProgrammers are consistently dehumanized because so many do indeed deliver the message to Garcia only to be at best ignored.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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demittere aliquid in pectus or in pectus animumque suumto take a thing to heart.Rate 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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describere aliquem (Cael. 20. 50)to allude to a person or thing (not alludere).Rate it:

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desiderio alicuius rei teneri, affici (more strongly flagrare, incensum esse)to long for a thing, yearn for it.Rate it:

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desk jockeyOne who spends his or her time seated at a desk; especially one who is more concerned with procedure, paperwork, or administration than with its ultimate goal or practical consequence.Rate it:

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desperare suis rebusto despair of one's position.Rate it:

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deux avis valent mieux qu'untwo heads are better than oneRate it:

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deux avis valent mieux qu'unTwo heads are better than one.Rate it:

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devil take the hindmostAn imprecation that everyone should look after their own interests, leaving those who cannot cope to whatever fate befalls them.Rate it:

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devil's advocateOne who debates from a view which they may not actually hold, usually to determine its validity, or simply for the sake of argument.Rate it:

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