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Rome was not Built in a DayHarder achievements or goals can’t be attained easily and quicklyRate it:

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Rotten Apple Spoils the BarrelSomething bad spoils everything or someone bad can spoil othersRate it:

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rough upTo make rough, to roughen.Rate it:

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roughen upto make something rough or rougherRate it:

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round offTo change the shape of an object to make it more circular.Rate it:

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round outTo make more complete by adding details.Rate it:

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rub inTo irritatingly make a point.Rate it:

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rub salt in someone's woundsTo make a painful situation even worse (even with the best of intentions).Rate it:

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rub salt in the woundTo make an injury feel worse.Rate it:

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rubber stampTo make officialRate it:

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rule onTo make a decision in an official capacity regarding some matter.Rate it:

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rule outTo make something impossible.Rate it:

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run adriftTo be aimless or pointless; to make no progress.Rate it:

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run afterTo make a determined effort to win someone's affections.Rate it:

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run awayTo leave home, or other place of residence, usually unannounced, or to make good on a threat, with such action usually performed by a child or juvenile.Rate it:

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run away withTo be misled by imagining that one's desires can come true.Rate it:

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run offTo make photocopies, or print.Rate it:

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run upTo make something, usually an item of clothing, very quickly.Rate it:

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running out of timeBroke, friendless, no car, can't meet mortgage payments.Rate it:

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rus excurrereto make a pleasure-trip into the country.Rate it:

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sauce upto make something more saucy; to sex upRate it:

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sauve qui peutevery man for himself - more literally "save yourself if you can"; most literally "may he save himself, whoever can"Rate it:

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save asTo enter a dialog box where the user can specify a filename, and such that when the filename is specified, an appropriate file will be saved with that name.Rate it:

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save faceTo take an action or make a gesture intended to preserve one's reputation or honour.Rate it:

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savoir sur le bout du doigtTo know perfectly; To have at one’s finger-ends.Rate it:

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scale backTo make a reduction in the amount, extent, etc. of something.Rate it:

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scelere se devincire, se obstringere, astringito commit a crime and so make oneself liable to the consequences of it.Rate it:

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scelus (in se) concipere, suscipereto commit a crime and so make oneself liable to the consequences of it.Rate it:

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score offTo defeat (especially in an argument), get the better of, achieve a success over, gain an advantage or win points over, make a point to the detriment or at the expense of, make appear foolish. Sometimes with particle on (someone).Rate it:

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Scrape the Bottle of the BarrelTo make use of something from leftover and off cuts. To be left to choose from scrap or residueRate it:

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scratch byTo get by; make ends meetRate it:

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screw aroundTo make out or engage in sexual activity, usually without actually having sex.Rate it:

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screw upTo make a mess of; to ruin.Rate it:

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screw upTo blunder; to make a mistake.Rate it:

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se imperio alicuius subicere (not alicui)to make one's submission to some one.Rate it:

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se melhorar, estragaSaid of something that is very good, to a point that it can't be improved further.Rate it:

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see a manTo go have a drink or to meet one's bootlegger.Rate it:

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see toTo take care of; to effect; to make happen.Rate it:

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see to it that...to make sure that...Rate it:

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see you when I see youUsed as a farewell, when the next time the speaker and interlocutor will meet is not known.Rate it:

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seek and ye shall findsomething can be found if it is looked for.Rate it:

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self fulfilling prophecyAn expectation can bring about an outcome.Rate it:

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sell wolf ticketsTo make empty threats or promises; to bluff.Rate it:

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sell-by dateThe final date on which a perishable product can be legally sold to the public.Rate it:

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semper memoria eius in (omnium) mentibus haerebitnothing will ever make me forgetful of him.Rate it:

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send out forTo make an order for something to be delivered, especially takeaway food.Rate it:

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send shivers down someone's spineTo terrify; to make someone feel extremely nervous.Rate it:

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send upTo make prices or temperatures etc. rise.Rate it:

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sensus movere (more strongly pellere)to make an impression on the senses.Rate it:

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set apartTo distinguish, make obvious the distinction between (two things) or of (something).Rate it:

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