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cet homme casse les vitresThat man speaks out boldly, to bring matters to a crisis; That man does not pick and choose his words.Rate it:

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cet homme est bon comme le painThat man is goodness itself.Rate it:

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cet homme est ma bête noire (mon cauchemar)That man is my pet aversion; I hate the very sight of that man.Rate it:

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cet homme est son âme damnéeThat man does his dirty work for him, is his tool.Rate it:

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cet homme est un puits de scienceHe is a man of deep learning.Rate it:

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cet homme file sa cordeThat man will bring himself to the gallows.Rate it:

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cet homme mourra au coin d'un bois (or, d'une haie)That man will die in a ditch.Rate it:

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cet homme n'a ni mine ni façonThat man has neither grace nor good looks; That man is as awkward as he is ugly.Rate it:

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cet homme n'a pas son pendant (or, pareil)That man has not his match.Rate it:

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cet homme n'a pas un denier vaillantThat man is not worth a brass farthing.Rate it:

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cet homme n'est pas très honnête, tranchons le mot, c'est un coquinThat man is not very honourable, in plain English, he is a rascal. Rate it:

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cet homme rêve tout éveilléThat man dreams with his eyes open.Rate it:

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cet homme se tirerait d'un puitsThat man would get out of any difficulty, is full of resource.Rate it:

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cet homme y va tête baisséeThat man rushes blindly into it; That man sets to work energetically.Rate it:

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cet homme-là est bien tombéThat man has fallen on his feet; That man has applied to the right person (or, ironic), to the wrong person.Rate it:

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cet individu n'a pas l'air catholiqueThat man does not look very trustworthy.Rate it:

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chacun a dans sa vie un souris de la fortuneFortune knocks once at every man’s door.Rate it:

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chacun pour soievery man for himselfRate it:

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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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checks off all the boxesmeets all the criteria; usually said about what someone is looking for in a man or womanRate it:

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civitate donare aliquem (Balb. 3. 7)to make a man a citizen.Rate it:

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clothes don't make the manAn aphorism meaning that you cannot judge a person solely by his appearance. Usually pertains to men.Rate it:

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cock in the henhouseA man in a situation where he has access to many women, presumably intending to seduce them.Rate it:

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comme cet homme s'écoute!What care that man takes of himself!Rate it:

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comment est-il fait?What sort of a man is he?Rate it:

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company manA male homosexual.Rate it:

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company manA spy or other operative of an intelligence service, especially the U. S. Central Intelligence Agency.Rate it:

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company manA male employee who has a great-and often, in the view of others, an excessive-commitment to serving the interests of the organization which employs him.Rate it:

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con manswindlerRate it:

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consolari aliquem de aliqua reto comfort a man in a matter; to condole with him.Rate it:

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corroborata, firmata aetatehaving reached man's estate.Rate it:

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cowgirl positionA sex position in which the man lies on his back, and the woman sits on top of him facing him.Rate it:

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curb appealThe visual attractiveness of an automobile, as seen from street level.Rate it:

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d'homme à hommeman-to-manRate it:

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das kann man wohl sagenyou can say that againRate it:

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de sententia aliquem deducere, movereto make a man change his opinion.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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deverti ad aliquem (ad [in] villam)to go to a man's house as his guest.Rate it:

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dieu nous garde d'un homme qui n'a qu'une affaireGod save us from the man of one idea.Rate it:

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dimber damber upright manThe chief of a gang of thieves or gypsies.Rate it:

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dirty old manAn adult male - usually middle-aged or elderly - who acts in a lecherous or lewd manner.Rate it:

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dis-moi qui tu hantes, je te dirai qui tu esA man is known by his company; Birds of a feather flock together.Rate it:

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divortium facere cum uxoreto separate from, divorce (of the man).Rate it:

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do not enterSigns along the road to indicate this is a one way street.Rate it:

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doctrina abundare (De Or. 3. 16. 59)to be a man of great learning.Rate it:

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dog outTo mistreat, especially for a pimp or abusive man to mistreat a woman by prostituting her.Rate it:

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down the road, not across the streetAlong the radial artery rather than across the wrist from side to side.Rate it:

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Downing Streeta street leading off Whitehall in Westminster, London containing the residences of the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the ExchequerRate it:

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Downing Streetthe British governmentRate it:

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ducere aliquam in matrimoniumto marry (of the man).Rate it:

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