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jeu d'enfantchild's playRate it:

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jeu de mains, jeu de vilains1. Horse-play is not gentlemanly. 2. Rough play often ends in tears.Rate it:

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jouer à pile ou faceTo play pitch and toss, heads or tails.Rate it:

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jouer avec le feuplay with fireRate it:

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jouer avec ses armesTo play one's own gameRate it:

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jouer cartes sur tableTo play openly; To act frankly.Rate it:

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jouer devant les banquettes(of actors) To play to empty benches.Rate it:

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jouer gros jeu(lit.) To play for high stakes; (fig.) To risk very much in an attempt.Rate it:

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jouer la belleTo play the rubber (or third game, to see which of the players is the conqueror).Rate it:

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joustA tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.Rate it:

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king of the hillA person who has achieved a measure of success and is considered to be a leader in his field.Rate it:

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l'arc toujours tendu se gâteAll work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.Rate it:

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la pièce n'est que quelconqueThe piece (i.e. the play) is quite an ordinary one.Rate it:

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lapsed academicA person formerly employed as a professor or researcher in a university or other institution of higher education, especially one who no longer attempts to remain current in his or her former academic field.Rate it:

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laundry on the fieldPenalty flags thrown during a football game.Rate it:

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le chat parti les souris dansentWhen the cat’s away the mice will play.Rate it:

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le chat parti, les souris dansentwhen the cat's away the mice will playRate it:

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lead the lineTo play as centre forward.Rate it:

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left fieldThe part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and to your left if you stand on home plate and face the pitcher.Rate it:

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left fieldThe defensive position in the outfield to the left.Rate it:

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line upTo start a game in a certain position on the playing field.Rate it:

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look-inA quick short pass to a receiver running diagonally toward the center of the field.Rate it:

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major inTo take as one's major field of study in an institute of tertiary education.Rate it:

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make the cutTo succeed; to be chosen out of a field of candidates or possibilities.Rate it:

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make the world go aroundTo play an essential role in causing the things in life to work as they should; to underlie the fulfillment of the needs of human existence.Rate it:

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mató tunco tu tataName of a game adults play with little childrenRate it:

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mess aboutTo play with; to toy with; to waste the time of.Rate it:

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mess aroundTo joke, kid, or play.Rate it:

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Monopoly moneyPlay money printed on paper, especially differently colored denominations of the board game Monopoly.Rate it:

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motor effectTendency of a wire carrying an electric current in a magnetic field to move.Rate it:

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mover and shakerSomeone who has power and influence in some field or activity.Rate it:

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nous sommes à deux de jeuWe are even; We are a match for each other; Two can play at that game.Rate it:

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on the anvilRefers to anything in the making, being created, or in production, especially in the metalworking field.Rate it:

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Out in Left FieldUnusual, eccentric, off beatRate it:

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outer coreThe part of the Earth between the mantle and inner core, responsible for generating the planet's magnetic field.Rate it:

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outer coreThe hot liquid material found near the centre of some planets, distinct from the solid inner core.(geology) The part of the Earth between the mantle and inner core, responsible for generating the planet's magnetic field.Rate it:

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partes agere alicuiusto play the part of some one.Rate it:

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party and playMarked by the use of drugs and the absence of sexual inhibitions.Rate it:

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party and playUsed other than as an idiom: see party, play.Rate it:

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pea patchA baseball field.Rate it:

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pick gooseberrySynonym of play gooseberryRate it:

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piss aboutto joke or playRate it:

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piss aroundto joke or playRate it:

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play a partto be involved in such a way to affect the outcome, to be a contributing factorRate it:

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play alongTo take part in a charade, deception, or practical joke.Rate it:

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play aroundTo behave in a silly, or childish, or irresponsible way.Rate it:

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play aroundTo engage in sexual practices outside of marriage.Rate it:

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play aroundTo work with in a non-serious manner.Rate it:

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play atTo pretend to be a different person while playing a game.Rate it:

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play atTo do something in a manner that lacks seriousness, commitment, or professionalism.Rate it:

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