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hold your fireDo not discharge your weapon. Used originally for weapons needing a spark or lighting of a fuse to ignite gunpowder, now sometimes used to mean any weapon launching a projectile.Rate it:

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hold your head highStand erect, shoulders back, head high for actions taken over, up and beyond the ordinary response to the challenge.Rate it:

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Hold Your HorsesTo be patient, to relax and slow down your pace, to waitRate it:

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hold-up playA play where an attacker retains possession of the ball, while the teammates can move up the field.Rate it:

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holder newtStand by, Stand Fast!, Don't Move, Hold EverythingRate it:

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hunker downTo stubbornly hold to a position.Rate it:

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idem sentire (opp. dissentire ab aliquo)to hold the same views.Rate it:

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il a la langue trop longueHe cannot hold his tongue.Rate it:

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il est venu fort à proposHe came very opportunely.Rate it:

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il faut que je parle, c'est plus fort que moiI must speak, I cannot help it.Rate it:

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il l'a fait fort mal à proposHe did it very unseasonably, just at the wrong time.Rate it:

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il sait le fort et le fin de son artHe knows every trick of his trade.Rate it:

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in imperio esseto hold a high office (such as conferred imperium, i.e. consulatus, dictatura, praetura).Rate it:

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it's not for us to wonder why, it's for us to do or die!Ask no questions, ponder nothing, hold no reservations, withhold no loyalty; Simply fall-in, join forces, obey my orders, follow through and prepare to make the supreme sacrifice in this horrific challenge!Rate it:

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je fais bon marché de celaI hold that very cheap.Rate it:

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je me fais fort de le faireI feel quite confident of doing it.Rate it:

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Keep a Straight FaceTo hold oneself off laughing, to abstain from laughingRate it:

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keep backTo hold back; to refuse to give or share.Rate it:

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Keep Something under Your HatTo hold off disclosing something, not to reveal something secretRate it:

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keep underTo hold in subjection; hence, to oppress.Rate it:

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kill the messengerTo blame a problem on whoever reported it; to hold somebody accountable a problem because he/she brought attention to it.Rate it:

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la raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleureMight is right; There is no arguing with a large fist.Rate it:

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lâcher priseTo let go one’s hold.Rate it:

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latch ontoTo obtain, acquire or get and keep hold of something.Rate it:

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lay hold ofTo seize; catch; apprehend.Rate it:

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lay hold ofTo obtain.Rate it:

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le feu lui sort par les yeuxSes yeux sont allumés de colère ; il est fort courroucé.Rate it:

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le fort portant le faibleOne thing with another; On an average.Rate it:

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le plus fort est faitThe worst is over; The most difficult part is done.Rate it:

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lectisternium facere, habere (Liv. 22. 1. 18)to hold a lectisternium.Rate it:

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let goTo no longer hold on.Rate it:

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look down one's noseTo regard as inferior or distasteful; to hold in contempt.Rate it:

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man the fortTo take care of a place or situation in another's absence.Rate it:

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manu or in manu tenere aliquidto hold something in one's hand.Rate it:

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montrer le soleil avec un flambeauTo hold a farthing rushlight to the sun; To paint the lily.Rate it:

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mordicus tenere aliquidto hold fast in the teeth (also metaphorically, obstinately).Rate it:

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no hard feelings(I, etc.) hold no lingering anger or resentment toward (you, etc.); There's no bad blood between (us, etc.).Rate it:

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non merciExprime un fort refus, un non catégorique à une idée.Rate it:

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not wanted on voyageA phrase used on destination tags for some of a ship passengers' baggage, for goods that were to be stored in the ship's hold, rather than kept available in the passenger's cabin, or "Wanted in Stateroom"Rate it:

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novarum rerum cupidum esseto hold revolutionary opinions.Rate it:

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novis rebus studereto hold revolutionary opinions.Rate it:

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obsidionem quattuor menses sustinereto hold out for four months.Rate it:

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on holdWaiting on a telephone call.Rate it:

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on holdDelayed; postponed.Rate it:

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on holdOn reserve; being held for someone.Rate it:

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on le tenait à quatreIt needed four men to hold him down.Rate it:

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on le tient à quatreIt needs four men to hold him down.Rate it:

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one can't hold two watermelons in one handdo not attempt to take on more than you can handleRate it:

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ou tôt ou tard, ou près ou loin, le fort du faible a besoinThe lion had need of the mouse.Rate it:

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park that thoughtAlternative form of hold that thought.Rate it:

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