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enough to make the angels weepSomething so distressing that it causes one to lose hope and faith.Rate it:

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entre chien et loupbetween a dog and a wolf.Rate it:

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entre l'arbre et l'écorceIn a bad situation; between a rock and a hard place.Rate it:

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entre l'arbre et l'écorceBetween the tree and the bark.Rate it:

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entre l'arbre et l'écorce il ne faut pas mettre le doigtOne must not interfere in other people’s quarrels.Rate it:

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entre le marteau et l'enclumebetween the hammer and the anvilRate it:

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entre le marteau et l'enclumebetween a rock and a hard place; between the devil and the deep blue seaRate it:

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epistulam (litteras) dare, scribere, mittere ad aliquemto write a letter to some one.Rate it:

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epistulam dare alicui ad aliquemto charge some one with a letter for some one else.Rate it:

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epistulam reddere alicui (Att. 5. 21. 4)to deliver a letter to some one (used of the messenger).Rate it:

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eppur si muoveThe words allegedly uttered by Galileo Galilei after being forced to recant heliocentrism: “and yet it moves”.Rate it:

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equitatu superiorem esseto have the advantage in cavalry.Rate it:

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equum in aliquem concitareride against any one at full speed; charge a person.Rate it:

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eripere aliquem e manibus hostiumto rescue some one from the hands of the enemy.Rate it:

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err on the side of cautionTo act in the least risky manner in a situation where one is uncertain about the consequences.Rate it:

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errorem cum lacte nutricis sugere (Tusc. 3. 1. 2)to imbibe error from one's mother's breasts.Rate it:

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errorem deponere, corrigereto amend, correct one's mistake.Rate it:

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erudire aliquem artibus, litteris (but erudire aliquem in iure civili, in re militari)to teach some one letters.Rate it:

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ESADeat shit and dieRate it:

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esagerazioneMore than is reasonable; a bit too much.Rate it:

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escape the bear and fall to the lionTo avoid a problem or inconvenience only to exchange it for an even worse misfortune afterwardsRate it:

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esprit de corpsA shared spirit of comradeship, enthusiasm, and devotion to a cause among the members of a group, for example of a military unit.Rate it:

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esprit de corpsA shared spirit of comradeship, enthusiasm, and devotion to a cause among the members of a group, for example of a military unit.Rate it:

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esse in honore apud aliquemto be honoured, esteemed by some one.Rate it:

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essuyer les plâtresTo live in a newly-built house (and therefore damp). Rate it:

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et al.And others; to complete a list, especially of people, as authors of a published work.Rate it:

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et aliaAnd others; used of things; neuter pluralRate it:

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et aliaeAnd others; used of women or girls; feminine plural.Rate it:

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et alibiand elsewhere; used to terminate lists of passages in a textRate it:

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et aliiAnd others; used of men or boys, or groups of mixed gender; masculine pluralRate it:

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et aliosAnd others; used of people, unless exclusively of female genderRate it:

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et ceteraand so onRate it:

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et hoc genus omneAnd all this kind.Rate it:

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et id genus omneAnd everything of that sort.Rate it:

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et seq.And that which follows.Rate it:

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et seqq.Abbreviation of et sequentia; and those which follow.Rate it:

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et tu, Brute"You too, Brutus" or "even you, Brutus"; expression of recognition of betrayal.Rate it:

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et uxor"and the wife" or "and his wife". It is often used in the context of a legal document to include a man's wife in whatever obligation, ownership, etc. the document spells out.Rate it:

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établir une rente sur les brouillards de la seineTo have an income in the clouds (i.e. nothing).Rate it:

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etc.And so on: used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information has been left out on the assumption that it is similar or already known.Rate it:

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eternal sleep(mythology, fiction, fantasy) A magical state of suspended animation, where-in the recipient is placed in a state of ageless, deathless, everlasting sleep. Well-known examples are Endymion, (the lover of the Greek moon goddess, Selene), and the princess from Sleeping Beauty.Rate it:

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eternal triangleA relationship involving three persons (usually two women and one man or two men and one woman) among whom there are conflicting and competing attachments of a romantic or emotional nature.Rate it:

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êtes-vous de la noce?Are you one of the wedding party?Rate it:

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êtes-vous des nôtresAre you one of our party? Are you one of us? Do you think as we do?Rate it:

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étourdir la grosse faimTo take the edge off one’s appetite.Rate it:

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être à fond de cale (fam.)To be hard up, at the end of one’s resources.Rate it:

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être à la brochette1. To be brought up by hand (of a bird). 2. To be brought up tenderly, with too much care.Rate it:

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être au bout de sa corde (or, son rouleau)To be at the end of one’s tether; To have no more to say.Rate it:

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être au bout de son latin (or, rouleau)To be at one’s wits’ end; Not to know what to do, or say, next.Rate it:

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être au bout de son rouleau, de son latin, de sa gammeTo be at one’s wits’ end; Not to know what to do.Rate it:

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