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long shotSomething unlikely; something that has little chance of happening or working. The term arose from the accuracy of early ship guns, which were effective only at close range and unlikely to hit the mark at any great distance.Rate it:

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look aroundTo turn one's head to see what is behind oneself.Rate it:

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look as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpenceTo look annoyed or displeased.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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look down one's shirtTo look at a girl's breasts.Rate it:

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look offTo mislead by directing one's apparent attention away from one's true object of intent.Rate it:

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look offTo put off by one's facial expression.Rate it:

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look out for number oneTo act in one's own interests; to act in a manner advantageous primarily to oneself.Rate it:

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look roundTo turn one's head to see what is behind oneself.Rate it:

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looking like a wrecka self-realization of one's negative appearance because of unfortunate or unintentional circumstances.Rate it:

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loose changeCoins of little value kept in one's pocket or bag.Rate it:

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lord it overTo behave as if one is in control of; to make a display of having an advantage over or superiority to.Rate it:

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lose itTo be explosively angry; to lose one's temper.Rate it:

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lose one's coolTo become upset or disconcerted; to lose one's temper.Rate it:

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lose one's headTo go crazy.Rate it:

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lose one's head if it wasn't attachedprone to mislaying things.Rate it:

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lose one's marblesTo go crazy.Rate it:

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lose one's mindTo become mad, insane.Rate it:

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lose one's shirtTo lose all of one's money; to go broke; to undergo financial ruin or disaster.Rate it:

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lose one's shitTo lose one's temper.Rate it:

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lose one's temperTo be explosively angry. To get very cross.Rate it:

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lose one's touchTo lose one's special mastery of or knack for a particular skill or activity.Rate it:

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lose one's wayto get lost, to become lost.Rate it:

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lose the number of one's messTo die, to perish.Rate it:

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lose the plotTo have one's results decline severely in quality or suddenly fall below an acceptable standard, especially when compared to past excellence.Rate it:

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lose trackTo forget one's train of thought or temporarily misplace an item or its place in a sequence.Rate it:

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Lose Your ShirtTo lose all one have, particularly moneyRate it:

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lose your wayTo lose one’s direction in life.Rate it:

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lost soulOne who is forlorn, who lacks direction, purpose, or motivation in life.Rate it:

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lost twinStill birth of one of two twins leaving only 1 living twinRate it:

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love god and do what you like.A précis of St. Augustine's statement "Love God and do whatever you please: for the soul trained in love to God will do nothing to offend the One who is Beloved."Rate it:

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love gogglesblindness to criticism or objectivity directed at a person that one is in love with.Rate it:

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love of one's lifeA soulmate; a one and only.Rate it:

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love triangleWhen two people are romantically pursuing the same third person, or when one person is pursuing someone who is pursuing someone else.Rate it:

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Lower the BoomTo strictly punish; to restrict one to the rulesRate it:

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lower the boomTo use one's superior physical strength; clobber.Rate it:

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lowest point in my lifeTo experience extrene depression as a result of certain circumstances, loss of a lov'd one, financial or personal reverses, physical or emotional deprivation.Rate it:

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luck of the drawA selection rife with low odds of winning. A game of chance. Luck associated with one's propensity for winning.Rate it:

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lucky breakA stroke of luck; a fortunate event, particularly of the sort that propels one to success, fame, etc.Rate it:

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luctum deponere (Phil. 14. 13. 34)to lay aside one's grief.Rate it:

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ludibrio esse alicuito serve as some one's butt.Rate it:

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lump in one's throatA feeling of emotional sadness. On the point of crying.Rate it:

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lump itTo endure, accept, put up with a situation one does not like.Rate it:

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lump to one's throatA feeling of emotional sadness. On the point of crying.Rate it:

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lump togetherTo put different items or groups together and treat them, or think of them as one single group.Rate it:

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mad moneyA sum of money kept in reserve or to insulate oneself financially in the event of the sudden breakdown of a relationship in which one is economically dependent.Rate it:

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made for each otherWell suited to be in a relationship with one another, especially as romantic or marital partners.Rate it:

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made of sterner stuffstrong and determined (especially more so than someone else, to whom one is being compared).Rate it:

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magna auctoritas alicuius est apud aliquemto have great influence with a person; to have considerable weight.Rate it:

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magna est admiratio alicuiussome one is the object of much admiration.Rate it:

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