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mark my wordsListen to me; used before a statement one wishes to emphasize.Rate it:

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marquer le pas(lit.) To mark time; (fig.) To wait for a post to which one has a right.Rate it:

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

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max outTo reach the limit of one's capabilities.Rate it:

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maximam ab omnibus laudem adipiscito win golden opinions from every one.Rate it:

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measure twice and cut once(literally, carpentry) One should double-check one's measurements for accuracy before cutting a piece of wood; otherwise it may be necessary to cut again, wasting time and material.1872, "Dressmaking," Hall's Journal of Health, vol. 19, no. 12, p. 280:Look at Carpenters! . . . In old times it was a proverb "Measure twice, and cut once."(figuratively, by extension) Plan and prepare in a careful, thorough manner before taking action.2008, Hilary Johnson, "Mergers rattle bank relations," Financial Week, 9 Nov. (retrieved 9 Nov. 2008):Mr. Paz noted that since the onset of the credit crisis, eBay, like other companies, hasnRate it:

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meat on one's bonesAn amount of flesh on one's body that stops one from being very skinny.Rate it:

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mechanically inclinedTo understand/predict how various objects react or behave with one another. Physics is a huge aspect of this.Rate it:

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meet a sticky endTo die unpleasantly due to one's actions.Rate it:

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meet one's makerTo die or to pass into the afterlife.Rate it:

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meeting of the mindsAn agreement, especially one resulting from a gathering in which discussion or negotiation took place.Rate it:

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meliore (deteriore) condicione esse, utito find one's circumstances altered for the better (the worse).Rate it:

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member for barkshireSaid of one troubled with a cough, vulgarly styled barking.Rate it:

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memoriam alicuius rei renovare, revocare (redintegrare)to recall a thing to one's recollection.Rate it:

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memoriam nominis sui immortalitati tradere, mandare, commendareto immortalise one's name.Rate it:

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mend one's waysTo recognise one's failings and attempt to remedy them.Rate it:

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mente captum esse, mente alienata esseto be out of one's mind.Rate it:

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mentem in aliqua re defigereto fix all one's thoughts on an object.Rate it:

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meo (tuo, suo) iurewith perfect right.Rate it:

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mere mortalOne who is not a god; a human being.Rate 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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messed upnot rightRate it:

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mesurer les autres à son auneTo measure other people’s peck by one’s own bushel.Rate it:

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metiri, ponderare, aestimare, iudicare aliquid (ex) aliqua reto measure something by the standard of something else; to make something one's criterion.Rate it:

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mettez un couvert de plusPut another knife and fork (for another guest); Lay for one more.Rate it:

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mettre de l'eau dans son vinto moderate one's impetuosityRate it:

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mettre du foin dans ses bottesTo feather one’s nest.Rate it:

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mettre la clef sous la porteTo run away from one’s creditors; “To bolt.”Rate it:

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mettre la main à la pâteTo put one’s shoulder to the wheel; To set to (a special piece of) work oneself.Rate it:

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mic dropthe act of someone extending their arm out and intentionally dropping a microphone to emphasize the greatness of what they just put through the microphone; sometimes the words, "mic drop" are also said as someone drops their microphone; said or done as a testament of how good the thing was that came through the microphone right before someone drops the microphoneRate it:

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Midas touchThe ability to gain success or financial reward from one's actions.Rate it:

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Midas touchthe ability to turn everything one touches into gold.Rate it:

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might is rightAlternative form of might makes right.Rate it:

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might makes rightThe stronger and more powerful rule others, control the situation or determine right and wrong.Rate it:

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milites coercere et in officio continere (B. C. 1. 67. 4)to keep good discipline amongst one's men.Rate it:

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milites disciplina coercereto keep good discipline amongst one's men.Rate it:

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Mince WordsTo softly use words so no one is offended, not to be completely honestRate it:

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mind one's ps and qsTo be very careful to behave correctly; an alternate spelling of mind one's p's and q's; same as mind your mannersRate it:

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mind one's languageTo be careful to speak properly, especially concerning the avoidance of swear wordsRate it:

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mind one's own businessTo concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others.Rate it:

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mind one's p's and q'sTo be very careful to behave correctly.Rate it:

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mind's earThe mental faculty or inner sense with which one produces or reproduces imagined or recalled sounds solely within the mind; the supposed organ within the mind which experiences such sounds.Rate it:

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minitari (minari) alicui mortem, crucem et tormenta, bellumto threaten some one with death, crucifixion, torture, war.Rate it:

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misericordiam alicui commovereto excite some one's pity.Rate it:

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misericordiam alicuius concitareto excite some one's pity.Rate it:

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misery loves companyMisery is easier to bear when one is not the only one miserable.Rate it:

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misery loves companyRepetitious, droll, depressing revelations of one's hard luck, always being left out of the fun, the prizes, never invited, always overlooked and pleading that others will come to the rescue!Rate it:

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Miss RightA perfect, ideal or suitable female mate or wife.Rate it:

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missed the boatrefers to something someone didn't do and maybe regrets not doing; often followed by "on that" or "on that one"; can also be said sarcasticallyRate it:

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