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come unstuckTo get into trouble, to have an accident or mishap, to go off the rails.Rate it:

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comfort womanA woman forced, or supposedly recruited, into brothels by the Japanese occupation forces during World War II.Rate it:

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companyKeep the house clean, I have company coming.Rate it:

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comprehensam quandam animo speciem (alicuius rei) habereto have formed an ideal notion of a thing.Rate it:

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confront one's demonsTo work through past experiences that have left emotional scars.Rate it:

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consist inTo have the thing mentioned as the only or most important part.Rate it:

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continentem esse terrae or cum terra (Fam. 15. 2. 2)to have the same boundaries; to be coterminous.Rate it:

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contrahere rem or negotium cum aliquo (Cluent. 14. 41)to have business relations with some one.Rate it:

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contre qui en avez-vous?Against whom have you a grudge?Rate it:

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cooler heads will prevailPeople who are calm and focused are the most likely to succeed or to have the greatest influence on events.Rate it:

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copiam quam potui persecutus sumI have exhausted all my material.Rate it:

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corner the marketTo have exclusive possession; to possess something to a high or excessive degree.Rate it:

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correlation does not imply causation(statistics) The observed correlation between two parameters, say, the growth of a market and the growth of a neighbor's child may, in fact, have nothing to do with each other's causation.Rate it:

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cosas veredesyou'll see that it's a crazy world out thereRate it:

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could have fooled meAlternative form of you could have fooled meRate it:

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could have, would have, should haveExpressing regret at something that cannot now be changed.Rate it:

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crab mentalityA way of thinking best described by the phrase "if I can't have it, neither can you." The metaphor refers to a pot of crabs in which one tries to escape over the side, but is relentlessly pulled down by the others in the pot.Rate it:

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crack a fatTo have an erection.Rate it:

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crawl withTo include or be covered with swarms or large numbers of (something, especially insects or people); to have in great numbers or multitudes.Rate it:

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cross swordsTo quarrel or argue with someone; to have a dispute with someone.Rate it:

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crossing the barPoetic Expression for passing out of this world:Rate it:

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cry me a riverAn admonishment, reminder, chiding, demand or ejaculation addressed to an individual whom evinces sadness. seemingly suffers disappointment, disillusionment, distress, and renders a general resentment toward the people in this world with a constant flow of tears.Rate it:

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cum imperio esse (cf. XVI. 3)to have unlimited power; to be invested with imperium.Rate it:

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cupiditate alicuius rei ardere, flagrareto have an ardent longing for a thing.Rate it:

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cupiditates deferbuerunt (Cael. 18. 43)the passions have cooled down.Rate it:

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curae habere aliquidto have laid something to heart; to take an interest in a thing.Rate it:

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cut both waysTo have both benefits and drawbacks.Rate it:

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cut no iceTo have no influence (on).Rate it:

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Cut Your Eyeteeth on SomethingTo become sensible at a young age; to have experienceRate it:

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daddy will have a stitting of marans in the springa comment about success of a breed of laying hensRate it:

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danser devant le buffetTo have nothing to eat.Rate it:

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darsi da fareHave sexRate it:

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das Kind fällt in den Brunnena disaster happens or becomes inevitable; it is too late for precautions that should have been taken earlierRate it:

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dayenuIt will have been sufficient.Rate it:

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decimum annum excessisse, egressum esseto be more than ten years old, to have entered on one's eleventh year.Rate it:

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deest mihi argumentum ad scribendum (Att. 9. 7. 7)I have nothing to write about.Rate it:

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deliver the message to garciaWhat we need is people who get the job done, no matter how. We don't want pickers who'll only learn if we use their preferred learning method. Have you read "A Message to Garcia" ? That's what we need today - young people who can deliver the message to Garcia.Rate it:

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den grünen Daumen habento have a green thumbRate it:

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descendere ad extrema consilia (Fam. 10. 33. 4)to have recourse to extreme measures.Rate it:

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desperate times call for desperate measuresIn adverse circumstances actions that might have been rejected under other circumstances may become the best choice.Rate it:

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deus est mundi procreator (not creator), aedificator, fabricator, opifex rerumGod is the Creator of the world.Rate it:

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deus mundum aedificavit, fabricatus est, effecit (not creavit)God made the world.Rate it:

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diffusum, dissipatum esseto have no coherence, connection.Rate it:

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dig one's own graveTo behave in a way that is likely to have future negative effects on oneself.Rate it:

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dine outTo have dinner away from one's house, usually at a restaurant.Rate it:

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ding, ding, ding, we have a winnerSaid when somebody answers a question correctly.Rate it:

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dinosaurs eating cheetosA discreet way to tell your significant other they have a booger to take care ofRate it:

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dispose ofTo have available, or at one's disposal.Rate it:

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divide and conquerA combination of political, military and economic strategies that aim to gain and maintain power by breaking up larger concentrations of power into chunks that individually have less power than the one implementing the strategy.(computing) Applied to various algorithms, such as quicksort, that solve a problem by splitting it recursively into smaller problems until all of the remaining problems are trivial.(as imperative, proverb) In order to rule securely, don't allow alliances of your enemies.Rate it:

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doTo have as one's job.Rate it:

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