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aller au devant de quelqu'un avec la croix et la bannièreTo receive any one with great fuss and ceremony (often used ironically).Rate it:

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alma materthe university, school, or college that one formerly attended.Rate it:

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alone in a crowdFeeling as though one does not fit in with the people around one.Rate it:

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am I under arrestAsked to authority, to ascertain if one is being detained.Rate it:

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ambire aliquem (always with Acc. of person)to solicit the vote or favour of some one.Rate it:

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amicitiam cum aliquo jungere, facere, inire, contrahereto form a friendship with any one.Rate it:

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amorem ex animo eicereto banish love from one's mind.Rate it:

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an insult to one is an insult to allWhen individuals are insulted based on their characteristics, that insult also applies to everybody who shares them.Rate it:

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an offer one can't refuseAn offer from one side in any transaction with terms so attractive that the other side is almost guaranteed to accept.Rate it:

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an offer one can't refuseAn offer from one side in any transaction with the results of failing to accept so unattractive that the other side is almost guaranteed to accept.Rate it:

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an old fuddy, duddyOne Whom Remains Stilted, Unwilling to React in an Up To The Moment Attitude; Dwells in the Past. Rejects modern approaches.Rate it:

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anaconda mortgageA loan arrangement in which all of the money borrowed from a lender, for whatever purpose, is secured by one's home, land, and other property.Rate it:

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and don't play one on TVA term often used after a person claims to have no expertise in a topic of discussion, but still wants to contribute a comment.Rate it:

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angle for farthingsTo beg out of a prison window with a cap, or box, let down at the end of a long string.Rate it:

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angle of attackThe angle between the chord line of an airfoil and the airflow over it; one of the determiners of the amount of lift produced by an airfoil.Rate it:

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animadvertere in aliquemto punish some one.Rate it:

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animam agereto be at one's last gasp.Rate it:

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animam continereto hold one's breath.Rate it:

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animo adesse(1) to be attentive; (2) to keep one's presence of mind.Rate it:

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animo esse humili, demisso (more strongly animo esse fracto, perculso et abiecto) (Att. 3. 2)to be cast down, discouraged, in despair.Rate it:

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animos audientium permovere, inflammareto make an impression on one's audience.Rate it:

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animum alicuius ab iracundia revocareto prevent some one from growing angry, appease his anger.Rate it:

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animum alicuius ad laetitiam excitareto put a man in a pleasurable frame of mind.Rate it:

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animum attendere ad aliquidto turn one's attention to a thing.Rate it:

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animum explereto cool one's anger.Rate it:

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animum regere, coercere, cohibereto have self-control; to restrain oneself, master one's inclinations.Rate it:

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animum vincere (Marcell. 3. 8)to have self-control; to restrain oneself, master one's inclinations.Rate it:

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annona laxatur, levatur, vilior fitthe price of corn is going down.Rate it:

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another nail in one's coffinOne in a series of factors which lead, or purport to lead, to downfall.Rate it:

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another one in the rowBeing normal/like anybody else/ nothing special, you are another person in the row youre not extraordinary one way or anotherRate it:

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another string to one's bowAnother skill, ability or resource when one fails.Rate it:

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answer toTo respond to; to treat as one's own name.Rate it:

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ante upTo contribute one's share of a payment, or to pay what is dueRate it:

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ants in one's pantsTo be sexually excited.Rate it:

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ants in one's pantsTo be agitated and constantly fidgeting.Rate it:

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any way one slices itFrom any perspective; in every case.Rate it:

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anybody who is anybodyAny person who is well-known or important, especially one who has prominent social standing.Rate it:

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Appendix:Glossary of baseball jargon (S)The pitcher fulfills at least one of the following three conditions:Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/I am X, hear me YUsed to draw attention to what one has to say. X can be anything; Y is usually "roar", but can be some other noise that X habitually makes.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/I'm an X, not a YClarifies that one is X, while dissociating oneself from Y. X and Y are usually professions or beliefs, and significantly different from one another.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/in X, no one can hear you YIndicates a threat of imminent danger. X is often limited to words having something to do with space. Y is a sound made by humans, especially 'scream'.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/X, thy name is YUsed to say that something or somebody embodies a particular quality, usually a negative one. This phrase is said using this format: "X, thy name is Y", where X is the quality and Y is the person or thing with that quality.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/X, Y, and Z—pick any twoIntroduces three desirable qualities or resources that a person, company or project can not have simultaneously; they will lack one of the three options.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/you can't spell XYZ without YImplies a correlation between two items, where the second one is spelled with letters from the first one.Rate it:

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applaudir un acteur à tout rompreTo applaud an actor so as to bring the house down (to lift the roof).Rate it:

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apple does not fall far from the treeA child grows up to be very similar to its parents, both in behavior and in physical characteristics.1842, E. A. Freidlaender (translator), Frederika Bremer (author), The Neighbours, ch. 10:It is impossible to look at Madam Rhen, without at once making the conclusion that she is pleasantness, hospitality, and loquacity itself; nor can one look upon her daughter Renetta without thinking, "the apple does not fall far from the tree!"1978, Dr. Isador Rosenfeld, "Doctor Asks Patient Rate it:

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apple of somebody's eyeA favourite, a particular preference, or a loved one; the object of somebody's affections.Rate it:

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apple of someone's eyeA favourite, a particular preference, or a loved one; the object of somebody's affections.Rate it:

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apply oneselfTo put forth a concerted effort; to try; to focus.Rate it:

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apprenti n'est pas maîtreOne must not expect from a beginner the talent of an old hand; You must spoil before you spin.Rate it:

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