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leave offTo omit.Rate it:

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leave offTo desist; to cease.Rate it:

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leave offTo stop with a view to resuming at a later point.Rate it:

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leave to one's own devicesTo leave alone, unsupervised, without assistance.Rate it:

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lecto tenerito be confined to one's bed.Rate it:

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legend in one's own lifetimeOne who achieves great fame while alive.Rate it:

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legend in one's own lunchtimeOne whose fame is insignificant or fleeting.Rate it:

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legend in one's own mindA self-aggrandizing image that a person has of his or her own accomplishmentsRate it:

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legworkWork, especially research or preparation, that involves significant walking, travel, or similar effort.Rate it:

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les absents ont toujours tortWhen absent, one is never in the right.Rate it:

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les affaires sont les affairesBusiness is business; One must be serious at work.Rate it:

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les grosses mouches passent à travers la toile de la justice, mais les petites y sont prisesOne man may steal a horse, while another dare not look over the hedge; Justice will whip a beggar, but bow to a lord; One does the scath, another has the harm; The crow gets pardoned, and the dove has the blame.Rate it:

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les observations glissent sur lui comme sur une cuirasseBlame slips off him as water off a duck’s back.Rate it:

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les pavés le disentIt is in every one’s mouth.Rate it:

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let go and let godTo consciously surrender one's free will to the will of God.Rate it:

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let her ripTo set off or allow to begin.Rate it:

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let offTo cause to explode.Rate it:

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let offTo forgive and not punish.Rate it:

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let off the hookTo forgive without consequencesRate it:

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let one goTo fart.Rate it:

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let one's hair downTo relax and enjoy oneself.Rate it:

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let oneself goto cease to care about one's appearanceRate it:

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let outTo enlarge by adjusting one or more seams.Rate it:

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let pastTo allow someone to pass one.Rate it:

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let the grass grow under one's feetTo be idle; to fail to make progress.Rate it:

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let the puppies breathetake your shoes off and let your feet (puppies) breatheRate it:

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let's not and say we didIndicates that the speaker does not agree with a proposed action and does not wish to participate; often said as a joke--sometimes as an expression that the speaker doesn't want to do the proposed action or to indicate that they are happy doing what they are doing and don't want to change that by doing the proposed actionRate it:

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letters after one's nameA list of abbreviations, separated by commas, representing the academic qualifications and civil or military honours achieved by a person.Rate it:

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level bestThe very best that one can do.Rate it:

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level offto get to a stable level, to cease oscillatingRate it:

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lever la semelle devant quelqu'unTo show any one a clean pair of heels.Rate it:

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lever les yeux au cielto roll one's eyesRate it:

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libel chillUneasiness or unwillingness to speak publicly or to write about a matter, as a result of the threat or suggestion of legal action should one do so.Rate it:

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liber (scriptoris) conversus, translatusthe work when translated; translation (concrete).Rate it:

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liber inscribitur Laelius (Off. 2. 9. 30)the book is entitled "Laelius".Rate it:

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liber qui fertur alicuiusa book which is attributed to some one.Rate it:

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libidine ferrito be carried away by one's passions.Rate it:

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libidinem alicuius excitareto arouse some one's lust.Rate it:

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librum in manus sumereto take up a book in one's hands.Rate it:

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librum mittere ad aliquem (Fin. 1. 3. 8)to dedicate a book to some one.Rate it:

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lick one's chopsTo anticipate something eagerly.Rate it:

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lick one's chopsTo use one's tongue to remove moistness from the sides of one's mouth, as when salivating or at the conclusion of a meal.Rate it:

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lick one's chopsTo look forward avidly to eating something.Rate it:

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lick one's woundsHe's just off licking his wounds. He'll be back to try again.Rate it:

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lick one's woundsTo withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat.Rate it:

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lick the pants offTo thoroughly and decisively defeat someone, either in a physical fight or, figuratively, in a competition.Rate it:

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lie ill in one's mouthTo sound artificial or contradictory.Rate it:

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lie offTo remain at a safe distance fromRate it:

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lie through one's teethTo tell a gross or egregious untruth.Rate it:

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life imitates artThe notion that an event in the real world was inspired by a creative work.Rate it:

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