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it's not what you know but who you knowFor success, and especially to obtain employment, one's knowledge and skills are less useful and less important than one's network of personal contacts.1951, G. P. Bush and L. H. Hattery, "Federal Recruitment of Junior Engineers," Science, vol. 114, no. 2966, p. 456:Eighty-four students referred to political influence as a disadvantage of federal employment with such remarks as: "There are too many political connections necessary . . . it's not what you know but who you knowRate it:

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it's on meSomeone has offered to pay the costs associated with something.Rate it:

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it's too late for sorryAn expression of anger or disgust uttered toward someone who offers an apology after causing great harm.Rate it:

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itinera diurna nocturnaquetravelling day and night.Rate it:

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iudicia administrareto have charge of the administration of justice.Rate it:

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i’ll believe it when i see itA phrase used by someone who wants to express they are wary of what they have been told.Rate it:

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j'aiCompound of je and ai; usually translated as I have without context.Rate it:

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j'ai barres sur luiI have an advantage over him; I have the whip-hand (the pull) over him.Rate it:

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j'ai bien envie d'aller à paris avec vousI have a good mind to go to Paris with you.Rate it:

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j'ai de quoi payerI have enough money to pay.Rate it:

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j'ai été bercé de celaI have heard that from my cradle.Rate it:

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j'ai fait cela de toutes piècesI have done that entirely (i.e. every part of it).Rate it:

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j'ai fait cela en pure perteWhat I have done is completely useless; All I have done is to no purpose.Rate it:

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j'ai jeté mon dévolu sur celaI have fixed my choice upon that.Rate it:

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j'ai le pareilI have one like it.Rate it:

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j'ai mon affaireI have found what I want.Rate it:

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j'ai passé quinze jours à paris et je m'en suis donnéI spent a fortnight in Paris, and I thoroughly enjoyed myself.Rate it:

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j'ai passé une nuit blancheI have not slept a wink all night.Rate it:

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j'ai ses enfants sur les brasI have his children on my hands.Rate it:

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j'ai tiré mon épingle du jeuI have saved my stake; I got well out of a bad job.Rate it:

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j'ai toujours pris fait et cause pour vousI have always stood up for you, taken up the cudgels in your defence.Rate it:

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j'ai une dent contre luiI have a grudge against him.Rate it:

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j'ai une questionI have a questionRate it:

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j'ai votre affaireI have got the very thing for you.Rate it:

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j'arrive du fin fond de l'afriqueI have come from the very depths of Africa.Rate it:

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j'en ai de resteI have more than enough.Rate it:

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j'en ai fait mon deuilI have resigned myself to the loss of it.Rate it:

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j'en ai par-dessus la tête1. I am sick and tired of it. 2. I am head over ears in it.Rate it:

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j'en ai plein le dos (pop.)I am sick and tired of it.Rate it:

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j'en ai vu bien d'autresI have outlived worse things than that.Rate it:

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j'en sais le fonds et le tréfondsI know the ins and outs of it, the long and the short of it.Rate it:

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j'irai, quitte à être grondéI shall go, even if I am scolded; I shall go, and chance the scolding.Rate it:

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j'y ai mis du mien, mettez-y du vôtreI have given way a bit, meet me half-way; I have done my share at it, now it’s your turn.Rate it:

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jack o'lanternA vegetable, usually a pumpkin, but alternatively a turnip, carved into the form of a face and lighted within by a candle. Associated chiefly with the holiday Halloween.Rate it:

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jack of all trades, master of noneA master of integration, who knows enough from many learned trades and skills to be able to bring their disciplines together in a practical manner; a polymath; a renaissance man.Rate it:

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jack offTo manually stimulate someone sexually, generally a male.Rate it:

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jazz upTo make gaudy and bright.Rate it:

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je l'ai dans ma mancheI have him at my disposal.Rate it:

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je l'ai fait de guerre lasseWeary of resistance I did it for the sake of peace and quiet.Rate it:

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je l'ai mis hors d'état de vous nuireI have put it out of his power to harm you.Rate it:

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je l'ai vu en chair et en osI saw him in flesh and blood.Rate it:

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je le connais de longue mainI have known him for a long time.Rate it:

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je le tiens de bonne sourceI have it on good authority.Rate it:

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je le veux bienWith pleasure! I have no objection.Rate it:

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je les ai mis aux prisesI have set them one against the other.Rate it:

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je lui ai donné sur les doigtsI rapped his knuckles (lit. and fig.).Rate it:

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je me suis mis le juge à dosI have made an enemy of the judge.Rate it:

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je n'ai pas d'argentI have no moneyRate it:

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je n'ai pas foi dans son baumeI have no faith in his plan.Rate it:

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je n'ai pas voix au chapitre(lit.) I have no right to speak; (fig.) My opinion is not listened to.Rate it:

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