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shed light uponIlluminate to the understanding; make intelligible; clarify or explain (something unknown).Rate it:

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shit happensBad things happen, and there is nothing we can do about it.Rate it:

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shoo-inA candidate or contestant generally agreed upon as the presumptive winner; somebody who is well-liked or widely agreed upon.Rate it:

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si quid (humanitus) mihi accidat or accideritif anything should happen to me; if I die.Rate it:

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sibi sumere aliquid (Planc. 1. 3)to take upon oneself.Rate it:

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Sleep on ItTo take time in taking a decision , to delay one’s decision or plan because it is yet to be ponder uponRate it:

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so long asDepending upon some condition or requirement; provided that; if, assuming; as long as.Rate it:

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so much forAn expression of disregard, or resignation; something said upon giving up, quitting, or disposing of something.Rate it:

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sometimes the solution to the problem is the problem itself but points to other.Sometimes in life we wonder why this things happen and while wondering we are trying so hard to find the solution to what happened but infact it should be happened to make us strong, but some we need friends, or elder to show us the solution..Rate it:

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split secondTo happen very quickly (typically in less than a second)Rate it:

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sticker shockDisgust, shock, or fright upon learning the price of an item offered for sale.Rate it:

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strike outOf a batter, to be retired after three strikes; of a pitcher, to cause this to happen to the batter.Rate it:

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studere, favere alicuito look favourably upon; to support.Rate it:

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studiosum esse alicuiusto look favourably upon; to support.Rate it:

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stumble uponTo discover or find something by accident.Rate it:

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stumble uponTo meet somebody by chance.Rate it:

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supersedeo oratione (not dicere)I avoid mentioning...; I prefer not to touch upon...Rate it:

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sure?Are you really sure about what happen or going on?Rate it:

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take it upon oneselfTo assume personal responsibility for a task or action.Rate it:

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take uponTo take charge of an item of business, or an obligation, as a personal initiative.Rate it:

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take upon oneselfTo assume personal responsibility for.Rate it:

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taking upon oneselfventuringRate it:

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tape outOf a piece of land, to measure out so as to be able to accurately fire upon itRate it:

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tell againstTo serve as evidence which casts doubt upon.Rate it:

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ten to oneVery likely to happenRate it:

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that's the way the cookie crumblesThat is the way things happen; that's life.Rate it:

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that'll be the daySaid in reply to something that one believes will never happen.Rate it:

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that's the way the ball bouncesThat is the way things happenRate it:

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that's the way the mop flopsThat is the way things happen.Rate it:

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the law is an assThe law, as created by legislators or as administered by the justice system, cannot be relied upon to be sensible or fair.Rate it:

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them's the breaks(idiomatic) That is the way things happen; that's life.Rate it:

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these things happenSynonym of it happensRate it:

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throw cold water onTo belittle or dismiss; to cast doubt upon; to debunk.Rate it:

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thumb one's noseTo place a thumb upon the tip of the nose, usually while simultaneous wiggling one's fingers, in a gesture of disrespect.Rate it:

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timor aliquem occupat (B. G. 1. 39)fear comes upon some one.Rate it:

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touch uponAlternative form of touch onRate it:

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Turns the TableReversing or altering a situation; creating the opposite of something to happenRate it:

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viam ingredi, inire (also metaphorically)to enter upon a route; to take a road.Rate it:

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viam vitae ingredi (Flacc. 42. 105)to enter upon a career.Rate it:

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vira essa boca pra láSaid as a response after the interlocutor said that something deeply undesirable or harmful could happen.Rate it:

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vivre de l'air du tempsTo live upon nothing (i.e. to eat very little).Rate it:

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vogue la galère!Happen what may! “Go it, ye cripples!”Rate it:

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vous ne me ferez pas prendre le changeYou will not impose upon me, put me on the wrong scent.Rate it:

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wait uponTo wait on; to serve.Rate it:

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wait upon hand and footAlternative form of wait on hand and foot.Rate it:

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Waiting for the Other Shoe to DropAwaiting for a seemingly inevitable event, waiting for something bad to happenRate it:

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war comes in three factions: the brutalizers; the brutalized; the neutrals (not my fight).When war is thrust upon a nation by another belligerent nation, a neutral nation suffers a dilemma of the collective state conscience.Rate it:

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Watched Pot Never BoilsWhen you are waiting for something but will not happen when you are concentrating,Rate it:

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when pigs flyA way of informing that it will never happen -- never in a million years.Rate it:

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where there is a will there is a wayIf someone wants or wills something strongly enough, a way can be found to make it happen.Rate it:

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