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come down to earthTo be brought back to reality; to lose one's dreams.Rate it:

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come down to usTo survive to the present day; to be extant in some form.Rate it:

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come down withTo contract or get; to show symptoms of a minor illness.Rate it:

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come throughNot to let somebody down, keep one's promise.Rate it:

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comme quoiPour dire que.Rate it:

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comme son nom ne l'indique pasLocution utilisée pour qualifier un objet dont le nom est trompeur pour celui qui en ignore la signification, souvent avec une pointe d’ironie.Rate it:

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comment allez-vousSalutation interrogative pour demander la personne va bien ou mal à l’adresse d’une personne que l’on vouvoie.Rate it:

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comparaison n'est pas raisonEmployer une comparaison pour prouver quelque chose ne prouve rien.Rate it:

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considere alicubi (Att. 5. 14. 1)to take up one's abode in a place, settle down somewhere.Rate it:

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Cook Your GooseTo bring someone down, spoil someone’s quality time or to wreck a happy plan or projectRate it:

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cool downTo become cooler, to be reduced in temperature.Rate it:

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cool downTo become less agitated.Rate it:

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cool downTo cause to become less agitated.Rate it:

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cool downTo cause something temperature to lower.Rate it:

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Cool ItTo calm downRate it:

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cool itCalm down, relax, take a time out.Rate it:

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couch potatoA person who spends a lot of time sitting or lying down, often watching television, eating snacks or drinking alcohol.Rate it:

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couldn't pour water out of a bootSynonym of couldn't organise a piss-up in a breweryRate it:

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couldn't pour water out of a boot with the instructions on the heelSynonym of couldn't organise a piss-up in a breweryRate it:

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count downAlternative spelling of countdownRate 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 downTo enforce more stringently or more thoroughly.Rate it:

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crack down onTo enforce laws or punish more vigilantly.Rate it:

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crap outTo break down.Rate it:

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crumb downto clean by removing crumbs fromRate it:

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cry downto cry until it is tired.Rate it:

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cry downTo decryRate it:

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cul secPour tout contenant, verre, bol, petite bouteille … que l’on vide d’un seul coup.Rate it:

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cul secInterjection utilisée pour inciter quelqu’un à boire son verre d’alcool d’une traite.Rate it:

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

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curveballA forespin pitch thrown by rotating the index and middle fingers down and resulting in motion down "curve".Rate it:

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cut downTo bring down by cutting.Rate it:

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cut downTo reduce the amount of something.Rate it:

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cut downPut down, deprecate, put someone in their place, tell 'em off, demean, cut someone down to size.Rate it:

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cut downTo insult, to belittle.Rate it:

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cut down to sizeDiminish the prestige or exaggerated importance of someone or something to reduce (them) to a suitable stature; To humble or humiliateRate it:

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damp downto reduce the intensity ofRate it:

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dampen downto reduce the intensity ofRate it:

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dans le siècle où nous sommes, on ne donne rien pour rienAt the present day people give nothing for nothing, and precious little for sixpence.Rate it:

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dans les dentsS'utilise pour insister sur l'état de victime de quelqu'un qui encaisse un choc.Rate it:

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dans les petits pots, les meilleurs onguentsSe dit pour valoriser une chose ou une personne de petite taille.Rate it:

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dash downto write quicklyRate it:

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daylightTo run a drainage pipe to an opening from which its contents can drain away naturally.Rate it:

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de cabezaupside downRate it:

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de potestate decedereto give up, lay down office (usually at the end of one's term of office).Rate it:

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de quoiCe qui est nécessaire pour, ce qu’il faut pour.Rate it:

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de quoi je me mêleRéponse agressive à une question trop indiscrète pour indiquer à quelqu’un de se mêler de ce qui le regarde.Rate it:

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dead weightThat which is useless or excess; that which slows something down.Rate it:

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débander l'arc ne guérit pas la plaieQuand on a fait du mal, il ne suffit pas pour le guérir, pour le réparer, de renoncer aux moyens d’en faire.Rate it:

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débraye, ça fumeUtilisé pour signifier à l’interlocuteur qu’il devrait arrêter de réfléchir, ses idées devenant de plus en plus incohérentes du fait de sa crispation mentale.Rate it:

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