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creature comfortAny small item or detail that makes a person comfortable and at home.Rate it:

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cross someone's palmTo give money to a person, especially as a bribe or as an inducement to perform a service.Rate it:

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cry for helpIn her second year at the school Alexis stopped doing her homework and would often scribble on walls. Her teachers wondered whether this was a cry for help, or if she was simply misbehaving.Rate it:

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cry someone a riverTo try to obtain the sympathy of another person by complaining or sniveling.Rate it:

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cry someone a riverTo weep profusely or excessively in the presence of another person.Rate it:

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cui bonoThe principle that the ultimate initiator of an action is likely the person who stands to gain from the action.Rate it:

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culo veo, culo quieroUsed when someone wants something that another person hasRate it:

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culture heroA mythical character or real person who is renowned as the exemplar of the values or achievements of a society, group, or time period.Rate it:

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cumulum gaudii alicui afferre (vid. sect. V. 6) (Fam. 16. 21. 1)to add the crowning point to a person's joy.Rate it:

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cupiditatem alicuius accendereto rouse a person's interest, cupidity.Rate it:

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curb appealThe visual attractiveness which a house, commercial establishment, or other real estate property has when initially seen by a prospective buyer or other person standing in front of the property "at the curb".Rate it:

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cut to the quickTo hurt a person deeply, especially emotionally.Rate it:

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cutie pieA cute person.Rate it:

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damn by associationDiscredit or condemn a position, person, or thing by attacking those things with which he/she/it is associated.Rate it:

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damn YankeeA person from the northern United States (a Yankee) who moves to the South to reside there.Rate it:

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dare venenum in paneto give a person poison in bread.Rate it:

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darken someone's doorTo arrive at the entrance of someone's residence or of another building associated with that person, especially as an unwelcome visitor.Rate it:

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de fide deducere or a fide abducere aliquemto undermine a person's loyalty.Rate it:

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de gloria, fama alicuius detrahereto detract from a person's reputation, wilfully underestimate a person.Rate it:

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de ingenio moribusque alicuius exponereto make a character-sketch of a person.Rate it:

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de, e civitate aliquem eicereto banish a person, send him into exile.Rate it:

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Dead DuckA ruined person; a person or plan that is certain to die or failRate it:

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death warmed upUsed to describe a person who appears pale or sickly.Rate it:

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déchirer quelqu'un à belles dentsTo criticise some one mercilessly; To tear a person’s reputation to shreds.Rate it:

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deducere aliquem de domoto escort a person from his house.Rate it:

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deep thinkerA person whose thoughts are profound; an intellectual.Rate it:

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demovere, deicere aliquem de possessioneto dispossess a person.Rate it:

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deprehendere aliquem (in aliqua re)to catch a person, find him out.Rate it:

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deprehendere aliquem in manifesto scelereto take a person in the act.Rate it:

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describere aliquem (Cael. 20. 50)to allude to a person or thing (not alludere).Rate it:

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deversari apud aliquem (Att. 6. 1. 25)to stop with a person, be his guest for a short time when travelling.Rate it:

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devincire aliquem consuetudineto attach a person to oneself.Rate it:

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dextram iungere cum aliquo, dextras inter se iungereto shake hands with a person.Rate it:

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diamond in the roughA person whose goodness or other positive qualities are hidden by a harsh or unremarkable surface appearance.Rate it:

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dick munchidiot, foolish person.Rate it:

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dicta dicere in aliquemto make jokes on a person.Rate it:

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dictated but not readDictated, as to a secretary or stenographer, but not proofread by the person who dictated the text so annotated.Rate it:

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dictatorem dicere (creare)to name a person dictator.Rate it:

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dicto audientem esse alicuito obey a person's orders.Rate it:

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did i stutter?Something said to a person who asks again and again, “what did you say?” Or someone who won’t hear you when you said “no” or “leave me alone” the first time and keeps annoyingly asking for your input.Rate it:

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die Sonne geht aufremark made when a particularly pleasant person appearsRate it:

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diem dicere alicuito summon some one to appear on a given day; to accuse a person.Rate it:

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dig up dirtTo examine in order to find negative information for public opinion, usually with the purpose of embarrassing or discrediting a person.Rate it:

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dim bulbA person who is slow-witted.Rate it:

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diminished capacitya mental state that makes a person less answerable for a crimeRate it:

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dirty wordThe name of a topic that a person does not like to hear or discuss.Rate it:

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disagree withTo cause (a person or animal) to feel sick.Rate it:

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dissentire, dissidere ab or cum aliquoto disagree with a person.Rate it:

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DNAThat part of a person's character that has a genetic origin.Rate it:

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do you think you can walkAsked to find out whether an ill or wounded person is able to walk or needs to sit down or lie down.Rate it:

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