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contextus orationis (not nexus, conexus sententiarum)the connection.Rate it:

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cookie-cutterishLooking or seeming identical; created by some standard or common means; often with the implication that the result is boring, overly simple, or not applicable to all needs.Rate it:

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cool story broUsed to dismiss a comment perceived as boring or pointless, or an anecdote etc. that is not true.Rate it:

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correlation does not imply causation(statistics) The observed correlation between two parameters, say, the growth of a market and the growth of a neighbor's child may, in fact, have nothing to do with each other's causation.Rate it:

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corsaires contre corsaires ne font pas leurs affairesDog does not eat dog. Rate it:

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Cost an Arm and a LegSomething very expensive and not worth the cost in few casesRate it:

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could not get elected dogcatcherIs unpopular.Rate it:

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couldn't carry a note in a bucketnot musically talented, unable to sing.Rate it:

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count on one handThe seeming low number of occasions when this particular problem was not automatically resolved.Rate it:

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count outTo declare adjourned, as a sitting of the House, when it is ascertained that a quorum is not present.Rate it:

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country girl (cowgirl)a girl who lives and/or is from a rural area, small town, farm and/or ranch (not a city environment.) She is usually seen wearing a cowgirl hat, cowgirl boots and often wears jeans and/or a shirt tied into a knot in the frontRate it:

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cover one's assTo make preparations or take precautions to ensure that one is not blamed or punished for one's conduct.Rate it:

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cover someone's assTo make preparations or take precautions to ensure that a person is not blamed or punished for his or her conduct.Rate it:

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crack a smileTo smile, especially while attempting not to.Rate it:

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crowbaitWeak, or not in good health.Rate it:

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crowd in onTo join when not wanted; to force one's way into a situation where one is unwelcome.Rate it:

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croyez cela et buvez de l'eau (fam.)Do not believe that, I know it is not true; Surely you are not simple enough to believe that!Rate it:

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Cry Over Spilled MilkTo become sad over something that has already taken place and the results could not be changedRate it:

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culpable homicideHomicide which is culpable but does not rise to the level of murder; unlawful killing of a human being which does not constitute murder.Rate it:

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curiosity killed the catOne should not be curious about things that can be dangerous.Rate it:

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damnum or detrimentum sarcire (not reparare)to make good, repair a loss or injury.Rate it:

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dans la fouléenot outside the bounds ofRate it:

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de facto(adverb) in fact, whether by right or not. (adjective) existing or holding a specified position in fact but not necessarily by legal right.Rate it:

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de minimis non curat lexThe law does not concern itself with trifles; expression of the rule that the law will not remedy an injury that is minimal.Rate it:

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de tanto aprontar, hoje conheço as artimanhas de quem pensa em me enganar.For those who want to fool me, I've learned how to behave after make a lot of bad things.Rate it:

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deadNot in play.Rate it:

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deadFiguratively, not alive; lacking life.Rate it:

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dead weightWeight that does not move.Rate it:

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deal outto not deal cards to someone who is leaving a game.Rate it:

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débander l'arc ne guérit pas la plaieTo cease doing mischief does not undo the harm one has done.Rate it:

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deliver the message to garciaWhat we need is people who get the job done, no matter how. We don't want pickers who'll only learn if we use their preferred learning method. Have you read "A Message to Garcia" ? That's what we need today - young people who can deliver the message to Garcia.Rate it:

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denial ain't just a river in EgyptAlternative form of denial is not a river in EgyptRate it:

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denial is not a river in EgyptUsed to point out that somebody is in a state of psychological denial.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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deus est mundi procreator (not creator), aedificator, fabricator, opifex rerumGod is the Creator of the world.Rate it:

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deus mundum aedificavit, fabricatus est, effecit (not creavit)God made the world.Rate it:

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devil's advocateOne who debates from a view which they may not actually hold, usually to determine its validity, or simply for the sake of argument.Rate it:

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dicere contra aliquem or aliquid (not contradicere alicui)to contradict some one.Rate it:

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dick aroundTo waste time on an unproductive activity.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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die for want of lobster sauceTo literally die or to be devastated due to a minor inconvenience or mishap.Rate it:

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difficultas annonae (Imp. Pomp. 15. 44)want of corn; scarcity in the corn-market.Rate it:

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dirty wordA word that is considered vulgar, not necessarily sexual in nature.Rate 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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disciplina (institutio) puerilis (not liberorum)the teaching of children.Rate it:

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disiunctissimas ultimas terras peragrare (not permigrare)to travel through the most remote countries.Rate it:

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dissimulare morbumto pretend not to be ill.Rate it:

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DNACPRInitialism of do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation.Rate it:

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DNARInitialism of do not attempt to resuscitate.Rate it:

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DNFTTInitialism of do not feed the troll.Rate it:

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