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unus mihi restat scrupulus (Ter. Andr. 5. 4. 37) (cf. too religio, sect. XI. 2)one thing still makes me hesitate.Rate it:

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up in one’s shitAn individual is interfering in another’s business; an individual with poor boundaries.Rate it:

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up on one's earAnnoyed, angry.Rate it:

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up one's alleyMatching a person's interests or abilities well.Rate it:

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up one's own asshaving an excessively high opinion of oneself.Rate it:

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up one's sleeveHidden, in reserve.Rate it:

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up the ying yangFar more than one needs.Rate it:

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up to one's earsup to hereRate it:

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up to one's eyeballsOverwhelmed with a situation.Rate it:

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up to one's neck in alligatorsExtremely busy; having many pressing obligations, distractions, etc consuming one's time.Rate it:

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use it or lose itHuman abilities require repetitive usage or practice lest one become, rusty. out of tune, uncoordinated:Rate it:

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use one's coconutUse one's head; think.Rate it:

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use one's headTo think carefully, especially as an alternative to being guided by one's emotions.Rate it:

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use one's headTo headbutt.Rate it:

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use one's nogginTo think, especially in a careful or clever manner.Rate it:

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ut supra (opp. infra) diximus, dictum estas I said above.Rate it:

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uti aliquo (familiariter)to be on intimate terms with some one.Rate it:

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uti aliquo amicoto be friendly with any one.Rate it:

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valetudini consulere, operam dareto take care of one's health.Rate it:

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valley of the shadow of deathValleys on earth one must walk through, that is, part of the human experience.Rate it:

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vaulting schoolUsed other than as an idiom: see vaulting, school. (A place where one learns to vault.)Rate it:

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vectigalia, tributa alicui imponereto impose tribute on some one.Rate it:

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velle aliquem (Plaut. Capt. 5. 2. 24)to wish to speak to some one.Rate it:

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venire contra factum propriumNo one may set himself in contradiction to his own previous conduct.Rate it:

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vent out one's blood, sweat and tearsA person's determination and hard work.Rate it:

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ventis reflantibus (Tusc. 1. 49)with the wind against one.Rate it:

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ventri deditum esseto be the slave of one's appetite.Rate it:

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verbis alicuius, e.g. salutare (Liv. 9. 36)in some one's name; on some one's behalf (not nomine alicuius).Rate it:

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verbis non omnia exsequi posseto be unable to say all one wants.Rate it:

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verbum ex aliquo elicereto extract a word from some one.Rate it:

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versurā solvere, dissolvere (Att. 5. 15. 2)to pay one's old debts by making new.Rate it:

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very goodUsed as acknowledgement of receipt of one's orders.Rate it:

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vestigia alicuius sequi, persequi or vestigiis aliquem sequi, persequito follow in any one's steps.Rate it:

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vestigiis alicuius insistere, ingredi (also metaph.)to follow in any one's steps.Rate it:

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vestimenta (et calceos) mutareto change one's clothes (and shoes).Rate it:

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viam persequi (also metaphorically)to continue one's journey, pursue one's course.Rate it:

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vicar of brayA person who changes their beliefs and principles to stay popular with people above them is a Vicar of Bray. The religious upheavals in England from 1533 to 1559 and from 1633 to 1715 made it almost impossible for any individual to comply with the successive religious requirements of the state.Rate it:

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victoriam exploratam dimittereto let a sure victory slip through one's hands.Rate it:

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vide suprasee aboveRate it:

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vier Augen sehen mehr als zweitwo heads are better than oneRate it:

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vim adhibere, facere alicuito use violence against some one.Rate it:

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vincula rumpereto burst one's chains.Rate it:

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virus acerbitatis suae effundere in aliquem (De Amic. 23. 87)to vent one's anger, spite on some one.Rate it:

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vitae cursum or curriculum conficereto finish one's career.Rate it:

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vitae finem facereto put an end to one's life.Rate it:

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vitae splendori(em) maculas(is) aspergereto sully one's fair fame.Rate it:

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vitam ad annum centesimum perducereto reach one's hundredth year, to live to be a hundred.Rate it:

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vitam profundere pro patriato sacrifice oneself for one's country.Rate it:

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vitam, aetatem (omnem aetatem, omne aetatis tempus) agere (honeste, ruri, in litteris), degere, traducereto live (all) one's life (honourably, in the country, as a man of learning).Rate it:

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vivre en bonne intelligence avec quelqu'unTo live on good terms with some one.Rate it:

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