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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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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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velvet handcuffsGolden handcuffs: any arrangement designed to provide favorable benefits or pay so as to discourage a participant from wanting to leave it.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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victoriam exploratam dimittereto let a sure victory slip through one's hands.Rate 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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Virtue is her own rewardAlternative form of virtue is its own rewardRate it:

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virtue is its own rewarda good deed is its own rewardRate 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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vix me contineo quin lacrimemto be hardly able to restrain one's tears.Rate it:

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vix mihi tempero quin lacrimemto be hardly able to restrain one's tears.Rate it:

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vocem intercludere (Just. 11. 8. 4)to prevent some one from speaking.Rate it:

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vocem summittereto lower one's voice.Rate it:

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voice in the wildernessAn influential religious personage, especially one who makes prophetic utterances.Rate it:

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voilà ce que c'est que de se mettre en colèreThat is the consequence of losing one’s temper.Rate it:

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voir le loupto lose one's virginityRate it:

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voluntatemor animum alicuius a se abalienare, aliquem a se abalienare or alienareto become estranged, alienated from some one.Rate it:

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voluptates haurireto take one's fill of enjoyment.Rate it:

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voluptatibus fruito take one's fill of enjoyment.Rate it:

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voluptatis or animi causa (B. G. 5. 12)for one's own diversion; to satisfy a whim.Rate it:

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vote with one's feetTo show a lack of support for something by departing or otherwise absenting oneself.Rate it:

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