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rira bien qui rira le dernierSe dit en parlant de quelqu’un qui se flatte du succès dans une affaire où l’on compte l’emporter sur lui.Rate it:

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rise above your raisin's (raisings)become better than how you were raised; "Rise above your raisin's" is how you pronounce the phrase because in southern expressions, the "g" sound in words ending in "ing" is usually not spoken); rise above your raisingsRate it:

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round robinan arrangement of choosing all elements in agroup equaly in some rational order e.g. 'taking turns"Rate it:

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s'endormir sur ses lauriersto rest on one's laurelsRate it:

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s'il en estInsiste sur une vérité.Rate it:

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s'il vous plaîtLocution qui permet d’insister sur un point du discours.Rate it:

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Santa BárbaraAldea en la Región de Antofagasta, en los 21°57' de latitud sur y 68° 36' de longitud oeste.Rate it:

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Santa BárbaraPuerto en la Patagonia chilena, situado en los 48° 02' de latitud sur y 75° 28' de longitud oeste.Rate it:

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Santa BárbaraCiudad en la Región del Biobío, situada en los 37° 40' de latitud sur y 72° 04' de longitud oeste.Rate it:

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sauter à pieds joints sur quelqu'un(fig.) To ride rough-shod over any one.Rate it:

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savoir sur le bout du doigtTo know perfectly; To have at one’s finger-ends.Rate it:

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scaredy cata children's word for a person who is easily frightenedRate it:

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se dresser sur ses ergotsTo stand on one’s dignity.Rate it:

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se reposer sur ses lauriersto rest on one's laurelsRate it:

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se tenir sur son quant-à-soiTo stand on one’s dignity.Rate it:

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sécher sur piedTo pine away.Rate it:

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sentir l'huileTo smell of the lamp (of poetry, etc.).Rate it:

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shut the front door!An exclamation of shock and/or disbelief; like saying, "No! Really?!" or "No way!" or "I don't believe it"Rate it:

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sidepiecesexDescribes extra-marital or extra-relational physically intimate interaction with one other than one's spouse or longterm partner, with whom one also has some form of established relationship; term, song, and hastag by American Activist Greshun De Bouse to describe one of the acts in which her abusive ex-fiance may have been engaged, while absent from the home daily for 15 hours.Rate it:

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six of one, half dozen of anotherIt makes no difference, they're still the same This expression is sometimes said a little differently, but is all the same no matter how it is said. Sometimes people say "half dozen" and sometimes "half a dozen " Also, sometimes the expression is "six of one, half dozen of THE other" and sometimes it is said, "six of one, half a dozen of ANother."Rate it:

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solosolo in the Kpop world means a single singer. if a pair they're a duet, and if three of more they are a group.Rate it:

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someone's jaw droppedsomebody was very surprised; often followed by "to the floor"Rate it:

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something's fishy in denmarkA shortened version of the expression, "There's something rotten in the state of Denmark"; the speaker is suspicious that there is or appears to be something wrong, amiss, illegal or dishonestRate it:

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spitting cotton or spittin' cottonVery thirsty. Used in the Southern USA.Rate it:

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stay wokeFirst used by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter in a 1938 interview afterword of his song Scottsboro Boys-named for nine Black teenagers and young men falsely accused of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931. Lead Belly knew the Scottsboro boys, and urged Black listeners and Black persons traveling through that area in Alabama to "Stay Woke" (be vigilant, cautious, and alert) in the spoken afterword to the song. Lead Belly's direct relative, Global Activist and Equality Advocate Greshun De Bouse began the #STAYWOKELEADBELLY movement to acknowledge the phrase's origin, and redefine its present-day meaning as a more generalized, all-inclusive phrase admonishing all to be cognizant of past, present, and future world occurrences.Rate it:

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step on someone's toesTo offend someone or make them feel bad, by doing or saying something that is another person's authorityRate it:

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stick it where the sun don't shinea sarcastic way of expressing disgust to someone; akin to telling someone where to goRate it:

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stranger on the phoneDr. Greshun De Bouse's brilliant true account of a present-day angel in female human form who uplifts and changes lives of countless downtrodden men whom have never seen her, via telephone through the power of Biblical scripture and the Holy Spirit.Rate it:

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sur ce il s'en allaAfter that he went away.Rate it:

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sur l'onglecompletely or perfectlyRate it:

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sur la tête de ma mèreS’emploie pour attester que l’on tiendra bien sa promesse.Rate it:

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sur le billardOn the pool tableRate it:

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sur le billardOn the operating table; to be under the knifeRate it:

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sur le bout de la langueon the tip of one's tongueRate it:

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sur le champright awayRate it:

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sur le pied où en sont les chosesConsidering how matters stand.Rate it:

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sur mon âmeSur ma parole ; sur ma foi.Rate it:

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take a page out of someone's playbookTo adopt an idea or practice of another personRate it:

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tan someone's hideTo beat or spank someone.Rate it:

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tel qui rit vendredi, dimanche pleureraOn ne peut jamais être sûr de triompher totalement.Rate it:

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testis unus, testis nullusUn jugement ne peut être rendu sur la base d'un témoin unique.Rate it:

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that dog won't huntThat idea will not work; that is an inadequate explanation or proposition.Rate it:

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that's a fine how do you do!An expression said in disgust or in jest to someone who 1) did not greet you as expected 2) ignored you 3) did something undesirable instead of greeting you 4) insulted you 5) did something mean or uncaringRate it:

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that's a wrapa declaration the current activity is now finishedRate it:

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that's lamethat's bad; not as good as it could be or has been; not as good as is typical of othersRate it:

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that's the way the cookie crumblesThat is the way things happen; that's life.Rate it:

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the devil's lettuceA code name for marijuana.Rate it:

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the measure of society is how it treats its weakest membersSocieties who help and take care of those who are the most in need are worth more than societies who don't or who even mistreat those who are in need--the least of them--much less help them.Rate it:

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the rain in spain stays mainly in the plainEnglish people use this phrase to try to "correct" people's accents to speak what they like to call "proper" English by changing the way words in this sentence are pronounced.Rate it:

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there's no crying in baseballQuit complaining about it, go back and do your job.Rate it:

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