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eat someone's dustTo get one to be on a losing end.Rate it:

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eeny meeny miney moe(short version) a way of choosing someone or something by counting off items one by one until the last word falls on a person or item to the full rhyme which is: eeny meany miney moe catch a tiger by the toe if he hollers let him go eeny meeny miney moe Whichever item falls on the last word "moe" that's the one that is chosen, for example to be "it" to start a game or to choose sides for teams. There are only four words per line that count. The last line "eeny meeny money moe" was later replaced by My mother said to pick the very best one and you are not it" (all words count for one as each person (item) is tapped.Rate it:

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eh bien! au bout du compte vous avez tortWell! you are wrong, after all.Rate it:

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eid mubarakA customary Muslim greeting on the days of Eid ul-Adha and Eid ul-Fitr at the end of Ramadan.Rate it:

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elle a la beauté du diableAll her beauty consists in her youth and freshness.Rate it:

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elles sont aux petits soins pour leur vieille mèreThey are all attention to their old mother.Rate it:

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Elvis has left the buildingA phrase used to announce the end of a show, usually one performed by an Elvis impersonator.Rate it:

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en toutes choses il faut considérer la finWe must always look to the end; Look before you leap.Rate it:

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en un mot comme en centOnce and for all.Rate it:

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end inTo have at the ending; to have as its termination.Rate it:

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end ofA short form of end of story.Rate it:

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end of the lineFinal cessation or discontinuance of a process, institution, or person, especially one which has existed for a considerable period of time; death.Rate it:

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end of the lineThe termination point of a railway or similar transportation system.Rate it:

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end of the worldEnd of habitability for life on Earth.Rate it:

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end of the worldEnd of humanity.Rate it:

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end of the worldEnd of the planet Earth.Rate it:

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end of the worldAny change that seems catastrophic or devastating.Rate it:

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end stateThe specified situation at the successful completion of the final phase of a military operation.Rate it:

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end stateUsed other than as an idiom: Any ending state..Rate it:

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end upTo conclude, turn out, sometimes unexpectedly.Rate it:

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end upTo arrive at a destination, sometimes unexpectedly.Rate it:

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end upTo eventually do.Rate it:

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enfin de compte(lit.) When the addition is made; (fig.) When all is told; When all is said and done.Rate it:

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envers et contre tousdespite all oppositionRate it:

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esto es chino para míIt's all Greek to me; I don't understand any of this.Rate it:

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et hoc genus omneAnd all this kind.Rate it:

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être à fond de cale (fam.)To be hard up, at the end of one’s resources.Rate it:

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être au bout de sa corde (or, son rouleau)To be at the end of one’s tether; To have no more to say.Rate it:

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être au bout de son latin (or, rouleau)To be at one’s wits’ end; Not to know what to do, or say, next.Rate it:

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être au bout de son rouleau, de son latin, de sa gammeTo be at one’s wits’ end; Not to know what to do.Rate it:

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être au four et au moulinTo be all over the place; be in two places at once.Rate it:

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être gros jean comme devantTo be no better off than one was before, in spite of all one’s efforts.Rate it:

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every man jackAll the members of a group with no exceptions.Rate it:

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every man to his tradeKeep to your own job and don't meddle in other people's. We should all stick to what we are good at.Rate it:

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every which wayIn all sorts of ways or manners.Rate it:

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every which wayAll over; in every direction.Rate it:

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everybody who is anybodyAll of the people who are well-known or important, especially those who have prominent social standing.Rate it:

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everything happens for a reasonAll events are purposeful.Everything happens for a reason, so there is no such thing as failure. Mary-Kate OlsenPeople like to say "everything happens for a reason." If you repeat that in your head long enough that starts to sound like "anything can happen with a razor." Laura KightlingerI believe that everything happens for a reason, but I think it's important to seek out that reason - that's how we learn. Drew BarrymoreRate it:

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everything seemed to fall right into place.after all that effort, it seemed to be made in the shadeRate it:

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evocare undique copiasto call up troops from all sides.Rate it:

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exeunte, extremo annoat the end of the year.Rate it:

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express elevatorA high-speed elevator that does not serve all floorsRate it:

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extra, praeter modumbeyond all measure.Rate it:

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extremae terrae partesthe most distant countries, the world's end.Rate it:

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eye catchingTwo words which may have evolved from the marketing and advertising entities, The phrase says and sees it all, appeals only to the sighted.Rate it:

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eyes closed all earsto listen to high fidelity music in the fullest senseRate it:

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f** allNothing at all or very little.Rate it:

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factotumJack of all trades.Rate it:

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fade outA type of transition used in movies usually at the end of a scene, in which the transition fades to black from the cut.Rate it:

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fag outTo become untwisted or frayed, as the end of a rope, or the edge of canvas.Rate it:

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