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"lord god, don't let the noise of the world keep me from hearing you."something someone says that they will be able to get or hear an answer to their prayer without worldly things getting in the way of being able to receive itRate it:

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able forFit to cope with.Rate it:

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able seamanordinary sailorRate it:

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able to get a word in edgewiseAble to participate in the conversation; able to interrupt another person's monologue.Rate it:

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aestus et frigoris patientem esseto be able to bear heat and cold.Rate it:

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American DreamA widespread determination by Americans to provide their children with a better upbringing than their parents were able to provide for them.Rate it:

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as agile as a monkeyif you say someone is as agile as a monkey then you are saying that the person is able to move as fast and easy as a monkey; therefore, as agile as a monkey means being able to move as swift and easy as a monkeyRate it:

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avoir bon bec (fam.)To be a chatterbox; To speak well; To be able to answer back.Rate it:

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be in forTo be able to expect or anticipate; to be about to suffer, generally said of something unpleasant.Rate it:

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be mechanically inclinedBe able to understand how machines workRate it:

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beat somebody to the punchTo do something before somebody else is able to.Rate it:

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beat someone to the punchTo do something before somebody else is able to.Rate it:

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Blind as a BatNot able to see at all or get completely blindRate it:

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born with a silver spoon in one's mouthNote. The original nautical expression is just born with a silver spoon and describes those young gentlemen who were able to enter the Royal Navy without examination and whose promotion was assured. the converse was born with a wooden ladle.Rate it:

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box the compassTo know, and be able to recite the 32 points and quarter points of the magnetic compass from North, both clockwise and anticlockwise.Rate it:

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button-downOf a collar, able to be buttoned down to the shirt, as over a necktie.Rate it:

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Climb the WallsNot be able to sustain pressure or inability to act right during frustration or a challengeRate it:

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close one's eyes and think of EnglandTo accept (rather than fight)-and distract oneself so as to be able to endure-bad or unwanted sex, or by extension any unpleasant but inevitable experience.Rate it:

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come inOf a broadcast, such as radio or television, to have a strong enough signal to be able to be received well.Rate it:

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comfort zoneThe range of circumstances in which a person feels relaxed or able to cope.Rate it:

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deadweightThe largest weight of cargo a ship is able to carry; i.e, the weight of a ship when fully loaded minus its weight when empty.Rate it:

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do you speak EnglishAsks the interlocutor whether or not he or she is able to speak in the English language.Rate it:

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do you think you can walkAsked to find out whether an ill or wounded person is able to walk or needs to sit down or lie down.Rate it:

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don't look at meA response indicating that one is not willing or able to perform a task.Rate it:

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en revenirto believe; to be able to believeRate it:

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Eyes in the Back of Your HeadTo be able to imagine and feel what is happening behind or outside of one's field of visionRate it:

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famis et sitis patientem esseto be able to endure hunger and thirst.Rate it:

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feel up toTo be confident in being able to do something.Rate it:

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find one's voiceTo become willing or able to talk or otherwise express one's opinions.Rate it:

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fit togetherTo be able to be assembled in this way.Rate it:

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fletum cohibere non posseto be hardly able to restrain one's tears.Rate it:

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footloose and fancy freeAble to do as one pleases, unconstrained by social ties or responsibilities.Rate it:

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full-fledgedHaving all its feathers; able to fly.Rate it:

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get past oneselfTo become able to look beyond one's own ego and negative emotions; to overcome internal and emotional obstacles.Rate it:

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grow intoTo grow in size, so as to be able to fit something.Rate it:

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Hands are TiedNot able to help or assist; stay away from doing what you are willing to do; helpless to do somethingRate it:

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hard-pressedBarely able. Having difficulty doing something.Rate it:

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have something down patTo know something or be able to do something perfectly. Be perfect master of something.Rate it:

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Have Your Cake and Eat It TooTo have something both ways, to have something in possession and be able to exploit or use itRate it:

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hindsight is 20/20(idiomatic) In hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset; one is able to evaluate past choices more clearly than at the time of the choice.Rate it:

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I think therefore I amI am able to think, therefore I exist. A philosophical proof of existence based on the fact that someone capable of any form of thought necessarily exists.Rate it:

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il est à même de vous comprendreHe is able to understand you.Rate it:

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in the front rowAble to witness everything.Rate it:

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in the right place at the right timeAt a location where something good is about to happen at just the time of its occurrence; lucky; fortunate; able to obtain a benefit due to circumstances, rather than due to merit.Rate it:

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jack of all trades, master of noneA master of integration, who knows enough from many learned trades and skills to be able to bring their disciplines together in a practical manner; a polymath; a renaissance man.Rate it:

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je saurai en tirer partiI shall be able to turn it to account.Rate it:

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lacrimas tenere non posseto be hardly able to restrain one's tears.Rate it:

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lighter than airReference; Aircraft which maintain 'lift' because of 'gasses', 'hot vapors', 'heated air'; e.g. Blimps, Dirigibles, 'Hot-Air' Balloons: Able to lift objects, beings with weight greater than the Aircraft itself:Rate it:

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lose sight ofTo be no longer able to see.Rate it:

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Make Heads or Tails Out of SomethingTo be able to understand something completelyRate it:

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