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a life of its ownAn independent existence with some characteristics of life.Rate it:

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a partibus rei publicae animus liber (Sall. Cat. 4. 2)an independent spirit.Rate it:

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acts of violenceViolent or otherwise harmful acts, usually to a person, animal, or object.Rate it:

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arm's lengthIndependent, but related.Rate it:

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bio queenA biologically female performance artist who performs in female drag at drag shows, or acts like a drag queen. Essentially a woman pretending to be a man who is mimicking or parodying another woman.Rate it:

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bring to justiceTo cause a person alleged to have committed criminal acts to be brought to trial on the offenses.Rate it:

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casting couchA sofa on which a jobseeker is expected to perform sexual acts in return for a part in a film or other job.Rate it:

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check and balanceProvide mutual oversight and limitation by independent organizations in order to prevent abuses of power.Rate it:

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dirty old manAn adult male - usually middle-aged or elderly - who acts in a lecherous or lewd manner.Rate it:

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e pluribus unumA national motto of the United States of America, meaning "From many, one", or "out of many, one", referring to the integration of 13 independent colonies into one country, and that has taken an additional meaning, giving the pluralistic nature of American society from immigration.Rate it:

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evil twinA duplicate or counterpart of something or someone that acts in a contrary, nefarious, or insidious manner.Rate it:

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fool aroundTo engage in casual or flirtatious sexual acts.Rate it:

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footnote in historySomething of great significance that is given little attention, i.e. is relegated to a footnote in a record of history.Rate it:

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go straightTo discontinue engaging in criminal acts; to become a law-abiding person.Rate it:

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gratiam alicui referre (meritam, debitam) pro aliqua reto show gratitude (in one's acts).Rate it:

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HALa homicidal computer, an artificial intelligence that acts similarly to the HAL 9000 featured in 2001: A Space Odyssey.Rate it:

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hell or high waterHighly adverse circumstances; acts of God.Rate it:

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historical landmarkA National Historic Landmark is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance.Rate it:

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horse of a different colorAn unrelated or only incidentally related matter with distinctly different significance.Rate it:

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horse senseCommon sense, especially with a connotation of folk wisdom independent from, and trumping, formal education.Rate it:

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I'll see you and raise youMore generally, used when someone produces or reveals something. One says this to announce they will answer by producing or revealing something of their own, usually greater in significance.Rate it:

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il fait (or, agit) toujours à sa guiseHe always goes his own way; He always acts according to his own sweet will.Rate it:

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il fait ses coups à la sourdineHe acts secretly, in an underhand manner.Rate it:

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il y met les quatre doigts et le pouce(lit.) He eats greedily; (fig.) He acts clumsily.Rate it:

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il y va rondementHe acts frankly and quickly.Rate it:

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jumped-upDescribes a person who thinks or acts as if he/she is superior in some way that the speaker disagrees with. For instance, pretending to be of a higher class or having greater authority than he/she has in reality.Rate it:

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libertas, libertatis studiumindependent spirit.Rate it:

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like a deer caught in the headlightsReferring to someone who looks or acts startled like a deer in the road as a car approaches at night.Rate it:

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lone gunmanAn individual person who acts on his or her own initiative, without partners, especially one who has sole responsibility for doing something questionable, confidential, or iniquitous.Rate it:

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lone wolfAn independent person; someone who has an 'independent' streak.Rate it:

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Monkey BusinessTrickery, shady acts, mischievous behavior, suspicious actionsRate it:

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monsieur vit de ses rentesThe gentleman is independent (i.e. has an income of his own).Rate it:

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mr. all businessSomeone who acts very business-like and serious and focused on the job at hand, either at the moment or all the timeRate it:

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much of a muchnessOf two or more things, having little difference of any significance between them.Rate it:

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neither here nor thereNot important; having no significance or influence on the question at hand; not related; not relevant; not germane; not pertinent.Rate it:

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noarchShort for "no architecture". It is a term used mainly in package management systems to mark packages which are architecture independent. Such packages usually contain graphics, documentation or similar data that can be used on any architecture.Rate it:

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one's bark is worse than one's biteThe individual acts threatening but is relatively harmless.Rate it:

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one-offOccurring once, one-time, independent of any pattern.Rate it:

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play the race cardTo assert that race or racism is responsible for a course of events, especially when race is not of particular significance to the issue in question; to attempt to inspire a particular reaction by raising the issue of race.Rate it:

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raise the stakesTo increase in significance or risk.Rate it:

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rattle one's cagethe act of irritating instead of contrributing, disturbing acts or interruptions:Rate it:

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sex upTo take part in sexual acts with.Rate it:

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she's a real fucktressShe acts elegant, but intentionally brings ruin to those unsuspecting minions that worship her.Rate it:

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ships that pass in the nightTwo or more people who encounter one another in a transitory, incidental manner and whose relationship is without lasting significance; two or more people who almost encounter one another, but do not do so.Rate it:

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side issueAn issue or topic which is not of direct significance to a primary concern.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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significance levelThe probability, usually expressed as a percentage, of making a decision to reject the null hypothesis when the null hypothesis is actually true; the probability of making a type 1 error).Rate it:

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significance levelUsed other than as an idiom: see significance, level.Rate it:

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significance levelA measure of how likely it is to draw a false conclusion in a statistical test, when the results are really just random variations.Rate it:

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skinny rabbitan issue that has little significance to an outcome. The issue is not worth discussing. Outcome is 6 one and half dozen the other. There is no meat to the discussion.Rate it:

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