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3-on-the-treeOn an automobile (especially those produced from 1939 through the mid-1970s), a three-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is mounted on the steering column.Rate it:

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abattre de l'ouvrageTo get through a great deal of work.Rate it:

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abattre de la besogneTo get through a great deal of work.Rate it:

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acquired tasteA taste which is not natural or innate, but which has developed through habit or learning.Rate it:

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act like a bull in a china shopTo act rudely or clumsily in a delicate situation.Rate it:

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act outTo express one's feelings through disruptive actions.Rate it:

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act outTo go through the process of a scene from a play, a charade or a pointless exercise.Rate it:

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ad calculos vocare aliquid (Amic. 16. 58)to go through accounts, make a valuation of a thing.Rate it:

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adopt outTo expel a child from a family by placing them for adoption; to put a child up for adoption privately, without going through an adoption agency.Rate it:

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aetate affecta esseto be infirm through old age.Rate it:

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alicuius mens in scriptis spirata man's soul breathes through his writings.Rate it:

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aquam ducere per hortumto bring a stream of water through the garden.Rate it:

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attaquer le taureau par les cornesTo seize the bull by the horns.Rate it:

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attention whoreTo seek attention through inappropriate means or to an excessive degree.Rate it:

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attention whoreAn individual that routinely solicits attention through inappropriate tactics and provocationRate it:

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b.s.'Bull ship', abbreviated.Rate it:

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Banbury story of a cock and a bullA roundabout, nonsensical story.Rate it:

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baptism by fireA change in initial attitude or ideals through a traumatic situation.Rate it:

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baptism by fireA rite of passage through the survival or success of a crisis.Rate it:

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Behind the Eight BallGetting into trouble or difficult situation due to bad luck, a situation through which, one might not get out easilyRate it:

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big upTo increase one's muscle mass through exercise.Rate it:

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black ballStall, close ranks, make it impossible to make a break throughRate it:

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blind side someoneTo injure, reveal shared private information or cause financial or personal loss through disloyalty or actions which hurt or disappoint.Rate it:

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blot one's copy bookTo damage one's own reputation through bad behavior.Rate it:

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break inNew function more naturally through use or wear.Rate it:

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break the InternetTo overwhelm a web server through organic user-driven demand, such that the server goes offline or is in danger of doing so.Rate it:

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break the InternetTo deliberately overwhelm a web server through a cyberattack such as a DDOS, such that the server goes offline or is in danger of doing so.Rate it:

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break throughTo gain popularity.Rate it:

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break throughTo penetrate the defence of the opposition.Rate it:

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break throughUsed other than as an idiom: see break, through.Rate it:

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break windTo flatulate; fart; to expel gases generated during digestion through the anus.Rate it:

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breeze throughTo get through or succeed in quickly and easily.Rate it:

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BroadwayThe wide road which runs diagonally through Manhattan, New York City.Rate it:

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brûler une station (une étape)To run through a station (or, a halting-place) without stopping.Rate it:

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bug stormA large number of insects in the air, especially when passed through by a vehicle.Rate it:

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Bull in a China ShopAn awkward person who actually does not care about the delicate situation, a rough person who comes near the brittle things, an insensitive person who makes people angry with his/her deeds and words to create disturbance in their work or plansRate it:

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bull sessionAn informal meeting among men.Rate it:

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bull's eyesweetRate it:

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by the grace of the almightyThrough the kindness of the AlmightyRate it:

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by way ofBy the route of; through; via.Rate it:

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camel through the eye of a needleHyperbole to illustrate that something is almost impossible to do or to happen.Rate it:

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carry throughTo manage to execute; to perform successfully, all the way to the end.Rate it:

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check throughTo inspect something, often to try to find errors, problems, etc.Rate it:

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check throughTo permit someone to continue onward, e.g. through a security checkpoint, after verifying their identity, tickets, etc.Rate it:

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check upTo verify through brief investigation or examination; to revisit for assurance that there are no problems.Rate it:

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China syndromeA hypothetical kind of catastrophic failure in which a nuclear reactor melts through the floor of its containment system and penetrates the earth's surface, continuing downward as if (from a Western Hemispheric point of view) traveling through the planet toward China.Rate it:

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click throughTo click on a link in order to move to another page.Rate it:

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clogs to clogs in three generations(UK) Wealth earned in one generation seldom lasts through the third (grandchildRate it:

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cock-and-bull storyA far-fetched and fanciful story or tale of highly dubious validity.Rate it:

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comb throughto examine scrupulouslyRate it:

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