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any port in a stormAn unfavourable option which might well be avoided in good times but which nevertheless looks better than the alternatives at the current time.Rate it:

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boil upTo cook by boiling.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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calm before the stormA time of peace before any storm or disaster--either an actual storm or hurricane or figuratively to mean any calm before anything bad happensRate it:

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calm before the stormA period of peace before a disturbance or crisis; an unnatural or false calm before a storm.Rate it:

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cookThe head cook of a manor houseRate it:

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cookA person who prepares food for a living.Rate it:

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cookOne who manufactures certain illegal drugs, especially meth.Rate it:

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cookA session of manufacturing certain illegal drugs, especially meth.Rate it:

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cookA fish, the European striped wrasse, Labrus mixtus.Rate it:

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cook offTo pull the pin from a grenade and wait two or three seconds before throwing.Rate it:

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cook offTo accidentally detonate, especially as the result of excess heat.Rate it:

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cook offTo cause an accidental detonation of explosives, especially due to excess heat.Rate it:

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cook offAs with above, except to unintentionally wait so long that the grenade detonates.Rate it:

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cook the booksTo manipulate accounting information, esp. illegally, by a corporation.Rate it:

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cook upTo manufacture; to falsify; to devise an elaborate lie.Rate it:

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cook upTo prepare a heroin dose by heating.Rate it:

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cook upTo prepare a meal.Rate it:

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cook up a stormTo cause a storm.Rate it:

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cook up a stormTo make a splash; to create a spectacle.Rate it:

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cook up a stormTo make a big fuss, generate a lot of unnecessary talk or activity; make a scene.Rate it:

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cook up a stormTo create a stormy situation; agitate or enrage.Rate it:

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cook up a stormTo do a large amount of cooking at once; to prepare a great deal of cooked food.Rate it:

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Cook Your GooseTo bring someone down, spoil someone’s quality time or to wreck a happy plan or projectRate it:

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cookedsimple past tense and past participle of cookRate it:

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doTo cook.Rate it:

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elle fait une bonne cuisine bourgeoiseShe is a good plain cook.Rate it:

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eye of the stormthe center of a storm or hurricaneRate it:

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faire le gros dosto weather the storm, lie lowRate it:

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hash slingerA cook or food server in a cheap restaurant, especially one who is discourteous or inattentive to customers.Rate it:

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he looked like a dying calf in a hail storm.When someone looks ill.Rate it:

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libido consēditthe storm of passion has abated.Rate it:

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loose cannonA cannon that breaks loose during battle or a storm and causes serious damage to the ship and its crew.Rate it:

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mare ventorum vi agitatur et turbaturthere is a storm at sea.Rate it:

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meals on wheelsFood delivered to the homes of those unable to cook for themselves.Rate it:

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on a cloudy day i saw a rainbow, on the day i saw you , you gave a stormOn better days there's a plot of getting ahead than on a bad day.Rate it:

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oppidum capere, expugnareto take, storm a town.Rate it:

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oppidum oppugnareto storm a town.Rate it:

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out of placeShe comes in out of the storm with not a hair out of place.Rate it:

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perfect stormA powerful hurricane or other major weather disturbance, especially as produced by a combination of meteorological conditions.Rate it:

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perfect stormA situation where a calamity is caused by the convergence and amplifying interaction of a number of factors.Rate it:

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procella (tempestas) aliquem ex alto ad ignotas terras (oras) defertthe storm drives some one on an unknown coast.Rate it:

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put onTo cook or warm.Rate it:

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shit showAKA: shit storm. A big mess. A predicament.Rate it:

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shit stormHey series of challenging events in parallelRate it:

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smoke upTo cook by smoking.Rate it:

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sounded like a dying calf in a hail storm.Terrible singing voiceRate it:

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stand the gaff?Can You? 'withstand the demand?, 'weather the storm?' , 'survive the environment?', 'smile the miles', 'beat the HEAT?',Rate it:

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storm inTo enter a place angrily.Rate it:

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storm in a tea-kettleA big fuss made in a small context.Rate it:

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