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add oilTo make extra effort.Rate it:

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baby on boardPhrase on a sign attached to the rear of a motor car to signify that a baby is sometimes carried.Rate it:

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barrelThe quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31 1/2 gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds; of beer 31 gallons; of ale 32 gallons; of crude oil 42 gallons.Rate it:

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bblAbbreviation of barrel, notably for oil.Rate it:

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brown powerThe production of electricity made from conventional sources, such as coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear power.Rate it:

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burn everything russian except the sources of their energy, coal, natural gas and oil.From an early form of boycott and civil resistance in Ireland with implied relevance in today's world.Rate it:

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burn the midnight oilTo work studiously, especially late into the night.Rate it:

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Burn the Midnight OilTo work overnight, work or study till late nightRate it:

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casa rodanteCaravana, vehículo acondicionado para cocinar y dormir en él, con motor propio o remolcado por un automóvil.Rate it:

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clutch artistA person who drives a motor vehicle, especially one equipped with a manual transmission, in a particularly skillful manner.Rate it:

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crude oilunrefined petroleumRate it:

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deer in the headlightsA mental state of high arousal caused by anxiety fear, panic, surpriseand/or confusion, or substance abuse. The behavioral signs are like a deer subjected to a car's headlights, such as widely opened eyes and a lack of motor reactions.Rate it:

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drill rigAn oil rig.Rate it:

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drilling rigAn oil rig.Rate it:

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fender-benderA minor accident involving at least one motor vehicle.Rate it:

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FortnightOilA Specially Refined Lantern-oil for the Switchman's Signal Lanterns used on the Grand Trunk Railroad. 'Topped-Off' Lanterns generally required refilling after a 'fortnight' of duty time. (Conjecture)Rate it:

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gapers' blockA traffic jam resulting from motorists slowing to look at a motor vehicle collision or other roadside distraction.Rate it:

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grease upto smear with oil or grease.Rate it:

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idiot lightAny warning light or indicator on the dashboard of a car, designed to alert the driver of problems, such as the parking brake being on or the oil being low.Rate it:

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Lard-OilAn oil from pork-fat-'LARD' whose viscosity was regulated according to environment in which it was utilized. The oil used in Railroad Switchman's signal-lanterns.Rate it:

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listen to her purradmiring the sound of a boat or car motorRate it:

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long goodbyeNickname for Alzheimer's disease, especially for the final phase of the disease, during which the patient suffers a progressive decline of cognitive and motor skills and gradually loses the ability to recognize and to communicate with family and friends; nickname for the relationship between a person suffering from Alzheimer's disease and that person's family or friends.Rate it:

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lucubrare (Liv. 1. 57)to work by night, burn the midnight oil.Rate it:

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máquina de vaporMotor de combustión externa que transforma la energía de una cantidad de vapor de agua en trabajo mecánico o cinético.Rate it:

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motor al ralentíMotor sin potencia, se utiliza en los aterrizajes para perder velocidad, el avión planea.Rate it:

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motor de combustiónMotor capaz de transformar en movimiento la energía proveniente de la combustión de sustancias adecuadas, denominadas combustibles.Rate it:

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motor effectTendency of a wire carrying an electric current in a magnetic field to move.Rate it:

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motor mouthOne who talks incessantly; a chatty or loquacious person.Rate it:

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navegación a velaNavegación que se realiza sin motor ni remos, usando el viento como fuerza motriz.Rate it:

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nervio abducenteNervio craneal motor que permite el movimiento del globo ocular hacia afuera, al inervar el músculo recto lateral del ojo.Rate it:

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nervio facialNervio craneal motor y sensible, con componentes parasimpáticos, responsable de la expresión facial. También recoge información del paladar y la lengua, permite la secreción salivar y el lagrimeo del ojo.Rate it:

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nervio motor ocular comúnNervio craneal que mueve los párpados, permite los movimientos del ojo, el cierre de la pupila y la acomodación del cristalino.Rate it:

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nervio motor ocular internoNervio craneal con función motora que permite mover el globo ocular inervando el músculo oblicuo superior del ojo. Permite mirarse la punta de la nariz, por ejemplo.Rate it:

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nervio trigéminoNervio craneal sensible y motor que se divide en tres partes (nervio oftálmico, nervio maxilar y nervio mandibular e inerva el rostro. Capta sensaciones de los dientes, la piel de la cara, y controla el movimiento de los músculos de la masticación.Rate it:

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oil and waterTwo things which are incapable of mixing or coexisting harmoniously with each other.Rate it:

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oil burnerA heating device which burns fuel oil; an oil furnace.Rate it:

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oil burnerA machine that uses oil as its fuel.Rate it:

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oil burnerA device whose operation causes apparent combustion of lubricating oil.Rate it:

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oil colourpaintingRate it:

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oil paintingworks of artRate it:

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oil trashAn uncultured, rowdy roughneck employed in the petroleum industry, especially a "white trash" person if used negatively.Rate it:

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oil upto lubricate with oil, to cover or smear with oilRate it:

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pitAn area at a motor racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.Rate it:

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poudre de perlimpinpinsnake oilRate it:

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pour oil on troubled watersTo calm something or someone who is tenacious or misbehaving.Rate it:

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Pour Oil on Troubled WatersTo calm down the tense situation, to sooth someone in anger or tensionRate it:

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race queenA glamorous model, part of the pit crew in Japanese motor racing.Rate it:

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rev upTo increase the speed of an engine, especially that of a stationary motor car.Rate it:

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shift gearsTo change the gear by which motion is transmitted from a powered shaft to another shaft, especially in a motor vehicle.Rate it:

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sierra eléctricaHerramienta portátil que posee un motor eléctrico que utiliza para mover una hoja o cuchillas que al girar a altas velocidades sirve para cortar materiales duros como madera.Rate it:

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