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a carpet-baggerA candidate for election who has no roots or interest in the constituency he wishes to represent. The original meaning was a Unionist financier or adventurer who exploited the cheap labour in the American South after the Civil War. The carpet bags carried by these adventurers were made of carpet material.Rate it:

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a load of old codswallopA load of rubbish. Completely untrue.Rate it:

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a pristina consuetudine deflectereto give up old customs.Rate it:

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a rey muerto, rey puestoout with the old, in with the newRate it:

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a vetere consuetudine discedereto give up old customs.Rate it:

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à vieille mule frein doréOld women have the finest clothes.Rate it:

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admodum adulescens, senexstill quote a young (old) man.Rate it:

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

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age outTo become too old for an activity, program or institution; to become too mature for a behavior.Rate it:

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alarums and excursionsAll the sounds and activities of preparations for war.Rate it:

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albatrossA double eagle, or three under par on any one hole.Rate it:

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aliquem sub corona vendere (B. G. 3. 16)to sell a prisoner of war as a slave.Rate it:

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all's fair in love and warunpleasant behavior is acceptable during love and conflict.Rate it:

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aluminum showerAn event at which people give household items made of aluminum to the war effort.Rate it:

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an old fuddy, duddyOne Whom Remains Stilted, Unwilling to React in an Up To The Moment Attitude; Dwells in the Past. Rejects modern approaches.Rate it:

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antiquis temporibusin old days, in the olden time.Rate it:

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any oldAny, absolutely any, any typical, a run-of-the-mill.Rate it:

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any oldUsed other than as an idiom: see any, old.Rate it:

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any old nook or crannyAlternative form of any nook or cranny.Rate it:

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any old thinganything at allRate it:

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ape leaderAn old maid.Rate it:

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apparatus (rare in plur.) bellipreparations for war; war-material.Rate it:

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apprenti n'est pas maîtreOne must not expect from a beginner the talent of an old hand; You must spoil before you spin.Rate it:

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baby-killera Vietnam veteran returning to the United States, used by war opponentsRate it:

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bad old daysthe past, seen as a time when things were worse.Rate it:

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bald eagleamerican birdRate it:

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basket caseIn World War 1, a victim who had one or more severed limbs. They were brought off the field in a “basket”.Rate it:

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battle crySomething the troops yell out when going to war or battle.Rate it:

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before someone's timeFrom before one was born or old enough to be aware of the world.Rate it:

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behind the timesOut of date; old-fashioned; obsolete; outmoded; outdated.Rate it:

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belli finem facere, bellum finireto put an end to war.Rate it:

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belli sedes (Liv. 4. 31)the seat of war, theatre of operations.Rate it:

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bello implicarito be involved in a war.Rate it:

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bello persequi aliquem, lacessereto harass with war.Rate it:

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bello se interponere (Liv. 35. 48)to interfere in a war.Rate it:

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bellum administrareto have the control of the war.Rate it:

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bellum componere (Fam. 10. 33)to terminate a war (by a treaty, etc.)Rate it:

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bellum conficere, perficereto terminate a war (by force of arms and defeat of one's opponents).Rate it:

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bellum conflare (Fam. 5. 2. 8)to kindle a war.Rate it:

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bellum coniungere (Imp. Pomp. 9. 26)to wage war in conjunction with some one.Rate it:

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bellum cum aliquo inireto begin a war with some one.Rate it:

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bellum ducere, trahere, extrahereto protract, prolong a war.Rate it:

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bellum facere, movere, excitareto cause a war.Rate it:

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bellum gerere cum aliquoto make war on a person.Rate it:

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bellum impendet, imminet, instata war is imminent.Rate it:

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bellum indīcere, denuntiareto make formal declaration of war.Rate it:

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bellum intestinum, domesticum (opp. bellum externum)a civil war.Rate it:

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bellum iustum (pium)a regular, formal war.Rate it:

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bellum molirito meditate war.Rate it:

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bellum or arma ultro inferreto be the aggressor in a war; to act on the offensive.Rate it:

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