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(2) cavere (in iure) (Off. 2. 65)to point out what precautions, what formal steps must be taken to insure immunity.Rate it:

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à bon vin point d'enseigneCe qui est bon se recommande de soi même.Rate it:

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à bon vin point d'enseigneGood wine needs no bush.Rate it:

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à chemin battu il ne croît point d'herbeIl n’y a pas de profit à faire dans un négoce dont trop de gens se mêlent.Rate it:

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à chose faite point de remèdeWhat is done cannot be undone.Rate it:

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a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single stepeven the longest and most difficult ventures have a starting pointRate it:

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a lie comes back sooner or laterYou can't run from a lie, it will return to you at some point.Rate it:

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à méchant ouvrier, point de bon outilCelui qui fait mal son affaire trouve toujours une excuse ou un prétexte.Rate it:

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à parti pris point de conseilAdvice is useless when a man’s mind is made up.Rate it:

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a proposito aberrare, declinare, deflectere, digredi, egredito digress from the point at issue.Rate it:

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à sotte question point de réponseAnswer a fool according to his folly; A silly question needs no answer.Rate it:

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achilles' heela weak point or fault in someone or something otherwise perfect or excellentRate it:

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ad felicitatem (magnus) cumulus accedit ex aliqua rehis crowning happiness is produced by a thing; the culminating point of his felicity is...Rate it:

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ad propositum reverti, redireto come back to the point.Rate it:

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ad rei publicae rationes aliquid referreto consider a thing from a political point of view.Rate it:

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ad rem redireto come back to the point.Rate it:

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aliquid ab aliquo impetrareto gain one's point with any one.Rate it:

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aliquid alicui probare (or c. Acc. c. Inf.)to prove one's point to a person's satisfaction.Rate it:

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aliquid felicitatem magno cumulo augethis crowning happiness is produced by a thing; the culminating point of his felicity is...Rate it:

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aliquid felicitatis cumulum afferthis crowning happiness is produced by a thing; the culminating point of his felicity is...Rate it:

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all kidding asideUsed to attempt to make a serious point in a jocular conversation.Rate it:

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amuser le tapisTo talk a great deal without coming to the point; To talk time away.Rate it:

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and finallyA light news story reserved for the end of a bulletin when there is a lack of more important items; typically involving animals or other features supposed to be amusing.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/if that's not X, I don't know what isUsed to point at something that is obvious, clearly seen from the context.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/that's X for youUsed to point out that a previously described behavior is typical of something, usually someone or a class of persons.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/X Y is XUsed to point out an obvious characteristic.Rate it:

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argumentum premere (not urgere)to persist in an argument, press a point.Rate it:

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around the HornFollowing the extremely hazardous naval route around Cape Horn, the southernmost point in South America.Rate it:

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as light as a featherHaving no weightRate it:

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at a loss for wordsHaving nothing to say; stunned to the point of speechlessness.Rate it:

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at this point in timeRight now.Rate it:

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attaquez-le au défaut de la cuirasseAttack him on his weak point.Rate it:

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avoir la tête qui tourneto be dizzy; to be light-headedRate it:

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balls aboutTo bullshit; to speak or act as a joke or with no real point.Rate it:

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be withTo understand someone's point or intention.Rate it:

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Beat Around the BushTo avoid getting to some point or answering any question that is relevant, the approach of some people, which is quite far from the real objective or center of focus.Rate it:

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because reasonsUsed to avoid specifying the reasons for something, perhaps because specifying them would be tangential to the point at hand, or perhaps because they are not sound or are not known to the speaker.Rate it:

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beginning to see the lightan awakening, an awareness, sudden realization, recognizing a situation.Rate it:

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beside the pointIrrelevant, moot.Rate it:

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better to light a single candle than to curse the darknessIn the face of bad times or hopelessness, it is more worthwhile to do some good, however small, in response than to complain about the situation.Rate it:

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blackWithout light.Rate it:

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blackAbsorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and colourless.Rate it:

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black triangleOne of a class of triangle-shaped unidentified flying objects, usually with a light in each corner.Rate it:

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blank canvasSomething with no content, upon which one can easily impose one's point of viewRate it:

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blaze upTo begin smoking cannabis; to light up cannabis; to get high. <--so this shd be 2 separate senses?-->Rate it:

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blindA covering for a window to keep out light. The covering may be made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.Rate it:

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boil overTo reach the point where aggressive action is taken.Rate it:

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boiling pointThe temperature at which a liquid boils, with the vapor pressure equal to the given external pressure.Rate it:

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boiling pointThe state of being heated, with high aggression.Rate it:

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bon ventVent qui porte directement le navire vers le point où l’on veut aller.Rate it:

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