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(se) ex aqua emergereto come to the surface.Rate it:

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a silver lining is not made of silverWhat appears on the surface is not necessarily true.Rate it:

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against the grainTo sand or plane a piece of wood parallel or nearly parallel to the fibers such that splinters forming ahead of the tool originate below the cutting surface.Rate it:

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angle of attackThe angle between the chord line of an airfoil and the airflow over it; one of the determiners of the amount of lift produced by an airfoil.Rate it:

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applaudir un acteur à tout rompreTo applaud an actor so as to bring the house down (to lift the roof).Rate it:

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beam upTo be teleported over a long distance by means of a specific imaginary technology, specifically from the surface of a planet to an orbiting starship.Rate it:

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beneath the surfaceBeyond what is obvious.Rate it:

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bob upTo rise to the surface; to ascend to the surface and remain floating there.Rate it:

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break groundTo lift off the sea bottom when being weighed.Rate it:

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bubble upTo emerge; To reach the surface.Rate it:

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buff outTo remove paint or light scratches from the surface by friction, wearing it out by polishing or blasting with sand or by employing some similar method.Rate it:

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build uponTo form by combining materials or parts on top of a surface or foundation.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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clayA tennis court surface.Rate it:

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crop outTo appear above the surface, as a seam or vein, or inclined bed, as of coal.Rate it:

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death spiralA manoeuvre in which a male skater spins in place while holding one hand of his female skating partner as she circles around him with one skate on the ice and one leg extended outward parallel to the ice surface, all the while slowly lowering herself until her back almost touches the ice surface.Rate it:

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diamond in the roughA person whose goodness or other positive qualities are hidden by a harsh or unremarkable surface appearance.Rate it:

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dragTo pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.Rate it:

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draw onTo sketch or mark with pencil, crayon, etc., on a given surface.Rate it:

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dub outTo fill out, as an uneven surface, to a plane, or to carry out a series of small projections.Rate it:

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dumb waiterrestaurant liftRate it:

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dump outTo empty a container by turning its contents out over a surface.Rate it:

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faire la courte échelle à quelqu'unTo allow some one to climb on one’s shoulders to scale a height; To give a lift to some one.Rate it:

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fish glassViewing device with glass at one end for surface-viewing of fish underwater.Rate it:

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fly like a rockto travel through the air with little or no benefit from aerodynamic liftRate it:

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freeze overTo freeze on the surface.Rate it:

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get a leg upTo get a boost or a lift.Rate it:

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glance offTo strike a surface and be deflectedRate it:

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gold platea thin layer of gold applied to the surface of an object, often by an electrolytic methodRate it:

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grande surfacea hypermarketRate it:

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grande surfacea large surfaceRate it:

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hike upTo lift; to tug or pull upwards.Rate it:

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hold upTo support or lift.Rate it:

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inside outWith the inside surface turned to be on the outside.Rate it:

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jack upTo raise, hoist, or lift a thing using a jack, or similar means.Rate it:

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knife-edgeA piece of steel sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving as the axis of motion of a pendulum, scale beam, or other piece required to oscillate with the least possible friction.Rate it:

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knock upTo gently hit the ball back and forth before a tennis match, as practice or warm-up, and to gauge the state of the playing surface, lighting, etc. See knock-up.Rate it:

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lick upTo consume something by first licking it from a surface.Rate it:

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lift a fingerTo make minimal effort; to help as little as possible.Rate it:

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lift offTo take offRate it:

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lift someone's spiritsto cause someone to be cheerful or euphoric.Rate it:

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lift upTo lighten the mood of someone.Rate it:

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lift upTo elevate to a higher position.Rate it:

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lighter than airReference; Aircraft which maintain 'lift' because of 'gasses', 'hot vapors', 'heated air'; e.g. Blimps, Dirigibles, 'Hot-Air' Balloons: Able to lift objects, beings with weight greater than the Aircraft itself:Rate it:

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main sequence A major grouping of stars that creates a narrow band from the upper left to the lower right when plotted by luminosity and surface temperature on a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.Rate it:

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Nantucket sleigh rideAn obsolete and dangerous method of whale hunting in which a small boat manned by rowers and a harpooner, or a series of small boats tied together, would be attached to a whale by means of a harpoon and would then be towed by the creature at high speed across the water's surface, until the whale eventually became exhausted.Rate it:

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only the tip of the icebergTip of the iceberg speaks to the relative size of an Atlantic iceberg as the exposed tip above the seas' surface is only one eighth of the actual vertical size of the entire mass. Seven eighths of the ice is below the sea level.Rate it:

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paste upTo display on a wall, kiosk, or other prominent surface, using adhesive.Rate it:

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pick upTo lift; to grasp and raise.Rate it:

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pitA small surface hole or depression, a fossa.Rate it:

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