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"a motivated person flies without wings, an unmotivated person, wings weigh."MotivatedRate it:

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"i won because my coach didn't give up."CoachRate it:

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(1) respondere (de iure or ius)to give a legal opinion, decision on points of law.Rate it:

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(de) sententia desistereto give up one's opinion.Rate it:

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(ex) iure, lege agere cum aliquoto go to law with a person.Rate it:

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(maximis, summis) laudibus efferre aliquem or aliquidto praise, extol, commend a person.Rate it:

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15 minutes of fameA very short time in the spotlight or brief flurry with fame, after which the person or subject involved is quickly forgotten.Rate it:

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7 hail-mary'sPunch line from a jokeRate it:

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a bad penny always turns upA person or thing which is unpleasant, dishonorable, or unwanted tends to appear (or reappear), especially at inopportune times.Rate it:

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à chacun son compteTo give every one his due.Rate it:

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à chacun son dûGive the devil his due; Every man is worth his hire.Rate it:

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a chain is only as strong as its weakest linkAn organization (especially a process or a business) is only as strong or powerful as its weakest person. A group of associates is only as strong as its laziest member.Rate it:

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a fools' paradisefalse hopes for a foolish personRate it:

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a gentleman and a scholarAn admirable person.Rate it:

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

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a real hotdoggerA Reference to an energetic, active or talented person.Rate it:

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a rolling stone gathers no mossA person who never settles in one place will never be successful.A person who does not keep active will grow mouldy.Rate it:

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a scholar and a gentlemanAn admirable person.Rate it:

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a sententia sua discedereto give up one's opinion.Rate it:

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a stopped clock is right twice a dayA normally unreliable person or instrument can occasionally provide correct information, even if only by accident.Rate it:

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a stormy petrelA person who is restless or turbulent, and who is likely to stir up trouble.Rate it:

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

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ab (cum) aliquo stare (Brut. 79. 273)to be on a person's side (not ab alicuius partibus).Rate it:

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ab alicuius latere non discedereto be always at a person's side.Rate it:

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abire magistratuto give up, lay down office (usually at the end of one's term of office).Rate it:

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able to get a word in edgewiseAble to participate in the conversation; able to interrupt another person's monologue.Rate it:

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abrogare alicui imperiumto deprive a person of his position as commandant.Rate it:

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abrogare alicui munus (Verr. 2. 57)to remove a person from his office.Rate it:

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accident of birthReference to the fact that various benefits or detriments to the life of a person arise from the circumstances into which that person was born, these being entirely beyond his control.Rate it:

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accipere aliquem (bene, copiose, laute, eleganter, regio apparatu, apparatis epulis)to entertain, regale a person.Rate it:

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according toAccording to him, every person was to be bought. - Thomas Babington Macaulay.Rate it:

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accusare aliquem de vi, de veneficiisto accuse a person of violence, poisoning.Rate it:

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accusare aliquem falsarum tabularumto accuse a person of forging the archives.Rate it:

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accusare aliquem inter sicarios (Rosc. Am. 32. 90)to accuse a person of assassination.Rate it:

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accusare aliquem maiestatisto accuse a person of high treason (more specific than the preceding).Rate it:

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accusare aliquem perduellionisto charge a person with treason (hostile conduct against the state generally).Rate it:

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Ace up Your SleeveA matchless hidden advantage and ability of a person that nobody else knows about and that no one else could ownRate it:

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aciem explicare or dilatareto extend the line of battle, deploy the battalions.Rate it:

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acies hostium impelliturthe enemy's line is repulsed.Rate it:

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acies inclīnat or inclīnatur (Liv. 7. 33)the line of battle gives way.Rate it:

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acquired tasteSomething that is appreciated only after having initially been regarded as unappealing or unpleasant; a person who is regarded as difficult or dislikable but of whom at least some have grown to approve.Rate it:

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act upgive troubleRate it:

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acting funnyActing 'funny' means that a person is behaving differently towards you or a group of people.Rate it:

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acts of violenceViolent or otherwise harmful acts, usually to a person, animal, or object.Rate it:

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ad pedes alicuius iacēre, stratum esse (stratum iacēre)to prostrate oneself before a person.Rate it:

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Adam TilerA pickpocket's accomplice; the person who takes the goods a pickpocket steals and leaves with them.Rate it:

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addle pateA foolish or dull-witted person.Rate it:

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adesse alicui or alicuius rebus (opp. deesse)to assist, stand by a person.Rate it:

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admirationem alicui movereto fill a person with astonishment.Rate it:

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admittere, permittere equumto give a horse the reins.Rate it:

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