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hope only lasts when you need itWhen you need hope it will come.Rate it:

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Horse of a Different ColourTotally different from something, to come out different from what is being observedRate it:

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hot stuffAn attractive person, often used as a come-on or pickup line.Rate it:

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house poorIn financial difficulty because of the excessive cost of owning a house, or because the cost of home ownership forms too high a proportion of household income.Rate it:

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house warmingPresented as a way of welcoming someone to a home into which he or she recently moved.Rate it:

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housewarmingA party to celebrate moving into a new home.Rate it:

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housewarmingThe act of welcoming a person/family to their newly purchased or newly rented home.Rate it:

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idle hands are the devil's workshopOne who is idle will likely come to do evil.Rate it:

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il abonde dans mon sensHe is entirely of the same opinion as I am; He has come round to my opinion.Rate it:

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il est sans gêneHe is free and easy (casual, off-hand); He makes himself too much at home.Rate it:

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il était dit que j'arriverais trop tardThe Fates had willed that I should come too late.Rate it:

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il n'a ni feu ni lieuHe has neither house nor home.Rate it:

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il n'y a pas de petit chez soiThere is no place like home; Home is home, be it ever so humble; East, west, home is best.Rate it:

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il ne se gêne guèreDoesn’t he make himself at home! Well, he is a cool customer!Rate it:

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imprint onTo come to accept, inaccurately, that a creature or object is one's parent and consequently to act as if it is.Rate it:

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in alicuius manus venire, pervenireto come into some one's hands.Rate it:

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in existimantium arbitrium venire (Brut. 24. 92)to come before the tribunal of the critics.Rate it:

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in lucem edito see the light, come into the world.Rate it:

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in possessionem alicuius rei venireto come into the possession of something.Rate it:

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in scaenam prodireto come upon the stage.Rate it:

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in the offingNearby, soon to come, in the near future.Rate it:

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incidere in aliquemto meet, come across a person; to meet casually.Rate it:

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is anyone here a doctorAsked to call upon a doctor to come forth from a group of people.Rate it:

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it is through our observation and analysis of what we observe that we begin to understand how childIt is through our observation and analysis of what we observe that we begin to understand how children make meaning in their world, and we come to know what they know and can do.Rate it:

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j'arrive du fin fond de l'afriqueI have come from the very depths of Africa.Rate it:

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je n'y suis pour personneI am not at home to anybody.Rate it:

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je reviens de loin(lit.) I come from a long distance; (fig.) I am recovering from a long illness.Rate it:

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je suis désorienté1. I am disconcerted. 2. I am out of my element; I do not feel at home; I have lost my bearings.Rate it:

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join forcesto combine labour, to come together, to uniteRate it:

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kip downTo sleep somewhere other than home, forced to do so by circumstances.Rate it:

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kitchen table softwareEspecially in the early years of personal computers, a set of computer programs developed by an entrepreneurial advanced amateur or self-employed professional computer programmer in his or her own home; software developed by a small business using the services of such programmers.Rate it:

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la caque sent toujours le harengWhat is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.Rate it:

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lar, doce larhome sweet homeRate it:

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latch-key childA child who returns home from school to an empty house and therefore must unlock/unlatch the exterior door with a key, especially a child of working or absent parent(s).Rate it:

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latch-key childA child who returns home from school to an empty house and therefore must unlock/unlatch the exterior door with a key, especially a child of working or absent parent.Rate it:

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le chemin le plus long est souvent le plus courtThe longest way round often proves to be the shortest; A short cut may be a very long way home.Rate it:

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leak outTo come out of, because of a leakRate it:

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left fieldThe part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and to your left if you stand on home plate and face the pitcher.Rate it:

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les deux armées en sont aux mainsThe two armies are in close combat, have come to close quarters.Rate it:

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les premiers vont devantFirst come, first served.Rate it:

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magic upTo create something or cause something to come forth, by magic or by some other unexplained means.Rate it:

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manum (us) conserere cum hosteto come to close quarters.Rate it:

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mark asTo provide sufficient reason to come to a conclusion about something.Rate it:

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meantime, back at the ranchA reminder during conversation, things are alright back at the ranch/home/headquarters, business-place, office et al.Rate it:

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melting potCome together and are homogenized.Rate it:

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mettre de l'eau dans son vin(fig.) To come down a peg.Rate it:

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mi casa es su casamake yourself at home, make yourselves at homeRate it:

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mi casa es tu casamake yourself at homeRate it:

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misery loves companyRepetitious, droll, depressing revelations of one's hard luck, always being left out of the fun, the prizes, never invited, always overlooked and pleading that others will come to the rescue!Rate it:

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move inTo start living or working in a new place; to transport one's belongings to a new home or workplace; to make one's home or workplace into a suitable environment.Rate it:

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