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se correr o bicho pega, se ficar o bicho comedamned if one does and damned if one doesn'tRate it:

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se dare in sermonem cum aliquoto enter into conversation with some one.Rate it:

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se dégourdir les jambesTo stretch one’s legs; To go out for a run.Rate it:

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se dresser sur ses ergotsTo stand on one’s dignity.Rate it:

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se faire jour à travers la fouleTo force one’s way through the crowd.Rate it:

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se faire raison à soi-mêmeTo take the law into one’s own hands.Rate it:

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se fourrer le doigt dans l'œil jusqu'au coude (pop.)To deceive oneself most blindly; To put one’s foot in it.Rate it:

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se imperio alicuius subicere (not alicui)to make one's submission to some one.Rate it:

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se in conspectum dare alicuito show oneself to some one.Rate it:

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se mettre en pourpointTo be ready to fight; To roll up one’s sleeves.Rate it:

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se mordre la langueTo repent what one has said.Rate it:

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se morti offerre pro salute patriaeto sacrifice oneself for one's country.Rate it:

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se non è zuppa è pan bagnatosix of one, half a dozen of the otherRate it:

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se permittere in fidem atque in potestatem alicuius (B. G. 2. 3)to surrender oneself to the discretion of some one.Rate it:

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se recipere (B. G. 7. 20)to withdraw one's forces.Rate it:

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se regarder en chiens de faïenceTo look at one another without talking (like stuck pigs).Rate it:

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se reposer sur ses lauriersto rest on one's laurelsRate it:

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se rincer la dalle (pop.)To wet one’s whistle.Rate it:

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se serrer les coudesto help one anotherRate it:

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se suaque omnia dedere victorito give up one's person and all one's possessions to the conqueror.Rate it:

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se suaque omnia permittere victoris potestatito give up one's person and all one's possessions to the conqueror.Rate it:

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se taper la clocheto eat very well; to fill one's faceRate it:

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se tenir sur son quant-à-soiTo stand on one’s dignity.Rate it:

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se vita privareto take one's own life.Rate it:

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seagull approachThe occurence of casual, ill-informed and hasty decisions or comments made by outside authorities who lack an understanding of the local issues or a real understanding of the facts of a particular situ.Rate it:

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séance tenanteForthwith; There and then.Rate it:

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second childhoodThe period or state of cognitive decline of an elderly person, characterized by childlike judgment and behavior.Rate it:

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second gearThis term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Rate it:

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sectam alicuius sequi (Brut. 31. 120)to be a follower, disciple of some one.Rate it:

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Security BlanketAn insecure person holding something for emotional and psychological support and comfortRate it:

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sedem ac domicilium (fortunas suas) constituere alicubito take up one's abode in a place, settle down somewhere.Rate it:

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sedem collocare alicubi (Rep. 2. 19. 34)to take up one's abode in a place, settle down somewhere.Rate it:

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see a manA bland euphemism to conceal one's true purpose.Rate it:

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see a manTo go have a drink or to meet one's bootlegger.Rate it:

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see a manTo take one's leave for some urgent purpose, especially to go to the bathroom.Rate it:

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see a man about a horseA message signaling one needs to go missing for a short while, for any reason, without giving a real explanation.Rate it:

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see redTo receive a red card, and be dismissed from the playing field.Rate it:

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see someone throughTo constitute ample supply for one for.Rate it:

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see the elephantTo witness something unexpected and awe-filling. [early 19th c. to Civil War]Rate it:

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see youUsed as a farewell, stating the next time the speaker and interlocutor will see each otherRate it:

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see you in hellA farewell which implies that the person addressed is about to die and be damned.Rate it:

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see you laterA phrase used at parting, and not necessarily implying that the person being addressed will be seen later by the speaker.Rate it:

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see you tomorrowUsed as a farewell, stating that the speaker and interlocutor will see each other the next day.Rate it:

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seize upTo stiffen or become tight and difficult to move.Rate it:

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seize upTo stop working suddenly, and become impossible to start again.Rate it:

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seize uponTo take up, embrace, enact, or turn eagerly to; to grasp, understand, and accept quickly; to adopt wholeheartedly or vigorously.Rate it:

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seize uponTo take possession of or claim as one's own; to assimilate, absorb, annex, co-opt.Rate it:

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selective outrageWhen one's prejudiced or biased demeanours come to light to show their disgrace towards a particular group she another group has done the same thing.Rate it:

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sell a bargainA species of wit, much in vogue about the latter end of the reign of Queen Anne, and frequently alluded to by Dean Swift, who says the maids of honour often amused themselves with it. It consisted in the seller naming his or her hinder parts, in answer to the question, What? which the buyer was artfully led to ask. As a specimen, take the following instance: A lady would come into a room full of company, apparently frightened, crying out "It is white, and follows me!" As soon as someone responded "What?" she sold him the bargain, by saying "Mine arse".Rate it:

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sell awayTo sell a financial product without the authorization of one's employing broker-dealer to sell that product.Rate it:

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