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fabulam edereto bring out a play, put it on the stage (used of the man who finds the money).Rate it:

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facultatem alicui dare alicuius rei or ut possit...to give a man the opportunity of doing a thing.Rate it:

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facultatem, potestatem alicui eripere, adimereto deprive a man of the chance of doing a thing.Rate it:

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faire des siennesTo be at one’s old tricks.Rate it:

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fall off the wagonTo cease or fail at a regimen of self-improvement or reform; to lapse back into an old habit or addiction.Rate it:

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false friendA word in a foreign language bearing a deceptive resemblance to a word in one's own language.Rate it:

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favete ore, linguis = εὐφημειτεmaintain a devout silence (properly, utter no ill-omened word).Rate it:

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fiddle sticksInterjection, nonsense word. Derived from violin bows being called sticks.Rate it:

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fide obstrictum teneri (Pis. 13. 29)to be bound by one's word; to be on one's honour.Rate it:

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fidem alicuius imminuere, infirmare (opp. confirmare)to weaken, destroy a man's credit.Rate it:

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fidem dare alicui (opp. accipere) (c. Acc. c. Inf.)to give one's word that...Rate it:

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fidem frangereto break one's word.Rate it:

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fidem interponere (Sall. Iug. 32. 5)to pledge one's word to...Rate it:

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fidem laedere, violare, frangereto break one's word.Rate it:

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fidem praestare alicuito keep faith with a person, keep one's word.Rate it:

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fidem prodereto break one's word.Rate it:

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fidem servare (opp. fallere)to keep one's word (not tenere).Rate it:

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fides aliquem deficere coepita man's credit begins to go down.Rate it:

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figure of speechA word or phrase that departs from straightforward, literal language.Rate it:

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fortuna aliquem effertFortune exalts a man, makes him conspicuous.Rate it:

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fuckpolea man's penisRate it:

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get onTo become old.Rate it:

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gladio aliquem per pectus transfigere (Liv. 2. 46)to transfix, pierce a man's breast with one's sword.Rate it:

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going dutchwhen a man and woman each pay for their portion of the bill; often used when on a date, but not necessarily.Rate it:

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golden yearsOld age, especially the years after one has retired from employment.Rate it:

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grandior factushaving reached man's estate.Rate it:

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grappledEngage in a close fight or struggle without weapons; wrestle. passersby grappled with the man after the knife attack synonyms: wrestle, struggle, tussle, brawl, fight, scuffle, battleRate it:

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grass widowerA married man whose wife is away.Rate it:

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gym bunnyA person who spends a large amount of time working out at a gym and who may be obsessed with improving his or her physique. Often said of a gay man, but also said of women and heterosexual men.Rate it:

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haec vox longa syllaba terminatur, in longam syllabam cadit, exitthis word ends in a long syllable.Rate it:

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hail yes!Expression to avoid using the word hell.Rate it:

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hay is for horsessaid as a retort to someone saying hey, used to indicate that the speaker disapproves of the usage of the word "hey", perhaps due to a dislike of informal speech.Rate it:

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he could be her fatherOne could be someone's parent, said of a man older than a woman.Rate it:

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hi pot, meet kettleUsed to draw attention to hypocrisy. But no-one uses the word.Rate it:

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his back is upHe is offended or angry; an expression or idea taken from a cat; that animal, when angry, always raising its back. An allusion also sometimes used to jeer a crooked man.Rate it:

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hoc in sapientem non caditit is incompatible with the nature of a wise man; the wise are superior to such things.Rate it:

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hoc nihil ad sapientem pertineta wise man is in no way affected by this.Rate it:

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hoc vocabulum generis neutri (not neutrius) est)this word is neuter.Rate it:

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homo bene (male) moratusa moral (immoral) man.Rate it:

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homo effrenatus, intemperansa man of no self-control, self-indulgent.Rate it:

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homo impotens suia man of no self-control, self-indulgent.Rate it:

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homo novusa parvenu (a man no member of whose family has held curule office).Rate it:

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homo vere popularis (Catil. 4. 5. 9)a man who genuinely wishes the people's good.Rate it:

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homo voluptarius (Tusc. 2. 7. 18)a devotee of pleasure; a self-indulgent man.Rate it:

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honey trapThe use of a seductive woman to entice a man into revealing secret information.Rate it:

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honoribus ac reipublicae muneribus perfunctus (De Or. 1. 45)a man who has held many offices.Rate it:

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hospitio aliquem accipere or excipere (domum ad se)to welcome a man as a guest in one's house.Rate it:

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how do?Shortened form of "How do you do?" ; emphasis on the word "do" when you say "How do?"Rate it:

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hugo est un romantique dans toute la force du termeHugo is a romanticist in the full sense of the word.Rate it:

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Humpty DumptyismThe practice of insisting that a word means whatever one wishes it to.Rate it:

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