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le chat parti les souris dansent	When the cat’s away the mice will play.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
le chat parti, les souris dansent	when the cat's away the mice will play	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
lead off	The short distance that a player stands away from their current base.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
leave you into the dirt	Someone pushes you away, and forgets you.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
lefty loosey, righty tighty	A mnemonic used to recall the direction a spanner must turn to either tighten or loosen a bolt.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
libidine ferri	to be carried away by one's passions.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
light out	To run away.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
like rats from a sinking ship	Quickly but in futility, away from a failing project	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
long absent, soon forgotten	Love fades away when people are distant and don't keep close physical contact.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
long arm	A pole tool used for handling things too far away to reach.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
look round	To turn one's head to see what is behind oneself.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
luff up	To turn towards the wind so that the sails flap	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
make a break for it	To attempt to escape; to flee; to run away.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
make a run for it	To attempt to escape; to flee; to run away.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
make an appearance	To turn up to an event for a brief moment.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
make hay	To cut grass to turn into hay for animal feed.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
make oneself scarce	To leave or depart, or to avoid or stay away.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
make out	To succeed; to turn out or end up.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
make tracks	To leave or depart; to go away.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
me toca a mi	it's my turn	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
mettre la clef sous la porte	To run away from one’s creditors; “To bolt.”	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
mettre les rieurs de son côté	To turn the laugh against a man.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Midas touch	the ability to turn everything one touches into gold.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
momentum afferre ad aliquid	to determine the issue of; to turn the scale.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
never breathed a word	Keep secrets, never give away any sense of the situation.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
ni tanto ni tan calvo	don't exagerrate; don't get carried away	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
night out	Going away from one's usual residence for an entire night, and returning the next day.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
night out	Spending the evening away from one's usual residence. The phrase typically implies going to a restaurant, going to watch entertainment, or other types of urban nightlife, starting from about 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and lasting until approximately 11:00 pm or later.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
nous ne sommes pas ici pour enfiler des perles	We are not here to trifle our time away.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
nous prendrons la clef des champs	We shall take the key of the street (i.e., run away).	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
oculos (aures, animum) advertere ad aliquid	to turn one's eyes (ears, attention) towards an object.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
oculos conicere in aliquem	to turn one's gaze on; to regard.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
oculos deicere, removere ab aliqua re	to turn one's gaze away from an object.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
on the lam	Running away, usually from the police; on the run.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
on the spot	At that very moment; right away.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
on yer bike	go away! scram!	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
os brancos que se entendam	Said by someone who wishes to stay away from a fight or discussion between other people.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Out in the Boondocks	Some place far away, in remote places	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pack off	To send away, with belongings, for a long time.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pack up	To clear away.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
passage à vide	funny turn, bad patch, slump, dry spell	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
passer de vie à trépas	to pass away, to die	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
peg it	To run away; to leg it; to scarper.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
perdre la tramontane	Not to know which way to turn; To lose one’s head.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pericula in or ad aliquem redundant	many dangers hem a person in; one meets new risks at every turn.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pigeon-toed	To stand, walk, or carry the feet in such a way that the toes of each foot face toward each other and the knees also turn inward toward each other--like a pigeon's toes.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pitch up	To arrive; to turn up.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
power on	To turn on.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
praecipitem ferri aliqua re (Verr. 5. 46. 121)	to be carried away by something.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
prendre le large	To run for the offing (nav.); To run away.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)

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