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il partira un de ces quatre matinsHe will start one of these fine days.Rate it:

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il s'est rangéHe has settled down (after sowing his wild oats).Rate it:

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il se promenait de long en largeHe was walking up and down, to and fro.Rate it:

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il va de la cave au grenier1. He rambles in his talk. 2. He writes very unevenly (up and down).Rate it:

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il vous en conte de bellesHe is deceiving you finely; He is telling you fine tales.Rate it:

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ils nous ont fait une france à leur taille (béranger )They have brought France down to their level.Rate it:

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imperium deponere (Rep. 2. 12. 23)to lay down one's power.Rate it:

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in malis iacereto be broken down by misfortune.Rate it:

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in profundum deicito fall down into the abyss.Rate it:

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ins and outsThe details or fine points of something.Rate it:

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iter facere(1) to take a journey, (2) to make, lay down a road (rare).Rate it:

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je suis dans de beaux drapsI am in a fine mess, in a pretty pickle.Rate it:

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jeter le gantthrow down the gauntletRate it:

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just folksUnpretentious, informal, down-to-earth.Rate it:

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keep one's shirt onTo be more patient or to calm down.Rate it:

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kick offTo shut down or turn_off suddenly.Rate it:

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kick the bucketOf a machine, to break down such that it cannot be repaired.Rate it:

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knacker's yardThat area of a slaughterhouse where carcasses unfit for human consumption are rendered down to produce useful materials such as glue.Rate it:

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la belle cage ne nourrit pas l'oiseauFine clothes do not fill the stomach.Rate it:

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la belle plume fait le bel oiseauFine feathers make fine birds.Rate it:

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lay backTo lie down on one's back; to lie back.Rate it:

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le navire a péri corps et biensThe ship went down with all hands on board.Rate it:

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leave nothing to the imaginationHe stripped down to a pair of see-through briefs that left nothing to the imagination.Rate it:

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leave well enough aloneIf things are fine, then leave the situation alone; don't do anything to disturb the current situation.Rate it:

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les fatigues ont cassé cet hommeHardships have broken that man down.Rate it:

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librum de manibus ponereto lay down a book (vid. sect. XII. 3, note vestem deponere...).Rate it:

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lie backTo lie down from a sitting positionRate it:

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lie beforeto put oneself at the whim of, to bow down toRate it:

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lighten upTo ease up; back off; slow down.Rate it:

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like, whoa!Slow down; stop; you are going too fast.Rate it:

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litteris mandare or consignare aliquid (Acad. 2. 1. 2)to put down in writing.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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mettre en coupe réglée(lit.) To cut down periodically (of forests); (fig.) To lay regularly under contribution.Rate it:

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multam irrogare alicui (Cic. Dom. 17. 45)to impose a fine (used of the prosecutor or the tribunus plebis proposing a fine to be ratified by the people).Rate it:

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my way or the highwayYou can do it my way or you can leave - go down the highway (be excluded)Rate it:

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nec plus ultrastate-of-the-artRate it:

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Nilus praecipitat ex altissimis montibusthe Nile rushes down from very high mountains.Rate it:

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not a bother on someoneSomeone is fine; all is well with someone.Rate it:

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obliquo monte decurrereto run obliquely down the hill.Rate it:

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off the railsWhen you've lost it all, When your world and life is upside down!Rate it:

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oil paintingworks of artRate it:

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omissis pilis gladiis rem gerereto throw down the javelins (pila) and fight with the sword.Rate it:

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on le tenait à quatreIt needed four men to hold him down.Rate it:

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on le tient à quatreIt needs four men to hold him down.Rate it:

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one-upmanshipThe art or practice of successively outdoing a competitor.Rate it:

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ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny(biology, social sciences, art, philosophy) The physical, cultural, moral, or intellectual development of each individual passes through stages similar to the developmental stages of that individual's species, society, or civilization.1905, J. A. Harris, "The Importance of Investigations of Seedling Stages," Science, New Series, vol. 22, no. 554, p. 186:With reference to seedling stages the statement that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny must be made with great reserve.1961, M. E. Wolfgang, "Pioneers in Criminology: Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909)," The Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology, and Police Science, vol. 52, no. 4, p. 367:Haeckel maintained that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny, and this idea was incorporated by Lombroso into his parallelism between the criminal and the child.2002, B. S. Jackson, "Models in Legal History: The Case of Biblical Law," Journal of Law and Religion, vol. 18, no. 1, p. 11:For even if we accept that "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny," those responsible for the drafting of ancient legal documents were not children, and are hardly to be endowed with some form of infantile mentality.Rate it:

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oopsie daisySomething you say to a child or someone who has just fallen down as you pick the up to reassure them that they are okay/not hurt. It also alerts the person that you are going to pick them up.Rate it:

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optima studia, bonae, optimae, liberales, ingenuae artes, disciplinaethe sciences; the fine arts.Rate it:

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par monts et par vauxUp hill and down dale.Rate it:

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pecunia multare aliquemto condemn some one to a fine.Rate it:

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