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coals to newcastleA pointless venture, in the sense of sending something to a place where it's made, or where they already have an abundance.Rate it:

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come aloftTo mount sexually; also, to have an erection.Rate it:

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come fromTo have as one's birthplace or nationality.Rate it:

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come to griefTo have a disastrous outcome.Rate it:

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come to nothingTo fail completely; to have no result.Rate it:

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come to noughtTo fail completely; to have no resultRate it:

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come unstuckTo get into trouble, to have an accident or mishap, to go off the rails.Rate it:

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comprehensam quandam animo speciem (alicuius rei) habereto have formed an ideal notion of a thing.Rate it:

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confront one's demonsTo work through past experiences that have left emotional scars.Rate it:

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consist inTo have the thing mentioned as the only or most important part.Rate it:

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contrahere rem or negotium cum aliquo (Cluent. 14. 41)to have business relations with some one.Rate it:

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contre qui en avez-vous?Against whom have you a grudge?Rate it:

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cook up a stormTo make a big fuss, generate a lot of unnecessary talk or activity; make a scene.Rate it:

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cooler heads will prevailPeople who are calm and focused are the most likely to succeed or to have the greatest influence on events.Rate it:

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copiam quam potui persecutus sumI have exhausted all my material.Rate it:

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corner the marketTo have exclusive possession; to possess something to a high or excessive degree.Rate it:

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cotton-pickingAn intensifier, like "darn", used for emphasis or to signify that something is of little value.Rate it:

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crab mentalityA way of thinking best described by the phrase "if I can't have it, neither can you." The metaphor refers to a pot of crabs in which one tries to escape over the side, but is relentlessly pulled down by the others in the pot.Rate it:

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crack a fatTo have an erection.Rate it:

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crawl withTo include or be covered with swarms or large numbers of (something, especially insects or people); to have in great numbers or multitudes.Rate it:

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criblé de dettesOver head and ears in debt.Rate it:

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cross swordsTo quarrel or argue with someone; to have a dispute with someone.Rate it:

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cum imperio esse (cf. XVI. 3)to have unlimited power; to be invested with imperium.Rate it:

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cupiditate alicuius rei ardere, flagrareto have an ardent longing for a thing.Rate it:

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cupiditates deferbuerunt (Cael. 18. 43)the passions have cooled down.Rate it:

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curae habere aliquidto have laid something to heart; to take an interest in a thing.Rate it:

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cut both waysTo have both benefits and drawbacks.Rate it:

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dans les petits sacs sont les fines épicesLittle fellows are often great wits; Small parcels hold fine wares. Rate it:

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danser devant le buffetTo have nothing to eat.Rate it:

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das Kind fällt in den Brunnena disaster happens or becomes inevitable; it is too late for precautions that should have been taken earlierRate it:

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dayenuIt will have been sufficient.Rate it:

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decimum annum excessisse, egressum esseto be more than ten years old, to have entered on one's eleventh year.Rate it:

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deest mihi argumentum ad scribendum (Att. 9. 7. 7)I have nothing to write about.Rate it:

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den grünen Daumen habento have a green thumbRate it:

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descendere ad extrema consilia (Fam. 10. 33. 4)to have recourse to extreme measures.Rate it:

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dick allNothing at all, or very little.Rate it:

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diffusum, dissipatum esseto have no coherence, connection.Rate it:

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dig one's own graveTo behave in a way that is likely to have future negative effects on oneself.Rate it:

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dine outTo have dinner away from one's house, usually at a restaurant.Rate it:

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dispose ofTo have available, or at one's disposal.Rate it:

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doTo have.Rate it:

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doTo have as one's job.Rate it:

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doTo have sex with.Rate it:

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doto have a purpose or reasonRate it:

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do not wantUsed to indicate that the speaker does not like something they have seen or heard.Rate it:

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do the deedTo have sex.Rate it:

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do wantUsed as an expression to indicate one's desire to have something.Rate it:

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dog's chancelittle or not likelihoodRate it:

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doing the townEngaging in an evening of celebration and reveling with little consideration of expenses.Rate it:

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dominari in aliquemto have unlimited power over a person.Rate it:

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