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kick someone when they are downTo make it worse for someone who is going through a difficult time.Rate it:

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kick upInto the air while running or walking or driving.Rate it:

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kidding asideUsed to attempt to make a serious point in a jocular conversation.Rate it:

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killTo strike a ball or similar object with such force and placement as to make a shot that is impossible to defend against, usually winning a point.Rate it:

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kink outTo straighten a kink; to make straight.Rate it:

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kiss and cry The publicly viewable enclosure in which figure skaters sit immediately after a performance, while they await and receive the judging results.Rate it:

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kiss the gunner's daughterTo be flogged or beaten while restrained over a cannon.Rate it:

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know what side of the bread your butter's onTo know who has the upper hand/power in a situation before you take on someone who can make your situation worseRate it:

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l'enfant tombe par terre, mais le fruit tombe à terreA child falls on the ground, while fruit falls to the earth.Rate it:

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l'habit ne fait pas le moineThe cowl does not make the friar; The coat does not make the gentleman.Rate it:

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

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labi in scribendoto make a mistake in writing.Rate it:

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lap dogA small dog, kept as household pet, whose light weight and companionable temperament make it both suited and disposed to spend time resting in the comfort of its master's lap; a dog bred to behave in this manner.Rate it:

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lápiz de pastaImplemento para escribir que es un tubo hueco con tinta viscosa que va saliendo por la punta en donde hay una bolita que va girando y esparciendo la tinta en tanto se escribe.Rate it:

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last wordA final decision, or the right to make such a decision.Rate it:

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lay backTo make a short backwards pass to a teammate in an attacking position.Rate it:

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lay overTo make an intermediary stop somewhere.Rate it:

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le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelleThe game is not worth the candle; It is not worth while.Rate it:

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lead onto mislead, to try to make someone believe a lie.Rate it:

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lead with one's chinTo behave without caution; to make oneself vulnerable.Rate it:

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leave well enough aloneDo not interfere, change, disturb, get involved or try to make a situation better because you might make a situation worse; (also known as "let well enough alone" "leave well alone and "let well alone")Rate it:

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legend in one's own lifetimeOne who achieves great fame while alive.Rate it:

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leges scribere, facere, condere, constituere (not dare)to make laws (of a legislator).Rate it:

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lengua aislanteIdioma en el que hay poca flexión y derivación, y por lo tanto muchas palabras son morfemas independientes sin prefijos, afijos o sufijos en su interior.Rate it:

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lengua flexivaIdioma en el que hay abundante flexión gramatical, es decir, en el que muchas palabras se transforman según su función gramatical, como en las conjugaciones de los verbos o las declinaciones de los sustantivos.Rate it:

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lengua sintéticaIdioma en el que hay abundante flexión gramatical y derivación, es decir, en el que muchas palabras incluyen varios morfemas en su interior.Rate it:

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les bons comptes font les bons amisShort reckonings make long friends.Rate it:

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let the grass grow under one's feetTo be idle; to fail to make progress.Rate it:

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lick one's woundsTo withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat.Rate it:

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lift a fingerTo make minimal effort; to help as little as possible.Rate it:

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light paintingCamera painting, the artistic technique of moving a camera (while it records at a low shutter speed) such that light sources appear in multiple places or as streaks in the resulting photograph, the "painting".Rate it:

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limber upto stretch; stretch one's muscles to make them more limber, as before exerciseRate it:

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line upTo make arrangements for an event.Rate it:

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lord it overTo behave as if one is in control of; to make a display of having an advantage over or superiority to.Rate it:

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lucrum facere (opp. damnum facere) ex aliqua reto make profit out of a thing.Rate it:

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ludere, irridere, deridere aliquemto make sport of, rally a person.Rate it:

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magno opere, vehementer, etiam atque etiam rogare aliquemto entreat earnestly; to make urgent requests.Rate it:

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manes expiare (Pis. 7. 16)to appease the manes, make sacrifice for departed souls.Rate it:

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manum non vertere alicuius rei causato make not the slightest effort; not to stir a finger.Rate it:

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mars venteux et avril pluvieux font le mai gai et gracieuxMarch winds and April showers Make way for May flowers.Rate it:

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measure the drapesTo make premature or unwarranted preparations for victory, especially election to public officeRate it:

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memoriā labito make a slip of the memory.Rate it:

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memoriam eius nulla umquam delebit (obscurabit) oblivio (Fam. 2. 1)nothing will ever make me forgetful of him.Rate it:

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mendosum esse (Verr. 2. 4. 77)(1) to make frequent mistakes in writing; (2) to be full of mistakes (speaking of a passage).Rate it:

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mess upTo make a mistake; to do something incorrectly; to perform poorly.Rate it:

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mess upTo make unwanted mistakes in a given task, usually through distraction or obnoxious behavior.Rate it:

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metiri, ponderare, aestimare, iudicare aliquid (ex) aliqua reto measure something by the standard of something else; to make something one's criterion.Rate it:

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mettez cent francsMake it £4.Rate it:

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mi casa es su casamake yourself at home, make yourselves at homeRate it:

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mi casa es tu casamake yourself at homeRate it:

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