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faire acte de présenceTo put in an appearance.Rate it:

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faire bonne mine à mauvais jeuTo put a good face on misfortune; To make the best of a bad job.Rate it:

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faire l'entenduTo put on a knowing look.Rate it:

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faire la bouche en cœurTo try and look amiable; To put on a captivating look; To purse up one’s lips.Rate it:

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faire le pot (or, panier) à deux ansesTo put one’s arms akimbo.Rate it:

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faire une gaffeTo put one’s foot in it; To make a stupid blunder.Rate it:

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Faustian bargainAn agreement in which a person abandons his or her spiritual values or moral principles in order to obtain wealth or other benefits.Rate it:

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ferme ta yeuleTo say to someone to shut his mouthRate it:

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fidem abrogare, derogare alicuito rob a person of his credit.Rate it:

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fidem alicuius labefactare (Cluent. 60. 194)to make a person waver in his loyalty.Rate it:

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fidem derogare alicuito rob a person of his credit.Rate it:

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fiduciam in aliquo ponere, collocareto put confidence in some one.Rate it:

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fill inTo inform somebody, especially to supply someone missing or missed information.Rate it:

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fill inTo substitute for somebody or something.Rate it:

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fill someone's shoesTo do (somebody's) job; to perform or assume (somebody's) role.Rate it:

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find oneselfTo discover oneself to be in a particular place.Rate it:

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find your grooveYour place in lifeRate it:

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finish withTo put aside, break all relations with, or reject finally.Rate it:

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first loserSecond place.Rate it:

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first loserThe second place finisher in auto racing competition.Rate it:

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first loveThe thing, place, or activity of which one is fondest; one's most fundamental interest or attachment.Rate it:

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first port of callThe first place to go to start a process.Rate it:

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Fish Out of WaterTo feel uncomfortable and out of place while adjusting in a place or situationRate it:

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fit togetherTo put the appropriate parts of into a whole; to combine pieces that go together to create a finished object.Rate it:

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Fix Your WagonTo punish someone, to deal someone with annoyance and criticism causing his or her failureRate it:

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Flash in the PanSomething or someone getting success for a brief time, a person failed to maintain his earlier reputationRate it:

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Fly the CoopTo move or leave secretly from a place or situation, to run away or get way or escapeRate it:

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fob offto put off by evasionRate it:

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foenum habet in cornuhe has hay on his horns i.e. he shows signs of madnessRate it:

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fold awayTo put away by folding; to collapse something into a space where it can be stored while not in use.Rate it:

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force inTo make something larger fit in a smaller or tight place with brute forceRate it:

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forewarned is forearmedAdvance awareness of a situation, especially a risky one, prepares one to deal with it.1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash, ch. 4:[W]hatever a young gentleman of that age says to you, he says to many other ladies; but your experience is not equal to your sense; so profit by mine . . . forewarned is forearmed.1885, G. A. Henty, Saint George for England, ch. 4:Sometimes, they say, it is wiser to remain in ignorance; at other times forewarned is forearmed.circa 1903, Lucy Maud Montgomery, "Why Mr. Cropper Changed His Mind":"Well, Miss Maxwell, I think it only fair to tell you that you may have trouble with those boys when they do come. Forewarned is forearmed, you know."Rate it:

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Four Corners of the EarthFrom all across the world, from all over the placeRate it:

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freezing coldextremely and unpleasantly cold (of the weather, the temperature in a place, a person, or an object)Rate it:

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fresh off the boatNewly arrived from a foreign place, especially as an immigrant who is still unfamiliar with the customs and language of his or her new environment.Rate it:

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from here to sundayEverywhere; all over the place.Rate it:

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from post to pillarFrom one place to another; from pillar to post, hither and thither.Rate it:

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front footThe batsman's foot farthest from his wicket.Rate it:

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fuck someone overto exploit somebody in a way which results in an advantage to oneself, at the cost of the other party gaining a considerable disadvantage.Rate it:

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fugam facere (Sall. Iug. 53)(1) to put to flight, (2) to take to flight.Rate it:

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fugare hostemto put the enemy to flight.Rate it:

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galeam induereto put on one's helmet.Rate it:

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get acrossTo make an idea evident; to successfully explain a thought or feeling; put over.Rate it:

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get aroundTo transport oneself from place to place.Rate it:

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get inTo enter a place; to gain access.Rate it:

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get lostUsed to tell somebody to go away or leave one alone.Rate it:

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get off withTo befriend someone and snog them, especially in a public place.Rate it:

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get on someone's caseTo lecture, berate, or complain to somebody, especially to find fault or criticize.Rate it:

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get one over onAlternative form of put one overRate it:

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get out of hereTo leave or exit a place.Rate it:

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