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Last SupperThe Passover meal that Jesus ate with his disciples on the night before his death.Rate it:

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vale of tearsA symbolic "valley of tears"; meaning the world and the sorrows felt through life. Similar to the Old Testament Psalm 23's reference to the "valley of the shadow of death", the phrase implies that sadness is part of the physical world (i.e. part of human experience).Rate it:

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within an inch of one’s lifeFiguratively or hyperbolically, means very soundly, thoroughly, or completely; To an extreme degree or extent; often follows the verb ‘beat’ to mean ‘very close to or near death’Rate it:

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che sera seraUsed to express a personal philosophy of fatalism1604, Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus:Why then belike we must sin, / And so consequently die. / Aye, we must die an everlasting death. / What doctrine call you this ? Che, sera, sera: / What will be*, shall be; Divinity adieu. / These Metaphysics of Magicians, / And necromantic books, are heavenly.Rate it:

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il était à deux doigts de la mortHe was at death’s door, within an ace of death.Rate it:

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run overTo drive over, causing injury or death.Rate it:

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doss aroundTo shirk one's work or duty.Rate it:

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a short drop and a sudden stopA fall to one's death by hanging.Rate it:

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poisoned chaliceA scheme or instrument for causing death or harm, especially one which eventually brings about the downfall of its creator; something which is initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful.Rate it:

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skeleton at the feastA reminder of death, a memento mori.Rate it:

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you can't take it with youIt is not possible to take one's material wealth to whatever world may await one after death.1900, E. Phillips Oppenheim, A Millionaire of Yesterday, ch. 6:"The clause whichRate it:

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take overTo adopt a further responsibility or duty.Rate it:

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Chinaman's chanceNo chance; zero possibility; a high or almost certain risk of death or failure.Rate it:

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eternal sleepDeathRate it:

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throw outTo dismiss or expel someone from any longer performing duty or attending somewhere.Rate it:

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reach an early graveTo be sentenced to death before the age of 18.Rate it:

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war brideA woman who marries a man who is on active duty military in wartime.Rate it:

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a quick drop and a sudden stopA fall to one's death, especially by hanging.Rate it:

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ab officio abduci, avocarito let oneself be perverted from one's duty.Rate it:

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ab officio discedereto neglect one's duty.Rate it:

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all-a-mortSad; at death's door.Rate it:

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après moi le délugeUsed to indicate indifference to events that will happen after one’s death, or to indicate one’s own importance in maintaining orderRate it:

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army volunteerTo make someone perform a task or duty, especially one they are not prepared or willing to do.Rate it:

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até que a morte nos separetill death do us partRate it:

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aux portes de la mortat death's doorRate it:

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avoir la mort dans l'âmeTo be grieved to death; To be overwhelmed with grief.Rate it:

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be preparedTo always be in a state of readiness in mind and body to do your duty (motto of the Boy Scouts and pioneers).Rate it:

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big sleepDeath.Rate it:

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bleed outTo die due to excess bloodloss; to bleed to death.Rate it:

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bought the farmSimple past tense and past participle of buy the farm: died; often refers to death in battle.Rate it:

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by one's own handAs a result of one's own actions, especially with reference to death by suicide.Rate it:

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capitis absolvere aliquemto repeal a death-sentence passed on a person.Rate it:

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capitis or capite damnare aliquemto condemn some one to death.Rate it:

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cohors, quae in statione estthe cohort on guard-duty.Rate it:

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contra officium est c. Inf.it is a breach of duty to...Rate it:

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cop-outAn excuse made in order to avoid performing a task or duty; a reason offered when someone cops out.Rate it:

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cop-outAvoidance or inadequate performance of a task or duty; the action of copping out.Rate it:

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cradle-to-graveSpanning an entire lifetime, from birth to death.Rate it:

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culpable homicideCriminal negligence causing the unlawful death of a human being.(Can we verify this sense?) (Canada, law) Murder, manslaughter or infanticide.(Can we verify this sense?) (Scotland, law) Manslaughter.(Can we verify this sense?) (South Africa, law) The unlawful negligent killing of another human being.Rate it:

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daughter outTo expire due to having only females surviving the death of the last male in a line.Rate it:

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DDUInitialism of Delivered Duty Unpaid.Rate it:

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de, ab officio decedereto neglect one's duty.Rate it:

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dead meatSomeone in danger of death or severe punishment.Rate it:

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dead men's shoesA position or property that is only attainable by someone else upon the current holder's death.Rate it:

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deathbed conversionAcceptance of religious belief immediately before one dies, typically in a state of anxiety or fear of the insecurity of what will happen to one in and after death.Rate it:

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deathblowA strike or blow that leads to death, especially a coup de grace.Rate it:

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debitum naturae reddere (Nep. Reg. 1)to die a natural death.Rate it:

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dieTo stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.Rate it:

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die in harnessTo continue to work until the day of one's death.Rate it:

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diligentem esse in retinendis officiisto be exact, punctual in the performance of one's duty.Rate it:

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