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main sequence A major grouping of stars that creates a narrow band from the upper left to the lower right when plotted by luminosity and surface temperature on a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.Rate it:

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Main StreetThe generic street name (and often the official name) of the primary retail street of a village, town, or small city in the United States, Canada, Ireland, some parts of Scotland and also in some countries in central Europe.Rate it:

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Main StreetCollectively, everyday working-class people and small business owners, especially with regard to their concerns, social views, etc.Rate it:

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main verteGreen thumb.Rate it:

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main vertegreen thumb.Rate it:

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mettez la main à l'œuvrePut your shoulder to the wheel.Rate it:

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mettre la main à la pâteTo put one’s shoulder to the wheel; To set to (a special piece of) work oneself.Rate it:

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ne mords pas la main qui te nourritNe trahis pas celui ou celle qui t’aide.Rate it:

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parle à ma mainParle autant que tu voudras, je n’y prête aucune attention.Rate it:

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pour se faire la mainTo get one’s hand in (i.e. to get accustomed to the work).Rate it:

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prendre quelqu'un la main dans le sacTo catch any one in the very act.Rate it:

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une main de fer dans un gant de veloursAutorité inflexible sous une apparence douce.Rate it:

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vous avez la mainIt’s your turn to play (at cards).Rate it:

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vous n'y allez pas de main morteYou hit with a vengeance; You don’t do things by halves.Rate it:

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darken someone's doorTo arrive at the entrance of someone's residence or of another building associated with that person, especially as an unwelcome visitor.Rate it:

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life is like a s*** sandwich the more bread you have the less s*** you eatThe main point is bread is slang for money so money makes your sandwich a little less repulsive and your life a little less well whateverRate it:

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vice versawith the main items in the preceding statement the other way around.Rate it:

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buzz upTo allow entrance into a building from a higher floor by triggering an electronic lock.Rate it:

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close offTo seal or block the entrance to a road, an area, or a building so that people cannot enter.Rate it:

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close upTo shut a building or a business for a period of time.Rate it:

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go outTo leave, especially a building.Rate it:

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haunted houseA Halloween amusement attraction in which a building or series of rooms is decorated to frighten the people who pass through the attraction.Rate it:

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pop outTo leave a room or building with the expectation of returning soon.Rate it:

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semi detached housetype of buildingRate it:

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stem to sternStem is the main upright timber at the bow of a ship (front) & stern is the rear part of a ship or boat (back) Means entirely or beginning to end.Rate it:

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no show without PunchA show or endeavor cannot proceed without it's star or main purpose.Rate it:

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peel offTo separate off from the main body, to move off to one side; as in troop movements on a parade ground or an organized retreat, or columns in a procession.Rate it:

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run byTo inform someone briefly of the main points of an idea.Rate it:

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bread and butterthe main way you make your living; where the bulk of your money comes fromRate it:

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break new groundTo begin excavating and levelling earth for a new building, or, originally, for cultivation.Rate it:

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look roundTo inspect a building or area.Rate it:

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rat run/runningTo drive through residential streets to avoid congestion on the main roads.Rate it:

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a house is not a homeA home is not merely a building but requires inhabitants and a friendly atmosphere.Rate it:

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aedificatorem esse (Nep. Att. 13. 1)to be fond of building.Rate it:

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beat around the bushTo treat a topic but omit its main points, often intentionally.Rate it:

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big pictureThe main film in a double feature.Rate it:

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brick and mortarBuildings and property for the conduct of business, particularly in the sale of retail goods to the general public. (Used to contrast an Internet-based sales operation that lacks customer-oriented store fronts and a "traditional" one for which most capital investment might be in the building infrastructure.) [since the mid-1990s]Rate it:

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buck the trendTo go against the norm or the current stand of the main population; have a differing opinion from the majority.Rate it:

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bullet pointMain thing that is supported by other stuff.Rate it:

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c'est là que gît le lièvreThat is the main point; There’s the rub.Rate it:

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c'est un homme qui ne perd pas la carteHe is a man who keeps his wits about him, who has an eye to the main chance.Rate it:

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caput cenae (Fin. 2. 8. 25)the main dish.Rate it:

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curtain-raiserIn a theater, an initial play, musical performance, etc which precedes the main performance.Rate it:

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de vive forceBy main force.Rate it:

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deliver the message to garcia...grasp the demands and exactions of business life. He learns that the main thing to do is to "deliver the message to Garcia"....Rate it:

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developmentsA group of building complexes or apartments. Often used for low income housing.Rate it:

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domum aedificandam locare, conducereto give, undertake a contract for building a house.Rate it:

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dwarf standing on the shoulders of giantsA person who discovers by building on previous discoveries.Rate it:

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en sommeOn the whole; In the main.Rate it:

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exstruere aedificium, monumentumto erect a building, a monument.Rate it:

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