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gapers' blockA traffic jam resulting from motorists slowing to look at a motor vehicle collision or other roadside distraction.Rate it:

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gum upTo cause to be gooey or gummy, especially with the effect of obstructing the operation of some mechanism or process.Rate it:

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hit the fanTo have a dramatic, usually negative, effect.Rate it:

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joker in the packAn unpredictable element, person, or aberration which can have an unexpected effect on an outcome or situationRate it:

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keep at bayprevent (someone or something) from approaching or having an effect.Rate it:

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kick like a muleTo have a very strong physical effectRate it:

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killTo exert an overwhelming effect on.Rate it:

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less is moreThat which is less complicated is often better understood and more appreciated than what is more complicated; simplicity is preferable to complexity; brevity in communication is more effective than verbosity.1855, Robert Browning, "Men and Women":Well, less is more, Lucrezia: I am judged.1954, "'Less Is More'," Time, 14 Jun.:The essence of Mies's architectural philosophy is in his famous and sometimes derided phrase, "Less is more." This means, he says, having "the greatest effect with the least means."2007, Gia Kourlas, "Dance Review: An Ordered World Defined With Soothing Spareness," New York Times, 3 Mar. (retrieved 22 Oct. 2008):The program, which features two premieresRate it:

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long goodbyeNickname for Alzheimer's disease, especially for the final phase of the disease, during which the patient suffers a progressive decline of cognitive and motor skills and gradually loses the ability to recognize and to communicate with family and friends; nickname for the relationship between a person suffering from Alzheimer's disease and that person's family or friends.Rate it:

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make all the differenceTo be a crucial or deciding factor; to have a very significant effect.Rate it:

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máquina de vaporMotor de combustión externa que transforma la energía de una cantidad de vapor de agua en trabajo mecánico o cinético.Rate it:

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navegación a velaNavegación que se realiza sin motor ni remos, usando el viento como fuerza motriz.Rate it:

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nervio abducenteNervio craneal motor que permite el movimiento del globo ocular hacia afuera, al inervar el músculo recto lateral del ojo.Rate it:

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nervio facialNervio craneal motor y sensible, con componentes parasimpáticos, responsable de la expresión facial. También recoge información del paladar y la lengua, permite la secreción salivar y el lagrimeo del ojo.Rate it:

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nervio trigéminoNervio craneal sensible y motor que se divide en tres partes (nervio oftálmico, nervio maxilar y nervio mandibular e inerva el rostro. Capta sensaciones de los dientes, la piel de la cara, y controla el movimiento de los músculos de la masticación.Rate it:

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pack a punchTo have a swift and powerful effect or to be capable of having such an effect.Rate it:

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pitAn area at a motor racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.Rate it:

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prodigia procurare (Liv. 22. 1)to avert by expiatory sacrifices the effect of ominous portents.Rate it:

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respondere in hanc sententiamto answer to this effect.Rate it:

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rhetorical questionA QUESTION which is asked merely for effect, and which does not expect an answer. For example: If I say, "Do I look like a fool?" then I don't expect an answer: I am merely choosing a rhetorical way of saying, "I am not a fool."Rate it:

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rien n'y faitNothing has any effect upon him (or, on it); It is all of no use.Rate it:

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root causeAn initiating cause of a chain of events which leads to an outcome or effect of interest.Rate it:

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salutem expedireto effect a person's deliverance.Rate it:

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são seus olhosA phrase to humbly counter flattering by claiming that said good qualities are merely a distorting effect of the praiser's eyes.Rate it:

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see toTo take care of; to effect; to make happen.Rate it:

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shift gearsTo change the gear by which motion is transmitted from a powered shaft to another shaft, especially in a motor vehicle.Rate it:

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sierra eléctricaHerramienta portátil que posee un motor eléctrico que utiliza para mover una hoja o cuchillas que al girar a altas velocidades sirve para cortar materiales duros como madera.Rate it:

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size mattersUsed to assert the opinion that sexual partners prefer men with larger penises, or that penis size has an effect on the quality of an act of intercourse.Rate it:

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skin a catA word picture contrived for shock effect in expressing a variety of actions or accomplishments.Rate it:

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that's saying somethingSaid of something that has an even greater impact or effect than what is readily apparent, considering the context.Rate it:

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velocidad de cruceroVelocidad a la que un vehículo de motor, especialmente una aeronave, opera a máxima eficiencia.Rate it:

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very wellUsed to weaken the effect of certain modal verbs.Rate it:

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wash withhave an effect on, persuadeRate it:

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wrap one's head aroundTo crash into (something, especially a pole) messily and fatally while travelling in a motor vehicle.Rate it:

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