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si quid (humanitus) mihi accidat or accideritif anything should happen to me; if I die.Rate it:

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videant or dent operam consules, ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat (Catil. 1. 2. 4)let the consuls take measures for the protection of the state.Rate it:

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pro formaFor the sake of form only.Rate it:

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verbum pro verbo reddereto translate literally, word for word (not verbo tenus).Rate it:

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argumentum immortalitatis afferre (not pro)to quote an argument in favour of immortality.Rate it:

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bellum pro religionibus susceptuma religious war.Rate it:

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causam dicere pro aliquoto defend a person.Rate it:

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ex, pro meritoaccording to a man's deserts.Rate it:

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falsa (pro veris) dicereto tell lies.Rate it:

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gratiam alicui referre (meritam, debitam) pro aliqua reto show gratitude (in one's acts).Rate it:

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gratias alicui agere pro aliqua reto thank a person (in words).Rate it:

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hoc est a (pro) methis goes to prove what I say.Rate it:

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ignem excitare (pro Mur. 25. 51)to make up, stir up a fire.Rate it:

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illud pro certo affirmare licetthis much I can vouch for.Rate it:

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mortem occumbere pro patriato die for one's country.Rate it:

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nullum periculum recusare proto avoid no risk in order to...Rate it:

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pro aris et focis pugnare, certare, dimicareto fight for hearth and home.Rate it:

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pro consule in Ciliciam proficiscito go to Cilicia as pro-consul.Rate it:

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pro lege dicereto support a bill (before the people).Rate it:

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pro maleficiis beneficia reddereto return good for evil.Rate it:

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pro testimonio dicereto state as evidence.Rate it:

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pro victimis homines immolareto sacrifice human victims.Rate it:

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pro viribus eniti et laborare, utto strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter.Rate it:

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pro virili parte (cf. sect. V. 22.)as well as I can; to the best of my ability.Rate it:

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res ipsa (pro me apud te) loquiturthe matter speaks for itself.Rate it:

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sanguinem suum pro patria effundere or profundereto shed one's blood for one's fatherland.Rate it:

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satisfacere alicui pro (de) iniuriisto give some one satisfaction for an injury.Rate it:

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se morti offerre pro salute patriaeto sacrifice oneself for one's country.Rate it:

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sponsionem facere, sponsorem esse pro aliquoto be security for some one.Rate it:

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stationes agere pro portisto be on duty before the gates.Rate it:

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testimonium dicere pro aliquoto give evidence on some one's behalf.Rate it:

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ulcisci aliquem (pro aliqua re)to punish some one.Rate it:

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vitam profundere pro patriato sacrifice oneself for one's country.Rate it:

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when the going gets weird, the weird turn proIn times of change or upheaval, anyone can make a legitimate business from their own personal vision, however different it may be.Rate it:

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unless the wheels available to you aren't made for the vehicle you're trying to drive.Follow-up to the phrase, "No need to reinvent the wheel." Meant for when one does, in fact, need to reinvent a process to account for accumulated changes that make the old status-quo obsolete.Rate it:

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you scratch my back and i'll scratch yoursIf you do me a favor then I will do you a favor; quid pro quo.Rate it:

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rock the boatTo disturb the status quo or go against rules or conventions, as in an effort to get attention.Rate it:

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throw dirt enough, and some will stickIf enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say Rate it:

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又紅又專pro-communism and having professional skillRate it:

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flipsideA necessary consequence or corollary of something; especially one seen as opposite, or as pro versus con.Rate it:

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gente de chapeGente distinguida, de pro, de alcurnia.Rate it:

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have its momentsTo experience brief periods of distinction, especially in contrast with the status quo.Rate it:

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have one's momentsTo experience brief periods of distinction, especially in contrast with the status quo.Rate it:

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la madre del corderoMeollo de una cuestión, el busilis, el quid, la parte central y más importante de un asunto, la dificultad crucial.Rate it:

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make wavesTo upset the status quo.Rate it:

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résistance au changementPhénomène psychologique consistant à désirer, et tenter d’obtenir par diverses formes de comportements d’opposition ou de préservation, le maintien du statu quo.Rate it:

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the more things change, the more they stay the sameA proverb making the observation that turbulent changes do not affect reality on a deeper level other than to cement the status quo.Rate it:

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