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alicui regnum deferre, tradereto invest some one with royal power.Rate it:

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aliquem socium admittereto admit a person into one's society.Rate it:

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artium studia or artes vigent (not florent)learning, scientific knowledge is flourishing.Rate it:

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aye aye, sirThe correct and seamanlike reply, onboard a Royal Navy (or U.S. Navy) ship, on receipt of an order from someone of senior rank or authority. It means "I understand the command and hasten to comply with the order."Rate it:

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beautiful peopleFashionable, privileged, glamorous people, especially those belonging to international high society.Rate it:

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behind somebody's backWithout somebody's knowledge; secretly.Rate it:

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behind someone's backWithout somebody's knowledge; secretly.Rate it:

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BelgravianA resident of Belgravia, London; by extension a member of the fashionable or aristocratic society assumed to reside in Belgravia.Rate it:

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BelgravianOf or pertaining to Belgravia, London.Rate it:

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bestes Wissen und Gewissenthe best of one's knowledge; good faith; roughly combining the senses of both English idioms, namely that one does or says something in the honest conviction of its correctness but under the condition of the fallibility of one’s knowledge and competencesRate it:

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beyond one's kenBeyond one's knowledge or understanding.Rate it:

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Blue BloodBelonging to upper class of the society or having a royal backgroundRate it:

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bottom feederA person who operates amidst or thrives on the unwholesome things in a society; one who takes advantage of the misfortune of others.Rate it:

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c'est un homme très répanduHe is a man who goes into society a great deal.Rate it:

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carry offKnowledge, confidence, or familiarity.Rate it:

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cockney slangLondon slang most common in London, ukRate it:

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de savoir vient avoirKnowledge is power.Rate it:

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dissipatos homines in (ad) societatem vitae convocare (Tusc. 1. 25. 62)to unite isolated individuals into a society.Rate it:

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doctrina exquisita, subtilis, eleganssound knowledge; scholarship.Rate it:

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Downing Streeta street leading off Whitehall in Westminster, London containing the residences of the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the ExchequerRate it:

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fashion senseHaving a very good taste or knowledge in fashion or having a stunning peculiar style of dressing.Rate it:

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Fat CatA rich person who enjoys a privileged status in societyRate it:

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filter upOf information, knowledge or practice; to move slowly up to other levels of an organisation, or population.Rate it:

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go GaltTo become a recluse and stop contributing to one's society, especially in the form of taxes by reducing one's productivity or work or by refusing to follow societal norms that one believes to be unjust.Rate it:

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go through the millTo experience the suffering or discipline necessary to bring one to a certain degree of knowledge or skill, or to a certain mental state.Rate it:

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grass rootsPeople and society at the local level rather than at the national centre of political activity.Rate it:

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gym bunnyA person who spends a large amount of time working out at a gym and who may be obsessed with improving his or her physique. Often said of a gay man, but also said of women and heterosexual men.Rate it:

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hear ofTo become aware of through second-hand knowledge, or not through personal experience.Rate it:

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hell weekThe week during which new members are required to undergo undignified rites of initiation or gruelling discipline in order to be accepted into a fraternity, sorority, secret society, military group, etc.Rate it:

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hit the books!Launch a determined review or study of appropriate material and subjects by hitting the books in preparation for a stringent examination/knowledge test in a pre-employment interview.Rate it:

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hominum coetus, congressus fugereto shun society.Rate it:

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I just work hereIndicates that the speaker cannot answer their interrogator's question, because of lack of experience with or knowledge on the topic.Rate it:

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il connaît paris comme sa pocheHe knows Paris perfectly; He knows all the ins and outs of Paris; His knowledge of Paris is extensive and peculiar.Rate it:

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il fait cher vivre à londresLiving in London is dear.Rate it:

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institutional racismInstitutional racism is a form of racism that is embedded as normal practice within society or an organisation.Rate it:

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it's not what you know but who you knowFor success, and especially to obtain employment, one's knowledge and skills are less useful and less important than one's network of personal contacts.1951, G. P. Bush and L. H. Hattery, "Federal Recruitment of Junior Engineers," Science, vol. 114, no. 2966, p. 456:Eighty-four students referred to political influence as a disadvantage of federal employment with such remarks as: "There are too many political connections necessary . . . it's not what you know but who you knowRate it:

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jacktarNickname for a sailor in the Royal Navy.Rate it:

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keys to the kingdomA resource, usually information or knowledge, the possession of which gives the possessor access to power.Rate it:

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know one's ass from a hole in the groundTo have an adequate level of knowledge or skill; to understand what one is doing or talking about.Rate it:

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Know the RopesTo be well aware of everything around, to have knowledge of doing any complicated thingRate it:

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litterarum scientiam (only in sing.) habereto possess literary knowledge.Rate it:

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live a lieTo conceal something about oneself, without the knowledge of which others cannot know one's true character or perspective.Rate it:

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live and learnAn exhortation to gain knowledge from living experiences. Commonly used after an accident or misfortune to indicate a moral lesson.Rate it:

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man among menA man who is accepted on the same terms, and as having the same worth, as other men in society.Rate it:

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man is the measure of all thingsthe doctrine that all knowledge is subjective, being derived from observations made by humans, and there can be no objective truthRate it:

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memesterAn ancient person with low knowledge. That has been infected with a racket.Rate it:

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on the mendImproving or undergoing restoration to a previous, more favorable condition.Rate it:

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ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny(biology, social sciences, art, philosophy) The physical, cultural, moral, or intellectual development of each individual passes through stages similar to the developmental stages of that individual's species, society, or civilization.1905, J. A. Harris, "The Importance of Investigations of Seedling Stages," Science, New Series, vol. 22, no. 554, p. 186:With reference to seedling stages the statement that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny must be made with great reserve.1961, M. E. Wolfgang, "Pioneers in Criminology: Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909)," The Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology, and Police Science, vol. 52, no. 4, p. 367:Haeckel maintained that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny, and this idea was incorporated by Lombroso into his parallelism between the criminal and the child.2002, B. S. Jackson, "Models in Legal History: The Case of Biblical Law," Journal of Law and Religion, vol. 18, no. 1, p. 11:For even if we accept that "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny," those responsible for the drafting of ancient legal documents were not children, and are hardly to be endowed with some form of infantile mentality.Rate it:

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party toPrivy to; having knowledge of.Rate it:

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pas que je sacheNot to my knowledge.Rate it:

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