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put one's house in orderTo organize one's financial and other affairs, especially in preparation for a life-changing event.Rate it:

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rock the houseTo jam at a concert, get down.Rate it:

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to live in a gingerbread houseOne whom lives in a land of fantasy, dreamland instead of the sturdy house of reality.Rate it:

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White HouseThe official home and workplace of the President of the United States of America.Rate it:

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White HouseThe US presidency and its administration.Rate it:

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the qualityThe upper class, the high society, the gentry; the people of quality.Rate it:

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Blue BloodsDeprecating Term for 'Upper Class People', also - - - - Upper-Crust' 'Rich BitchesRate it:

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ask inTo invite someone to enter one's house.Rate it:

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expellere aliquem domo, possessionibus pellereto turn a person out of his house, his property.Rate it:

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il fait la pluie et le beau temps dans cette maisonHis will is law in that house; He is the boss of that show (fam.).Rate it:

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put upTo house, shelter, or take in.Rate it:

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run backTo take someone home by car. Give someone a lift to their house.Rate it:

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se proripere ex domoto rush out of the house.Rate it:

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nothing to lose but their h'sDescriptive of people in England whose speech is proper or upper-class, but who are poor.Rate it:

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companyKeep the house clean, I have company coming.Rate it:

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crack a cribTo break into a house.Rate it:

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déménager à la cloche de bois (fam.)To shoot the moon; To leave a house without paying one’s rent or one’s creditors.Rate it:

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aggredi ad dicendumto come forward to make a speech; to address the house.Rate it:

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applaudir un acteur à tout rompreTo applaud an actor so as to bring the house down (to lift the roof).Rate it:

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apud aliquem esseto be at some one's house.Rate it:

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apud eum sic fui tamquam domi meae (Fam. 13. 69)I felt quite at home in his house.Rate it:

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ask roundTo invite someone to your house.Rate it:

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avoir pignon sur rueTo have a house of one’s own.Rate it:

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bend one's elbowTo drink alcoholic beverages, especially at a public house or bar.Rate it:

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bend overTo bend one's upper body forward and down while standing or kneeling.Rate it:

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

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bridgeAn elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.Rate it:

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bridgeThe upper bony ridge of the human nose.Rate it:

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c'est elle qui porte la culotteShe is mistress in this house (not her husband); The grey mare is the better horse.Rate it:

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c'est un château de cartes que cette maisonThis is a jerry-built house.Rate it:

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c'est un pilier d'estaminet (or, de café)He is a public-house lounger, a pub-loafer.Rate it:

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caveat emptorA provision of Roman law which gave the seller of a house the legal right to keep quiet about any defects of the house.Rate it:

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cette maison a été vendue de gré à gréThat house was sold by private contract.Rate it:

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charbonnier est maître chez lui (or, chez soi)Every one is master in his own house; An Englishman’s house is his castle.Rate it:

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clean upTo make a large profit; to win by a large margin, or to win a large amount, especially in gambling. Also clean house.Rate it:

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closing timeThe time when a public house closes. Used to invite final drink orders.Rate it:

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commeare ad aliquemto go in and out of any one's house; to visit frequently.Rate it:

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condicere alicui (ad cenam)to invite oneself to some one's house for dinner.Rate it:

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cookThe head cook of a manor houseRate it:

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count outTo declare adjourned, as a sitting of the House, when it is ascertained that a quorum is not present.Rate it:

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courir le cachetTo go from house to house giving private lessons.Rate it:

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curb appealThe visual attractiveness which a house, commercial establishment, or other real estate property has when initially seen by a prospective buyer or other person standing in front of the property "at the curb".Rate it:

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deducere aliquem de domoto escort a person from his house.Rate it:

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deverti ad aliquem (ad [in] villam)to go to a man's house as his guest.Rate it:

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diligens paterfamiliasa careful master of the house.Rate it:

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dine outTo have dinner away from one's house, usually at a restaurant.Rate it:

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

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domum demoliri (Top. 4. 22)to demolish, raze a house.Rate it:

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domum frequentare (Sall. Cat. 14. 7)to be a regular visitor at a house.Rate it:

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domus collapsura, corruitura (esse) videturthe house threatens to fall in (vid. sect. X. 5, note "Threaten"...).Rate it:

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