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aliquem sub corona vendere (B. G. 3. 16)	to sell a prisoner of war as a slave.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
all out	The state of a side having no more men to bat, thus ending its innings.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
all sixes and nines	In a state of confusion in which everything takes on an opposite meaning	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
aluminum shower	An event at which people give household items made of aluminum to the war effort.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
apparatus (rare in plur.) belli	preparations for war; war-material.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Appendix:Snowclones/if I had an X for every time I Y	Used to state that Y has happened a lot to the speaker	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Appendix:Snowclones/X is the new Y	Used to state that Y is being replaced by X.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
arriver en trois bateaux	To come with great fuss, in great state, with unnecessary ceremony.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
as is	In its present state or condition, especially as a contractual condition of sale.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
at death's door	About to die; in a life-threatening state of health.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
at sixes and sevens	In a state of confusion.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
at variance	not in accord; in a state of disagreement	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
aux frais de la princesse	At another’s expense (chiefly of the State Government).	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
back burner	A state of low urgency; a state of low current importance.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
back on one's heels	In a state of unease, surprise, or bewilderment, especially such that one's functioning or performance is detracted upon; Forced into a position of disadvantage, retreat, or poor performance	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Back to Square One	A situation in which, one has to return to an earlier state due to certain drawbacks or failures	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bang to rights	Caught red-handed; in a guilty state.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bar sinister	A state or characteristic which is dishonorable or shameful; a stigma.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bar sinister	The state or characteristic of having been born out of wedlock; illegitimacy; bastardy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
barnburner	Liberal faction of the New York state United States Democratic Party in the mid 19th century.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
basket case	In World War 1, a victim who had one or more severed limbs. They were brought off the field in a “basket”.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
battle cry	Something the troops yell out when going to war or battle.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
be prepared	To always be in a state of readiness in mind and body to do your duty (motto of the Boy Scouts and pioneers).	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
belli finem facere, bellum finire	to put an end to war.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
belli sedes (Liv. 4. 31)	the seat of war, theatre of operations.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bello implicari	to be involved in a war.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bello persequi aliquem, lacessere	to harass with war.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bello se interponere (Liv. 35. 48)	to interfere in a war.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bellum administrare	to have the control of the war.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bellum componere (Fam. 10. 33)	to terminate a war (by a treaty, etc.)	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bellum conficere, perficere	to terminate a war (by force of arms and defeat of one's opponents).	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bellum conflare (Fam. 5. 2. 8)	to kindle a war.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bellum coniungere (Imp. Pomp. 9. 26)	to wage war in conjunction with some one.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bellum cum aliquo inire	to begin a war with some one.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bellum ducere, trahere, extrahere	to protract, prolong a war.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bellum facere, movere, excitare	to cause a war.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bellum gerere cum aliquo	to make war on a person.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bellum impendet, imminet, instat	a war is imminent.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bellum indīcere, denuntiare	to make formal declaration of war.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bellum intestinum, domesticum (opp. bellum externum)	a civil war.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bellum iustum (pium)	a regular, formal war.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bellum moliri	to meditate war.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bellum or arma ultro inferre	to be the aggressor in a war; to act on the offensive.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bellum oritur, exardescit	war breaks out.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bellum parare	to make preparations for war.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bellum pro religionibus susceptum	a religious war.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bellum transferre alio, in...	to transfer the seat of war elsewhere.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bene, optime sentire de re publica	to have the good of the state at heart.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
blaze up	to burst into flames from a seemingly non-burning state	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
boiling point	The state of being heated, with high aggression.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)

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