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chose qui plaît est à moitié vendueGood wares make quick market; Please the eye and fill the purse.Rate it:

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chum upTo make friends with someone.Rate it:

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chump-changeOf or pertaining to something of little monetary value.Rate it:

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churn upTo make the ground uneven, generally unintentionally.Rate it:

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circumvenire vigilias (Sall. Iug. 45. 2)to make the round of the sentries.Rate it:

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civitate donare aliquem (Balb. 3. 7)to make a man a citizen.Rate it:

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civitatem mutare (Balb. 11. 27)to naturalise oneself as a citizen of another country.Rate it:

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clap onto temporarily add something to an existing part, especially to add an additional sail to take advantage of a fair windRate it:

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clarum fieri, nobilitari, illustrari (not the post-classical clarescere or inclarescereto become famous, distinguish oneself.Rate it:

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claw backTo recover or retake, with great effort, something that was lost.Rate it:

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Clean Bill of HealthTo declare someone or something to be innocent, in healthy condition or satisfactory enoughRate 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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clean upTo make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy.Rate it:

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clear awayTo tidy up, to remove mess or obstacles from a place to make it neat.Rate it:

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clear the deckMove out of the area of congestion, evacuate an area for safety's sake. Make way for emergency crews, Listen to the Boss.Rate it:

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close inTo enclose, lock up inside something.Rate it:

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close one's eyes and think of EnglandTo accept (rather than fight)-and distract oneself so as to be able to endure-bad or unwanted sex, or by extension any unpleasant but inevitable experience.Rate it:

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closed bookA person or thing that cannot be easily understood; someone or something incomprehensible or puzzling.Rate it:

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coals to newcastleA pointless venture, in the sense of sending something to a place where it's made, or where they already have an abundance.Rate it:

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cock on or spot onSomething is perfectRate it:

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cogitatione sibi aliquid depingereto picture to oneself.Rate it:

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coil upto make, or become, coiledRate it:

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come a long wayTo make significant progress.Rate it:

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come and goTo alternately enter and exit into something (physically or figuratively)Rate it:

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come awayto become separated from something away.Rate it:

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come awayTo distance oneselfRate it:

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come down the pikeTo emerge, come up; to approach or arrive on the scene; to present (itself or oneself).Rate it:

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come forto search for something or someone, in order to catch them/it.Rate it:

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come full circleTo make a complete change or reform.Rate it:

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come to a headTo suddenly make mature or perfected that which was inchoate or imperfectly formed.Rate it:

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come to mention itWhat you just said reminds me of something; Used to justify a change of subject or a kind of statement that needs some kind of license.Rate it:

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come to papaA phrase used to encourage someone or something to approach.Rate it:

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come to termsTo accept or resign oneself to something emotionally painful.Rate it:

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come to terms withTo accept or resign oneself to something emotionally painfulRate it:

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come to think of itBy the way; now that I think about it; indicates something brought to mind.Rate it:

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coming out of one's earshaving too much or too many of something; being overloaded or overwhelmedRate it:

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comme on fait son lit, on se coucheAs you make your bed, so you must lie on it.Rate it:

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compliments of the houseSaid when offering something on the house, for free.Rate it:

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computer says noA popular phrase for an attitude in customer service in which the default response is to check with information stored or generated electronically and then make decisions based on that, apparently without using common sense, and showing a level of unhelpfulness whereby more could be done to reach a mutually satisfactory outcome, but is not.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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conjure up  To create or produce something, seemingly magically.Rate it:

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conked outTo fall asleep after doing something strenuous.Rate it:

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conscientia recte factorum erigito congratulate oneself on one's clear conscience.Rate it:

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consilia cum aliquo communicare(1) to communicate one's plans to some one; (2) to make common cause with a person. Similarly c. causam, rationem.Rate it:

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consilium capere, inire (de aliqua re, with Gen. gerund., with Inf., more rarely ut)to form a plan, make a resolution.Rate it:

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consist ofTo be composed or made up of something.Rate it:

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conspici, conspicuum esse aliqua reto make oneself conspicuous.Rate it:

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contentionem adhibereto exert oneself.Rate it:

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cook up a stormTo make a splash; to create a spectacle.Rate it:

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cook up a stormTo make a big fuss, generate a lot of unnecessary talk or activity; make a scene.Rate it:

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