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audientium animos religione perfundere (Liv. 10. 388)to fill the souls of one's audience with devotion.Rate it:

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aures claudere, patefacere (e.g. veritati, assentatoribus)to turn a deaf ear to, to open one's ears to...Rate it:

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aures erigereto prick up one's ears.Rate it:

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autant vaut être mordu d'un chien que d'une chienneOne evil is as bad as the other.Rate it:

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auxilio alicui venireto come to assist any one.Rate it:

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avaler d'un traitTo drink off at one gulp, at a draught.Rate it:

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averso itinere contendere in...to change one's route and march towards...Rate it:

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aves (alites, oscines) addīcunt alicui (opp. abdicunt aliquid)the omens are favourable to some one.Rate it:

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avoir des raisons avec quelqu'unTo have words with any one; To quarrel with any one.Rate it:

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avoir des yeux derrière la têteto have eyes in the back of one's headRate it:

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avoir la moutarde qui monte au nezto lose one's temperRate it:

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avoir la tête dans les nuagesto have one's head in the cloudsRate it:

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avoir maille à partir avec quelqu'unTo have a bone to pick (a crow to pluck) with some one.Rate it:

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

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avoir quinte et quatorzeTo have the game in one’s own hand.Rate it:

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avoir son affaireTo have what suits one.Rate it:

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avoir son pain cuitTo have one’s bread and cheese, a competency.Rate it:

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avoir toujours la bourse à la mainTo have always one’s hand in one’s pocket.Rate it:

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avoir une araignée dans le (or, au) plafondTo have a bee in one’s bonnet.Rate it:

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avoir une faim de loupto be very hungry, ravenous; to be so hungry one could eat a horseRate it:

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babysitter testAn informal method for assessing the maturity, reliability, or probity of a person, inviting one to judge whether one would entrust this person with the care of one's own children.Rate it:

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back burnerA section of a stove used to keep some pots warm while one focuses on others.Rate it:

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back in harnessTo be restored to one's employment or office. Often said of someone returning to work after recovering from illness.Rate it:

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back in the dayIn the past; at one time, especially a time which is fondly remembered.Rate it:

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bâcler son ouvrageTo do one’s work quickly and badly; To “polish off” (or, scamp) one’s work.Rate it:

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bad appleA person who is not wholesome, honest, or trustworthy, especially one who has an adverse influence on others.Rate it:

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bag and baggageAll one's possessions.Rate it:

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baîller comme une carpeTo yawn one’s head off.Rate it:

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bald as a billiard ballOne whom has lost much hair and prematurely bald.Rate it:

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bankers' hoursAny easy job, especially one with a short working day.Rate it:

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bankrupt cartA one-horse chaise.Rate it:

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barrelThe hollow basal part of a feather.Rate it:

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basket caseOne made powerless or ineffective, as by nerves, panic or stress.Rate it:

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basket caseIn World War 1, a victim who had one or more severed limbs. They were brought off the field in a “basket”.Rate it:

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battle outTo argue or fight over and reach a conclusion; to air out one's grievances.Rate it:

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battre le chien devant le loupTo pretend to be angry with one person to deceive another.Rate it:

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battre quelqu'un à plate coutureTo beat some one hollow.Rate it:

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be absorbed byLose one's identity in.Rate it:

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be an open bookOne's life and times can be an open book by simply sharing, answering queries, being forthright, carrying no baggage or disagreements.Rate it:

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be honest with youAn often used and often heard expression, probably utilized extensively to enhance one's integrity, approval and attractiveness.Rate it:

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be in luckTo be lucky in getting something that one wants.Rate it:

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be out forTo seek or pursue, especially to determinedly pursue something to one's own benefit.Rate it:

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beat banaghanAn Irish saying of one who tells wonderful stories, or of something which is amazing and remarkable.Rate it:

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beat the meatAlternative form of beat one's meat.Rate it:

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beefcakeImagery of one or more muscular, well-built men.Rate it:

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been there, though not done thatUsed for expressing that though one may have seen something (unpleasant), he may have not participated in the same.Rate it:

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before someone's timeAt a stage in one's life, development, etc. that seems premature.Rate it:

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beggars can't be choosers(proverb) When resources are limited, one must accept even substandard things.Rate it:

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behind its timeShowing characteristics of the past; present in one's work after later advances in the field; coming later than could be generally accepted.Rate it:

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bellum conficere, perficereto terminate a war (by force of arms and defeat of one's opponents).Rate it:

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