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just a heavy dewLight rain or mist in IrelandRate it:

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kill with kindnessheaping generosity, compassion, or excessive favor on someone -usually in response to an insult- to bring them discomfort; to overwhelm with overindulgenceRate it:

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put somebody in his placeTo bring somebody down; to humble or insult.Rate it:

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take onTo acquire, bring in, or introduce.Rate it:

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blackWithout light.Rate it:

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come to lifeto bring back to life; revitalize, revive, resurrectRate it:

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valley of deathLord Alfred Tennyson, The Charge of the Light Brigade.Rate it:

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cut downTo bring down by cutting.Rate it:

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drag outTo haul or bring out forcefully or as though with force.Rate it:

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draw outTo extract, bring out, as concealed information; elicit; educe.Rate it:

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stand upTo bring something up and set it into a standing position.Rate it:

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proverbs run in pairsEvery proverb seems to be contradicted by another proverb with an opposed message, such as "too many cooks spoil the broth" and "many hands make light work."1863, Sir Richard Burton, Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains, vol. 1, Tinsley (London), p. 309:Moreover, all the world over, proverbs run in pairs, and pull both ways: for the most part one neutralizes, by contradiction, the other.Rate it:

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Cook Your GooseTo bring someone down, spoil someone’s quality time or to wreck a happy plan or projectRate it:

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dress upTo present in a favorable light.Rate it:

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force someone's handBring about a situation which necessitates an agent to act, often causing a plan to be executed prematurely.Rate it:

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in the darkWithout light; somewhere that is dark.Rate it:

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la lumière me tire les yeuxThe light hurts my eyes.Rate it:

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run upTo bring a flag to the top of it's flag pole.Rate it:

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from can see to can't seeFrom the time when it is barely light enough to see until there is no light remaining whatsoever: from sunup to sundown, from dawn to duskRate it:

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potluckQuaint {American ?} social gathering, mayhaps hosted by an entity. Attendees bring 'dish to pass'; {Luck of Pot} 'Purpose'; Good Food, Goodwill, Good-Gab:Rate it:

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stop upTo increase the aperture of a photographic lens, moving from an f/stop represented by a higher number to an f/stop represented by a lower number and causing more light to pass into the camera.Rate it:

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warm the cockles of someone's heartTo provide happiness, to bring a deeply-felt contentment.Rate it:

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catch the sunTo reflect light from the sun.Rate it:

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self fulfilling prophecyAn expectation can bring about an outcome.Rate it:

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skreigh o' dayday break, first lightRate it:

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cherry-pickTo pick out the best, or most desirable items from a list or group, especially to obtain some advantage or to present something in the best possible light.Rate it:

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moonlight flita disappearing act, often without paying the rent; supposedly at night by the light of the moon.Rate it:

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ne faites pas attention à ses menaces, autant en emporte le ventPay no attention to his threats, they are as light as air.Rate it:

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verbum satUsed to bring something to a conclusion, implying that further comment is unadvisable or unneeded.Rate it:

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a me impetrare non possum, utI cannot bring myself to...Rate it:

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ad sanitatem adducere, revocare aliquemto bring some one back to his senses.Rate it:

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ad senatum referre (Cic. Dom. 53. 136)to bring a question before the senate (of the presiding magistrate).Rate it:

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ad summum perducereto bring to the highest perfection.Rate it:

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agmen claudere, cogereto bring up the rear.Rate it:

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aliquem affligere, perdere, pessumdare, in praeceps dareto bring a man to ruin; to destroy.Rate it:

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aliquem ex altissimo dignitatis gradu praecipitare (Dom. 37. 98)to depose, bring down a person from his elevated position.Rate it:

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and finallyA light news story reserved for the end of a bulletin when there is a lack of more important items; typically involving animals or other features supposed to be amusing.Rate it:

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ante oculos ponere aliquidto bring a thing vividly before the eyes.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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aquam ducere per hortumto bring a stream of water through the garden.Rate it:

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argumentum afferreto bring forward a proof.Rate it:

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argumentum afferre, quo animos immortales esse demonstraturto bring forward a proof of the immortality of the soul.Rate it:

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auxilium, opem, salutem ferre alicuito bring aid to; to rescue.Rate it:

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avoir la tête qui tourneto be dizzy; to be light-headedRate it:

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blackAbsorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and colourless.Rate it:

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black triangleOne of a class of triangle-shaped unidentified flying objects, usually with a light in each corner.Rate it:

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blaze upTo begin smoking cannabis; to light up cannabis; to get high. <--so this shd be 2 separate senses?-->Rate it:

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blindA covering for a window to keep out light. The covering may be made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.Rate it:

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brace abackto bring the wind onto the forward side of the sails to slow the shipRate it:

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brace aboxTo bring the foreyards flat aback to stop the ship.Rate it:

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