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cease and desistA demanding that one "cease and desist from" continuing certain behavior, such as copyright infringement, trademark infringement, slander, or libel.Rate it:

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cela fait faire du mauvais sangThat causes one to worry.Rate it:

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cela fait venir la chair de pouleThat makes one’s flesh creep.Rate it:

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cela touche à la folieThat is but one remove from madness; That borders on lunacy.Rate it:

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censu prohibere, excludereto strike off the burgess-roll.Rate it:

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centum annos complereto reach one's hundredth year, to live to be a hundred.Rate it:

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cerrar el picoto shut up; shut one's trapRate it:

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ceterum censeoA formulaic expression used to end a speech by reinforcing one, often unrelated, major view.Rate it:

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chacun a sa marotteEvery one has his hobby.Rate it:

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chacun connaît midi à sa porteEach one knows his own business best.Rate it:

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chacun prêche pour son saintEvery one has an eye to his own interest.Rate it:

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chacun sait ses affairesEvery one knows his own business best.Rate it:

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chain reactionA nuclear reaction in which particles produced by the fission of one atom trigger fissions of other atoms.Rate it:

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champagne taste on a beer budgetExpensive wants or preferences which one lacks the finances to fulfill satisfactorily.Rate it:

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change of heartA change of one's opinion, belief or decision.Rate it:

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change of paceA shift from one activity to anotherRate it:

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change overto convert to, to make a transition from one system to anotherRate it:

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change someone's mindTo convince someone to make a decision differing from what a previous one.Rate it:

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changer son fusil d'épauleto change tack, change one's tuneRate it:

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changer son fusil d'épauleTo change one’s opinion, profession, tactics.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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charmed lifeA life in which one is always lucky and safe from danger.Rate it:

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cheaters never prosperOne does not gain from cheating.Rate it:

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check intoTo formally announce one's arrival at a location or event to a proprietor or employee of that location or event in order to secure admission, accommodations, or other services.Rate it:

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China syndromeOne instance of such a nuclear mishap.Rate it:

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China syndromeA behavior, policy, or situation characteristic of or involving China; an actual or potential catastrophe, especially one involving China.Rate it:

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chip shotAn approach shot made from a location a short distance from the golf green in which the ball is launched into the air with only low or moderate force, so that it will land on the green and roll toward the hole.Rate it:

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chômer les fêtes avant qu'elles ne soient venuesTo count one’s chickens before they are hatched.Rate it:

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chou pour chouTaking one thing with another.Rate it:

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city slickerOne accustomed to a city or urban lifestyle or unsuited to life in the country.Rate it:

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claim to fameThat for which one has bragging rights; one's reason for being well-known or famous.Rate it:

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cling toTo remain by side; to refuse to leave the company of someone to whom one has an intense emotional attachment.Rate it:

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clock outTo end work; to officially record a time when one terminates a period of work.Rate it:

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clutch artistA person who drives a motor vehicle, especially one equipped with a manual transmission, in a particularly skillful manner.Rate it:

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cock a snookTo spread one hand, place the thumb on the nose and wriggle some of the fingers as a gesture of disrespect.Rate it:

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coercere, cohibere, continere, domitas habere cupiditatesto overcome one's passions.Rate it:

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cogere omnes copias in unum locumto concentrate all the troops at one point.Rate it:

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cogitationem, animum in aliquid intendere (Acad. 4. 46)to direct one's attention...Rate it:

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colloquendi copiam facere, dareto give audience to some one.Rate it:

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colloqui cum aliquo per litterasto correspond with some one.Rate it:

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colto con le mani nel saccocaught with one's hand in the cookie jar, caught in the cookie jar, caught raiding the cookie jarRate it:

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come fromTo have as one's birthplace or nationality.Rate it:

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come fromTo derive one's opinion or argument from; to take as a conceptual starting point.Rate it:

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come of ageTo reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult.Rate it:

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come onTo get one's period, start menstruating.Rate it:

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come overTo change one's position or location, especially to someone's place of residence; to come by.Rate it:

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come rain or come shineIt doesn’t matter what the circumstances are or whatever happens; whatsoever the conditions or the weather is; it's most commonly used to say that an event still happen (will not be canceled) even if it rains; See also, "rain or shine"Rate it:

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come roundTo change one's opinion.Rate it:

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come throughNot to let somebody down, keep one's promise.Rate it:

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come to a sticky endTo die unpleasantly due to one's actions.Rate it:

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