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home stretchThe final part of a distance or the final effort needed to finish.Rate it:

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lead the lineTo play as centre forward.Rate it:

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nest togetherTo fit together snugly; to be part of a compact unit.Rate it:

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Pull the Wool over Your EyesTo play trick with someone making him or her fool, to deceive or cheat someoneRate it:

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South TibetUsed other than as an idiom: see south, Tibet. (the southern part of Tibet)(in particular, in the People's Republic of China) Those areas located south of the McMahon Line, which are now administered by the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, and which were formerly part of the Tibetan cultural area.Rate it:

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à vous le déIt is your turn to play (at dice). [See Avoir.]Rate it:

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above the foldThe term "above the fold" refers to the part of a webpage that users can see without scrolling down.Rate it:

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absent le chat, les souris dansentwhen the cat's away the mice will playRate it:

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actor primarum (secundarum, tertiarum) partiumthe actor who plays the leading part.Rate it:

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all in allGenerally; for the most part; mostly.Rate it:

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all the world's a stagePeople have roles to play in life just as actors do in the theatre.Rate it:

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até que a morte nos separetill death do us partRate it:

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attache ta tuqueSe dit pour faire part d’un avertissement de conséquences lourdes ou fâcheuses pour l’interlocuteur.Rate it:

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back fortyThe most remote or inaccessible part of any place.Rate it:

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barrelThe hollow basal part of a feather.Rate it:

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bis repetita placentL’expression se prend en mauvaise part et signifie « abuser des bonnes choses, d’un succès ».Rate it:

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bite inTo corrode metallic plates by means of an acid, as part of an etching process.Rate it:

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bon voyageSe dit pour dire au revoir à quelqu’un qui part en voyage.Rate it:

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bottom of the ninthIn baseball, the second part of the ninth and final inning. The end of the game.Rate it:

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brain surgerySurgery on any part of the nervous system, especially the brain; neurosurgery.Rate it:

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brake pedalcar partRate it:

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break the back ofTo achieve the greater part of some project.Rate it:

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break upTo dissolve; to part.Rate it:

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bug outMiss school, play truant, play hooky.Rate it:

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business endThe part of a tool or other similar item, that is physically used for its operation, rather than the part which is held.Rate it:

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by the grace of godUsed as part of the titles of royalty.Rate it:

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casting couchA sofa on which a jobseeker is expected to perform sexual acts in return for a part in a film or other job.Rate it:

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chip inTo make a contribution; help in a small way; especially, to pay for a part of something.Rate it:

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circulez y'a rien à voirSignifie que le sujet ne nécessite pas d’attention particulière, par absence de nécessité ou au contraire par absence de volonté de la part de l’énonciateur.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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come stàAn instruction to play without improvised ornamentation or rhythmic alteration.Rate it:

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common crossingThe part of a railway switch or turnout where the running-rails cross; a frog.Rate it:

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consist inTo have the thing mentioned as the only or most important part.Rate it:

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coquelin fait le rôle principalCoquelin is taking the principal part.Rate it:

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crack-upOne can 'crack-up' emotionally with laughter or tears as a result of an observation, a joke, a story, a scene, a sequence in a movie, opera, stage play or animal, baby or children;s antics:Rate it:

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cream offTo extract the cream or creamy part from something.Rate it:

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crown jewelsA part of a company sought by another in a hostile takeover.Rate it:

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curtain-raiserIn a theater, an initial play, musical performance, etc which precedes the main performance.Rate it:

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depart withTo resign; to part with.Rate it:

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DNAThat part of a person's character that has a genetic origin.Rate it:

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docere aliquem fidibusto teach some one to play a stringed instrument.Rate it:

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draw stumpsTo declare an end to the days play, and remove the bails and sometimes the stumps.Rate it:

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ear tunnelA part of the ear.Rate it:

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eat someone out of house and homeC. 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, Act II Scene I.Rate it:

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effeuiller la margueriteTo play "she loves me, she loves me not".Rate it:

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fabula, ludus scaenicusthe piece; the play.Rate it:

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fabulam agereto act a play (said of the actors).Rate it:

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fabulam dareto produce a play (of the writer).Rate it:

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fabulam edereto bring out a play, put it on the stage (used of the man who finds the money).Rate it:

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fabulam exigere (Ter. Andr. Pol.)to hiss a play.Rate it:

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